Re: Restoring JAWS Without Sighted Assistance After Loss of Speech
- From: "Sabaruddin Isa" <golden789@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:24:10 -0700
Hi Pat
what advantage of your proposed task kill Jaws over the regular
shutdown Jaws insert F4?
Thanks
On 6/22/08, PatWJL <PatWJL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been using it for a couple of years now, I believe since the JAWS 7.x
> version and it seems to work as a last resort. Of course the forced shutdown
> does not allow JAWS to perform its usual shutdown logic; butI guess that's
> the point of a forced shutdown. If you notice any strange behavior after
> restarting JAWS, just shut it down normally (INS F4) so it can perform its
> normal shutdown and then restart it. BTW I put the JAWS shortcut on my Start
> menu; that seems to be more reliable than the usual key combinations which,
> in my experience, can conflict with some other program shortcuts.
>
> HTH,
> Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Gerald Levy
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:03 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Restoring JAWS Without Sighted Assistance After Loss of Speech
>
>
>
> Hi Pat. I followed your instructions, and created a keybord shortcut (Alt +
> Control + K) to kill JAWS in an emergency. It seems to work so far, but the
> real test comes when I encounter a truly difficult glitch. By the way , I
> have JAWS 8.0 under XP Pro SP3. Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: PatWJL
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Restoring JAWS Without Sighted Assistance After Loss of
> Speech
>
>
> There is another way to "kill" JAWS in a particularly difficult situation.
> I created a shortcut that invokes the XP system utility "taskkill" that
> forcefully removes a running program. You can create a desktop shortcut with
> the following target:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskkill.exe /f /im jfw.exe
>
> I named the shortcut "Kill JAWS" and assigned it to the CTRL ALT K key
> combination. I am connected all day to either of two remote XP installations
> at work through Windows terminal services and often have a crash. This key
> combination is, at least for me, a good way to kill the running JAWS
> program. The taskkill utility is provided as part of XP, but I can't speak
> for other Windows versions.
>
> HTH,
> Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:29 AM
> To: JFW list
> Subject: Restoring JAWS Without Sighted Assistance After Loss of Speech
>
>
>
> Occasionally, a crash or other glitch causes JAWS to stop speaking. When
> this happens, is there any way to close and restart JAWS without sighted
> assistance to restore it to normal? Thanks.
>
>
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