What is the JAWS skim reading feature for Microsoft Word?
The skim reading feature of JAWS allows you to only read the first line, word or sentence of each paragraph in a document. You can also create a custom summary to search for particular phrases. To open the Skim Reading Dialog: 1. Press Insert+F2 and select Skim Reading Dialog box from the list of choices–or 2. Press Ctrl+Insert+Down Arrow. As you Tab through the options, you will notice that you can scan by line or sentence. The Scanning Indicator checkbox, if checked, will have JAWS sound tones to indicate that it has skimmed through text and did not find what you specified in 20 units of text. Uncheck the check box if you don’t want to hear the tones. Choose Start Skim Reading will cause JAWS to start the process.
