Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Jon C. Pierson
Hi,
I wasn't going to weigh in on this volume control thing as it probably is
fouled up from so much advice, some of it good and some of it not so good.
The "Sticky keys" sounds come from the PC speaker.
The best way to get out of narrator is alt plus F4 because tabbing around to
the taskbar and trying to use a menu is not a sure thing once you've opened
a few windows, the WindowsKeyPlusU keystroke  opens one window for Utility
Manager and another for Narrator.

I know it sounds dumb but I've seen and done stranger things.
First make sure your speakers didn't get plugged into the wrong port.
I've taken support calls from people who had cords unplugged for every
device you can imagine and this does not make you dumb, just human.
I won't enumerate my various blunders over the last 15Plus years of
computerdom.

Ok, you need to turn your speakers up loud to first see if the volume is
muted.
Type WindowsKeyPlusR to bring up the startmenu's run dialog and type
SNDVOL32 and then press enter to open Volume Control.
The command is different for Vista and is SNDVOL.

Wait a while before you start tabbing to give the window a chance to open
and gain focus.
Otherwise tabbing will do something else unpredictable like move you around
from desktop to taskbar, or maybe nothing.

Tab twice here to get to the  first mute control, it could be called "mute
all" or a few other things depending on your sound card.
Here is where you grab your speakers' volume control and turn 'em up nice
and loud and press the spacebar to unmute the volume. If you don't hear any
difference there is one more mute to try.
If you heard the hiss in your sound card come on then shift tab to the
volume slider and turn it up loud with the home key which is either the top
middle key on the six-pack if you're using a standard desktop keyboard or
the seven on the numpad.
If you're on a laptop and don't know where to find these keys, just uparrow
a brazilion times and I do mean lots!
Hey if this worked you're done, other than setting things to your liking and
following the recommendations for a download at the end of this message
which can keep this kind of thing from tying you up again.

Let's assume now that fiddling with the first mute did nothing.

Tabbing 3 or four more times puts you on another mute control. I say three
or 4 because if you have a soundcard with advanced properties and have them
checked in the Volume Control's options menu then you'd need to press tab
four times because you have an extra control there to tab beyond.

Let's press tab three times and asume for now you have no advanced controls.
Turn up those speakers and press space here until you hear the soundcard's
white noise or hiss.
If pressing space on this mute made a difference then stay with the hissiest
of the two settings you are toggling with space since that means you unmuted
something with the spacebar.
If that doesn't work, press escape in case you were on the advanced button
instead of the mute; there is no way to know for sure. We don't want to try
out your treble and bass controls with no sound and escape will cloase that
Advanced dialog if we accidentally opened it.

tab again and and assume you got to the second mute and press the spacebar.

If you actually got hiss, continue on, otherwise the rest of this is
probably a waste of your time.

Since you unmuted things and have no speech, your volume got turned down
somehow but we're halfway there by getting to be able to hear the lovely
hiss from your sound card.
You should be on a mute control here, shift plus tab to it's corresponding
volume slider and press page up a few times or uparrow for a long long time.
If this didn't give you sound, shift tab again and press page up a couple
times. Don't hit the spacebar along the way as we like that unmuted noise
you found.
Page up gives you a 20 percent raise in volume so two presses of the page up
key should be plenty to get speech back to start with.
Continually pressing shift plus tab followed by a couple page up's should
get you sound/. The worst damage we've perhaps done along the way (because
we're all lost in the maze of your invisible sound card) is to overbalance
your speakers to one side or the other by pressing page up in the balance
control instead of the volume slider.
You of course will fix that once you get speech back.

If you repeat the shift tab keystroke followed by a couple page up's enough
times you'll be back where you started when you opened volume control and
should have speech.
Tab through the volume control and set things to your liking. Pageup, well
you sure know what that does - twenty-percent; up and down or right and left
arrow keys move the sliders in baby steps and home gives you full volume but
on the balance control that keystroke will move you completely to one ear or
the other.
The end key is not your friend in here as it takes a volume slider all the
way to the bottom.

Now go get a copy of Quickmix.
You can find it at:

http://www.jfwli

Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
It's a bit of windows own functionality, so if the operating system wasn't 
managing to play sounds, then you wouldn't hear anything.


