[Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS

[Laine Amoureux]

All the documentation i've seen indicates pressing tactile windows & volume up arrows on the device.
Check microsoft.com for the list of narator commands

Laine Amoureux
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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:51 AM, "Nusbaum, Christopher via Trainer-talk" <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think Jim was referring to turning Narrator on using the touch screen, similar to the triple click home command in iOS. Unfortunately, I am not sure how to do this on a Surface tablet.
> 
> Chris
> 
> Christopher A. (Chris) Nusbaum, Intern
> Technology Services Department
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Vanderbrink via Trainer-talk
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 7:55 AM
> To: Jim Portillo; List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS
> 
> Hi Jim,
> I think you could probably swipe to the right like you do in iOS to navigate maybe.
> Nancy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Portillo via Trainer-talk
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 3:31 AM
> To: Jim Portillo
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> 
> 
> Question.  After seeing a great Tablet last week (having Windows 8.1 and Office 13), I decided it would be good to have one which works fully with JAWS.
> 
> However, I'm going to need to set it up, and to do this, I'll need to use Narrator.
> 
> Is there a way to activate Narrator on the touch screen with a touch command, since the Bluetooth keyboard hasn't been hooked up yet?
> 
> I think once Narrator is hooked up, I can probably do the rest; although, I've never had a tablet before that hasn't been an Apple product like an iPhone or iPod Touch.
> 
> Any advice here?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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