Re: Strange Keyboard Querk
- From: "Jeffrey Shockley" <jawswizard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:00:35 -0400
Hi
I am reposting this because I'm not sure it got through the first time.
Jeffrey
Hi,
I have also experienced this. I don't know of any way to stop this other
than turning off keyboard echo. However, I think that the issue was fixed
in JFW 8.0 (in fact, it was one of the fixes that FS listed in the product
pres release.) I have been using JFW 8 on my laptop (which had multimedia
keys similar to the ones you are talking about) since it was released, and
have never had this problem even when the keyboard echo is turned on.
Have a great day!
Jeffrey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kane Brolin" <
kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <
jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: Strange Keyboard Quirk
> Hi, folks. I hope this issue is still on topic; I'm not sure whether
> JFW has anything to do with this or not.
>
> All the keyboards I use on various systems have the
> multimedia/shortcut keys above the main QWERTY keyboard, such that I
> can hit one of these keys to raise or lower speaker volume, to mute
> sound, to open Internet Explorer, to put the system on Standby, etc.
> Recently I've noticed with my main two keyboards, that JAWS thinks I'm
> typing a character, and it echoes that "character," when I either
> raise or lower my sound volume using these little shortcut keys. For
> instance, when I type the one that raises my volume, holding it down
> until the sound is where I want it, I hear this echo that sounds like
> B B B B B B B B B for as long as I hold it. Similarly, when I lower
> my sound card's volume using that shortcut key, I here C C C C C C C C
> C for as long as that particular key is held. Muting or unmuting
> produces the sound D, even though I have not typed the letter D into
> any document or form field.
>
> Another of my keyboards does almost the same thing, but says F14
> whenever I lower my volume with that shortcut key. So there is an
> association here between the buttons and what JAWS thinks is a letter
> or function key; but I don't want it to be there.
>
> How do I disconnect these annoying sounds from the buttons I press to
> make simple tasks happen in Windows? Has anyone else ever experienced
> this? Or are the gods just toying with me?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Kane
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