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Re: Any JAWS equivalent to NVDA "Speech Viewer"?

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From: David Farough
Date: Apr 25, 2013 9:40AM

Hi Mike:

I do not use this because I actually use a braille display. There are
many reasons for the content to differ from spoken output. there are
several different braille modes that Jaws can use depending on user
prefference and on the type of field with focus. Speech history mode
will provide exactly the same output as was sent to the synthesizer.
Line mode will provide a line of text that roughly corresponds to the
cursor location. Structured mode will provide more contextual
information about the field with focus including the type of field,
attributes and label information amongst other things.

Usually the output does not vary based on the hardware used. things
will vary however if the application is not standard and if Jaws is not
able to recognize the type of field or control being used. It is the
access technology that sends the output to the Braille display, so the
quality of the output is related to the degree to which the software
being used is compatible with the Access technology.



David Farough
Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
Information Technology Services Directorate /
Direction des services d'information technologiques
Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
Email / Courriel: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Tel. / Tél: (613) 992-2779