Hi Andy,
Darren is right, it could well be related to your colour
contrast scheme. It is certainly worth turning it off to
see if that solves the problem before you go any further
with drivers. If it does solve the problem, then this may
have to be approached from another angle.
One other thing I should have asked of course, is whether or
not you have check to see if all the latest Critical Updates
have been applied. Have you checked to see if it came with
SP2 applied? And even if it did, there have been updates
since. It is also possible that ATI may have released
hardware updates to Microsoft for inclusion in the Hardware
part of the Update process.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Logue
Sent: 08 January 2005 19:24
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
Hi Darren.
Goodness, I hope the same is not the case for me! I hate
Windows Standard as the brightness blinds me. High contrast
number 2 has been a friend since Windows 95, and I'd like to
keep using it. If, for some reason, I couldn't, then I'd be
as well turning my display off. Perhaps If I'd have done
that years ago, I'd be much better on the computer eh?
Thanks for the information. I will try changing the display
colours to see if this makes a difference. George seems to
think that I need to get more up to date display drivers.
Not sure at all as I've never come across this particular
problem before.
Best wishes.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Brewer" <darren.m.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws saying star
Hi Andy
A while back I started using jaws and found that I had
problems with
reading messages in outlook express. It wasn't until
recently that I
discovered the problem was because of the colour scheme I
was using. For
some reason the high contrast schemes seem to cause
problems with the way
jaws reads the messages. With me it was repeating lines
over and over
which became very annoying. I solved the problem by
changing the colour
scheme to either windows standard or windows classic. Then
when finished
change it back to high contrast number 1. Although I have
to llog out and
then og back in as for some reason the icons in the system
tray become
invisible.after changing colours.
Darren - The Brummy Woodworker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] jaws saying star
Hi all.
I've sent this message to both PC Audio and jfw lists and
got no
response.
A few days ago I wrote seeking advice about a problem I
was having with
my
version of JAWS, which is 4.2. Everything works as
expected until I open
a
new message in Outlook Express and tab down to the main
body of the
message.
Instead of JAWS key echoing every keystroke, it is saying
the word "star"
on
everything I type.
I have contacted Sight and Sound and have sent them a
cheque to the value
of
Â300, to upgrade from 4.02 to version 6, but I'm not
convinced that this
will resolve my problem.
I am using xp home edition and I have my display settings
set to high
contrast number 2. - I have some limited peripheral
vision and the high
contrast number 2 has worked well in the past.
While arrowing through my messages in Outlook Express,
JAWS announces all
the messages as you'd expect. However, when I press the
Enter Key on a
message to read it, JAWS announces "Forms Mode Off" just
before going
into
the main section of the message. JAWS will continue to
read the message
as
normal, but If I wish to sent a reply to that message or
send a new
message,
JAWS simply key echoes the word Star on every keystroke.
I'm convinced that the cause of this problem lies within
my display
settings
as I've tried JAWS 4.5 and experienced the same
difficulty.
The only other difference between this and my old
computer is that this
new
one has a flat screen.
Any advice would be very welcomed.
Thanks in advance.
Andy.
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