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1. Starting JAWS, Setting up Hot Keys, and the JAWS Startup Wizard.

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1.1. Starting JAWS and Setting up Hot Keys.
1.1.1. Starting JAWS from the Desktop Icon and Setting Up a Hot Key to Start JAWS.
1.1.2. Start JAWS or MAGic from the Run Dialog Box.
1.1.3. Starting JAWS from the JAWS Program Group.

1.2. JAWS Startup Wizard.

 

1.1. Starting JAWS and Setting up Hot Keys

This lesson teaches you how to start JAWS from the Windows Desktop, from the Windows Run dialog box, and from the Start Menu. I'll also show you how to set up a hot key so you can start JAWS by pressing the key combination CTRL+ALT+J.

1.1.1. Starting JAWS from the Desktop Icon and Setting Up a Hot Key to Start JAWS

Because every computer can be setup differently, you may or may not currently be on the Windows Desktop. I will press INSERT+T to read the title of the current window.

Press the WINDOWS Key, the second key out from the left or right of the spacebar, plus the letter D, and then release both keys.

I'll press WINDOWS Key+D now.

I have successfully reached the Desktop. The Desktop is a list of commonly used Windows program icons, organized in rows and columns. You can use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, or RIGHT ARROW keys to navigate the list or you can navigate by pressing the first letter of the program you wish to choose. In this case, I'm going to press the letter J until I select the JAWS icon.

On your computer, it may be necessary to press J more than one time to arrive at the JAWS icon. This is because pressing J tells the computer to move to the next program icon starting with that letter. So, keep pressing J until you get to the JAWS program icon, as I am. If there is only one thing starting with this letter, you may not hear anything. You can check to see where you are by pressing the SayLine keystroke, INSERT+UP ARROW.

NOTE: This section was recorded using JAWS 13. If you are following along and using a later version of JAWS just press the letter J until you find the version of JAWS that you want to assign the hot key to. The technique is exactly the same for any version of JAWS.

If JAWS were not already running on this computer, pressing ENTER on this icon would start JAWS.

What I'd like to do, however, is set up a hot key to enable me to start JAWS by pressing a keystroke. To do that, I'll go into the properties dialog box for the shortcut on the desktop.

The advantage of having a hot key to start JAWS is that you can press the hot key to start JAWS at any time. Even if you are the only person using this computer, and you want JAWS to start speaking each time the computer is turned on, it's still a good idea to have a hot key set up for JAWS. There could be times you want to shut down and restart JAWS, and having such a hot key to start it again comes in very handy. In fact, I not only have hot keys to launch JAWS, but several other applications I use every day, including Microsoft® Word, Excel®, Internet Explorer®, and Outlook®. It's a lot faster than searching for an icon on the desktop or searching for the program in the Start menu!

Let's take a look at how to set up such a hot key. Right now, I'm on the Windows Desktop, and the focus is on the JAWS icon. Objects on the Desktop are frequently called shortcuts or icons, and when you have moved to one of these icons, it is referred to as being selected. If you hear JAWS say "not selected" nothing on the Desktop is selected. If you have actually selected something on the Desktop, you will hear JAWS announces that the icon is selected. If you hear the JAWS icon and it is not selected, press the SPACEBAR now to select it.

Now, I'm going to press a key combination that opens the properties dialog box for this icon. This key combination is ALT+ENTER.

The first thing I hear is that I am on the Shortcut page in a target edit field. This is what is referred to as a multi-page dialog box. If you are not in the same area as I am, you can press the key combination CONTROL+TAB several times until you are.

The only item or field that I want to change is the one asking me for a shortcut key, or hot key. To get to this field, I'm going to press the TAB key twice.

This is where I need to specify the hot key combination. I'm just going to press the letter J.

You may be asking yourself, "Does this mean that the computer is going to launch JAWS every time I press the letter J?" The answer, of course, is No. When you are creating a hot key shortcut, the computer assumes that any letter you press will be combined with both the CONTROL and the ALT keys. So, in this example, the JAWS program is started by pressing the key combination CONTROL+ALT+J.

