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Re: question about chatboxes
Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...>
If you are talking about online chat for tech support or customer support then these systems either work or they don't at least that is my experience. You should probably give a bit more information, e.g. what version of Windows, what exact "older" version of Jaws and which browser? An older version of Jaws could be Jaws 18 which now that Jaws 2019 is almost out is almost 2 years old or it could be Jaws 2014. Also, what is the website, is it public where other could try to check it out for you?
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ray Williams Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:12 PM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: question about chatboxes I am using an older version of jaws, and am having an issue trying to work with a site that uses chatboxes. if anyone cam help, contact me offlist at n4trx11@gmail.com thanks---ray
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Re: paprika recipe manager?
Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...>
There is a Paprika app for Windows. I purchased it at one point and it was basically completely inaccessible and I was able to get a refund. They apologized for it not being accessible, but it didn’t sound like they were interested in putting too much of an effort into accessibility. Of course by now it might be a UWP app in the Windows 10 store, not sure, unfortunately these apps don’t have a great trck record of being accessible as of yet. Hopefully this will change, maybe Microsoft who also is fairly serious about accessibility at this stage could make it a condition for developers to considder accessibility if possible.
Regards, Sieghard
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Leedy Diane Bomar
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:48 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: paprika recipe manager?
Jessica, Did you check to see if there is a Paprika3 program for windows? I love this app, but have never received any reply to the many support requests, I have sent. I have only used it with iOS, but, have been tempted to purchase the Mac version.
I do wish that companies would use names for their apps/programs that are not a common word! I have had trouble importing recipes from Paprika to Paprika3. They were all lost, and I still need to type them in, again. While trying to do this, I also tried to export from Paprika to Paprika3, and somehow the only recipes that remained were the ones from Paprika3. Last year they had a special allowing one to buy the Mac version for a reduced price, but, I was out-of-town and did not have my Mac. Diane Bomar
Hi I’m a huge fan of Paprika recipe manager.
I’m using jaws 18, with windows 10.
This app is 100% enaccessible.
Can jaws fix this?
Thanks, Jessica
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Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
JM Casey <crystallogic@...>
Hey.
Nice observation with the task manager. I too noticed the two instances you mentioned, but I never checked to see what CPU % they were using. You’re right that when you can see, you would just naturally notice something crazy was going on with it, but it’s a little less obvious for us unless you look at the whole line showing the process info with, say, the JAWS cursor.
I use Process Explorer instead of the regular Task Manager, and it has a “restart” feature, which kills the process but immediately restarts it. Usually firefox just returns exactly to its previous state. Sometimes it asks me if I want to restore the last session, and I just let it do that.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Cristóbal
Sent: September 24, 2018 10:57 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
What I do in order to not lose the session since it’s most likely I’ve got tabs open that I’d rather not close, is when Firefox appears to hang on one tab/window, I first launch the task manager. After that, I navigate to the running Firefox running task. Usually, there will be multiple instances For example: Process: Firefox closed If I expand this treeview and arrow down, All Jaws reads is Firefox over and over again for all the stuff it’s got running However when I use the Jaws cursor and arrow among the different Firefox listings, I can read percentages used by each one. See: Firefox (8) 1.1% 1,526.5 MB 0 MB/s 0 Mbps Firefox 0% 771.5 MB 0 MB/s 0 Mbps Right now, everything’s running smoothly and thus everything’s more or less at 0%. However, when there’s a tab that’s giving me problems, There will be one of those Firefox entries posting a crazy high percentage. Indeed, there will always be two Firefox entries with percentages when the browser’s acting funky. The very last Firefox posting with a percentage and one prior to it. Arrowing from top to bottom, it’s the first entry with the high percentage that’s the troublesome tab. I’ll right click on it and select “end task”. This will cause the hanging tab to crash and Firefox will give an error message of something like uh oh. Your tab has crashed. Blah, blah. All I do then is refresh the page and bingo, my tab is back with not having to end the entire thing and lose everything I was either researching or reading or what have you. Clicking end task on the last Firefox entry in the list will cause the whole browser to crash. So, that’s not the one you want to end task on. In any event, the ideal situation would be for VFO to quickly put out a fix addressing this bug, but my guess is that they’re focusing all their resources into JFW 2019. I’m sure the percentage stuff for the sighted is quite visible and pretty straight forward, but it wasn’t until I was poking around with the Jaws cursor trying to figure out how to avoid not closing out the entire browser did I come across this less inconvenient workaround. Also, I upgraded to Firefox Version 62.0.2 and this hanging thing is still present. Anyway, there you go. This is what I do for this rather annoying Firefox bug.
