JAWS Announces the Cursor Position with Each Keystroke

JAWS (a third-party screen reader utility) may announce the cursor position (row, column) with each keystroke in a terminal session.

To resolve this problem, remove the Attachmate EXTRA! scripts shipped with JAWS. Follow the steps below to remove the EXTRA.* scripts from the JAWS directory.

1. For JAWS 7.0 or higher, search in the Windows\All Users\Application Data\Freedom Scientific\Jaws\7.x\Settings\enu directory.

2. Remove the files listed below (either move them to a temporary directory or delete them).
3. Restart JAWS.

You should see a significant difference in how JAWS reads the screen.

Below is the list of EXTRA.* files to remove to fix the problem:

This problem occurs because Freedom Scientific ships scripts that automatically load when it detects that EXTRA! X-treme is loaded into memory. The scripts cause JAWS to incorrectly read the terminal session.

For additional information about JAWS, see the Freedom Scientific web site at http://www.freedomscientific.com.

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This document was originally published as Attachmate Technical Note 2125.