on
the page, none of which are links. It appears to be the WinAmp Library, but
nowhere can I seem to locate the WinAmp Library settings to see if I can
control this behavior. Is there a new version since 5.24 and if so, why
isn't WinAmp checking for it as I've told it to?
--
Walt Smith
This is normal. JAWS is not performing its Say All function when automatic
reading of messages is turned on--that's a separate function. Otherwise,
your Say All appears to be working as advertised.
- Original Message -
From: Harding, Wally [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Hi, Marilyn -
Well, Hailley's statement isn't 100% correct. If you have downloaded
programs on your desktop, when you press the DEL key, you'll actually delete
the entire program, not simply an icon, so you need to be careful. What I do
is perhaps a bit more techie, but it's really the only
Did you reboot your system after you removed the program? Also, how did you
remove it--I hope you used the Add and Remove Programs item in the Control
Panel or the program's own uninstaller because if you just deleted the
program's folder, that not only doesn't work, but it can leave your
Patti -
No, that's the way it should be done. Did you restart your computer after
removing it? If so, I haven't a solitary clue as to why it would continue to
show up.
- Original Message -
From: Patti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 04,
That's a good thought.
- Original Message -
From: Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Deleting from the System tray
YOu migh talso want to try reinstalling the program and then uninstalling it
Patti -
This is truly bizarre. Well, all I can tell you for sure is that the
uninstall routine didn't work at all if the program comes up when you click
on it from the System Tray. I'm entirely out of ideas except to suggest that
you try using the Add and Remove Software selection from the
Okay, here's how to get what I think you want (a list of all the files in
your My Documents folder):
1. Open Start Menu.
2. Press P to open the Programs submenu.
3. Select the Accessories submenu and press RIGHT ARROW.
4. Locate Command Prompt and press ENTER.
5. At the Command Prompt, type cd
Sarah -
If the scripts are in your user files folder, you won't lose them. A repair
only affects the contents of the shared files folder, never the user files
folder. If you're really worried, copy your user files folder to a temporary
folder somewhere on your C-drive.
However, I don't think
Just unload JAWS and restart it or reboot your computer. All that using the
/default flag does is to load JAWS using only the files in the shared files
folder, bypassing anything you've modified. To do the repair, put the 7.0 CD
into your hard drive and allow it to autostart and select repair.
Well, I mentioned checking for new video drivers and, of course, always
check the display settings in the Control Panel. If you're not using 1024 X
768 pixels and 32-bit color (assuming Windows XP), use those settings.
- Original Message -
From: Tim Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Have you reported this to FS?
- Original Message -
From: Leonard Salinas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:31 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws 8 and internet explorer
well, just installed jaws 8 and found that the place markers
Well, you could _try_ 32-bit temporarily to see if that corrects this
specific problem, then set it back. That way, you'd at least know if that's
your issue or not and save any further looking.
- Original Message -
From: Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Max -
1. What you're hearing is the TopAndBottomEdgeAlert sound and there's a way
to turn that off that I can post if enough people say they want to know how
to do it.
2. The spell check problems have been present for years and date back to at
least 6.X, so they aren't new.
3. When I've used
Al -
This is/was Walt, not Rick.
Most spyware and adware programs remove _dangerous_ cookies, but not _all_
cookies. Many cookies store preferences and other site-specific information
that would have to be reset if all cookies were deleted. The spyware and
adware programs know which ones to
The scripts should be installed to:
C:\Documents and Settings\account_name\Application Data\Freedom
Scientific\JAWS\8.0\Settings\ENU
- Original Message -
From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: JawsUsers jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:27 PM
Yes, this is more or less the way it works. RegScrubXP (which I've used for
several years) has a serious focus problem and you _do_ need to keep
pressing ALT+TAB to move away from, then back to the main program window.
The scripts, as far as I've been able to determine, do nothing to overcome
I think this is correct, David. Sit licenses work totally differently, as
best I understand it, from indiviedual licenses, so if you've got a private
license, you can't use it on a machine that's tied into a system that's
running a site license and vice-versa. I've never had any personal
Scott -
Please give the web page address where you're having problems and some of us
can check it and then perhaps be able to give you a better answer.
- Original Message -
From: scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 6:27 AM
Are you using Outlook and composing in Word? If so, use your Word
ToolsOptions settings to control this.
- Original Message -
From: scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:23 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] emails responses
When I
IE 6 is still there and nothing will be affected.
- Original Message -
From: Arianna Calesso [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: I Hate JFW8 and IE7 with a passion
But Walt, if I uninstall IE7, where
If you press TAB while in the links list (INSERT+F7), you eventually come to
a set of radio buttons. By default, sort in link order is selected, but by
arrowing down, you can choose to sort in alphabetical order.
