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• Read everything from here: JAWS Key+Down Arrow
  Say All. JAWS Key is Insert on a desktop keyboard and Caps Lock in the laptop layout. Press Ctrl to stop.
• Stop speech: Ctrl
• Read the current line: JAWS Key+Up Arrow
• Speak slower for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Down
  Lasts until JAWS restarts.
• Speak faster for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Up
• Hear what JAWS said recently: JAWS Key+Space, then H
  The last things JAWS said, in a window you can read line by line. Use it when you missed something.
• Say the window title: JAWS Key+T
  The fastest way to find out where you are.
• Say the time: JAWS Key+F12
• Refresh the screen and the page: JAWS Key+Escape
  Try it first when JAWS goes quiet, reads stale text, or a page seems empty.
• List the open windows: JAWS Key+F10
  Use it when you have many windows open and Alt+Tab is not enough. Arrow to the one you want and press Enter.
• Switch to the PC cursor: Numpad Plus
  The normal cursor. Come back to it when JAWS stops following what you type.
• List the commands for the program you are in: JAWS Key+H
  Press it in any program to hear its most useful commands. Start here when a program is new to you.
• Get help for the control you are on: JAWS Key+F1 (in a dialog or on a web page)
  Says what the control is and which keys work in it.
• Open the JAWS help for the program you are in: JAWS Key+F1, pressed twice quickly
• Turn keyboard help on or off: JAWS Key+1
  Press any key to hear what it does. Press JAWS Key+1 again to turn it off.
• Hear the keys for the window you are in: JAWS Key+W
• Open Command Search: JAWS Key+Space, then J
  Type what you want to do, such as read the title bar, and JAWS tells you the keys.
• Open FSCompanion: JAWS Key+Space, then F1
  Ask a question in plain words. Check the answer against the Help, because it can be wrong.
• Get help with layered commands: JAWS Key+Space, then Question Mark
  Lists every layer. After a layer key, press Question Mark for that layer's commands.
• Open the JAWS window: JAWS Key+J
  The JAWS menus: Options, Utilities and Help.
• Open the Help menu: Alt+H (in the JAWS window)
• Open the notification history: JAWS Key+Space, then N
  The Windows and app notifications you may have missed.
• Repeat the last notification: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+N
• Open the Message Center: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+M
  Messages from JAWS about new features and updates.
• Open Quick Settings: JAWS Key+V
  Change a setting for the program you are in, such as typing echo or verbosity.
• Go to the next heading: H (on a web page)
  Headings are the fastest way through a page. Press H until you hear the section you want, then arrow down to read it. Add Shift to any quick key to go the other way.
• Go to the next link: Tab (on a web page)
  Tab moves through links and controls in order. U and V pick only unvisited or visited links.
• Open the link: Enter (on a link)
• Go to the next button: B (on a web page)
  Buttons do things, such as Submit or Search. Press B to find the action on a page.
• Go to the next region: R (on a web page)
  Regions are the big parts of a page: navigation, main, footer. R walks them, and Q goes straight to main.
• List every heading: JAWS Key+F6 (on a web page)
  The best way to get an overview of a new page. Read the list top to bottom, arrow to the heading you want and press Enter to jump there. Press Alt and a number, such as Alt+2, to show only that level.
• List every link: JAWS Key+F7 (on a web page)
  Type the first letters of the link's name to jump to it in the list. Good when you know what the link is called.
• List every form field: JAWS Key+F5 (on a web page)
  Pick a field and press Enter to land in it, ready to type.
• Go to the next form field: F (on a web page)
  Then press Enter to start typing, and Escape when you are done.
• Turn on forms mode: Enter (on a form field)
  Forms mode lets you type. Without it, letters are quick keys.
• Move to the next column: Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow (in a table)
  Reads the cell and its column header, so you always know which column you are in.
• Open Find: JAWS Key+Ctrl+F
  Use it when you know a word that is on the page, such as a name or an order number. Faster than any list.
• Go to the next match: F3 (after a Find)
  Repeat until you land on the right one.
• Open the OCR layer: JAWS Key+Space, then O
• OCR the current window: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then W
• Open the Picture Smart layer: JAWS Key+Space, then P
• Describe a control or picture on the screen: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then C