Cristóbal
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of JM Casey
Assuming we’re all having the same problem with Firefox, then, no. There’s a chance JAWS 2018 will still receive an update to fix this issue, but I’m not necessarily counting on it.
For now, my solution is to have a task manager (in my case, Process Explorer) open at all times, ready to restart the Firefox process. It’s somewhat inconvenient but Firefox restores crashed sessions so I usually just pick up where I left off. The freezing still lets me read whatever page I am on, I just can’t interact with it until Firefox is restarted.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of BlindedByTheLight
I am having the same issue. Are there any known workarounds known without giving the Beta 2019 a try? I have never used a beta version. How do I download it? Thanks!
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I just upgraded to the 2019 beta at home, and the problems seems to have completely disappeared.
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
I’m having the same issues with Firefox and at times also with Internet Explorer. Just an FYI
Shirley Tracy
From: Bill White
I’m noticing it, too, and one site, radio.com, crashes firefox, and I have to kill it with Task Manager.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I’m wondering if anybody else is having this problem. I’m running Firefox version 62, latest version of JFW, and Windows 10. I’ll be arrowing down through a web page, and all of a sudden JAWS just stops reading. Sometimes it comes back after a few seconds, but not always. I especially notice it when reading the Boston Globe in NFB Newsline on the web.
Also when I’m using Google Docs, I’m noticing an irritating lag when I hit up or down arrow in a document.
Any thoughts on how to remedy this?
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
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Re: getting the mail ap in windows 10 to work with jaws?
Joseph Norton
Hi:
I’m using it successfully with both the beta and earlier versions of JAWS.
There are a few issues, such as not being able to press Enter on some links, but not all. Also, JAWS doesn’t read the address fields very well when I’m composing a message.
For simple reading and replying, which is a large percentage of my mail actions, it works adequately. when I want to compose a message.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Michael Amaro
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:06 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: getting the mail ap in windows 10 to work with jaws?
Hello Listers,
How easy is it to use the mail ap in windows 10 with jaws? I am having no luck in setting up my friend's @msn email address in windows live mail. There for I want to go the mail ap route. I my self have never used the mail ap. How easy is it to teach some one that doesn't know much about technology? Is it easy to set up an acount?
Thanks
Michael
Email/Skype:
Zoom Room:
Zoom ID:
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Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
Cristóbal
What I do in order to not lose the session since it’s most likely I’ve got tabs open that I’d rather not close, is when Firefox appears to hang on one tab/window, I first launch the task manager. After that, I navigate to the running Firefox running task. Usually, there will be multiple instances For example: Process: Firefox closed If I expand this treeview and arrow down, All Jaws reads is Firefox over and over again for all the stuff it’s got running However when I use the Jaws cursor and arrow among the different Firefox listings, I can read percentages used by each one. See: Firefox (8) 1.1% 1,526.5 MB 0 MB/s 0 Mbps Firefox 0% 771.5 MB 0 MB/s 0 Mbps Right now, everything’s running smoothly and thus everything’s more or less at 0%. However, when there’s a tab that’s giving me problems, There will be one of those Firefox entries posting a crazy high percentage. Indeed, there will always be two Firefox entries with percentages when the browser’s acting funky. The very last Firefox posting with a percentage and one prior to it. Arrowing from top to bottom, it’s the first entry with the high percentage that’s the troublesome tab. I’ll right click on it and select “end task”. This will cause the hanging tab to crash and Firefox will give an error message of something like uh oh. Your tab has crashed. Blah, blah. All I do then is refresh the page and bingo, my tab is back with not having to end the entire thing and lose everything I was either researching or reading or what have you. Clicking end task on the last Firefox entry in the list will cause the whole browser to crash. So, that’s not the one you want to end task on. In any event, the ideal situation would be for VFO to quickly put out a fix addressing this bug, but my guess is that they’re focusing all their resources into JFW 2019. I’m sure the percentage stuff for the sighted is quite visible and pretty straight forward, but it wasn’t until I was poking around with the Jaws cursor trying to figure out how to avoid not closing out the entire browser did I come across this less inconvenient workaround. Also, I upgraded to Firefox Version 62.0.2 and this hanging thing is still present. Anyway, there you go. This is what I do for this rather annoying Firefox bug.
