JAWS Scripts For GoldWave
Last Revised July, 2025

JAWS Scripts for GoldWave 5.67 and later
Concept: Jim Grimsby (2004)
Design: Gary Campbell,  Jim Grimsby, and   Jitendra and d.Ram Kumar (2008-2013)
Project management, installer, and further scripting: Doug Lee (2016, 2020-2025)
Other contributors:
Hamza Ahmad: initial progress bar handling code for GoldWave 6, May, 2021.

This is a set of scripts for GoldWave versions 5.67 and later, for use with JAWS 2019 and later. This document can be opened from within the application via a double press of JAWSKey+F1 (or Insert+F1) when the scripts are running.

Table of Contents

• Script Installation Instructions
• Script Commands and Features
• Revision History

Script Installation Instructions

To install these scripts on a new system:

1. Load JAWS if this has not already been done. This will require administrative privileges on the computer.
2. Run JAWS as the user for whom the scripts are to be installed. This and the following steps must be performed for each user of the computer who will be using JAWS with these scripts.
3. Download and run, or run directly, the installer for these scripts; and follow the on-screen directions. Be sure to install the scripts in the currently running JAWS version if a JAWS version list is presented.
4. To verify successful installation, type Insert+Q from within the application. Part of the JAWS spoken response should be a revision number. If you do not hear a revision number, the scripts are not correctly loaded. In some cases, restarting JAWS may fix this issue.

Script Commands and Features

These scripts provide the following commands beyond those provided by the application itself:

• JAWSKey+Q, along with announcing the active configuration name, will announce the revision number of these scripts.
• Insert+F1, typed twice in quick succession, opens this document in the default browser.

Revision History

This is the revision history of these scripts, most recent revision first:

Revision 80, released July 1, 2025, tested against application version 7.2

• This is a FlexStable release that may change over time to accommodate more fixes and features until this notice is removed.
• The minimum supported JAWS version is raised from 15.0 to 2019.
• Progress updates should speak every two seconds or on a 5% or greater advance, whichever happens first, when progress update speaking is enabled.
• Navigation to and through some list controls that only said position and not item content now also say item content.
• The commands for saying elapsed time (Alt+Shift+E) and last action (Alt+Shift+A) should work more reliably. Note though that elapsed time will speak (and visually appear) as 0 when playback is stopped.
• The JAWS Insert+B "read dialog in tab order" command reads the Check for Updates dialog properly.
• Insert+PgDn should work the same way in all JAWS keyboard layouts. There are a couple other minor key assignment cleanups as well.
• Minor code, documentation, and language improvements.

Revision 36, released May 22, 2022, tested against application version 6.65

• Incorporated a fix to the Alt+Shift+I command for announcing file format, to make it read correct information in more cases. Code contributed by Howard Goldstein.

Revision 29, released May 2, 2021, tested against application version 6.55

• Slider/fader controls after "Setup" in the device control window speak more appropriately when focused and while being changed with arrows or page up/down keystrokes. This includes the controls for volume, balance, and speed.
• The Alt+Shift+P command for reading the progress of a process, such as a file decompression, works through GoldWave 6.55 at least. Thanks to Hamza Ahmad (literary-programmer on GitHub) for this code fix.
• There is more protection against incorrect handling of menus.
• More code syntax updates to conform to standards in recent JAWS versions.
• The installer contains version and product information visible from the Details tab in Windows Explorer, to better identify its contents. This update is being applied to all projects.
• A "directives" text file is included that provides information on how to install this set of scripts manually. See "Handling Directives Files" in the "Common Script Elements" document for further information. At this time, the only significant purpose of this file is to indicate clearly the minimum supported JAWS version for these scripts.
• There are more capitalization improvements to the code, for improved readability with JAWS.
• There are minor improvements to this document, including better screen reader behavior on the activation of a same-page link in some browsers.

Revision 12, February 6, 2020

• Installer added and project moved to dlee.org.
• Insert+Q includes a script revision number.
• Code syntax updated to conform to standards in recent JAWS versions.
• Dropped support for GoldWave version 4 (very old and would not compile under JAWS versions as far back as 13.0).
• Added 91 scripted keystrokes as compared to the scripts up to now maintained by Stefen Hudson and others.
• Added BSD license to goldwave.jss.