Let me add: Running Windows 10 64 bit with all updates, JAWS 18 most recent update, Outlook 16 365, the vanishing JAWS happens most often when I leave spell check running in a message. Often ,if I use Windows Key + D to return to the desktop and wait patiently voice will return. Interestingly enough while writing this note with ZoomText Fusion newest version with JAWS as the underlying screen reader, the same thing just happened though the spell checker was not in use, and the same solution worked. Now when I arrow about or type a word, there is an inconsistent lag between action and echoed speech.
Does anyone know if VFO or Freedom monitors this list for issues encountered specific to JAWS and common among numbers of users? Rick -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 4:07 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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/
