Hi Derek, I had the same problem as you and I wasted about three or four weeks of failure trying to get real player to work for me. Then finally I got an answer from Josh Kennedy that helped me get on the right track. I might can help you, but I am not sure. I will give it a try. It does make a difference as to which version of a synthesizer you are using. If you are like me, I am using the cheaper software synthesizer available from hj, the DecTalk Access32, not the DecTalk Express, which is a hardware version, which is also more versatile, since it can also do DOS very well. Oh! I diverge. Let me know what synthesizer you are using. I have on my desktop the real player. I just go to it with my PC cursor on the desktop, focus jaws on real player and press the enter key, which opens real player. It is sort of like opening the JAWS program. It will not start telling you anything until you give it one of its commands like alt+p for the presets menu or preference menu, alt+f for the file menu, alt+v for the view menu, alt+h for the help menu, and maybe some others, but I don't remember them now. Then using your cursor arrowing keys move up and down the menu box until you find a genre' or style of music you like, it could be talk news or sports also, then right arrow over to that style, then arrow up and down in the list of choices, then press the enter key on your choice, then immediately press the control key just after pressing the enter key on your selection from the choices presented to you in the preferences or preset menu. Continue to hold down the control key until you hear something, then release the control key. Often you will hear a brief commercial being presented in graphics, so it is silent for a little while, then you start hearing the selected station. Try it to see if it works. Let us know. I will forward you the message from Josh that got me up and running. I hope you find him and me helpful. Harry The Trust Walker -----Original Message----- From: Derek Czuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 6:24 PM Subject: JFW and Real Player 5.0 >I downloaded RealPlayer 5.0 from the Real Networks web sight and installed >it yesterday. I am unable to activate the play button from the key board, >but my dad is able to activate this button using the mouse. When I try to >activate the play button with "Control P," the preferences dialog box comes >up. When I press "alt P," nothing happens either. > >When I press "insert F1" twice quickly, JAWS says, "There are no specific >scripts for realplayer.exe." Do I need a script to be able to run Real >Player from the key board? > >Yours Truly, > >Derek Czuy > >- >Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net > - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
