[Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS
Sharonda Greenlaw
sbgreenlaw at gmail.com
Fri Jul 11 16:23:01 UTC 2014
I got sighted assistance to set up Narrator on my Dell Venue Pro
tablet. JAWS would not work at all for me until I had a BT keyboard
(namely the Logitech K810) paired with it. I am now sitting in my
hotel room typing away using this awesome mobile setup. HTH.
Sharonda
On 7/11/14, Peg Jolene via Trainer-talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> hi listers, i set up a dell tablet with tactile volume and windows keys.
> basic flicking and tapping works' but it's useful to check out narrator
> gestures before setup. i'm using narrator currently as jaws is not running
> correctly as yet. i'm stuck in the famed 40 minute mode. system access was
> unsuccessful without a keyboard. just remember - windows is windows' is
> windows' is windows! i had success in reading with notepad and in internet
> navigation, and played a bit with menus. it's not going to be like android
> or ios. peg jolene
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 11, 2014, at 12:30 AM, Jim Portillo via Trainer-talk
>> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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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