[real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
- From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:44 -0500
Just me being a smart-alec
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On Behalf Of Duyahn Walker
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:38 PM
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
No. That's the IMax. Spelled, I, M, A, X.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:27 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
> That's one of those fancy movie theaters, isn't it?
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Andrea Breier
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:21 PM
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> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>
> Oh, my friend, you are in luck. They have the iMac and it is truly a
> beautiful machine. That is the one you should check out.
> Hugs, AJ
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:52 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>
>
>> As long as there is a desktop Apple, I might give it some consideration.
>> I
>> loath all those diminutive notebooks/laptops &c.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:59 AM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>>
>> 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
>>>> > Alt+all 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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