Re: [JAWS-Users] Microphone for using Cortana

Hi! I use Cortana a lot, and I use one of three microphones. I use a USB head set that has a built-in microphone, and Cortana hears me great with that. I have a Blue Tooth Head set with built-in microphone, and Cortana hears that one great as well. Third, I use my built in microphone that came

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

That's because control-l forwards the message. It leaves the To: field empty so you can provide the address to forward to. Control-shift-l replies to the list. It works on this list -- I just used it to send this reply. Jeff On 12/8/2017 4:03 PM, Adam Morris wrote: Hi Mike and all, When I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

you are correct. In the local library it is required that a jaws user makes use of headphones as not to disturb others. I think that they have one user. A few years ago with a grant they purchased jaws and I set it up for them. -Original Message- From: Rick Justice Sent: Friday,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Rick, point taken. Smiles. Scorpio -Original Message- From: Rick Justice Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 9:01 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain Have you stopped to consider that maybe the screen-reader user may be using

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi Adam, When some Thunderbird users use the, control, shift, + R, keystroke they're forgetting to remove any other recipients , & leaving Jaws-Users as the only recipient. That's what's getting them into trouble with the moderators, because if they don't delete other recipients they're all

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

I agree. Sent from my Android phone using Aqua Mail On December 8, 2017 9:01:50 PM "Rick Justice" wrote: > Have you stopped to consider that maybe the screen-reader user may be using > headphones > so the audio may not be heard? > > HTH, > Rick Justice > >

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Have you stopped to consider that maybe the screen-reader user may be using headphones so the audio may not be heard? HTH, Rick Justice "Everything must be learned, but some things just can't be taught!" - Original Message - From: "Scorpio" To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

True to form as always I see. -Original Message- From: Scorpio Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 5:46 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain Isn't this feature kind of redundant when using a screen reader? If the information is

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Now that is kind of interesting to say the least. -Original Message- From: Mike B. Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 2:37 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes Hi David, Yes, that would be my guess as well but Thunderbird also has a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Shift Control L, Adam, goes to the list (look on your top line menu when you have a message open.  Scroll over to messages and you'll see these options. On 12/8/2017 10:03 PM, Adam Morris wrote: Hi Mike and all, When I use ctrl l the to field is blank. I heard I think on the thunderbird

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi Mike and all, When I use ctrl l the to field is blank. I heard I think on the thunderbird forum that there is a bug with ctrl l. When I reply to this message using ctrl r it just goes to Mike. If I use ctrl shift r it goes to Mike and the list. I went to the to field and deleted Mike so

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Isn't this feature kind of redundant when using a screen reader? If the information is being spoken aloud, all it does is make the screen blank. Granted, people would have a hard time getting the information if speech is set to a fast speed, however, if someone really wants your information,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi Jim, Thank you for the correction. I definitely read that table wrong, & Control + L is definitely the correct keystroke for replying to the list. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore

Re: [JAWS-Users] firefox refreshes on some websites a lot how to fix?

I don't know the exact name because there are three Firefox English variants; but in Tools\Options\Advanced there's a checkbox, in the Accessibility group, which reads something like “Warn me when a site tries to redirect or refresh the page.” This is the setting WebVisum changes in the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

I never tested it that way, he or she need to give it a try, reply message only should be enough I think. On 12/8/17, Mike B. wrote: > Hi David, > > Yes, that would be my guess as well but Thunderbird also has a keystroke for > > replying to a list, > Control, Shift, + L > > I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Control R responds to a single user message.  Shift Control R responds to all (the list and the sender in this case) and Control L responds to the list. On 12/8/2017 5:37 PM, Mike B. wrote: Hi David, Yes, that would be my guess as well but Thunderbird also has a keystroke for replying to a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

Well, I have two external drives on this machine, and the first in particular was ported from my old XP machine. I did get a prompt for that drive when I tried to move or delete data. But it was just the standard "continue with administrator rights" prompt, which a mere press of the enter key

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi David, Yes, that would be my guess as well but Thunderbird also has a keystroke for replying to a list, Control, Shift, + L I found this by checking out the URL Hareth posted, http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Thunderbird_5.html Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Making an educated guess I believe it would be the reply command not the reply all command. -Original Message- From: Mike B. Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 1:27 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes Hi Hareth, What keystroke is used

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

I was talking with a friend of mine who said that this is something that has been happening with Windows 10 for some time. Whenever I or anyone would save a file on an external harddrive, it would be saved in read only mode for protection of the document. All of my other documents on the drive

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

Ah. It's starting to sound as though you might have a corrupted disk partition. When did this start happening? As an experiment, to see if something else is causing it, can you go back to a system restore point from before the error started happening? If you can still read data from the drive,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi Hareth, What keystroke is used to reply to a message from a group / list such as this one, so the reply only goes to this list & noone else? I hope I'm making sense. Thank you very much for your help. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a

