[Trainer-talk] JAWS, Bookshare, and Web reader

[Dean Martineau]

If your student has a fairly recent version of jaws, and if her braille display is set up for contracted braille output, then the book will display in grade two while Jaws is reading articulately.

Dean

On Apr 2, 2013, at 6:29 PM, "Jim Portillo" <portillo.jim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
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> 
> I have questions I need to find answers to by tomorrow and not enough time
> to play around with what I need. <grin>
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> A student of mine needs to be able to read a bookshare book both using his
> Braille display and JAWS.  At first, I'd downloaded the BRF file and opened
> it with NotePad.  The Grade 2 Braille file came up just fine, but JAWS was
> reading the translated code.  That didn't work.
> 
> Then I found out about Web Reader from Bookshare, and I guess I can click on
> the "Read Now" link, and the book will show up in both text and with JAWS.
> Here are my questions.  Oh, and this kid is using a Brailliant display.
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> First, JAWS seems to be reading just fine, but do you know if the actual
> book will appear in Grade 2 on the Braille display?  I don't have one
> available right now to test it out, and I see him first thing tomorrow
> morning.
> 
> Second, when I did the "read now" feature, Bookshare's introductory section
> popped up, and then when it ended, I just got a "frame end" message.  I
> couldn't go any further.  Do I use the Frames list for this, or should
> things be coming up on their own?
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> Finally, if Grade 2 Braille doesn't appear on the Braille display, what
> would be the easiest way of getting it to display in Grade 2 without
> affecting how JAWS is reading the book?
> 
> I thought perhaps altering the JAWS Braille setting, but not having used a
> Brailliant except for demos, I am not sure.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  My next thought is to possibly put it on his
> BrailleNote, but I'm not sure if he wants it done that way.
> 
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> 
> Jim
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