Re: JFW reading problems
- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 13:19:45 -0400
I guess solving flukes comes with age and life experience. I can't afford
to run to a tech everytime this computer decides to act crazy and this is
the way I mark large documents when I have to leave them. Chalk it up to
work in progress! Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Feist" <ccfeist@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: JFW reading problems
> Hey, Judith. That's interesting. I was wondering how you came to
> recognize this unusual fix? I know that sometimes we can discover our
> own unique little fixes to program quirks. Coming across these little
> solutions tend to be flukes it seems.
>
> Chris Feist - The one and only!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
>
> Sometimes when Jaws starts acting eraticly I do something that is less
> technical than this but it works if the problem is a once in awhile
> situation.
> 1. I mark the document with three stars (*) where I'm reading.
> 2. I then go to the top of the documentf
> 3. I then search for the three stars. When I get to that point I get
> rid
> of the stars and continue reading. Like I said if this is a fluke
> problem
> and happens every now and then this seems to straighten it out. Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: JFW reading problems
>
>
> > Just to see if it helps, you might try running the Jaws repair
> function.
> > Once in awhile, this has straightened out an eccentric Jaws
> misbehavior
> for
> > me. Other times, not. But it's worth a shot in a case like this.
> >
> > Go to
> > 1. Start Menu
> > 2. Jaws
> > 3. Tools
> > 4. Installation maintenance
> >
> > The install Wizard will launch. never mind wondering what repair has
> to
> do
> > with installation. Follow the instructions for doing a Jaws repair.
> You
> > may have to reset a few of your settings in the menus and/or the
> > configuration manager aftwrward; to be honest, I've forgotten. But
> it's a
> > nice little capability that sometimes can make Jaws work properly
> > again.ortotten.
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <lady_arwen@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: JFW reading problems
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the advice. I usually try to keep everything else closed
> when
> I'm
> > running MS word or Outlook, and it still happens.
> >
> > Chelsea
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Douglas C. DeCamp" <ddecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: JFW reading progolems
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have occasionally run into a similar problem on my system. When I
> have
> it
> > has been the result of an unrelated application (in my case a PC
> Callerid
> > program) posting a dialog box on top of the message I am reading in
> Outlook
> > Express or Word. This seriously confuses JAWS usually causing
> mis-reads
> or
> > partial text reads. I then Alt+Tab to locate the problem box and
> close
> it.
> > JAWS then continues normally on the message...
> >
> > Best regards...
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <lady_arwen@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:40 AM
> > Subject: JFW reading progolems
> >
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I've noticed that JFW is having a lot of problems reading in MS
> Word,
> and
> > > less frequently in Outlook's messages. This is the kind of thing
> that
> > > happens.
> > >
> > > I'll have a document open in Word. I'll arrow down using the 2 key.
> At
> > > times, the PC cursor will read a line and freeze on it--i.e. I can't
> go
> up
> > > a
> > > line or down a line. At other times, it will only read parts of
> lines,
> or
> > > say blank, when I know that there should be text there. It does this
> to
> a
> > > much lesser degree in Outlook. Also, I've noticed that it will read
> text
> > > that I had previously read, but only parts of it, and sometimes when
> I'm
> > > typing, it will start talking for no reason.
> > >
> > > I apologize if this isn't making sense, but it's the best I can do.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Chelsea
> > >
> > >
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