This information is specific to the JAWS screen reader. It is not practical to track all versions of the product and if you find that this information is out-of-date please inform SpeakOn's author.
Note that there are specific instructions if you use SpeakOn with the TouchScreen further down the page.
To disable and enable JAWS speech and release the Numerical keypad automatically when SpeakOn has the focus, do the following:
Start SpeakOn and make sure it has the focus.
Press JAWS key plus 6. This brings up a search box with the title of 'main TCLauncher settings center' ('main TCLauncher' is the identifier for SpeakOn).
Search for Sleep in the search box.
Press Enter on Sleep in the search results.
In the Tree control that appears, press Space to check.
Tab once and Select OK to confirm.
Try out your configuration by switching between applications by pressing Alt + Tab. When the focus is on SpeakOn, JAWS is muted. When the focus is on another application, JAWS should speak again. The numerical keypad should be available for SpeakOn use when SpeakOn has the focus. Otherwise, the numerical keypad should respond as usual to JAWS commands.
Start SpeakOn and make sure it has the focus - this is very important as you want to modify the configuration file associated with SpeakOn, not the default configuration file which, if you do by mistake, will cause JAWS speech to switch off permanently.
Press the JAWS key + F2 to bring up the Run JAWS Manager dialog. Scroll down the list and select the configuration manager.
The new configuration opens and a default configuration file name such as SpeakOn.jcf is presented in the Edit box; tab once to the OK button and press Enter to confirm the configuration file name
The configuration manager dialog opens.
Display the Advanced Options form by selecting from the Set Options menu the 'Advanced Options' item.
In the Advanced Options dialog box, check the first item 'Sleep mode enabled'.
Tab once and check the 'Unload Synthesizer' option.
Tab to the 'OK' button and select Enter to confirm.
Save the configuration file from the menu:
File > Save
In the edit box, enter the name for the Settings file. A name will be automatically filled in here derived from the name of the application in focus (in this case, SpeakOn). You can edit this if you wish.
Try out your configuration by switching between applications by pressing Alt + Tab. When the focus is on SpeakOn, JAWS is muted. When the focus is on another application, JAWS should speak again. The numerical keypad should be available for SpeakOn use when SpeakOn has the focus. Otherwise, the Numerical keypad should respond as usual to JAWS commands.
SpeakOn handles its own TouchScreen support; it does not rely on TouchScreen support by the screen reader.
As far as the author is aware, JAWS has some TouchScreen support from version 16. This means that JAWS intercepts TouchScreen interactions which need to be disabled when using SpeakOn with the TouchScreen. The author is not sure if this can be configured to be disabled automatically when SpeakOn has the focus. Therefore your only option might be to switch JAWS off manually when using SpeakOn.
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