RE: Stop Watch That Works With Jaws
- From: "Lisle, Ted \(CHFS DMS\)" <Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 07:49:31 -0400
That's what I was thinking yesterday, as I read the message. What
you've just described is a timer, and we've all needed one from time to
time. The old Sharp clocks (660, 640) had some neat ones, and, as
they're no longer available, the computer could be a fine alternative.
Ted
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On Behalf Of Nicol Oosthuizen
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:31 AM
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Subject: RE: Stop Watch That Works With Jaws
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Well then you can just buy a talking watch, it doesn't have to
be a stop watch. Its very simple, check what the time is, do whatever
you want to time yourself on and check the time again, or write down
the time, do whatever you want to time yourself on and then check the
time and compare it with the time you have written down.
Sorry, I was just trying to help. The delay script is handy if
you want to warm up or prepare something in a microwave and you need a
certain time for it .
Or if you are preparing for a speech you are delivering as guest
speaker or as debate participant. If you know that the speech you are
delivering must be say 5 minutes, then you can use the delay script and
in that way check if your speech is too long or too short.
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If jaws announces time is up and you are still busy talking the
speech is too long. If you are finished with your speech and jaws
haven't yet said time is up, then your speech is too short because most
people deliver the speech loudly when practicing.
It depends what you want to use a stop watch for, but the delay
script do come in handy with some tasks that you need to time yourself
on. If you know that a task have to take a certain time to complete,
then the delay script will come in handy.
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
Sent: 14 May 2007 03:12 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Stop Watch That Works With Jaws
Most folks use a stopwatch to actually see how long a particular
task requires. If I knew it was going to take 10 minutes, I wouldn't
need a timer. What happens if I finish in under 10 minutes?
Ted
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:36 AM
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Andy, it depends what you want to use the stop watch
for. I can give you a solution, but then it have to be something you are
not doing on the computer.
Jaws has a function called delay. A function is either
an event that triggers if things in windows happens or it's a building
block of a script.
A script is a feature of jaws which you activate by
pressing a keystroke.
I have tried this, it works if you want to time yourself
on something you are not doing on the computer.
Say for instance you want to time yourself on typing
then it won't work. I tested it, it doesn't work.
But you can use the delay function as a stop watch if
what you want to be timed on is not something you do on the computer.
Here is how it works:
I'll explain it right from the beginning in case you
don't know the script manager. If you do just as I instruct you, you
won't mess up jaws, don't worry.
Press insert+f2 and press s for script manager and press
enter.
Now press control+shift+d to open the default script
file. That means you can use the stop watch script on your computer
regardless of which program you are in.
Now press control+end to go to the bottom of the script
file.
Now press control+e.
Type a name for the script such as MyStopwatchScript.
Tab once and press spacebar to select the checkbox.
If you want to write documentation for your script such
as synopsis and description the following 2 fields is used for this but
its optional. Press tab and type a synopsis, press tab and type a
description.
If you want to choose a category for your script press
tab and either choose a category in the combo edit box or type in your
own one. It salso optional; its also documentation. Its just
classifying your script. Now press tab. If you are on the checkbox and
you don't want to fill in all this, press alt+a. Now press the keystroke
you want to use for the script. After pressing the desired keystroke,
hit enter.
Now make sure you are on the blank line beneath the
line: Script MyStopWatch.
Now your first line of code will instruct jaws to tell
you that the stop watch is starting.
So press control+i.
Now tab once and you should be in a list of functions.
Now use first letter navigation to find the function
called: say string.
Hit enter; type a phrase in quotation marks that you
want jaws to say when you press the script's keystroke.
A phrase such as
"10 minutes starting"
Press enter.
Press enter again to make a blank line.
Now for the second line of code.
This is where you tell jaws how long the stop watch must
work; how long you want to be timed.
Press control+I again.
Tab once and you should be in a list of functions.
Now use first letter navigation to find the function
called delay.
Press enter. Now you must decide how long you want the
stop watch to time you.
Here you have to do a bit of maths. You have to enter
the amount of milliseconds for the delay function to use. For instance
if you want to time yourself for 10 minutes you have to work out how
many seconds is in 10 minutes, once you have that figure just add
another 0 to the figure and put it in here because there is 10
milliseconds in 1 second.
Now press enter. Press the number 0 on your extended
number row and press enter.
Press enter again to make a blank line.
Now the last line of code tells jaws to announce that
the set time is up.
Control+I again and find the say string function again.
Enter the phrase "time is up" in quotes and hit enter.
Now press control+s to save and compile the script.
You should hear: compile complete.
If you get a compile error, let me know and we can take
it from there.
Now exit the script manager with alt+f4.
Now whenever you are ready to time yourself, just hit
the keystroke you entered when you created the script.
Its working accurately. You will hear jaws saying: time
starts and you will have 10 minutes of silence and you can do whatever
you want to time yourself on.
During that 10 minutes I strongly recommend not to
press any keys on your keyboard as this might interrupt the script.
Only when you hear jaws say: time is up, the script
terminates and you can then use your computer again.
hth
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: 03 May 2007 02:50 AM
To: jfw list
Cc: blindtech
Subject: Stop Watch That Works With Jaws
Is there a stop watch that will work with jaws? I went
to stop watch downloads and there were some there. I tried downloading
Some, but they wood not work with jaws. Does any one no of one that
will?
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