sounds like there's no sound selected for that item, default beep.
1, control panel; so type the word control from the start menu, or, the search edit, 2, once you enter on the control app, s=sounds, 3, now enter on sounds, ctrl+tab until you hear; sounds tab, 4, tab to the tree-view, 5, arrow down or, press the letter d=default beep, 6, now use the tab key until you hear; sounds combo box, it's probably set to none, press the letter w=windows background.wav now you can tabto apply, enter, again tab to ok press enter, now test letter navigation on the desktop. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of anna vimini Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 5:12 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] sounds Hi all, In windows 8.0 when I hit a wrong key when selecting an icon on the desk top it use to make a ding sound to let me know that their was no icon on the desk top with that letter and all of a sudden when I upgraded to windows 8.1 it is not doing that anymore. could someone on the list tell me how to fix this problem? I am using windows 8.1 and jaws 15 latest thanks in advance 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/