Cristóbal
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of JM Casey
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:39 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
Assuming we’re all having the same problem with Firefox, then, no. There’s a chance JAWS 2018 will still receive an update to fix this issue, but I’m not necessarily counting on it.
For now, my solution is to have a task manager (in my case, Process Explorer) open at all times, ready to restart the Firefox process. It’s somewhat inconvenient but Firefox restores crashed sessions so I usually just pick up where I left off. The freezing still lets me read whatever page I am on, I just can’t interact with it until Firefox is restarted.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of BlindedByTheLight
I am having the same issue. Are there any known workarounds known without giving the Beta 2019 a try? I have never used a beta version. How do I download it? Thanks!
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I just upgraded to the 2019 beta at home, and the problems seems to have completely disappeared.
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
I’m having the same issues with Firefox and at times also with Internet Explorer. Just an FYI
Shirley Tracy
From: Bill White
I’m noticing it, too, and one site, radio.com, crashes firefox, and I have to kill it with Task Manager.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I’m wondering if anybody else is having this problem. I’m running Firefox version 62, latest version of JFW, and Windows 10. I’ll be arrowing down through a web page, and all of a sudden JAWS just stops reading. Sometimes it comes back after a few seconds, but not always. I especially notice it when reading the Boston Globe in NFB Newsline on the web.
Also when I’m using Google Docs, I’m noticing an irritating lag when I hit up or down arrow in a document.
Any thoughts on how to remedy this?
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
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Re: punctuation script and 2019 beta
Joseph Norton
Hi:
Do you mean changing punctuation levels? If that’s what you mean, I’m having no issues. I can change levels of punctuation and it works fine.
Not sure what script you’re referring to, if that’s not it.
I have no issues with punctuation in the beta.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Tom
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:42 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: punctuation script and 2019 beta
Hi,
I stuffed up my message the first time so now sending a corrected version.
Using: W10 64 bit Home with latest updates. And Jaws 2019 beta.
While the punctuation script continues to function normally on my system in Jaws 2018, it does not work in the 2019 beta.
Has anyone else noticed this problem with the beta?
Would it be worth attempting to install the script again under the beta
Thanks
Tom
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Re: Thank you and a question about pdf files
Joseph Norton
Hi:
No mystery as to why MicroSoft wants to use Edge as default pdf reader.
For the average sighted user, Edge is able to handle pdf’s, and MS wants it that way.
I am sure the accessibility team knows about this and will recommend installing Acrobat Reader instead if asked.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 8:46 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Thank you and a question about pdf files
Shirley, for some unknown reason, Microsoft has Edge defaulting as the reader for PDF files. It is a mystery to me why they did this. Dean’s methods should work, and the one using the properties and accessing the change button, should change the default to Adobe Acrobat rather than Edge so future PDF’s will open correctly.
I think everyone may want to write accessibility@... and mention how useless Edge is for PDF files to open in Edge.
Richard
“Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dean Martineau
In Windows 10, there are several ways to get a pdf document to open in Adobe Reader, which is what you want. I’ll mention a couple.
First, when in the e-mail client, focus on the attachment and use the application or context menu key to see what choices are offered. One will likely be to save the document. Once you do so, go to Documents where it prob ably resides and focus on it. Use the application key and press H until you hear Open With. Adobe Acrobat Reader will probably be among the first choices, if it isn’t, the menu allows you to choose another app, and you can locate it there. If you do so, you can tab to a check box to always use this app to open pdf files.
