RE: Jaws 11 - Doubling of Keystrokes

  • From: "Michael Rivera" <michaellrivera@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:52:48 -0500

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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Farfar Carlson
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:21 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Jaws 11 - Doubling of Keystrokes

What is your screen resolution?

Dave Carlson
Produced on a Nokia N95 using Nuance TALKS screen-reading software.

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Subject: RE: Jaws 11 - Doubling of Keystrokes
From: "Michael Rivera" <michaellrivera@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11-10-2010 07:53

Ann,

Thank you, and yes, I have.  I'm positive the items are in a list, just like
the Options menu on the Jaws main screen.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ann byrne
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 7:19 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws 11 - Doubling of Keystrokes

Have you tried right arrow in case the items are not in a real list?
At 06:09 AM 11/10/2010, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am a new user on this mailing list and am impressed with the expertise
>exhibited by all of you on finding solutions to Jaws issues.  So, I hope
>someone can help me find a solution to a very strange problem that I have
>been experiencing with Jaws over the last month or so.
>
>I have begun to experience a strange "doubling" of JAWS keystrokes.  After
>booting up, if I press the PC cursor key on my keyboard (whether on a 101
>keyboard or my laptop's keyboard) I get a "ding" sound in Vista rather than
>the announcement "PC Cursor".  If I try to pull down the file menu in Jaws,
>and press down arrow to select an option, it is skipping every other menu
>item.  If I open the start menu and use the arrow keys, it too skips every
>other menu option.  So, if the start menu looked like this:
>
>Accessories
>Maintenance
>Microsoft Office
>Secure Zip
>Symantec
>
>And I was on accessories, pushing the down arrow key once would jump to
>Microsoft Office instead of maintenance.  Another down arrow would jump to
>Symantec instead of Secure Zip.
>
>This occurs right after I log into my Vista machine.  I have used msconfig
>to turn off all non-Microsoft services and startup applications, but this
>does not resolve the problem.  When I experience this, I shutdown Jaws and
>then run "c:\program files\freedom scientific\jaws\11.0\jfw.exe" and that
>fixes the problem.  But this "fix" seems only to deal with the symptom,
>without addressing the underlying problem with Jaws.
>
>I have uninstalled Jaws, including its activation key, and reinstalled the
>software and activation to resolve the problem, but the problem persists.
>
>I am running Jaws version 11 on a Vista PC with service pack 2.
>
>If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
>
>Regards,
>Michael
>
>
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