Johnny Tools Version: 2025 Website: http://johnnytools.awardspace.us/ Copyright (C) Johnny LUI, All Rights Reserved Table of Contents - Brief Description - System Requirements - Installation Instructions - How to Use - Hotkeys - Contact Information ---------- Brief Description Johnny Tools is a free software designed to enhance the functionality of the two most popular screen reader applications: JAWS and NVDA. With expandability, flexibility, and powerful features, Johnny Tools offers the following advantages: JAWS Features 1. Support for Google Translate; 2. Character information support; 3. Additional lookup sources for "Research It"; 4. Chinese language support for RealSpeak Solo Direct, Vocalizer Expressive, SAPI 5X, SAPI 5X 64, and Microsoft Mobile voices; 5. Instant Braille Translation Editing support; 6. Super Chinese Cantonese Braille support; 7. Festival alerts; 8. Latest Hong Kong weather reports; 9. Google speech recognition support; 10. Playlist support; 11. Optimized JAWS factory settings; 12. Yahoo dictionary support. NVDA Features 1. Character information support; 2. Playlist support; 3. Latest Hong Kong weather reports; 4. Support for Google Translate; 5. Yahoo dictionary support; 6. Today's lunar calendar lookup. These features significantly enhance the functionality of JAWS and NVDA, making them more powerful and effective screen reader software. Enhanced features and new highlights of Johnny Tools: JAWS Integration Google Translate - Supports translations in over 250 languages; - Announces translation results from the clipboard in real-time; - Enables pasting of translated text from the clipboard at any time; - Displays detailed translation results on the Results Viewer; - Allows users to read translation results by tapping on them in the Results Viewer; Character Information - Provides phonetic pronunciation of character descriptions at the cursor; - Displays detailed character information on the Virtual Viewer, including font, font size, strokes, Cangjie input, color, Mandarin Pinyin, and phonetic descriptions in both Chinese and English; - Supports the addition and modification of character dictionaries for phonetic spelling; - Differentiates between upper and lower case English letters and traditional/simplified Chinese characters; Research It The following Research It lookup sources have been added to Johnny Tools: - Blind Organization News - Hong Kong Weather Forecast - Local Weather Forecast and 9-day Weather Forecast - Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) for instant news across various categories including finance and sports; - Radio Television Hong Kong programme highlights Integrates with RealSpeak Solo Direct, Vocalizer Expressive, SAPI 5X, SAPI 5X 64, and Microsoft Mobile Voices for Chinese. - Supports trilingual languages and includes multiple unknown Chinese characters. Braille Instant Translation Editing support The Braille Instant Translation Editing (BRITE) supports the following features and actions: - The only software in the world that supports this function; - Features easy-to-use interfaces for quick saving and editing, with added hotkeys for efficiency. - Displays Braille on the first cell of Braille display devices; Super Chinese character Cantonese Braille - Supports up to 30,000 Chinese character Cantonese Braille Unicode characters; Festival alert - Automatically announces selected festival alert messages when JAWS is opened; - Allows users to add, modify, or delete festival alert messages; Hong Kong Weather Report - Announces information on the Hong Kong weather report and weather forecast, including current Hong Kong weather information such as temperature, humidity, UV Index, and detailed weather forecast for Hong Kong; Google Speech Recognition - Supports speech recognition in 36 languages; - Instantly recognizes text results from the clipboard; - Displays multiple recognition results on the Virtual Viewer; Playlist Functionality - Plays RTHK radios, TV programs, hourly news summaries, and radio dramas; Optimized JAWS factory settings - Optimizes factory shared settings for enhanced usability across all users; Yahoo Dictionary Integration - Enables searching in Yahoo’s English-English, English-Chinese, and Chinese-English dictionaries; NVDA Integration Character Information - Announces the current word in the text where the review cursor is positioned; - Presents detailed character information in browse mode, including font, strokes, Cangjie, Mandarin Pinyin, and phonetic descriptions; - Differentiates between upper and lower case English letters and traditional/simplified Chinese characters; Playlist Support - Supports playing RTHK radios; Hong Kong weather report - Announces the Hong Kong Weather information and Hong Kong Weather Forecast; Google Translate - Supports translations in over 250 languages; - Reads translation results from the clipboard in real-time; - Enables pasting of translated text from the clipboard; Yahoo Dictionary - Supports querying the Yahoo English-Chinese dictionary; Today's lunar calendar lookup - Provides today's lunar calendar, including the lunar date and auspicious/inaugust activities; System Requirements Supported Operating Systems (64-bit) Windows® 11, Windows 10, Windows Server® 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. Required Software and Hardware JAWS for Windows version 14 or higher (recommended). Latest version of NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA). Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Oracle version 1.7 or higher (recommended). Microphone. Installation Instructions Installing Johnny Tools 1. Download the setup file and save it to your hard drive. 2. Use the Tab key to navigate to the JohnnyTools Setup (.exe) program file and press Enter to start the setup process. 3. Follow the prompts to select your preferred installation language. 4. A Welcome Screen will appear at the beginning of the setup process. Use the Tab key to navigate to the Next button and press Enter to continue. 5. Read and agree to the License Agreement to proceed with the installation. 6. Select the screen reader software needed to install the script and follow the prompts to complete the installation. 7. Once the installation is complete, restart the screen reader software for the changes to take effect. Uninstalling Johnny Tools 1. Use the Windows key to open the Start menu and select Control Panel. 2. Select Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features. 3. In the list of currently installed programs, use the arrow keys to navigate to Johnny Tools and select Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program. 4. Use the Tab key to navigate to the Yes or OK button and press Enter to confirm that you want to remove the program. How to Use JAWS Usage Instructions (Selecting Google Translate Languages) 1. Press Control + Alt + S to select translation languages. 2. Choose a Source Language and press the OK button. 3. Select a Target Language and press the OK button. (Using Google Translate) 1. Select the text you want to translate and press Control + Alt + T. 2. The translated text will be spoken, saved to the clipboard, and displayed on the screen momentarily. 3. Press Control + Alt + TT to display the translated text in detail in the Results Viewer. 4. Press the Enter key on the translation result link to listen to it in the Results Viewer. (Character Information) 1. Press Control + Alt + F to hear the phonetic pronunciation of the Chinese/English character at the active cursor. 2. Press twice quickly to view detailed character information in the Virtual Viewer, including font style, font size, strokes, Cangjie, Mandarin Pinyin, and character phonetic descriptions. Press ESC to close the Virtual Viewer. (Character Dictionary) 1. Click the Start button, go to All Programs, click Johnny Tools, and then click Character Dictionary; 2. Once the Character Dictionary is open, you can add or modify character phonetic spellings; 3. If you make any modifications, press Ctrl + S to save and then press Alt + F4 to exit the Character Dictionary; (Research It) For more information, please refer to the Research It section on the JAWS version 11 website: http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS11-whats-new.asp (Braille Instant Translation Editing) 1. Check the BRITE Help menu for guidance; (Super Chinese character Cantonese Braille) 1. To display Cantonese Braille codes on Braille displays; (Festival alert) 1. Upon startup, JAWS will automatically announce the selected Festival Alert message; 2. Open the Johnny Tools Settings Center to add or change Festival Alert messages; 3. If you make any changes, press Ctrl + S to save and then press Alt + F4 to exit the Johnny Tools Settings Center; (Hong Kong weather report) 1. Press Shift + Control + Insert + F12 to announce the Hong Kong Current Weather information; 2. Press twice quickly to announce the Hong Kong Weather Forecast information; (Selecting Google Speech Recognition Language) 1. Press Control + Alt + F5 to select the speech language; 2. Select the desired language and press the OK button; (Google Speech Recognition1) - Google Speech Recognition (Dictation) 1. Press Control + Alt + F6 to start dictation; 2. Begin speaking in the selected language; 3. The screen reader will announce the transcription result from the clipboard; (Google Speech Recognition2) - Google Speech Recognition (Results in Viewer) 1. Press Control + Alt + F7 to start dictation; 2. Begin speaking in the selected language; 3. JAWS will show the transcription results in the Virtual Viewer; (Playlist) 1. Press INSERT + SPACEBAR and then the [ key to select an RTHK radio channel; 2. Once a channel is selected, press