If you can get the pdf saved, or if you have another one on your system, focus on it and press alt+enter to bring up its properties. Once there, tab once to the Change button and press space. Tab to the list of potential apps to use to open pdf files and choose adobe acrobat reader.
Let us know if this doesn’t work. From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Hi everyone,
First, thanks to those of you who answered my question about using convenient OCR. It’s awesome!
Now, for another challenge (to me, anyway). A medical person has emailed me an important pdf attachment. I’ve been able to open them in the past. But I haven’t needed to for a while. I’m running JAWS 2018 and Windows 10. I started using Gmail just recently and am still learning to use it.
Meanwhile, I started importing the Gmail into Windows Mail for quick and simple emails—it’s faster for me right now.
Anyway, my problem is this: PDF attachments won’t open. I press enter, and the word “EDGE” is read at the top and that’s all. So I went directly to my Gmail account, and the same thing happened. How did Edge get involved? Is there any way to be able to read this pdf attachment? Help!
Thank you so much.
Cheerfully,
Shirley
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Re: Thunderbird: how to turn off the automatic getting of mail on startup?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Thunderbird+turn+off+automatic+send%2Freceive
-- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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Re: getting the mail ap in windows 10 to work with jaws?
Chris Hill
I played with it It is Clunky Thunderbirds better and easier to set up
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On Sep 22, 2018, at 14:34, Michael Amaro <mikeameli@...> wrote:
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Thunderbird: how to turn off the automatic getting of mail on startup?
Peter Tesar
Hello List,
I remember turning off this Thunderbird option when first starting to use Thunderbird. I don't know what TB version it was but it was during Windows 7.
I have just had to install Thunderbird to a
new PC. Now I'm using TB version 52.
I've gone through the TB options, to change
the settings to my preferences. I cannot find where to turn off
the automatic getting of mail on the startup of Thunderbird.
I prefer to start TB to finish dealing with
the unread messages. Then, at my convenience, I press the F5 to
get new messages.
Is the option gone from TB version 52? Thanks for any help.
Peter T.
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Re: Can't access settings combo box in google chrome
Mario
Juanita, seems to be a focus issue or something. try pressing alt+f and
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then s for settings. press alt+tab and, without releasing the alt key, press shift+tab and release all keys, now you should be able to press control+end to jump to the end of the page and upp arrow to and spacebar on the advanced button.
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From: Juanita [mailto:juanitafischer@msn.com] Sent: Monday, Sep 24, 2018 2:24 AM EST To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Can't access settings combo box in google chrome Hi all: I’m using jaws 2018 and public beta 2019 and Windows 10. On the google chrome home page, nothing I’ve tried will let me access the settings combo box. I’ve tried alt-down arrow and enter. I’m trying to get to advance settings to allow popups. Thanks in advance for any suggestions for solving this problem. Juanita
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Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen
Dan Longmore
HP puts up some wallpaper before the logon screen, Mike Dell does not do that that’s why think this is unique to HP. This gives jaws part of the problem at logon. May want to try narrator or as I mentioned earlier shortcut keys at
start up.
Get Outlook for iOS
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Edward Green <ergreen1981@...>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 3:11:50 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen Hi Dan and others,
Thanks for responding. It's useful to hear that others are experiencing this issue too.
Yes Dan, I have an HP Ultrabook - the HP Spectre. Is your machine an HP one too?
Cheers,
Ed
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Re: Thank you and a question about pdf files
Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
Shirley, for some unknown reason, Microsoft has Edge defaulting as the reader for PDF files. It is a mystery to me why they did this. Dean’s methods should work, and the one using the properties and accessing the change button, should change the default to Adobe Acrobat rather than Edge so future PDF’s will open correctly.
I think everyone may want to write accessibility@... and mention how useless Edge is for PDF files to open in Edge.
Richard
“Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Dean Martineau
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 2:51 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Thank you and a question about pdf files
In Windows 10, there are several ways to get a pdf document to open in Adobe Reader, which is what you want. I’ll mention a couple.
