I got the impression that Tom's system tray isn't showing the "safely remove" option. If that's the case, Tom, you might post again with that specific question. Several sets of instructions have been posted in the past on how to get JAWS to reveal it.
Dave, I've heard much the same thing. But, ever nervous about corrupting files, I do the following: Close the window showing the drive of the SD card, etc., that I want to remove. (This is consistent with your closing all applications using that card, disc, etc.) Go to system tray with JAWS key+F11. Press s until "system tray" is verbalized. On my system (Win7, 64-bit), that's just one press. Press enter, then arrow down until the name of the item to be removed is spoken. Press enter again. Then JAWS verbalizes something like "Safe to remove" and I feel comfortable ejecting the item. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson via Jfw Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:47 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Dave Carlson Subject: Re: Safely Remove Hardware question Tom, I've only used it once, and found it irritating and useless. When I copy or paste to a USB Thumb drive, I just wait until I'm able to navigate through the list of files on that drive, and then I know I can pull it out. If you're using an external disc or hard drive, you might want to make sure that there are no programs running that are accessing the drive before disconnecting -- that might be the one and only time I'd consider using the feature. Use JAWS+F11 to get to the system tray, arrow to "safe to remove" item and press enter. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "Jaws users list" <[email protected]>; "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> Cc: "Tom Behler" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 07:35 PM Subject: Safely Remove Hardware question Hello, everyone. I am sure this may seem pretty elementary to some, but I actually have gotten varying opinions on the need to use the "safely remove hardware" option for USB devices such as USB thumb drives, and USB external hard drives. So, I have two questions: 1. Is it still necessary to invoke the "safely remove hardware" option when using any of these USB devices? I have heard that in later operating systems like Windows 7, this is not as necessary as it used to be. And 2. How does one easily get to the "safely remove hardware" option, if it would be a good idea for me to use it? I am using Windows 7 and Jaws 16 here. Thank you! Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150819/e54f0f8f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