- Original Message -
From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Patti -
Any time you install scripts, they go into your user files folder, which is:
C:\Documents and Settings\user_account_name\Application Data\Freedom
Scientific\JAWS\jaws_version\Settings\ENU
You can easily locate this folder by navigating the tree in the WinZip
dialog that comes up when
Given the choice, I'd rather just be wealthy. g
- Original Message -
From: one foxy lady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:31 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Annoying Word
Thank You Walt your just a wealth of knowledge
FTP Voyager is supported and FTP Explorer hasn't been supported for years.
Voyager is under constant development and enhancement.
- Original Message -
From: David Ferrin
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] FTP
I've never been aware that Dot Net Framework was required for the online
JAWS help to function. I'm almost certain that I never had it installed
until I had to install it in order to update my video drivers last year. I
can't be of any assistance as to helping you figure out why it won't
Lois -
On an XP system, the folder is:
C:\Windows\Temp
Also, clean out:
C:\Documents and Settings\user_account\Local Settings\Temp
frequently. Things in either folder can result in strange behavior of
different applications including JAWS.
- Original Message -
From: Lois
You might want to check with FS first. Inquire if Dot Net Framework is
really required for the online help.
- Original Message -
From: Marilyn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: .net
Lois -
Find the drive in My Computer and open the properties for it using
ALt+ENTER. Then, CTRL+TAB once to the Autoplay tab and make your selection
there.
- Original Message -
From: Lois Butterfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December
It works fine for me yunder JAWS 8.0.
- Original Message -
From: Becky Buckner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] using Flash with JAWS
Hi all.
More and more I'm getting a screen wanting to use
I always use the single item that covers the contents of the To or Cc line
and then use the list address. Why don't you want to use that? I use that
for every list to which I'm subscribed. I would never use the contents of
the Subject line.
- Original Message -
From: David Ingram
And what if someone on another list forwards something from a list where
you're using the content on the Subject line? That's exactly what I want to
avoid, which is why I never use it as a filter trigger. Also, a list owner
(on YahooGroups, anyhow) can remove the list name from the Subject
Did you follow David's instructions while you had WinAmp open and were in
the WinAmp main window? That's where it works.
- Original Message -
From: tammy cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:58 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users]
Like I said, you can't.
- Original Message -
From: Demetry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] RE: The automatic reading out of a web page in Jaws 8
deactiviate?
Hi Walt,
Yes, I can type every the
Good deal, David. That's something that GoogleGroups is going to have to
correct, imo, if they expect to supplant YahooGroups as the major player in
the lists business.
- Original Message -
From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday,
Changing speech to Intermediate did nothing. I still hear those lines that
GoogleGroups inserts. Since I always run with it set to Advanced, anyway, I
figured that changing to Intermediate would make no difference and it
didn't. What synthesizer do you use? I'm using Eloquence. Also, how do
It sounds to me like what you're saying is that you recently installed XP on
your computer and now, JAWS is coming up in demo mode. This is to be
expected, since after installing the new operating system (that is,
Windows), you need to re-authorize JAWS. This has nothing to do with where
John -
There are several places where Classic has to be set. One is in the Control
Panel in the Display settings and the other is in Control panel in the Task
Bar and Start Menu settings on the Start Menu page. Have you changed it in
both places?
- Original Message -
From: JOHN O
Scott -
If I'm understanding your message; and I don't guarantee that I am; this
might be either a corrupted installation or your video drivers. Whenever I
hear about a problem like this, my first suggestion is to track down and
install the latest set of video drivers. If you find a set
Both of those are accessed through the Control Panel. In one case, you
choose Display; in the other, choose Task Bar and Start Menu.
- Original Message -
From: JOHN O CARVALHO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:58 PM
Subject:
Before purchasing RealSpeak from this site, check with FS to find out
whether or not the voices will work with JAWS before investing your money. I
don't know one way or the other whether RealSpeak that's not obtained
through FS will function with JAWS 8.0, so be sure before commiting
Donny -
Exactly when do you receive this message? That is, when the system comes up,
when attempting to open Script Manager, etc? The exact circumstances will be
helpful if we're to assist you.
- Original Message -
From: Donnie Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: JAWS-Users
Hi, Victor -
It might also matter where you make the changes. I was already in Outlook
Express, so I simply changed the verbosity from Advanced to Intermediate
after pressing INSERT+V and when that didn't alter anything, I used the same
approach to change the punctuation setting. However, I
Okay, that's almost certainly your problem. As I've said before, never,
never, never run JAWS Merge. It causes more problems than it saves. What you
should do is copy your .jdf files (using CTRL+C) directly from the 7.0 user
files folder to the 7.10 user files folder and let it go at that.
