Re: [JAWS-Users] browsers

2017-05-15 Thread LeDon
Tim. I am also an old computer user. By that I don't mean that I use an old computer, although that is also true. But I mean, that I am an old blind man who finds new things daunting. I only know how to use IE as my browser. I do not do very many things with it except go to web sites and read

[JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
Hi. I want to look at settings in Chrome. However, when I press enter on "Settings" in the Chrome menu, all I get is a window with the word "settings" in it. Nothing works: enter, right-click, applications key, alt. It stays static. When I ask JAWS what kind of window it is, I get the following

[JAWS-Users] Introduce Sao Mai AccessTech Issue with contents translated intp English

2017-05-15 Thread Dang Manh Cuong
To all listers I'm Cuong, and I work in Sao Mai Vocational and assistive technology for the blind in Vietnam I'd like to introduce the Sao Mai accessTech Magazine to all of you because we've released the first issue with contents translated into English. People who care about this, please

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Flor Lynch
Press SPACE to activate. Do the TAB (and SHIFT+TAB key(s) not move through the Settings Page(s) for you? A 'tab control' is activated when you press SPACE, i.e., Settings, 2 of 3, the other tab controls - or pages - being Extension and About. . -Original Message- From: Adrian

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Mike B.
Hi Adrian, Below are some notes I made back when I was running Chrome regularly. Read all the way through. From: Ann Byrne via Jfw Would it help to turn off the quick keys with insert-z? I needed to get to a dialog today and that was the trick. Also someone else suggested shift-enter

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
Thanks, Flor. Space was the one control I hadn't tried. Curiously, it worked the first time just now, but when I reopened Settings, it didn't, not until I pressed insert-z to turn off the virtual cursor. Okay, so now I can't figure out how to set a homepage. I've found the controls in

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Mike B.
Hi Adrian, See if the note below will help, & there's also a Dropbox download link for a couple of Chrome tutorials. Hi, Chrome is great when you get used to it. I have a tutorial I did on Chrome if you want it. To set chrome to open on a certain home page, press alt and the Google menu will

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
Thanks, Mike. A useful suggestion, but I'm still stuck with the Chrome sales page as my homepage. I hope someone can advise me how to set a different homepage. For people's convenience, you explain how to navigate Chrome settings without needing to turn off the virtual cursor. In JAWS

[JAWS-Users] winamp jaws scripts for making it crossfade in or out two plaing audio files

2017-05-15 Thread Betty R. Moruthanyana
Evening guys I am marisane from SA I am using winamp for playing music. I need to know if anyone of you knows how to crossfade audio files in winamp. How is that done? Any scripts for winamp to do that? your help is appreciate in advance. With respect Marisane For answers to frequently

Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray

2017-05-15 Thread TheHangMan
David, Try the windows B and play with the option with your up/down arrow and open the notification button The notes that were posted earlier looked ok... Jorge -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List

Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray

2017-05-15 Thread TheHangMan
Maria, I guess you are running the Creator, if it was the Anniversary it would say, pc status windows defender periodic scanning ON. Jorge -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Maria

Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem With Winamp

2017-05-15 Thread Scorpio
When on the Winamp main window, control+tab to the equalizer pane, then press the letter N for Nancy. This will turn audio enhancement to on. The sound should increase then. If you control+tab and don't seem to land on the equalizer, then Winamp is not set to display the equalizer pane, so

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Lenny McHugh
Thanks, I shall check it out -Original Message- From: John Fitzgerald Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:52 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings It you want an optional search engine that doesn't track you try startpage.com, it uses google to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray

2017-05-15 Thread David Moore
Hi Jorge! I will play around with this! Have a great one. David Moore Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: TheHangMan Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 1:29 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray David, Try the windows B and play with the option

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread John Fitzgerald
It you want an optional search engine that doesn't track you try startpage.com, it uses google to search but doesn't give them your info to track. John Fitzgerald Muse, Oklahoma Article V Convention of States http://www.cosaction.com/?recruiter_id=1022484 -Original Message- From:

Re: [JAWS-Users] browsers

2017-05-15 Thread Subash
Thanks. Silly me, I was looking under favorites. :D -Original Message- From: Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2017 10:24 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] browsers File Menu, Import and Export... -Original Message- From: Subash Sent: Monday,

[JAWS-Users] can't find favorites after importing

2017-05-15 Thread Judy
Hi, I went to the alt menu key and arrowed down to "settings." I opened that and arrowed through things and there was a button that said "import boo,marks and settings" and I opened that. Then there was a list of things you could import i.e. favorites, browsing history and a few others and you

Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray

2017-05-15 Thread David Moore
Hi George! I see no actions needed, but I did not think that had anything to do with Defender. I did not know what that meant. If that is what Defender says in the creators update, than I am fine. I did not know that was what Defender says in Creators update. Thanks a lot. David Moore Sent from

