If you can’t get the problem fixed, perhaps an upgrade would work for you as it did for me. Word 2010 would be a downgrade.

So, in your opinion, is it possible to put Word 2010 on my computer to get spell checker to work?  I’m using Windows 10 and Jaws 2022.

Laura

No, not JAWS, but Word. I’m trying to suggest that although you’ve been told the problem occurs across versions of Word, I’m finding otherwise.

I went from Jaws 18 to 2022, I did not have any of the Jaws versions in between.  I don’t know how to get Jaws 19 or 21 without spending a ton of money I don’t have.  Microsoft told me there are other versions that are having the same problem.

Laura

Laura, as I explained, I had the problem with Word 2016 but not 2019, which I installed last month. Others on this list have 2021 and don’t seem to have encountered it, either.

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura

----- Original Message -----

From: Brian Vogel

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 9:20 PM

Subject: Re: Sound settings do not appear to be turned on in Safe Mode in Windows 10

By the way, that's for Safe Mode with Networking.  I never use Safe Mode without networking, so I didn't bother doing the registry tweaks for that state.
--

Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

So, in your opinion, is it possible to put Word 2010 on my computer to get spell checker to work?  I’m using Windows 10 and Jaws 2022.

Laura

No, not JAWS, but Word. I’m trying to suggest that although you’ve been told the problem occurs across versions of Word, I’m finding otherwise.

I went from Jaws 18 to 2022, I did not have any of the Jaws versions in between.  I don’t know how to get Jaws 19 or 21 without spending a ton of money I don’t have.  Microsoft told me there are other versions that are having the same problem.

Laura

Laura, as I explained, I had the problem with Word 2016 but not 2019, which I installed last month. Others on this list have 2021 and don’t seem to have encountered it, either.

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura

No, not JAWS, but Word. I’m trying to suggest that although you’ve been told the problem occurs across versions of Word, I’m finding otherwise.

I went from Jaws 18 to 2022, I did not have any of the Jaws versions in between.  I don’t know how to get Jaws 19 or 21 without spending a ton of money I don’t have.  Microsoft told me there are other versions that are having the same problem.

Laura

Laura, as I explained, I had the problem with Word 2016 but not 2019, which I installed last month. Others on this list have 2021 and don’t seem to have encountered it, either.

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 08:29 PM, William Vandervest wrote:

Got it and it worked.

Thanks

-
You're quite welcome.  Might I ask if you are on Windows 10, or possibly 11?  I have yet to test this under Windows 11 and figure if I have an "it works" report from someone who's already run it on 11, I can save myself some testing.
--

Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

William,

Thank you very much.  Now it's been around a year since Google imposed a new security requirement, and I've gone in to as many of my links and corrected them as I could remember, but apparently not this one.

Getting Sound in Safe Mode Under Windows 10

That link should work.  It's a ZIP file and you should save it to your Desktop (or copy it there from wherever it downloads) and unzip it there.  After the unzipping, the ZIP file can be deleted.   The instructions for using it after you've unzipped it are in the folder in a plain text file.

If there are any additional issues, please let me know.
--

Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

Sound has never been available, by default, in Safe Mode going back to the beginning of Windows.  Registry Editor 5.00 is still current.

I wrote the following tutorial (and the downloadable registry editing scripts that take care of it all) several years ago for the then Windows 10 for Screen Reader Users Group (now Windows Access with Screen Readers Group as of the advent of Windows 11):  Getting Sound in Safe Mode Under Windows 10
--

Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

I went from Jaws 18 to 2022, I did not have any of the Jaws versions in between.  I don’t know how to get Jaws 19 or 21 without spending a ton of money I don’t have.  Microsoft told me there are other versions that are having the same problem.

Laura

Laura, as I explained, I had the problem with Word 2016 but not 2019, which I installed last month. Others on this list have 2021 and don’t seem to have encountered it, either.

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura

Laura, as I explained, I had the problem with Word 2016 but not 2019, which I installed last month. Others on this list have 2021 and don’t seem to have encountered it, either.

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura

On 10/14/2022 11:38 AM Glenn / Lenny <glenn@...> wrote:

I'd be willing to bet that the registry hack that works in 7 will work in 10, for switching on audio in safe mode.

