Drews Sound

Electric guitar, direct from my amp into my iPhone in the Voice Memos. Jamming on my Digitech. Wammy.

Will start out with clean examples.

Now we’ll crank up the gain and get excited 🙂

In JAWS we have multiple cursers we use. I use, the PC curser, then, JAWS curser, then Touch curser. I fan out with these if an app or webpage isn’t accessible. With the PC and JAWS curser, we have JAWS find. We can type in text, and JAWS will place the active curser on the text. We can’t natively find text, with the Touch curser. What I’ve found, is the Touch curser, a lot of times will open up parts of applications that we can’t easily get to with the PC or JAWS curser, it’s another tool. As the touch curser uses object navigation, you must right arrow over many times sometimes 50-100 to find what you are looking for. Now, with these scripts, we may use JAWS Touch find, and the touch curser will race across the application until it lands on the text in question. We may then press enter, if the object is clickable. You will hear clicks, but no speech as the curser is moving. If the text that you are looking for is not found, you should receive a pop up box letting you know. You will use JAWSKey+Space, and then, Control+f to start the find process. JAWSKey+space, and f3 to find next. JAWSKey+space, and Shift+f3 to find previous.

Instalation: Coppy the scripts from the DefaultDotJSS file to the end of your Default script file. Opening the Script manager with Insert+0. If you are in the Shared default, you will need to press Control+end and then, Control+e to create a new script. You may call it test, and type comments in the comments fields, then press ok. Press control+end again. You may then paste the scripts from the text file. If you are in the User Default file, press control+end, paste the scripts. In either case, press control+s to save. You should hear, compile complete. open the default.jkm key map file in the Script manager, and in the common keys section, paste the key mappings from the DefaultDotJKM.TXT file. Press control+s to save.

Restart JAWS. You may now use your new scripts! Download is below.

I always loved Stack Overflow, as you can find code snippits quickly to do different things. I thought it would be very helpful to have something similar for JAWS scripting. The below assumes you have an idea about scripting. If you don’t yet, that’s ok, start by browsing through the Basics Of Scripting guide from Freedom Scientific.

Setting focus to an application quickly.

This will take two different scripts or functions to make this happen.

The first will grab the window handle of the open application that you want to move back to quickly. You can set this up within an AutoStartEvent within the script file for the application, or, make two scripts that you can use for any single application.

Void Function AutoStartEvent ()

EndFunction

The above is an empty function, AutoStart event. Before you start, see if this exists already within your script file. If it’s there, you can add functions to it. Lets add a globals section above the AutoStartEvent. This will be for the variable to hold your window handle. It will look like

Globals
Handle AppFocus

The below will be what you would add into the AutoStartEvent

let AppFocus = GetCurrentWindow ()
let AppFocus = GetAppMainWindow (AppFocus)

AutostartEvent looks like

Void Function AutoStartEvent ()
let AppFocus = GetCurrentWindow ()
let AppFocus = GetAppMainWindow (AppFocus)

EndFunction

Now lets create a script within the default file which will link back to the AutoStartEvent within the app spisific file, and set the app to focus at the press of a keystroke.

Press control+shift+D to launch the default script file.
Press control+end to move to the end of the file, Make sure you are on a blank line.
Press, control+e to launch the new Script dialogue and give it a name.
tab to the checkbox for Can be attached to key and check it
tab to the comments sections and write what the script will be used for
as you come to the, assign to hotkey box, type a keystroke that will be used to run the script such as
control+alt+f
for example.
Tab to ok and press space.
Now you are in the script editor, make sure your curser is on the line below the script name.
Now you want to paste or type the following

SetFocus (AppFocus)
TypeKey (“Windows+UpArrow”)

Press control+s to save the script and verify compile complete
Now, move to the top of the script file with control+home.
JAWSFind
Use
f3 through the results until you start coming across
use “UIA.jsb”
use “HomeRowWindows.jsb”
use “HomeRowMSAA.jsb”
Down arrow until you know you are at the end of the use statements and press enter to have a blank line below the last one.
Type Use “MyApp.jsb”
where MyApp is the name of the script file you have motified the AutoStartEvent in.
Press control+s to save and compile again.
Now launch the app in question.
Minimise it with windows+m
press the keystroke you have assigned to pull it back in focus.
The app should now be in focus.

IF you are using the first in a script, vs AutoStartEvent in an app spisific file, you would create two scripts in the default file. The first will look like
Globals
Handle AppFocus
Script ()
let AppFocus = GetCurrentWindow () 
let AppFocus = GetAppMainWindow (AppFocus)
EndScript
using the same techniques above to create the script Control+e etc.
Then you will create the second script the same as
SetFocus (AppFocus)
TypeKey (“Windows+UpArrow”)

The first script will grab the focus of the app and you will only need to press it once, in less you close the app.
The second script will set focus back to the app.

