Strange Keyboard Quirk
- From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:05:56 -0400
Hi, folks. I hope this issue is still on topic; I'm not sure whether
JFW has anything to do with this or not.
All the keyboards I use on various systems have the
multimedia/shortcut keys above the main QWERTY keyboard, such that I
can hit one of these keys to raise or lower speaker volume, to mute
sound, to open Internet Explorer, to put the system on Standby, etc.
Recently I've noticed with my main two keyboards, that JAWS thinks I'm
typing a character, and it echoes that "character," when I either
raise or lower my sound volume using these little shortcut keys. For
instance, when I type the one that raises my volume, holding it down
until the sound is where I want it, I hear this echo that sounds like
B B B B B B B B B for as long as I hold it. Similarly, when I lower
my sound card's volume using that shortcut key, I here C C C C C C C C
C for as long as that particular key is held. Muting or unmuting
produces the sound D, even though I have not typed the letter D into
any document or form field.
Another of my keyboards does almost the same thing, but says F14
whenever I lower my volume with that shortcut key. So there is an
association here between the buttons and what JAWS thinks is a letter
or function key; but I don't want it to be there.
How do I disconnect these annoying sounds from the buttons I press to
make simple tasks happen in Windows? Has anyone else ever experienced
this? Or are the gods just toying with me?
Kind regards,
-Kane
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