Tom, rewriting WE would be great. Ha! If you
are on any tech lists such as blindtech or
techtalk, you might want to share this
information there. Or if you aren't on any of
those list, and you want the info share
At 08:33 AM 11/13/2017, you wrote:
Thanks, John. Glad to help. Now if I could only
write the resurrection of Window-Eyes. (smile)
Tom On 11/13/2017 6:08 AM, john schwery via Talk
wrote: > Tom, thanks. Good work. > > At 08:46
PM 11/12/2017, you wrote: >> * About the Screen
Reader Check program * This program is
copyright >> 2017 Tom Kingston  all rights
reserved. Seee the included License.txt >> file
for details. Email: [email protected]
Windows has an >> internal setting that tells it
if a screen reader is running. Our >> screen
readers turn this on when we load them and off
when we close >> them. Windows uses it to make
some changes that help our screen >> readers
work better. It is also available for other
programs to check >> when they launch and make
themselves more accessible as well. The >>
problem comes into play when something goes
wrong with our screen >> reader, such as it
stops talking but itââ¢s not actually hung
or >> crashed, which is the case for me when
Internet Explorer throws an >> error. In my case
Iâm running Window-Eyes. So I load NVDA to
see e >> whatâs going on. Sometimes this
alone reopens ts the flow of speech >> from
Window-Eyes. If not closing the error message
with NVDA always >> brings Window-Eyes back to
life. My understanding is that the same >> thing
happens with JAWS. Next I unload NVDA and
continue on my merry >> way. But closing NVDA
turns off the screen reader setting in
Windows >> even though Iâm still ru running a
screen reader. This is not the fault >> of NVDA
or exclusive to it. Any screen reader will do
the same. This >> is where this program comes
into play. In order to turn the screen >> reader
setting back on we would have to unload our
screen reader and >> reload it. And in order to
do that and insure the best result we would >>
have to close all open programs, close our
screen reader, reload it, >> and then reopen
those programs and do whatever is necessary,
e.g. load >> files, to get back to work. This is
because our screen readers need to >> see some
programs load in order to configure themselves
to work >> correctly with those programs. The
Screen Reader Check program allows >> you to
reset the screen reader setting without having
to close and >> reopen your programs and screen
reader. You can run this program and >> it will
first check to see if the screen reader setting
is on or off. >> If itâs on the program will
simply notnotify you of this and close when >>
you press the Ok button. If not it will attempt
to turn the screen >> reader setting back on and
then broadcast a system message to tell all >>
open windows that a screen reader is running. It
will then notify you >> that this was done and
close when you press the Ok button. The >>
ScreenReaderCheck.zip file will extract a
ScreenReaderCheck folder. >> That folder
includes License.txt, ReadMe.txt (this file),
and SRC.exe. >> Simply unzip it into a folder of
your choice. You may then wish to >> place
SRC.exe in a more convenient place for quicker
access. I gave >> the program a short name to
make it easy to run from the run dialog. >> Just
press Windows+R and enter drive:\path\src.exe.
for example, if >> you place it in the root of
your C-drive you would just enter >> C:\SRC.exe.
You may also wish to open the context menu
(Application >> key or Shift+F10) on SRC.exe in
the folder you extracted it to and use >>
âSend toâ to send a shortcut to your
desktopktop. Within the >> properties of that
shortcut file, accessed through the context menu
or >> Alt-Enter, you can assign a shortcut hot
key to it. If you have any >> comments or
inquiries please email me at
[email protected] >> Below is a link to
the ScreenReaderCheck.zip file. After
downloading >> the file select it, open the
context menu, P Properties, tab to the >>
Unblock check box and check it. This will
prevent you from having to >> go through the
Windows security dialog in order to run
SRC.exe. >>
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugpweuw5igmmg8q/ScreenReaderCheck.zip?dl=1
>> Hope it's helpful. Tom
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