Window-Eyes

• Integrated desktop search - Just enter the name of an application you want to run (for example, Word), and press ENTER. If multiple search results are found, just arrow up and down through the options, and press ENTER on the one you want to launch. Window-Eyes will also automatically read the selected item as it changes. All of this functionality is contained completely within the start menu.
   
• All Programs tree view - Instead of using multiple expanding menus, the All Programs menu now resolves to a tree view listing all installed applications. The standard method of opening and closing the various folders and files works similar to other tree views. This feature is also contained completely in the start menu.
   
• Tab between various portions - Common folders and shutdown/power tasks are also included in the start menu. Simply press the TAB key to move between each start menu group. After pressing TAB, use your arrow keys to move through the items in that group. Press ENTER on the selected item to open it.

Windows Explorer -

• Address - The address area in Windows Explorer is similar to the breadcrumb feature found on some web pages: it contains items that show you how to get back to where you started. For example, opening up the Window-Eyes program folder causes the command bar to display "Program Files -> GW Micro -> Window-Eyes," with each of the options linked to their respective folders. Once you select one of the items in the command bar, you can either press ENTER to open that selected folder, or press the DOWN ARROW to open a list of folders contained in the selected folder.
   
• Search - Much like the search feature of the start menu, each Windows Explorer window also contains a search edit box.
   
• Navigation pane - The navigation pane provides links to common folders, as well as a tree view containing all of the drives, folders, and files on your computer.
   
• Command Bar - The command bar displays tasks that are relevant to the files displayed in the Explorer window. For example, a folder containing music files will have command bar buttons that are relative to music tasks, such as a Burn command for burning music to a CD. A list of documents might bring up other command bar actions, such as emailing or sharing the selected file.
   
• List View Headers - When you're in a list of files or folders, pressing TAB once takes you to the current folder's list view headers. List view headers function differently under Windows Vista than they do under XP. First, the headers are always present, regardless of which view your folder is in. Second, you can actually TAB to the headers, and arrow through them. Once you have selected a header, you can press the DOWN ARROW to open a menu containing various options for the selected header.
   
• Additional Views - Windows Vista introduces new methods of sorting files in Windows Explorer, including Group by, and Stack By. For example, using Group By Name, Explorer will group folders and files into alphabetical groups A-H, I-P, Q-Z. Names like Internet Explorer would show up in the I-P group. Window-Eyes would show up in the Q-Z group. Groups can also be expanded (to display all contained files and folders) or collapsed (to hide all contained files and folders).

Security Features -

• User Account Control - When issuing a command in Windows Vista that requires special permission to run (such as opening the Device Manager, or running an Administrator tool), a User Account Control dialog will pop up, asking you for your permission to continue with the task. Window-Eyes provides full access to all UAC prompts.

Login Screen -

• As with Windows XP, the Windows Vista login screen is fully accessible. One special note about the login screen is that you may hear a different voice from what you have selected as a normal user. This is due to the fact that Window-Eyes is using the settings provided during the initial installation rather than your current user settings.

Switching Users -

• Unlike Windows XP, Window-Eyes fully supports switching users under Windows Vista. Multiple users are able to stay logged in at the same time. Each of those users could even be running Window-Eyes, and any changes made to Window-Eyes would only affect the user currently logged in.

Common Applications -

• Internet Explorer - Windows Vista ships with Internet Explorer 7. If you're familiar with IE7 under Windows XP, you'll be right at home with IE7 under Windows Vista.
• Windows Mail - Formerly known as Outlook Express, Windows Mail provides an easy, familiar way to access email under Windows Vista.
• Windows Media Player - Windows Vista ships with Windows Media Player 11. If you're familiar with WMP11 under Windows XP, you'll be right at home with WMP11 under Windows Vista.
• Windows Games - Microsoft enhanced the functionality of Windows Games (such as Minesweeper, Solitaire, Mahjong, etc.), and Window-Eyes takes full advantage of the games that have been enhanced.
• Remote Desktop - Just like under Windows XP, Window-Eyes works seamlessly with Windows Vista Remote Desktop. Window-Eyes also fully supports Citrix and Terminal Services under Windows Vista.