Reading text

• Read everything from here: JAWS Key+Down Arrow
  Say All. JAWS Key is Insert on a desktop keyboard and Caps Lock in the laptop layout. Press Ctrl to stop.
• Stop speech: Ctrl
• Read the current line: JAWS Key+Up Arrow
• Spell the current line: JAWS Key+Up Arrow, pressed twice quickly
• Read the previous line: Up Arrow
• Read the next line: Down Arrow
• Read the current word: JAWS Key+Numpad 5
• Spell the current word: JAWS Key+Numpad 5, pressed twice quickly
• Read the previous word: JAWS Key+Left Arrow
• Read the next word: JAWS Key+Right Arrow
• Read the current character: Numpad 5
• Say the current character phonetically: Numpad 5, pressed twice quickly
  Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. Use it when a letter could be B, D or P.
• Read the current sentence: Alt+Numpad 5
• Read the previous sentence: Alt+Numpad Minus
• Read the next sentence: Alt+Numpad Plus
• Read from the top to here: JAWS Key+Home
• Read from here to the end: JAWS Key+Page Up
• Read the selected text: JAWS Key+Shift+Down Arrow
• Spell the selected text: JAWS Key+Shift+Down Arrow, pressed twice quickly
• Skim read: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Down Arrow
  Reads the first line of each paragraph. Good for a long page you only need the gist of.
• Say the text color: JAWS Key+5
• Say the font: JAWS Key+F
• Copy the selected text to the JAWS clipboard: JAWS Key+Windows key+C
  Adds to what is already on the clipboard instead of replacing it.
• Read the clipboard: Windows key+JAWS Key+X

Speech and voice

• Speak slower for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Down
  Lasts until JAWS restarts.
• Speak faster for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Up
• Speak slower and keep it: Alt+Windows key+Ctrl+Page Down
• Speak faster and keep it: Alt+Windows key+Ctrl+Page Up
• Slow down while JAWS is reading: Page Down (during Say All)
• Speed up while JAWS is reading: Page Up (during Say All)
• Switch between full speech, speech on demand and mute: JAWS Key+Space, then S
  Speech on demand only speaks when you ask. Use it on a call so JAWS stays quiet.
• Mute or unmute speech: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+S (with full speech off)
• Hear what JAWS said recently: JAWS Key+Space, then H
  The last things JAWS said, in a window you can read line by line. Use it when you missed something.
• Clear the speech history: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+H
• Choose a voice profile: JAWS Key+Ctrl+S
• Choose a language: Ctrl+Windows key+L
• Turn audio ducking on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then D
  Ducking turns other sound down while JAWS speaks.
• Turn screen echo on or off: JAWS Key+S
• Turn typing echo on or off: JAWS Key+2
  Cycles through none, characters, words, or both.
• Adjust the JAWS volume: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then J
  Then Up and Down Arrow to change it, and Escape when done.
• Adjust the system volume: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then S
• Adjust the sound balance: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then B
• Choose the sound card: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then C
• Pass the next key through to the program: JAWS Key+3
  Use it when a program needs a key that JAWS normally takes.
• Lock the keyboard: JAWS Key+Space, then L
  Nothing you press reaches the computer until you press it again. Good for cleaning the keyboard.
• Turn the screen shade on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then F11
  Blanks the screen for privacy while you keep working.

Information about the screen

• Say the window title: JAWS Key+T
  The fastest way to find out where you are.
• Say the time: JAWS Key+F12
• Say the date: JAWS Key+F12, pressed twice quickly
• Refresh the screen and the page: JAWS Key+Escape
  Try it first when JAWS goes quiet, reads stale text, or a page seems empty.
• Say the control you are on and its value: JAWS Key+Tab
• Read the whole window: JAWS Key+B
• Read the top line of the window: JAWS Key+End
• Read the bottom line of the window: JAWS Key+Page Down
  Reads the status bar in most programs.
• Read the current word in context: JAWS Key+C
• Say the program version: Ctrl+JAWS Key+V
• Say the battery level and network status: JAWS Key+Shift+B
• Say which cursor is active: Alt+Delete
• List the open windows: JAWS Key+F10
  Use it when you have many windows open and Alt+Tab is not enough. Arrow to the one you want and press Enter.
• List the system tray icons: JAWS Key+F11
  Find the clock, battery, network and volume icons without the mouse.
• View the system tray contents: Ctrl+Shift+F11
• List the labeled graphics: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Shift+G