Here's the registry hacks:

Files 1&2 can be called anything you want.reg

Save the below in notepad and give it a .reg extension and save it and enter on it, Windows will ask you if you want to run it.

After file 1, I'll put file 2 that will undo it if it does not work.

File 1:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
@="[6cFgE][Şοûпđ, νìδ℮ô άήδ ğªмè ¢őήťřόℓŀèґš !!! !!! !]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{640167b4-59b0-47a6-b335-a6b3c0695aea}]
@="Portable Media Devices"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\AudioEndpointBuilder]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\Audiosrv]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\HdAudAddService]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\HDAudBus]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\drmkaud]
@="Driver"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\MMCSS]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
@="[6cFgE][Şοûпđ, νìδ℮ô άήδ ğªмè ¢őήťřόℓŀèґš !!! !!! !]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{640167b4-59b0-47a6-b335-a6b3c0695aea}]
@="Portable Media Devices"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\AudioEndpointBuilder]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Audiosrv]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\HdAudAddService]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\HDAudBus]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\drmkaud]
@="Driver"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MMCSS]
@="Service"

File 2:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
@="[6cFgE][Şοûпđ, νìδ℮ô άήδ ğªмè ¢őήťřόℓŀèґš !!! !!! !]"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{640167b4-59b0-47a6-b335-a6b3c0695aea}]
@="Portable Media Devices"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\AudioEndpointBuilder]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\Audiosrv]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\HdAudAddService]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\HDAudBus]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\drmkaud]
@="Driver"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\MMCSS]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
@="[6cFgE][Şοûпđ, νìδ℮ô άήδ ğªмè ¢őήťřόℓŀèґš !!! !!! !]"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{640167b4-59b0-47a6-b335-a6b3c0695aea}]
@="Portable Media Devices"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\AudioEndpointBuilder]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Audiosrv]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\HdAudAddService]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\HDAudBus]
@="Service"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\drmkaud]
@="Driver"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MMCSS]
@="Service"

HTH

Glenn

----- Original Message -----

From: Dave Durber

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 1:29 PM

Subject: Sound settings do not appear to be turned on in Safe Mode in Windows 10

Hello everyone:

The subject line says it all. Earlier today, I checked the check box to have the system boot to safe mode, under the Boot Tab in MsConfig, saved the setting change then, I restarted the computer. . However, after waiting for about 2 minutes, I determined that the sound settings for the default sound card are not enabled for Windows 10 in Safe Mode. I was certain that the system had restarted in Safe Mode, and on that assumption, I used another computer with MsConfig to follow the steps, to uncheck the check box for the original computer then, I restarted the computer, which started in full Windows mode.

 I have no idea how far back this problem goes, I do remember, the System Sounds were turned on for the last major update in 2019 because, I can remember booting Windows 10 into Safe Mode at that time and being able to use both Narrator and NVDA

Do you now need to initialize a setting in standard Windows in order for the System Sounds to be turned on for safe mode?

Dave

Hello, Curtis,

Thank you for these suggestions.  I tried them both without success.

Microsoft disability help escalated my case and called me today.  They informed me they have had numerous reports of this problem with other versions of word as well and they aare “working on it”.  They told me there are two ways for a “work around”.  One way is to put the document onto a flash drive and spell check it in a computer with an older version of Word.  The other way is to find a third party spell checker software program and download it to my computer.

Hopefully they will come up with a fix for this soon.  Again, thank you for responding with your suggestions.

Laura

Laura:

As a work-around, have you tried using Alt F7 to find the next misspelled word? Once found, you can activate the context menu to see what your options are.

Another way to do this is to turn on the Quick Keys with JAWS Key plus z. Then, press m to find the next misspelled word. To find the next error, turn on the Quick Keys again and then press m.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

Hello,

Is anybody having problems with spell checking using Microsoft Word 2016.  I have Jaws 2022 and Windows 10.

When I try to spell check, Jaws will not read anything past the first wordd ...... Complete silence.  This problem started approximately 1 ½  months ago.  I have spent many hours on the phone with Freedom Scientific and Microsoft disability with no resolution of this problem.  Microsoft disability has placed an escalation and will be calling me Wednesday to further investigate this issue.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Laura