Re: [JAWS-Users] welcoming a new moderator

Hi Mr. Ed, Running Windows 7 & Jaws 16. We are in Los Angeles county of California, but the fires are about 100 miles from us. Hopefully they'll get them under control now the super tankers are able to drop fire retardent & water on them. Thanks for asking. Take care. Mike. Sent from my

Re: [JAWS-Users] welcoming a new moderator

Hi Mike, Thanks for being a moderator. I am sure you will do a great job. Where are you located at? You are not in those fires out in CA are you? Mr. Ed -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Thursday, December

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

In that case, the best to do is to call microsoft accessibility help desk. they might use extra tools or do a remote support via safe mode. here is there number if you don't have it. 8009365900 TC On 12/8/17, jyandt.mar...@comcast.net wrote: > Thanks. I got a message

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

Thanks. I got a message "Cannot open volume for direct access. This is starting to really irritate me. -Original Message- From: Hareth Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 8:35 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive you

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

you need to type cmd in the run box and hit inter the coming command line box interface has a problim with jaws2018 if you on windows10, its going to say "text area" nothing else but it still works , if you have NVDA it works fine with it. if not still do as above with my instructions, press

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

I noticed something else. After opening the run command (Windows R), and I press enter, there is no place to insert the chkdsk /f H:. Is there supposed to be an edit box for this? -Original Message- From: Hareth Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 7:39 AM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Control r. On 12/8/2017 10:34 AM, Mike B. wrote: Hi All, I would like to find out the reply to message only keystroke for Jaws & Thunderbird for a fellow list member. I have never used Thunderbird, so I'm not sure, & this will help this member not cross post / get their messages moderated

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi mike, its: Ctrl+R Reply to Message (sender only) Ctrl+Shift+R Reply to all in Message you may find this page useful: http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Thunderbird_5.html TC On 12/8/17, Mike B. wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to find out the reply to message only

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

Ok, do as below: copy the next line to notepad: chkdsk /f X: replace the "X" in the line, with the external drive letter, do not delete the colon mark at end of line, make sure no spaces after the colon mark. select and copy the line again open the CMD command again from the run box, with the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Agreed on that point completely. -Original Message- From: Dennis Long Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 8:05 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain Also sensitive info like credit card numbers etc. thus why I want the option.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Also sensitive info like credit card numbers etc. thus why I want the option. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 7:55 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive

I tried your suggestions, putting the information as you have it with the spaces. I got an invalid path. Any other suggestions? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Hareth Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:10 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Good point on that issue. If memory serves it says when you turn it on or off, so I imagine the need for checking it manually is in order. Eric monitors this list so he can do with all of this what he will. -Original Message- From: Dennis Long Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 6:40 AM

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

I listened to the FS cast from what I remember it won't carry across sessions. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Holger Fiallo Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 7:40 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Suggest all check the new FS podcast about it. -Original Message- From: Dennis Long Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 5:40 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain I'm looking at it from the point you think it is on and it isn't

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Keystrokes

Hi All, I would like to find out the reply to message only keystroke for Jaws & Thunderbird for a fellow list member. I have never used Thunderbird, so I'm not sure, & this will help this member not cross post / get their messages moderated wwhenever they reply or post. Would someone please

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

I'm looking at it from the point you think it is on and it isn't again it's an added option that I would like to see. Not saying your point is wrong but we are human we could think it's on and not have it on and have info we don't want people to see on screen. Example a gift for someone

[JAWS-Users] firefox refreshes on some websites a lot how to fix?

Hi, is there a way to make firefox not constantly refresh on some websites? I know there is a setting in jaws to prevent this but I was wondering if there is a better way. Thanks. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hokey for the new shade curtain

Good point, but since it is invoked with a couple key strokes it shouldn't be a large deal. I would imagine if say JAWS would happen to crash so that the system would need to be rebooted then your screen would go back on. Now that is probably worse case event. -Original Message-

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hoykey for the new shade curtain

I agree. I would like to see an option to have it carry across sessions if the computer is rebooted or jaws is restarted have it ask if screen Curtin was on if you want Screen Curtin on. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS Behaving Badly

When ever you move in to a new house you have to learn where all of the plugs go and which circuit they belong. I have been running this list for 12 years and still mess up at times. You'll learn in time grasshopper. -Original Message- From: Mike B. Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hoykey for the new shade curtain

If your lap top already has such a feature then it is kind of redundant. How ever if it does not or you forget the key command then it comes in to play. For example this particular lap top I own might have that feature but I have never been able to find a manual so for me it will be a good

[JAWS-Users] Microphone for using Cortana

I am using W10, jaws2018 and IE 11 browser and could someone that is using cortana tell or suggest a good microphone for starting out with cortana and knows almost nothing about cortana. I will appreciate any info on this or any other info on cortana. Thanks much,? FRED C. ADAMS W4HC THE