[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT power saving options
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:09:48 -0500
Hey Sarah,
I'm using a Dell laptop that has WinXP Home Edition on it and rarely have
problems with JAWS5 or JAWS6 coming out of either stand by or hybernation.
Sometimes I have to turn off jaws and restart it to get it to work, but that
is a rare occurance.
I too, would be interested to know what the device is called and would look
into getting one. The extra battery life of the note takers was the only
plus I really saw in their favor when I was attempting to decide between
them and a laptop.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT power saving options
> I used to have the problem of standby causing problems, but now I don't
> believe I have had a single issue with JAWS not waking up when the hard
> drive spun up again. Maybe that is because I'm using XP and it's not on a
> laptop. Of course I set it to only turn off after 25 minutes, because you
> can't do a hole lot with the hard drive not spinning.
>
> Jaws has also worked when I've accidently told it to hibernate instead of
> shut down, but it didn't act normally until I had someone click on
> something. Everything was fine after that, though. I'm still a bit wary
> of that, but I don't have much use for the option anyway.
>
> I don't understand why setting the monitor to shut off after a period of
> inactivity would help much, at least not for the time you were actually
> working. Just because you aren't looking at the monitor doesn't mean that
> it isn't being updated. I have also had Kurzweil crashes do entirely to
> the screen saver and power saving options for the monitor, so be ware.
The
> option isn't really an alternative for physically turning off the monitor.
>
> I would be interested in knowing what the connecter that can fake a laptop
> into thinking there is a monitor is called. I don't need one now, but I'm
> an information junkie. :-)
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> Assistive Technology Instructor
> http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheryl Fogle" <cfogle@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:26 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
>
>
> > Or you could go into control pannel, power settings, and set the screen
> > to turn off after a minute of activity. There are two settings, one for
> > ac adapter and the other for battery. I set everything the same because
> > JAWS doesn't tell you which settings column you're in. One word of
> > caution, set the standby setting to never because once the hard drive
> > stops, so does the screenreader. You can reduce the time it powers off
> > for inactivity in hard drive which will hybernate, but don't do standby.
> > HTH.
> >
> >
> > Cheryl Fogle MA
> > Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:43 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
> >
> >
> >> If your laptop only lets you turn off the screen if there is an
external
> >> screen attached, there is a way to get around that. I don't know what
it
> >> is
> >> called, but you can buy this plug thing to attach to the external
> >> monitor
> >> port. It's like the size of an adapter or converter and all you have to
> >> do
> >> is attach it before you turn the machine on.
> >> Tiff
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 5:25 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hey Sarah,
> >>> Yes drats mine autodetects, I was disappointed when I found that
> >>> out.
> >>> Sometimes It will work if its switched to that option when hooked to
an
> >>> external monitor and then unhooked. However usually I have to
hybernate
> >>> it
> >>> to get it where I'm going and then it almost always attempts to detect
> >> that
> >>> external monitor again when I bring it up.
> >>>
> >>> Jake
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:21 AM
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Maybe you know this already, but your laptop probably has an option
> >>> > that
> >>> > can turn off your screen. The point of the feature is to turn off
> >>> > the
> >>> > laptop's screen while it is hooked up to an external monitor, but it
> >>> > hopefully would work without another monitor attached. One reason
to
> >> hope
> >>> > that they don't try to be too smart and only let you turn it off
when
> >>> > it
> >>> > auto-detects an external monitor. If the monitor is off you should
> >>> > get
> >>> > significantly better battery life. You'll have to look in your
> >>> > manual
> >> to
> >>> > figure out how to do it, because every laptop is different and mine
> >>> > is
> >> so
> >>> > old that it is not relevant to modern laptops.
> >>> >
> >>> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> >>> > Assistive Technology Instructor
> >>> > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> >>> >
> >>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > From: "Kasondra payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
> >>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:10 PM
> >>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > > Kaitlyn,
> >>> > >
> >>> > > XI wish I had known about superlight laptops when I bought this
> >>> > > one,
> >> but
> >>> > > it's not that heavy. I agree with you. These things need better
> >>> battery
> >>> > > life. Well, I am just thankful for what I have. It was the best
> >>> > > birthday
> >>> > > present!
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Kasondra Payne
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
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