Embossing wirelessly from your BrailleSense
This post describes how to setup & use your embosser, wirelessly via Bluetooth with your BrailleSense.
All about FSCompanion
Introduction to FSCompanion FSCompanion is a brand-new feature that is part of the JAWS2025 update. At launch, only the English language is supported, but more will be added as new software updates are released. How can I access this feature? There are multiple ways to access this feature. If you are using JAWS2025, you can…
enable hibernate mode under Windows 11.
To enable Hibernate mode under Windows 11, please perform the following steps: Open Control panel & search for “power.” When the results appear, tab to & press enter on “change what the power buttons do” Press enter Change all relevant options to “hibernate” & click “save changes.”
An Accessible way to, “Clean install Windows
Recently, I’ve been experiencing numerous technical difficulties with my Dell laptop. Due to these issues, I performed a, “Clean install” of Windows this past Sunday. I didn’t think this was possible, but indeed, I was proven wrong. Here’s how to accomplish this task, with speech throughout the entire process:
A quick easy way to adjust the volume
Have you ever wanted to quickly & easily adjust your jaws volume on the fly? Well now, with this handy dandy keyboard shortcut I just discovered, you can! To adjust the volume on the fly, simply press control+shift+windows+ up arrow to increase or down arrow to decrease. This change is permanent. As always, if you…
Suspending quick navigation keys
The following was taken directly from the jaws message center. I had no idea this feature even existed: In JAWS, you can temporarily suspend the use of Navigation Quick Keys when on a web page by pressing INSERT+SHIFT+Z if using desktop keyboard layout, and CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+Z in laptop layout. This is useful if you need to use keystrokes native…
Assistive Technology | JAWS | NVDA | Web browsing | Windows
Knowing where you are on the wonderful worldwide web
Have you ever been browsing a website & came across a text field where you wanted to enter data or maybe even filling out a form to sign-up for an event or website account, such as Facebook? I have & often times, I’ll get “lost in the page” & forget what my screen-reader just said….
A Quick & easy way to check laptop battery status
This post describes an easy way for jaws users to obtain laptop battery information.
“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.,
Assistive Technology | JAWS | NVDA | Windows
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…