• GW Micro has worked very closely with Microsoft to incorporate mirror driver technology in Window-Eyes, a significant enhancement over DCM used in previous versions of Windows. The Window-Eyes mirror driver technology makes working with video adapters (such as updating drivers, or installing new video cards) a seamless task.
   
• Regardless of whether you're using the latest high end video card with the latest Vista drivers, using a lower end card running only XP drivers, or a high end video card with XP drivers, Window-Eyes will function the same, ensuring full access regardless of video adapter.

Automatic Changes -

• Although customization is possible, it is not necessary for Window-Eyes to function under Windows Vista. In other words, you don't have to change resolutions, schemes, or the like for Window-Eyes to read. Graphic labels do require the default theme, but there is no need to set Vista to use the "Classic" view, as was often suggested (although also not required) under Windows XP.
   
• Microsoft mirror driver technology automatically disables many visual affects, thereby increasing performance and accuracy for adaptive technology using mirror drivers (such as Window-Eyes). Some of the changes made automatically include:
  
  • Disabling Aero/Glass (if enabled)
  • Disabling ClearType
  • Disabling Window and Menu animation
  • Disabling Menu and Mouse Shadows

• Due to security restrictions, installing under the root of your default hard drive isn't a simple task under Windows Vista.
• To conform to the Microsoft installation standards, the Window-Eyes program files will be installed (by default) to C:\Program Files\GW Micro\Window-Eyes. Under previous operating systems, set files were stored in a users\default folder under the Window-Eyes program data folder.
   
• This is no longer possible under Windows Vista, so set files are stored (by default) in C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\GW Micro\Window-Eyes\users\default (where is the name of the currently logged in user).
   
• To maintain consistency, new installations of Window-Eyes, regardless of operating system, will conform to this new directory structure. If you upgrade a previous version of Window-Eyes (pre 6.1) under Windows 2000/XP/2003, however, your directory structure will be maintained, and will not be altered. The new directory structure is only used for new installations of Window-Eyes 6.1.

Ease of Access Center -

• Windows Vista contains a new control panel called Ease of Access Center, which contains all of the default accessibility tools that ship with the new operating system, including Narrator. Similar to Windows XP, the hot key WINDOWS-U will open the Ease of Access Center control panel. Unlike Windows XP, Narrator will not start speaking automatically. Once the Ease of Access Center control panel is open, press ALT-N to start Narrator.
   
• Another caveat of the Ease of Access Center control panel is that it cannot be launched via the WINDOWS-U hot key while Window-Eyes is running. This is, according to Microsoft, by design. The Ease of Access control panel can still be accessed through the normal control panel window.
   
• The Ease of Access Center control panel lets you choose which accessibility tools will launch automatically when Windows starts. Although Window-Eyes is listed in the Ease of Access Center control panel, its startup behavior should be controlled with the Startup Options in the Window-Eyes file menu.

Additional Features Between Window-Eyes 6.0 and Window-Eyes 6.1 -

Startup Options -

• The Window-Eyes startup options have been dramatically improved for all supported operating systems. The Startup Type option in the File menu has been renamed to Startup Options, and the startup dialog has been redesigned, and includes the following controls:

Administrative Options group box:

• L = Run Window-Eyes at the Login Screen - Check Box - Default: Checked - This system wide option allows administrator to control whether or not Window-Eyes will launch at the Windows login screen.
   
• R = Run Window-Eyes after login for all users - Check Box - Default: Checked - This system wide option allows administrators to control whether or not Window-Eyes will launch at the desktop after a user logs in.

After Login for Current User, Run Window-Eyes group box:

• U = Using Above Configuration - Radio Button - Default: Checked, A = Always - Radio Button - Default: Unchecked, N = Never - Radio Button - Default: Unchecked - This option allows the currently logged in user to control how Window-Eyes starts after logging in. If Using Above Configuration is selected, Window-Eyes will launch after login for the current user based on the administrators settings specified in the previous check boxes. If Always is selected, Window-Eyes will always launch for the current user after login for the current user, regardless of the second administrative option check box described above. If Never is selected, Window-Eyes will never launch for the current user after login, regardless of the second administrative option check box described above.

These options provide administrators control for all system users, and provide each individual user control for themselves.


