[Athen] JAWS keyboard command for reading sentences

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Current Status of Sentence Navigation Commands in JAWS

As of the latest updates in JAWS, the commands you mentioned—Alt + Up Arrow and Alt + Down Arrow—for moving to and reading the previous and next sentence, respectively, are indeed no longer available by default. This has been a change that has caught several users off guard, particularly those who edit text regularly.

Alternative Commands or Workarounds

Although the old commands are no longer functional, you still have a couple of options:

1.	Custom Scripts: One option is to create a custom script to bring back the functionality using JAWS' scripting capabilities. This might be a bit advanced, but it allows you to define any key combination you prefer for sentence navigation.
2.	Using the Virtual Cursor (on Web Pages or Emails): If you are working on web content or emails, you can use Ctrl + Down Arrow or Ctrl + Up Arrow to move by paragraph. While this isn't exactly by sentence, it can be useful in some contexts.
3.	Use the Review Cursor: Some users find that using the Review Cursor (insert + numpad 5 twice) can help in situations where sentence navigation is required, though it's more manual and may not be as fluid.

Possible Future Updates

Given the importance of sentence navigation for content creators, it might be worth providing feedback to Freedom Scientific. They are generally responsive to user needs, and if enough users request the reintroduction of this feature or a similar one, it could be reinstated in future updates.

In the meantime, setting up a custom script might be your best bet if you need this functionality immediately.

Hope this helps.

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Karen McCall via athen-list
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2024 8:24 AM
To: ATHEN <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] JAWS keyboard command for reading sentences

 

Morning!

I’ve been frustrated by this for a long time and figured it was time to ask for help! LOL

JAWS used to have keyboard commands for reading sentence by sentence.

Alt + NumPad 5 with the NumLock turned off still seems to work but the keyboard commands for moving to and reading the next sentence or previous sentence are either missing or have changed.

They used to be Alt + Up Arrow or Alt + Down Arrow respectively.

Did we lose this ability or have the keyboard commands changed? As someone who writes and edits content, not being able to move sentence by sentence is frustrating.

I’m using the current/up to date version of JAWS.

 

Thanks in advance!

Cheers, Karen

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