Your mouse keys do not work as expected? Sorry to hear that. Yet, I am afraid i do not know what exactly you mean. Is it something going on in all applications, or is it only (at least mainly) happening in some particular piece of software.? Are you aware when it all started, and if so, do you have a clue what you did just prior to this behavior taking place?
Reason I am assking, is that it might point us in the direction of picking up a solution for you. In case you have made any updates, played around with some settings, or installed some extra software or apps - it might be a place to start helping you out. Could you explain, please, what it is you expect, and what does not work? It has been a known fact, that the mouse sometimes gets stuck in a position on the screen. Usually this would mean one of the corners. And why this happens might have as many answers as there are questions. Still, whenever something show up in that posistion - like some status message, for instance - WinEyes will read it out to you. That is because the screen reader is doing its job, however strange that might sound. See, the screen reader is such constructed, that it will keep an eye on your screen, and let you know whenever some info shows up, in places that you tell is of special interest. Placing your mouse, is one way of telling the screen reader to watch out for updated info. Now, if your mouse runs over and dig itself a new hole, wherever on your screen, the screen reader will track the mouse, and determine that likely you enjoy to have it chattering everything that the mouse "sniffs" in its stuck position. No, I am not trying to be jokie. This is the real fact. The big issue, and main solution, will be to have the mouse dragged loose from its stubborn place, and tell it to behave like good tiny mice are supposed to. Exactly why your mouse misbehaves, will be the thing we need to guess and play around. Are you on a desktop, or a laptop computer? If on a laptop, could it be that you accidentially are activating the touchpad when operating the computer. Some computers can turn off the touchpad, and if that is the case with yours, you might have ended up turning it back on - meaning that every time you place your hands on the laptop, you are in the risk of swiping the sensors of the pad, and the mouse will run like as if you had let the cat into the room. Solutions then, could be to make sure to deactivate the touchpad, adjust the sensitivity, or whatever features your computer offers you. Or, simply connect a USB mouse, and hide it in the very rear of your desk, that you don't ever get in touch with it. Do you have the habit of once in a while backing up your system? or at least the WinEyes profile folder? If so, probably one quick fix would be to simply copy your backup into the profile folder - thereby rolling your screen reader back to a point of well-behaving. If you do not own a bakup hard drive, there are a few suggestions for regularly being able to back up your screen reader profile, along with other personal files and settings. First of all, the WinEyes folder usually do not get very big. So even a cheap memory card of any size from 1GB and up, will suffice. That is, if your computer has a memory card slot. Otherwise, USB pen drives, again from 1GB and up, will be something to consider. Dig deep in your desk drawer, and see if you have some old hardware that can be put to good use here. And what if you simply don't have either cards or pen drives? Make for yourself a subfolder on your main hard disk. Name it something like: My Backup. Simply copy any stuff from all over your hard disk, that you want to make an extra backup of, into this local space. It might prove helpful, since you don't have to connect and disconnect anything, whenever you want a backup. You could even make a tiny batch file, that sits on your desktop, and whenever being called, would back up files from several locations. Then run it once a week, or every time you think you have made important updates and changes. It will not work for a backup of your complete system, and not for Windows itself. it might not take care of all backup issues. But it will do for things like your screen reader profile and personal files. And if you are not comfortable in writing batch files, I do have a tiny script here, that I developed a number of years ago. It will let you set up a list of files and locations, that can be copied in one go. It is written outside WinEyes, meaning it can be run from anywhere, and with whichever screen reader you prefer. Whoever wants a copy, can contact me off-list, and I'd send it over. Or, you could of course use an Online service for backing up, like OneDrive or Dropbox. Unfortunately, online services are not as private as they want you to believe, so keep that in mind. In case you have a backup media, you might want a backup client, that automatically will keep track of any changes. For one, Casper will be a choice to consider. Good thing about such solution, is that you can back up your whole system. even the Operativ System. Have used it a good deal, and benefitted from it at the latest this last week, when my system got screwed up, and I could simply swap disks, and be up running in no time. OK, long message, and not sure it helped you much. But to be of more assistance, I think we need to know more specifically what is your issue, in its details. David On 2/26/2020 8:23 AM, peter Chin wrote: > es, the Window-Eyes for office still works for Windows 8.1 which I am > using. However, within the last few days it has been behaving > strangely. My mouse keys don't work properly and Window_eyes keeps > reading other parts of the screen, especially the areas where the > mouse is sitting. Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem > will be much appreciated. > -----Original Message----- From: David via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:12 AM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: David > Subject: Re: Can’t Install Free Trial of Window Eyes > > Interesting. I just had a quick look. Going to > > gwmicro.com > > It sure looked like the site is still up. Yet, I did find nowhere to > download anything but some tutorials, and a number of videos. Well, and > then the App Central. Why I still wonder exactly which website the > assumed demo version would have been attempted downloaded from. > > If the user still knows the address where the download was attempted, > either retry the download and see if the file comes out with a more > trusty size, or try search the net for another download. Of course, > someone might have a demo sitting around, Does the Office version even > work any longer? Or is all that lane closed, after the cooperation > discontinued? I did not have any demos here, only my purchased versions. > > David > > On 2/25/2020 12:53 AM, Sky Mundell via Talk wrote: >> Actually the website is still online and it says 2020 AI Squared. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Loy Green via Talk >> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 3:46 PM >> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List >> Cc: Loy Green >> Subject: Re: Can’t Install Free Trial of Window Eyes >> >> That site has not been active for a couple of years since Freedom > Scientific >> purchased ZoomText and Window Eyes. >> Window Eyes is no longer available unless you get it from a former >> user.----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Armando Vias via Talk" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Armando Vias" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 5:19 PM >> Subject: Can’t Install Free Trial of Window Eyes >> >> >>> Hey all. >>> >>> This is my first post. >>> >>> For some reason, I can’t install the Window Eyes Program. It says > that it >>> is 83 bytes. When I try to install it, my computer says that it is >>> corrupted. I am using a 64-bit version of Windows 10. 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