No, I'm not trying to fix Window-Eyes so it does not announce every letter. I had been used to JAWS speaking all the parts of keystrokes such as Alt-e to begin changing the status of a message from read to unread or Control Q to change the status to read. JAWS would speak "Control Q" whereas Window-Eyes just seems to say "q." I'm all set now since changing key enhancements for program in special keys under keyboard seems to be giving me some results I didn't expect and I've
decided it is better the way it was. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duyahn Walker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Outlook Express and Window-Eyes 7.5.1 Let me see if I understand this correctly. You want the key echo turned off only. Right? So that Window Eyes does not announce every letter? Duyahn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Outlook Express and Window-Eyes 7.5.1 Stephen, Thank you. I was able to follow your instructions and checked key enhancements for program in special keys , but it didn't bring the desired results. DEC-Talk Access 32 still wasn't speaking the full alt-i etc. and is just saying i and the other letters while Control is now too chatty and seems to be speaking unpredictably and is speaking the wordkcontrol when I press the control key to silence WE so I changed it back again. I can live with only hearing the letter spoken. It isn't a biggie. I will just have to add it to my list of things I've have to get used to with WE that are different from what I'm used to. Thanks also for the explanation about the rich controls. I know OE well, but will leave it alone. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Clower" <[email protected]> To: "Margaret Thomas" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:04 AM Subject: Re: Outlook Express and Window-Eyes 7.5.1 Hello Margaret, If you want to hear the additional keystrokes, such as Control and Alt, do the following: 1. Press Control-Backslash to open Window-Eyes. 2. Press Alt-H, V to toggle advanced options. 3. Press Alt-E to move to the settings treeview. 4. Press K to move to the Keyboard node, and open it by pressing the Right Arrow. 5. Down Arrow to Special Keys. 6. Tab through the options, and set them to your liking. Remember that you can press F1 on any item to hear a brief help message detailing what the setting does. 7. Once you are happy with your changes, press Control-S to save them. Regarding your second question, the control you are landing in is actually called a rich edit. You can disable all control type announcements, but we don't recommend doing so unless you are very familiar with your applications and don't need to know, for instance, that your focus has landed in an edit field, check box, etc. Feel free to write back if you have any other questions. Regards, Steve On 8/15/2011 6:17 PM, Margaret Thomas wrote: > Hi All, > I'm a new WE user and have been using Outlook Express for years with JAWS. > I'm working my way through the tutorial, but have a slew of questions. > I'm hoping two for starters is okay. > > It seems that in a bunch of OE command the Control, alt keys as Control-F > for forward or alt-i in spelling to ignore the suggestion, WE only speaks > the letter f or whatever is part of the keystroke instead of Control F > etc. It looks like WE says normal Windows commands such as Control C for > copy the way I'm used to hearing it as Control C. Is this normal > Window-Eyes behavior and can it be changed so I can hear the whole > keystroke again as I do now with JAWS? > > Also, when composing mail in OE, when typing in the information for the > headings WE seems to be saying something like to rich edit, Subject rich > edit and I'd like it to stop saying rich or whatever it is saying. > > I'm running XP Home with SP3 and Window-Eyes is currently set at beginner > level or whatever WE calls it. > > Thanks, > > Margaret > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. 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