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Recommended: SSD drive. Sound Windows-compatible sound card for speech. Find the version that is right for you. Only Student Annual License U.

Learn About ARC. Customer Testimonial. Other Products You May Like. Fusion Software. ZoomText Software. Buy Now. JAWS by default switches automatically between interaction modes if you are really curious about this, skip forward and read Screen readers' browse and focus modes. While programming and testing especially complex JavaScript widgets , this behaviour can be a bit nasty.

This mode can be disabled, so it is similar to NVDA. But we urge you to only do this if you really know what you are doing. Search Search terms. Confirm and restart JAWS. From now on, you won't see much of JAWS except a small icon in the system tray. By clicking on the icon, the JAWS menu is displayed. The best way to use the JAWS menu is by keyboard: Use the arrow keys to navigate it and press Enter to select an item.

For even quicker navigation, press the letter on your keyboard that is underlined in the intended menu item. For example, press X for Exit. In this guide, we indicate those letters by putting parentheses around them, for instance like so: E x it or H elp. You can close the menu items by pressing Esc.

Be aware though that JAWS is still running in the background, so your computer may behave differently in some situations! The history shows that last 20 announcements. Sadly, the history does not refresh automatically.