I don't know what it is called either but I think you can find it on
jfwlite.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: un-muting jaws sound
There's a program, I can't remember where to find it or what it's called,
that will save your volume control settings and let you restore them with
a hot key. This should be just the ticket for you.
Bruce
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Sherrie Gosling wrote:
> Hi,
> At least 3 times the computer has gotten muted and no one actually did
it. I
> don't think we have the keyboards with mute on them but sometimes
computers
> have minds of their own. I would imagine that people are not muting
it on
> purpose since the computer will not function properly for a sighted
person
> with Jaws turned on and muted. It is very frustrating when it does
happen,
> though. I kept thinking the Jaws was malfunctioning. Now I get a
sighted
> person to unmute it before I go into panic mode.
> I would really love some way to do it myself.
> Sherrie
> At 10:45 PM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> it all makes sense, but what kind of work environment are you in where
you
>> can't get someone in charge to enforce a very simple accommodation:
>> No
one
>> should do this. Is this a huge, disorganized office with so many
people
>> that you can't control everyone? Or you have no supervisor who can
tell
>> them to stop doing this? That is where your solution should be, not
>> struggling to figure out some impossible way around their
>> inconsiderate
>> sabotage, is what I think. What do you think? Have you considered
that
>> we're edging into ADA compliance territory, here? you don't deserve
>> to
be
>> treated like this.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl J. Rose" <carl.rose1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:24 PM
>> Subject: RE: un-muting jaws sound
>>
>>
>> Yardbird,
>> Yes, I constantly stress that the others in the office simply turn off
>> jaws when they use a machine. However, no matter how often I tell
them,
>> some forget and they mess around with the system volume. When it is
>> muted, it is really a problem.
>>
>> Also, some of our newer machines have speakers in the flat panel
>> monitors. While these are very convenient and save space, changing the
>> volume is often done from within a menu on the monitor unless you use
>> the system volume.
>>
>> To further complicate the issue, we now have keyboards that have mute
>> buttons right on them and sometimes they get inadvertantly pushed.
>> Yikes!
>> Thus, if Jaws would just include function keys for system mute and
>> volume, they could save me a lot of frustration!
>>
>> Hope this makes sense.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Yardbird
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:16 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: un-muting jaws sound
>>
>>
>> P.S.
>>
>> I just remembered that your original inquiry said that someone in your
>> office was in the habit of turning down the sound on the computer, so
>> that
>> you couldn't use it after they had. Well, again I take the chance
>> that
>> I'm
>> not understanding the problem correctly,but I have to ask why they do
>> this
>> in the first place? Is it just in order to silence Jaws because it
>> annoys
>> the sighted user? Jaws is certainly worse than an annoyance to a
>> sighted
>> user, actually, because it can prevent normal computer usage and Web
>> navigation using the mouse. Can't you get them just to turn off Jaws?
>> Teach them to press Insert F4, hit Enter, and that's that? So, next
>> time
>> you boot up, if you have Jaws set to load at startup, everything will
be
>>
>> fine. Or even if you don't have Jaws set that way, so long as the
>> computer's running, you can use your hotkey to start Jaws.
>>
>> As I say, maybe I'm still not understanding this. But that's what I
>> think I
>> remember being the source of the problem. A person or persons at work
>> who
>> need to be instructed to simply turn off Jaws if they're using the
>> computer,
>> rather than play around with the system volume.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl J. Rose" <carl.rose1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:34 PM
>> Subject: RE: un-muting jaws sound
>>
>>
>> Yardbird et al:
>> Thanks for your posts, but the problem is that when I start working on
>> the machine, there is no sound. While I can easily set up a speed key
>> to start jaws, and I do, I cannot hear anything if they have sound
>> muted. Hence, I can't hear all the prompts that would help me if I
can't
>> immediately hear jaws talk.
>>
>> Maybe FS could build in a speed key for reliably un-muting the sound
>> card?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Yardbird
>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:45 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: un-muting jaws sound
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How about getting to the same set of controls a little more quickly by
>> just
>> pressing Insert F11 to put up your system tray list, hitting enter on
>> the
>> Volume option, and proceeding from there just as Michelle suggests?
>>
>> Just another possibility.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Salvas,Michel [NCR]" <Michel.Salvas@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: un-muting jaws sound
>>
>>
>> Hi, cjr,
>>
>> If you're talking about System sounds, here is the procedure.
>>
>> 1. From the Start menu, press S for Settings then C for Control
>> Panel.
>>
>> 2. Press S until you get Sounds and Audio Devices and press ENTER.
>>
>> 3. Make sure the Volume page is selected. If not, press CTRL+TAB
>> until you get it.
>>
>> 4. Press TAB until you get Device volume Mute and press SPACEBAR to
>> uncheck it.
>>
>> 5. Press ENTER to close the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
>> dialog box.
>>
>> Michel Salvas
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Carl J. Rose" <carl.rose1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: un-muting jaws sound
>> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:06:09 -0400
>>
>> Hi All...
>> Often I go to use a computer in our office and that person has the
sound
>> muted. Is there a way to reliably unmute the system with a jfw speed
key
>> or other method?
>> Thanks,
>> cjr
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