I tried running Narrator a couple times when this happened, but the WE crash made the system extremely sluggish. I don't have a us flash drive, but I could give NVDA a whirl. Volume isn't a problem with this issue because I'v had music running when I attempted the minimize, and it continued playing at the correct volume after I' lost speech. I run regular virus scans and defrags, so not likely the issue either. Also been able to duplicate this on a second machine.
-----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:11 AM To: Jason Symes; 'gw-info' Subject: Re: we script 1.3 issues Just a bit of an idea! If you want to know, if there is an error message, how about installing a sedcond screenreader, i.e NVDA. When WE looses out on speech, you quickly can call up NVDA with a hotkey, and have the screen checked for error messages etc. Or, you might even be able to run a mobil version of WE off an USB drive. I am using these methods myself, to track down certain tasks and problems, arising on my sytem. If you are unable to get a secondary screenreader up and running, usually, that means you have a bit of a system trouble. Does the secondary screenreader come up, though, you are more likely to have a problem with WE. Also, I have seen certain times, when a system 'all out of its own mind', turns down the volume. A volume set to 0, means no speech. Recently had that happening to me on my laptop, over and over again. Running a service, including checkup for virus/spyware, and a defragmentation of the hard drive, did solve the trouble. OK, I am not a Winamp user - dont like the software - so I can't tell if any of this will be helpful in your situation. Just thought to drop a note, in case it will help anyone out, in cases, where speech is lost frequently. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Symes" <[email protected]> To: "'gw-info'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:19 AM Subject: we script 1.3 issues Hi all. I installed version 1.3 of the Winamp script about two weeks ago, and I've had some serious problems since. I reported the main issue I've seen to the developer, but so far he can't duplicate it. I thought I'd run it by the list; see if any of you have seen this behavior as well. I've got Winamp 5.5.52 set to have a system tray icon, so I can minimize it and get it out of the tab order. However, when I press alt, arrow down to minimize, and hit enter, I instantly lose speech. I do have Wesounds installed, but neither it nor Windows itself makes an error sound, and obviously I can't tell if there's an error messagebox without speech. The only thing I can do when this happens is to reboot the machine (fortunately I can get to shutdown/restart without speech). I've removed the Winamp script, and when I minimize Winamp with the steps above, no dump of speech. Reinstall the script and minimize, poof bye bye speech. I've got this issue on both my XP Pro and Vista HP machines, both running Winamp 5.5.52, WE 7.01 with MSTTS 4.0, and the same exact scripts running. Unfortunately, I forgot to save the .wepm file for the last version I had before I upgraded to 1.3, so now I'm stuck with a script that keeps crashing me. If anybody has the .wepm file for the last version of the script, please send it to me off-list. Jason Symes I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring. Final words of Richard Feynman, physicist, d. 1988 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.
