[stylist] Editing with JAWS

Tue Nov 9 01:59:28 UTC 2010

Alan, Thanks for this.  I am interested in the verbocity settings.  From 
what I'm seeing here that is what will give me spelling and grammer errors 
as I type and proof read line by line.  Thanks, Judith
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From: "Alan" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Editing with JAWS


> Judith,
> You're welcome. Here's what to do. I had to really look because it's 
> changed in JAWS since the last time I played with it.
>
> While in MS Word, press Insert (JAWS Key) and the number 6 (from the 
> number row) to open the JAWS configuration file for Word. Press alt-S for 
> the settings menu and arrow down to "speech and sound schemes." When 
> you've opened this dialogue, select "proofreading attributes and font 
> information" and tab to the OK button and hit enter. This will give you 
> information about fonts and indentation. You can find settings for the 
> spelling and grammar errors in the verbosity settings by pressing Insert-V 
> from within your word document. If anyone wants more detailed information 
> on that process, let me know.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Editing with JAWS
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>
>> Alan, Thanks.  I appreciate your help.  Judith
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Alan" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 7:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Editing with JAWS
>>
>>
>>>I actually know what Judith is talking about. Let me do some looking 
>>>either later tonight or tomorrow, and I'll let the list know.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Brad Dunse" <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
>>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:59 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Editing with JAWS
>>>
>>>
>>>> Judith,
>>>>
>>>> I think what you might be referring to is a feature in Word that 
>>>> corrects spelling and alerts you right  away. Check out your 
>>>> tools/options  menu, then your Spelling and Grammar tab. There are tick 
>>>> boxes for checking as you go, making suggestions and etc. As far as I 
>>>> know, there has never been an actual spell checking tool in Jaws, it is 
>>>> likely reading a part of the screen. The newer Jaws has a thing called 
>>>> Text Analyzer which will alert you of multiple spaces, open ended 
>>>> quotes, open parenthesis and other issues. But it didn't seem to catch 
>>>> my test goofs.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in getting what you described though, but I can't get 
>>>> it to work on here.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/8/2010  01:35 PM Judith Bron said...
>>>>>Bridget, Before my hard drive was replaced Jaws told me when on a line 
>>>>>that I had whatever number of spelling/grammer errors on that line.  I 
>>>>>can' remember how to get that back.  Also, this told me that a word was 
>>>>>misspelled right after I spelled it.  I already have jaws set to 
>>>>>announce all punctuation.  Judith
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" 
>>>>><bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
>>>>>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:50 PM
>>>>>Subject: [stylist] Editing with JAWS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>First, if you can use Braille and have access to either a refreshable
>>>>>>Braille device or Braille embosser, you can check all the same 
>>>>>>spelling,
>>>>>>grammar and structure issues as sighted people.  Just a quick plug for
>>>>>>Braille.  *smile*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you solely use JAWS to edit, though, it is not always as difficult 
>>>>>>as
>>>>>>you might think.  It is an adjustment, but it can be done.  One big
>>>>>>helpful feature of JAWS is that you can turn on a feature that will 
>>>>>>read
>>>>>>all punctuation including commas and apostrophies.  Go to the JAWS
>>>>>>window and pull up the option menu, then go to basics, then tab until
>>>>>>you hear punctuation and select "all punctuation ."  The short cut is 
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>press insert and V which will bring up the verbocity dialogue box, 
>>>>>>then
>>>>>>it will list different options, press P until you hear punctuation,
>>>>>>press space bar to change the punctuation mode.  Do this until you 
>>>>>>hear
>>>>>>"all."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By the way, we will have a guest speaker for a monthly meeting 
>>>>>>(probably
>>>>>>after the New Year) who will talk about how to use JAWS for editing
>>>>>>purposes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyway, hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bridgit
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