Text console for development in JAWS?

Question

I am working on a web application and I want to simplify its use with a screen reader. Testing material in JAWS is time consuming. Is it possible to display JAWS text instead of reading? I do not want to actually hear the content during development. I just want to see what JAWS will read.

Answer 1

As far as I know, there is no speech viewer for the jaws. However, you can force all of the speech output to be written to the log file using the "/ z" switch. Unfortunately, you cannot view the log file in a text editor while the screen reader is running, because it is locked. Open a command prompt or call the "Run" dialog by pressing the "Win + r" key and enter: "jaws_executable" / z "log_file" Where "jaws_executable" is the full path and file name of the Jaws application, and "log_file" is the location and speech log file name. Important: There should be no spaces between "/ z" and the log file name.

Answer 2

I believe JAWS has a visual indicator, but my version of JAWS is a little mesmerizing. Nowadays, NVDA is very similar to JAWS, so you can use this and it has a speech output console. Right-click the NVDA icon on the taskbar, select "Tools" and "Voice Viewer."

Answer 3

This is an old thread, but since it appeared in my search, I decided to update it. JAWS 15 just introduced this feature through the Speech History feature. Follow these directions to enable it:

If you miss one or more messages spoken by JAWS, you can press INSERT + SPACEBAR , then H to open the results viewer containing up to the last 50 messages spoken by the synthesizer. When the speech history window opens, you will be taken to a line containing the last announcement. To clear the history, press INSERT + SPACEBAR , then SHIFT + H. History is also cleared when you lock your computer or completely log out. If you do not want JAWS to save your speech history, clear the Enable speech history verification check box in the Settings Center.

Read more at JAWS 15 What's New in the History of New Speech section for users who speak only speeches.

For those of you who are stuck with JAWS 14, Nektarios Paisios replied that the / z magazine worked best for me.

Answer 4

The easiest way to see what the screen reader sees is to disable CSS. This will show you everything on a screen readable page. This will give you an idea of ​​what happens during development until you want to get into more complex things.

See http://www.iheni.com/quick-tip-testing-web-content-for-screen-readers-without-a-screen-reader/ . This site also has a lot of useful information http://webaim.org/articles/ .

Answer 5

You can enable the Braille viewer function in the Start menu> All Programs> JAWS 14.0> Braille Viewer.

The Braille viewer visualizes the output of the text that will be sent to the Braille display. It sometimes uses abbreviations or abbreviations, but is a close representation of speech output.

Also consider the Fangs Screen Reader Emulator for Firefox. It will display the text output of what the screen reader will announce on the page, in the correct reading order, although it does not display dynamic content.

Answer 6

JAWS comes with the option to view Braille fonts in the Utilities folder, which will display any text out of focus.