• S = Set Admin Options - Button - Note: This button is only available under Windows Vista, and will only be enabled if Window-Eyes is not already running as an elevated process. - This option will bring up the User Account Control dialog, providing true Vista administrator privileges for modifying administrative Window-Eyes Startup options. The administrator check boxes described above will not be active under Vista until the Set Admin Options button has been selected, and the UAC dialog has been successfully confirmed.

• Window-Eyes now fully supports list view grouping under both Windows XP and Windows Vista. Listview groups allow you to group folder items in related sets.
   
• Listview groups are separated visually with a horizontal group header that describes the items in the group. You can group listview items alphabetically, by date, or any other logical grouping. For example, a folder of files could be grouped by date, putting files into categories like Last Week, Last Month, Two Months Ago, Yesterday, Today, and so on.
   
• Under Windows Vista, the group headers are focusable making navigation between groups quick and easy. Groups under Vista can also be collapsed and expanded, much like a tree view.

User Profiles -

• Window-Eyes Multi-User information has been changed to User Profiles. Window-Eyes now controls speech environments for individual operating system users automatically. Multiple user profiles can be created to support various speech environments for the currently logged in user.

Talking About Security -

• Along with stability and performance, Window-Eyes leads the way in security by taking advantage of Windows Vista security enhancements, such as User Account Control. Not only does Window-Eyes provide access to UAC dialog, it takes advantage of them when modifying administrative options, such as the new Window-Eyes Startup Options. Instead of requiring security options to be disabled, Window-Eyes strives to ensure all security enhancements are supported and encouraged, making your computing experience a safe and reliable one.

Enhancements between Window-Eyes 6.0 and Window-Eyes 6.1 -

The following section provides detailed information about the enhancements between Window-Eyes 6.0 and Window-Eyes 6.1.

Microsoft Office - Click Here for Details

Browse Mode -

• We fixed a problem where Browse Mode would come back on after selecting items in combo boxes in Internet Explorer 7.
• We fixed a problem where Window-Eyes would incorrectly read list box entries on web pages with multiple list boxes when using Internet Explorer 7.
• We fixed a problem where combo box items were not being shown in Braille on some web pages when using Internet Explorer 7.
• We fixed a problem where checking check boxes or radio buttons on a web page would cause the page to reload when using Internet Explorer 7.
• In Firefox, if a password dialog popped up, Window-Eyes would re-read the entire dialog each time a key was pressed when typing a username or password. This problem has been resolved.
• We have made some speed enhancements for Browse mode, regardless of browser choice.
   

Braille -

• Window-Eyes now includes updated support for the Handytech Braille displays. Note: this may require new Handytech drivers.
• We have added support for the BrailleConnect, VarioConnect, Conny Braille displays, and the Papenmeier Braillex Trio.
• We fixed a problem where Braille translation tables were not staying selected.
• We fixed a sluggishness problem when using bluetooth with the Braillenote.
• We fixed a problem where dates in Vista were presented with question mark characters in Braille.
• We fixed a problem where some Braille settings, such as translation table languages, were not being saved correctly.
• The Window-Eyes 6.1 installation will now install Braille drivers automatically if needed. Note: this only applies to all Handy Tech, Focus, and PacMate displays.

Miscellaneous - Click Here for details

Set File Enhancements -
The following set files have been added or updated:

• Firefox
• Goldwave
• K1000
• Office XP/2003/2007
• Skype
• Outlook Express
• All InPlay
• Window-Eyes Defaults
• Windows Explorer
• Libera
• Microsoft Outlook Express/Windows Mail
• All set files have been updated to include all

Window Eyes General Features -

• Compatibility with Windows 95, 98, 98, Me, 2000, 2003 and XP.
• Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA)
• Compatibility with many popular voice synthesizers
• Full support for video attributes and all video systems
• Easy access to the Windows system tray
• Automatically labels many application's graphics
• Unparalleled stability and responsiveness
• A WE cursor for reviewing the screen without disturbing the caret or mouse pointer
• No need to learn or use macros or a scripting language
• Easy-to-use drop-down menu system for control and setup
• User-assignable hot keys for operating Window-Eyes on the fly
• Forty-six user-definable cursor-tracking keys
• Advanced light-bar tracking with intelligent automatic mode allowing easy access to menus, buttons, icons, and more.
• Exception dictionaries for altering the way words, graphics, key-labels, characters, and mouse pointers are pronounced
• Automatic loading of speaking environments and dictionaries
• A wide variety of features for automatic reading of menus, dialog boxed, and other Windows activities
• Audible signals to alert you to capitalization and format changes when proof reading
• A read-to-end feature for reading nonstop from the beginning to the end of a document Standard look, feel, and intuitive operations of the Windows environment
• An easy-to-use Window-Eyes User's Guide, presented in a tutorial format

