[jawsscripts] speech not stopping when windows key is pressed

I have noticed that in versions of jaws going back as far as 6.20, that
pressing the windows key does not stop speech if the contents of a
listview or other control is being read.  This also will not stop a
sayAll if SayAll is in progress.
 
This can be addressed in the   MenuActiveProcessed function in jaws
versions 7.10 8.0 and 9 public beta
look for 
If GetWindowSubTypeCode(hWnd) == WT_STARTMENU then
Insert a line containing the stopSpeach function.
 
Your code should look like this:
 
If GetWindowSubTypeCode(hWnd) == WT_STARTMENU then
   StopSpeech ()
 
For jaws 7.0 and 6.20 you would need to modify the MenuModeEvent.
 
Look for the following lines:
 
If mode == MENU_ACTIVE then
 If GetWindowSubTypeCode(WinHandle) == WT_STARTMENU then
once again you would add the stopSpeach function after the second if
statement.
so the code should look like this:
 
If mode == MENU_ACTIVE then
 If GetWindowSubTypeCode(WinHandle) == WT_STARTMENU then
  StopSpeech ()
 
I do not know if there are any problems that could arise as a result of
making this change, but it seems to me that little things like this
probably contribute to the opinion that Jaws is less responsive than it
should be.  I am amaze that this has not been noticed and fixed before
now.
 
 
David Farough
Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité 
Information Technology Services Directorate /
Direction des services d'information technologiques
Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
Email / Courriel:  David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Tel. / Tél:    (613) 992-2779

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