Say out there! Is there any site where one can access scripts for Jaws, for any type of programs? Ken b ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Butterfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] JAWS scripts
> Victor, > > Thank you so much. That's exactly what I was looking for. I'm going to > save this message, as I'm sure I'll need it again. though. I did enough > uninstalling and delete of the default jcf files, that I finally got > everything to work again. > > Thank you and thanks to everyone who tried to help. > > And Dan, if you want to e-mail me off list, I'll give you a link to a page > where you can learn about Skype and scripts for it and a list for blind > Skype users. > > Regards, > Lois > > > eI didn't see where repair was in the latest version though. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:15 AM > Subject: Re: [jaws-users] JAWS scripts > > >> Hi Lois, >> >> A friend of mine had a similar problem not too long ago, in that she >> would >> make changes to her Jaws settings, but no matter how many times we made >> those changes, it wouldn't affect Jaws. >> >> For example, we wanted Jaws to stop saying question mark when ever it >> came >> across one. We went through the whole process of changing her verbosity >> levels, going to configuration manager and everything, and made sure that >> the settings were correctly inputted, and nothing, Jaws would still say >> question mark when it came across one. >> >> After pondering this conundrum for a couple of days, I remembered >> something David had said in a post unrelated to this thread. He had said >> that the Jaws merge function wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and that >> triggered something. I checked her start menu, and found that she still >> had Jaws 5.0 along with the 5.1 version she was currently using. >> >> Aside from that, I checked her hard drive, and found that she still had >> files from her earlier versions of Jaws, such as 3.1 and 3.7 in C drive. >> >> I realized that the merge function, as David had said, wasn't all it was >> cracked up to be because I seemed to remember merging the settings from a >> previous version of Jaws when I installed it. >> >> I quickly did the following and it fixed the problem... >> >> 1. Make sure you have a hot key for the current version of Jaws you are >> using, and make sure, in the event that the hotkey doesn't function the >> way it is supposed to, make sure it is the only icon on your desktop >> associated with the letter "J". That way, when, not if, when your speech >> gives out on you, you'll have more than one way to turn on Jaws. >> >> 2, After making the necessary precautions, go into your start menu and >> see >> if you have older versions of Jaws. If you find an older version in >> there, go into it's directory, and into the tools menu, and finally into >> the installation manager and uninstall each version. This will negate >> any >> possible interference from the merge portion of the program. >> >> Once that's done, and all your files are gone via the uninstallation >> process, making sure you've started up the current version of Jaws, go >> into the Jaws submenu, and to the tools submenu, and into Installation >> manager. >> >> You will get a dialog box asking you what you want to do, ask it to do a >> repair on your current version of Jaws. Once that's done, don't restart >> your computer right away, if it asks you to do so, just minimize >> everything and check for remnants of the programs in your "C" drive. If >> you find any, feel free to delete these directories that belong to the >> previous version of Jaws you had on your computer. >> >> Once these files have been deleted feel free to restart the computer, if >> you still need to do that, and Jaws will start with all it's pre-sets and >> defaults intact. You can then fine tune Jaws to reflect how you prefer, >> and make sure you save any configuration files you work with. >> >> A couple of notes. After you repair Jaws, if you decide not to load Jaws >> before starting the computer, if you do restart your computer, the >> checkbox for automatically starting Jaws with Windows will be unchecked, >> so make sure you are not waiting for nothing. >> >> Finally, while uninstalling the older versions of Jaws, you'll be >> confronted by a dialog box that asks you if you want to remove shared >> components. The answer to this is yes because you want to do a clean >> repair, and if it has all those errors because of the merge function, >> than >> you'll only be prolonging your suffering. Jaws must do a clean repair, >> with no extraneous matter to boggle it's mind. >> >> Having said that, should anyone have any other questions about my >> experiences in this matter, feel free to write on or off-list to: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Victor >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List >> send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 8/7/2006 >> >> > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006 > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! 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