the OK button to exit; (Yahoo Dictionary) 1. Select a word (in Chinese or English) and press Control + Alt + D or Shift + F1; 2. The Yahoo Dictionary results will be displayed in the Virtual Viewer. Press Escape to close the Virtual Viewer; NVDA Usage Instructions (Character Information) 1. Select a character and press Control + Alt + F to announce the current character information. Pressing it twice will show further character information in browse mode. (Playlist) 1. Press Insert + N to open the NVDA menu, navigate to the Johnny Tools sub-menu, and select the RTHK Playlist sub-menu; 2. Press Enter to select a radio channel menu item; (Hong Kong weather report) 1. Press Control + Insert + F12 to announce the Hong Kong Weather Forecast information; 2. Press Shift + Insert + F12 to announce the Hong Kong Current Weather information. Pressing twice will report the Hong Kong Weather Forecast information; (Selecting Google Translation Languages) 1. Press Control + Alt + S to select the translation languages; 2. Select a Source Language and a Target Language, then press the OK button; (Google translate) 1. Select the text and then press Control + Alt + T; 2. The translated text will be spoken from the clipboard momentarily; 3. Pressing it twice will show the Translation Report in browse mode; (Yahoo Dictionary) 1. Select the text and press Control + Alt + D; 2. The Yahoo Dictionary results will be shown in the browse mode. Press Escape to close the browse mode; (Today's lunar calendar lookup) 1. Press Control + Alt + F12 to show the Today's lunar calendar lookup in the browse mode. Press Escape to close the browse mode; Hotkeys JAWS Hotkeys Hotkey: Control + Alt + D / Shift + F1 Description: Inquire Yahoo Dictionary (English to English, English to Chinese, and Chinese to English); Hotkey: Control + Alt + S Description: Select Google Translate languages; Hotkey: Control + Alt + T Description: Announce the translated result from the clipboard. Hotkey: Control + Alt + F Description: Announces character information. Press twice for detailed information in the Virtual Viewer. Hotkey: Control + Alt + F5 Description: Selects a speech recognition language. Hotkey: Control + Alt + F6 Description: Google Speech Recognition - says transcription result from the clipboard. Hotkey: Control + Alt + F7 Description: Google Speech Recognition - shows more transcription results in the Virtual Viewer. Hotkey: INSERT + SPACEBAR, R Description: Research It dialog box presents a list of locations where you can look up the selected word or phrase. Displays lookup sources for Research It. For more details about Research It, please visit the JAWS website: http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS11-whats-new.asp Hotkey: INSERT + SPACEBAR, [ Description: Select a radio channel, TV, hourly news summary, or radio drama channel. Hotkey: INSERT + SPACEBAR,] Description: Select an artificial intelligence (AI) channel; Hotkey: Shift + Control + Insert + F12 Description: Announces current Hong Kong weather. Press twice for the forecast. Hotkey: Control + Shift + J Description: about Johnny Tools Braille Instant Translation Editing (BRITE) Hotkey: Control + L Description: Left Justify Hotkey: Control + E Description: Center Text Hotkey: Control + R Description: Right Justify Hotkey: F12 Description: Name and save a document Hot key: Control + Shift + F Description: Font setting Hotkey: Control + Shift + P Description: Paragraph Properties Hotkey: Alt + Shift + P Description: Say page number Hotkey: Insert + Delete Description: Say row and column Hotkey: Alt + Shift + B Description: Say Braille mode Hotkey: Alt + Shift + W Description: Say window status Hotkey: Insert + H Description: Johnny Tools for BRITE hot key help Hotkey: Insert + W Description: BRITE tips on navigation / BRITE Windows Key Help Hotkey: Control + F1 Description: Go to Johnny Tools website Hotkey: Control + Alt + F1 Description: Go to HKBU website NVDA Hotkeys Hotkey: Control + Alt + F Description: Announces character information. Press twice for more detailed information. Hotkey: Control + Insert + F12 Description: Announces the Hong Kong weather forecast. Hotkey: Shift + Insert + F12 Description: Announces the current weather in Hong Kong. Pressing twice reports the Hong Kong Weather Forecast information. Hotkey: Control + Alt + S Description: Select Google Translate languages Hotkey: Control + Alt + T Description: Announces translated results from the clipboard. Hotkey: Control + Alt + D Description: Opens the Yahoo Dictionary for English/Chinese translations. Hotkey: Control + Alt + F12 Description: Displays today's lunar calendar. Contact Information For any queries or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us: Email: johnnytools@outlook.com Website: http://johnnytools.awardspace.us/ Copyright (C) Johnny Lui. All rights reserved.