or, the speech in safe mode add on that is available on my grab bag site. and either a set of USB sound card and speakers or standard head phones; or (best actually) a set of USB headphones since there considered a external sound card and have there own drivers that windows will find and install in 98% of cases
you will probably want to learn the commands for a lighter weight screen reader like NVDA as well, since it seems easier to use in the safe mode speech operations, but you can set up a cheat sheet and go from it while using the safe mode operations as long as you know the few basic commands to "command line/run command" start the screen reader, for getting to the desktop, starting the sheet (I'd just put a shortcut to it on the desktop to speed things up), changing to a text editor window, and to move in a text editor reading window that will give you speech in windows 7, 8, and it has been said XP as well, though I have not tried the second or last ones yet myself http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com HTH, inthane -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:23 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] getting in to safe mode You forgot to mention that there is no speech in safe mode. Sighted assistance will be needed. HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mujtaba Merchant" <mujta...@gmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] getting in to safe mode As soon as you hit the power button to boot your computer press the function key F8, this should take you into safe mode. Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India "Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going." ~ Jim Rohn -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of t. Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:25 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] getting in to safe mode I posted a question earlier, about "administrator permission needed to delete a folder", and when I asked a sighted friend, he said that I needed to get in to safe mode to make this stop, so, can anyone fill me in on how to get in to safe mode? tim For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
