My guess would be if you type more than is strictly needed to reach the particular file that the file name speaking got canceled by the new key strokes. On 3/12/10, Michael Arnowitt <foodsong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sometimes when I am in a folder and type the first few letters of the > file name to jump down to that file so I can open it, Jaws does not > give me speech output on the file name. When I asked my Jaws teacher > about this, he said to just down arrow and up arrow back to the same > spot, and that works. Also Jaws key + num pad 8 seems to give me a > read-out. But I was wondering if this happens to other people and > also if the number of letters I type or how fast I type them makes a > difference in how frequently the problem would happen. I am a fast > typist in general. > > The only thought I had was maybe Jaws doesn't speak the title because > it wants to make sure you're really done typing? But it does skip > down the screen and focus in the right place, it just isn't giving me > any speech. > > Michael > > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > Alternative archives located at: > http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx