Using JAWS Screen Reading Software

If you are using JAWS® Screen Reading Software, Oracle recommends using the Internet Explorer browser.

For JAWS to read the content of some editable text fields within Shared Services Console, enable the Virtual PC Cursor mode. The following procedures provide two methods for enabling the JAWS Virtual PC Cursor mode.

Note:

These procedures apply if you are viewing Shared Services Console in an accessible mode (by appending accessibilityMode=true to the Oracle's Hyperion® Shared Services URL).

  To enable the Virtual PC Cursor in JAWS Configuration Manager:

  1. From the JAWS Utilities menu, select Configuration Manager.

  2. From the Set Options menu, select Advanced Options.

  3. Select Use Virtual PC Cursor.

  4. Click OK.

  To toggle between enabling or disabling the JAWS Virtual PC Cursor using a keyboard shortcut, press the plus (+) key on the numeric key pad.

Caution!

The other Shared Services Console components will not work while in Virtual PC Cursor mode (for example, users will not be able to traverse the provisioning tree). To work with other components, you must disable the Virtual PC Cursor mode after reading the text field content. Therefore, Oracle recommends using the keyboard shortcut method to toggle between enabling and disabling the Virtual PC Cursor mode.