BLINDNESS SOLUTIONS: JAWS®
The World's Most Popular Windows Screen Reader
JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world's most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC.
JAWS Documentation
- What's New in JAWS
- JAWS Keystrokes (PDF)
- JAWS Keystrokes (text)
- Braille Commands (HTML)
- JAWS Quick Start Guide (PDF)
- JAWS Quick Start Guide (text)
- JAWS Help System (ZIP file)
Note: After unzipping and saving the help files, select JFW.CHM to launch the primary help file. - JAWS Support for ARIA (Word file)
ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is assistive technology markup used by Web content creators to make Web pages more accessible for screen readers. This is done by adding specific ARIA tags and elements to HTML code. Read this document to learn more about JAWS support for ARIA markup. - Remote Access Authorization Instructions (PDF)
- JAWS Tandem Quick Start Guide
- JAWS Tandem FAQs
- Software Activation
JAWS Scripting Resources
Previous JAWS Documentation
If you want to view documentation for earlier versions of JAWS, visit the Previous JAWS for Windows Downloads page and download the appropriate JAWS version. Install this program and then look in the Help folder to find the product documentation.