(Narrator:) Using Flash Messages on The Focus Braille Display. [Intro music fades]
Flash messages appear on the Focus braille display for a limited amount of time, which is five seconds by default.
These include error messages, a low battery indicator message, and user
requested messages. For example I'm reading a document here on my Focus and
I want to verify its title. On the display, the text of the current line in
the document reads, "The quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog." When I
press the keystroke INSERT+T, Tango, to read the title of the current document,
the flash message containing this information is temporarily displayed for
five seconds, interrupting the line I was reading. After five seconds the text, "The
quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog" reappears on my display. You can
cancel a flash message and return to your current task by pressing any of the
cursor routing keys. Display the last flash message by pressing F-chord,
foxtrot, dots 1+2+4+SPACEBAR simultaneously with the SPACEBAR. Configure flash
message settings by navigating to the JAWS options menu and choosing Braille.
If JAWS is set to run in the system tray like mine is, navigate to your desktop by
pressing WINDOWS Key+M, Mike. (JAWS:) Windows M. Desktop folder view
list view. (N:) Press J, Juliette, to move to JAWS, then ENTER to activate the context
menu. (J:) J. JAWS 2020. ENTER. JAWS context menu. O. Options submenu. O. (N:) Press O, Oscar,
to open the options menu, then L, Lima, to open the Braille Basic Settings dialog.
(J:) O. Basics ... B. L. Menu bar leaving menu bar. Braille basic settings
dialog. (N:) If JAWS is not set to run in the system tray
navigate to the JAWS window using ALT+TAB, then press ALT+O, Oscar, to move
directly to the options menu, then L to activate the braille settings. I'm here in
the Braille Basic Settings dialog and will tab to advanced, and press ENTER.
(J:) Modify settings... button. Add Braille display... button.
Advanced ... button. ENTER. Default (All Applications) - JAWS Settings Center
dialog. Tree view. level 0. Braille. Open. 6 items.
(N:) Press F, Foxtrot, to move to flash messages, and right arrow to expand this
item. (J:) F. level 1. Flash messages. Closed. Flash messages
open. 5 items. (N:) You can navigate through the flash message settings using the
down arrow key. They include (J:) level 2. Enable flash messages checked 1 of 5. Flash
messages Braille. (N:) Enable flash messages. Press SPACEBAR to check or uncheck this box.
When checked flash messages will be displayed. (J:) Flash message timeout : 3,000
milliseconds. (N:) Flash message timeouts. Use this setting to determine how long flash
messages are displayed on the Focus. Press SPACEBAR to cycle through the time,
which is in milliseconds, or choose the option that allows you to clear them
manually. (J:) Enable message prefixes not checked. (N:) Enable message prefixes. Press
SPACEBAR to check or uncheck this box if you select this checkbox and your Focus
isn't set to display status cells, a special prefix will appear before the
flash messages to distinguish them from screen text. This prefix is a
three-letter abbreviation that indicates the source of the message. If your Focus
is set to display status cells JAWS uses those to indicate the text is a flash
message, regardless of whether you select the prefix checkbox. Clear this checkbox
if you do not want to use the prefix feature. (J:) Verbosity level beginner highest.
(N:) Verbosity level. Press SPACEBAR to navigate through beginner, intermediate, and
advanced verbosity. (J:) Configure velocity levels closed. (N:) Configure verbosity levels.
Press RIGHT ARROW to open this option if you want to change the verbosity
settings. TAB to okay, and press ENTER to save your settings and return to the
Braille Basic Settings dialog. (J:) Read-only edit.
Okay button. ENTER. Braille basic settings dialog. (N:) TAB to OK and press ENTER again
to exit this dialog. (J:) Show Braille load error checkbox not checked. OK button
ENTER. (N:) This has been a demonstration on using flash messages on the Focus
Braille Display.
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