How to permanently turn off the Top and Bottom Edge Alert
Product Name: JAWS How to permanently turn off the Top and Bottom Edge Alert Problem: When you are in a list view or in an application, your computer plays a sound when you reach the top or bottom of the list view or document. For example, in Notepad, if the cursor is positioned at the top of the file and you press the UP ARROW key, your computer plays a sound to notify you that you are at the top of the file and cannot move up any further. In the JAWS Verbosity settings, there is a setting for Top and Bottom Edge Alert, which is on by default. You can turn this setting off, and you will no longer hear the sounds to notify you if you are already at the top or bottom of the file or list view. However, there are some other areas of Windows where you will still hear the Top and Bottom Edge alerts. These alerts may be undesired or interfere with activities such as recording. If you want to disable all top and bottom edge alerts, it can be done by modifying the Default.jcf file. Solution: To permanently turn off Top and Bottom Edge Alerts, do the following: list of 8 items 1. Open the Start menu and choose Programs or All Programs, JAWS 7.10, Explore JAWS, Explore Shared Settings. 2. Locate the Default.jcf file 3. Press the RIGHT CONTEXT MENU key, navigate to the Open With choice, and select Notepad. 4. Press CTRL+F to open the Find dialog, type "TopAndBottom" and then press ENTER. 5. Press ESC to close the Find dialog box. The cursor will be on the line of text that reads "TopAndBottom Edge Alert=1." 6. Delete the value of 1, and replace it with the number 0. The line should now read as "TopAndBottom Edge=0." 7. Save the file and exit Notepad. 8. Restart JAWS for the change to take effect. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind-computing @googlegroups.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "jaws-for-windows @googlegroups.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "jaws-users-list @googlegroups.com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:14 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of the top and boddem of windo message in OE Using Jaws 7.0 Hi all. I asked this question earlier today on some of these lists. I did get a ancer but there is one problem. The problem is that I can't seem to do all of the steps that are listed in the instructions to tern off the top of window and bottom of window and alert thing in jaws. The reason for this is because it is talking about jaws 8.0 and not 7.0 witch is the one that I have. I can't seem to do the following step in the instructions 6. Locate the Default.jcf file. I go and do that 8. Look for the line containing: [options] but I can't find the word. Can some one please help me out? What is happening is that I want to get rid of that stupid ding sound when you get to the top or bottom of a window or in OE. By doing this I am hoping to stop it saying top of window and bottom of window when I am some times arrowing through the messages in OE Jaws will say top of window and bottom of window and then that is it it won't say anything elts there for forcing me to un load jaws and then re load jaws. Some times when this happens and I re load jaws all that jaws will do after this is just make that stupid ding sound and that is it. I find this personally quite annoying. Many thanks for any help that any one can help me with. from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