Mouse -

• Keyboard commands for moving the mouse pointer without having to use a physical mouse
• Automatically reads information under the mouse as it is moved
• Full mouse movement and clicking support from the keyboard
• Extensive search capabilities
• Mouse pointer dictionary

50 Standard windows -
 

• Fifty simultaneous Window-Eyes windows for reading user specified areas of the screen
• Self-adjusting windows to read screen information in moving areas of the screen or for compensating for the resizing of windows
• Windows can be either Neutral, Speak, Silent or Float
• Any of the first ten windows can be read with a single keystroke
• Each window can be chained, setup to speak and spell, associated with a specific color and much more


26 Hyperactive Windows -



• Hyperactive windows allow you to monitor screen areas for certain occurrences. You can monitor for: any change, contains attribute, does not contain attribute, contains string, does not contain string, contains caret, does not contain caret, contains focus, or does not contain focus.
   
• Once triggered, you can execute any three of seven options: speak any window, speak specified message, speak light bar, activate any window, load a new voice environment, execute any hot key, or beep.

Voice Configuration -


• Set up the speech rate, pitch, tone, volume and punctuation independently for screen, keyboard, and mouse
• Has capitalization alert and Format alert
• Keyboard can voice characters or words
• Numbers can be spoken as digits or full numbers
• Includes a word exception dictionary for mispronounced words
• Features a character dictionary to define exactly how to pronounce a character
• A key label dictionary can be used to define any key press
• Includes a graphic dictionary
• Allows speech to be interrupted or silenced with the press of a key

Hot keys -


• These are Window-Eyes commands only. The underlying applications program will not be disturbed with these keystrokes.
• Over 150 assignable hot key speech features
• Hot keys to read previous, current and next for character, word, line, sentence, and paragraph
• Extensive mouse manipulation
• Hot key to read to end of document
• Hot key to read the date and time
• Bypass hot key which allows the next Window-Eyes command to be ignored so the underling application can receive the keystroke
• Each hot key can easily be assigned the keystroke of your choice
• Hot keys which are of no interest can be undefined

Cursoring keys -


• These are applications keys. You simply tell Window-Eyes what you want voiced after the application acts on the command. Your choices are: prior char before, prior char after, char before, char after, next char, previous word, word, next word, prior line, line, next line, sentence, paragraph, to end of line, light bar, marked text, caret position, field data and/or name, title/status, speak window, activate window, mouse top left, load set, or ignore speak windows.

Documentation -


• A step-by-step instruction guide is supplied in print, on audio cassette, and on disk. This documentation gives all needed information through a tutorial format.

Equipment Supported -

• Braille Displays: Alva 240, Alva 280, Alva 320/340/440, Alva 380/480, Alva Satellite 544, Alva Satellite 570, Braille Lite 18, Braille Lite 40, Braille Lite M20, Braille Lite M40, Braille Voyager, Braille Window/CombiBraille, BrailleNote, Braillex EL 2D/40/80, Braillex EL Braille Assistant (Elba), Braillex 2D Screen, Braillex Compact/Tiny/2D Lite, DM80, Handy Tech Mod 80 and Braille Wave, Handy Tech Braillino, Handy Tech Book Worm, Handy Tech Braille Star 40/80, Navigator 20/40, Navigator 80, PowerBraille 40, PowerBraille 65/80, Vario 40/RBT40(Rabbit), Vario 80
   
