Hi Flor; I tried NVDA and I was able to read character by character what Jaws wasn't able to read character by character. Everything seems to be okay when writing. I truly appreciate your input. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florl...@iol.ie> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws keeps repeating Mike, besides JAWS, do you have any other self-voicing apps (Openbook, or some other) that will read character by character, see if this behaviour is duplicated then? One thought is that this might be a video card issue. How about when you're writing, is everything ok then? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara Arcadia" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws keeps repeating > Hello Sir; > > Thank you for your response and confirming what I thought about how > key > repeat works. Here is a better explanation of what is happening. If > I copy > a URL into the address bar and invoke the say line keystroke Jaws will > read > it just fine. If I press the Home key Jaws will keep repeating the > first > letter of the URL. If I press the right arrow, Jaws will keep > repeating > that letter, until I press the right or left arrow and Jaws will keep > repeating whatever letter is highlighted. Pressing the control key > will not > stop Jaws from speaking. The only way to stop Jaws at this point is > pressing the escape key. I can read a URL character by character in > an > email or if I paste it into Notepad just fine. I have went into > manage > applications settings and disabled everything. The problem is still > there > after disabling everything in the manage applications settings > dialogue box. > I hope you or someone has some ideas on how I can correct this issue > because > it is annoying as hell! LOL > Oh, it also does the character repeat in My Documents if I press the > F2 key > to change the name of a folder. Thanks again, take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Flor Lynch" <florl...@iol.ie> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws keeps repeating > > > Hi Mike, > > Just to clear up something. the key repeat feature has nothing to do > with this issue. Key Repeat has to do with when you press and hold > down, say, an arrow key, it continues to move. I wonder if you have > the > keyboard cursor voice active as well as the PC cursor voice? > (Something > I've never delved into.) > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike & Barbara Arcadia" <mb69ma...@charter.net> > To: "Jaws-Users List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 5:06 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws keeps repeating > > >> iHi All; >> >> I am trying to set up a computer I inherited, kind of. Anyway, Jaws >> keeps >> repeating characters when I try to read Character by character. For >> example; If I copy a web address and paste it into the address bar >> then, >> try to read the URL Character by character Jaws will keep repeating >> the >> characters each time that I left or right arrow. It does this when I >> am >> trying to do a couple of other tasks also but, can't think if off the >> top of >> my head at the moment. I have key repeat unchecked in the >> configuration >> manager. I am running XPSP3 Pro & Jaws10 latest on this machine. >> How >> do I >> stop Jaws from repeating characters when reading character by >> character? >> All help will be greatly & graciously appreciated. Thanks much. >> Take >> care. >> Mike >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
