Jaws Keystrokes

[Giovanni Sealy]

HistoricallyJAWS has worked best with Internet Explorer, and that combination still works well, but Internet Explorer is old and will never be updated with new features, so it is best to migrate to newer browsers.

Forms Mode: When entering a form using Tab, Arrow Keys, or the JAWS cursor, JAWS automatically leaves Browse Mode and enters Forms Mode. This changes some of the keystrokes so that the user can enter text. If Forms mode does not activate automatically, press Enter when on a form field to activate it. Press the Numpad Plus (+) to go back to browse mode and use normal navigation keystrokes.

I'm trying to add aria-labels to a webpage I'm making. I have an app listening for when a KeyCode is sent when you plug in headphones into an Audio Nav keyboard to traverse the webpage. I currently have JAWS defaultly configured to not read all but the keystrokes toggled as "Always Speak", but it is still reading the Shift key combinations and I'm not sure how to stop that from happening. It was working before when I ran it at first, but now it says the keystrokes every time. I already tried looking through the documentation and that was no help, since nothing on there seems to touch on this. Not even the tutorials. If someone could help me understand how to have it not do that, it would be greatly appreciated.

Introduced in JAWS and Fusion 2018, Speech On Demand allowsyou to limit the amount of JAWS speech you hear as you navigate windows anddocuments using the keyboard or mouse, type text, or perform other actions thatnormally provide speech feedback. By default, you can toggle between FullSpeech and Speech On Demand using a layered keystroke (INSERT+SPACEBARfollowed by S). For JAWS users who rely heavily on Braille or for usersof Fusion who can see well enough to use the screen to track focus, too muchspeech can be overwhelming while navigating using the keyboard and mouse.

By default, when using Speech On Demand, JAWS only announcesactions for a limited set of screen reading keystrokes such as reading thecurrent character, word, line, or window title. Windows navigation commands,such as moving to the next or previous character, line, or word, do not speak.When Speech On Demand is active, you can also press the layered command INSERT+SPACEBARfollowed by SHIFT+S to completely mute speech.

For example, if you primarily rely on Braille, you mightchoose to activate Speech On Demand so you do not hear speech when switchingapplications with ALT+TAB or navigating documents and web pages usingthe ARROW keys or Braille display controls. However, you may still wantspeech for certain actions like quickly checking the time, reading the currentcolumn or row in a spreadsheet, or reading with Say All to give your fingers abreak.

In previous versions, when using Speech On Demand or mutingspeech entirely, one drawback was that sounds generated by JAWS could still beheard. These include the sound heard when pressing INSERT+SPACEBAR toperform a layered keystroke or when completing an address in Outlook. JAWS andFusion 2020 now allow you to specify whether or not JAWS-generated sounds areheard when Speech On Demand is active and when speech is completely muted.

For more information on using Speech On Demandincluding a complete list of JAWSkeystrokes that continue to provide speech in this mode, refer to the JAWS Helpby pressing F1 while focused in the JAWS window. You will find the Speech OnDemand topic under the Settings Center book.

DBT comes with JAWS script files which support JAWS 9 or higher. Please note that these are for English use and now also for Russian use. The JAWS script files for using DBT in Russian were developed by Elita Group.

When launched, DBT checks to see if your JAWS English settings folders have up-to-date copies of the JAWS script files for DBT. If not, it asks for permission to install the English script files supplied with DBT. If you answer yes, it installs them and also makes back-up copies of any files it is replacing. It then asks for permission to restart DBT and then works on compiling the JAWS script files in each version of JAWS on the system. The JAWS script files for using DBT in Russian are not automatically installed at this point. They require manual installation.

To hear a more generic reading of braille cells, not based on English context, go to the Global menu, select Internationalization, and set the Braille encoding for Input and Display to, Prefer Unicode patterns for braille display. (This is a Radio Button.)