If you want to confirm that this has been done, press the keystroke to reread the current control, INSERT+TAB. You should hear JAWS read the edit box label and the contents of the edit box, CONTROL+ALT+J as well as a tutor message.

I've confirmed that the correct keystroke has been assigned. Now, let me show you one additional thing about this dialog box. Press the TAB key.

In Windows, the term "run" indicates that you are starting a program. In this case, I'm located over an item that tells Windows how I want this program to run. For JAWS, the normal window choice in this list is fine. However, if you're setting up a hot key for something like a word processor or your email program, you probably want to DOWN ARROW through the choices in this combo box until you get to the word Maximize. I'm going to continue pressing TAB until I reach the OK button.

When you're located in a dialog box, pressing ENTER on the OK button saves your work. If I didn't want to save the changes I made, I could press the ESCAPE key. I'll press the SPACEBAR to save my changes.

An access denied dialog box has appeared. This is a feature some versions of Windows. Because this is "on" I am given an extra warning. Do I really want to do this? This warning doesn't mean I can't do this; I just have to tell it that I really DO want to do this.

There's a Continue and a Cancel button. Focus is on the Continue button. I'll press ENTER to accept this.

The warning dialog box disappears and the properties dialog box closes. Now the hot key to start JAWS will work as I want it to.

Let's see if the hot key works now. What I'm going to do is close JAWS and restart it. This won't be something that you have to do very often, unless JAWS needs to be reset for some reason. I'm going to press INSERT+F4 to bring up the "Close JAWS dialog box".

Now I'll press SPACEBAR, and shut down JAWS which stops all speech.

Now then, let's test the new hot key. I will see if the hot key starts JAWS. Press CONTROL+ALT+J. It may take a few seconds for JAWS to load, but you will hear an announcement when it does.

I hear that JAWS has once again started. If you also heard this, congratulations, you have successfully created a hot key to start JAWS.

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1.1.2. Start JAWS or MAGic from the Run Dialog Box

At some point in time you may need to shut JAWS down and start it up again. Or perhaps you may need to start a different version of JAWS. I do this quite frequently for testing. You can start JAWS in the run dialog box by typing JAWSNN followed by ENTER. (Where NN represents the version number of JAWS you want to start.) Make sure that there are no spaces in the string of text and no punctuation.

NOTE: For example, you might type JAWS13 to start JAWS 13 or JAWS12 to start JAWS version 12.

I'll show you how this is done right now. JAWS is actually running so you'll hear it. I'm going to press WINDOWS Key and the letter R. Of course if you were not running JAWS at the moment or MAGic at the moment you would not hear this but the edit field would be there. Now if you had previously typed something in there that would be highlighted so you could just type right over it. What I'm going to type right now is jaws13 and I would press ENTER to start JAWS 13 at that point. Again, since I have JAWS running at this point I don't need to do that so I'm just going to press ESC.

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1.1.3. Starting JAWS from the JAWS Program Group

Later in the Basic Training I'll come back to the Start menu in Windows and take a look at the JAWS program group in great detail. Another way to start JAWS is to find it there, in the JAWS program group.

1.2. JAWS Startup Wizard

The JAWS Startup Wizard, introduced with JAWS 8.0, runs the first time you reboot after installing JAWS. It was significantly expanded with the JAWS 9.0 release, offering many more choices to help you configure JAWS when you first start it. The first time JAWS runs after installation the Startup Wizard begins. However, you can start it up again at any time by pressing ENTER on it in the JAWS Help menu.

NOTE: It is probable that the Startup Wizard will change as time goes on. If you notice that there is a different order when you follow through this module than what I experience, don't worry. The order in which the different dialog boxes are presented and even the contents of each dialog box could change as well. In either case, that will not make any difference in your ability to continue this training.

EXERCISE: Go to the JAWS window and choose Help > Startup Wizard and follow along as we explore the different settings for the Startup Wizard.

