Re: Unusually extra-ordinarily bazaar issue with jfw9

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:31:07 -0800

Hi,

Just one thing to be aware of here: AdAware 1.06 isn't current or being 
supported anymore by LavaSoft, meaning there haven't been any definition 
updates available for it since late December. As you may have noticed amidst 
the messages here, the successor to that version, AdAware 2007 (why not 
2008, I asked myself) isn't accessible with Jaws.

Just for clarification's sake. If you find your AdAware scans turning up 
fewer and fewer objects with every new scan, that's going to be the reason.

Good luck solving your voice and synthesizer problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Gilland" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:57 PM
Subject: Unusually extra-ordinarily bazaar issue with jfw9


OK, this! is beyond bazaar!  I have jfw 9.  Here is what my screen shows on
the about page...

About JAWS
JAWS: Job Access With Speech
Version 9.0.519
Serial Number : *Not shown for securities reasons.  Special Update Code...
Locking Code: *Not shown here for Security reasons.
Software Maintenance Agreement
Upgrades Remaining: 0
Remote Access: Disabled
Authorized using a Local ILM key.
Copyright © 1993-2007
by Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC
Portions Copyright  1985-2007 by Microsoft Corp.
Portions Copyright  1995-2007 by Nuance, Inc.

OK, now that we got that outta the way:  on to the issue:

I installed the Real Speak Solo voices.  I should make it incredibly boldly
clear to you all:  I did so:  after!  key? word:  after!  installing jfw9.
Well, now, the voices work fine in my jaws8 installation, however, if I go
to jaws9, then do the insert+ctrl+s to switch synthesizers, hit s for sapi5,
then hit enter to select it...  I get MS Sam.  Now, that's fine.  That's all
good, and all, and correct, however, now watch this:  I do insert+j, to
bring up the jaws menu.  I have mine set in basics to run from the system
tray, as I can't stand it taking up an unneeded alt tabbable window on my
screen.  Then I go to voices sub menu, and finally, global...

Now, in here, if I hit alt+s, to move focus to the person combo box, I only
hear just that:  "Person:  Combo Box."  It doesxn't say Sam? or anything.
The JAWS Cursor shows nothing and neither does the invisible cursor.  the PC
cursor deffinently doesn't.  I had a sighted person look, and sure enough:
nothing's there.  It doesn't even show Sam.  I next closed out of there by
hitting escape, Then I went under control pannel, to speech...

In here I changed the default voice to one of the Solo voices, then went
back in.  Again, no difference.  Yes I did restart jaws after installing the
voices.  That goes without saying.  I repaired the voices with no go, and
even totally uninstalled, and even went into regedit and manually took out
the left over registry keys/values.  I went under documents and
settings\user name\application data, and made sure everything there was
cleared out, which it was.  I reinstalled real speak solo 4, from scratch
with no good.  It's working flawlessly in jfw8, but not in 9.  I figured
maybe perhaps spyware, now ware, or even a virus, so did a nod32 scan, and
an ad aware scan, and my system is clean as a button.  I rebooted and then
tried with no luck.  Same result.  I've tried this both on my Gateway DX300S
desktop, and on my Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 system and in both cases was
able to reproduce this problem.  I haven't tried doing an alt+say all, in
jaws 9, so I honestly dono... o... wait... I withdraw that!  Yes I did too.
That's right, I remember now, I was on the phone with my friend, showing
him, and I tried, yeah, that's right... and it reverted to Sam.  Yet, in
jfw8, Daniel came right on almost instantly.  As you can probably judge from
my mail:  Yes, I am an extremely! advanced pc user, as well as incredibly
advanced jaws user.  In fact, for a while, I used to vollenteer work for the
state as a jaws instructer, so I deffinently know what I am doing.  LOL!

Thank you so much.  Any in-sight into this would be graciously be
apprecaited.

In friendship:

Chris Gilland.


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