I've Installed Leasey, What Next?

If you are not an experienced JAWS user, there are some keystrokes you may like to get familiar with right away so we will list them here.

At any time, pressing Control+Windows+Shift+Up or Down arrow keys will increase or decrease the computer's system volume. This is ideal especially if you have purchased a new laptop computer and have no idea how to change the volume settings. So, hold down Control, the Windows Key, and the Shift Keys and, while doing so, press Up or Down Arrow. You will hear the volume changing and JAWS will announce the percentage reached. Use similar keystrokes to increase or decrease the volume by smaller increments, Control+Windows+Shift+Left or Right Arrow.

If you wish to mute or unmute speech, press JAWS Key+Space then ALT+S. On a desktop computer keyboard, the JAWS Key is the Insert key. On a laptop keyboard, it is the caps lock key. This is a toggle action. When speech is muted, you will hear a "clunk" sound to indicate this.

Pressing the Insert Key with figure 2 on the main QWERTY keyboard will cycle through the JAWS "Typing Echo" modes. Unlike JAWS default behaviour, the setting is permanently stored. These options are:

• "Characters", (meaning that every character is spoken as you type),
• "Words, (characters are not echoed as you type, but when you press the Space Bar, the word which has just been typed will be spoken),
• "Characters and Words", (each character is echoed as you type and, when you press the Space Bar, the word previously typed is also spoken), and
• "None", (nothing is spoken when you type text, or when the Space Bar is pressed.

Pressing ALT+Control+Windows+Page Up will increase the JAWS speech rate. Pressing ALT+Control+Windows+Page Down will decrease the JAWS speech rate. Both settings are permanently stored. Back to Help Index.