I’m not sure if others have noticed this problem. I will say that this does not affect any of the JAWS 2022 betas or the final version.

With the latest update for JAWS 2021 I am noticing some extra wording when holding down the alt key and repeatedly pressing the tab key to navigate through running applications. When you first press this key combination JAWS will say “”task switching, running applications list box.” I have noticed this behavior on two different computers, both of which are running Windows 10 version 21 H1.

This behavior does not occur if you press and then release alt+tab to open the last application which had focus.

I have reported this to Vispero support but they were unable to duplicate the problem.

David Goldfield,

Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist

JAWS Certified, 2019

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Hi, I like google chrome the best. Judy & Libby

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 6:57 PM
To: jfw@groups.io
Subject: seeking advice regarding web browsers

hi,
Thanks to those who answered my earlier question about windows 10 versus
Windows 11. I will be sticking with windows 10, thanks to your unanimous
opinions!
when I last used a PC, I was using Internet explorer. That is no longer an
option. I am curious as to which Web browsers people recommend for best use
with Jaws.
Thanks in advance for any insights. Keith

On 11/14/2021 3:27 PM paul lemm via groups.io <paul.lemm@...> wrote:

 

 

Hi Annabelle,

 

I too have the old real speak voices cd which jaws used to ship with their older versions of jaws, I still use those voices on my windows 64bit system since the ones shipped on cd although only 32bit they could be used with third party software, so I often use those voices when playing audio games since I prefer those voices to the built in Microsoft voices. If you want the new 64bit voices for jaws you can download these   directly from the freedom scientific website, the newer 64bit voices I believe are called ‘Vocaliser voices’. I’ll put the link below, the voices downloaded from their site though can only be used with jaws , but those are the voices I’d recommend you use if you just want to add additional voices to your installation of Jaws.  If you do however specifically  want to use the real speak voices from your cd I do have a modified installer which will let you install them on a 64bit machine, this is a modified version of the installer though so not an official release from jaws  but something just created by a jaws user. Since it uses the voices from  your CD these are still only 32bit voices and are now somewhat old and dated  so they won’t sound as good as the newer vocaliser  voices. If you do want the installer, To avoid breaking any list rules I can send the modified installer but it won’t actually include any   of the real speak voices, so it’s just the modified installation file itself without any voices, therefore you’ll need the actual CD itself to get the voices from, as without the CD the installer won’t do anything as previously mentioned the installation file doesn’t contain any voices at all. anyway, like I said earlier the best thing if you want just the most up to date voices for Jaws is to use the ones from their website, the link to that is below you just need to select the link that is appropriate to your specific version  of Jaws

 

https://support.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/synthesizers

 

Paul

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Annabelle Susan Morison
Sent: 14 November 2021 22:12
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: SAPI 5 Voices For Windows

 

Hi, it's Annabelle.

I have a CD Rom of Realspeak Solo voices that came with JAWS 4.5, which includes Javier (Latin American Spanish), Tom (American English), Jennifer (American English), Emily (British English), (Daniel (British English), Serena (British English), and Paulina (Latin American Spanish), but I can't get these voices to load into JAWS 2021 in Windows 10, as the disk says they're specifically for 32-bit systems. Is there a CD ROM out there that has 64-bit versions of these SAPI 5 voices?

 

On Nov 15, 2021, at 01:05, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:



Hi,

That’s odd. What is the Windows 11 build you are using (say, 22000.318, which can be obtained from WinVer)? In this case, I would say this is something Microsoft should be made aware of (sorry).

Cheers,

Joseph

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Munn
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 10:03 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Windows 11 chat app

 

Ok here is what the chat app said 

"We ran into an issue and were unable to finish setting up. Please try again.
  selected"

Thanks 

Best regards 

michael H. Munn 

Member: Georgia Association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind of Georgia  

www.nfbga.org

 

Member: National association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind 

www.nfb.org

  Student of: Hadley Institute of the Blind 

www.hadley.edu

 

 

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 12:58 AM Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:

Hi,

It’s been a while since setting it up (I set up mine back in August or September while testing this feature as a Windows Insider).

