This site contains a set of guides for users of the Jaws screen reader.
They cover various aspects of Windows and a few useful applications, and
they will also be useful to users of other screen readers.
All the guides are free.
Windows 8.1
January 23rd, 2014
There are four new Jaws guides for Windows 8.1:
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Audacity 2.0.5
October 22nd, 2013
The Jaws guide to Audacity has been updated for version 2.0.5 of this free multi-track audio editor. One of the recent new features which is available if you’re using Windows Vista or later, is that using the WASAPI audio interface you can record the audio being sent to a playback device even if your sound card doesn’t support “Stereo Mix”.
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Start screen, Search pane, and Taskbar on Windows 8
February 11th, 2013
There are three new Jaws guides for Windows 8:
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File Explorer on Windows 8
January 22nd, 2013
There’s a new Jaws guide to File Explorer on Windows 8. It includes a detailed description of how to use the ribbon.
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Audacity 2.0
March 15th, 2012
Audacity is a free multi-track audio editor. Version 2.0 of this program has recently been released, and the Jaws guide to Audacity has been updated to cover this version. In addition, the sections of the guide on moving the cursor and selecting audio have been revised and expanded.
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