Re: Jaws 8

  • From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:21:01 +0100

What you're talking about here is a setting which tells JAWS to detect
languages on web pages. We're talking about a Windows feature here, the
language bar, which is different than what you've described.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:26:16 -0700, "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> hi Chris,
> I'm familiar with that option, and I turn it on and off occasionally in 
> Configuration manager. It does nothing more than what it says it'll do.
> It 
> never causes anything to be announced on startup or at any other time. It 
> only does stuff like start speaking with a bad British public school
> accent 
> when you load some Web pages created and/or hosted in England, or an
> email 
> from an English mailing list subscriber,and so forth. But it doesn't 
> generate any messages or anything like that.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Jaws 8
> 
> 
> I bet you guys it has a lot to do with multilanguage support.  In the
> configuration manager, there is an option that allows jaws to switch
> languages on the fly when you encounter websites and other programs
> with different languages.  try unchecking the checkbox that allows
> JAWS to recognize other languages and that may help it.  I can't
> speak for the keyboard layout message, as i'm only familiar with
> desktop and laptop keyboard layouts.
> 
> 
> At 11:04 AM 4/16/2007, you wrote:
> >Mine now says "English/United States" without announcing "Setting
> >keyboard layout to "
> >
> >I was also wondering what this is about.
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "graham smith" <g.smith577@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:03 AM
> >Subject: Jaws 8
> >
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >Since the last few updates, on switching on my PC and arriving at
> >the desktop, Jaws announces ,(Setting keyboard layout to
> >English/United States).
> >
> >Any ideas why it should start doing this, I have not altered
> >anything.  Has anybody else noticed it?
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Graham
> >
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