It turns out Microsoft Teams that is used by Chat is actually a web app. It might be possible that somehow the Chat portal might be having difficulty connecting you to Teams web portal for some reason (yes, you do need a Microsoft Account to use the portal properly).

You say you hear “try again” when you press Windows+C? Can you tell us more, including exactly what this screen says (surely there might be additional text).

Cheers,

Joseph

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Munn
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 9:47 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Windows 11 chat app

 

Ok thanks Joseph. I doo have a microsoft Account and Microsoft Teams .how can I get the Preview version of Microsoft Teams? 

Thanks 

best regards 

michael H. Mun  

 

 

Member: Georgia Association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind of Georgia  

www.nfbga.org

 

Member: National association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind 

www.nfb.org

  Student of: Hadley Institute of the Blind 

www.hadley.edu

 

 

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 12:39 AM Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:

Hi,

The Chat app is, essentially, a portal to Microsoft Teams. You need to have a Microsoft Account and Microsoft Teams (preview) app installed to sign in and use it.

Cheers,

Joseph

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Munn
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 9:31 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Windows 11 chat app

 

Hi all, I have a question here regarding how to set up the Windows 11 Chat app. Recently, I installed Windows 11 and there is a feature that I really want to take advantage of, and this feature is the Chat app. I hit the command Win+C to activate this feature but everytime time I try to set it up, it wont show me the setup button instead it shows me the try again button. I hit the try again button and nothing happened. 

If you have configured the Windows 11 chat app before, can you please show me how you do it? 

Thanks 

Best regards 

michael H. Munn 

 

 

 

Member: Georgia Association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind of Georgia  

www.nfbga.org

 

Member: National association of Blind Students National Federation of the Blind 

www.nfb.org

  Student of: Hadley Institute of the Blind 

www.hadley.edu

hi,

Thanks to those who answered my earlier question about windows 10 versus Windows 11. I will be sticking with windows 10, thanks to your unanimous opinions!

when I last used a PC, I was using Internet explorer. That is no longer an option. I am curious as to which Web browsers people recommend for best use with Jaws.

Thanks in advance for any insights. Keith

Tina,
You can make maximized the permanent setting for Microsoft Edge by going to
the icon on the desktop, pressing alt-enter for properties, then tabbing
past the shortcut option to "Run as..." Use the arrow keys to find maximize
and press the spacebar. Then tab to Apply. You'll be told you can't because
you need administrative rights, but press spacebar again and you'll get
them! Then press spacebar on Apply again, then tab to Okay.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of tina sohl
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 6:51 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Jaws will not work on some web pages

Thanks Adrian, for suggesting to check the maximazation. I think that fixed
it. I'd completely forgotten, I so rarely have to do that. Will try and
remember with this site.
Tina

On 11/14/21, Tony Sohl <tonysohl@...> wrote:

Hi it will work on other pages and just not the church page. On hsn,
it works fine, on gogle it works fine and everything esle, but not the
page we are having issues with on my wi9fe's computer only.

That is very strange!

Tina,
You can make maximized the permanent setting for Microsoft Edge by going to
the icon on the desktop, pressing alt-enter for properties, then tabbing
past the shortcut option to "Run as..." Use the arrow keys to find maximize
and press the spacebar. Then tab to Apply. You'll be told you can't because
you need administrative rights, but press spacebar again and you'll get
them! Then press spacebar on Apply again, then tab to Okay.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of tina sohl
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 6:51 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Jaws will not work on some web pages

Thanks Adrian, for suggesting to check the maximazation. I think that fixed
it. I'd completely forgotten, I so rarely have to do that. Will try and
remember with this site.
Tina

On 11/14/21, Tony Sohl <tonysohl@...> wrote:

Hi it will work on other pages and just not the church page. On hsn,
it works fine, on gogle it works fine and everything esle, but not the
page we are having issues with on my wi9fe's computer only.

That is very strange!

Hi it will work on other pages and just not the church page. On hsn,
it works fine, on gogle it works fine and everything esle, but not the
page we are having issues with on my wi9fe's computer only.

That is very strange!