I'll press ALT+TAB to go to the JAWS window. Next, ALT+H to open the Help menu. Finally, Z to choose the access key to begin the Startup Wizard.

1. Install training materials , the first dialog box appears.

NOTE: If you install JAWS from the downloaded Web version, the choice to install Training materials does not appear. That's because the Training materials would make your download a lot longer. If you don't have access to a JAWS program DVD, you can still download the Training materials from the Freedom Scientific Web pages, however, they require separate downloads.

I highly encourage you to install the training materials. That way they are there for you to practice whenever you need them and you won't have to dig out your JAWS program DVD or spend time downloading them from the Web. Also, the training materials are CONSTANTLY being updated and improved. If you have not gone through the training in a while, you should do so again, just to catch up on some of the new features of JAWS.

I remember when I first went through the basic training with JAWS every time I listened to it I learned something new.

For now, I'll press ENTER to activate the Next button.

1. Speech settings . The next dialog box, speech settings, includes the voice rate slider bar, the punctuation combo box, and typing echo radio buttons.
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   • Focus initially is in the voice rate slider bar. Press PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN to increase or decrease the voice rate in larger chunks. Press the ARROW Keys to move the slider bar in smaller increments. I had already set mine to 25% which is a little faster than the default rate. I'll press PAGE DOWN. That's the default rate and I'll press PAGE UP to set it back.
   • Press TAB and the focus moves to the punctuation combo box. I'm going to leave it set to most punctuation. However, just to give you one example of a difference between two of the settings, if you change the punctuation to some instead of most, the greater than sign will not be spoken.
   • I'll press TAB to move to the typing echo group of radio buttons. When you type with JAWS you normally hear every character that is typed. That's the default setting here. If you prefer not to hear characters, but you'd rather hear words spoken, press DOWN ARROW. With this setting you would only hear the words spoken when you press the spacebar or type punctuation at the end of a sentence. You would not hear the characters. You can press DOWN ARROW and this setting gives you BOTH characters and words. I'm going to press UP ARROW to move back to characters and leave it at that setting for this training.

   • One thing you are going to hear me say over and over again throughout this training is that any time you want extra help on something you can press a keystroke, INSERT+F1, to get screen sensitive help. Let's try that right here, press INSERT+F1 to get screen sensitive help for the Typing Echo radio buttons here in the startup wizard.

     When you press INSERT+F1 the virtual viewer appears on the screen with the text of the message in it. This is available to you to read with your normal reading commands and it is also available to you on a braille display if you are using a refreshable braille display with JAWS. You can press your UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move through the text or use your normal reading commands. For now I'm going to press ESC.

   • I'll press ENTER to activate the Next button.

1. Run JAWS Settings: In Windows Vista and Windows 7 this dialog box offers more choices than what appeared in Windows XP. The choices now include: Start JAWS at the logon screen, start JAWS after logon for all users, start JAWS after logon for this user, and run JAWS from system tray.
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   • Start JAWS at the Logon screen - check box checked. If you select "Start JAWS at the Logon screen" JAWS will be loaded at the logon screen. That way everyone who comes to that computer will hear speech while they are logging in.
   • Start JAWS after logon for all users - the default is not checked. If you select "Start JAWS after logon for all users" JAWS will be loaded after logon for all users.
   • Start JAWS after logon for this user, your choices are Always, Never, or Using the all users setting. If you select the value labeled Using the All User Setting, JAWS will start after you logon to Windows if the check box labeled start JAWS after logon for all users is checked. This is useful if the computer is used by multiple users.
   • I'm not going to check the check box to run JAWS from the system tray. This takes the JAWS user interface out of the task switching window that you get when you press ALT+TAB and it also takes JAWS out of the task bar. Instead, a JAWS icon appears in the system tray. If you make this choice, use the keystroke INSERT+J to quickly access the JAWS menus when you need to make changes in JAWS. This is a personal preference and I know a lot of people who use JAWS that like this option. Feel free to try it if you never have. You can always switch it back later.

