The following is not an endorsement of JAWS or Vispero, but I think it will be
of interest to many on this list.
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From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Glen Gordon via nfbcs
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:11 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Glen Gordon <GGordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [nfbcs] JAWS June update has support for Notepad++, PuTTY, and
SecureCRT
Hi, All,
Although I'm about to mention several features in terms of speech, be assured
that Braille supports them as well.
Notepad++ is an extremely powerful open source editor for text files, source
code, HTML and lots of other things. It's not as fully featured as an IDE like
Visual Studio, but it's far more functional than just plain Notepad. Starting
with the June update, JAWS properly supports all the expected Notepad++ editing
features, including contracted Braille input.
In addition, when Notepad++ is set to display line numbers, JAWS reads the
number prior to the contents of each line. (This can be disabled in Notepad++
Options/Preferences on the Editing page.) After you've enabled Notepad++
autocompletion (it's off by default), JAWS will automatically read the active
suggestion and allow you to arrow up and down through other possibilities.
PuTTY and SecureCRT are both popular terminal emulators. PuTTY is open-source
and free. SecureCRT is a commercial product with an impressive list of features.
JAWS support for both of these was badly broken and now works as you'd expect.
The caret tracks correctly and newly written text is automatically spoken.
If you're in an editor and the auto speaking of text becomes annoying, you can
temporarily toggle it off with JawsKey+s. If you want it off permanently, go
into SettingsCenter for PuTTY or SecureCRT and set ScreenEcho to something
other than Speak All Text.
We hope that many of you will find these features useful. If after
experimenting with them you find that additional functionality is needed in
these apps, please let us know or reach out to me directly.
Thanks
--Glen
Glen Gordon
Vispero(tm) | Software Fellow
17757 US Highway 19 N, Suite 560, Clearwater, FL 33764 T 727-803-8000 F
727-803-8001 ggordon@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ggordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
www.vispero.com<http://www.vispero.com/>
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