[real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
- From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:26:09 -0500
Well, if I thought there was a snowball's chance in hell you all could
resolve it, I probably would call. As it stands, those chances are none too
good. It's an ancient version that probably isn't supported any longer. It's
on a machine that I built back in February 2006, and I have not reimaged or
formatted and reinstalled even once during this time. It's on its 4th HD
(all without reinstall) and so on. I have a network LAN Connection icon that
won't open because of "unknown error" and I can't create a new network
connection because it thinks administrator is not an administrator account.
Then there is my radically diminished ability to do anything within the
system while using JAWS. Now, come to think of it, maybe I will call up and
rub it in about what screen reader still does work: you know the one...."the
World's most stable screen reader." Do you think the FS folks would like to
use Window-Eyes as a means to trouble-shoot their own program? I am starting
to like this idea. What's your number Reggie, and I will be sure to ask for
you. FS is still in Florida, right? Surely they have someone cuter than you
though <grin>.
-----Original Message-----
From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Reginald George
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:41 PM
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
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.
>
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