First, when in the e-mail client, focus on the attachment and use the application or context menu key to see what choices are offered. One will likely be to save the document. Once you do so, go to Documents where it prob ably resides and focus on it. Use the application key and press H until you hear Open With. Adobe Acrobat Reader will probably be among the first choices, if it isn’t, the menu allows you to choose another app, and you can locate it there. If you do so, you can tab to a check box to always use this app to open pdf files.
If you can get the pdf saved, or if you have another one on your system, focus on it and press alt+enter to bring up its properties. Once there, tab once to the Change button and press space. Tab to the list of potential apps to use to open pdf files and choose adobe acrobat reader.
Let us know if this doesn’t work. From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Hi everyone,
First, thanks to those of you who answered my question about using convenient OCR. It’s awesome!
Now, for another challenge (to me, anyway). A medical person has emailed me an important pdf attachment. I’ve been able to open them in the past. But I haven’t needed to for a while. I’m running JAWS 2018 and Windows 10. I started using Gmail just recently and am still learning to use it.
Meanwhile, I started importing the Gmail into Windows Mail for quick and simple emails—it’s faster for me right now.
Anyway, my problem is this: PDF attachments won’t open. I press enter, and the word “EDGE” is read at the top and that’s all. So I went directly to my Gmail account, and the same thing happened. How did Edge get involved? Is there any way to be able to read this pdf attachment? Help!
Thank you so much.
Cheerfully,
Shirley
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Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
JM Casey <crystallogic@...>
Assuming we’re all having the same problem with Firefox, then, no. There’s a chance JAWS 2018 will still receive an update to fix this issue, but I’m not necessarily counting on it.
For now, my solution is to have a task manager (in my case, Process Explorer) open at all times, ready to restart the Firefox process. It’s somewhat inconvenient but Firefox restores crashed sessions so I usually just pick up where I left off. The freezing still lets me read whatever page I am on, I just can’t interact with it until Firefox is restarted.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of BlindedByTheLight
Sent: September 23, 2018 9:08 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
I am having the same issue. Are there any known workarounds known without giving the Beta 2019 a try? I have never used a beta version. How do I download it? Thanks!
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I just upgraded to the 2019 beta at home, and the problems seems to have completely disappeared.
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
I’m having the same issues with Firefox and at times also with Internet Explorer. Just an FYI
Shirley Tracy
From: Bill White
I’m noticing it, too, and one site, radio.com, crashes firefox, and I have to kill it with Task Manager.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jerry Berrier via Groups.Io
I’m wondering if anybody else is having this problem. I’m running Firefox version 62, latest version of JFW, and Windows 10. I’ll be arrowing down through a web page, and all of a sudden JAWS just stops reading. Sometimes it comes back after a few seconds, but not always. I especially notice it when reading the Boston Globe in NFB Newsline on the web.
Also when I’m using Google Docs, I’m noticing an irritating lag when I hit up or down arrow in a document.
Any thoughts on how to remedy this?
Jerry Berrier Director of Education Technology Perkins School for the Blind
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Re: Can't access settings combo box in google chrome
Mike Rogers
i've been unable to use Chrome since lastweek. And google voice is not quite right on my phone. I switched to Edge for now. Think google is effecting some functions. My son's phone does the same thimg.
******************************** www.harmonicaworkshops.com On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 06:24:46 +0000 "Juanita" <juanitafischer@msn.com> wrote: Hi all:
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Re: Can't access settings combo box in google chrome
Steve Nutt
Hi,
It’s not a combo, just press enter on Advanced Settings, and all the items will appear below it in browse mode.
