[access-uk] Re: JAWS no speech problem

  • From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:26:16 +0100

Hi Ray

He could try Insert+V, if JAWS has muted the synthesiser then this should make it work again. Failing that, he could check to see what the default synthesiser is by opening the default configuration file. Press Insert+F2 and select Configuration Manager by pressing C once then enter, then select 'synthesizer options' from the settings menu. His default synthesiser might be set to 'no speech', and this could explain things. If this doesn't work, he could try running JAWS using the Microsoft text-to-speech engine to see if the problem is with Eloquence. Also if he is running certain anti-virus software like Norton, this can sometimes mean that JAWS takes a minute or more to launch.

If it's not any of that then it sounds like his sound card might have a problem. I remember on this list a while ago there was a message about a free program you can download which will allow you to make presets for your sound mixer settings and assign them to hotkeys, this would be a good workaround.

Hope some of this might help.

James
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:48 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: JAWS no speech problem


Suniel, he hasn't got to the stage of installing software as yet so its not Total Recorder that's screwing things up.

Doesn't help that he's the best part of two hundred miles away so I cannot just pop up there and sort it. I suppose its down to loading Windows Narrator and attempting to solve the problem with its assistance. Still, any suggestions would be welcome.
Ray

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: JAWS no speech problem


There's no default hotkey but you can set one up by highlighting the
Jaws icon in the start menu, properties, shortcut.

One possibility for the Jaws window being on the screen but no speech
might be the presence of TotalRecorder and its software driver - does
friend use that?



-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray's Home
Sent: 02 July 2005 12:24
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] JAWS no speech problem


I'm asking this question here because I am not a JFW user and not
subscribed to JAWS lists.

A friend I've helped before who does have JAWS finds he has yet again
lost speech output.  Its weird that this keeps happening.  JAWS is
configured to load at start-up and I prsume it is loading, but he's
hearing nothing.  Somehow I think one of the mute settings in the audio
mixer keeps getting put to the on status.

So, just two questions:  does JAWS have a mute command, and if so, what
is it?  Second, is there a hot key to load JAWS when its not running?

I am really puzzled as to why this keeps happening and wonder if there
is a keystroke he is inadvertantly pressing that is causing this to
happen.  Either that or some mischievous software fairy is doing
something on the sly. Ray

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