Hi David,
In point of fact, the information you posted did say that it was for Jaws
version 7.1.
I have it and have saved it.
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Hi Patti,
What happens when you press the start button, then P for programs, then O
for Outlook Express?
If my guess is right, Outlook Express does not have a sub-menu to it, so you
would not find it in the Microsoft sub-menu, and it should be right after
all the sub-menus.
As David suggeste
Hi Patti,
I don't believe that David has this program on his site.
This is not a free program, and requires a one time fee for it's use, albeit a
small fee.
It can update automatically, and can be set to update on a regular basis.
It can also be set up to run a scan at the Windows boot up, or
Hi Patti,
I have gotten that error many times, although not in that exact same wording,
and in every case, I have cleared it up by running a good anti-spyware program.
It managed to catch it, and it turned out to be a Trojan, or severely dangerous
file, as, No-Ad-Aware labelled it.
If you can
Hi folks,
As I don't belong to Rick's Blind Computing list yet, an oversight I may have
to reconcile fairly soon, especially if someone can't answer this question for
me, I must pose this question to this list. I hope David doesn't mind, and if
this is off-topic for the list, I would be more t
Rick Said:
Yeah, I knew that too, but,
it isn't as fun as downloading another program. lol
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I usually agree, old friend, but how much more fun is it when you have to
scroll through your add and remove programs window to see stuff you
installed months, or even, years ago, and can't remember
Hi Denny,
Just for information sake, you can tag an MP3 file using Winamp by pressing
the alt+3 key combination, which will open the file properties. Once in
that file properties, you can tab to the checkboxes that say ID3V1 and ID3V2
tags. If they are unchecked, you can check one or both, a
Hi Patricia,
I'm sorry, I can't speak for Jaws 8, as I am only up to 7, so if Jaws 8
reads it differently, I apologize and can only claim ignorance.
It should be noted that Jaws 7 and lower only reads those items as on or
off.
The other thing I thought about is that it might be possible that
In the Internet Options Advanced tab, Jaws should read the items as, either
on or off.
There are no check boxes.
As far as I know, they stopped using check boxes after IE 4.
Again, these items should read On or Off.
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Hi Larry,
Did you, in fact, see the Calculator program in your start menu under
accessories?
If you did see it there, there should be no reason you can't create a desktop
icon for it on your desktop.
Judging by the description of what you pressed and the reaction you got from
Windows, you may
Hi Larry,
If you press the start menu, and arrow to the accessories folder, then to
calculator, then press the applications key, and arrow down to send to, there
should be an option to create a shortcut on the desktop.
Once it's done, I can't readily remember if it will display on the desktop a
Hi Donny,
Sorry to respond so late to your message.
Basically, Belarc Advisor extracts information from various files that your
computer uses to operate the computer, re-formats it into a medium that you
can understand, then displays that information to you in a readable format.
It extracts b
Hi Siobhan,
On David's site:
www.jaws-users.com
David has a program called Belarc Advisor.
This program, once installed, will give you everything you wanted to know about
your computer, laptop or desktop, and more you didn't want to know.
It's very easy to install, and once installed, it give
Hi Siobhan,
Just some things I thought about reading your various messages to the list.
What kind of screen to you have on it?
Is it a TFT active matrix display, or an LCD?
The reason I ask is that some laptop screen produce static, and so when you
close the lid, it will occasionally interfere
Hi Rick,
Unfortunately I have no other version of Jaws installed on this computer
with which to work with, so that would not be an option.
If you've repaired this problem in the past, and you say it's display
related, could you possibly post the fix on list, and maybe I can try it and
see wha
Hi Rick,
The answers you seek are below...
Do you know if the open window when this happens is maximized?
Yes it is...
Is Notepad and Outlook Express the only place that this happens?
So far, yes...
Is the affected application the only one open at the time?
Yes it is, except, there was one
Hi Folks,
A friend of mine has a problem with her Jaws and the say line or say all
commands in certain spots.
