Hi, Marta.
Bear in mind that I'm not a regular HJPad user so if someone else on
this list has anything to add I hope that they will do so.
I opened HJPad with the August release of JAWS 2020. After deliberately
making some spelling errors I ran the spell checker by pressing f7. In
my case the word count was not announced automatically when HJPad
informed me that the spell check was completed. However, the word count
is physically on the screen. Pressing insert+B to read the contents of
the dialog box does read the word count information. You can also enable
the JAWS cursor to review this information.
Another alternative you could try is a program called Jarte.
<www.jarte.com> It is a word processor with some additional features
beyond what HJPad offers. The program is free with a $20 upgrade fee to
get Jarte Plus, with even more features.
Jarte automatically detects the presence of a screen reader and goes
into what it calls "screen reader mode" where some of its dialogs are
built to be easier to navigate for users of screen readers, including
the spell checker. Jarte also has a hotkey to speak the word, line and
character count of your document.
By the way, I'm wondering if you're the same Marta that I once knew many
years ago. If you are I've wondered how you were doing.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 11/7/2020 9:23 PM, marta rodriguez wrote:
Hello everyone:
I have Jaws 2018. As of today, it stopped giving me a word count when
I put my documents through the spell checker. I did a few re-boots of
the computer, and did a JAWS repair to see if that would clear the
problem, but it hasn't worked. Is there anything I can do in JAWS
settings to fix this? I've been using the spell checker with HJ Pad.
Marta
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