All the best
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Juanita
Sent: 24 September 2018 07:25 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Can't access settings combo box in google chrome
Hi all:
I’m using jaws 2018 and public beta 2019 and Windows 10. On the google chrome home page, nothing I’ve tried will let me access the settings combo box. I’ve tried alt-down arrow and enter. I’m trying to get to advance settings to allow popups. Thanks in advance for any suggestions for solving this problem. Juanita
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Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen
Steve Nutt
Hi,
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One thing you could try is to uncheck all the automatic startup in JAWS, then reboot the machine. JAWS won't load. Load it manually then recheck it. I've seen this work sometimes. Also, make sure you set JAWS to start Always, not just For This User. All the best Steve
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dani Pagador Sent: 23 September 2018 22:50 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen Hi, Dan. Do you have to unload JFW, then use the shortcut to load it again? I am running JFW17 and have to use Seeing AI to see what is happening. JFW doesn't start speaking till the desktop is loaded. From what I can tell, JFW only will give tech support for the current version. I e-mailed them regarding an issue I have with Word 2016 and JFW17 and was told they don't support JFW17, and that I should get the latest version of JFW. So I haven't contacted them to address my JFW logon issues with Win10. Thanks, Dani On 9/23/18, Dan Longmore <danlongmore44@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, when this occurs, which is often, I use my shortcut keys to get
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Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen
Steve Nutt
Hi,
I think what is going on here is that JAWS is loading before the sound driver.
Not sure there’s a lot that VFO can do about this easily, because it only happens on certain machines.
All the best
Steve
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Longmore
Sent: 23 September 2018 22:24 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS not speaking on Windows 10 logon screen
Yes, when this occurs, which is often, I use my shortcut keys to get JAWS to speak and JAWS then speaks the LogOn screen information. Do you have an HP machine? VFO has never given me any great assistance in the matter. Even if I hit any key JAWS will not speak until I use the shortcut method. Like you, JAWS is set to start at logon.
Dan
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Edward Green
Hi,
I posted yesterday about a problem I was having whereby JAWS wouldn’t speaking on the lock screen. However, JAWS did speak when I pressed any key to dismiss the lock screen and bring up the password field.
I have since disabled the lock screen, but JAWS doesn’t speak at all on the logon screen now regardless of how long I leave it. JAWS does speak when I enter the password and the desktop comes up. I have checked, and JAWS is set to load at the logon screen.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
HP Spectre laptop, Windows 10 latest version, JAWS 2019 Beta.
Thanks a lot,
Ed
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Re: Thank you and a question about pdf files
Dean Martineau <topdot@...>
In Windows 10, there are several ways to get a pdf document to open in Adobe Reader, which is what you want. I’ll mention a couple.
First, when in the e-mail client, focus on the attachment and use the application or context menu key to see what choices are offered. One will likely be to save the document. Once you do so, go to Documents where it prob ably resides and focus on it. Use the application key and press H until you hear Open With. Adobe Acrobat Reader will probably be among the first choices, if it isn’t, the menu allows you to choose another app, and you can locate it there. If you do so, you can tab to a check box to always use this app to open pdf files.
If you can get the pdf saved, or if you have another one on your system, focus on it and press alt+enter to bring up its properties. Once there, tab once to the Change button and press space. Tab to the list of potential apps to use to open pdf files and choose adobe acrobat reader.
Let us know if this doesn’t work.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 7:06 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Thank you and a question about pdf files
Hi everyone,
First, thanks to those of you who answered my question about using convenient OCR. It’s awesome!
Now, for another challenge (to me, anyway). A medical person has emailed me an important pdf attachment. I’ve been able to open them in the past. But I haven’t needed to for a while. I’m running JAWS 2018 and Windows 10. I started using Gmail just recently and am still learning to use it.
Meanwhile, I started importing the Gmail into Windows Mail for quick and simple emails—it’s faster for me right now.
Anyway, my problem is this: PDF attachments won’t open. I press enter, and the word “EDGE” is read at the top and that’s all. So I went directly to my Gmail account, and the same thing happened. How did Edge get involved? Is there any way to be able to read this pdf attachment? Help!
Thank you so much.
Cheerfully,
Shirley
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Re: Firefox Lagging and Freezing
Chris Hill
I sure haven't found any other fix. Here is the beta webpage, there really isn't much to the install, it ks just like a regular install, except when you're done and reboot, the beta should come up. https://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/Jaws/JawsPublicBeta
On 9/23/2018 20:07, BlindedByTheLight
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