Hi Steve!
At one stage, they promised us a tutorial to show us how to add a custom
lookup like that, and I agree a ham call lookup probably focused on wm7d.net
would be handy.
Besides the weather, I often use Wikipedia, quite often use wictionary and
occasionally lookup an rea codes because they've got a lot of nutsy ones in
the system now. Sure I could go into my bank's web site and access the
currency exchange calculator, but the currency converter module in research
it is far more efficient because I haven't got all day to muck around in web
sites. I know I'm not alone in that, else, companies would not be dropping
web sites in favour of developing aps as feverishly as they are, and make no
mistake about that except that it would be better if more of those were
accessible, but I digress.
73,
Dave
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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Saturday, 8 August 2015 3:23 p.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Jaws
I'll add the research-it feature. =20
I know it is just out of sloth and laziness, since all the items in = there
can be found on the web, but it is convenient if I want to look up = the
weather, a business name, something on Amazon, a tracking number.
Maybe we should suggest to Jaws or someone with a bit of programming =
knowledge can look at their research-it feature and write up a new = lookup
for ham calls. It just takes two small files.
Steve
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From: Tom Behler=20
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws
Lou:
For me, the most useful feature of Jaws 16 is the convenient OCR feature =
for help with scanned image PDF files.
There are always errors in the scanning, but the feature at least gives = me
a general idea of the content of the file.
I have not done this yet, but there apparently is a way that you can = take
the scanned text and save it into a text or MS Word file for future
reference if needed.
Again, the OCR feature does not provide perfect results, but it has been
helpful to me on at least several ocasions.
Of course, I am fortunate, in that the University where I teach keeps my
Jaws license and SMA updated, but that will end when I retire, probably
within the next year or so.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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From: For blind ham radio operators =
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On Behalf Of Lou Kolb
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 9:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: Jaws
For years, I've been stuck at Jaws 11, not wanting to pay what FS wanted =
to upgrade to Jaws 16. On the plus side, it motivated me to become familiar
with NVDA, which turned out to be a fairly pleasant experience. It's =
really an excellent screen reader, especially given that its free. But I
still = use Jaws for most tasks so I finally bit the bullet and am about to
upgrade = to Jaws 16.
i'm just wondering what you all find to be the most useful inovations = and
features in the last several versions. Thanks.Lou WA3MIX Lou Kolb
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