In order to let you decide to buy our D.S.A. Enterprises of PA, Inc. JAWS Scripts for DBTWin, we developed this descriptive list. The following catalog of features explains the major aspects in these scripts. Not all the functions are fully illustrated in this inventory, but the major aspects of the scripts are enumerated to give you an overall portrait of the dynamic assets of this software, and what it can offer to you as a user of both JAWS for Windows and the Duxbury Braille Translator. Likewise the What's New section lists the great new features that are design to facilitate your use of these products.
The JAWS Scripts for DBTWin version 5.1 have some fantastic new features which have been designed to help you use the powerful transcribing features that have been built into the Duxbury Braille Translator for Windows. Some of these new features include:
If you want to try out these Scripts, press enter on the Download the JAWS Scripts for DBTWin link, and you can see how they make using JAWS with DBTWin so much easier. Also, if you already own our JAWS Scripts for DBTWin, you only have to download and install them for yourself to take advantage of all our new features.
Automatically reading the Cursor position
One of the most useful features in the JAWS scripts for the Duxbury Braille Translator is the reading of the current cursor position, once you have moved to a new location in the document. Whenever the user presses the keystrokes of tab, Page Down, and Page Up, or if they move to the Bottom or the Top of the Document, JAWS announces the current page, row, and column position. By default this feature is on, but it can be toggled off and on with the keystroke of Control+Shift+P, or in the Adjust JAWS Verbosity dialog box. You can press Insert+v to open this dialog box.
Manually Reading the cursor position
Along with the automatic reading of the cursor position after moving through the document, the JAWS scripts also have typical, manual reading controls. Users of these scripts have the ability to read the present Cursor Position with the keystroke of Insert+Delete. However, if you need to read just one of the cursor positioning items, the Duxbury scripts also let you hear the Current page with Alt+Control+P, Line Number with Alt+Control+L, or the Current Column position with Alt+Control+C.
Like all major applications, the Duxbury Braille Translator uses dialog boxes for common Windows features, as well as for some unique qualities to the program. The JAWS scripts are design to give the user full access to these dialog boxes. Not only is there support for the common dialogs of Open File, Save File and New File, the scripts are built to support Embosser Setup, Print Setup, Add Style, Modify Style, and Create Template, among many others. In all of these dialog boxes, the JAWS scripts has Context Sensitive help with the keystroke of Insert+H. This keystroke reads the available options that can be used in the active dialog box, by placing the Context Sensitive Help message in a JAWS dialog box that is first read automatically, and then can be read with the cursor keys.
A crucial feature in JAWS script support for any text editing program, like the Duxbury Braille Translator, is spell checker support. When you open the Duxbury Spell Checker with the keystroke of Shift+F11, JAWS automatically reads and spells the misspelled word for you. With the keystroke of Alt+Control+M you can read and spell the misspelled word. Pressing Insert+H will have the Context Sensitive Help read the various options that are available to you in the Spell Checker, while pressing Insert+H, H, (that is hold down the Insert key and presse the letter H twice quickly), places the various options in a dialog box to be read with the JAWS cursor or Invisible cursor. The JAWS scripts also support the Find Misspelling feature of Duxbury, by announcing what is being done when the F11 keystroke is pressed in the main document window.
A revolutionary new function in the JAWS scripts for the Duxbury Braille Translator is the ability to make changes that are stored for future sessions. The scripts for the Duxbury Braille Translator have a modified version of the Adjust Jaws Verbosity dialog box. Along with the typical verbosity settings found in the default version of this dialog, the Duxbury script version lets you change the settings and stores them for future use. The settings of Read Current Position, Read Translated Line, Read Current Style, Increment Words in Code View, and Decrement Words in Code View are all saved when they are changed with either the Adjust JAWS Verbosity dialog box, or by using the JAWS hot keys to change the settings. This allows each user to retain his or her preferences between sessions, and not have to change settings each time the Duxbury Braille Translator is started.
Another notable feature of the JAWS scripts it the reading of the Translated Line. The Duxbury Braille Translator has the ability to display a translated line of the current line at the bottom of the screen. This lets transcribers readily examine a line that is translated into Braille while in a text document, or in print when in a Braille document. The Read Translated Line function of the JAWS scripts has this line read automatically in Braille documents, so the user can read a line in Braille, on a refreshable Braille display, but have it spoken correctly with the speech synthesizer. The keystroke of Alt+Control+T will have this line read manually, if the automatic reading of the translated line is not desired.
Many programs such as Microsoft Word and Eudora use the keystroke of Control+Delete to erase the current word at the cursor position. The JAWS scripts for the Duxbury Braille Translator have added this keystroke to allow its users to delete a word. This permits the user to use a familiar keystroke in all of these programs to erase the current word, and have the next word spoken automatically.
Numerous common keystrokes like Control+N to begin a new file, Control+O to open a file, Control+S to save a file, Control+P to print a document, and control+f4 to close the currently active file, among many others, are supported by the Duxbury scripts. With all of these keystrokes, the JAWS scripts announce to the user what they keystroke they are pressing will do. Likewise, the JAWS help mode of insert+1, has the Duxbury keystrokes properly defined for the user.
The JAWS scripts work with all the Find and Replace features of the Duxbury Braille Translator. Like the other Duxbury dialog boxes, the Find Text dialog box has context sensitive help, and speech support. The Replace dialog box also has the same support, as does the Find Again feature of Duxbury.
Another outstanding function of the JAWS Scripts for DBTWin are how they back up the Code View feature of the Duxbury Braille Translator. Once you initialize Code View with alt+f3, you can use the keystrokes of Alt+numpad5 to read the code at the current cursor position, Alt+Up Arrow to read the previous code, and Alt+Down Arrow to read the next code. By the same token, the keystrokes of Control+Shift+W and Alt+Control+W allow you to increase or decrease respectively the number of words that are spoken after each translation code. You can also set these in the Adjust JAWS Verbosity dialog box.
One of the most convenient features in the Duxbury Braille Translator is its use of various styles. To allow users to take better advantage of this feature, the JAWS scripts can be set to automatically read the current style on the Duxbury status bar. The keystroke of Control+Shift+S will toggle the reading of the current style on and off, and the default setting is off. The user can also manually read the current style by pressing the keystroke of Alt+Control+S. Likewise, when a style level is changed with Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow the new style setting is also automatically read.
The JAWS Scripts for DBTWin allow the user to easily insert the various Braille translation codes. Along with the support for the several keystrokes like Alt+1 that inserts the Braille Grade 1 code and Alt+2 that inserts the Braille Grade 2 code, the scripts give the user another alternative. Pressing Control+Shift+B opens a JAWS dialog box that lets you choose which of the six most common Braille codes to insert.
Now that you have read this list of features, you may wish to download a thirty day trial copy of the Duxbury scripts. Otherwise, you can order the scripts by calling us at (814) 629‑7262 during normal business hours. We accept Master Card, VISA, and Purchase Orders, along with check or money orders.