Mark -
Since all of that discussion seems to have taken place on one mailing list,
have you thought of subscribing to that list at least long enough to ask
your question of the folks who are using the device? Just a thought.
- Original Message -
From: Mark Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's a .wav file, so there's no way it could be used. That is, it's not a
synthesized voice. I'll pass your nice comments on to the guy whose voice it
is, though, since he's a good friend of mine.
- Original Message -
From: Pauline [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Always glad to help. Now, next time, remember to avoid the Merge utility!
g
- Original Message -
From: Donnie Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:17 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Reoccuring Error Message
Hey Walt,
This
Sarah -
Mine doesn't do it, either, but if you don't have the latest sound card
drivers, you can get them from the Creative Labs web site. They even have a
nice automatic tool that checks your system, identifies the card, and
installs the latest drivers.
However, before you go there, check
Well, for one thing, it works okay for many people. The trouble is that
while it may work just fine for you, it may break someone else's files and
as far as I know, they haven't figured out exactly what specific factors
cause the damage. It may be the size of the file; it may be the length of
Donny and anyone else interested in this subject -
What follows is not trivial information and should be read completely before
starting to manually move customized files from an older to a newer JAWS
version. I realize that it's not going to make for the most exciting (and
maybe not even
Steve -
Welcome to the list.
I'd bet a year's salary that you'll not find any existing scripts, since
you're talking about a specific model of a specific computer brand with
specific versions of these utilities. This is going to limit your
options--either learn scripting, yourself, so you
David -
Why? It's not that I'm questioning your intent here, but there are
implications to doing this of which you may not be aware and there are ways
to accomplish this using Configuration Manager if we just know the exact
situation and background.
- Original Message -
From:
Marsha -
Since the information you have came from Zoomtext, why not contact them? Are
you running Zoomtext when this takes place? I have an ATI card in my Dell
system and that driver (DCMD0C0.dll) is not on my system. There must be more
to the message than simply that driver name--are you
It doesn't matter. While those scripts are included, they don't work and
never have. You _can_ (as FS already has) assign keystrokes to change the
speech _rate_ and _pitch_, but you cannot change the volume on the fly. If
you assign keystrokes to the Increase and Decrease Volume scripts, you
No, they adjust the rate.
- Original Message -
From: Robert S. Batchelor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Keyboard Manager Question
Donnie or Scooter- whatever name you are using today g when
Demetry -
One is the full version and one is the demonstration version. To run the
full version, a user must be able to authorize the program; that is, they
must be entitled to run it. The demo version is for anyone to use, but it
times out after 40 minutes and is intended to just give an
=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466displaylang=en
Note that Microsoft requires system validation before you can download most
items. If your system has never been validated, you may have to first
install the validation software.
--
Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL
[EMAIL PROTECTED
Do you really mean that you have to open Windows Explorer? You said FTP
Explorer.
If so, when you have the program selected in Windows Explorer, press ALT+F;
then press the letter n; then arrow to Desktop (create shortcut) and press
ENTER. This will place a shortcut on the desktop to that
Not necessarily an important link, but a link where the text simply includes
a bullet. In HTML, you can create two types of standard lists--ordered lists
and unordered lists. An ordered list has the items numbered (1. 2. 3. etc.)
and is intended to be used whenever there's a process that must
Which is why I said that it's unfortunate that HTML doesn't have a list
format that doesn't use them. As an old author of user documentation, I find
it especially objectionable on web pages to not have what we used to call
simple lists; that is, lists with no highlighting or emphasis on the
Nothing. You'd see something like the following:
Here is a list:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
Note that the three items are indented in the above example.
When I worked at IBM and wrote manuals there, we used a fairly nice document
composer that used tags very much like
I've never heard of this program and can just about guarantee you that there
are no such scripts.
You can search for JAWS scripts by doing a Google search. Enclose the
program name inside quotation marks and then also add the two words JAWS and
script to the search string. For example, for
Absolutely not and people misuse the definition list all the time. The
purpose of the definition list is just that--to provide definitions in a
glossary. The tags in the definition list are dd:, which is the data
definition tag; and the dl: tag, which is the list item, itself. What you
will
Having never installed an item to the OE toolbar, I'm not sure what you're
experiencing. Can you give an example? If you remember, we had that
discussion here a month or two back about that spam filtering program you
were using and I mentioned that it would not respect the same item, so I'm
Sarah -\
Do you mean the Toolbar or the Status Bar? I don't know how you're seeing
the number of read and unread messages on the Toolbar.
