I have both Window-eyes and NVDA on my system.
When Window-eyes goes silent, I start NVDA.
Often, starting NVDA makes Window-eyes begin to
speak again. No idea whatsoever about what causes
this behavior. I hope it serves as a clue to the
Window-eyes developers though when they go toward
solving this problem of Window-eyes going silent without warning.
Elizabeth
At 09:50 AM 1/29/2016, you wrote:
Yes, Iâve been experiencing having to relaunch
Window-eyes again and again because it suddenly
goes quiet on me and I donât know whatâs
going on. I donât think window-eyes is ready
for windows 10. Simon > On 29 Jan 2016, at
11:39, Brandon Miller via Talk
<[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm
using Windows 10 home, version 1511, OS build
10586.71. I'm also using Window-eyes 9.3.1. I am
currently doing my best to contend with
annoyances such as: > 1. When I press alt+F4 to
close apps, Wineyes frequently says nothing at
all. If I want to confirm that anything has
taken place at all, I often have to press the
Wineyes read title bar command, Ctrl+shift+T. >
2. I'm a Microsoft certified systems engineer,
so I frequently go in and delete a whole batch
of files from places like the temp, %temp%, and
prefetch folders to not only free up disk space,
but to also maintain high overall system
stability and responsiveness. Often times in
Windows 10 however, just as above I am almost
always greeted by nothing except total silence
from Wineyes about halfway through this
seemingly simple operation. Because of my
educational background, and the level of
familiarity that I have regarding
internal/background Windows processes, services
and structures, I've been able to deduce that as
a blind person using Window-eyes, you've usually
got to alt+tab around to find the screen where
you have to use the Wineyes mouse reading
commands to click on the "Continue with
automatic administrator rights" button, and in
the same screen I also have to use the Wineyes
mouse reading keys since I tend to put a check
in the checkbox that says, "Do this for all
items". > 3. If you access the start button and
select settings, although the screens within are
mostly accessible, the mouse reading commands
can get tripped up and are read out by Wineyes
in either a nonsensical, or undesirable way. To
experience for yourself what I'm talking about,
do the following: > A. Access the start menu. >
B. Press up arrow until you get to settings.
Press enter on settings. > C. Press right arrow
once to move the cursor, and subsequently the
focus to, the devices category and press
enter. > D. At this point, the category that
should be automatically selected for you by
default will more than likely be printers and
scanners. That's fine. > E. Now press tab four
times, and you should arrive at some kind of
checkbox regarding metered internet
connections. > Wineyes doesn't read that
checkbox properly when tabbing through the
screen, and I can't get the mouse reading keys
to get to that checkbox either! I am able to get
the Wineyes mouse reading keys to let me access
the first checkbox of this screen, so I know
that it for example says, "Let Windows manage my
default printer". The second checkbox on this
screen however, is not reading properly at
all. > 4. Last but not least, Window-eyes is
giving me all kinds of problems when trying to
do something as simple as write an email with
Thunderbird! I'll be in the middle of composing
a simple, old fashioned, plane text email, when
suddenly and without any kind of warning,
Window-eyes'll just start announcing my title
bar as untitled, and not read anything in either
the subject, or body fields of the message. I
ensure that the window is maximized, makes no
difference. I press Ctrl+alt+W to relaunch
Window-eyes, which sometimes does, and sometimes
doesn't make any difference. I've tried
uninstalling the TB Enhance app, thinking that
it might not have exactly kept pace with
Mozilla's Thunderbird development team, but
doing so also unfortunately made no discernible
difference. I've had to re-launch Window-eyes
literally no less than four times while
composing this message alone! > What's up with
all these little annoying problems I'm
experiencing with regard to Windows 10 and
Window-eyes 9.3.1? Is anybody else contending
with stuff like this? > > P.S What the H e
double hockysticks! Now the Read To Me app isn't
working in Thunderbird either! Before you ask,
yes, I guarantee you I've set it up correctly, I
would know since I've used it successfully
before on this PC in both Firefox 43, and
Internet Explorer 11. Right now though,
Ctrl+shift+r at the top of the message? Nothing.
Ctrl+shift+r in the middle of the message? Nada.
Ctrl+shift+r in the middle of a line in the
middle of the message? Zilch. Zippo. Grrrrr! Ai
Squared, what gives! > > Disclaimer: Be advised;
It is possible that this communication is being
monitored by the National Security Agency or
GCHQ. > I neither condone, or support, any
such policy by any Government authority that
does not comply appropriately as stipulated by
the fourth Amendment of the constitution of the
United States of America. > > Brandon Dean
Miller > >
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