Quite frequently, I am experiencing this behavior. And, if I am to judge from the messages on this list, I doubt I am on my own. Yet I don't see any good reason why it has to be that way; hence wonder if this is a bug that GW could have paid some attention to. I can't remember ever having the problem with my former screen reader, so it definatley seems to me, to be a WE problem.
Rather often, when in some kind of an edit box, be it in a message that I am writing under Outlook Express, an edit box on a webpage, or like this morning, in the address field of Windows Explorer. Well, I even have seen it in Notepad. You can type the text you want. With keyboard echo set to WORDS, you will hear the text as you type. And, if you don't do anything but typing, and then sending it off to the recipient or the webpage or whatever by hitting Enter, everything seems just fine. But, if you start to edit your entry, by using the arrow-keys, or the Backspace or Delete key, all you get is a DING. Really helpful! Or should we rather be honest, and tell it to be no less than anoying! OK, I do know: This is the Error-sound from Windows itself. But that doesn't help here. Since the text gets entered correct - and if you are good at keeping track of what you are doing, you even can edit the field (in blindness, litterally) - apparently there is no error going on, hence no need for Windows to DING at you. If now, I experience this behavior, and stop my current activity, then Alt-Tab through the list of open windows. Well, what do I find? In quite a number of cases, it proves to be the fact, that some kind of window has popped up. You will - for instance - see this behavior if the update window of Adobe Flash has come up. Or, this morning it took place, because the update manger of my HP system had popped up - kind of in the background. Once this kind of popup-windows has been closed, the edit field works as normal, with the speech reporting to me what I am actually doing. Again, since I can't remember seeing this with other screen readers, and combined with the fact that the editing apparently goes through - long as you can do it without having any other feedback but a load of DINGS - I do claim this to be a trouble that stems from WE and its way of handling the screen, whenever a popup is present. And why? What good is there in a screen reader, when it produces DINGS, even when the information on the screen - in the edit box - actually gets properly updated. 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. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