On the assumption that you meant the Status Bar (announced with
INSERT+PgDn), I think this is working as designed. If you change it for a
mail folder that
application, I can't believe
that it can possibly be a JAWS issue at all.
--
Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
Visit the JAWS Users List home page at:
http://www.jaws-users.com
Address for the list archives:
http://www.mail
Or the end of _any_ message from the list, for that matter.
- Original Message -
From: Denny Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:45 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: updates to the web page
If you will look at the end of this
Confirmed here.
- Original Message -
From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: JAWS Internet Radio
Donnie, just hit enter on the link and it will come up in a few seconds. I
just
This almost certainly has to do with what program is on top. I second the
suggestion to minimize some of those applications. This is just something
that's inherent in Windows--sometimes, things cover up other things.
- Original Message -
From: The SHINING-STAR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Just remember that while Adobe Reader does have accessibility _settings_,
the screen access technology companies still have to make their individual
programs work with it.
The problem with using Acrobat Reader 8 with JAWS 6.2 may be that JAWS 6.2
wasn't around at the time of; and, hence,
Donny -
You wouldn't use the Applications Key to do this, you would use ALT+F. Then,
navigate to the Send To item, press RIGHT ARROW, and select Desktop.
- Original Message -
From: Donnie Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007
Have you heard an announcement from FS? When you do, that's when an update
will be available. If anybody on this list knew, they couldn't tell you,
anyway.
- Original Message -
From: Corey Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 7:17
Rich -
1. Open the submenu you want to sort. I'm pretty sure that you have to do
this on a submenu-by-submenu basis.
2. Press the Applications key. Press UP ARROW twice until you hear Sort by
Name. Press ENTER.
There is a registry hack that will sort _all_ of your Favorites and submenus
at
I haven't seen this at all, so can't really be of much help. Is there any
possibility that just at the point where you press CTRL+R, some new mail is
coming in and being scanned by your anti virus program? This can and does
interrupt JAWS.
- Original Message -
From: John Justice
You'd have to uninstall JAWS 7.10, including all shared components, then
install 7.0. You should _never_ install an older version after installing a
newer one unless you do this.
- Original Message -
From: Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday,
While this is more or less a moot point now, since you've removed the game,
here's something to remember in the future.
You went about silencing JAWS in the wrong way to begin with. What you
really _should_ have done was to load the game, then open the Configuration
Manager. JAWS would have
Ken -
What sound card do you have? There's a known issue with some earlier models
of the Audigy card from Creative Labs and there's a technical notice at:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.cfm?QC=277
that you should read.
- Original Message -
From: kenh1114
More than enough running in the System Tray? What does this mean? It makes
no difference how many items are running there. For that matter, you can set
Autosizer (like a lot of other programs) to _not_ display a System Tray icon
if you don't want one.
- Original Message -
From:
I got exactly the same behavior here, Doug. This is with JAWS 8.0 and IE 7.
- Original Message -
From: Doug Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: A really nasty website???
I tried what you
As I pointed out to David off-list (and, with his encouragement, I repost
here), this is actually backwards. While it very well may (quite likely
will) work 99.9% of the time, good scripting practice says that you should
always place a function ahead of the first place in the .jss file where
Patti -
Use My Computer to locate your hard drive. Press ENTER to open Windows
Explorer to show all the files and folders. Then, just follow the path
that's in the error message by continuing to open folders and subfolders.
- Original Message -
From: Patti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
What do you mean by desktop button? I'm not at all clear what you're
referring to here.
- Original Message -
From: Carliss Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:55 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Desktop button always on the
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
- Original Message -
From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Adobe 8 Download
Could someone post the link to download adobe
Not in native Windows. There are programs that purport to read what's on the
clipboard, but those that I've checked out have been something less than
great. Search on Google for clipboard viewer without the quotes.
- Original Message -
From: Carla Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws
Are you using the voices as shipped by FS and using them with JAWS in the
SayAll function or are you using them in some other way? This may make a
difference.
- Original Message -
From: Donnie Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: JAWS-Users jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday,
Use the Delete key, do not use SHIFT+DEL, which is what you are using now.
- Original Message -
From: Susan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:53 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: a Deleting question
On more than half my emails,
If you're saying that all you pressed was the Delete key and you got that
message, you either need to reboot your computer or think about getting a
new keyboard, since the operating system thinks that the SHIFT key is being
pressed and if you're not pressing it deliberately, something else is
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