In other words, it's literally a piece of windows that does it, not the 
hardware by itsself otherwise, windows wouldn't be displaying it's own 
dialogue...


Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Elaine" 

To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Jacob

if I'm not mistaken, those sounds come from the pc speaker not the sound 
card.


so in this instance it wouldn't help.

Elaine

- Original Message - 
From: "Jacob Kruger" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


FWIW, on windows XP, my standard way to see if the sound is working at 
all is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession since this 
makes the sticky keys dialogue pop up with a very noticeable sound.


Just hit escape to then close it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate 
it?


If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume 
is

set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to 
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the 
only
icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it 
is

not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click 
button
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the 
Master

Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, 
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any 
sound
back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be 
on

the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm 
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, 
possibly a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button 
on

the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the 
sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow 
marks

beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Elaine

Hi Jack
yes, you had it correct, no sounds at all from pc speakers.

I wondered though, would it be worth trying a system restore, I mean if all 
the settings have been checked and there are no muted items, then it might 
be worth trying that.


short of the wav sounds either very low or muted, I'm not sure what else to 
try from this point.


Elaine

- Original Message - 
From: "Jack" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



I've been following this thread, and I need some clarification.  Is there
absolutely no sound at all?  If this is the case, then you shouldn't be 
able

to hear Narrator either.  Or, is it a case of there's no system sounds and
you can't hear Jaws?
Because if you can hear narrator, then you obviously have sound.

- Original Message - 
From: "Jacob Kruger" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


FWIW, on windows XP, my standard way to see if the sound is working at all
is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession since this makes
the sticky keys dialogue pop up with a very noticeable sound.

Just hit escape to then close it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
it?

If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
only
icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
button
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the 
Master

Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
sound
back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, 
possibly

a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
on
the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
marks
beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


Victor
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Elaine

Jacob

if I'm not mistaken, those sounds come from the pc speaker not the sound 
card.


so in this instance it wouldn't help.

Elaine

- Original Message - 
From: "Jacob Kruger" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


FWIW, on windows XP, my standard way to see if the sound is working at all 
is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession since this makes 
the sticky keys dialogue pop up with a very noticeable sound.


Just hit escape to then close it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate 
it?


If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to 
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the 
only

icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click 
button
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the 
Master

Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, 
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any 
sound

back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm 
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, 
possibly a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button 
on

the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow 
marks

beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


Victor
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Jack
I've been following this thread, and I need some clarification.  Is there 
absolutely no sound at all?  If this is the case, then you shouldn't be able 
to hear Narrator either.  Or, is it a case of there's no system sounds and 
you can't hear Jaws?
Because if you can hear narrator, then you obviously have sound.

- Original Message - 
From: "Jacob Kruger" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


FWIW, on windows XP, my standard way to see if the sound is working at all
is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession since this makes
the sticky keys dialogue pop up with a very noticeable sound.

Just hit escape to then close it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 
To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


> Hi Patricia,
>
> Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.
>
> do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
> it?
>
> If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
> problem like that other person suggested.
>
> If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
> set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
> following:
>
> press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
> it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.
>
> Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
> the
> volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
> only
> icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
> not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.
>
> Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.
>
> Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
> button
> and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the Master
> Volume control may not pop up right away.
>
> Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
> volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
> and
> this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
> sound
> back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
> the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.
>
> Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
> afraid
> you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, possibly
> a
> loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
> on
> the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
> enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
> plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.
>
> Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
> card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
> marks
> beside the sound card.
>
> If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
> sure it's enabled.
>
> Let us know how you do.
>
>
> Victor
> Co-moderator
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> Guidedogs List
>
>
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
FWIW, on windows XP, my standard way to see if the sound is working at all 
is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession since this makes 
the sticky keys dialogue pop up with a very noticeable sound.


Just hit escape to then close it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: 22 February, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate 
it?


If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to 
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the 
only

icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click 
button

and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the Master
Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, 
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any 
sound

back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm 
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, possibly 
a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button 
on

the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow 
marks

beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-22 Thread Chrissy
if narrator is active, it should show in the task bar. bring task bar menu 
up with Jaws+F11 and then arrow down to narrator. Tab to the first option, 
which should be the right click option. this will bring up the application 
choices. tab down to exit program.

this should work.
regards
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From: "Patricia Dunbar" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that 
out

after I'm done?