   • NOTE: The change for running JAWS in the system tray does not take effect until you close JAWS and restart it.

   • I'll press the ENTER key to accept the default here. I do want JAWS to speak at the logon screen, but I am the only person who uses this computer with JAWS, so this way no one else will hear JAWS after the initial log in screen and since I've chosen to always start JAWS after login for this user, myself, I'll hear JAWS all the time.

NOTE: The Start JAWS Options dialog box is also now available by activating the Automatically Start JAWS button in the JAWS Basics Dialog box when JAWS runs in Windows Vista or later.

1. Keyboard settings include: Use Virtual Ribbon Menus, Keyboard Layout, and Initial state of num lock key.

The Ribbon is a new style of menu available in many new applications being released today. Ribbons create an accessibility challenge due to inconsistent navigation between various groups and items. The new Virtual Ribbon Menu provides predictable navigation, lets you see everything in the Ribbon, and offers consistency when navigating with ARROW keys.

The keyboard layouts available include desktop, laptop, and kinesis. For these training modules, I'm using the desktop layout. Remember, there is a DAISY book available called Laptop Keystrokes with JAWS and MAGic for those of you who want to learn how to use an alternate keyboard layout with JAWS.

Initial state of num lock key is a new setting available beginning with JAWS version 9.0. The default setting has been for JAWS to turn off the num lock so that the num pad can be used for screen reading and navigation as opposed to typing numbers. You can always manually switch the num lock on or off by pressing the NUM LOCK key at any time. However, this setting now gives you several choices as to how you want the num lock to behave automatically whenever JAWS starts. I'm going to leave it set to "off" at startup and I'll press ENTER to activate the Next button.

1. Verbosity settings include tutor messages, access keys, verbosity level, and graphic verbosity.

I mentioned at the onset of this training that I would leave the tutor messages on for a while. I'll keep them on for a little while longer before I change them. Feel free, however, to make your own choice to the tutor messages now by pressing the ARROW Keys. When you have made a choice, press TAB to move to the next section, the Access Keys.

I'm going to make one slight change here to the access key section. I want to hear access keys in dialog boxes, but not in menus, so I'll press DOWN ARROW until I reach the fourth choice. OK, now I'll press TAB to move to the next section.

Verbosity is set to beginner. You can change it to intermediate or advanced if you want. When verbosity is set to beginner, JAWS speaks more information. For example, at beginner level, when you press CTRL+C to copy some selected text to the clipboard, JAWS speaks the following message:

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Copied selection to clipboard.
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At the other two levels, JAWS only speaks the word "copied" and that's it. You hear less information. That can be nice once you know your way around Windows and the different programs you commonly use, because the less you have to listen to the faster you can get your job done. For now, I'm going to leave it on beginner and I'll press TAB to move to the next control.

I'm going to leave JAWS set to All Graphics, which is the default setting. For now I'll press ENTER to move to the next screen.

1. Braille settings include enable flash messages, the contracted braille translation combo box, and expand current word.
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   • Flash messages are short announcements that appear on your braille display for only a few seconds. These messages can include errors, status information, help balloons, and other information.
   • The contracted braille translation combo box has three choices: Off, Output Only, or Input and Output. When set to Off, you cannot read or type in contracted braille using your braille display. When set to Output Only, you can read contracted braille on your braille display, but you can only type in computer braille using the Perkins-style keyboard on your braille display. When set to Input and Output, you can both read and type in contracted braille using your braille display.
   • Expand current word takes the word at the cursor and expands it to computer braille when you are using contracted braille. This gives you the ability to edit the word more easily if you need to by showing each character of the word (or words) in individual cells on the display. The expand current word check box is not available if contracted braille translation is set to off.

I am going to press ENTER to activate the Finish button.

At this point, if you chose to install the training materials, that installation begins now. If not, the Startup Wizard closes and your changes should now be in effect, except for the run JAWS from the system tray option, which requires you to shut down and restart JAWS.

That's the end of this module. Please join me in the next one.

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