If reading a particular line or reading a document, Jaws will say the word
volume.
It does this for no apparent reason, and is pretty much random.
This has happened while she was comp
Hi Lisa,
As far as I know, Jaws doesn't have any problems coming back from a stand by
mode.
Having said that, though, I know there have been issues of Jaws not coming back
from hibernation mode.
You can shut these modes off by going into your control panel, then pressing P
for Power Options.
Hi Steve,
As I said in my message, it was not, by any stretch of the imagination, your
fault.
The fact is, and I now know this for a fact, the platinum edition does have
known issues with some machines and some installations that I wasn't aware of,
and you only forced me to find out that there
Hi Folks,
Since there were people who wanted to know, aside from me how to fix the
problem I was having, I thought I would post the fix here, for the benefit of
those who weren't able to figure it out themselves before I could.
My thanks to Steve, who's suggestion actually caused me to have mor
Hi David,
Thanks for your suggestion, however, Jaws doesn't read "Local Disk C
closed", as is the case with most tree views.
As I said in my message, when I go through the tree view, all I get is the
word closed. Once I press the right arrow to open the particular folder,
all it says is ope
Hi folks,
I am using Jaws 7 with Xp Pro and Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.
Every time I start the program, it lands me in the tree view, but it doesn't
tell me what the tree view items are. All it reports is that it's closed.
If I arrow up and down, Jaws says closed, closed and closed.
Does anyone
I just thought of another point you might want to consider if you want to
keep the preview pane open.
There is a check box that you can uncheck in the options dialog box under
the read tab.
Go into your tools menu by pressing alt+T, then press O for options.
Once in the dialog box, control+ta
If you want to avoid messages opening up automatically, disable the preview
pane by going into the view menu, then entering on the layout...
Once in there, uncheck the box that says preview pane.
Then you'll have to open the messages manually to read them.
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Hi Patricia,
I'm just getting caught up on e-mail, and ran into your message.
As I have found out recently, Outlook Express is very much portable, more so
than even I thought.
One thing you can do is create a new identity on your daughter's computer in
Outlook Express.
At that point, when yo
Hi Max,
In my opinion, since you know where to obtain the fix, go ahead and download
the update that caused the problem, then download the fix for it.
This way you don't lose any of the security protection that's already
included in the update, and the hot fix may just add on to the update.
V
Hi George,
There is a fix for this.
This is a problem that was primarily due to the installation of the latest
update from Microsoft.
It involves the RealTek Drivers and it's DLL file.
In any case, you can download the hot fix for it and reading all about it by
going to the following Microso
Hi Bill,
I'm used to the blocked senders list through my Yahoo e-mail account, which
my ISP uses.
My blocked senders list actually blocks the messages at the source, so my
computer never sees the messages when I download my messages to my Outlook
Express.
Add to that the fact that Lenny did
Just a question that comes to mind...
Uhm, how do you know that you're not receiving messages for those on your
blocked senders list if they are blocked?
Could it be that you're not receiving them because they're blocked? Smile.
Sorry, Lenny, I just couldn't resist that one. LOL.
Victor
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Hi Donny,
In addition to what has already been posted, you can use the following
hotkeys to do the following:
Open and close the main Winamp window, use alt+W
Open and close the playlist editor, use alt+E.
Open and close the Winamp equalizer, use alt+G.
Open and close the Video window, use a
Hi Patricia,
You can access the download blocker, sorry, I forget what that bar is
called, smile, by pressing the hotkey of alt+N.
This should let you access the Internet Explorer information bar.
Oops, just remembered what it's called. LOL.
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Hi Reese,
You can manage the Google toolbar by going to your tools menu, then arrow
down to manage add-ons.
The Google bar should be in there somewhere.
I can't help you any further than this as I don't have that bar installed,
but I'm sure there's no shortage of people here that have had to
Hi Devona,
I paid for it, but when I couldn't use it, I returned it, or rather, my brother
re-sold it with a new system he sold a couple of weeks later.
Since the person who bought the computer from us was sighted, they didn't mind
using 2007, and since I sold it to him at a major discount, he
Hi All,
Occasionally, I go to use my Jaws cursor to view something that isn't normally
available with the PC cursor or the virtual cursor, but for some reason, after
I've routed the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor, it'll stay locked on the start
button/task bar.
I've tried the opposite, routing t
Hi John,
I think the reason Flor spoke of your subject line saying one thing and your
e-mail text saying another is because Windows uses disk space and memory in
two different contexts.
Memory is used to define your random access memory, or RAM for short.
This ram amount can be accessed by ri
Hi Lisa,
I have a similar problem, or at least, I had a similar problem as you.
I was running Jaws 7 with Xp home, and installed Office 2007 as an upgrade to
my 2003.
If you think the menu items are screwed up, you ought to see how it displays an
already modified document.
According to my bro
Hi All,
I have used tax software in the past as a sighted user to prepare my tax return
and file it online.
I realize that the software I use isn't available in the U.S., but I do know
that the company that makes the software I use also has software available in
the U.S.
The software I use is
Hi Patricia,
There is a program called Belarc advisor.
Once run, it will provide you a ton of information about your computer,
including what kind of motherboard you have, what kind of video card and
sound card you have installed and everything.
I believe David once said that it's available o
Hi Tammy,
Composing e-mails are just as easy, if not easier, depending on the version of
Jaws you have.
I am currently running Jaws 7 and I find that once I press the navigation
hotkey to get to the compose button with the B key and hit enter, Yahoo
typically focuses on the to field of the nex
Hi Don,
I think you may want to give Win rar a shot also.
It's pretty cheap and it lets you compress entire folders, while keeping the
actual folder in the file, something that WinZip lacks.
It's completely Jaws friendly, from what I've seen of the program and I use
it quite a bit.
Anyway, I
Hi Lisa,
If you go to your desktop, highlight the My Computer icon, then press the
applications key and arrow up to properties.
When the dialog box pops-up, you may have to use your Jaws cursor to scroll
through the information, or press the hotkey of insert+control+W to virtualize
the window
Hi All,
This information is addressed to a number of people who asked for this
information, so I may address a number of things in this message.
First and foremost, to Hailley, I'm not sure I understand your question. If
you are saying you have this program, then great, I think it's a great pr
Hi Patti,
I get that message every so often.
I find the only solution is to run a good anti-spyware program such as Spybot,
Ad-Aware or No-Ad-Aware.
I find the latter to be more easier, Jaws friendly, as every aspect of the
program is accessible without scripts, and it detects items on your sy
Hi William,
I'm not sure if this is possible with the regular Adobe Reader, but if it
is, try saving the document as an html file.
This will negate any accessibility issues you might have.
I always find that once I've saved the document in html format, I can do
things that I couldn't otherwis
Hi Tammy,
Sorry to get back to you so late on this, but I found your message stuck away
in my bulk items folder and forgot to check it in the last couple of days.
Anyway, I regularly use Web Mail to check my e-mail through Yahoo, it is quite
simple once you set it up to your liking.
For examp
Hi,
No, if you use the complete address of the list, you'll find that your messages
go into your inbox anyway.
That's because you'll notice that the messages aren't coming from the list
address, they are coming from the people themselves. They are only being sent
through the list.
Your best
She's not using any assistive technology what so ever?
If that's the case, she may have a bad installation, or she may possibly
have a virus or spyware getting in the way of this file opening.
You may want to try running a virus or spyware detection tool, and try
running a registry cleaner.
I
Hi Devona,
Depending on your hardware configuration, and sometimes, hardware has
nothing to do with it, Adobe will take some time to load the PDF file for
you to view and read.
What happens when you enter on a PDF file to open, is that Adobe will open
up and read the file itself first.
At th
Devona Asked:
Is a document ever to bith for adobe with jfw?
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Sorry Devona, I'm not sure I understand the question.
Could you please elaborate?
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Hi Rob,
Once you've shut down the search pane, go to the tools menu, then arrow up
to folder options. Once the dialog box pops up, control tab over to the
view tab, and you'll hear something like make all folders like the current
folder, the change will take effect the next time you open the
Hi Stu,
You can do a quick check for the file size using the hotkey of insert+page
down to read the status bar.
To get the other information, such as when the file was last accessed and
stuff like that, you'll have to follow the suggestion that's been already
sent to the list, but you should
Hi Bill,
My apologies for my error.
I was under the impression that Dan ran Jaws on a Linux platform.
He speaks of it so often on the other lists I'm on with him.
Thank you for setting me straight.
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If I'm not mistaken, our erstwhile Dan Rossi uses Jaws with Linux.
If he is still on the list, maybe he could possibly get onto this thread.
If not, someone may be able to notify him on this person's behalf.
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You can tell the page number you are on by pressing the key combination of
insert+page down.
This will read the status bar and tell you what page number you are on.
I'm not sure if this will tell you what page you are reading with Jaws, but it
usually does with me. I have found that sometimes
Hi Rosemarie,
I would advise you not to use Windows Media Player, as they are very limited
in what you can do with those files.
I would recommend you download CDX and use that to extract the music from
the files, then save it in MP3 format.
In order to get CD or near CD quality, you should ex
Hi Shirley,
I am far from someone who knows it all, however, I can try my best to help
you, as I am very familiar with Roxio Easy CD Creator.
I should warn you, that 5 is the only version of Roxio that I have been able
to understand and use successfully.
It's pretty easy, and doesn't take muc
Hi All,
I find that nothing compares to Roxio's Easy Cd Creator 5 to burn to a disk
or even rip from a CD for that matter.
Granted, I've been using Nero lately, but I find it not to be as Jaws
friendly as Roxio.
While it does burn a great deal faster than Roxio did, I have to admit, this
may
Hi Donny,
If you go to the Internet explorer icon on your desktop, then press the
applications key to the left of the right control key, then arrow up to
properties, this will bring up your internet options.
Control tab over to the programs tab and see what internet explorer has set
as the ap
Having read through the information on the Vista product, I agree that some
of the features are exciting, but as the article said, the exciting new
features are only available to the enterprise edition, and won't be seen by
the normal home user.
The exciting feature, in my opinion, is the dri
Sorry David, I replied to Dale's message before I saw yours.
My apologies.
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Well Dale, to be honest, it has been a while since I've had to deal with
DSL, so things may have changed since then.
The last time I had DSL,
I watched as the gentleman came and installed the sound card and configured
everything to connect. This was a business account, so things may be
differ
Hi Dale,
Although he is on DSL, the computer still uses a number to dial out.
While this number uses a part of the telephone line that is not normally
used in normal analog telephone operations, it requires dialling none the
less.
Having said that, These settings should be checked as I outlin
Hi Rich,
It sounds like you need to call your ISP's tech support and get them to go
through your settings with you.
Another thing you might want to try is the connections tab of your options
dialog box.
I thought of this when I read your last message.
One question you should ask yourself is
Hi Tammy,
Unfortunately, this is not something that I need.
I actually have two programs that will do those functions and more in the form
of Gold Wave and Sound Forge.
What I need is to convert audio files, be it digital or analog to text files in
order to get a transcript of the session.
Wh
Hi Corey,
From your post, it says that you see no reason to get another service upgrade
for 300 dollars as yours has run out in March.
Does this mean you're going to be using a version of Jaws less than 8 or 8 and
above.
Answering this question will answer your original question.
If you are g
Hi Rich,
Having just one account should make it a snap to figure out if the settings
I mentioned in my previous message are set properly.
Just follow the directions I gave you in my last message and see if those
check boxes are checked or not.
Let us know what happens.
Victor
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Hi Margaret,
One reason that Jaws might be saying 100% twice is because if you have high
speed internet, when OE checks for any mail, it must authorize your user
name and password, so it might be detailing the percentage of the
authorization.
Another reason might be that the computer is delet
High Donny,
Have you tried increasing the size of the arrow, or changing the icon
Windows uses as the pointer?
I've seen some really big pointers in there, so you wouldn't have to strain
your eyes so much.
Victor
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Hi Rich,
Who ever told you that you needed more ram because your computer kept
kicking you off the net should never be let near your computer again, and
should be shot for even thinking that all your problems can be solved by
getting more ram.
That myth went out in the eighties with the adven
Hi All,
I'm not sure if my post got through or not.
I received it, but I'm wondering if my original message got flagged as spam
because of the Office 2007 subject line.
In any case, I really do need some help with this, therefore, I am pasting my
original message below.
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Hi All,
I recent
Hi All,
I recently installed Office 2007 and have found it will take a very long time
to learn this one.
The interface is similar to Internet Explorer 7, utilizing tabs and the like to
access menu settings and the usual bad boys, such as options and formatting, as
well as other well known thin
Hi All,
My apologies for the cross post, but a friend of mine needs this information as
soon as possible and I thought I'd get the most responses this way and from
people who know as much as everyone on the lists I'm on do, I should get the
information I need rather quickly.
In any case, as th
Walt Said:
"More than enough running in the System Tray"? What does this mean? It makes
no difference how many items are running there. For that matter, you can set
Autosizer (like a lot of other programs) to _not_ display a System Tray icon
if you don't want one.
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Sorry Walt, but I hate t
Hi Suzy,
When all else fails, try running anti-spuyware software, such as Ad-Aware,
Spybot, or a new one I found called, simply, No Ad-Aware.
The latter is great and quite extensive in it's searching capabilities, but
that's only my opinion.
You will have to shell out some money with this pro
Uhm, David?
For the ignorant among us, what the heck are we supposed to do with this?
Sorry, but you didn't specify, and I'm using Jaws 7 still, not Jaws 8, if
that makes a difference.
You also didn't specify what to do when this is done.
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yes I would like those scripts, and, if you could, provide the instruction
on how to slide them in.
If you have them on the web site, I can go get them, or if you can, send
them to me off-list at:
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Thanks for the thought.
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Hi David,
Although I thank you for your response, I feel I have too many things in my
system tray as it is.
Is there no other way of ensuring that this does not happen.
My logic is that since this was not happening before, and I do not have this
problem with other computers I've had in the
Hi all.
I am using Jaws 7 with XP home.
I am also using Outlook Express to compose e-mails.
Lately, when composing e-mails text in the message seems to be cut off at the
ends of sentences.
Almost like the word wrap thing in Windows note Pad.
If I didn't know any better, I'd swear I had a sim
Hi Rich,
I can understand why you are asking why it would be necessary to put
favourites in different folders, and, truth be told, I was asking myself the
same question when I first became a blind computer user.
The fact is, over time, the number of favourites mount up to a substantial
amou
Hi David,
Although your instructions for putting Jaws to sleep are bang on, I don't
think you've addressed Mich's problem outright.
The fact is, Mich, you'll have to find out the settings for the game you're
playing, and see if you can disable the unload Jaws command from the
settings, if t
Hi Jason,
what I think happened with the num pad is that when you plug it in, your
computer conflicts with the function key ability to create a num pad on the
laptop's keyboard.
This, I believe, is a common thing with all laptops, except the ones that have
a full sized keyboard.
Having said
Hi Rich,
Just open up the favourites menu, then press the applications key to the
left of the right control key.
Once you do this, Jaws may not speak that the applications menu is open, but
don't worry, just arrow up or down and you'll find it is open.