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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Patricia Dunbar

victor,

I did the steps and no go. I came on my desktop and looked in teh control 
panel for vol control and saw or heard where the mute button was and then 
retried it aagain on his computer, but still nothing.

The narrator did nothing either.
We do have a desktop and the other screens windows seems to be working 
without speech however.
Is there a way to raise the volume at the run command using a varable as a 
%100 with that sndvol32 command?
I'm not going to try it as I sure don't want to make matters worse, but was 
just wondering.
I did empty his Prefetch folder had a lot of items in there which probably 
won't do nothing for this problem but needed to be done..


- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate 
it?


If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to 
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the 
only

icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click 
button

and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the Master
Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, 
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any 
sound

back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm 
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, possibly 
a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button 
on

the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow 
marks

beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


Victor
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Hugh Megarry
Right to late for me here sorry about that was not thinking just kick me
hard am of to bed now hope you get things running again soon  


Hugh Megarry 
skype hugh.megarry 
-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Patricia Dunbar
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:16 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

well ok but with like no speech how might one find the close menu??

- Original Message -
From: "Hugh Megarry" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


> to close it is in the menus to start is windows key plus u
>
>
> Hugh Megarry
> skype hugh.megarry
> -Original Message-
> From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
> [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rosemarie
> Chavarria
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:03 AM
> To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound
>
> Hi, Patricia.  I used narrator just one time but that was three years ago.
> I forgot how to close it.
> Rosemarie
> - Original Message -
> From: "Patricia Dunbar" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound
>
>
>> oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that
>> out
>> after I'm done?
>> ----- Original Message - 
>> From: "Victor" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound
>>
>>
>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>
>>> Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.
>>>
>>> do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
>>> it?
>>>
>>> If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
>>> problem like that other person suggested.
>>>
>>> If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume 
>>> is
>>> set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
>>> it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.
>>>
>>> Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
>>> the
>>> volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
>>> only
>>> icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it 
>>> is
>>> not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.
>>>
>>> Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.
>>>
>>> Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
>>> button
>>> and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the
>>> Master
>>> Volume control may not pop up right away.
>>>
>>> Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
>>> volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
>>> and
>>> this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
>>> sound
>>> back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be 
>>> on
>>> the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.
>>>
>>> Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
>>> afraid
>>> you have to start looking in a different place for your solution,
>>> possibly
>>> a
>>> loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
>>> on
>>> the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
>>> enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
>>> plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the 
>>> sound
>>> card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
>>> marks
>>> beside the sound card.
>>>
>>> If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
>>> sure it's enabled.
>>>
>>> Let us know how you do.
>>>
>>>
>>> Victor
>>> Co-moderato

Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Patricia Dunbar

well ok but with like no speech how might one find the close menu??

- Original Message - 
From: "Hugh Megarry" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



to close it is in the menus to start is windows key plus u


Hugh Megarry
skype hugh.megarry
-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rosemarie
Chavarria
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:03 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

Hi, Patricia.  I used narrator just one time but that was three years ago.
I forgot how to close it.
Rosemarie
- Original Message -
From: "Patricia Dunbar" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that
out
after I'm done?
- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
it?

If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume 
is

set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
only
icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it 
is

not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
button
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the
Master
Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
sound
back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be 
on

the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution,
possibly
a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
on
the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the 
sound

card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
marks
beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


Victor
Co-moderator
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Guidedogs List


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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Hugh Megarry
 to close it is in the menus to start is windows key plus u  


Hugh Megarry 
skype hugh.megarry 
-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rosemarie
Chavarria
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:03 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

Hi, Patricia.  I used narrator just one time but that was three years ago. 
I forgot how to close it.
Rosemarie
- Original Message -
From: "Patricia Dunbar" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


> oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that 
> out
> after I'm done?
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Victor" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound
>
>
>> Hi Patricia,
>>
>> Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.
>>
>> do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
>> it?
>>
>> If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
>> problem like that other person suggested.
>>
>> If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
>> set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
>> following:
>>
>> press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
>> it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.
>>
>> Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
>> the
>> volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
>> only
>> icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
>> not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.
>>
>> Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.
>>
>> Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
>> button
>> and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the 
>> Master
>> Volume control may not pop up right away.
>>
>> Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
>> volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
>> and
>> this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
>> sound
>> back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
>> the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.
>>
>> Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
>> afraid
>> you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, 
>> possibly
>> a
>> loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
>> on
>> the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
>> enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
>> plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.
>>
>> Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
>> card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
>> marks
>> beside the sound card.
>>
>> If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
>> sure it's enabled.
>>
>> Let us know how you do.
>>
>>
>> Victor
>> Co-moderator
>> Blind Movie Buffs List
>> Guidedogs List
>>
>>
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, Patricia.  I used narrator just one time but that was three years ago. 
I forgot how to close it.

Rosemarie
- Original Message - 
From: "Patricia Dunbar" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound


oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that 
out

after I'm done?
- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate
it?

If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the
only
icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click
button
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the 
Master

Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key,
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any
sound
back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, 
possibly

a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button
on
the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow
marks
beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


Victor
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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Patricia Dunbar
oh forgot...I haven't used narrator so just wondering how to close that out 
after I'm done?
- Original Message - 
From: "Victor" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound



Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate 
it?


If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to 
the
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the 
only

icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click 
button

and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the Master
Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, 
and
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any 
sound

back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm 
afraid
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, possibly 
a
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button 
on

the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow 
marks

beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


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Re: [Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Victor
Hi Patricia,

Not sure if you saw my response on the Jaws list, so here it is.

do you get windows sounds, and/or Narrator to come up when you activate it?

If you do, this may be a Jaws issue, and not necessarily a system volume 
problem like that other person suggested.

If you aren't getting any sound of any kind, then it may be the volume is 
set to low, or the mute is on, in which case, you may be able to do the 
following:

press insert+F11 to bring up the system tray.  You'll have to trust that 
it's there and hope for the best.  Smile.

Once you do this, press the letter V and it should take you straight to the 
volume icon.  This is assuming, of course, that the Volume icon is the only 
icon there starting with the letter V.  If you absolutely know that it is 
not, then we may have a bit of trouble here.

Suffice it to say, I don't think it hurts to try this anyway.

Once you've pressed the letter V, tab twice to the left single click button 
and press the spacebar.  You may have to wait a few seconds, as the Master 
Volume control may not pop up right away.

Doing this will bring up only the slider and mute button for the master 
volume, so, after you've waited a couple of seconds, press the home key, and 
this will raise your volume to 100%.  If this still doesn't bring any sound 
back to your computer, tab once and press the spacebar, as you will be on 
the mute checkbox, and if it's checked, this will bring back the sound.

Once you've done all of this, and you still don't have any sound, I'm afraid 
you have to start looking in a different place for your solution, possibly a 
loos connection on the back of your computer, make sure the power button on 
the speakers are turned on and the volume of the speakers are turned up 
enough to hear it's sound, and also check to see if the power cord is 
plugged in to the electrical outlet where you have it plugged in.

Other than that, you may have to get someone sighted to look at the sound 
card properties in the device manager and see if there are any yellow marks 
beside the sound card.

If there are, you may have to go in and check out it's settings and make 
sure it's enabled.

Let us know how you do.


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[Blind-Computing] No Speech or Window's Sound

2009-02-21 Thread Patricia Dunbar
**I posted this first on the Jaws users list and this guy has told me to 
type at the run box, sndvol32 and enter.
then he said to tab 2 times and press the spacebar to uncheck the mute 
button. I have tried this and it has not worked. He has now suggested I do 
it again and tab 5 times to spacebar the wav synthesizer button and I will 
try this next.

I wanted to ask this list as well if this is all I can do?**


Help please again for getting the jaws/windows sounds when first boot up the
computer.
I have done all I know to do and now I need the professionals.

I know one time this happened before and we had to type something at the run
dialogue and just not sure what that is?

This is an xp pro with jaws 9 plus.

Thanks so much,

Patricia


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