Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
How about the Fn key? Does it have special functions with several of the other keys? Might you have turned it on again, having previously disabled it? (That, or a dirty klaptop keyboard, would not affect the use of an external keyboard.) I'm currently getting my Toshiba laptop keyboard repaired/replaced. Evbentually it began to beep after the Windows startup. Just before that began to hapen, for about half an hour it wouldn't respond to anything I tried to do on it. The laptop works fine with an external keyboard. -Original Message- From: Sherri Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:23 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) I have had this laptop for years ande have never had this problem. What I haven't tried is turning Jaws off with a sighted person to see if it still does not function correctly. I can't even access the desktop. It's very strange. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Scorpio Forever scorpio...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Hi Sherri, It's most likely the touch pad located just below your keyboard. You have to turn the touch pad sensitivity level down, so it's not picking up your palm movements and the like. Alternatively, you can turn the touch pad completely off, but if sighted users use the laptop also, this may present a problem for them when they go to use the computer, though some laptops have a hotkey to turn the touch pad on and off. Alternatively, you can tape a piece of paper over the touch pad, so that your hand isn't making contact with the pad itself. This is what a friend of mine did, it it turned out to be successful. If you need more information on how to perform the above tasks, send us your laptop manufacturer, model and if possible, your serial number, and someone, more than likely me, can send you the relevant text from your laptop's manual. Well, except for the taping part, that one you'll have to manage on your own. LOL. Hope this helps. Scorpio 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/
[JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
I thought that perhaps the laptop was borrowed by a friend or one of her sighted children and that they may have reactivated the touchpad without letting her know. Andy -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 9:13 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) How about the Fn key? Does it have special functions with several of the other keys? Might you have turned it on again, having previously disabled it? (That, or a dirty klaptop keyboard, would not affect the use of an external keyboard.) I'm currently getting my Toshiba laptop keyboard repaired/replaced. Evbentually it began to beep after the Windows startup. Just before that began to hapen, for about half an hour it wouldn't respond to anything I tried to do on it. The laptop works fine with an external keyboard. -Original Message- From: Sherri Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:23 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) I have had this laptop for years ande have never had this problem. What I haven't tried is turning Jaws off with a sighted person to see if it still does not function correctly. I can't even access the desktop. It's very strange. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Scorpio Forever scorpio...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Hi Sherri, It's most likely the touch pad located just below your keyboard. You have to turn the touch pad sensitivity level down, so it's not picking up your palm movements and the like. Alternatively, you can turn the touch pad completely off, but if sighted users use the laptop also, this may present a problem for them when they go to use the computer, though some laptops have a hotkey to turn the touch pad on and off. Alternatively, you can tape a piece of paper over the touch pad, so that your hand isn't making contact with the pad itself. This is what a friend of mine did, it it turned out to be successful. If you need more information on how to perform the above tasks, send us your laptop manufacturer, model and if possible, your serial number, and someone, more than likely me, can send you the relevant text from your laptop's manual. Well, except for the taping part, that one you'll have to manage on your own. LOL. Hope this helps. Scorpio 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
I suspect that it may be a dirty keyboard or a bad connection. I rather doubt that since she's been using the laptop fine for years that suddenly she would be brushing the touchpad. Turn the laptop upside down with it off and gently shake and tap. This might dislodge crumbs or dirt. Try blowing out the keyboard with compressed air. If you know someone who is good with computer repair, have them disassemble and check the seating of the keyboard ribbon cable. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424402,00.asp Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. Steve Lansing, MI - Original Message - From: Sherri To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Well, I'll struggle along, because the external keyboard does just fine. Thanks though. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Joeylamperis joeylampe...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) You might want to get a new unit, meaning, laptop running windows seven professional because I think it is a laptopif the laptop keyboard isn't working I think it's a laptop keyboard Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Sherri flmom2...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
[JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Mike, thanks for your suggestion, but I relaly don't think that's the problem. I just have no idea. It was working fine. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Mike B. mb69ma...@charter.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Hi Sherri, Do you have the touch-pad turned on with the laptop keyboard? If so, you're probably barely brushing it it's causing Jaws to lose focus. Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Sherri To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 1:34 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
