[blindLaw] reading comments in JAWS

Tue Jul 14 19:21:41 UTC 2020

Windows key + ;. This brings up the virtual viewer for Word, allowing you to select comments, footnotes, endnotes, and revisions to be displayed as a simple linked text format in a separate JAWS pane. I do not recommend it for revisions, but it is helpful for comments and footnotes. 

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via BlindLaw
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 3:04 PM
To: Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at gmail.com>
Cc: Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com>; Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>; tim at timeldermusic.com
Subject: Re: [blindLaw] reading comments in JAWS

[EXTERNAL]

Hi Shannon,

What was the keystroke?  Sorry if I missed it somewhere in the thread.

Laura

On 7/13/20, Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all:
> I wasn't aware how much Microsoft is really the issue. In the instance 
> Tai helped me with, there was a keystroke that resolved my problem.
> Tai knew it, but the tech support person at Freedom Scientific did 
> not. I am using Office 365, lucky for me.
>
> But having just spent an hour figuring out how I can use Skype to 
> participate in meetings next week for work, I am all on board with 
> calling out Microsoft for failing to make their products more 
> accessible. Neither my IT person nor I could get keystrokes provided 
> in the JAWS help system to work. MY IT person gave me keystrokes that 
> do work and I will use those.
>
> And don't even get me started on SharePoint. It makes me feel like I 
> never learned to use a computer.
>
> Shannon
>
> On 7/10/20, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>  if there is a resolution, it should be directed toward Microsoft, 
>> not freedom scientific. I have a lot of words for Microsoft not fit 
>> for a public list serve. But suffice to say that freedom scientific 
>> is a lot more hamstrung than I originally understood by whether 
>> Microsoft is willing to cooperate with them or not. And it seems that 
>> Microsoft is often not willing to cooperate. I will also ask the age 
>> old question… Are you using Microsoft 365? Because if the answer is 
>> no, Microsoft couldn’t care less.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 10, 2020, at 9:32 PM, Tim Elder via BlindLaw 
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It makes me wonder if an NFB resolution calling out Freedom 
>>> Scientific for these shenanigans is in order.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rodalcidonis at gmail.com <rodalcidonis at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2020 3:40 PM
>>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] reading comments in JAWS
>>>
>>> SF would do better if it actually focuses on improvements that would 
>>> improve accessibility for individuals on the job, and not the 
>>> nonsensical features that are being released year after year in most 
>>> cases.
>>>
>>> I am not surprised the way you were treated; i have been there, too.
>>>
>>> Sorry I could not be more helpful.
>>>
>>> rod,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rod Alcidonis, Esq.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Shannon Dillon via BlindLaw
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:33 PM
>>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Shannon Dillon
>>> Subject: [blindLaw] reading comments in JAWS
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had issues reading the full text of a long comment 
>>> in a document?
>>>
>>> This morning I used control+shift+apostrophe to bring up my list of 
>>> comments. The first comment was really long and it would not read 
>>> the whole thing. When you press enter on the comment, of course it 
>>> just takes you back into the document. You can see where the comment 
>>> is in the document but you can't read it there.
>>>
>>> I called Freedom Scientific for help and they told me I needed to 
>>> call Microsoft and tell them. Then they told me to use narrator. I 
>>> tried using narrator with FS but it didn't work. Then FS tandemed 
>>> into my computer to try reading the comment and had the same result 
>>> as I did; he couldn't read the full comment.
>>>
>>> I later was able to hear the full comment with alt+shift+apostrophe, 
>>> but I can't read the text of the comment. I press the keystroke and 
>>> it's read aloud, but it is a long and complicated comment so I want 
>>> to be able to read it with the Braille display.
>>>
>>> FS said that it's because my computer is set to update semi-annually 
>>> rather than monthly, and that microsoft makes so many changes that 
>>> my computer has to be set to update monthly. I put in a ticket with 
>>> my local IT, but I can tell you they run updates all the time.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had this issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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> --
> SHANNON L. DILLON
> Secretary and Legislative Coordinator
> National Federation of the Blind
> of California
> The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and 
> friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind.
> Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they 
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