Hi Joanne. The problem is that typing interrupt is turned off via the KeyPressedEvent in the Script Manager when you press alt+tab and alt+shift+tab. Typing interrupt is set to on in the Configuration Manager. Unfortunately, I don't understand the code in the KeyPressedEvent for this script set, so I can't help you, but if someone else has an understanding of what the KeyPressedEvent is doing that turns off typing interrupt when certain keys are pressed, perhaps he or she would be willing to help you modify the code to exclude the tab key. Unfortunately, it isn't a problem with JAWS at all, but rather with the scripts for MSN and the way those are written to handle keys pressed. It was a wonderful idea to keep key presses from interrupting speech while one is typing so that the incoming messages are not missed, but the tab key not interrupting speech can be a pain when attempting to rotor through the list of running applications, as it renders it impossible to do it quickly.
This reminds me of a suggestion I've been kicking around in my little mind for a while for JAWS. Other screen readers, which shall remain nameless, have a feature called "stutter" or something to that effect. This stutter feature causes speech to interrupt itself, and it can be turned on or off by a user for each application. What I would like to see is a feature that interrupt speech whenever one switches to another application, as with Alt+Tab. Let's say I have the alt key down and am rotoring through the list of applications. now I've heard enough about the current one in the rotor to know that it's definitely the one I want to switch to, so I let go of the alt key. In JAWS, speech keeps going, and I hear the whole window title that JAWS had spoken while rotoring through the list with Alt+Tab. Then I hear the window title again because Jaws has switched to it, and called the FocusChangedEvent, unless I silence it with the control key. I always silence it with the control key because I find that it slows me down and annoys me to listen to that double speaking. Perhaps, an optional feature in the configuration manager that will turn on and off the ability for speech to interrupt itself in certain circumstances would be very useful and helpful. Of course, we wouldn't want speech to interrupt itself all the time, so this should be a checkbox or series of checkboxes for various Windows events. Thanks for reading. Tony Hernandez I believe that the Bible is the Word of God. Please feel free to contact me if you are concerned about Hell. http://www.tonyspeaks.com http://www.speaksclan.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws 8 doesn't focus where i want it to Eric and others, I did check and I have the latest Jaws 8, and what I just discovered was that maybe it's something in Windows Messenger causing the problem. Eric is correct in that I am alt-tabbing okay through most things, but when a message comes to Windows Messenger that's when it acts up and either won't stay in that particular window or it goes to a tool tip place instead of the typing window part of Messenger's window. I don't know if anyone recommends a specific version of Messenger that works best with Jaws and maybe mine is an older one. But this seems to be where the problem is when it comes to focus. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Damery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws 8 doesn't focus where i want it to > Hi Joanne, > > Please check the version of JAWS 8 you are using. 8.0.2173 is the latest > and you can get that via the Check for Updates feature in the Help Menu. > What you are describing I have seen as well but I'm sure this is > corrected and I just checked in the latest 8.0 and did not experience > it. What I think is happening for you is that when you ALT TAB, it is > not flushing each program that you hear as you go. So after pressing it > ALT TAB a few times quickly, you are hearing the items in the order you > went by them rather than the current one you'll get if you release ALT. > It is because you had actually ALT TABBED right by the item you want but > speech had not gotten interrupted so you got fooled. Hope this makes > sense. Please try to update if your not on the latest JAWS 8 and see if > that is not cleared up. I also encourage you to call support if you can > recreate the scenario for them over the phone. > > Hope that helps, > Eric Damery > Freedom Scientific > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joanne > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws 8 doesn't focus where i want it to > > Well just couldn't think of another way to put subject line but here's > what often happens with Jaws 8 and it doesn't with Jaws 7: > > When I alt-tab between windows I can't always get Jaws 8 to focus on the > window I stop at; it decides it wants to venture to one of my other > windows and just won't stay put. For instance, if Outlook Express and > Messenger are open and I'm sure I'm in the typing window of Messenger > because that's what it says, the focus actually jumps over to the OE > window. Or even in Messenger itself the focus will often land in > another tab instead of right at the typing window where it's supposed to > land. I don't know if I'm making sense or if there's a fix, because > even though I actually think Jaws 7 works better for most things I do > think 8 works better with forms mode on websites. (Now if someone has a > fix for 7 working better with forms mode I won't have to worry about 8, > I guess--smile.) But I am concerned that version 8 seems to let go of > focus and won't stay still. 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