Re: Muting jaws in wordpad

  • From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:59:01 -0500

OK, maybe this is too simplistic, but why not just hit insert F4 and turn 
Jaws off?
My keyboard has a mute button on it.  It mutes the whole sound card.  Let's 
just say I found that one the hard way.   Jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: RE: Muting jaws in wordpad


> Are you referring to the "putting JAWS to sleep" option? This is in
> configuration options, advanced options. "Sleep mode enabled".
>
> Bruce
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> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Cy wrote:
>
>> Somewhere there is a "mute JAWS" keystroke. It shuts up JAWS completely.
>> I know because I accidently hit it one time and had a whale of a time
>> getting JAWS to talk again...
>> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of chevelle
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:27 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Muting jaws in wordpad
>>
>>
>> Harry, jaws will still talk. She is looking for total silence from jaws
>> while she is in a particular program.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: Muting jaws in wordpad
>>
>>
>>> There is another way.  Using your jaws program just do an insert+2 on
>>> the
>>> numbers row.  Holding down the insert key while pressing the 2 several
>>
>>> times will rotate you through the options there.  One of which is
>> none.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <kstarrett5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:50 PM
>>> Subject: RE: Muting jaws in wordpad
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, complete silence is what I'm shooting for. But will I still have
>>>> braille output?
>>>> What I'm doing is reading formatted braille (.brf) files in wordpad
>> and
>>>> don't want the chatter but still need the braille.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kimberly Starrett
>>>> "Sharing an office is like being in a Beckett play...after everything
>>
>>>> has
>>>> been said you still must go on talking."
>>>> Edmund White, in "The Farewell Symphony".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>>>
>>>>> Kimberly,
>>>>> To set JFW to go mute while using Wordpad, you can open config
>>>>> manager
>>>>> while
>>>>> in Wordpad. This is so you will be changing configurations only for
>>>>> Wordpad. Hit alt+s and arrow to the advance menu and hit enter. The
>>>>> first
>>>>> box should be the sleep option. Hit space-bar to check it. Hit OK
>> and
>>>>> control+s to save.
>>>>> Now JFW will go silent every time you open Wordpad, however, if you
>>>>> alt+tab
>>>>> away from it, JFW wil resume talking. If you go back to Wordpad,
>>>>> silence.
>>>>> A word of warning, silence means total silence. You get no speach at
>> all
>>>>> while using this Wordpad not even in the menus. Is this what you
>> want?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>>>>> Behalf Of Judith Bron
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:18
>>>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: Re: Muting jaws in wordpad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would think that insert plus f4 would accomplish that. Now here's
>>>>> a situation where you can use that keystroke that we bantered about
>>>>> for the past few days! Judith
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From:
>>>>> To:
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:14 AM
>>>>> Subject: Muting jaws in wordpad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>> Is there a way of muting jaws automatically when I open wordpad?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know I can mute it temporarily by using insert v but then if I
>>>>>> switch to
>>>>> another app then back jaws is speaking again. What I want is no
>>>>> speech
>>>>> in
>>>>> wordpad. Is this possible?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Kimberly Starrett
>>>>>> "Sharing an office is like being in a Beckett play...after
>> everything
>>>>>> has
>>>>> been said you still must go on talking."
>>>>>> Edmund White, in "The Farewell Symphony".
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