About JAWS
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Overview
JAWS (Job Access with Speech) is a screen reading application that communicates content from the computer screen to people who have varying levels of vision loss or have trouble navigating with a mouse. JAWS communicates through speech and braille output for many applications on your Windows computer.
Some features include:
- Eloquence and Vocalizer Expressive multilingual synthesizers
- Talking installer
- Convenient OCR feature for image files or inaccessible PDF documents
- Built-in DAISY player and DAISY-formatted basic training books
- Works with the latest versions of Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and more
- Support for Windows 10 and Windows 8.x
- JAWS Tandem available for free to help with support and training
- Drivers for all the popular braille displays
- Voices for over 30 languages
Recommended practices
For access to common keyboard commands, using web browsers, and navigating documents, see:
Learn more
- For more on JAWS for Windows, including usage guides, see the JAWS documentation.
- For additional JAWS support, contact the Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers (ATAC) at
atac@iu.edu.
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Last modified on 2023-02-07 09:24:21.