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Accessible Tables
You can create accessible tables for JAWS using functionality available in Microsoft Word. This means that even those who do not use JAWS can mark table row and column headings for JAWS users. TABLES...
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SPSS and JAWS
Making output report tables readable with JAWS: Change the Viewer Layout to separate tables -> Menu Bar–>Edit–> Edit Content –> In Separate Windows.
View ArticleJAWS and Microsoft Visio
It has been my experience that MS Visio is almost impossible to use with a screen reader, and it would probably be almost impossible to make it so. Unless the student has some usable vision and can use...
View ArticleDisable JAWS at Startup
https://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com/msg39528.html In Windows 7, I opened the Start Menu, searched for msconfig, go to the Startup tab, locate JAWS and deselect the checkbox....
View ArticleUsing JAWS with PowerPoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUG734v-aqw Video tutorial showing how a user can use JAWS to listen to PowerPoint.
View ArticleJAWS and Proofreading
ISSUE: I have a low vision student who is requesting a paid proofreader for her Master’s Thesis because JAWS does weird things…. Specifically, it’ does “not catch “ double commas, double periods,...
View ArticleJAWS and MathML
JAWS only reads MathML content when it is served via MathJax in a web page, and only in IE. JAWS won’t read MathType equations within a Word document at the moment. There is an unreleased version of...
View ArticleSoftware for Math Books
Unfortunately, there’s no “out-of-the-box” application that can be purchased which can automate this process. It typically requires the use of several products with lots of user intervention, and is...
View ArticleMath Access Screen Readers
– If you are using a version of JAWS earlier than 16, I believe you will still get HTML+MathML (or other various flavors) to speak if you have the student use IE9 with the MathPlayer plugin. It might...
View ArticleAccessing PDF Image Files with JAWS
I use JAWS too and forgot about convenient OCR. I’ve used PDF Transformer before that feature was available in JAWS. Old habits die hard! For those who also forget – from the JAWS Help documentation:...
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