JAWS 7.0

JAWS is a powerful accessibility solution developed by Freedom Scientific. that reads information on the screen using synthesized speech. JAWS provides many useful commands that make it easier to use programs, edit documents, and read Web pages.

JAWS® Windows provides access for popular software and Internet  by its speech technology  compatible with Windows operating system. Connect Outloud reads web pages and  converts to Braille alphabet, provides reading, sending and receiving e-mail. MAGic is a screen magnifiying tool for people with low vision. It can magnify the output on the screen to 16 times and  read the information simultaneously. OpenBook scans the printed documents and converts them to digital  ones and transfers to computer environment to enable individuals to read and edit  them.

Jaws7.0 is avaliable at

ftp://ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr/PackagePrograms/Jaws

Installation instructions are available in the  "jawskurulum.pdf" file  (Turkish) which can be dowloaded  by clicking the link. For activation process of Jaws software on the server side after the installation:

Right Click MyComputer->System Properties->Advanced->Environment Variables->System Variables->New 

Enter the following values:

Variable name----LSFORCEHOST

Variable value---144.122.202.4 .

Variable name ----LSPORT Variable value----5099

Notice: Users who would connect to the FTP licensed software site with a browser other than Internet Explorer, shall write ftp://user_name@ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr to the address line. Due to the license agreements, this site is accessible to METU personnel only.

Please contact swadminmetu.edu.tr for your questions about Jaws.