[jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:05:23 +0100
Did you do it in reading mode?
Barry
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From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
I have just tried pressing the shift key 8 times and it does not turn on
stickey keys for me.
Nigel
It's not what Operating system you use, it's how productive you are with it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
> Well, that's a point in favour of not having the shift key operating
> thus. JAWS can only do so much... before Windows and the wiles of
> Microsoft take over mastery.
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:34 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
>
>
> Something I've just discovered is that, whilst in reading mode, if you
> press
> the same shift key five times, it activates sticky keys. What a voyage
> of
> discovery this subject has promoted.
>
> Barry H
>
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>>From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:07 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
>
>
> Barry,
> That's a good point. I usually use control to stop speech but perhaps I
> should be using up arrow as sometimes control moves me a little way from
> the
> line where Jaws was speaking. This only seems to happen in Internet
> Explorer though. When I pressed control when reading this email in read
> all
> mode Jaws stopped exactly where I pressed control.
>
> In the test I just did I had to press the up arrow twice to get to the
> line
> above so either way it was still 2 key presses for me.
>
> But I just found out that pressing the right arrow key has the same
> effect
> as right shift and the left arrow key the same as left shift. In other
> words pressing the right arrow key when in say all mode moves to the
> next
> line and visa versa. But i would never have found this if i had not
> been
> testing the system. Not sure what to say next need time to think.
>
> Thanks,
> Nigel
> It's not what Operating system you use, it's how productive you are with
> it.
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:35 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
>
>
>> But how would you then move up a line and stop during say all. I
> suppose
>> you would have to stop the Say all, then use the cursor keys. That's
> no
>> great hassle though.
>>
>> Barry H
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:13 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
>>
>>
>> Barry,
>> I think the arrow keys are the best as this is easier to learn for the
>> user
>> and makes more sense than duplicating a function with unrelated keys.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nigel
>> It's not what Operating system you use, it's how productive you are
> with
>> it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:45 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws interface idea
>>
>>
>>> This would be similar to cue and review on a tape deck while in
> reading
>>> mode. I like the idea but I think it should be a different key,
> perhaps
>>> on
>>> the number pad or even the letters q and r respectively. Yes, I know
> cue
>>> is
>>> spelled with a c but the position on the keyboard is easier with q.
>>>
>>> Barry h
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:39 PM
>>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws interface idea
>>>
>>>
>>> Just wanted to mention a possible interface idea. Has freedom and or
>>> other
>>> screen reader vendors ever considered using the up and down arrow
> keys to
>>> move up and down a line and keep reading when in reed all mode. In
> the
>>> case
>>> of Jaws this would be instead of the shift keys.
>>>
>>> I think this would be more intuitive for a new user to learn.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nigel
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