Dialogs and controls

• Say the default button of the dialog: JAWS Key+E (in a dialog)
  The button that Enter will press.
• Say the hot key for the control you are on: Shift+Numpad 5
• Open a combo box: Alt+Down Arrow (on a combo box)
• Close a combo box: Alt+Up Arrow
• Select more than one item in a list: Ctrl+Space on each item (in a list)
• Unselect everything but the current item: Ctrl+Backslash (in a list)
• Read one column of a list view: Ctrl+JAWS Key+1 through 0 (in a list such as an Inbox)
  Ctrl+JAWS Key+1 reads the first column, 2 the second, and so on.

Cursors and the mouse

• Switch to the PC cursor: Numpad Plus
  The normal cursor. Come back to it when JAWS stops following what you type.
• Switch to the JAWS cursor: Numpad Minus
  Reads whatever is on the screen, even text the PC cursor cannot reach.
• Switch to the invisible cursor: Numpad Minus, pressed twice quickly
• Switch to the touch cursor: Shift+Numpad Plus
• Route the PC cursor to the JAWS cursor: JAWS Key+Numpad Plus
• Route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor: JAWS Key+Numpad Minus
• Restrict the JAWS cursor to the window: JAWS Key+R
• Say the cursor type: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Shift+C
• Click the left mouse button: Numpad Slash
  Clicks where the JAWS cursor is.
• Click the right mouse button: Numpad Star
• Lock the left mouse button: JAWS Key+Numpad Slash
• Lock the right mouse button: JAWS Key+Numpad Star
• Drag and drop: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Numpad Slash
• Move the mouse pointer: Alt+Shift+Arrow keys (with the JAWS cursor active)
• Turn the virtual cursor on or off: JAWS Key+Z (on a web page)
  Off is conventional mode. Some web apps, such as Outlook on the web, need it off.
• Route the virtual cursor to the PC cursor: JAWS Key+Delete (on a web page)
• Route the PC cursor to the virtual cursor: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Delete (on a web page)

Getting help

• List the commands for the program you are in: JAWS Key+H
  Press it in any program to hear its most useful commands. Start here when a program is new to you.
• Get help for the control you are on: JAWS Key+F1 (in a dialog or on a web page)
  Says what the control is and which keys work in it.
• Open the JAWS help for the program you are in: JAWS Key+F1, pressed twice quickly
• Turn keyboard help on or off: JAWS Key+1
  Press any key to hear what it does. Press JAWS Key+1 again to turn it off.
• Hear the keys for the window you are in: JAWS Key+W
• Open Command Search: JAWS Key+Space, then J
  Type what you want to do, such as read the title bar, and JAWS tells you the keys.
• Open FSCompanion: JAWS Key+Space, then F1
  Ask a question in plain words. Check the answer against the Help, because it can be wrong.
• Get help with layered commands: JAWS Key+Space, then Question Mark
  Lists every layer. After a layer key, press Question Mark for that layer's commands.
• Open the JAWS window: JAWS Key+J
  The JAWS menus: Options, Utilities and Help.
• Open the Help menu: Alt+H (in the JAWS window)
• Open the notification history: JAWS Key+Space, then N
  The Windows and app notifications you may have missed.
• Repeat the last notification: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+N
• Open the Message Center: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+M
  Messages from JAWS about new features and updates.

Settings and tools

• Open Quick Settings: JAWS Key+V
  Change a setting for the program you are in, such as typing echo or verbosity.
• Open Settings Center: JAWS Key+6
  Every JAWS setting. Type in the search box to find one.
• Open JAWS Manager: JAWS Key+F2
  The list of JAWS tools, such as Settings Center and Dictionary Manager.
• Open Dictionary Manager: JAWS Key+D
  Change how JAWS pronounces a word or a name.
• Shut down JAWS: JAWS Key+F4
• Turn Navigation Quick Keys on or off: JAWS Key+N (on a web page)
  If pressing H types a letter instead of moving, they are off.
• Turn Smart Navigation on or off: JAWS Key+X (on a web page)
• Turn Text Analyzer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then A (in a document)
  Warns about mismatched quotes and brackets and stray spaces as you read.
• Turn mouse echo on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then E, then O
  Reads whatever the mouse pointer passes over.
• Set mouse echo to character, word, line or paragraph: JAWS Key+Space, then E, then C, W, L or P
• Turn the Braille Viewer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then B, then B
  Shows on screen what the braille display shows. Useful when a sighted person is helping.
• Turn the Text Viewer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then B, then T
• Leave a layered command: Escape (after JAWS Key+Space)

Moving around a page

• Go to the next heading: H (on a web page)
  Headings are the fastest way through a page. Press H until you hear the section you want, then arrow down to read it. Add Shift to any quick key to go the other way.
• Go to the previous heading: Shift+H (on a web page)
  Use it when you went one heading too far.
• Go to the next heading of a level: 1 through 6 (on a web page)
  Press 2 for the next level 2 heading. Add Shift for the previous one.
• Go to the first heading: Alt+JAWS Key+Home (on a web page)
• Go to the last heading: Alt+JAWS Key+End (on a web page)
• Go to the next link: Tab (on a web page)
  Tab moves through links and controls in order. U and V pick only unvisited or visited links.
• Go to the previous link: Shift+Tab (on a web page)
• Go to the next unvisited link: U (on a web page)
• Go to the next visited link: V (on a web page)
• Open the link: Enter (on a link)
• Open the link in a new window: Shift+Enter (on a link)
• Read the address of the link: JAWS Key+Ctrl+F7 (on a link)
• Skip past a group of links: N (on a web page)
  Jumps to the next text that is not a link. Use it to get past a menu.
• Go to the next button: B (on a web page)
  Buttons do things, such as Submit or Search. Press B to find the action on a page.
• Go to the previous button: Shift+B (on a web page)
  Use it when you went one button too far.
• Go to the next region: R (on a web page)
  Regions are the big parts of a page: navigation, main, footer. R walks them, and Q goes straight to main.
• Go to the previous region: Shift+R (on a web page)
• Go to the main region: Q (on a web page)
• Go to the next paragraph: P (on a web page)
• Go to the next graphic: G (on a web page)
• Go to the next list: L (on a web page)
  Menus and search results are often lists. L jumps between lists, and I walks the items inside one.
• Go to the previous list: Shift+L (on a web page)
• Go to the next list item: I (on a web page)
  Walk the items in a list one at a time, such as search results.
• Go to the previous list item: Shift+I (on a web page)
• Go to the next frame: M (on a web page)
• Go to the next article: O (on a web page)
• Go to the next division: Z (on a web page)
• Go to the next separator: Dash (on a web page)
• Go to the next clickable element: Slash (on a web page)
  Something you can press Enter on that is not a link or a button.
• Go to the next element of the same type: S (on a web page)
• Go to the next element of a different type: D (on a web page)
• Step past the current element: Shift+Period (on a web page)
  Jumps out of a table or a list without reading the rest of it.
• Step back before the current element: Shift+Comma (on a web page)
• Go to the next glance highlight: Y (on a web page)
  Text the page makes stand out with color or bold that is not a heading.
• Go to the next tab control: Apostrophe (on a web page)
• Jump to a line number: J (on a web page)
• Return to the previous line: Shift+J (on a web page)
• Select the whole element: F8 (on a web page)
  Selects the table, list or paragraph the cursor is in, ready to copy.
• Read the address bar: JAWS Key+A (on a web page)
• Describe the element you are on: JAWS Key+Shift+F1 (on a web page)
  Says what the thing under the cursor is and its attributes.
• Open the context menu at the cursor: Numpad Star (on a web page)
• Activate a mouse-over: JAWS Key+Ctrl+Enter (on a web page)
  Opens a menu that only appears when the mouse hovers over it.

