Thank you, Joseph. Pressing enter works! Smile. I put one in a document and then later wasn't sure what I'd done before. It said the emoji was selected, so I pressed control c to copy it, then control v to paste. Works everywhere else in Microsoft! LOL. Not here. JAWS reads the smiling face with smiling eyes emoji, but not several others that I added, the eagle or butterfly. I know they were there since Narrator read them. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of joseph.lee22...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:22 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Just For Fun, Emoji
Hi, I'll try my best to address several questions about emoji panel in one go: Q. What is emoji? Emoji (a shorthand Japanese for "emotion characters", from Romanization of "emo" and "ji" (character)) is a picture that represents objects, emotions, people, events and so on. This came about in the late 1990's where people wanted to conserve space on data usage yet wanted to express their emotions to the fullest. This became pop0ular among Japanese mobile phone users via SMS (short messaging service) before it gain widespread usage in 2010's. Q. How do I read emoji? It'll depend on screen reader and synthesizer in use. Some synthesizers do support announcing emojis, while others don't. Also, the ability to recognize emojis will depend on how the screen reader processes Unicode data and instructions sent to speech synthesizers regarding how to process such characters. Q. How do I input emoji? In Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) and later, you can browse and insert emoji by pressing Windows+period or Windows+semicolon. Note that in 1709 and 1803 (April 2018 Update), only United States English keyboard layout will let you browse emojis. In Redstone 5 (under development), this restriction is gone. In 1709 and 1803, once emoji panel opens, press the arrow keys to move through emojis. Press Tab to cycle through emoji categories, or if you're looking for a specific emoji, type the name and the panel will return suggestions. To insert a given emoji, press Enter. In Redstone 5, you can still use arrow keys to move through emojis. However, pressing Tab will not cycle through categories; rather, it'll switch between emojis and categories. To select a different emoji category, press Tab to go the categories, then use left or right arrows to move through categories and press Enter. In case of People category, you can choose a skin tone. Once the emoji is found, press Enter. Q. Does JAWS support emoji panel? Not at this time (according to tests). Some users asked VFO regarding this matter not long ago. Q. Does other screen readers support emoji panel? Write to me privately regarding this matter please (not only to keep the topic on scope, but also because I am the one who brought support for emoji panel for a certain screen reader; hint: there will come a day when a certain scripts will not be required to interact with emoji panel, but that's for another time). Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Paul Mugambi Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Just For Fun, Emoji hello am using Jaws 2018 on windows 10 how do i put Emoji? On 6/22/18, Rebecca Lineberger <drlineber...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I was reading on another JAWS List and someone had used an emoji, if > that's the right word. JAWS described it when I was reading with the > down-arrow key but not the left and right arrows, so it would seem > that there was no colon and closed parenthesis to make a smiling face. > Windows 10 can, they say, bring up a list of emoji with Windows key > and either the period or the semicolon. But if it does, JAWS can't > see them, and neither can I! LOL. > I > tried recognizing the screen, but got no descriptions. I googled and > found that there is an add-on for NVDA that will make these emoji accessible. > Not > having NVDA installed, I can't check. It would be fun if JAWS had > this since we all send stuff to sighted friends. > > Presumably, everyone can already do this on their iPhones, but alas, > no iPhone yet. So, again, it would be great if JAWS would let me play! LOL. > > Just sayin' > > Rebecca > > > > > > > > > > > > A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open. > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > -- my Whats app number is +254 792 746 642 Secretary People With Disability ACT 2018 www.abilitysounds.blogspot.com Disability Activist of the year 2015 award: https://youtu.be/KLPoeG8f73o#Ability remix https://youtu.be/WKWzau-ceO4 www.mugambipaul.com 2015 Disability Activist of the year Malaika tribute award winner. http://youtu.be/KLPoeG8f73o Life time achievement award Winner July 2014 ANNUAL DISABILITY ADVOCACY RIGHTS & AWARDS 2014 "ADARA" . Awarded "Champion of disability advocacy in the emergency response August 2013 by CBM International www.mugambipaul.com Skype name: shamgpaul1 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
