Steve, I agree. Same problem as you. I usually try to shut down JAWS and restart. I haven't tried to shut down IE, since I'm usually in the middle of a search or other activity.
Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <pipeguy...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 13:07 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws still disappearing Just to add to this, I have the same issue with Jaws 16 through 18 on a Win 7 Ultimate system. It invariably seems to correlate to the use of IE 11. It is not duplicatable, but it does happen with enough consistency that there's got to be a bug somewhere in the program. When it happens, if I can get Jaws to stumble-and-bumble to the process manager, I can close IE and reload Jaws. Oftentimes, Jaws is so sluggish i.e. not quite non-responsive -- that I end up loading System Access to go and close IE11 and Jaws. Then, I can re-load Jaws and its happy. If I use a competitive screen-reader, I've not encountered these issues. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <mi...@orbitelcom.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws still disappearing > Hi Miriam, The mysterious and annoying behavior you describe also happens > to me on occasion. Likewise, I have the latest JAWS 18 with Windows 7 and > a 64 bit system. > Short of rebooting the system, applying the hot key sequence I have > assigned to JAWS 18 will sometimes return speech but it's all guesswork > and when the hot key fails to return speech, I am forced to restart the > system. Lastly, it seems to happen when tabbing away from an open web > site but beyond this pattern, I remain puzzled by this annoyance. Mitch > > “The problem with quotes on the Internet > is that people instantly believe they’re real.” > > -(Abraham Lincoln) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miriam Vieni > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 6:52 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws still disappearing > > Even after this latest update, Jaws occasionally and unexpectedly goes > silent when I change from one window to another. Jaws 18, Windows 7 . > Office > 365, 64 bit computer. None of the key strokes that have been suggested, > appear to work. I go to the desktop and wait. Nothing happens. If I press > the power button lightly, just before the computer turns off, Jaws starts > to talk. But I can't, at that point, stop the computer from turning off. > It > just happened to me again. Very frustrating! Is this happening to anyone > else? What do you do when it happens? > > Miriam > > > 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/
