Technical Notes

JAWS (a third-party screen reader utility) may announce the cursor position (row, column) with each keystroke in a terminal session. This technical note describes how to eliminate this behavior.

Problem

JAWS may announce the cursor position with each keystroke in a terminal session. This occurs because Freedom Scientific ships scripts that automatically load when it detects that EXTRA! X-treme is loaded into memory. The scripts cause JAWS to incorrectly read the terminal session.

Solution

To resolve this problem, remove the Attachmate EXTRA! scripts shipped with JAWS. Follow the steps below to remove the EXTRA.* scripts from the JAWS directory.

1. For JAWS 7.0 or higher, search in the Windows\All Users\Application Data\Freedom Scientific\Jaws\7.x\Settings\enu directory.

2. Remove the files listed below (either move them to a temporary directory or delete them).
3. Restart JAWS.

You should see a significant difference in how JAWS reads the screen.

Below is the list of EXTRA.* files to remove to fix the problem:

More Information

For additional information about JAWS, see the Freedom Scientific web site at http://www.freedomscientific.com.