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Blinded Veterans Association
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JAWS Keystrokes for Reading Text
JAWS Keystrokes for Reading Text
Summary: Reading Commands
Description Command
Say Prior Character LEFT ARROW
Say Next Character RIGHT ARROW
Say Character NUM PAD 5
Say Character Phonetically NUM PAD 5 twice quickly
Say Prior Word INSERT+LEFT ARROW
Say Next Word INSERT+RIGHT ARROW
Say Word INSERT+NUM PAD 5
Spell Word INSERT+NUM PAD 5 twice quickly
Say Prior Line UP ARROW
Say Next Line DOWN ARROW
Say Current Line INSERT+UP ARROW
Spell Current Line INSERT+UP ARROW twice quickly
Say Prior Sentence ALT+UP ARROW
Say Next Sentence ALT+DOWN ARROW
Say Current Sentence ALT+NUM PAD 5
Say to Cursor INSERT+HOME
Say from Cursor INSERT+PAGE UP
Spell to Cursor INSERT+HOME twice quickly
Spell from Cursor INSERT+PAGE UP twice quickly
Say All INSERT+DOWN ARROW
Fast Forward during a Say All RIGHT ARROW
Rewind during a Say All LEFT ARROW
Say Color INSERT+5
Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value NUM PAD 5 three times quickly
Say Font INSERT+F, twice quickly to display in virtual viewer
Start Skim
Skim
Display Skim Reading Summary INSERT+WINDOWS Key+DOWN ARROW
Copy Selected Text to FSClipboard WINDOWS Key+C
Additional Notes See also:
Keystrokes for Using the Clipboard
Windows Keystrokes for Working with Text
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