This microphone was ran into the Vocaster. Multiple tests with a microphone clipped on my shirt, on a pair of glasses, and in my hand in front of my mouth. Amazon purchase link is below the audio.

comica XLR Microphone CVM-V02O 2… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078K8S12H?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

These things are quiet, but sound cooler than I thought. Ha ha ha no pun intended! Audio below.

It’s crazy to me that there is no rev with these engines. It’s just 0 to 180 miles an hour 🙂

Hidden Notes scripts Read me.
Written by Drew Weber.
Find me on Threads @IllegallyBlind86

Usage:
You may find yourself in a presenting roll to a group of blind and sighted people alike. You may not want folks to see your outline or class notes via screen share. These scripts will pass the text from your clipboard into a buffer that is sent to the speech synth of JAWS only. You step into Hidden Notes with
Control+shift+` (grave accent).
You step out of hidden notes with,
control+shift+escape.
You copy your notes to the clipboard and then when Hidden Notes is active, press control+shift+n. JAWS reports, “Captured Clipboard Text For Notes”.
You then press control+home to verify you are at the top. Press down arrow to read down a line, and up arrow to read up a line. In this version of the scripts, you may not move by Word or Character.
JAWS will hold your spot when you step out of Hidden notes with control+shift+escape. Your focus also does not move away from the application you are in at any time.
If you are using Hidden Notes to review instructions for a complex website, moving focus to a notepad may step you out of a menu or move your position on the site and you won’t even know it. That’s not something you need worry about with Hidden Notes.

Instalation:

From the zip file,Open the,
DefaultDotJSS.txt
Select all with control+a
copy with control+c
press insert+0 to launch the JAWS Script Manager.
Press control+shift+d to launch the default.jss file.
If JAWS reports Shared dot jss, you will need to follow the next steps. If JAWS does not report, shared, you may just go down to the end of the file with control+end, and paste the contents of the text file, and press control+s to save and compile..
For shared default.

move to the bottom with control+end
create a test script with control+e to launch the new script dialogue
fill out the fields, like so,

New Script dialog
General Page
Script Name: Edit
Test
Can be attached to Key check box not checked
space to check it.
Synopsis: Edit
This is a test script.
Description: edit
This is a test script.
Category: edit combo
Don’t do anything with this.
Assign to Hot Key
Press, control+alt+=

tab to ok and press space.
Now you should be in the body of the new script. Press control+end to get to the bottom, and verify you are on a blank line below,
EndScript
If so, paste the contents of the text file.

Press control+s to save and compile. In either case you should hear a message from JAWS, Compile complete, with a ding.

Now open the file,
DefaultDotJKM.txt
You want to copy the two lines below,
CommonKeys.
I placed the CommonKeys line in this file just to give a reference.
select them with shift+down arrow twice, and press control+c to copy.
Alt+tab back to your JAWS Script manager and press control+f4 to close the Default script file jss.
Press control+o to launch the open dialogue.
Press tab to move to the files of type box and press, k, for key map files.
Shift+tab three times to navigate back to the list view and press, d, to move to default.jkm.
press enter to open this file.
JAWS Find, with control+f,
Common
and press enter
You should land on the line CommonKeys
press down arrow and you may be on the test script’s key mapping or another mapping.
press home to move to the start of the line and press enter.
up arrow to verify you are on a blank line.
press control+v to paste the key mappings previously coppied.
press control+s to save the file.
You will not hear a ding or a message.

Press alt+f4 to close the script manager.
Now move back to the zip file and copy, not open the following files. You will need to select them first.
HiddenNotes.JKM
HiddenNotes.jsb
move to your JAWS window and press alt+u, then x,to navigate to the utilities folder. Press e, until you land on, explore my settings and press enter.
Press control+v to paste the files.
Alt+f4 out of this window after the copy is complete.
alt+f4 out of the utilities window.
Quit and restart JAWS.
You are now ready to use your new scripts. enjoy.

Had the chance to visit Idaho Springs CO a few weeks ago, we visitied the mines and went on the tour, it was a lot of fun.

First here is audio of the miniature hammers on the oar. It is a replica very small version of what was used back in the day.

Finally, we were in the mines, the acoustics/reverb is very cool, of course Binaural so ware headphones. Here is part of the story that the tour guide told, and, your like, uh? Lets, get, out of here!!! Crazy stuff!

Ran a speed test with the contact microphones on the modem. Sorry for a bit of music in the background. Didn’t realize it would transfer through the wall to the dresser to the modem into the mics 🙂 the clicking you hear is the Wi-Fi radios, the hissing is the coax line/data transfer. we’ll start with download speed.

We’ll finish off with upload.