Lists of what is on a page

• List every heading: JAWS Key+F6 (on a web page)
  The best way to get an overview of a new page. Read the list top to bottom, arrow to the heading you want and press Enter to jump there. Press Alt and a number, such as Alt+2, to show only that level.
• List every link: JAWS Key+F7 (on a web page)
  Type the first letters of the link's name to jump to it in the list. Good when you know what the link is called.
• List every form field: JAWS Key+F5 (on a web page)
  Pick a field and press Enter to land in it, ready to type.
• List every frame: JAWS Key+F9 (on a web page)
• Choose which list to see: JAWS Key+F3 (on a web page)
  One dialog with every kind of list: links, headings, regions, tables and more.
• List every button: Ctrl+JAWS Key+B (on a web page)
• List every edit box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+E (on a web page)
• List every combo box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+C (on a web page)
• List every check box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+X (on a web page)
• List every radio button: Ctrl+JAWS Key+A (on a web page)
• List every list: Ctrl+JAWS Key+L (on a web page)
• List every table: Ctrl+JAWS Key+T (on a web page)
• List every region: Ctrl+JAWS Key+R (on a web page)
• List every graphic: Ctrl+JAWS Key+G (on a web page)
• List every paragraph: Ctrl+JAWS Key+P (on a web page)
• List every division: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Z (on a web page)
• List every article: Ctrl+JAWS Key+O (on a web page)
• List every clickable element: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Slash (on a web page)
• List every glance highlight: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Y (on a web page)
• List every block quote: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Q (on a web page)
• List every tab control: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Apostrophe (on a web page)

Forms on a page

• Go to the next form field: F (on a web page)
  Then press Enter to start typing, and Escape when you are done.
• Go to the previous form field: Shift+F (on a web page)
• Go to the first form field: JAWS Key+Ctrl+Home (on a web page)
• Go to the last form field: JAWS Key+Ctrl+End (on a web page)
• Go to the next edit box: E (on a web page)
• Go to the next combo box: C (on a web page)
• Go to the next radio button: A (on a web page)
• Go to the next check box: X (on a web page)
• Turn on forms mode: Enter (on a form field)
  Forms mode lets you type. Without it, letters are quick keys.
• Turn off forms mode: Escape or Numpad Plus (in a form field)
• Check a box or radio button without forms mode: Space (on the box)
• Select more than one item in a list box: Shift+F8, then Space on each item (in a list box)
  Press Shift+F8 again when you are done.
• Give an unlabeled field a name: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Tab (on the field)
  When a field is announced as edit with no name, label it yourself.

Tables

• Go to the next table: T (on a web page)
  Jump to a table, then use the Alt+Ctrl+Arrow commands to move by cell.
• Go to the previous table: Shift+T (on a web page)
• Say the current cell: Alt+Ctrl+Numpad 5 (in a table)
  Row and column number, both headers, then the contents.
• Move to the next column: Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow (in a table)
  Reads the cell and its column header, so you always know which column you are in.
• Move to the previous column: Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow (in a table)
• Move to the next row: Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow (in a table)
  Reads the cell and its row header, so you know whose row you are on.
• Move to the previous row: Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow (in a table)
• Move to the first cell: Alt+Ctrl+Home (in a table)
• Move to the last cell: Alt+Ctrl+End (in a table)
• Move to the top of the column: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow (in a table)
• Move to the bottom of the column: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow (in a table)
• Move to the start of the row: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow (in a table)
• Move to the end of the row: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow (in a table)
• Read the current row: Alt+Windows key+Comma (in a table)
• Read the next row: Alt+Windows key+Down Arrow (in a table)
• Read the previous row: Alt+Windows key+Up Arrow (in a table)
• Read the current column: Alt+Windows key+Period (in a table)
• Read the next column: Alt+Windows key+Right Arrow (in a table)
• Read the previous column: Alt+Windows key+Left Arrow (in a table)
• Read from the start of the row to here: JAWS Key+Shift+Home (in a table)
• Read from here to the end of the row: JAWS Key+Shift+Page Up (in a table)
• Read from the top of the column to here: JAWS Key+Shift+End (in a table)
• Read from here to the bottom of the column: JAWS Key+Shift+Page Down (in a table)
• Jump to a cell by its row and column number: Ctrl+Windows key+J (in a table)
• Return to the previous cell: Ctrl+Shift+J (in a table)
• Select the whole table: F8 (in a table)

