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Do you use OneDrive to store files? Need tips on navigating and accessing your saved content? Join us for the live webinar, "Navigate and Manage OneDrive with JAWS," on Thursday, March 27 at Noon ET. ACVREP credits available for those who attend the live webinar. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS


I am wondering if it is possible with #NVDA to search for text in specific colours.

Let's say a co-worker sends you a document and tells you that they have formated some sentences in red and others marked with a yellow background.

How would I quickly find such sentences?

With #JAWS the skim reading feature comes to mind. But I don't know if there is a way to do the same thing with #NVDA.


Tried the free edition of the #ZDSR#screenreader because I was curious. I will say that for my use-case, if #ZDSR was fully documented in English, it competes a lot more directly with #nvda than #jaws does, runs fine in a virtual machine, and has a bunch of stuff built in that I use NVDA addons for. If it had an English website I'd probably grab a copy for the entirely reasonable price. But I'm not willing to purchase through translation.


So, Leasey users, have you experienced this? I had just upgraded from 9 to 10, and press Leasey then H for the help screen. Since I was in file explorer, I got explorer based help. I wanted to get back to the main list, so tabbed to where I could do that. Then, I got this:

unknown script call to:
leaseyhotkeyhelpalternative

And it didn't work. I'll try restarting JAWS, but any other ideas? Will I need to reset my JAWS?

#JAWS #Leasy #blind



Check out the latest 20 Minute Tech Tips with Elizabeth Whitaker! 20 Minute Tech Tips Create a Desktop Shortcut to an App, File, and Web page with JAWS: freedomscientifictraining.libs…

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS


@Bruce @DavidGoldfield I have a memory of seeing pin-on buttons like you see in campaigns at the #ACB convention in 1988 festooned with Braille labels that said #JAWS on them. Job Access With Speech. Of course FS wasn’t around at the time, the company was Henter-Joyce, maybe? Anyway, I know this might be seen by some as annoying hairsplitting, but I think what is being celebrated is the 30th anniversary of JFW, JAWS for Windows. But, as I always say, my memory could very well not be as sharp as I think, and I do reserve the right to be wrong.


JAWS turns 30 this year!

We are kicking off a year-long celebration marking 30 years of JAWS®, the world’s leading screen reader! Since 1995, JAWS has empowered people who are blind or have low vision with greater independence in work, education, and daily life.

Join us at CSUN 2025 to look back at JAWS’ evolution and learn what innovations are coming next, including:
- JAWS for Kiosk
- PictureSmart AI
- JAWS Inspect

Read the full announcement: vispero.com/vispero-announces-…

#JAWS

#jaws



Tune into ACB Radio on Thursday, February 13 at 3 PM ET for the Vispero Presentation: Use Windows Search with JAWS. We’ll show you how to use the Windows search feature with JAWS to quickly find apps, files, settings, and more. Request an invitation at community@acb.org

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS


#jaws


⏰ What time is it?
For Braille users, checking the time can be a breeze with JAWS! 🧑‍🦯 In this episode, we break down how to use JAWS with Braille displays to keep track of time effortlessly.
🎧 Tune in now: unmute.show
#JAWS #Braille #Accessibility


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As much as I enjoy using #Thunderbird, this notice gets annoying after a while, especially because it interupts whatever my screen reader is saying, so I have to repeat the focused item to hear the subject line of an email, every single time. Does anyone have a way around this? #NVDA and #JAWS do the same thing.


#Screenreader users: in a timed online exam, how would you expect to interact with something telling you the amount of time left?

I think having it regularly announce the time remaining is an obviously bad idea. If you know that it's labelled "Time remaining", would you just search for that text in the page when you want to check the time?

#accessibility #screenreader #VoiceOver #JAWS #NVDA


Using the December build of JAWS 2025 with Brave Version 1.73.105 Chromium: 131.0.6778.265 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Very often, after a page loads, it will refresh again in about 30 seconds. This doesn't seem to occur with NVDA, although I'm still having trouble obtaining data as it doesn't occur with JAWS consistently. I can likely work around the problem by setting page refresh to "off" in the JAWS options dialog but I just wanted to know if other users of Brave have noticed this.
Update: as I continue to experiment with this, I'm becoming convinced that this may well be a #JAWS issue, as I can't reproduce the problem using NVDA 2024.4.1.
#jaws


Celebrate Braille Literacy Month! Join us on Thursday, January 16 at Noon ET for the live webinar, Ten Power Tips for Using Braille with JAWS. We'll walk you through setting up your braille display, discuss important commands, and demonstrate valuable features designed to help you be more productive when using braille and JAWS.

Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#JAWS #FreedomScientificTraining #Braille #BrailleDisplay #BrailleLiteracy


🎙️ Just dropped: New Unmute Presents episode!

This week, we’re diving into table navigation with JAWS. Learn how to:
✅ Navigate rows and columns faster.
✅ Use advanced shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt for precision.
✅ Unlock the power of the JAWS table layer.

🎧 Tune in now: [JAWS Tips - Table Navigation](pnc.st/s/unmute-presents-on-ac…)

#JAWS #Accessibility #TechTips #UnmutePresents





Calling all #Blind #Windows users! 🖥️👥 I briefly tried #Beeper after seeing another blind person recommend it, but it didn't seem the most accessible with the #JAWS #ScreenReader. Do you use any all-in-one social media apps like Shift, Franz, Ferdium, or Beeper on Windows? I'd love to hear about your experiences with #accessibility and usability. Please share your thoughts! #AssistiveTech
#tech
@mastoblind @main



Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA
Wer sich den kostenlosen Screenreader NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) installiert, wird mit der freien Sprachausgabe eSpeak oder den Windows-stimmen leben müssen. Diese sind brauchbar, für längeres Arbeiten allerdings eher weniger geeignet. Sie sind zwar tief in Windows integriert...
merkst.de/code-factory-acapela…
#Android #Apple #Computer #Google #JAWS #Lautsprecher #Microsoft #NVDA #Screenreader #Test #VoiceOver #Windows


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Did you catch Ron's recent Freedom Scientific Training Podcast? Listeners will explore how the F6 key simplifies navigation across Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint, offering practical tips for quickly moving between different panes and boosting efficiency. The Power of the F6 Key in MS Office Products: freedomscientifictraining.libs…

#TechTips #Podcast #JAWS #FreedomScientificTraining



Okay just, like right off the cuff here. But why does Vispero, a company making blindness software/hardware want videos for there Big Thing thing? Why not just text? Emails? Like, what? Why? Meh, whatever. I'll submit mine I guess. I'm sure some of you know what I'm gonna suggest. Feel free to submit your own ideas, goodness knows we need more grand ideas for screen readers.

#accessibility #blind #Braille #JAWS #FreedomScientific #ScreenReader

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Did you catch the "20 Minute Tech Tips" episode with Elizabeth Whitaker when she demonstrated some powerful tips for searching in Gmail? Listen to the episode now: freedomscientifictraining.libs…

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS #20MinuteTechTips


Jaws Discount. Like in past years, Freedom Scientific is offering a 20% discount for upgrading your SMA or Annual license during the time of the ACB and NFB conventions; July 3rd thru 12th. You can call and do it by phone, or do it online. You will just need one of these codes, ACB24 or NFB24. If doing it online, just know that the place you put in the code is on down the page past all of the charges. Here is the link to do it online... support.freedomscientific.com/…. #Jaws #Discount #ACB #NFB #Convention #Blind



That said, updating #JAWS is still a pain. It's ridiculous that the US has had such a cheap way of using JAWS at home for over half a decade now and the rest of the world pays stupid prices or has to buy at very specific times of the year which you only know about if you're quite involved in the community,
And I'm still sad that workplace adjustments are still hugely JAWS driven, when NVDA Addon development should really have made this much more of an open thing.
Hey ho, it's all about the choice I suppose and that's a good thing. Hopefully screen readers will keep enspiring each other to new things.
#jaws


Very impressed with the new Split #Braille Feature in #JAWS. Being able to read Teams chat with half my display whilst typing someplace else is tremendous. They seem to have well thought out the different modes and views. Shame about the cells wasted with the split and lack of customisability of the viewport widths. If I won the lottery I'd throw a few hundred k at #NVDASR for comparable #BrailleDisplay development


The third edition of David Kingsbury’s popular free digital book, “The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More,” is coming soon! Author David Kingsbury, an Assistive Technology Instructor here at the Carroll Center, wrote this comprehensive resource to help JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator users work more effectively with the most important PC applications—like Microsoft Office, email clients, and web browsers.

Join author David Kingsbury via Zoom on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 pm ET to find out what’s new in this edition, hear a few tips and tricks, and ask your questions. Save your seat here: lnkd.in/e7ct_C8B

#Windows #Jaws #NVDA #Narrator #blind