Hi and thanks for your interest in the Jaws talking clock scripts  written by David Truong and Andrew hart.


 How to configure Jaws to act as a basic talking clock.

 Contents:
* Installing the scripts.
*Setting up hotkeys for the talking clock scripts.


Licence Agreement
This agreement is very simple. The Scripts are provided as-is with no warranty or guarantee. Basically, The Scripts are free and you use them at your own risk. None of the authors accept any responsibility if they turn your PC into an expensive paper weight or anything else less savoury . :).


Introduction
These scripts allow you to turn Jaws into a talking clock which can tell you the time every 15, 30 minutes or hourly by automatically speaking the time and playing a sound at the specified interval. You can also turn the Automatic speaking of chimes off.


Installing the scripts.

1. Extract all of the files in this archive to your jfw settings directory. E.G. c:\Jaws451\settings\enu\

2. Load default.jss into the script manager by pressing Shift+Control+0. Alternatively run the Jaws Manager and choose Script manager from the listbox and press enter. Then press shift+control+d to load up the default.jss file.

3. When the default.jss file is loaded into script manager, press Control+End which will take you to the bottom of the default.jss script file. Then press enter to leave a blank line.

4. Type in the following exactly as written below. Alternatively navigate back to this document and copy the below line to the clipboard and navigate back to script manager then paste the following line.

; Start copying from here

Use "cuckoo.jsb"

; End of line to copy

5. Once you have completed the above steps, press Control+s to compile the scripts. If you hear JFW announce "compile complete" then press alt+f4 to exit script manager.


Setting up hotkeys for the talking clock scripts.

The following instructions will allow you to choose your own two hotkeys which the talking clock scripts require. however I shall put in my keystroke combinations so you can follow how the syntax must be written into the default.jkm file. I have to use this method to incorporate the keystrokes because trying to do this from the script documentation function of script manager won't work due to the fact that I am calling the cuckoo.jsb file, found in this archive.

1. Open up script manager by pressing JawsKey+0 or Shift+Control+0. Alternatively run the Jaws Manager and choose Script manager from the listbox and press enter. Then press control+f4 to close the currently loaded script.

2. Now press control+o which will bring up an open file dialogue box.

3. In the file name edit field Type in the following file name: default.jkm then press enter.

4. Now press Control+home to insure that you are at the top of the default.jkm file.

5. Press Control+f which will bring up the find dialogue box. JFW should announce "find what edit field". In this edit field type in the following: [Common Keys] then press enter and press escape to exit the find dialogue box.

5. If step 4 is successful, your cursor should now be on the [Common Keys] line. Now this is important! Press home to go to the beginning of that line and then press down-arrow once so your cursor is below the [Common Keys] line.

6. Now this is important! Press Enter a couple of times to give you room to type in the following two hotkeys. The following syntax for the hotkeys goes like this:

* one hotkey definition per line.
* KeyCombinationToBEAssigned=ScriptToBeAssigned

Example:
Control+JAWSKey+F5=SetCuckooClock
Shift+JAWSKey+F5=SayCuckooState

You can change the text before the equals sign to the key combination of your choice.

7. Once you have completed the previous 6 steps then press Control+s to save your modified default.jkm file. You will not get any confirmation message to let you know that the deed has been done smile.

8. Press alt+f4 to exit script manager.

9. Shut down jaws with JAWSKey+f4 and restart Jaws again with your Jaws hotkey usually Alt+Control+j.

10. Press the hotkey you assigned to Select a time interval and arrow to your desired choice and press enter. Now you are set to go. Remember the other hotkey you assigned will let you hear how often jaws will announce the time.


Wow! You're finally done. Good luck and if you have any problems, feel free to get in touch with me. davidtruong@optusnet.com.au

David Truong.
 