hello i found your message about station playlist and i have a simular problem, though i am using windows 7. how did you find out that toolkit was not working? i don't know if my gw toolkit works properly. and of course: how do i let it work again? aad On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:58:46 +0000 "Crabb, Nolan via Talk" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote:
> So last night, I did my little Internet radio thing on the Legend, and I > noticed that the Station Playlist app for Window-eyes was running but not > working. I blamed the failure on a recent Windows 10 update, presuming that > the update had erased all my key bindings or had taken over keystrokes that > were once used by the Station Playlist app. I grumbled and groused about > Windows 10 updates to my poor beleaguered listeners off and on, convinced > that the fault was surely Microsofts. > > When I came off the air, I dug a little deeper into the Window-eyes > environment and found that for whatever reason, GW Toolkit wasnt running at > all. That would explain in a big way why there were no working keystrokes in > the Station Playlist app. > > With no small amount of chagrin and plenty of dip for that crow I was gagging > down, I ran GW Toolkit, reopened Station Playlist, brought up a list as if I > were about to be on the air, chewed another beak or two of that nasty crow, > and proceeded to watch as Jeff Bishops scripts worked flawlesslyall my > keystrokes were back and in good working order. > > I share this hopefully as an attempt at brightening your day just a bit. If > you, too, have made a similar mistake of not checking the status of GW > Toolkit, finding it easier instead to blame Microsoft, you need to know > youre not alone in that. And just so you know, crow meat that comes from > Washington state is no more appetizing than the same unfortunate dish from > anywhere else. :-) > > Double check your GW Toolkit status, my friends, before you despair of ever > seeing your apps keystrokes work well again. I have to admit to being rather > stunned that Toolkit wasnt running. I dont remember killing it for any > reason. Heres hoping it comes up and runs automatically from now on. > > Nolan, who is somewhat humbled and chastened by his experience, and who > doesnt recommend crow regardless of the dip recipe you have or whether it > comes from Washington state or wherever! > > > Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology > The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity > and Inclusion > Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 > Columbus, OH 43210 > > (614) 535-7174 > > _______________________________________________ > 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, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/aad%40tripledutch.info. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com -- a...@tripledutch.info _______________________________________________ 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, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
