Legend has it that on Friday 4/9/2021 03:05 PM, James Bentley said: -hmmm, that's what happened to a few programs when the developer switched to the qt platform! messed up everything for the visually

When I migrated from 2020 to 2021, it caused the Calculator app not to work properly. Had to delete the settings to fix the problem.

Hi, Robin. I don't think they are being too cautious. I think that may have been the problem with another user who recently had to do a restore because JAWS lost all the sounds associated with JAWS.

I do not mind improvements in security or in software improvements. What gets my goat is when programmers rewrite the entire or most of the entire interface. If a program has a good menu system

Hi, I purchased Leasy and am reading through the installation documentation. It starts by talking about installing JAWS. The directions say that we should never migrate settings from a previous

 Mike: He said even the sound which happens when you press the JAWS key+SPACE BAR, to open the JAWS Layered Keystroke Menue, does not sound.

 James: When Microsoft release a new version of Microsoft Office, to replace MS365, it is likely, that you will be given an option to upgrade your subscription to the later version. However, this

Yay!! I always forget that option on my Work Laptop. Great way to fix it.

 Hi David, I know you stated that the sounds are turned on in the Settings Center, but did you check to see if sounds were still assigned for entering and leaving forms mode? Stay safe and

Hi, David. Glad you got it sorted. You can skip the update, but I installed it with no problem. One caveat, I installed it with the help of the JAWS installer from the Freedomscientific.com website. I

OK Problem sorted – I did a Windows System restore back to yesterday before I installed the latest Jaws update and everything is back to normal now. I think this is one update I will skip. David

What an excellent and thoughtful post. Thank you.

I know this isn’t the best news you want, however, I think it will be the best solution at end of the day. I would start with a complete new install, so I would remove everything during the

Hi David, At this point, I would completely uninstall JAWS and install a fresh copy. It may work keeping your settings when you remove this version but, if you don’t have anything else using

Your welcome. :)

Hi, David. If I were having this problem, and had taken all the steps that you have taken, my next step would be to completely uninstall JAWS, and run the installation over again, not as a repair, but

Thanks for writing. Jaws with eloquence is speaking fine – it is the sound events which are the issue. Yes Narrator and NVDA are working fine. David G. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Hi, Milton. David didn't lose his system sounds, only those like the "enter and exit form field" sounds and the sound JAWS makes when you press INSERT plus SPACE. Bill White billwhite92701@...

Are you able to get sound using narrator which is part of windows 10?

Greg, I find the accessibility of the web interface of my Hotmail (Outlook) account difficult to navigate. do you, or anyone else, have any hints, tips, or shortcuts that might help me to use it's