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Turning off Speech
If you prefer to only use the braille display, you can limit the amount of
speech you hear or completely turn it off by using the
RIGHT SHIFT+M
(
DOTS 1-3-4
) command.
By default, pressing
RIGHT SHIFT+M
activates Speech On Demand which
restricts speech to a limited set of reading keystrokes. Speech On Demand
is ideal for braille users who find too much speech overwhelming, but still
want speech for certain tasks like reading a window title, checking the time,
or speaking the current character, line, sentence, paragraph, or doing a
Say All. While Speech On Demand is active, press
SPACEBAR
(
DOTS 2-8 CHORD
followed by
SPACEBAR
) and then
SHIFT+S
(
DOTS 2-
3-4-7
) to completely mute speech. Press
RIGHT SHIFT+M
again to switch
back to full speech.
If you want the
RIGHT SHIFT+M
command to toggle between full speech
and completely muting speech, open Settings Center, expand the Speech
Options group, and set the Less Speech Options item to Mute Speech. For
more information about Speech on Demand, please refer to the JAWS
Help.
