Contact Eric Damery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He might be able to clear your
problem up quickly. I have noted, however, that JFW can act quirky in
various ways, depending of the specific system, O/S and configuration.
>From: "Sahar Husseini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: jfw misbehaving
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:55:33 -0900
>
>Hi all, I followed the instructions in this message to the letter, but
I
>still have, on one of my computers, in the start menu, times when after
>pressing a letter to get to a program, the computer says nothing. For
>example, I press o, and it says "Online services. I press the second
O, and
>it says nothing. I know that it is Outlook, so I know to press Enter,
but,
>this doesn't always work. Sometimes, I have to go up, then down, and
so on
>to find out what the menu item says. Even though this is simply
>inconvenient for me, it exasperates the heck out of my students. If
anyone
>has any suggestions, I would very much appreciate hearing them. Thank
you
>in advance.
>
>Regards,
>
>S. H.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sweetman Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 8:14 PM
>Subject: Re: jfw misbehaving
>
>
>>Sounds like you need to set 98 and JFW up so it will be
speech-friendly. I
>>saved a message one time that works nicely; here it is...
>>
>>While using Windows 98, some JAWS users have reported few problems,
while
>>others have had troubles. If you're going to use Windows 98, we
suggest
>>these
>>settings.
>>I. Items to change in Jaws:
>>1. First JAWS setting.
>>A. Open Configuration Manager when in Windows Explorer or on your
Desktop.
>>This will open the shdocvw.jcf file.
>>B. From the Set Options Menu, selectGraphics and Symbols and uncheck
the
>>Graphics Mode checkbox.
>>C. Press enter onthe OK button and Save the file with a ctrl+s. This
will
>>speed up access to Windows Explorer.
>>2. Second JAWS setting.
>>A. Open your Default File with a shift+ctrl+d.
>>B. Select the Synthesizer Options dialog box from the Set Options
menu.
>>C. Check the box labelled "Allow Wave Files with Software
Synthesizers".
>>D. Press enter on the OK button and save your file. This will stop the
>>occasional stuttering heard with software synthesizers on Windows 98,
even
>>on
>>fast machines.
>>II. Items to change in Windows 98:
>>
>>1. First Windows 98 setting.
>>a. From the Start Menu, select Settings.
>>b. Select Control Panel from the Settings menu.
>>c. When in Control Panel, open the View menu, (alt+v), and make sure
that
>>"View
>>as Web Page" is unchecked.
>>2. Second Windows 98 setting.
>>A. Select Display from the list of icons in Control Panel.
>>B. Select the "Web" Tab.
>>C. Uncheck View as Web Page.
>>D. On the "Effects" tab, uncheck the "Animate windows, desktop and
menus"
>>checkbox.
>>E. Press OK and close Control Panel. As you navigate, you should by
now
>>see an
>>increase in speed and navigability with Jaws.
>>3. Third Windows 98 setting.
>>a. Next, select Start|Settings|Folder Options.
>>b. From the three radio buttons, select Classic and press OK. This
will
>>allow
>>the My Computer and other icons to display in the traditional Win95/NT
>>fashion.
>>I have not yet installed win 98, so I don't know how well these
suggestions
>>work or if there other ones that could help.
>>
>>
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>>http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:06 PM 2/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>>I just installed jfw32 on a new computer with windows 98. It read
Start
>>>menu and programs, but would not read the list of programs.
>>>I down arrowed through the list and it wouldn't say anything. I
wanted
>to
>>>go to Windows Explorer. I am sighted and could see when I got
>>>there, but my blind student had no way of knowing. I also got there
by
>>>pressing "w" twice but jfw would only say "w", not the name of the
>>program.
>>>
>>>In another situation it read ctrl-tab when I was pressing shift-tab,
or
>>>something like that.
>>>
>>>Any ideas on what is wrong?
>>>
>>>Lenny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>DEED ABOVE CREED
>>>
>>>http://users.aol.com/ecsw1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-
>>>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
>>>
>>>
>>
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