You might want to get a new unit, meaning, laptop running windows seven professional because I think it is a laptopif the laptop keyboard isn't working I think it's a laptop keyboard Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Sherri flmom2...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Hi Sherri, Do you have the touch-pad turned on with the laptop keyboard? If so, you're probably barely brushing it it's causing Jaws to lose focus. Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Sherri To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 1:34 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Hi Sherri, It's most likely the touch pad located just below your keyboard. You have to turn the touch pad sensitivity level down, so it's not picking up your palm movements and the like. Alternatively, you can turn the touch pad completely off, but if sighted users use the laptop also, this may present a problem for them when they go to use the computer, though some laptops have a hotkey to turn the touch pad on and off. Alternatively, you can tape a piece of paper over the touch pad, so that your hand isn't making contact with the pad itself. This is what a friend of mine did, it it turned out to be successful. If you need more information on how to perform the above tasks, send us your laptop manufacturer, model and if possible, your serial number, and someone, more than likely me, can send you the relevant text from your laptop's manual. Well, except for the taping part, that one you'll have to manage on your own. LOL. Hope this helps. Scorpio For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Hi Sherri, Does your laptop have a TouchPad below the spacebar? Sometimes they get bumped while using the keyboard on the laptop, and cause problems. If you use an external keyboard, you would not experience the problems because your hands would not be near the TouchPad. Just a thought. HTH, Rick Justice Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! - Original Message - From: Sherri flmom2...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 4:34 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
I have had this laptop for years ande have never had this problem. What I haven't tried is turning Jaws off with a sighted person to see if it still does not function correctly. I can't even access the desktop. It's very strange. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Scorpio Forever scorpio...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) Hi Sherri, It's most likely the touch pad located just below your keyboard. You have to turn the touch pad sensitivity level down, so it's not picking up your palm movements and the like. Alternatively, you can turn the touch pad completely off, but if sighted users use the laptop also, this may present a problem for them when they go to use the computer, though some laptops have a hotkey to turn the touch pad on and off. Alternatively, you can tape a piece of paper over the touch pad, so that your hand isn't making contact with the pad itself. This is what a friend of mine did, it it turned out to be successful. If you need more information on how to perform the above tasks, send us your laptop manufacturer, model and if possible, your serial number, and someone, more than likely me, can send you the relevant text from your laptop's manual. Well, except for the taping part, that one you'll have to manage on your own. LOL. Hope this helps. Scorpio 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
There might also be a touch bar above the function keys affecting things. I have one of those on my Toshiba. Sunny Day Maria Campbell luc...@ct.metrocast.net Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Blaise Pascal On 3/30/2015 6:19 PM, Scorpio Forever wrote: Hi Sherri, It's most likely the touch pad located just below your keyboard. You have to turn the touch pad sensitivity level down, so it's not picking up your palm movements and the like. Alternatively, you can turn the touch pad completely off, but if sighted users use the laptop also, this may present a problem for them when they go to use the computer, though some laptops have a hotkey to turn the touch pad on and off. Alternatively, you can tape a piece of paper over the touch pad, so that your hand isn't making contact with the pad itself. This is what a friend of mine did, it it turned out to be successful. If you need more information on how to perform the above tasks, send us your laptop manufacturer, model and if possible, your serial number, and someone, more than likely me, can send you the relevant text from your laptop's manual. Well, except for the taping part, that one you'll have to manage on your own. LOL. Hope this helps. Scorpio 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited)
Well, I'll struggle along, because the external keyboard does just fine. Thanks though. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. - Original Message - From: Joeylamperis joeylampe...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Is it my laptop keyboard or Jaws? (edited) You might want to get a new unit, meaning, laptop running windows seven professional because I think it is a laptopif the laptop keyboard isn't working I think it's a laptop keyboard Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Sherri flmom2...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the errors in the last message. Here it is again corrected. I have a laptop. I am running Windows XP. When I use my external keyboard, all is well, but when I try to type anything with the laptop keyboard, it doesn't seem to focus. I can't read things clearly. When I try to go to the desktop, it doesn't work correctly. It's as if Jaws isn't allowing focus to be where it should be. However, the external keyboard works fine. Any suggestions? thanks. Sherri Brun NFBF Newsline Chair flmom2...@gmail.com Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying attention. 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/
