For anyone who is using or planning on using a Windows 8.1 touch screen device the below list of JAWS specific touch gestures is a useful reference; JAWS Specific Touch Gestures The following lists the available JAWS commands that can be performed using touch gestures: . Flick Right or Left: Move to the next or prior object (Touch Navigation), move to the next or prior character (Text Reading), or increase or decrease the speech rate (Speech Settings). . Two-Finger Flick Right or Left: Cycle forward or backward through object navigation types such as regions, headings, list items, and so on (Touch Navigation) or move to the next or prior word (Text Reading). . Flick Down or Up: Move to the next or prior object by type as specified using the two-Finger Flick Left or Right gesture (Touch Navigation), move to the next or prior line (Text Reading), or decrease or increase the main volume (Speech Settings). . Two-Finger Flick Up: Say the current object (Touch Navigation) or move to the prior paragraph (Text Reading). . Two-Finger Flick Down: Begin a Say All (Touch Navigation) or move to the next paragraph (Text Reading). . Three-Finger Flick Left or Right: Move to the beginning or end of the current line in Text Reading. . Three-Finger Flick Up or Down: Move to the first or last object (Touch Navigation) or move to the beginning or end of the text area (Text Reading). . Two-Finger Swipe Right-Left: Same as pressing the ESC key on the keyboard. . Two-Finger Swipe Up-Down: Close the current application. . Three-Finger Swipe Down: Scroll up. . Three-Finger Swipe Up: Scroll down. . Three-Finger Swipe Left: Scroll right. . Three-Finger Swipe Right: Scroll left. . Two-Finger Pinch In or Out: Enable or disable the Windows 8 Semantic Zoom feature. . Two-Finger Tap: Silence speech. . Double Tap: Activate the currently selected object. For example, it will expand or collapse a tree view, select or clear a check box, increase the value in a slider control, or activate a button or link. . Two-Finger Double Tap: Same as pressing the APPLICATIONS key on the keyboard to open a context menu. . Triple Tap: Select or clear an item in a list or decrease the value in a slider control. . Three-Finger Double Tap: Toggle speech on or off. . Four-Finger Tap: Display gesture context help. . Four-Finger Double Tap: Display a list of all available JAWS gestures. . Four-Finger Triple Tap: Enter a gesture practice mode where you can perform gestures and receive a brief overview of each gesture. This is similar to Keyboard Help. . Five-Finger Tap: Open the Run JAWS Manager dialog box. . Five-Finger Double Tap: Open the JAWS main window. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ncbiworkingforpeoplewithsightloss Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ncbi_sightloss Check-out NCBI's Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh appeal on the following link. http://youtu.be/25P2tiuCi0U NCBI Group - CRO No 26293 CHY 20902 NCBI Services - CRO No 527862 CHY 4626 NCBI Retail - CRO No 527863 CHY 20619 NCBI Charitable Foundation - CRO No 527864 CHY 12673 Information in this email (including attachments) is confidential. It is intended for receipt and consideration only by the intended recipient. If you are not an addressee or intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, disclosure, publication or copying of information contained in this email is strictly prohibited. Opinions expressed in this email may be personal to the author and are not necessarily the opinions of NCBI. If this email has been received by you in error we would be grateful if you could immediately notify the IT Service Desk by telephone at +353 1 8821911 or by email to service.desk@xxxxxxx and thereafter delete this e-mail from your system. ==========================================================The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx ==========================================================