[access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:50:55 -0000
Hi Andy,
I've got to go out for a while, but suggest you try and
track down new drivers for the ATI Radeon 9200SE. I suspect
what you have may be quite old by today's standards.
However, BEWARE. You may well loose JAWS and have to
re-install.
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Logue
> Sent: 08 January 2005 16:25
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
>
> Hi again George.
>
> You gave me a fright for a moment there with Media Centre.
> However, I've checked and I'm running Windows XP Home
Edition.
>
> It's the Packard Bell imed 1901 p4 3.2
>
> Within Display/Settings/Advanced/Adaptor, it says:
>
> Radion 9200 s e
> Device Type: Display Adaptor
> Manufacturer: ATI Technologies inc.
> Location: pc i bus 1
> Device 0
> Function 0
>
>
> Is this of any help George?
>
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:50 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
>
>
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > Can you double check to see if it's a Packard Bell 1801
or
> > actually a Media Centre?
> >
> > Is it running XP Home, Professional or XP Media Edition?
To
> > find out, right click on My Computer, and select
Properties.
> > If it turns out to be an XP Media edition, I think you
may
> > need to contact S&S for further advice.
> >
> > If it's XP Home or Professional, go to Control Panel,
> > Display, Settings Tab, Advanced button, and see what is
says
> > for Adapter.
> >
> > George.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy
Logue
> >> Sent: 08 January 2005 14:21
> >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
> >>
> >> Hi there George - Happy New Year.
> >>
> >> No idea George. I went into Control Panel/System to
see
> > if I
> >> could find any details regarding my graphics card but
> > could
> >> not find anything. Can you tell me where to look and
I'll
> >
> >> try and check it out.
> >>
> >> Not too happy with this new computer George. It's a
> > Packard
> >> Bell Media 1 and it cost me Â999 from PC World. I got
it
> >> because my old Packard Bell caused no problems.
Perhaps I
> >
> >> should have got the Dell right enough. I'm having
> > problems
> >> witth jaws and with Nero and I'm on my second keyboard.
> > In
> >> addition, the computer keeps crashing and I must have
sent
> >
> >> about 50 reports back to Microsoft. I'm loathed to
take
> > it
> >> back to PC World for all they will do is Restore it.
> >>
> >> Best wishes.
> >> Andy
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 1:07 PM
> >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi Andy,
> >> >
> >> > Although your computer may be new to you, it may
still
> > not
> >> > have the latest video drivers installed. Do you now
> > what
> >> > video card it has?
> >> >
> >> > George.
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy
Logue
> >> > Sent: 08 January 2005 12:54
> >> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Subject: [access-uk] jaws saying star
> >> >
> >> > Hi all.
> >> >
> >> > I've sent this message to both PC Audio and jfw lists
> > and
> >> > got no response.
> >> >
> >> > A few days ago I wrote seeking advice about a problem
I
> > was
> >> > having with my version of JAWS, which is 4.2.
> > Everything
> >> > works as expected until I open a new message in
Outlook
> >> > Express and tab down to the main body of the message.
> >> > Instead of JAWS key echoing every keystroke, it is
> > saying
> >> > the word "star" on everything I type.
> >> >
> >> > I have contacted Sight and Sound and have sent them a
> > cheque
> >> > to the value of Â300, to upgrade from 4.02 to version
6,
> > but
> >> > I'm not convinced that this will resolve my problem.
> >> >
> >> > I am using xp home edition and I have my display
> > settings
> >> > set to high contrast number 2. - I have some limited
> >> > peripheral vision and the high contrast number 2 has
> > worked
> >> > well in the past.
> >> >
> >> > While arrowing through my messages in Outlook
Express,
> > JAWS
> >> > announces all the messages as you'd expect. However,
> > when I
> >> > press the Enter Key on a message to read it, JAWS
> > announces
> >> > "Forms Mode Off" just before going into the main
section
> > of
> >> > the message. JAWS will continue to read the message
as
> >> > normal, but If I wish to sent a reply to that message
or
> >> > send a new message, JAWS simply key echoes the word
Star
> > on
> >> > every keystroke.
> >> >
> >> > I'm convinced that the cause of this problem lies
within
> > my
> >> > display settings as I've tried JAWS 4.5 and
experienced
> > the
> >> > same difficulty.
> >> >
> >> > The only other difference between this and my old
> > computer
> >> > is that this new one has a flat screen.
> >> >
> >> > Any advice would be very welcomed.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Andy.
> >> >
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