I don't use Outlook Express just now, it is called Windows Mail under vista
but on my last computer it didn't seem to conflict with anything.
The information the hot key offers is a percentage of charge and estimated
hours of remaining operation.
There are three notebook computers around here, an IBM, this Lenovo which is
the new Chinese model and an acer. Their battery controls are all different
but they all have an option to show battery status in the system tray. I
believe that the Jaws scripts go look in the system tray for the battery
status so this is an option you must have enabled.
Janet's Acer does not presently have that enabled and I haven't bothered it
only goes for an hour or a little better on the battery anyway, very nearly
useless computer that way.
When this one is plugged in and I use Jaws + Shift + B I get the message
"battery status not found". I don't know why because it is still all there
in the system tray unless maybe there is a colour component the scripts use
which changes when the power supply is active.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Checking the Status of a Laptop Battery
It sounds like you receive complete and accurate information with a simple
key stroke. I imagine you could only do that where that key combination
doesn't interfere like in outlook express for example.
David Ferrin
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Life is what happens after you have already made other plans.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Leavens" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Checking the Status of a Laptop Battery
JawsKey + Shift + b.
Now this doesn't always work the same all of the time or on all computers.
On this ThinkPad X series it reads the status when unplugged but doesn't
seem to be able to find the spot when plugged in.
I believe you have to have the battery meter showing in the system tray
and
you can always see it if it is there by opening that menu with JawsKey +
F11. When looking at it that way you will also see if it is charging.
After that it depends on the software and that depends on the computer. I
can click on that and make changes to the battery settings like various
power saving options. I have a second battery in my CD bay most of the
time
and I can see information about the status of each battery including age
and
how many times each has been cycled.
I suppose this is a lot more than you wanted to know but it is all done
using Jaws.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Checking the Status of a Laptop Battery
It's fine so long as you're doing it with jaws in the mix.
David Ferrin
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Life is what happens after you have already made other plans.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Derby" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Checking the Status of a Laptop Battery
Not sure if this is appropriate for this list, or if I should have put it
on
Blind-computing, but here goes.
Once I get my new laptop, how to I check, with JAWS, the battery status
so
that I know when it needs a charge?..For instance, on my PACMate, the
battery level is on the Today sceen...On my cell phone running Windows
Mobile with MobileSpeak, I just double-tap a section of the screen to get
the battery status.
Thanks.
Wes
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