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