[nfb-talk] email, highlighting, and languages

[Kelli Jo Isaak]

Hello, Anna. I don't know anything about highlighting separate lines of
text, but I think I can answer your other questions. I don't know much
about JAWS or VO for Apple, so I will try to describe any instructions to
the best of my ability.

Firefox is spell checking your emails. Follow these steps to turn it off:


   1. Click on the menu icon in the far right of your browser. You will
   know when you are in the right place when JAWS reads the tool tip "Open
   Menu".
   2. Click on the Options button. It is the eighth in a grid of nine
   buttons and is located between the Find and Addons buttons.
   3. In the top navigation bar of the Options menu, click on the Advanced
   icon. It is located in the far right of the window and is the last of nine
   icons. It is beside the Sync option.
   4. Click on the General tab if it isn't already selected and find the
   category labeled "Browsing".
   5. You should find four check boxes, all of which are checked. They
   include the following: "Use autoscrolling", "Use smooth scrolling", "Use
   hardware acceleration when available", "Check my spelling as I type"
   6. Remove the check mark from the box labeled "Check my spelling as I
   type".


As to your question about learning another language, my favorite app is
called Duolingo (http://www.duolingo.com). It is totally free to register
and use, available for both Android and Apple devices, and you can also
sign into your account and study on your laptop. There are photo and word
association exercises, speaking exercises, writing exercises, and
categories are broken up into smaller lessons. You can click on or touch a
word to learn it or refresh your memory. New words are yellow with a dotted
underline and old words are black and with a solid underline. I personally
find it really addictive and fun! Unfortunately, I don't know how
accessible it is. Since the app is pretty much text based, I shouldn't
think it would be that bad. :-)

I hope this helps!

Kelli Jo Isaak

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Anna Givens via nfb-talk <
nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I have three separate questions. I need to know how to highlight
> non-consecutive lines of text without using a mouse.  I know how to
> highlight, but when you need to skip lines of text I don't know how.
> I also would like to know why when I am writing an email in my g-mail
> account using firefox JAWS reads it differently then when I do it in
> IE. Instead of just reading through the text I have written, it
> announces "misspelled" everytime it there is a word that is mispelled.
> I happen to find that very annoying, I just want it to read through it
> misspellings and all. But it doesn't do that in IE.  I want to use
> firefox though.  Thoughts??? Suggestions??
> Last question is kind of broad: How do you study Spanish as a blind
> person.  I am coming up on a Spanish class and would greatly
> appreciate any advice I can get. I use JAWS and have a Braille Sense
> as well. I also have an IPhone with VO, and a stream.
> I would love to hear from people who have done this, and how did you do it.
>
> Thanks as always,
> Anna E Givens
>
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