Hi. I've slightly modified the subject line for what i hope is a little clarity. Marcia, when you are focused on the desktop what does JAWS say initially? In other words, when you press your tab key and you place JAWS's focus on the desktop, it will say something like desktop, list view, my computer. 1 of 5. and if you use your arrow keys, JAWS will read the desktop icon it is focused on. I'm just thinking it might be a simple focus issue. Also, when you press windows m, which *should* take you to the desktop, and you press insert plus t to read the window title, what does JAWS say then? If you hear something like, no window is active, you might need to press your tab key until JAWS actually announces that it's on the desktop. I don't know if any of that will help. But from my experience, listening very carefully to what JAWS is telling you can sometimes help to figure out what it's doing if it acts funny.
At 11:05 AM 9/18/2007, you wrote:
What are your display settings? and did you make sure the video chaining manager was relinked to your video driver?-----Original Message-----From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marcatonySent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:50 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Silent desktop sounds Hi Chris I did what you suggested; however there was no change. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Chris Hallsworth To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:10 AM Subject: Re: Silent desktop soundsMarsha, check to see if screen echo is not set to none, otherwise JAWS won't read anything in lists, for example. To change this temporarily, press insert+s. If you want to change it permanently:1. Open up Configuration Manager with Insert 6.2. I'll assume you want this to apply to all applications, so press shift control d to open the default configuration file. 3. Press alt s to open the set options menu, then press u on user options. The user options dialogue box appears. 4. Tab to the echo group of radio buttons, and make sure that highlighted text is checked.5. Press enter. The user options dialogue box closes. 6. Press control s to save your configuration. 7. Close Configuration Manager. Hope that helps. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:marcatony@xxxxxxxxx>marcatony To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:06 AM Subject: Silent desktop soundsI seem to have lost the voice for the desktop icons. When I installed the latest Jaws version, the desktop icons became silent. When I click Windows+M, it says WindowsM. After that it is silent as long as I am on the desktop. To my knowledge, I haven't made any changes. Could someone please help? Luckily I can still use Jaws 7; however I would like to be able to use Jaws 8. Any help would be appreciated.Marsha __________ NOD32 2538 (20070918) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com
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