JAWS – Change typing echo setting

JAWS – Change typing echo setting

Problem

A JAWS user wishes to change the typing echo JAWS speaks when they input text from the keyboard.

Applies to

  1. JAWS

Resolution

Typing echo is a feature of screen readers that echo the key presses a user makes, or says the word that has just been typed.  JAWS has four modes of typing echo, the default is to echo characters.  The full list of typing echo modes are:
  1. None - nothing spoken as you type
  2. Characters - each character pressed is spoken as you type
  3. Words - a completed word is spoken aftr the user presses SPACEBAR
  4. Characters and words - characters and completed words are spoken as ou type

Adjust typing echo

  1. Press JAWSKey+F2 to open the JAWS managers list.
  2. Use UP/DOWN arrow keys or first letter navigation to highlight Settings Centre then press ENTER.
  3. In Settings Centre press CONTROL+SHIFT+D to make changes to the default configuration.
  4. Then enter the word Typing into the search box then press DOWN ARROW to locate Typing Echo in the list.
  5. Then keep pressing SPACEBAR until it is on the desired typing echo option from those listed above.
  6. When done press TAB to reach Apply button, then press SPACEBAR on it.
  7. Then press ENTER to dismiss the Settings Centre dialogue window.


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