Re: JAWS not reading properly

  • From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:21:56 -0500

My jaws has been reading poorly.  When I read this message I turned off the
printer and now it is reading as well as it ever does.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linksma Mezgeja" <love2knit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:07 PM
Subject: JAWS not reading properly


> For most of today, I and others have been trying to  figure out a puzzle
> involving my system using JAWS 4.5 and XP Home. For a very long time the
> arrows and menus would not read. then if I was going to my Desktop with
> Windows - m, I would hear Windows m and would constantly be forced to use
> the say line function in order to do anything with the system. An FS Tech
> Supporter found quickly that HP was in my Systems tray and with its alert,
> warning, interfering with JAWS reading. He thought that this alert was
> causing a flashing on the screen, thus interfering with JAWS. We exited on
> it and then I turned off the printer. After that was done, JAWS was
> absolutely back to normal and reading fine. I just logged on and again the
> reading was hit and miss. I finally was able to get to my systems tray and
> there I found and I quote, "1 warning, for HP Series 1215 Printer" I
turned
> off the HP Printer earlier to be sure and as far as I know, I never
remember
> the printer being in my systems tray until today.
> Questions:  1 How can I remove it from my systems tray?
> 2 Does it really need to be there?
> 3 How do I determine what this warning is all about all of a sudden when
it
> never existed until today?
> 4 Should I really turn off the printer or what is the best solution in
> dealing with the printer so this doesn't keep happening?
>     Thanks always  for any ideas or helpful suggestions .
>
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