JAWS Professional 2020 Basic Setup

Step 1

Click to open JAWS.

Step 2 – Choose Voice

a. Under Options in the opening box, scroll to Voice Profile and select the desired profile.

b. Under Options, choose Voice Adjustment and select:

• Desired voice

• Rate of speech

Adjust pitch, volume, and punctuation as needed, then click OK or Apply.

Step 3 – Speech Options

Under the Utilities tab:

1. Choose Settings Center

2. Select Speech Options

3. Choose your desired reading options (speech mode, speech on demand, typing echo, mouse echo, etc.)

Click Apply, then OK.

Step 4 – Enable Mouse Echo

In Settings Center:

1. Click Mouse Echo

2. Verify that Enable Mouse Echo is checked

This allows students to hover the cursor over a sentence or word for selective reading.

You may also adjust:

• Mouse Echo Delay

• Mouse Echo Unit (character, word, line, paragraph)

Click Apply, then OK.

Step 5 – User Echo Options

In Settings Center:

1. Click User

2. Choose desired Echo options, including:

• Typing Echo (off, characters, words, characters and words)

• Screen Echo (echo no text, highlighted text, or all text)

• Insert Key Mode

• Key Repeat

• Show virtual viewer on screen

• Lower audio volume of programs while JAWS speaks

Click Apply, then OK.

Things to Remember

• If testing in an open area, students will need headphones for privacy and to reduce distractions to others.

• Remember to open JAWS for the student and educate the student on how to use it.

• Remember to close JAWS completely after each student use.