• Synthesizers: Sounding Board, Speak-Out*, Accent PC, Accent Mini or Messenger, Accent SA*, Artic, Artic Transport*, Apollo External*, Apollo II External*, Apollo Internal, Apollo II Internal, Votalker, Audapter*, ASP, All Blazie Engineering Synthesizers*, BrailleMate, Braille 'n Speak, DECtalk, Portable DECtalk, DECtalk PC, DECtalk Access 32*, DECtalk External (original), DECtalk Express*, Echo PC* or GP*, Keynote, Keynote PC, Keynote SA*, Keynote Gold Multimedia, Litetalk*, DoubleTalk PC, DoubleTalk LT*, MultiVoice, or PCKPR, NewEcho, Personal Speech System, Reading Edge, SmarTalk, SAPI* (Microsoft Speech Engine, Eloquence/Via Voice and others), FlexTalk (dependent on SAPI version), SMP*, SSIL, TextAssist, PROSE 4000, or VertPlus, VoiceCard (PCMCIA), Triple Talk PCI*, Triple Talk USB* Synthesizers marked with an asterisk (*) are supported by both Window-Eyes Standard and Professional. Those without the asterisk are only supported by Window-Eyes Standard. Others may be supported but not listed.

Windows System Requirements -

Window-Eyes Professional:

• IBM Compatible (Intel Pentium/Celeron, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron) with a clock speed of 400 MHz or greater (300 MHz minimum)
• 128 MB RAM or higher (64 MB RAM or less may cause system performance degradation)
• Windows 9X, Windows Millennium (Me), Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2003 (and greater)
• 20 MB available hard-disk space
• CD-ROM drive

 Window-Eyes Professional with SMA Bundle -
 

• Order a Software Maintenance Agreement with your copy of Window-Eyes and save! You will then receive the next three paid upgrades free of charge as they are released. The SMA covers 3 major upgrades. Upgrading to version x.x is a major upgrade but x.xx is not. In other words, 4.0 to 4.1 is a major upgrade but 4.1 to 4.11 is not. A minor upgrade may be downloaded at no charge via the internet, or you may purchase a CD for a nominal charge.

Window-Eyes: A Technologist’s Review
© Chris Meredith, March 2006

If you’re a user of adaptive technology, you’re probably aware that learning a new screen reader can be, at worst, quite daunting—and, at best, a severe time sink. From my own perspective, I frequently found myself having far better things to do than spend a day or twenty learning an entirely new command structure just so I could eventually get back to what I was doing. In fact, it took getting paid by the hour to learn Window-Eyes before I finally sat down to learn it, and I can definitely say it was worth my time.

Enhanced Stability -

GW Micro goes out of its way to let you know that Window-Eyes is the most stable screen reader out there. Their claims are totally correct. Even having downloaded demos of Window-Eyes from time to time and given up on re-learning how to do things, I found myself using it to bail me out of deep crashes from which the competition refused to recover. Window-Eyes is also the only screen reader with its own error reporting feature which, in the rare instances where it does crash, happily sends the crash report to GW Micro, permitting their developers to determine its cause and work to prevent it from happening in future releases.

Enhanced Word and Excel Support -

Window-Eyes boasts 100% text accuracy in Microsoft Word 100% of the time, and can even go so far as to recognize certain inline shapes and graphical objects. Its plethora of verbosity options allow you to control precisely what types of information you’re given within a document. Just reading for pleasure? Turn off everything. Proofreading an essay before you print and submit it? Window-Eyes will inform you of style changes, spelling and grammar errors, even instances where Word has corrected your typos for you. You can be informed of font, style and color changes, and even interact with forms within a Word document. You’ll know your document is visually appealing before you submit it.

And now, this support extends to Microsoft Excel. Window-Eyes can let you know when text wraps within a cell, when text is clipped or when text spans multiple cells. Window-Eyes is also the only screen reader on the market that can give you information on charts in Excel, allowing you to create visually appealing charts without seeing them.

Enhanced Web Support -

Window-Eyes was the first screen reader to support Mozilla Firefox, giving you the same great support to which you are accustomed with Internet Explorer. Even now, Window-Eyes is the only screen reader that claims to have more than beta support for the Mozilla browsers.

Ready For The Future -

In independent tests, Window-Eyes outperformed the competition when used with Internet Explorer 7.0, still only available in beta. On all the sites that were tested, Window-Eyes performed nearly as well with the beta version of Internet Explorer as it did with the version presently in use, which puts it ahead of the Wells Fargo online banking site, which refused to recognize Internet Explorer 7.0 as a valid browser. The competition, conversely, broke down on any site that used frames with Internet Explorer 7.0, rendering a series of frames that appeared to have no text.

