Screenreader Customizations

Module 8: Screenreader Customizations With all three screenreaders, you can make a number of customizations to render your computing experience smoother and more efficient. This Module shows how to do this for several applications with each of the three screenreader programs. The bulk of the Module will be devoted to JAWS because it has the widest array of customization possibilities.

Screenreader Customizations
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Screenreader Customizations

Module 8: Screenreader Customizations

With all three screenreaders, you can make a number of customizations to render your computing experience smoother and more efficient. This Module shows how to do this for several applications with each of the three screenreader programs. The bulk of the Module will be devoted to JAWS because it has the widest array of customization possibilities.

Modules Covered

  • JAWS Customizations
  • NVDA Customizations
  • Narrator Customizations

What You Will Learn

This course provides step-by-step, accessibility-first instruction optimized for screenreader users. Each module includes practical exercises, keyboard shortcuts, and real-world applications to build your confidence and independence.

Course Content

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JAWS Customizations

Module 8.1: JAWS Customizations Most JAWS customizations are set in Quick Settings and Settings Center. While there is significant overlap between these two areas, the most important difference is that default changes across all applications can only be set in SETTINGS CENTER, while QUICK SETTINGS is limited to application-specific changes. Roughly speaking, Settings Center customizations are more general in nature while some of those in Quick Settings are a bit more application-specific. If this sounds rather vague and imprecise, that’s because it is. There are a dizzying number of possible customizations, and it can be challenging to identify the most useful ones. Keeping straight which ones are set in Settings Center, Quick Settings, or in both makes it more challenging. Hopefully, in

  • General Customizations Preview (5 min)
  • Punctuation Levels Preview (32 min)
  • Typing echo (12 min)
  • Detect Languages (5 min)
  • Speak Dollars (6 min)
  • Number Processing (7 min)
  • Disabling and Enabling the JAWS Voice Assistant (27 min)
  • Word Customizations (5 min)
  • Comments, Footnotes, and Endnotes Detection (12 min)
  • Outline Level Indication (9 min)
  • Indentation (16 min)
  • Indicate Capitalization (18 min)
  • Reading Table Column and Row Headers (12 min)
  • Page Header and Footer Announcement (9 min)
  • Outlook Customizations (5 min)
  • Layout Tables (16 min)
  • Excel Customizations (5 min)
  • Cell Text Visibility Detection (19 min)
  • Cell Verbosity (9 min)
  • Monitor Cells (16 min)
  • Comments Announcement (5 min)
  • Web Browsing Customizations (5 min)
  • Forms Fields Entry Exit Notification Sounds (16 min)
  • Forms mode Customization (22 min)
  • Automatic Web page Reading (13 min)
  • Say all Scheme (8 min)
  • Audio ducking (12 min)
  • Heading Level Announcement (15 min)

NVDA Customizations

Module 8.2: NVDA Customizations Some of the customizations listed above for JAWS are possible with NVDA. They are accessed in the Document formatting, Speech settings and Browse mode dialogs in the NVDA menus. NVDA has a powerful tool called Configuration Profiles which allow you to customize NVDA for specific tasks. Using this tool creatively vastly expands customization possibilities. Add-ons can also be downloaded and installed to extend NVDA functionality.

  • Customizations in the Document Formatting Dialog (10 min)
  • Customizations in the Speech Settings Dialog (14 min)
  • Customizations in the Browse Mode Dialog (14 min)
  • Configuration Profiles (69 min)
  • NVDA Add-Ons (26 min)

Narrator Customizations

Module 8.3: Narrator Customizations The array of Narrator customizations are more limited, but there are still a number of useful ones. Several of them can be quickly and easily activated with shortcut keys.

  • Verbosity Levels (12 min)
  • Audio ducking (5 min)

Instructor

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Course Instructor

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  • 35 lessons
  • 491 minutes total
  • Audio + Text formats
  • Fully accessible
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