I suppose it is because the fault is with the application and not Jaws. My sighted co-workers run into similar problems with computers locking up too.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:48 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] What do the rest of you do? >I can see a little and do occasionally use the mouse especially when all > else fails. Sometimes jaws gets into a condition where pressing the arrow > keys produces the error gong. No amount of tabbing, control tabbing, or > alt > tabbing will get out of this condition. The only means of escape seems to > be moving the mouse to an empty part of the desk top and clicking. After > that I am able to use the arrow keys to move from icon to icon as > intended. > Also in MS word, sometimes the blinking cursor just disappears. If I type > on the keyboard jaws echoes the letters normally and it seems that all is > well but absolutely nothing is being typed in the document. Once again > the > only escape I have found is to click with the mouse somewhere in the > document. The blinking cursor goes to that location. I once asked a > totally blind friend and the only solution this individual found was to > close word and restart it. I find it hard to believe that jaws has no way > out for the totally blind. What am I missing. Just curious. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1503 - Release Date: 6/14/2008 > 6:02 PM > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
