MessageHello Cy: What program are you using or, what are you doing with your computer that you need to silence JAWS. The only time I need to silence JAWS, is when I want to use, for example, Total Recorder, to record audio from an external sound source, such as a cassette deck, turn table, etc. So far, I have not experienced what you are experiencing, when I switch back to Eloquence, after using the No Speech Synthesizer. Depending upon your answer, we might need to take this discussion off-list. sincerely: Dave Durber ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:31 PM Subject: RE: silencing JAWS Hi Dave, Well, as an act of faith I gave this a shot. I got JAWS turned off and, by golly, I even got it turned back on. Now, there seems to be an awful amount of echo and duel reading. Any hints? Cy, The (amused) Anasazi.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dave-d0619 Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:57 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: silencing JAWS Hello everyone: This is a correction to my previous message on this thread. To switch to the "No Speech Synthesizer", do the following: press JAWS KEY+CTRL+S. This opens the "Select a Synthesizer Dialog Box". Press the letter N, which will highlight the No Speech Synthesizer. Press the ENTER key to accept your choice. The dialog box is closed and JAWS stops speaking. Do the following to return to the default synthesizer: Press JAWS KEY+CTRL+S. This opens the "Select a Synthesizer Dialog Box". Press, for example, the letter E, for Eloquence, the letter S, for SAPI 5. When you have selected the synthesizer, Press the ENTER key to accept your choice. The dialog box is closed and JAWS starts speaking. Please accept my apologies for posting incorrect information. Sincerely: Dave Durber ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Gibbs To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:56 AM Subject: RE: silencing JAWS Whenb I press JAWS plus s it rotates between all, none and highlighted. Don't you mean JAWS plus j, then language, voice profile etc? K. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dave-d0619 Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:10 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: silencing JAWS Negoslav: The information you included in your message works in the same way as the last function under the "Adjust JAWS Options menu, Keystroke JAWS/INSERT+V. The problem is that when you use either of these methods, JAWS will start speaking again, as soon as a scheduled or system event starts and a new window is opened, even if the window is open for a split second. This is because the application in which you muted the synthesizer lost focus. This would also be the case, even if focus was returned to the application in which you had muted the synthesizer. The only way to make sure that JAWS does not speak at all, is to switch to the "No Speech Synthesizer". You do this by pressing JAWS/INSERT+S, followed by the letter N, for the No Speech synthesizer, followed by pressing the ENTER key. JAWS will not speak, regardless as to any system or scheduled events that might be going on. You turn on the synthesizer by pressing JAWS/INSERT+S, followed by the letter E, for Eloquence, the letter S, for SAPI, followed by pressing the ENTER key. HTH Sincerely: Dave Durber ----- Original Message ----- From: Negoslav Sabev To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:38 AM Subject: Re: silencing JAWS Here's some info from http://www.jaws-users.com/text/JAWS/KeystrokeToMuteJAWS.html Assigning A Keystroke To Mute JAWS 1. Bring up your keyboard manager with insert+8 on the number row. 2. Make sure you are focused on the default file. 3. Tab once in to the list of available functions. 4. Then start typing mute until you hear mute synthesizer, which will have no keystroke, assigned. 5. Press control A and give it what ever keystroke your heart desires. 6. Save your changes when you close out the keyboard manager. Note that this is a toggle kind of thing, and that JAWS will only remain muted so long as you're focused on the current Window. Negoslav ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:55 AM Subject: RE: silencing JAWS Hi, No, I think I remember that there is a key which will toggle the speech on and off. I do not want to quit JAWS and I am aware of the cntrl key with will (in theory) cause JAWS to cease speaking the current text. I simply want to silence JAWS until I want it to speak again. Cy, The Anasazi.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G.W. Cox Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:09 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: silencing JAWS Could you mean the control key? ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:42 PM Subject: silencing JAWS Hi, I can not recall the toggle to silence JAWS. Thanks, Cy, The Anasazi.