John,
I'm not on any tech lists. So feel free to share my message. I wrote the
program to help all screen reader users.
Regards,
Tom
On 11/14/2017 4:53 AM, john schwery via Talk wrote:
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 it’™s not actually hung or >> crashed, which is
the case for me when Internet Explorer throws an >> error. In my case
I̢۪m running Window-Eyes. So I load NVDA to see e >> what̢۪s 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 I̢۪m 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
it̢۪s 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 >>
“Send toâ€Â 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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