“Marking the Spot: Navigating the Digital World with JAWS Place markers”
In this post, readers will learn about the value of using place markerswhich have been part of the JAWS screen-reader, since version 5.,
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An easy way to navigate through messages in Outlook
Recently, I was going through my email, when I discovered that there is a much easier way to quickly navigate between messages rather than pressing escape to exit your current message and using arrow keys to move up and down through the list. That much easier way is to simply press control+, to move back … Read more
An easy way to change the volume of running apps
Have you ever ben listening to music or a podcast, while you work on your computer using either JAWS or NVDA & wished you could change the volume quickly? Well now, you can, thanks to this handy tip I saw on Mastodon last night, which comes from @ivanjc@tweesecake.social He wrote, “ “I just found a … Read more
A super easy way to restart jaws
Here’s a quick tip for those of you who use the Jaws screen-reader. To quickly restart jaws from anywhere, simply press Alt+Windows +F9. (This does require Leasey from Hartgen Consultancy.) As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to leave a comment & I’d be more than happy to assist you.
If Jaws won’t increase speech rate while reading, what do I do?
Recently, while working on this Lenovo Yoga laptop, I was reading something & wanted to increase the speaking rate of jaws permanently. I remember being taught that the command to do this is control+Alt+page up, which is a tricky command, since my computer doesn’t have the “6-pack.” So, what do I do? Well, I could … Read more
How do I send a tab from one device to another?
Recently, I was working in my web browser on my computer & needed to leave to go somewhere. But, I didn’t want to lose what I was looking at. So, I sent the tab from my computer to my iPhone. To perform the following steps, you’ll need Edge installed on all the devices you plan … Read more
If Voiceover refuses to say the word “search”
If you’re a Voiceover user & your device is running ios 17.1.1 or newer, you may have run into an issue, where Voiceover loses its label for this button. When I had this issue, voiceover would just say, “button” when encountering the search tab of the following applications. Mona, Which is a third-party mastodon app, … Read more
Access the context menu in the new file Explorer under Windows 11
1. Root your jaws cursor to the PC cursor by pressing insert+numb pad minus. 2. Emulate a right mouse click by pressing numb pad/once. This is the key just to the left of numb pad minus. You can now navigate the resulting menu as you normally would, using your arrow keys.
IOS web browsing tip
For those of us who like to browse the web from our iDevices, I was doing that recently & came across this feature. From my experimentation, I can tell you that this tip works with #Brave & #MicrosoftEdge. Below, is a very easy way to close specific tabs, assuming you don’t want to close them … Read more
Screen-reader Productivity Tip
The following is for those of you who use a Screen-reader with a Lenovo Yoga laptop. I was under the impression that changing the volume quickly was not possible, boy, was I wrong! After tinkering around with various keyboard shortcuts, I discovered that there is in fact a quick and easy way to do this. … Read more