[Athen] skim reading with screen reading software

[PATRICK BURKE]

Hi Shannon,

The Skim Reading feature in Jaws is pretty well hidden (INS-F2, next to
last in the list.) Definitely worth a try though. You can go by first
sentence/line of every paragraph, or set up keywords to look for. Tutorial
& config options are here:

http://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/Surfs-Up/Skim_Reading.htm

Patrick

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Lavey,Shannon <Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu>
wrote:


> Hello,

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> We have a student who is blind who uses JAWS and Voice Over.  He is

> assigned large amounts of readings, and would like to skim/scan through all

> the materials.  Does anyone have any tips or strategies on how to do this

> with JAWS or Voice Over (assuming the readings are accessible)?

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> Thanks!

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> Shannon

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