Thanks Erik and Andy. I'll investigate and, if you don't hear from me, then you'll know it's fixed.
Jen On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:20:07 -0800, erik burggraaf wrote: >Hi there, >I could be rong, but both of these sound like video card issues. For >example, the keys that window-eyes uses to adjust the speech may have >been taken over by the video card as a way to rotate the display of >the screen. Easy way to confirm this is to get a sightling and ask >them if anything changes on the screen when you press this button, say >control alt left arrow. They will probably gasp or make some other >noize right away because the screen will flip sideways. >The other thing sounds like a colours or resolution issue, but I >wonder, if you redraw the screen do the repeted words go away? I have >this problem on my rustic old turion windows pc, and I can get it to >go away by unloading window-eyes and reloading. It doesn't really >happen all that often to me, and not to scare you or anything, but >there is clearly something rong with the video in that machine because >it's exhibitting other symptums as well not related to window-eyes. >Hope this helps, >erik burggraaf >Certified Technician >Assistive Computing LTD Support and training >Sales department: 888-828-2445 >Support and Training: 888-255-5194 >Email: [email protected] >Website coming soon >On 15-Jan-09, at 1:46 AM, Jennifer Restle wrote: >> Yeah, I sid issues as in the plural. Throwing things has crossed my >> mind more than once, but it would scare the dog. Help, please. >> >> Computers are not my strength, so bear with me. I have Window Eyes >> 6.1, which might be the entire problem. I finally got it installed >> on an Asus EEE PC 901 >> (the 8.9 inch screen). Two problems exist: >> >> 1. When on the desktop, it keeps saying "desktop" over and over >> again. It does not do this at the task bar or start button. It >> does do it when I'm in various >> windos and applications. For example, in the Window Eyes window, it >> keeps saying that over and over. It's bad enough that I cannot >> easily do anything that >> requires hearing the screen's other contents. >> >> 2. the control alt arrow keys function for modifying voice options >> quickly doesn't work. I attached a wireless keyboard just to make >> sure it wasn't the keyboard >> on the netbook. Same problem exists. >> >> I'd appreciate any input you might have to offer. And, if there's >> other problems you know I will be confronting sooner or later, I'd >> love a heads up. >> >> Thanks. >> Jen >> >> >> "Our stories may be singular, but our destiny is shared." >> >> >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >> sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >> your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >> your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive >> it. >> >> All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, >> and can be searched through and sorted using the search >> form at the bottom of the page. >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >> [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body >> of the message. >> >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be >searched through and sorted using the search >form at the bottom of the page. >If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >[email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body >of the message. "Our stories may be singular, but our destiny is shared." If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
