[j-say list] Re: Text selection issues
- From: "Ed. Rosenthal" <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:31:20 -0700
Richard- you may also want to use "speak selected text" for verification of
the selection; and if for some reason the "select line" command isn't
working you can use Press Key like "press shift key end key" or similar
(assuming you'd placed the insert point at the beginning of the line first).
You can also use press key for cutting, etc. if needed.
-ed.
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From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Richard Ring
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 7:10 AM
To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [j-say list] Re: Text selection issues
I will try this idea today. Thanks a bunch!
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From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Sue Martin
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:07 PM
To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [j-say list] Re: Text selection issues
Hi Rich,
I don't currently have J-Say on any of my computers but here's what I
suspect might be going on. I'm not entirely sure but I think it might have
to do with Word and autonumbering. I definitely see this with bulleted
lists in Word when using the keyboard. Instead of using the command, Select
Line, try using J-Say selection. When on a line of text, insure you are at
the beginning of the line by using either the command, JAWS home, or, Go to
start of line. Begin the selection with either, Start selection, or, begin
selection. Then move to the end of the line with either, JAWS end, or, Go
to end of line. Then say, End selection. The line should definitely be
selectede then.
If this turns out to be what's going on, you could try numbering the lines
with text instead of numbers. so it could look something like this:
First line, J-Say really rocks.
Give it a shot and let us know.
Sue.
-----Original Message-----
From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Richard Ring
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 4:55 PM
To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [j-say list] Text selection issues
Hello:
I am teaching a client how to select text. The simple exercise I am
attempting to have him do goes like this. I have numbered 10 lines, and
they are in random order. His job is to select them, cut them, and put them
in order from 1 to 10. Here is the problem we are running into.
When he finds the line he wishes to select and subsequently cut, he issues
the command "select line."
Sometimes, J-Say will announce that the line is selected, and sometimes it
won't. Even when it doesn't, if I use the Jaws keyboare command shift
insert down arrow, Jaws reads the line as if it is selected. However, when
my client issues the command "cut item" as often as not, J-Say will say,
blank nothing selected.
This renders J-Say fairly useless when it comes to reliably selecting and
cutting text.
If I'm doing something wrong, (a possibility I would never rule out) I
simply do not know what it is.
Any ideas/help would be greatly appreciated.
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