"Stuck" keys in JAWS
- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:03:37 -0800
Rose,
Good point. I'm so used to doing the left/right/left/right dance with the Alt,
Ctrl, Windows, and Shift keys that I forget it could be the answer.
Since time immemorial (or since JAWS 3.5 for me) there has always been a "suck
key" issue with JAWS. FS always blames it on the keyboard drivers of various
computers, but it's always there, no matter what computer I use.
Basically one of the modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Windows) get stuck (not
physically but in the encoding buffer) as though they are being held down. It
does mess up what you're trying to do. For example if the left Ctrl key is
"stuck" and you press the letter C you might end up copying anything selected.
But usually it just interferes with your attempt to use Ctrl + some key and
doesn't recognize the Ctrl. Ditto for Alt, Shift, and windows.
The only solution ever proposed by FS is to rapidly press the left-and-right
pairs of the modifier keys to "unstick" them.
As I said, I do this so automatically that I don't even remember to mention it.
Thanks, again Rose.
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 (but without a WebCam) in and around my Audio
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California
----- Original Message -----
From: Rose Combs
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:05
Subject: RE: JAWS strange behaviors
Might be a stuck key on your keyboard.
Rose Combs
rosecombs@xxxxx
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Holdstock
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:26 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: JAWS strange behaviours
Hi all, I did email about this a week or so back but either didn’t get any
response or missed them.
I’m not sure if this is caused by JAWS or not, but I have tried JAWS 11 and
12 running on an Intel I5 processor, 4GB RAM and Windows 7 64bit.
Even without any intervention from myself JAWS says that it’s gone in to a
context menu, or changed windows or gone on to the desktop. Often I find I
can’t do anything i.e. switch to different windows or the desktop. The only key
which seems to have any affect is the INSERT F10 keystroke to bring up a list
of windows. I’m occasionally finding that JAWS also won’t read context menus. A
restart of JAWS usually fixes it but on occasions I can’t get to the start menu
or run dialogue to rstart JAWS.
This is a brand new computer. I even resorted to completely reinstalling
windows and starting a fresh and still the same problem before I’ve even
installed any other applications other than JAWS.
Any help appreciated as it’s starting to get a bit much. Problem is I don’t
even know if it is a JAWS issue. I’m running Microsoft Security Essentials and
am pretty certain it’s not virus or malware related. The only thing I can think
which is different to previous PCs I’ve had is the 64bit operating system and
where possible 64bit versions of my applications.
Thanks
Peter
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