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We introduced you to the video "FSReader Overview" in topic 1.2.2 Training in DAISY Format. For a quick review, go to FSReader Overview.
NOTE: The Table of Contents for FSReader has been updated since the video was created. Let us explore the new Table of Contents for the JAWS Basic Training.
To open FSReader, switch to the JAWS window by pressing INSERT+J.
(JAWS) JAWS Professional.
(N) To go to the Help menu, press ALT+H.
(J) ALT+H, Menu, Help menu, Commands Search INSERT+SPACE, J
(N) Find and press ENTER on Training in the Help menu.
(J) Training. Leaving menus. FSReader - Table of Contents. JAWS Training Contents heading level one. Table of Contents. Page has 12 headings and 16 links.
(N) FSReader opens to the JAWS Table of Contents. Maximize the window by pressing ALT+SPACEBAR followed by X.
(J) Menu. System menu. Restore unavailable. Leaving menus. JAWS Training Contents heading level one.
(N) NOTE: If the Table of Contents is not available in your version of FSReader, just press F1 to open the DAISY book built-in help to use as you participate in this practice.
Read through the first few paragraphs of the Table of Contents. Here are a few keystrokes to get you started:
While in the document pane of FSReader, you can also use navigation quick keys such as H to move by heading or P to move by paragraph. You can also use the JAWS lists of links, headings, etc.
Open Getting Started with FSReader DAISY book by pressing F1.
(J) F1. Installing FSReader, heading level two. FSReader Getting Started.
(N) I pressed CTRL to stop speech there. To make sure we are in the same place, press CTRL+HOME to move to the top of the document.
(J) Getting Started with FSReader.
(N) On the left half of the screen is a tree view. On the right half of the screen is a document area.
EXERCISE: Practice using the letter H to move through the headings.
Focus is on the first heading at the top of the screen. I will press INSERT+UP ARROW to read that.
(J) Getting Started with FSReader.
(N) Press the letter H to move by headings and hear these headings spoken:
(J)
(N) Press F6 to move to the tree view on the left side of the page.
(J) F6. Tree view. Closing FSReader, 4 of 13.
(N) The currently selected heading is the last heading you heard while pressing H. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Using FSReader with Narrated Audio and Training Materials.
(J) User Interface. Opening the DAISY Training Materials from the Table of Contents. Opening DAISY books using the file open dialog box or the file menu. Using FSReader with narrated audio and training materials.
(N) Press F6 to move back to the document pane.
(J) F6. Using FSReader with narrated audio and training materials, heading level 2.
(N) The document pane has scrolled to this heading, which is the focus. Press CTRL+J to switch back to the main Table of Contents in FSReader.
(J) JAWS Training Contents, heading level one. Table of Contents. Page has 12 headings and 16 links.
If you are a mouse user, you can click buttons on the toolbar to access FSReader features. The tool bar is just below the menu bar at the top left of the window. These buttons have equivalent keyboard commands, which are discussed in detail in the coming lessons.
We offer an FSReader Vocabulary Reference that is especially useful to teachers. Using FSReader and the Basic Training is a great way for instructors, even those with no JAWS experience, to work with their students who are learning JAWS. See FSReader Vocabulary Reference
Leave FSReader open with the Table of Contents in view.