[real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
- From: Jim Fettgather <jimfettgather@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:59:18 -0500
You will not regret the purchase of an Apple computer.
Need to run Windows programs? Not a problem, run Windows in a virtual
machine, or use the Bootcamp utility to run Windows natively on the
Mac at lightning fast speeds.
You then would have the best of both worlds, and an incredibly stable,
reliable and beautifully crafted machine.
On 9/28/11, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I may give that a shot, but I am not holding out hope they will be
> able to reproduce this one. Firstly, it is JFW 7, and secondly, I
> have never seen this before with JFW in more than ten years of using the
> app.
> I may be reaching that stage where I am compelled to upgrade. Just
> about resigned to rebuild all from a freshly formatted HD. If I am
> going to that much trouble--and it is a prodigious pain in the
> a$$--then I might as well upgrade to Windows 7 while I am at it. Or
> maybe it is time to consider looking at an Apple. Wonder if they make
> anything that isn't portable! On second thought, an Apple would be a
> good second computer, but I have too much tied up in Windows apps to
> jump ship at this point.
>
>
>
> wrote:
>>I would call FreedomScientific and see if they are able to reproduce the
>>issue. I have had some wierd issues and sometimes, they are able to produce
>>them, other times they aren't able to.
>>
>>Duyahn
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:43 AM
>>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>>
>>
>> > It's reader specific as I don't see the issues with Win-Eyes.
>> >
>> >
>> > I used system restore to go back to a check point. I haven't been able
>> > to
>> > find a reasonably recent full restore point. Is there a faster way to
>> > get
>> > to
>> > a specific kind of restore point other than clicking each date
>> > individually
>> > and looking?
>> >
>> > It's not an insert+s kind of thing. Too flipping weird.
>> >
>> > BTW, multiple malware/spyware scans all turn up negative.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> > On Behalf Of Fettgather, Jim
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:18 AM
>> > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>> >
>> > Hi Mitch, did you ever actually use System Restore to roll back your PC
>> > to
>> > an earlier date?
>> >
>> > The only thing that I can come up with to cause Jaws to randomly repeat
>> > letters in the way that you suggest is that the Jaws Screen Echo could
>> > have
>> > been toggled to All instead of highlighted. The command to toggle this
>> > setting is Insert S.
>> >
>> > Just to determine whether there is a problem with your Jaws
>> > installation,
>> > I
>> > really would consider installing a demo copy of another version, any
>> > version, all prior versions are available from the FS web site. Or,
>> > install
>> > the highly acclaimed NVDA.
>> > www.nvda-project.org
>> > There is a portable version that will not compromise your system in any
>> > way
>> > and works very well.
>> >
>> > In that way, you would know right away whether the problem is screen
>> > reader
>> > specific or symptoms of a problem with the OS.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Mitchell D. Lynn [mailto:mlynn@xxxxxxxxx]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:54 PM
>> > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [real-eyes] JAWS Expert Needed
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me if there is a setting in Windows or in JAWS that
>> > would
>> > cause it to repeat voicing of letters and buttons when using the JAWS
>> > cursor? This started happening a few days back in a single program, but
>> > now
>> > I am starting to see issues all over the place. If I try, for example,
>> > to
>> > read icons on the desktop character by character, it will voice each
>> > letter
>> > anywhere from 1 to four times. Ditto if I try to check a filename in
>> > Windows
>> > Explorer. I have to actually start to rename the file to know for sure
>> > how
>> > it is spelled. In fact, all edit boxes seem to work correctly with the
>> > JAWS
>> > cursor; it is just in lists and things like buttons that have the issue.
>> >
>> > Menus have started acting strange as well. I have loads of IE Favorites,
>> > and
>> > while that large list worked fine last week, it scarcely works at all
>> > now.
>> > Alt+A opens the list, but cursoring up and down gives no speech at all
>> > Alt+for
>> > several presses, and then starts skipping randomly through the list.
>> > Same
>> > sort of issues with the Start Menu. There, however, it adds a new twist;
>> > impulsively opening folders and then says that they contain nothing. It
>> > acts
>> > a bit like a crazed drunken keyboard, and I swapped that out for a wired
>> > version. No good. Blown out display drivers and reinstalled. Also no
>> > good.
>> > Checked startup programs and services, and can't find anything there
>> > that
>> > isn't supposed to be, and virus scans were all negative.
>> >
>> > My fear is it's the work of an update from some program--perhaps Windows
>> > itself. Oh, and I did try restoring prev configuration/. All I have for
>> > the
>> > past few weeks is System Check points. Anyone know of a fast way to find
>> > the
>> > last full restore point in XP SP 3? BTW, my version of JAWS is pretty
>> > old:
>> > version 7.x.
>> >
>> >
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