JAWS

JAWS

Literature Review of Computer Tools for the Visually Impaired: A Focus on Search Engines

Published in Kayvan Najarian, Delaram Kahrobaei, Enrique Domínguez, Reza Soroushmehr, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine, 2022

Guy Meyer, Alan Wassyng, Mark Lawford, Kourosh Sabri, Shahram Shirani

The most commonly used application for navigation is JAWS, developed by Freedom Scientific (Scientific, n.d.a). The application is compatible with most Windows applications, including web browsers. Users can browse the web using their preferred web browser and special JAWS2 key commands (Scientific, n.d.b). The user receives web information through dictation synthesized by the JAWS application. A comparable solution is a screen reader tool called NVDA that is gaining popularity as a free-to-use reader with great support, and an evolving community.

Advanced mathematics communication beyond modality of sight

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Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018

Mina Sedaghatjou

Job Access with Speech (JAWS), is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows, which is produced by the Blind and Low Vision Group of Freedom Scientific, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. The software allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a Refreshable Braille display. This program reads most programs, such as Word and LaTex, as well as actions in Windows. Anthony's Windows laptop read using JAWS. VoiceOver is another function designed for Mac users and works in Mac iOS. In addition, the PDF reader was used when a PDF file had to be read.

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