LeaseyConnect.

What is LeaseyConnect?

LeaseyConnect is a fully featured Address Book. It allows you to store details of contacts including the person (or company) name, address, telephone numbers, Email addresses, and Twitter username.

Over many years of training clients how to work with screen-reading software, we have learned that there is not an easily accessible universal address book which allows people to store contact details, either for examination or for later use. While some Email clients for example do have these available, either there are issues concerning accessibility or they do not suit all purposes. We hope that LeaseyConnect resolves these difficulties.

Once the LeaseyConnection is stored, you can not only view the details but use that information in various ways which we will describe shortly.

In this Chapter, we will learn how to use LeaseyConnect to store information, retrieve it, edit it, delete it and work with it in a number of ways.

Storing a LeaseyConnection.

To store a LeaseyConnection, (essentially a person or organisation's details), from the Leasey Main Menu select “Open LeaseyConnect”, and from its sub-menu, select “Create a New LeaseyConnection”. Alternatively, press the Leasey Key then ALT+S to reach this option directly. If you are in a hurry, (which you often are when wanting to note down the details of someone), that is the quickest way.

The LeaseyConnection screen will then appear. It consists of a form you can move through by pressing the Enter key to move from one section to another. If you wish to move back to the previous screen, just press Escape. As you move from one section to another, you will hear an advancing sound play to indicate this. If you move back by pressing Escape, again an appropriately designed sound will indicate you have moved back in the process. Each form field consists of an Edit box into which you type information.

All fields are self-explanatory. The following fields are available:

• first name,
• last name,
• company name,
• address line 1,
• address line 2,
• town or city,
• state, county or province,
• zip or postal code,
• country,
• work Phone,
• home phone,
• mobile or cell phone,
• work email,
• home email,
• Twitter username.

Note in addition to typing the details for each form field, there are a number of other things you can do.

You can type words to move to each and every section in the form, allowing you to complete only the information you need. For example, if you only want to complete a person's first name, last name, and Twitter details, you would do the following:

1. Work through the form until you get to the Company Name field which is third in the sequence, having completed the first name and last name fields.
2. Instead of typing the company name, type the word "twitter", in lower case, and press Enter.
3. This will bypass all the intervening fields and set focus to the Twitter username field. Type it in, or paste it if it is on the Windows Clipboard, and press Enter to save.

The words you can type to move to key sections of the form are:

• first name
• last name
• company name
• address 1, that is, address space 1
• address 2, that is address space 2
• town
• city
• state
• province
• county
• code, representing the postal or zip code
• country,
• work phone, that is work space phone
• home phone, that is home space phone
• mobile or cell, representing the mobile or cell phone field
• work email, that is work space email
• home email, that is home space email
• twitter.

The final thing you can do in this form is to type the word, "end", at any time and press Enter. This will save the information so far and return you to your previous working area.

When the process is complete, and if sounds are enabled, you will hear the Leasey logo sound play. If not, a message advises you that the LeaseyConnection has been stored.

Viewing LeaseyConnections.

In order to view the stored LeaseyConnections, from the Leasey Main Menu select “Open LeaseyConnect”, and from its sub-menu, choose “View or Modify LeaseyConnections”. Alternatively, press the Leasey Key then ALT+L to view them directly.

The list of LeaseyConnections previously stored is arranged in alphabetical order by first name or company name. Use the Up or Down Arrow keys to move through them or first letter navigation if you prefer. When you find a LeaseyConnection you wish to interact with, please press Enter.

When inside a LeaseyConnection, you will see a list of the details relating to it. Press the Up or Down Arrow keys to move through. You will hear the field name, followed by the details. If an item has not been stored, you will hear the words, “Not Stored” after the field name.

Pressing Enter on any of the entry types can cause a number of things to occur:

• If you press Enter on the name field, the name and mailing address are displayed in the JAWS Virtual Viewer for closer inspection.
• If you press Enter on an address field, the full address will be typed, so please be sure you are in a document first.
• Pressing Enter on an Email field will either cause a new Email message to be created, even if the Email client is not running, or alternatively, if you are focused within an Email composition field (such as that used for "To" or "CC"), the appropriate email address will be typed instead. Please refer to the next section for a faster way of working with Email.
• Pressing Enter on a telephone number field will display the number in the JAWS Virtual Viewer. This means you can review it character by character if necessary while you are making the call on a phone.
• Pressing Enter on the Twitter username field will cause it to be copied to the Windows clipboard in readiness for pasting into the message you are composing.

At the bottom of the list you will find two further items after the field information. These relate to editing or deleting a LeaseyConnection.

If you press Enter on the “Edit” item, the LeaseyConnection form is brought into view, populated with the original details you entered. This is a duplicate of the original form you used to store a LeaseyConnection, however if you press Insert+Up Arrow on each field as you progress through, you will find that various fields previously completed with information will be spoken. These can be edited or replaced if necessary. Keep working through all the form fields until the process is complete, or type the word "end" at any time to stop.

If you press Enter on the “Delete” item, the LeaseyConnection is removed. This cannot be undone.

Should you wish to cancel out of the LeaseyConnection screen, please press the Escape key, whereupon you will return to the list of stored LeaseyConnections. Pressing Escape a second time will close the list of LeaseyConnections.

Working with Email.

There is a high probability that you will wish to use your LeaseyConnections to write Email messages. This can be achieved in a very straightforward manner.

From any location, even if your Email client is not running, press ALT+Control+Windows+E. This will bring into view a list of all LeaseyConnections which have Email addresses attached. Usefully, they are further categorised into Work and Home addresses. For example, if you had stored a work and a home Email address for Mary Jones, You will see as entries in the list, "Mary Jones Work" and "Mary Jones Home".

Pressing Enter on any of these items will cause a new message to be created with the appropriate Email address included in the "To" field.

If your Email client is in focus, and you are in either the "To2, "CC" or "BCC Fields", again pressing ALT+Control+Windows+E will bring into view your list of LeaseyConnections with Email addresses attached. However this time, pressing Enter on one of the items stored there will cause that Email address to be inserted into the focused field.

Conclusion.

We hope that you find LeaseyConnect useful for storing information concerning the people you communicate with. For working examples of how LeaseyConnect can be used, including sending Email and Tweets, please refer to our LeaseyBite audio tutorials. Back to Help Index.