Hello Waqas,
I am certainly not sure why a paragraph of text is being read to you twice
while in the SayAll mode. However, here are a few suggestions that you
might want to check out:
First, if you have a task pane active then try using the SayAll after
turning the task pane off. Use CTRL+F1 to turn on or off the task pane. If
I remember correctly, (as I am not at a system right now with Word 2003
installed), CTRL+F1 is the keystroke to use. Otherwise, go under the view
menu and use down arrow to the task pane choice. If it is checked then
press the enter key to close the task pane.
Check to see if a toolbar that you don't need to use is active. Go under
the view menu and into the toolbars submenu. Use down arrow and if you find
a toolbar that you are not using that is checked then press the enter key to
remove it from the screen. Of course, leave the standard and formatting
toolbars active.
Make sure the program and document are maximized. Use Alt+spacebar and
press the letter "x" to maximize the program window, and use Alt key with
the dash key followed by X to maximize a document window.
Check to see if a process might be interfering. You might check the system
tray first to see if there are any programs wanting to update that might be
notifying you that an update is available. I worked on a system a while ago
that had a MSN toolbar update notification that was interfering with a Word
document window. It wasn't in the system tray, but when I routed JAWS to PC
and used down arrow I found the top of the reminder window and used a mouse
click simulation on the close button.
Make sure screen echo is set to "highlighted." use JAWS key with the letter
"s" to switch between different screen echo settings.
The above are possible factors that could contribute to JAWS losing or
changing focus while in the SayAll mode.
At one time, Word recognized paragraphs better than sentences and using a
different SayAll setting resolved some issues. You might want to go into
verbosity with JAWS key V and press the letter "s" until you get to the
SayAll options. If the level is collapsed then use right arrow key to open
it and down arrow to the SayAll items. With focus on the "SayAll reads by"
choice use spacebar to move between the various choices. Use enter key to
accept a change and close the dialog box. Try the different settings to see
if one might work better for you.
You might want to try changing punctuation level as well to see if SayAll
works better with a different choice. use JAWS key V for verbosity, press
the letter "p" until you hear the punctuation choice, and then press
spacebar to change between the options. Sometimes a different punctuation
level will affect the way SayAll works.
There are other possibilities such as your type of display and settings,
synthesizer being used, etc. that might cause SayAll to lose focus, but the
above are some things you might want to try out.
Take care.
Brian Lee
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Waqas Chauhdry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws saying things twice
Hi Brian,
Sorry, I am jumping in here. Sometimes Jaws randomly read a paragraph or
paragraphs twice in a long Word documents whilst in the read all mode
(Jaws
key plus down arrow) Any thoughts how to fix this issue?
Regards
Waqas
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
Sent: 02 April 2009 6:35
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws saying things twice
Hello Sherry,
You might check in verbosity settings to see if the new line indication
has
been set to something other than off. While in Microsoft Word, use
insert+V
to bring up the JAWS verbosity dialog, press the letter "n" to move to the
"new lines and paragraphs indication" choice and if it is not set to "off"
then use spacebar until you get that setting. Also, you might check in
the
configuration manager. Use JAWS key 6 to open Word's configuration
manager.
Use Alt+S to bring up the settings menu. use down arrow to the "text
processing" choice and press enter key. Use shift-tab past the OK button
and there should be three or four checkboxes shown that control the
indication of new lines. If any are checked then remove the checkmarks
from
all relevant checkboxes by using spacebar. Use the tab key to move to the
OK button and press enter key. Use CTRL+S to save changes and close the
configuration manager.
Take care.
Brian Lee
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws saying things twice
I am using Word 2003, Windows XP and the latest update to Jaws. In
Microsoft Word, when it shows a new line, Jaws says "New line, new line".
I
find it rather annoying. Any way to get it to stop or is this a new thing
in Jaws that is supposed to be happening? Any explanation would be
appreciated. Thanks.
Sherri
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