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Rick ======= Contact Information: Skype ID: rharmon928 MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 330-724-6093 Location: Akron, Ohio USA "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them." - Helen Keller, 1925 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:13 PM Subject: Re: Bad Words for JAWS: Patch Released - Fred's Head Companionarticle um, could this be an April Fool? Seems a bit convenient that 'seizure' gives jaws a seizure. Love you all ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jouie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:57 AM Subject: FW: Bad Words for JAWS: Patch Released - Fred's Head Companionarticle > Hi, > > This message is sent to me privately. Haven't you received this? I don't > know about this. I really have no idea what is it all about. I hope if > ever > this is true, this post would become a warning. > > -----Original Message----- > From: MICHAEL MCCARTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bad Words for JAWS: Patch Released - Fred's Head Companionarticle > > Watch your in-box for emails from either [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This address is sending out messages to email > lists > that contain misspelled words that cause JAWS and Magic to crash. When a > specific misspelling or typo of the word "seizure" and "have" is > encountered > by the Eloquence or ViaVoice synthesizer, the synthesizer will quit. This > can result in loss of speech and an error dialog. > > JAWS and MAGic use Eloquence as the default software synthesizer. > OpenBook uses ViaVoice and is not effected. > > To minimize the risk of the misspellings affecting you, a replacement file > is available for download for JAWS. > List of 5 items > 1. Download the following file and save it in an easily accessible folder > on > your hard drive. > > ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/Tools/ELOQMAIN.ZIP > > 2. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the location in which you saved the > .zip file and extract the contents. > > 3. Copy the file you just extracted to the following folders: > > a) C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\Shared\Eloquence\6.1 > b) And to the folder where your product is installed: > > - The default installation folder for JAWS 6.0 and later is C:\Program > Files\Freedom Scientific\[PRODUCT]\[VERSION]. For example: C:\Program > Files\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\6.20 - Earlier versions of JAWS are by > default > installed in the root directory of your hard disk in a folder with the > same > name as the product. For example: C:\JAWS510, and so on. > > 4. If you are prompted to overwrite the existing file when you copy the > dictionary file into the program folder, choose Yes. > > 5. After adding this file, restart JAWS. > list end > > Freedom Scientific may update this patch as new information is discovered. > To insure that you always have the latest update, visit this > page: > > http://www.freedomsci.com/fs_support/BulletinView.cfm?QC=911 > > You should also know that the original sender of these messages is saying > that this patch is a hoax, so ignore any emails making this claim. > > Remember that only Eloquence is effected. If you use another voice, like > the > AT&T Natural Voices for example, you will not lose speech when > encountering > these messages. Windows XP comes with some voices, called Sappi. These > voices aren't as clear as Eloquence, but bad speech is better than no > speech. Here's how you can use a Sappi synthesizer with JAWS. > > With JAWS running and your email open, hit the keystrokes > insert+control+s. This will bring up a list of synthesizers installed on > your computer. If eloquence > is your default synthesizer, it will come up first. Arrow down and you'll > hear options for "no speech" and "Sappi". Other voices may be listed if > you > have them on your system. > > Choose the voice you'd like to use and press enter. The chosen voice > should > begin speaking. You can now use it to remove the effected email messages. > Note that some email lists were attacked by several hundred messages. > > Follow these steps to remove the effected emails in eudora: > > List of 3 items > 1. After finding one of the Eloquence crashing emails, route your JAWS > cursor to PC. > > 2. Use insert right arrow till you come to any word in the subject line. > > 3. Press alt+left mouse click and hit the delete key. > list end > > If there are over fifty messages scheduled to be deleted, you'll get a > message asking if you really want to delete these messages. Say yes and > they > are gone! > > Outlook Express has a feature which will allow you to delete by subject, > thread, sender and so on. > Click here to view the original Webpage. > Sent using > R|mail. > Click > here > to unsubscribe. > Recommended Feeds > Subscribe > Chris Abraham > Subscribe > Bad Politics > > > Michael McCarty > Fred's Head Database Coordinator > American Printing House for the Blind > Phone: 502 899-2396 > Fax: 502 899-2363 > www.aph.org > www.FredsHeadCompanion.blogspot.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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