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JAWS for windows shortcut keys
Summary: Become a better user of the JAWS speech output system with this list of keyboard shortcut keys.
One of the most popular screen readers worldwide, JAWS for Windows, works with your PC to provide access to today's software applications and the Internet. With its internal software speech synthesizer and the computer's sound card, information from the screen is read aloud, providing technology to access a wide variety of information, education, and job related applications. If you don't have the exact version of a particular program then it may well be, that some or all of the shortcuts for a particular program can be used with different versions of the same program.
Desktop Shortcut Keys
Description |
Shortcut key |
|---|---|
Say Sentence |
Alt + NumPad 5 |
Say Next Sentence |
Alt + Arrow Down |
Say Prior Sentence |
Alt + Arrow Up |
Increase Voice Rate |
Alt + Ctrl + Page down |
Decrease Voice Rate |
Alt + Ctrl + Page up |
Say Active Cursor And Co-ord. |
Alt + Delete |
Say Sentence |
Alt + Num Pad 5 |
Open Combo Box |
Alt + Arrow Down |
Close Combo Box |
Alt + Arrow Up |
Say Next Line |
Arrow Down |
Say Prior Character |
Arrow Left |
Say Next Character |
Arrow Right |
Say Prior Line |
Arrow Up |
Interrupt Speech |
Ctrl |
Say Next Paragraph |
Ctrl + Arrow Down |
Say Prior Paragraph |
Ctrl + Arrow Up |
Say Help Window |
Ctrl + Insert + Arrow Down |
JAWS Find |
Insert + Ctrl + F |
JAWS Find Next |
Insert + F3 |
Graphics Labeler |
Insert + G |
Automatic Graphics Labeller |
Ctrl + Insert + G |
Drag And Drop |
Ctrl + Insert + Num Pad Slash |
Say Application Version |
Ctrl + Insert + V |
Say Paragraph |
Ctrl + Num Pad 5 |
Say Next Help Window |
Ctrl + Page Down |
Say Previous Help Window |
Ctrl + Page Up |
Frame Get Top Left |
Ctrl + Shift + Left Bracket |
Frame Get Bottom Right |
Ctrl + Shift + Right Bracket |
Frame Set To Window |
Ctrl + Shift + Left Bracket (Pressed Twice Quickly) |
Keyboard Help |
Insert + 1 |
Pass Through Key |
Insert + 3 |
Say Colour |
Insert + 5 |
Say All |
Insert + Down Arrow |
Say Prior Word |
Insert + Left Arrow |
Say Next Word |
Insert + Right Arrow |
Say Line |
Insert + Up Arrow |
Read Current Window |
Insert + B |
Read Word In Context |
Insert + C |
Say Default Button Of Dialog Box |
Insert + E |
Say Top Line Of Window |
Insert + End |
Refresh Screen |
Insert + Esc |
Say Font |
Insert + F |
Screen Sensitive Help |
Insert + F1 |
JAWS Help For Applications |
Insert + F1 (Pressed Twice Quickly) |
Window List Dialog |
Insert + F10 |
Select a System Tray Icon Dialog |
Insert + F11 |
Say System Time |
Insert + F12 |
Run JAWS Manager |
Insert + F2 |
Shut Down JAWS |
Insert + F4 |
Hot Key Help |
Insert + H |
Say To Cursor |
Insert + Home |
Main JAWS Window |
Insert + J |
Say Word |
Insert + Num Pad 5 |
Spell Word |
Insert + Num Pad 5 (Twice) |
Route JAWS Cursor To PC Cursor |
Insert + Num Pad Minus |
Route PC Cursor To JAWS Cursor |
Insert + Num Pad Plus |
Left Mouse Button Lock |
Insert + Num Pad Slash |
Say Bottom Line Of Window |
Insert + Page Down |
Say From Cursor |
Insert + Page Up |
Script File Name |
Insert + Q |
Restrict JAWS Cursor |
Insert + R |
Say Selected Text |
Insert + Shift + Arrow Down |
Say Window Title |
Insert + T |
Say Window Prompt And Text |
Insert + Tab |
Adjust JAWS Verbosity |
Insert + V |
Window Keys Help |
Insert + W |
Say Frame At Cursor |
Insert + X |
Say Character |
Num Pad 5 |
JAWS Cursor |
Num Pad Minus |
PC Cursor |
Num Pad Plus |
Left Mouse Button |
Num Pad Slash |
Right Mouse Button |
Num Pad Star |
Say Current Control Hot Key |
Shift + Num Pad 5 |
JAWS laptop keys
Description |
Shortcut Key |
|---|---|
Left mouse button |
Alt + 8 |
Right mouse button |
Alt + 9 |
Say all |
Alt + A |
Route PC cursor to JAWS cursor |
Alt + Apostrophe |
Say character |
Alt + Comma |
Say paragraph |
Alt + Ctrl + I |
Say next paragraph |
Alt + Ctrl + O |
Say prior paragraph |
Alt Ctrl + U |
Say active cursor |
Alt + Delete |
Say line |
Alt + H |
Say sentence |
Alt + I |
Say prior word |
Alt + J |
Say word |
Alt + K |
Spell word |
Alt + K (twice quickly) |
Say next word |
Alt + L |
Route JAWS cursor to PC cursor |
Alt + Left Bracket |
Say Prior Character |
Alt + M |
Say next line |
Alt + N |
Say next sentence |
Alt + O |
JAWS cursor |
Alt + P |
Say next character |
Alt + Period |
PC cursor |
Alt + Semicolon |
Say selected text |
Alt + Shift + A |
Say current control hot key |
Alt + Shift + Comma |
Say to cursor |
Alt + Shift + J |
Say from cursor |
Alt + Shift + I |
Say bottom line of window |
Alt + Shift + N |
Say top line of window |
Alt + Shift + Y |
Say prior sentence |
Alt + U |
Say prior line |
Alt + Y |
Left mouse button lock |
Ctrl + 8 |
Drag and drop |
Ctrl + Alt + 8 |
Content author: technology@rnib.org.uk
Last updated: 08/04/2008 18:38
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