I haven't fully kept up with this thread but did you try using the combo, Jaws key+number 1? This turns Key Describer on and off. It's an outside chance but why not try?
GL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deanne Miller Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws Just to throw in my experience with this update: I updated my jaws 11 yesterday through the check for updates feature under the help menu. The update went smoothly, my computer restarted with no problem and seemed to be running well, so I shut it down for the night. This morning, when I started it, jaws no longer spoke at the log on screen, and when it finished booting up, JAWS said, "jaws for windows is ready," just like normal, but any key I pressed said "unknown function," and then the function of the key. For example, if I pressed the down arrow key, jaws said, " unknown function say next line." My laptop is virtually unusable right now. Fortunately, I have a netbook to use, but I'm reluctant to run the update on my netbook. I tried putting the jaws cd in my laptop to run a repair, but it won't respond to any key commands. I can't shut jaws down because it simply says "unknown function unloading jaws." I can't even shut down my computer the proper way with the keyboard. All I can do is wait until a sighted friend comes over later and hope my laptop will respond to the touch pad. . . . Maybe I should have run a repair before I updated my jaws, but I have never had such a problem with an update before. If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. I suppose I will say to those who haven't run the update yet, do so with caution. Deanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws > As I said before, I have no problem with interim updates, in fact I > almost always do them, but I was reacting to the problems that people > were having in performing the update, which I had not been aware of with > previous updates. > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Rawls > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws > > Andy, the new update has a features that I like. It doesn't read the > first > sentence of a document or email more than once. It reads it like it > should > be read. Jim > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:38 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws > >> I have not seen an official announcement concerning this update. What >> does it give you that you don't already have? >> >> Andy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb >> Caldbeck >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws >> >> Same here, Betsy! >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Betsy >> Whitney, >> Dolphin Press >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:19 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new jaws >> >> Downloaded from the Check for Updates on the Help Menu in JAWS. It >> installed >> itself and all was done in about 3 minutes. >> At 03:04 PM 6/29/2010, you wrote: >>>I tried to get the new jaws using help and update but got error >>>message. I went to the web page and got same problem Is anyone having >>>the same problem?Holger Fiallo Kind Regard 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/ >> >> 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/ 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/
