[real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
- From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:08:53 -0500
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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