If you really want JAWS muted, use the JAWS festive to mute it. Please search the settings center. The new feature unmutes Windows, not JAWS.
Regards, Eric > On Mar 17, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > > I've just had an experience with this new mute control that makes me join > Fernando in criticizing the way it is set up now. While completing an online > form, I had a broadcast muted in another window. The form required me to > refresh the screen from time to time. Each time I pressed JAWS key+escape, > the broadcast came back on. It was an annoying distraction. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of > Fernando Gregoire > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 3:42 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unmute key combo > > I respect your opinion, Maria, but unmuting as it was implemented seems me a > bad idea. > In addition to when starting JAWS (which is right), this is done every time > you press JAWS+ESCAPE to refresh the screen or virtual buffer. Freedom > Scientific says that this doesn't affect muting of the synthesizer with > INSERT+SPACEBAR, S, but what if you only use Braille and, even when you work > with no speech or have speech muted temporarily, you want to mute also other > computer sounds? I think it would be better if this would be a setting in the > Basic Settings dialog box and JAWS Startup Wizard instead of a mandatory > action from witting any call to the RefreshScreen script. > These imposed automatic adjustments makes me a bit angry, for example the > fact that I can't lower the JAWS volume in Volume Mixer less than 20% because > it is reset automatically to 100% when I try to continue down to 19, 18 or > the value I want. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of > Maria Campbell > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 4:53 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Unmute key combo > > To VFO, that unmute key combo may be the best thing since place markers. > Thanks. > > > -- > > Maria Campbell > lucky1i...@gmail.com > > "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!" > --St. Francis > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > --- > El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca > de virus. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