Re: [JAWS-Users] can't find favorites after importing

2017-05-15 Thread Mike B.
Hi Judy, See if the notes below will help: From: David Moore Hi, To save a website, just press ctrl + D. Now, to read through your book marks (favorites) Press the alt key and down arrow once and press the letter B. Press the right arrow to open that sub menu and then up and down arrow through

Re: [JAWS-Users] can't find favorites after importing

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
The problem with Chrome bookmarks is that you can't navigate with first letters. Fortunately, when you import IE favorites, you can use first-letter navigation so long as you first navigate over to the imported IE favorites. Still, it's an inconvenient extra step. -Original Message-

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Lenny McHugh
I am using the latest jaws 18. When I land on the settings I just enter. I can then just down arrow through the selections. With a little hope and poke I have been able to create 2 web pages that load at startup. My local weather page and the 2nd tab is my local newspaper. Now where I am having

Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem With Winamp

2017-05-15 Thread DGH
Try doing an alt control / to set the volume to 100%. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Lynn White Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 10:06 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Problem With Winamp I have

Re: [JAWS-Users] Windows defender on system tray

2017-05-15 Thread Maria Campbell
I did all that and I see it on the system tray but it says no action needed rather than pc protected. Better anyway. Thanks. lucky1i...@gmail.com Faithfulness does not begin with large tasks-if it is not present in small things, it does not exist at all. On 5/14/2017 10:03 PM, inamuddin

[JAWS-Users] avast no longer issue

2017-05-15 Thread Holger Fiallo
So I call last Thursday to microsoft support and the lady who was suppose to help me, endup making putting my PC in save mode. So when she restart it my speech did not work. So I got a good guy who works with computers to check it out and he needed to uncheck safe mode. Also he was able to

Re: [JAWS-Users] can't find favorites after importing

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
Judy, here are notes I made to myself the first time I tried out Chrome. If they're unclear, let me know and I'll try to clarify. Note that Chrome calls "bookmarks" what IE calls "favorites." Arrow down through the main bookmarks menu to "Imported from IE." At that point, right arrow twice to

Re: [JAWS-Users] to LeDon, finding Chrome

2017-05-15 Thread Maria Campbell
Thanks for these tutorials, Mike. lucky1i...@gmail.com Faithfulness does not begin with large tasks-if it is not present in small things, it does not exist at all. On 5/15/2017 6:41 PM, Mike B. wrote: It's still good! LOL Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! - Original

[JAWS-Users] jaws questions

2017-05-15 Thread Mike Bernard
Hi fellow jaws users: Could someone tell me how to adjust jaws speech parameters on the fly? I'd like to be able to adjust the pitch, rate, Volume, Etc. without having to go into the menus all the time. Also, is there a way to choose which soundcard jaws speaks through? Thanks. Mike

[JAWS-Users] to LeDon, finding Chrome

2017-05-15 Thread Judy
LeDon, I feel your pain. I have used IE all the time I have used a computer as well, but now that here and there I'm finding websites that don't support it, I am forced to put more than one browser in my repertoire. If you use Google as a search engine, at the bottom of the page there is a

Re: [JAWS-Users] to LeDon, finding Chrome

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
Judy and LeDon, Mike B earlier posted a Dropbox link to a zip folder containing two tutorials on Chrome. One is by David Moore, which I listened to some time ago when I first experimented with Chrome, and it's a useful introduction. As with any tutorial, it does leave open some questions, but

Re: [JAWS-Users] Chrome settings

2017-05-15 Thread Adrian Spratt
The answer for me turned out to be to check all three initial radio buttons. Also, there was no edit field. So I opened my choice of homepage, google.com, before going to settings. All those steps have made Google.com my homepage. Thanks, Mike. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List

Re: [JAWS-Users] to LeDon, finding Chrome

2017-05-15 Thread Mike B.
It's still good! LOL Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! - Original Message - From: Adrian Spratt To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] to LeDon, finding Chrome Judy and LeDon, Mike B earlier posted a Dropbox

Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem With Winamp

2017-05-15 Thread Maria Campbell
Each application has the volume showing in the volume mixer, so make sure the program volume is where it should be. lucky1i...@gmail.com Faithfulness does not begin with large tasks-if it is not present in small things, it does not exist at all. On 5/15/2017 11:06 AM, Lynn White wrote: I

[JAWS-Users] Problem With Winamp

2017-05-15 Thread Lynn White
I have a friend who is finding that the volume in Winamp is very low. The upper arrow control to increase volume doesn't do the trick. She has looked at her sound volume and it is where it should be. Any ideas? Thanks. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus