RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi: I think they would love to fix this problem if they had the tools and skills if they could. But, be assured they are not just sitting around drinking beer and watching football while their bread and butter goes bad. About a decade ago WindowEyes was, in fact, the most solid and user friendly sc

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread tchild via Talk
Except, sometimes Ctrl, alt, W doesn't work. Only with a reboot does it return -Original Message- From: Robert Ringwald via Talk Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 10:42 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? Veronica Smith asks: Unfortu

RE: attachments frustrating

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
With outlook open, go to the Window-eyes control panel with control-backslash. Press alt-a for apps and move down and see if you have Office enhance and Outlook Enhance. If you do, press alt to go back to the Window-eyes control panel. If you do not, from the run dialog type/paste the following

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread tchild via Talk
Can't really be the PC when it's doing it with just about e very one'''s pc. -Original Message- From: Singing Sparrow via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 1:40 AM To: Nick Sarames ; Window-Eyes Discussion List ; Robert Ringwald Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Rick Blair via Talk
It's easy to say AI Squared should fix the problem. Unfortunately, no software company, no matter how large or how small, can replicate every single possible combination of computer configurations and permutations. Unless you work for a large corporation where each PC is a clone of your coworker, i

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk
When starting up Word, you may have to press F6 a few times to get into the correct pane. If you use Insert-Tab to get a list of particular items of interest, it can take several seconds to generate the list and several more seconds when you switch to a different type of object to list. If you h

RE: Word 10 Question

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
Hello, This link should help: http://www.informationweek.com/desktop/a-quick-way-to-insert-the-cent-symbol-in-word/d/d-id/1098701? Chris Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com   -Original Message- From:

RE: WE 9.2 and Doro PDF Printer

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
Hi, Try Cute PDF. You can get it from ninite.com http://www.ninite.com/cutepdf Chris Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com   -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared

RE: Win 10 start & notifications

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
Hi, Win-a will also bring up the action center. Chris Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com   -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behal

RE: Word 10 Question

2015-09-14 Thread gosselin_louis via Talk
Very good!! Forgot about that method. It's very worthwhile to play around with that method to get all kinds of characters. Let's see, now, will it work in notepad? Or in Wordpad? Louis Gosselin -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+gosselin_louis=myfairpoint@lists.win

stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Butch K via Talk
Hello, I had been using a windows 7 laptop running wineyes 7.5, and it was fairly stable. When I finally upgraded to wineyes 9.1, the new browse mode could not perform the same tasks as the earlier version of wineyes. It kept freezing up while I was on the web doing the same tasks as I had done

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Bob Tinney via Talk
Butch, My experience has been the opposite of yours. I was finding that the new dynamic web pages were becoming more difficult if not impossible to read until the new brows mode was released. It is true that there is a minor stability issue with the new brows mode, but I know this issue is

Windows 10 surprise

2015-09-14 Thread Bob Tinney via Talk
Hi, As I said in an earlier post, these automatic updates can be good for security, but bad if Microsoft screws up. This morning, I found that the Task Manager functionality has changed. The task manager no longer reports on all processes running, it just shows app processes that are runnin

stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Butch K via Talk
Bob, as I mentioned in my first post, control, alt, W did nothing. I had to reboot everytime. Also, based on my experience, I wouldn't characterize the stability problem as "small." However, I am glad to hear that this problem is being looked at. That offers some hope. Thanks. Butch __

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread via Talk
Bob, Butch said that the infamous ALT CTRL W command to restart a silent WE, does not work, and that he had to do a Cold Boot of his system to regain Speech. I too find I need to do a Cold Boot about half the time. There are enough people who are having issues that it should not be ignored, i

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Whizza via Talk
This happened to me over the week end when I tried to log into the Paypal website. It was okay until I hit the log in link and there was no way I could enter my user name and password. Window-Eyes stopped talking and no matter what I did, I couldn't exit. Control alt W wouldn't work and it to

RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
What browser? Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com   -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Whizza via Talk Sent: Monday, Septem

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread net bat via Talk
some times you have to do a clean install not a upgrade. also some of the set files were out of date. includeing firefox and i e. w e 9.2 is the latest version and it did have some bug fixes over w e 9.1. the only problems i have had so far is with firefox. w e and firefox will hang when i open t

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
If Control-Alt-W doesn't work try Windows-R to open the Run dialog. Then type wineyes and hit enter. I rarely lose speech so I'm not sure if it will make any difference. Hth, Tom On 9/14/2015 7:02 AM, tchild via Talk wrote: Except, sometimes Ctrl, alt, W doesn't work. Only with a reboot does

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
In Word Shift-F6 once should put you in the document window. You should also land there if you open the Run dialog and enter winword. Hth, Tom Hth, Tom On 9/14/2015 7:26 AM, Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk wrote: When starting up Word, you may have to press F6 a few times to get into the correct p

RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Ennis Killip via Talk
Hi, I have used Paypal recently with Windows 10 and WE 9.2 and I managed to do it, but had to refresh a couple of times. However, I made a payment through my bank on another website and it froze, so I wasn't sure whether or not the payment had gone through. I am using WE 9.2 demo version and am r

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Brice Mijares via Talk
in my case, it don't have to be a browser. I've had it stop working in Windows mail, window explore ETC. Also, when this happens I can't even bring up NVDA. - Original Message - From: "Chris Grabowski via Talk" To: "Whizza" ; "Window-Eyes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, September 14,

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
I logged into my Paypal account a few hours ago and had no problem. W7/64 in IE 11. Regards, Tom On 9/14/2015 11:16 AM, Whizza via Talk wrote: This happened to me over the week end when I tried to log into the Paypal website. It was okay until I hit the log in link and there was no way I coul

retrieving messages from tb trash

2015-09-14 Thread Bud Schwab via Talk
Hi Gang, I have lost some emails so I presume they are in the trash. In Thunderbird how does one get to the trash folder and how can an email be retrieved? Thanks. I wish I knew more about what I'm doing, but I don't. ___ Any views or opinions pres

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Josh Rivera via Talk
If you've been paying attention to most of the messages, concerning this instability issue, you'll notice that the hot key, control-alt-W, in many cases does not work to bring speech back again. It almost never works for me, and a hard reboot must be done to bring WE back. I've said it before, and

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Josh Rivera via Talk
Amen! -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+josh.riveranr=gmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Butch K via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 9:33 AM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Subject: stability versus new browse mode Hello, I had been using a windows 7 l

Re: retrieving messages from tb trash

2015-09-14 Thread Natalie via Talk
Just shift-tab once and either hit T or better still go down the list of folders until you get to trash. Then, as in the inbox, tab once to the list of documents and when you find the one you want just enter or, if that doesn't work, hit the spacebar once to select it and then hit enter. Nata

Re: retrieving messages from tb trash

2015-09-14 Thread Brian Moore via Talk
HI. you can also press the application key on a message and move it back to inbox or wherever you like as well as take a bunch of other actions on it. Brian. On 09/14/2015 1:19 PM, Natalie via Talk wrote: Just shift-tab once and either hit T or better still go down the list of folders until y

Spotify scripts wanted

2015-09-14 Thread Donald L. Roberts via Talk
Has anyone written any scripts for Window-eyes 9.2 with Spotify? If not, why not? I know that there are proprietary (rather expensive) scripts for JFW, and also that NVDA works to a limited extent with Spotify. So I am writing to encourage you Window-Eyes scripters to come up with something

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread tchild via Talk
I've found that it happens on various web pages, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. -Original Message- From: Whizza via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 10:16 AM To: Brice Mijares ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? T

Re: retrieving messages from tb trash

2015-09-14 Thread Nick Sarames via Talk
Yes, it says move to inbox again. On 9/14/2015 1:26 PM, Brian Moore via Talk wrote: HI. you can also press the application key on a message and move it back to inbox or wherever you like as well as take a bunch of other actions on it. Brian. On 09/14/2015 1:19 PM, Natalie via Talk wrote: Just

Re: voice rotor only allows 2 voices.

2015-09-14 Thread Kevin Huber via Talk
HI Netbat: Control-shift-windows-f2 just rotates between the voice you are using and the voice before it in the cycle. Just use Windows f2 to go through all the voices that you have added. Kevin huber On 9/10/15, net bat via Talk wrote: > hi, i just notice with w e 9.2 ,windows 7 64bit > the vo

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Evan Reese via Talk
I'm using WE 8.4 with IE11 and have used PayPal routinely with no problems. I buy music regularly from artists on Bandcamp and I pay through PayPal. I've never had a problem in many purchases. Evan -Original Message- From: Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 12:47 P

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Nick Sarames via Talk
I'm beginning to wonder if mixing new versions with old versions is such a good idea. Control-alt w almost always works for me. And why are so many people doing a hard reboot? Just press the button lightly. My computer is designed to shut down normally. I no longer have to press control-es

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread tchild via Talk
me too. and the windows sounds keep on working just the win eyes doesn't -Original Message- From: Brice Mijares via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 11:47 AM To: Chris Grabowski ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? in my case, it don't

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Mike via Talk
Hello Pressing the button lightly often doesn't work after the loss of speech. Mike.At 18:39 14/09/2015, you wrote: I'm beginning to wonder if mixing new versions with old versions is such a good idea. Control-alt w almost always works for me. And why are so many people doing a hard reboot?

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
Hi, Try windows-r for the run dialog and type wineyes and press enter. Chris Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com   -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.wind

junk email

2015-09-14 Thread Ross McGregor via Talk
Hi, Am using win 7. And Wineyes 9.2 When I send emails from outlook 2013 to some friends in my contacts list, it finihshes up in their junk folder, rather than there in box. Not all friends, just some. Anyone know why this is? Apart from the fact it could be indicative of the intelectual

Re: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread net bat via Talk
if they are useing gmail they have to log onto there web mail spam folder and mark your messages as not spam. then it will be added to there white list and will go to the in box from then on. other wise they have to add your email to the safe list in there program and turn off email fishing so

Re: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
Well now, Mr. McGregor, As an IT professional, that's information technology for the intellectually challenged, I have reason to believe that your intellectual content is indeed a strong contributor to this perplexing problem. However, I must, painful though it be, admit that there are certa

Re: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
Okay, Ross. This is the real answer. So the fish and chips are on me this week. Timid Tom On 9/14/2015 4:59 PM, net bat via Talk wrote: if they are useing gmail they have to log onto there web mail spam folder and mark your messages as not spam. then it will be added to there white list and w

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Linda Mentink via Talk
Just a suggestion: if you know the keystrokes to shut down your computer, just do them without Window-Eyes if it stops talking. That's nicer to your computer than pressing and holding the power button to force a shut-down. Blessings, Linda ___ Any

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
If they didn't changed things in Windows 8 or 10 you can Windows-D to the desktop and then Alt-F4 to open the shutdown dialog. By default you'll be on shutdown and only have to hit enter. If you want to reboot (restart) hit R followed by enter. Hth, Tom On 9/14/2015 5:15 PM, Linda Mentink vi

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Thanks for the reminder, and, since moving to my new Windows 10 machine, forgot to put this shortcut on my desktop. smile -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of net bat via Talk Sent: September 14, 2015 11:55 AM To: But

Adobe shock wave player

2015-09-14 Thread Don H via Talk
Does the Adobe Shock wave player have any usefulness relative to us Screen reader users? ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, vi

RE: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread Richard G Applegate via Talk
If gmail were identifying the messages as SPAm, the messages wouldn't even make it to the Junk folder. It appears that either the mail client or a personal mail filter is identifying the messages as junk. -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+richard.applegate=gmail...

Re: Adobe shock wave player

2015-09-14 Thread Brice Mijares via Talk
I removed it from my system and installed html5 forfirefox and haven't noticed any problems. - Original Message - From: "Don H via Talk" To: "Window-Eyes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 2:42 PM Subject: Adobe shock wave player Does the Adobe Shock wave player have a

if bookmarks hang in firefox do this

2015-09-14 Thread mcleod stinnett via Talk
install plain old favorites 1.3 make sure to use firefox to do this. here it is http://www.iosart.com/firefox/plainoldfavorites/ click on the link that says, install plain old favorites 1.3 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely t

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? and another solution- kill we batch file

2015-09-14 Thread manny via Talk
I'd like to share some info, which I have posted before, but is worth repeating, with regards to losing sound. Firstly, with regards to the ding sound which is generated by the windows operating system. I some times lose sound after hearing the ding sound. This happens in explorer, Firefox,

RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Tom, People are saying now that ever since Windows 8.1 the power button is as safe as choosing shutdown from the power menu. Do you agree? Thanks, Rod -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk S

Re: if bookmarks hang in firefox do this

2015-09-14 Thread net bat via Talk
you don't have to do this. just turn off autoload and browse mode before you open the bookmark list then it won't hang. -Original Message- From: mcleod stinnett via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 4:37 PM To: talk Subject: if bookmarks hang in firefox do this install plain old

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Nick Sarames via Talk
Besides being reassured, I have found that when I lightly tap the power button, the computer goes through the typical shut down process, as opposed to a forced shut down. Certainly that is not a scientific justification, but I am convinced it's safe. On 9/14/2015 8:22 PM, Rod Hutton via Talk

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? and another solution-kill we batch file

2015-09-14 Thread net bat via Talk
why are you still useing w e 7.2? anyway you don't need to do this anymore. all you need in a batch file is the path to the wineyes.exe file with the switch /k keep the quotes. "C:\Program Files (x86)\GW Micro\Window-Eyes\wineyes.exe" /k -Original Message- From: manny via Talk Sent:

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Jim via Talk
Hi there GROUP! I also am having a much higher degree of success with 9.1. I am going to upgrade to Win10 and we9.2 soon. I really am much happier with 9.1 than I ever was with 8.4. I more or less gave up on IE and even FireFox while using 8.4. I do still have the old 8.4 CD although I susp

Re: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Nick Sarames via Talk
I'm not doubting you, but sometimes (at least in my case) I have to wait longer than I'd normally expect to wait for my computer to shut down (sometimes more than two minutes. I'm using Windows-8.1. On 9/14/2015 2:44 PM, Mike wrote: Hello Pressing the button lightly often doesn't work after

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Pamela Dominguez via Talk
I never found that I could make that work, once window eyes shut up. Pam. -Original Message- From: Linda Mentink via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 5:15 PM To: Whizza ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? Just a suggestion: if you kn

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Pamela Dominguez via Talk
I heard that it was that way for previous versions of windows starting with vista. Pam. -Original Message- From: Rod Hutton via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 8:22 PM To: 'Tom Kingston' ; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? Hi Tom

Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Bryan Peterson via Talk
Me neither. Focus your powers and prepare for buttle. -Original Message- From: Pamela Dominguez via Talk Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 7:44 PM To: Linda Mentink ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking? I never found that I could make that

Fwd: Re: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Kingston via Talk
Hey Rod, I'm pretty sure it is if you've set the power button to shut down. I've never been able to find anything real about it from Microsoft. But if I do the soft touch my system grinds a few pounds of beef before shutting down. So I assume it's terminating all processes before the final shutdo

Re: Windows 10 surprise

2015-09-14 Thread Bob Tinney via Talk
I found the answer to the task manager problem I reported earlier. Now if you press the "more details button inside of task manager, all the background and running processes come back. I did not have to click that button before, but at least, I have gotten all processes to show up again in tas

Re: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Fairhurst via Talk
I wanted to wait till I read all responses to this question so far. I wish to add that your antivirus or internet security software may also be sending E-mail to your junk folder. You may be able to stop the software from sending E-mail to your junk folder in a similar manner as mentioned in oth

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Jim Grimsby JR. via Talk
What browser is being used hear. I am not able to reproduce this problem using window eyes for office at the moment 9.2 with windows 10 and internet explorer 11. It works just fine. -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+jgrimsby=roadrunner@lists.window-eyes.com] On Be

RE: stability versus new browse mode

2015-09-14 Thread Jim Grimsby JR. via Talk
Yes because if you try to shut down the system you will get an error message letting you know that x program is still running and preventing windows from shutting down. You then have the options to shut down any way. Of course you have no speech so you will not see this message. Hth -Ori

Re: junk email

2015-09-14 Thread net bat via Talk
i had to disable the spam scanner in eset antivirus because it was moveing messages i was sending to the spam folder and i didn't know if the messages got sent or not. now it marks messages as spam but does nothing to them. they stay in the folders where they are suppose to be. -Original M

RE: Why does Window-Eyes just stop talking?

2015-09-14 Thread Micallef Michael at FITA via Talk
I highly agree with Rick, I myself at present have a problem at home with couple of applications and window-eyes after I migrate to windows10 and I am waiting GW-Micro to discover what in the hell went wrong. So patience and patience.     Michael Micallef FITA Officer - Fita FITA MALTA INF

converting word docs to a pdf

2015-09-14 Thread Jed Barton via Talk
Hey guys, Anyone know where i can convert a word doc to a pdf? Any help would be appreciated. I'm on a bit of a deadline and would like to convert it. thanks, Jed ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and

Re: Spotify scripts wanted

2015-09-14 Thread Reeva Webb via Talk
Yes, this needs to happen like seriously. Reeva On Monday, September 14, 2015, Donald L. Roberts via Talk < talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > Has anyone written any scripts for Window-eyes 9.2 with Spotify? If not, > why not? > > I know that there are proprietary (rather expensive) scripts f