Once you find that it is open, just a
Hi Jason,
Try finding out if the num pad has a num lock key.
I have the same thing, an external num pad via USB port, and I get the same
thing.
In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear that you were using a Toshiba
laptop as well.
Anyway, first and foremost, I would make sure that you
Sorry Mich,
I made a mistake.
Apparently, I meant to put Donny in the message and put your name by
mistake.
Sorry about that old boy.
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Hi Mich,
If you want to use Winamp, follow the below instructions.
1. Open the Winamp program.
2. ctrl-tab to the playlist window. If it isn't already open, use the
keystroke of alt-E to open it, then ctrl-tab over to it.
3. Chances are whatever you had played with Winamp before the last tim
My apologies for the cross post, but I don't know which of the lists I belong
to will consider this subject appropriate topic for discussion.
I have come into possession of some DAISY audio material that I would like to
rip from CD and onto my computer for easier listening while learning what I
Hi All,
thanks for the ideas, and I'm glad to say that it worked, well, sort of.
It wouldn't allow me to put the folder back in the local folders area, so I had
to put the folder in another one, but that's o.k.
Suffice it to say that the e-mails I saved with such nice tidbits is saved from
del
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By some inordinate amount of screwing up, I managed to delete a sub-folder,
namely, the Jaws Users folder of my Outlook Express sub-folders list.
I see the folder in the deleted items folder, and I have expanded the deleted
items folder to show it, but I don't know how to restore the folder.
Do
Hi Mich,
Have you actually tried using the programs you've outlined?
If you have problems using it, chances are that they aren't Jaws friendly.
You should try using Jaws cursors and virtual cursors or even maximizing the
windows to see if that helps with their respective accessibilities.
Victo
Hi Max,
Is this the Windows Firewall, or another firewall that is installed with
Windows live one care?
If it is the Windows firewall, there is a facility where you can allow
exceptions in the firewall and the like, such as URL, IP addresses and
ports.
When this is done, you should be allowe
Hi Taika,
This sometimes happens to me, as well, where the Windows installer will
suddenly appear for no reason.
I can't say that it affected my office applications, but I eventually found
out that it had something to do with Adobe's automatic updates installing
themselves.
If you check out
Hi Joe
If you want, I can save it in html format and sent it to you off-list in an
attachment.
Let me know if you want that.
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Hi Joe,
I didn't have as easy a time of it as Jonathon did.
I clicked on the link directly from the page, and my jaws seemed to freeze up.
when I switched applications with the alt-tab command, Jaws came back to
speaking, but when I came back to the document, Jaws just quit on me.
I was able
Hi Lisa,
You might try pressing the keystroke of alt+3 to open up the tag editor.
At this point, you can tab through the information for the sound file you're
listening to and you should be able to arrow through it one letter at a time.
Be prepared, however, that you may have to tab quite a fe
Hi Walt,
You're probably right about this and I just forgot I did it.
Thanks again.
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Hi Walt,
I have my eloquence set to intermediate and my punctuation set to some.
In point of fact, when I set my verbosity level to intermediate, it
automatically set my punctuation to some.
I didn't have to do anything with it.
I remember that because I realized that I had to change the pu
Hi Donny,
you can do the following:
1. Hit insert-F2 to go into your manager list and press the letter C for
Configuration manager and enter.
2. press alt-F and arrow down to open default file or press the hotkey
ctrl-shift-D.
3. press alt-S to go into the settings menu, then arrow down t
Or, you could simply set your speech to intermediate and you won't hear them
again.
My Jaws didn't even speak those characters, and until I advanced through
Robert's message one character at a time, I didn't know what the heck he was
talking about either.
Oh well, I guess different people
Hi John,
If you are having a hard time finding things like the control panel, than that
means that you haven't configured your XP computer to look like Windows 98.
I'm not sure if you knew this was an option or not, but for a while, Freedom
Scientific was recommending everyone using Jaws switc
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