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

[Jim Portillo]

Articulately?  You're being too generous! <grin>


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From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Dean Martineau
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 4:28 PM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] JAWS, Bookshare, and Web reader

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,
> 
> 
> 
> I have questions I need to find answers to by tomorrow and not enough 
> time to play around with what I need. <grin>
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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