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JAWS Question (self.Blind)
submitted by rumster
Ok. this one is going to be random and I thought I had it working before but I guess not. Can you have JAWS Highlight the exact paragraph or sentence its reading in Chrome or Firefox? So you know exactly where it is on the page? I swore I had this option on before but I seem to have disabled it and now I can't turn it back on.
Any suggestions would be great appreciated. Thanks!
Any suggestions would be great appreciated. Thanks!
CloudyBeep 5 points 1y ago
The Visual Tracking group in Settings Center.
rumster [OP] 2 points 1y ago
It doesn't work on my end for some reason. I tried everything including re-installing JAWS.
CloudyBeep 2 points 1y ago
As a troubleshooting step, does Screen Shade (JAWSKEY+SPACEBAR, then F11) work for you?
rumster [OP] 2 points 1y ago
im at home which is the default jaws key bud?
CloudyBeep 2 points 1y ago
The INSERT key or the CAPS LOCK key.
I mentioned Screen Shade because there is a known incompatibility with the way that JAWS renders screen shade and visual tracking on some PCs, so if Screen Shade doesn't work on your PC, neither will visual tracking.
I mentioned Screen Shade because there is a known incompatibility with the way that JAWS renders screen shade and visual tracking on some PCs, so if Screen Shade doesn't work on your PC, neither will visual tracking.
rumster [OP] 2 points 1y ago
need to try at work tomorrow
TechnicalPragmatist 1 points 1y ago
I don’t think it can do that… I don’t think any screen reader can, not right now, not as of this time.
rumster [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It can but its bugged lol
TechnicalPragmatist 1 points 1y ago
Hmm. Interesting well they need to develop it. Would be cool if the user can tel on the touch screen or something.
GreatSunJester 1 points 1y ago
I have never seen JAWS being that granular for highlighting. It will either highlight each word as it read for Say All, or highlight blocks of text unrelated to sentences (or HTML div and paragraph!) with the reading keys.
Of course, if you are using Alt DownArrow to read sentences, it highlights nothing at all.
Fusion acts the same, just with bolder highlighting.
On a side note. NVDA much more cleanly highlights divisions and paragraphs, but does not highlight sentences or words as it reads in browsers. It cannot figure sentences in anything other than Word it seems, but highlights nothing useful there.
Of course, if you are using Alt DownArrow to read sentences, it highlights nothing at all.
Fusion acts the same, just with bolder highlighting.
On a side note. NVDA much more cleanly highlights divisions and paragraphs, but does not highlight sentences or words as it reads in browsers. It cannot figure sentences in anything other than Word it seems, but highlights nothing useful there.
rumster [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It's for testing and I want to get a bit more focus on where I'm at sometimes.
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