Table Layer

• Turn on the Table Layer: JAWS Key+Space, then T (in a table)
  Turn it on once, then the plain arrow keys move by cell. Press Escape to turn it off.
• Move by cell: Arrow keys (in the Table Layer)
• Say the current cell: Numpad 5 (in the Table Layer)
• Jump to the first cell: Ctrl+Home (in the Table Layer)
• Jump to the last cell: Ctrl+End (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the top of the column: Ctrl+Up Arrow (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the bottom of the column: Ctrl+Down Arrow (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the start of the row: Home (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the end of the row: End (in the Table Layer)
• Read the current row: Shift+Up Arrow (in the Table Layer)
• Read the current column: Shift+Numpad 5 (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the next table: Ctrl+Enter (in the Table Layer)
• Move to the previous table: Ctrl+Shift+Enter (in the Table Layer)
• Leave the Table Layer: Escape (in the Table Layer)

Finding text

• Open Find: JAWS Key+Ctrl+F
  Use it when you know a word that is on the page, such as a name or an order number. Faster than any list.
• Go to the next match: F3 (after a Find)
  Repeat until you land on the right one.
• Go to the previous match: Shift+F3 (after a Find)

PlaceMarkers

• Open the PlaceMarker dialog: Ctrl+Shift+K
  Mark a spot on a page you use every day, such as the search box on the intranet, and jump back to it with K.
• Go to the next PlaceMarker: K (on a web page)
• Go to the previous PlaceMarker: Shift+K (on a web page)
• Jump to PlaceMarker 1, 2, 3 or 4: Shift+7, 8, 9 or 0 (on a web page)
• Hear the text at PlaceMarker 1, 2, 3 or 4: 7, 8, 9 or 0 (on a web page)
• Read every PlaceMarker: Alt+Windows key+K (on a web page)
• Set a temporary PlaceMarker: Ctrl+Windows key+K
  Set it at the start of the text you want, move to the end, then select back to it.
• Select the text back to the temporary PlaceMarker: JAWS Key+Space, then M
• Return to the temporary PlaceMarker: Alt+Shift+Windows key+K (in a document)

PDF documents

• Turn the virtual cursor on: Numpad Plus (in a PDF)
  The web quick keys, such as H and T, work in a PDF too.
• Go to the next page: Ctrl+Page Down (in a PDF)
• Go to the previous page: Ctrl+Page Up (in a PDF)
• Go to a page number: Ctrl+Shift+N (in a PDF)
• Select the next page: Ctrl+Shift+Page Down (in a PDF)

OCR

• Open the OCR layer: JAWS Key+Space, then O
• OCR the current window: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then W
• OCR the whole screen: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then S
• OCR a control or picture on the screen: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then C
• OCR a file from File Explorer: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then F (with the file selected)
• OCR a file straight into a Word document: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then R (with the file selected)
• OCR a scanned PDF open in Acrobat: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then D
• OCR from a scanner or camera: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then A
• Let JAWS choose what to OCR: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then Enter
• Start background OCR: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then B
• Cancel an OCR job: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then Q

Picture Smart

• Open the Picture Smart layer: JAWS Key+Space, then P
• Describe a control or picture on the screen: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then C
• Describe the whole screen: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then S
• Describe the current window: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then W
• Describe a file from File Explorer: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then F (with the file selected)
• Describe a picture from a scanner or camera: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then A
• Let JAWS choose what to describe: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then Enter
• Ask a question about the picture: Add Alt to the last letter
• Get results from every AI provider: Add Shift to the last letter

Face in View

• Open the Face in View layer: JAWS Key+Space, then F
• Turn Face in View on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then O
• Get a description of the camera view: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then D
• Get the brightness level: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then L
• Describe the background: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then P
• Switch cameras: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then C
• Adjust the confidence level: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then U