Depending on the key you have defined as your "JawsKey", use JawsKey + F6 for the list of headings in the topic; JawsKey + F7 for the list of links in the topic. You can also use the JAWS Find commands to find specific text in the topic. These commands are JawsKey + Shift + F, then F3 and Shift + F3 to find further occurrences.

You can also use all of the quick navigation keystrokes for web pages. Just a few of these are h to move to the next heading, Shift + h to move to the previous heading, L to move to the next list, greater than to move to the end of the current list.

Being a low vision user, before I was introduced to screen readers I always wondered if I could ever use a computer. As all I knew of computer was it was a powerful tool to get information over the internet, which had a monitor which displays the information, a keyboard to type the data and a mouse to navigate and click the interactive elements.

Though at first I found it difficult and tiring job as I had to navigate to entire page with the arrow keys. But as I explored more I found many keystrokes that helped in scanning through a page through heading, quickly jumping to links, finding the form field etc.

Now Screen readers such as NVDA, JAWS and many more is been a part of my day to day job. But sometimes I too get confused with some of the keystrokes. So I always keep a Cheat sheet for screen reader commands handy with me!

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On the PC

Perform a Bluetooth search. When the Brailliant is displayed in the list of Bluetooth devices, select the Brailliant from the list. When prompted for an authentication code, type the code "1111", and then confirm this.

Braille keyboard:

Use the 8-dot Perkins Braille keyboard to enter text. The 8 keys of the Braille Keyboard are located above the Braille display. Some commands are also done using Braille letters in combination with the Space bar. For example Space with the letter M to open the Menu bar.

Thumb Keys:

The keys facing you are normally operated by your thumbs so we call them "Thumb keys" to differentiate them from the main keyboard keys .Use the Thumb Keys for Braille navigation.

Entering text using your Brailliant's keyboard is very straightforward. Typing characters, changing lines, deleting characters, entering uppercase characters, and moving inside the text. JAWS simultaneously updates the Braille display to reflect what you type.

Please find below a list of suggested default Braille keystrokes for the Brailliant that have been included in the Window-Eyes Braille.ini file. Feel free to alter these defaults keystrokes if they do not meet your needs.

This test case describes the approach and methods used to test keyboard navigation and keyboard functions in a web page displayed in the Windows version of Firefox, using the JAWS screen reader. Be sure to follow the test case setup instructions before proceeding with this test case.

The goal is to test is to verify that the Firefox Web browser and the JAWS screen reader work together. The focus of this test is Web content that is displayed in the Web browser. This Web page file contains a number of common Web page elements. JAWS should read appropriate information for all elements in this page, as described in this test case.

It is impossible include every combination of web page elements here, but the techniques described here can be used when testing other Web pages. This test case does not include applets, plug-ins, or multimedia content. Testers are encouraged to find live Web sites containing those elements, and test them using JAWS also.

All of these files must be available for this test case. You may save them all in a file folder on your PC, or, if you have a Web server, they may all be stored in a single directory on the Web server.

Because Web pages are essentially "read-only", JAWS uses its Virtual PC Cursor mode when reading Web pages. This mode allows you to navigate the page in a way similar to navigating a word processor document, using the Arrow keys to move forward and backward, up and down.

These are the options to be used when running this test case. All of these options are default settings, so you should not need to set them manually. Even so, you should verify that these options are set before running this test.

JAWS provides a number of keystrokes to navigate Web pages. This section describes many of those keystrokes, to be tested with Firefox. Perform all of these keystrokes to verify that they work with the Firefox browser.

(Note that this file contains heading levels 3, 4, and 5. The main section headings, including the title, are headers, and some sections contain and headers. As a test aid, sighted users can visually recognize headers in this file by the light blue background stretching across the window from left to right. If you are unsure if JAWS is finding all legitimate header tags, view the page source for the page to determine where html header tags are truly being used.)

There are many paragraphs in this test case file (using the html tags). To ensure that JAWS is navigating to true html paragraphs, you can view the page source to see where the paragraph tags are used.

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