Pardon my ignorance here, but what with the color of a scheme have to do with how Jaws reads things?
Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2014, at 4:12 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, would you please look for the scheme? That would be absolutely > phenomenal! > > You can send it to: > > [email protected] > > Thanks a million! > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" > <[email protected]> > To: "'Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 3:47 PM > Subject: RE: Very strange problem with JFW 15 and Outlook Express > > >> Years ago when I had my first copy of Jaws 6 whilst I was working I was >> told that my use of the High Contrast white on Black scheme would cause >> unpredictability and errors in my use of Jaws and that I should use the >> default Windows Colour scheme instead. >> >> As then I had some vision I was unhappy about losing this high contrast. >> >> The response from the Access Company supporting me was to design a custom >> colour scheme which Jaws could work properly with. Essentially this involved >> removing every instance of the black colour and replacing it with dark >> blue. To my eyesight at the time I could not really tell the difference but >> Jaws definitely worked better and spent less time for example reading out >> elements twice. >> >> Whilst they were about it I asked them to remove all the purple elements of >> the scheme and replace it with red which also make the vision slightly >> better for me. >> >> I no longer even turn the monitor on so I no longer bother with all this >> but the custom scheme did help me for a while. >> >> I may have it on a backup drive somewhere if you want me to sendspace it to >> see if it will help. >> >> David Griffith >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark >> Gilland >> Sent: 26 May 2014 20:02 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Very strange problem with JFW 15 and Outlook Express >> >> I have an old computer here running Windows XP Pro. I know, it's not >> getting security updates anymore, nor is supported any longer by Microsoft. >> >> I totally get it. I'm A+ certified, so trust me, I'm totally aware of that. >> >> I can't really upgrade it though as the hardware's too old. That's beside >> the point though. >> >> I have some usable vision. Not enough to read the screen, but I do like >> seeing when certain things pop up on the screen etc. For me however, the >> normal color scheme is terrible. You'll know in a second how this relates >> to O E, so just stick with me on this. I like using the high contrast dark >> scheme. This way, it's basically a high contrast with white windows and >> text, on a dark solid black background. >> >> The problem is, I'm having this really really weird issue where no matter >> what folder I'm in of my Outlook Express, If I up and down arrow through the >> >> list of my mail, or for that mind, hit my jaws key+numpad 8 to read the >> current line, or in this case, to read the currently focussed e-mail, I hear >> >> that the message is unread. It tells me this even after I've opened and >> read the message. I totally get that there is a setting in options of O E >> to specify how long the message must be opened before it turns the flag to >> read, but that isn't the problem here, trust me. When I am set on the >> Windows Standard color scheme, this problem doesn't exist. It's only >> happening with the high contrast dark themes. I've tried it with both of >> them, and both have the issue. This is occurring both when the main O E >> window is maximized, as well as when it's not maximized. I'm not showing my >> >> preview payne, although, just for a test, I did turn it on temporarily, and >> that didn't fix the problem. The other thing that is weird as all get out >> is, if I have no messages in my currently selected folder, yet, I hit jaws >> key+num pad 8, even though no message is selected, as there are none there >> to start with, it still reports unread. Granted, it doesn't read any >> message, but, it still says unread, whereas with just the normal Windows >> standard scheme loaded, it doesn't say anything. Before you all ask, yes. >> Jaws key+tab is producing the exact same results in all above senarios. >> >> I suspect that this has something to do with a custom highlight color which >> jfw uses to detect the flags of read vs. unread, but I'd not know to save my >> >> life where to even begin to confirm this, nor to tweek it. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. If we have any script writers on >> this list who could tell me step by step where to go, and what to change in >> my Outlook Express jss file or where ever to fix this, that would be great! >> I'm not scared to modify script files, as long as you tell me step by step >> exactly down to a T what to do. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Chris. >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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