No no. Don't tell him to call us. Help! Please? Just kidding. -----Original Message----- From: Duyahn Walker Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:08 AM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed 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. > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes