Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office 2007 v. MS office 2003 uninstall folders
You can go a couple of ways on this. If you uninstall 2003, you will not lose any of your documents, but you will lose the program folders. However, you can install 2007 right over top of 2003. In this way, you can hold onto your 2003 folders if you have a wish to. You can also operate a hybrid. For instance, I really don't like Outlook 2007. So, I installed Office 2007, and unchecked Outlook 2007. So, 2007 is in place for everything except Outlook which is running 2003. This works fine. Bill -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Leonard Morris Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:37 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] MS office 2007 v. MS office 2003 uninstall folders If I uninstall MS office 2003 to install 2007 will I retain all of my previous MS office 2003 folders? 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/
[JAWS-Users] JAWS 11 going silent in Outlook
For reasons I cannot detect, and on no pattern I can see, JAWS 11 occasionally goes completely silent when I open certain emails in Outlook. If I use the JAWS pointer, I can see there is material there and read it that way, but the virtual cursor does not work, and the arrow keys do nothing. Total lack of any feed back at all. Restarting JAWS doesn't fix it. Rebooting the computer will fix it until next time. JAWS 9 does not do this. In fact, if I don't feel like going through a reboot, I just turn off JAWS 11 and launch JAWS 9 and it will read the email just fine. I have made sure that the settings for JAWS 9 have been ported to JAWS 11. I have heard at least two other people express this problem, but none of us has solved. it. I checked the JAWS support pages and they mention that undocked tool bars, or large font sizes can cause this effect. However, I do not have undocked toolbars, and when I adjust the font size it doesn't seem to make any difference. Any ideas? Bill For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Excel problems with Jaws
Sometimes, you need to refresh the screen also. In complex spreadsheets, particularly if you are editing a lot, the screen gets cluttered and you need to hit Ins plus Esc which redraws the screen and often clears up these kinds of problems. -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 7:39 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Excel problems with Jaws A partial solution is to use goto for selecting text. Either f5 or control-g gives you the go to dialog box. Then enter what you want to select. For example if you want to select rows 1 through ten, you would type f5, then 1:10. You can select contiguous cells, joining them with colon as above, or non-contiguous cells, joining them with comma. I would have thought that unloading and reloading JAWS would straighten things out when you're trying to read, though. Excel is hard for JAWS, being so densely formatted, but usually unload/reload unscrambles it. Good luck! 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/
[JAWS-Users] JAWS 8 and SAPI 5
I am running JAWS v 8.0.2173 and I installed the SAPI voices from Nuance supplied. However, when ever I tri to select the SAPI voices in the Say All dialogue box in config manager, JAWS ceases talking, and I have a heck of a time getting any speech back. Sometimes, I'm forced to do a hard reboot to recover. Has anyone else experienced this? I am running a Pentium 4 at 3 GHZ with 512 MB ram, so my system should be able to handle this. Bill Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [JAWS-Users] FW: Jaws speed Rate = sighted reading?
I'm curious if you actually mean your speed rate is 70% or 70 on the JAWS scale which is around 30%. In reading these posts, I feel like this is being mixed up by some. One other note, it isn't just speed and comprehension which is important. So many things we do now force us to be more and more hyped and tense. I have found that I can easily understand the JAWS speech at 60% which is about rate 105 because of experience and practice. However, I just don't enjoy it at that speed. I find it makes me edgy for no good reason. If I am on deadline, and speed is essential, then fine. But most of the time, I find it makes my job more enjoyable if the reading speed is just slightly faster than a good human reader reads aloud. So I'm usually at rate 73 which is 30%. When I need to skim more quickly, I prefer to speed up by being quick on the cursor key and just plain skipping unnecessary stuff, than to speed up JAWS to very high speeds. This is, incidentally, more like a sighted person reads. They skip around, they skim, they do not speed read in most cases. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:03 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] FW: Jaws speed Rate = sighted reading? Dear List In common with I think a lot of people I have gradually increased the speed of Jaws as I have got used to the voices at speed. This certainly makes me more efficient. I started at 25% which I think is default and am now at 50% which is probably slow for a lot of people but hopefully I can still improve. However is anybody aware if there is a known Jaws speech rate which approximates to the speed of an a average sighted reader. I realise a fast sighted reader will always outperform a jaws reader but not everybody is fast. I don't know if this information is out there but it would be kind of reassuring to know at what rate Jaws should be cranked up to become equivalent to an average person reading with eyes. It is a kind of ambition of mine to read as fast as a sighted reader if possible. Regards David Griffith Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [JAWS-Users] HP and touch pad
I have an HP, and the touchpad manual button is great. It's just a recessed button above the touch pad which is a toggle. When the touch pad is active, it is very easy to accidentally move your mouse cursor, scroll, or even accidentally click on something. Since the touch pad is in front of the keyboard on my laptop, it doesn't take much to accidentally do things I don't want to do. But pressing the button, the mouse pad is inactive and I can't screw things up. It has no effect on the JAWS cursor which still works fine. Then, if a sighted person needs to use the machine, a press of the button will reactivate the mouse pad. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:11 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Cc: Lauri Hallikainen Subject: [JAWS-Users] HP and touch pad Hi I am not sure why one would need to have a manual button to turn the touch pad on and off but I would like more information on this. personally I have thought of placing a card over the touch pad to block any accidental activation. Any information on the manual button with HP would be appreciated since I am looking in to buying an HP. God bless, Mark God loves you! My ham radio lists. http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list My personal website http://funhamradio.bloki.com MSS and MSP scripting list http://groups.google.com:80/group/msscripting?hl=en - Original Message - From: "Jyrki Voutilainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Lauri Hallikainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:33 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Asus Laptop and Video Intercept Manager > ** A copy of this message will be sent to the person involved. ** > > Hello everybody! > > As a very new member of this list I would ask you sincerely what to do in > a case as follows: > > A friend of mine purchased an Asus laptop after finding HP bad because the > lack of the On/Off button for the touch pad, which has been on earlier HP > models. I told him that despite the possibility to turn the touch pad on > and off from the control panel, the opportunity to do this from a physical > button also is quite important particularly for a blind user like him and > myself. So far so good, but the JAWS installation caused *serious* > problems after restarting, or trying to restart the system: it caused a > video intercept incompatibility message and a "blue screen" situation, and > because of loss of any sighted assistance at the moment I worsened the > situation by retrying to start the system over again. And now, very > recently before the writing moment of that message, it became clear to me > what caused the total crash of the system, which could probably have been > avoided if I'd had sighted assistance at the *critical* moment, not > afterwords. > > As a "first aid" method I asked my friend to contact mr. Ville Lamminen, > who is working for the Finnish local dealer for JAWS at > http://www.aviris.fi/, and as a "second aid method" I'll send this mail to > that list, because I've *never* been in a situation like that particular > one before. > > My question after the description above is simply: Should a compability > problem with the display adapter cause a situation like this? Shouldn't > the system start anyway, and shouldn't JAWS still be able to speak and > inform about the compatibility problem? > > Yours sincerely, > > -- > Jyrki Voutilainen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: jvoutila > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@j
Re: [JAWS-Users] receiving attachments
On the contrary, I do it in JAWS 8 all the time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell J. Thomas Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] receiving attachments After opening the email, go to the files menu and scroll down until you reach save attachments. Hit enter. Then type in the drive and folder where you want the attachment saved, and the name you want the file to have. This is the only way I know how to do it in JAWS 8. In this regard, JAWS 8 is a step back from JAWS 7. In JAWS 7, you could hit insert A on the attachment and open or save the attachment. You cannot do that in JAWS 8. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve S. Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:38 PM To: Jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] receiving attachments When I receive an attachment, I cannot save it. I am running jaws eight, internet seven, and using windows xp. Can someone try to help. Please send simple steps on how to do it. thanks. Steve S. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [JAWS-Users] external soundcards
DEC Talk express is what I use for that purpose. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KathyH Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:19 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] external soundcards I would like to run my jaws speech through one set of speakers. Then hopefully have everything else run through the other set. I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of external sound card to purchase. Thanks in advance dg Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JAWS-Users] missplaced "crap" remover
On this list, maybe two weeks ago, someone posted a "crap" removal program. I was planning to download a copy and try it, but have apparently erased the original message. I just remember that he was scolded for using the quoted word which is part of the program's name. Anybody have that url? Thanks, Bill Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JAWS-Users] using find, JAWS gets stuck
I've noticed both when using MS Word, and Outlook, that if you use the aps find command, JAWS behaves oddly from that point on. It happens in both JAWS 7.x and 8.x, and canceling the find command doesn't seem to matter. The only fix I've found is to unload, and restart JAWS. Any ideas? For instance in outlook, once I've used the find command to locate a message in the JAWS Users digest email, from that point on, the control plus down arrow will not move the cursor. Bill Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