Also, Window-Eyes is the only screen reader that can claim to support Windows Vista, giving blind people access to an operating system before the public has access to it. Other applications that are supported include Adobe Acrobat, allowing visually impaired people to create PDF documents, and Visual Studio 2005 software development suite from Microsoft, and all before the competition.

In Summary -

I can remember taking Window-Eyes for a test drive once upon a time back when Windows 3.1 was in wide use. I found it confusing and impractical and, I’m sad to say, this colored my opinion of it for some time. In this instance, however, I don’t mind being proven wrong. In fact, watch this space as, to assist people transitioning from the competition, a Window Eyes Transition Guide (535 KB) Left Click to Open and Alternate Keyboard Layout (41.5 KB) Left Click to Open will be available soon. Five out of five stars.




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Window-Eyes Audio Tutorials -

Section Name	Size	Length	-
Introduction	1.5MB	6m 06s
System Requirements	0.4MB	1m 39s
Installation	9.4MB	39m 09s
System Configuration	10.1MB	42m 02s
Adjusting Speech Parameters	2.3MB	9m 45s
Braille Displays	1.5MB	6m 24s
Navigating The Desktop	5.0MB	20m 49s
Windows Explorer	7.0MB	29m 17s
Using Microsoft Word	17.9MB	74m 36s
Using Internet Explorer And Mozilla Firefox	16.2MB	67m 32s
Using Adobe Reader	2.0MB	8m 14s
Using Outlook Express	3.6MB	14m 50s
Reading Relative To The Cursor	1.5MB	6m 27s
Reading The Screen Using The Mouse Pointer	3.4MB	14m 09s
Misc Reading Keys	1.0MB	4m 14s
The Window-Eyes Control Panel	3.3MB	13m 42s
Summary	0.1MB	0m 49s
Full Audio Tutorial (64.8MB / 359m 44s) /

