Re: [JAWS-Users] How to get Jaws to stop announcing blank when arrowing down; insert-6 for the settings center

Your problem is that you are focused on helping people and used to dealing with duffers like me. Stop being so skilled and helpful and you won't get caught. Wayne -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Thanks so much! Definitely will give this a try1 BZ! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Subash Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 5:01 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Thanks, Mauricio, and, yes, I agree, it's always good to have backups! Tom Behler -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mauricio Molina Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 8:35 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re:

[JAWS-Users] contact page

I’m trying to send a message to freemake from their email form. if I use the form fields option in jaws I completely miss a text field that is required to fill. when I just arrow down the form the field is what os version do you have and the field is not editable but jaws announces it as

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Hi, Speaking strictly for myself during the most recent two crippling shutdowns this method failed as something in the jfw hang caused me to not be able to impact the cursor by using keyboard commands thus even if I got into the shutdown menu I could not by any means known to man machine or

Re: [JAWS-Users] How to get Jaws to stop announcing blank when arrowing down; insert-6 for the settings center

Aren't we all. At least you didn't fall for that April fool's gimmick. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Ed Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 8:28 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Hi, Gracious me waiting two to three minutes if it crashes multiple times in a day adds up and sure takes a bite out of one's productivity. I do wish someone at VFO could get to the root cause of this please and thank you. Robin -Original Message- From: DGH Sent: Saturday, April

Re: [JAWS-Users] How to get Jaws to stop announcing blank when arrowing down; insert-6 for the settings center

Hi Adrian, Thanks for the info. Dumb me, I was pressing the F6 instead of the number six. I don't know what I was thinking. I must be getting old. LOL Mr. Ed -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Tom, Another way to shut down or restart your computer when JAWS crashes is by pressing Windows Key+X, followed by the letter U. At this point, pressing the letter R will restart the computer and pressing the letter U will shut your computer down. I am not saying it is a better way, just another

Re: [JAWS-Users] How Do I Change My Home Page in Internet Explorer

Thanks, everyone, for all your suggestions. cheers! Michele - Original Message - From: Nancy B. Gibson To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Date: Sunday, 26 March 2017 9:20 am Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How Do I Change My Home Page in Internet Explorer > > > Hi

Re: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

Yeah, & maybe if you go far enough into the future there won't be any more April Fools day! LOL LOL Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! Early to bed, early to rise, keep my iHemorrhoids from being a surprise. - Original Message - From: David Ferrin To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

Contact Jewels Vern because you'll need his time machine to go in to the future. -Original Message- From: Dan Kerstetter Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 3:46 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Hi Brian, to use the touch cursor, hold down the shift key and press the + (plus) key ( PC cursor key) on the numeric. Then left, right, up and down arrows keys to navigate. Use the space key to activate the task you want to perform. Pressing the plus key twice will deactivate the touch cursor.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

I fell for it. The "April foo's" sentence at the end was just brought to my attention. Am I laughing? Just wish I hadn't wasted my time. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017

Re: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

it is just an April Fools joke Daniel On 4/1/17, Adrian Spratt wrote: > JAWS 19 won't come out until next fall, at the earliest. I've been using > IE11 since at least JAWS 16, and possibly before that. You may have some > misinformation. > > -Original Message- >

Re: [JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

JAWS 19 won't come out until next fall, at the earliest. I've been using IE11 since at least JAWS 16, and possibly before that. You may have some misinformation. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dan Kerstetter Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] How to get Jaws to stop announcing blank when arrowing down; insert-6 for the settings center

Insert-6 also opens the settings center in Outlook 2010. Ed, are we referring to the same thing when we say "number row"? This is the row of numbers above the letters. How about insert-2 on the number row, which cycles through speaking by words, characters, etc.? -Original Message-

[JAWS-Users] A new heading in the search results page on book share

A new heading in the book share search results page. Called Discover Other Books After doing a book search for an author, for example: James Rollins. Press Control+home, takes you to the top of the page. Press H, for headings three times, you will land on, Discover Other Books. You will see the

[JAWS-Users] Getting the Latest Version of JAWS for the Latest Version of Windows

Hello all. Can anyone tell me how to get JAWS 19 so I can run Windows 11? Thanks in Advance. Dan April Fools. (smile) For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Good morning folks. I'm Brian Zolo and I'm located in Gahanna, Ohio, feel free to call me BZ, grin! I'm having a issue with windows ten at work with the department of Defense. When I was on windows 7, I use use the jaws cursor to navigate to the list of classifications that come up as part of

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Hi Mr. Ed, The Insert + 6 keystroke works anywhere on my desktop computer no matter what program I'm in, or not in. Running Windows 7 Pro & Office 2010, but I don't run Outlook, I run Outlook Express, but Insert + 6 works in Excel, Power Point, & Word, as well as everywhere else. Take care.

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Jim: I will also try this method, the next time I experience the Jaws crash. Thanks for sharing! Tom Behler -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jim Flusche Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 12:59 PM To:

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Hi Mike, I had a word document open and the insert + 6 on the number row did not work. This key combination did not work in Outlook 2010 either. I had to go to insert + F2 to get to the settings center. The only time the insert + 6 worked was on the desktop. Is that the way it worked on your pc?

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Jaws crashes on me 2 or 3 times a day but I have never needed to do a hard shut down. I can just wait, which may be 2 or 3 minutes and Jaws will start up again. I do notice that Jaws appears in the sys tray more than once after it restarts. Using Jaws 18, Windows 7 and MS Office 2013. I

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Hello David I am sorry that you experience the same but at least the good news is that there is hope for a fix. Regards Fanus From: David Ferrin Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 2:57 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

If nothing else works (and you're on Windows 10), type Windows+x, U, R, which will reboot the system. Robin Frost wrote: > Hi, > Really? Oh this is very interesting thank you I'll surely try it for as I > said getting to the shut down menu other ways though successful I still

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Yes, I know it has worked for me many times. Let me know if it works for you. Good luck. Smiles. Your humble pinhead! Owner of the W-10 and Jaws Yahoo group! Smiles. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Hi, Really? Oh this is very interesting thank you I'll surely try it for as I said getting to the shut down menu other ways though successful I still couldn’t arrow up or down off of shut down to make another selection successfully. I've seen many crashes from which jfw recovers after a 30

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Hi Robin, the next time that happens, instead of doing a hard shut down. Press Control+ALT+Delete, in a few seconds Jaws should speak, up arrow to shut down, press enter, down arrow to the restart, press enter. This is what I have done in the past to avoid a hard shut down. I hope this helps.

[JAWS-Users] Update your Freedom Scientific products before the W-10 creators update

Hi Jaws Users list, remember to check the versions of all your F S products before the Creators update comes out for W-10. Go to the following page on Freedom Scientific's website. http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/Bulletin/1631 Technical Support: Will JAWS, ZoomText,

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing

Hi Tom and all, I can absolutely corroborate tom's experience. It's happened to me twice in the past week using the most recent build of jfw 18 and Windows 10; and when it does none of the usual methods for resurrecting jfw work at all. further even if one can get NVDA or Narrator running

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

The JAWS cursor works on the Windows 10 machine here, except in some of the relatively new Windows 10 applications (e.g., Settings), where I need to use the Touch Cursor instead. I think this is related to how newer applications build their graphical interfaces. You really need to use the touch

Re: [JAWS-Users] Weather Underground Acting Strangely

Today, at 9:30 a.m., I didn't have it either. The question is, how to get to communicate with whoever runs the site, about the problem. Miriam -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Hi, Ah, talking about using newer style apps? JAWS cursor will not work there anymore due to some internal changes made, thus touch cursor is the way to go at this point forward. Cheers, Joseph -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On

[JAWS-Users] Weather Underground Acting Strangely

I turned on my computer this morning at 6:00, and the first thing I did was check the Weather Underground Braille page, and lo and behold, there was the ten day forecast for New York City. Great, I thought. Weather Underground is finally fixed. But I just accessed it again, and this time

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Well Fanus my friend, Microsoft still has a lot of work to do on windows 10 I am sorry to report. In other words your system has nothing wrong with it unless the 4 windows 10 systems we have in this house are all fowled up as well. It is at this time the nature of the beast. I do hope things

[JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor can not read the screen but says blank, blank, blank ...

Hello list Since upgrading to Windows10 The jaws cursor is not able to read the screen. It just says blank, blank ... I must admit that it is a PC which I purchased in 2011, so I don’t know if the on-board display card is too old but I hope that someone has a solution. I tried all the screen

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Hello and welcome to the JAWS Users list. This list has been created for The purpose of discussing all aspects of the JAWS for Windows screen reader Program. So everything that pertains to JAWS is fair game. Such as asking about what software packages work well with JAWS or how to make them work