hmmm, I was working on a laptop for a friend, and going out of sleep mode was a mess, the screen was black to the person and WE would usually work, but you had to fool with it, maybe hit control and tab or shift tab to get the cursor into the password field or sometimes you would have to reboot. Without WE running, it worked all the time. The screen came up to the person with eyeballs and they were able to type the password. This was a Lenovo, and they have some strange drivers.
Chip Orange via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Just FYI, I myself and many many others use sleep mode all the time in > Windows 7 and 8, without any particular problems. > > If you are having problems when you do this, in my opinion it's very likely > to be caused by a driver which doesn't support stopping and restarting its > device properly (I once had such a driver with this problem; whenever I > stopped the device with power saving options or with sleep, it never would > restart). > > You can work around it by never going into sleep or hibernate modes, and > turning off any power saving options, but I think you'd be better off trying > to update all of your device drivers. This likely means going to each > manufactuers site and doing some research. > > Or, if you spend a little money, I know there are programs you can purchase > which tell you if any of your device drivers are out of date, and where to > find the updated versions. > > As something of a middle ground, you could go into device manager and > disable devices you are not using (a bluetooth card, a built-in video or > sound card if you're using an external one, etc.). > > Since it's related to speech (I haven't seen all your emails on this > subject, so bear with me), if your pc continues to function without speech, > then I'd certainly look at the sound card and the video card as number one > and two suspects. Especially if it recovers from sleep, and everything > works except sound (and if a sighted person confirms the video is still > displaying properly). > > If you are using an external synthesizer, sound card, or braille device, > then perhaps it's a USB related driver. > > Good luck, > > Chip > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Rick Thomas via Talk > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 6:56 AM > To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' > Subject: Rod: Sleep Mode Situation > > Hi Rod: > First I have to figure out what to turn off and how: > here is the first article i read on the related subject: > It was for Windows 7 but gives a good overview of 3 states that may need to > be addressed I guess: > I think, I run a Desktop machine, I may have to turn off Hybrid sleep from > the below and I am running windows 8.1 so will do some more homework - more > time spent trying to keep WindowEyes working properly, sigh and I don't even > get a six pack. > Which did you turn off on your machine and was it a desktop or laptop? > BeginShortArticle: > What's the difference between sleep, hibernate, and hybrid sleep? > Sleep > is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power > operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working > again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD > player-the computer immediately stops what it's doing and is ready to start > again when you want to resume working. > Hibernation > is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts > your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, > hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and > then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, > hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation > when you know that you won't use your laptop for an extended period and > won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time. > Hybrid sleep > is designed primarily for desktop computers. Hybrid sleep is a combination > of sleep and hibernate-it puts any open documents and programs in memory and > on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state so > that you can quickly resume your work. That way, if a power failure occurs, > Windows can restore your work from your hard disk. When hybrid sleep is > turned on, putting your computer into sleep automatically puts your computer > into hybrid sleep. > EndShortArticle > Rick USA > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/chip.orange%40 > gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.covici.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > -- Your life is like a penny. 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