Window-Eyes Video Tutorials -

Window-Eyes - Quick Introduction

Window-Eyes - Finding Your Serial Number

Window-Eyes - Changing Synthesizers

Window-Eyes - Changing Pronunciation

Updating Microsoft Office

Window-Eyes 5.5 Manual - To listen to a section of the Window-Eyes 5.5 Manual, select from one of the links below. Your primary/default MP3 player will launch with the selected section. If you have any questions, please contact our technical support department at 888.640.1999, or via e-mail at support@enablemart.com. 1: Introducing Window-Eyes 1.1: Welcome to Window-Eyes 1.2: System Requirements 1.3: Window-Eyes Features 1.4: Package Contents 1.5: Getting Technical Support 1.6: How to Use this User's Guide 1.7: Protecting Your Investment 2: Installing Window-Eyes 2.1: A Bit About Synthesizers 2.2: Quick Install 2.3: Custom Install 2.4: Window-Eyes and the Start Menu 2.5: General Installation Tips 2.6: Windows 95 Install Tips 2.7: Windows 98 Install Tips 2.8: Windows ME Install Tips 2.9: Windows 2000 Install Tips 2.10: Windows XP/2003 Install Tips 2.11: Advanced Install Options 2.12: Uninstalling Window-Eyes 3: Speaking of Windows 3.1: Where MS Windows and Window-Eyes Meet 3.2: What it Looks Like 3.3: How it Works 3.4: The Windows Desktop 3.5: The Dialog Box, the Property Sheet, and the Message Box 3.6: The Windows Display Screen 3.7: Some MS Windows Keyboard Commands 3.8: Understanding Windows XP/2003 4: An Overview of Window-Eyes 4.1: Just What is Window-Eyes? 4.2: Window-Eyes User Windows 4.3: The Window-Eyes Voice Control Panel 4.4: Colors, Video Cards, and Light Bar Tracking 5: Globally Speaking 5.1: The Basics 5.2: How it Works 5.3: Global Versus Local Settings 5.4: The Rest of the Global Menu 6: Setting Up the Voices 6.1: The Basics 6.2: How it Works 6.3: Turning the Screen, Keyboard, and Mouse Voices On and Off 6.4: Setting Rate, Pitch, Tone, and Volume 6.5: Determining How Window-Eyes Reads Punctuation 6.6: The Rest of the Screen Menu 6.7: The Rest of the Keyboard Menu 6.8: The Rest of the Mouse Voice 7: Saving and Retrieving Speech Environments 7.1: The Basics 7.2: How it Works 7.3: Saving SET files 7.4: Opening SET files Manually 7.5: Supporting Associations 7.6: Keeping Track of Window-Eyes Active Files 7.7: Closing Associations 7.8: Converting Your SET files to Text and Back 7.9: Changing Synthesizers 7.10: Changing Braille Displays 7.11: Window-Eyes and Multiple Users 7.12: Running Window-Eyes in the System Tray 7.13: Startup Type and Fast User Switching 7.14: Editing Dictionaries 7.15: Loading and Reloading Factory SET files 7.16: Exiting Window-Eyes 8: Introducing Window-Eyes Hot Keys 8.1: The Basics 8.2: How it Works 8.3: Reading Characters, Words, Lines, Sentences, and Paragraphs 8.4: Autodetect Cursor 8.5: Reading from the Perspective of the Mouse Pointer 8.6: Assigning Your Own Hot Keys 8.7: Handling Duplicate Hot Key Definitions 8.8: Which Keys Work 8.9: Reading Parts of a Window 8.10: Identifying the Mouse Pointer 8.11: The Redraw Hot Key 8.12: The Bypass Hot Key 8.13: Reading User and Hyperactive Windows 8.14: Reading Text Up To and After the Cursor 8.15: Reading a Full Document Nonstop 8.16: Reading Nonstandard Controls 8.17: Reading the System Tray 8.18: Time and Date 8.19: Field Name and Data 8.20: Speaking the Application Status Line 8.21: Adjusting Voice Parameters on the Fly 8.22: Speaking Progress Bars and Scroll Bars 9: Reading with Cursoring Keys 9.1: The Basics 9.2: How it Works 9.3: Practical Applications 9.4: The Cursoring Key Definitions 9.5: Cursor Delay 9.6: A Cursoring Key Bonus 9.7: Cursoring Keys in Standard Controls 10: Reading the Screen with the Mouse 10.1: The Basics 10.2: Moving the Mouse Pointer by Textual Units 10.3: The Mouse Directional Movement Keys 10.4: Moving by Windows Logical Units 10.5: Routing the Pointer and the Cursor 10.6: Restricting Pointer Movement 10.7: Finding Things on the Screen 10.8: Using the Physical Mouse 10.9: The WE Cursor or the Mouse 11: Performing Mouse Functions with Window-Eyes Hot Keys 11.1: The Basics 11.2: Single and Double Click Hot Keys 11.3: Moving the Mouse by Windows Controls 11.4: Mouse Toggle Hot Keys 11.5: Mouse Drag and Drop 11.6: Route Mouse to Window 12: Setting Up and Using the User Windows 12.1: The Basics 12.2: How it Works 12.3: Selecting and Adjusting the Current User Window 12.4: Using the Mouse Pointer to Set Window Coordinates 12.5: The Offset 12.6: Window Logic 12.7: Confining Your Reading to the User Window 12.8: The Status of the User Window 12.9: Getting User Window Status Reports 12.10: Reading User Windows 12.11: Show User Window Outline 13: Video attributes and Light Bars 13.1: The Basics 13.2: How it Works 13.3: Detecting New Video Attributes 13.4: Highlight Tracking 13.5: The Window Definition Menu 13.6: Cursor and Mouse ASCII/Attribute 14: Hyperactive Windows 14.1: The Basics 14.2: How it Works 14.3: The Hyperactive Window Definition Dialog Box 14.4: Window and Command Precedence 14.5: Turning Hyperactive Windows On and Off 14.6: Troubleshooting Hyperactive Windows 15: Float Windows 15.1: The Basics 15.2: How it Works 15.3: The Float Window Setup Screen 15.4: Setting the Position 15.5: Automatic Adjustment of Float Windows 15.6: Some Practical Examples 16: Pronunciation Dictionaries and More About the File Menu 16.1: The Basics 16.2: How it Works 16.3: The Word Exception Dictionary 16.4: The Key Label Dictionary 16.5: The Character Dictionary 16.6: The Graphic Dictionary 16.7: The Color Dictionary 16.8: Mouse Pointer Descriptions 16.9: Clearing the Currently Loaded Dictionary 16.10: The Bubble Up Effect 17: The General Menu 17.1: The Basics 17.2: How it Works 17.3: Turning the Voice, Hot Keys, and Cursoring Keys Off and On 17.4: Setting the Highlight Track Status 17.5: Tracking the Contents of Cells in a Spreadsheet 17.6: Include User Window with Box 17.7: Highlighted Text 17.8: Turning Pronunciation Dictionaries On and Off 17.9: Allow Speak Windows In Edit Boxes 17.10: Cursor Delay 17.11: Trigger Delay 17.12: Space Threshold 17.13: The Case of the Corrupted Screen 17.14: Auto Speak Tooltips and Flashing Applications 17.15: Browse Mode 18: The Braille Menu 18.1: Scrolling Options 18.2: Control Information 18.3: Dot Patterns 18.4: Translation Tables 18.5: Hot Keys 18.6: Options 18.7: Graphics 18.8: Braille Window 19: Working with the Internet 19.1: What is MSAA? 19.2: Access Keys 19.3: Acronyms/Abbreviations 19.4: Flash 19.5: Forms 19.6: Headings 19.7: Languages 19.8: Links and onClicks 19.9: Lists 19.10: Longdesc 19.11: Objects 19.12: Paragraphs 19.13: Quotes/Blockquotes 19.14: Tables 19.15: More Navigation Options 19.16: More Verbosity Options 19.17: Web Developers 20: Working with Microsoft Word 20.1: The Microsoft Word DOM 20.2: Columns 20.3: Fields 20.4: Headers/Footers/Page Numbers 20.5: Pictures/Objects 20.6: References 20.7: Revisions 20.8: Sections 20.9: Spelling and Grammar 20.10: Tables 20.11: Forms 20.12: More Word Options 20.13: More Verbosity Options 20.14: Document Specific Settings 21: Working with Microsoft Excel 21.1: The Microsoft Excel DOM 21.2: Cells 21.3: Charts/Objects 21.4: Headers and Totals 21.5: Monitor Cells 21.6: More Excel Options 21.7: More Verbosity Options 21.8: Document Specific Settings Appendix A.1: Hot Keys _ Quick Reference Guide A.2: Hot Key Definitions A.3: Default Keyboard Layout A.4: Laptop Keyboard Layout A.5: Vocal_Eyes Keyboard Layout Appendix B.1: The Voice Control Panel B.2: File B.3: Screen B.4: Keyboard B.5: Mouse B.6: Hot Keys B.7: Cursoring B.8: General B.9: Braille B.10: Verbosity B.11: Global B.12: Help Appendix C.1: Speech Synthesizers C.2: Accent PC / Mini / Messenger / SA / Artic Transport C.3: Apollo I and II Internal and Apollo I and II External C.4: Artic and Votalker C.5: ASP C.6: Audapter C.7: Blazie Synthesizers including Braille 'N Speak and Type 'N Speak C.8: BrailleMate C.9: DECtalk Access32 (Window-Eyes) C.10: DECtalk Access32 C.11: DECtalk Express/USB C.12: DECtalk Original C.13: DECtalk PC C.14: DoubleTalk PC C.15: Echo PC and Echo GP C.16: Echo PC (New Model) C.17: Keynote Gold MultiMedia C.18: Keynote Gold PC C.19: Keynote Gold SA C.20: LiteTalk and DoubleTalk LT C.21: MultiVoice and PCKPR C.22: Personal Speech System Version A & B C.23: Portable DECtalk C.24: Prose_4000 C.25: Reading Edge C.26: SmarTalk C.27: SMP C.28: Sounding Board C.29: Speak_Out C.30: Speech Application Program Interface (SAPI) C.31: Speech Synthesizer Interface Library (SSIL) C.32: TextAssist C.33: Triple Talk PCI/USB C.34: VoiceCard C.35: Virtual (Citrix MetaFrame) C.36: Virtual (Microsoft RDP) C.37: VoiceCard Appendix D.1: Braille Displays Appendix E.1: Application Specific E.2: Adobe Acrobat E.3: Citrix MetaFrame XP E.4: Microsoft Terminal Services and Windows XP Professional Remote Desktop Appendix F.1: Miscellaneous F.2: Using a DOS Screen Reader F.3: Reading Command Prompts in Windows 2000/XP/2003 F.4: SET2TEXT and TEXT2SET Utilities Appendix G.1: Window-Eyes Troubleshooting