[nfbcs] JAWS, Bookshare, and Web reader

Wed Apr 3 14:02:22 UTC 2013

Maybe I'm missing something but it sounds to me as if you just need FS 
Reader. FS Reader comes with jaws. I don't have any Windows machines any 
more but FS Reader is what I used to use to read books from 
bookshare.org. I had it on both my Windows desktop and on my Pac Mate.

I think as foversion 11 or so of jaws, FS Reader is installed by default 
  when you install jaws and I think it comes on a Pac Mate Omni. I had a 
Pac Mate pre-omni but I was able to download and install it on even that 
old thing.

On 04/02/2013 07:22 PM, Jim Portillo wrote:
> Thanks for the encouragement, Gabe.
> Unfortunately, I'm who he's got, and I have to make it work because it's my
> job.
> It's a learning opportunity for me as well, but this situation just came up
> as a request from another teacher working with him.
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Not to seem harsh, but this sounds like your way in over your head. Why not
> transfer him to AAT trainer that knows about braille? And how braille
> devices work?
>
> Gabe Vega
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>
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:29 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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