Moderated Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
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Diana Brent
If Word works, why not open you txt files in Word. Find the file in File Explorer, press Shift+F10, h, or arrow down and chose Open with, and choose word. If you want to keep the file as txt you can use f12 and save as a text file. It's a bit
of a work-around, but it might solve your problem.
Diana
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Karen Reynolds
Hi Mike, Thank you.
Karen
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 7:09 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
Hi Karen,
Here's 2 other ways to access the ENU folder. I'm pointing out these 2 ways in case your AppData folder is hidden in your UserName folder. #1: Press, Windows key + R, to open the Run dialog and type, appdata, and press enter.
In the appdata folder navigate to the Roaming subfolder and press enter to open.
Navigate to the, Freedom Scientific, subfolder and press enter. Navigate to Jaws press enter, navigate to the version of Jawsyou want to access , press enter, press spacebar on, Settings, to select it and press enter, and now You'll be in another list, so in this list find the, ENU, folder. Now you can simply copy and paste this folder somewhere but, change the name to reflect what Jaws version it is, ENU23, or something like that.
#2: Open the Jaws context menu, with the keystroke, Insert + J, press the letter, U , to open the, submenu Utilities folder, navigate to the, Explore Utilities Folder, press enter then, navigate to, Explore My Settings , and this folder holds everything in the ENU folder. So you can select everything in this folder, copy it to the clipboard, create a new folder and name it ENU2023, and paste everything from the clipboard into it and you'll have an ENU backup doing it this way as well.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 1:56 PM Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
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Karen Reynolds
Hi Mike, Thanks. I just went and removed it.
Karen
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 6:47 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
Hi Karen,
No, when renaming a shortcut the, .EXE, is not necessary to have in the shortcut's name.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
Hi Mike, I did but it added short cut to the end of the name, so I used shift f10 to rename it and remove it. Does it have to have the .exe in the name?
Karen
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Karen,
Yes, that's it. Now create a desktop shortcut icon from that .EXE file.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
What I found was hj pad.exe. Is this it? |
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Mike Pietruk
Personally, when I save a back-up file or folder, I also tend to include a
date either today's date or the date the file was created. As an example, if I were tonight to save the ENU folder from Jaws 2023, my saved file name might be: enu2023 230120 The bottom line is to do whatever works for you and maybe even where you end up storing it. The key is being able to find it when needed either for use or deletion when you replace it with a newer back up. |
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Mike Pietruk
Karen
A short cut's name can be whatever you want it to be. I sometimes like to place a number or symbol before a name making it easier to find with a single keystroke. In fact, it doesn't have to even relate to the name of the program or file. What's inside the short cut is what matters; not its name. |
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Mike B.
Hi Karen,
Here's 2 other ways to access the ENU
folder. I'm pointing out these 2 ways in case your AppData folder is
hidden in your UserName folder.
#1:
Press, Windows key + R, to open the Run
dialog and type, appdata, and press enter.
In the appdata folder navigate to the Roaming
subfolder and press enter to open.
Navigate to the, Freedom Scientific, subfolder and
press enter. Navigate to Jaws press enter, navigate to the version of
Jawsyou want to access , press enter, press spacebar on, Settings, to select it
and press enter, and now You'll be in another list, so in this list find
the, ENU, folder. Now you can simply copy and paste this folder somewhere
but, change the name to reflect what Jaws version it is, ENU23, or something
like that.
#2:
Open the Jaws context menu, with the keystroke,
Insert + J, press the letter, U , to open the, submenu Utilities folder,
navigate to the, Explore Utilities Folder, press enter then, navigate to,
Explore My Settings , and this folder holds everything in the ENU folder.
So you can select everything in this folder, copy it to the clipboard, create a
new folder and name it ENU2023, and paste everything from the clipboard
into it and you'll have an ENU backup doing it this way as well.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Note from a creditor: Dear Sir, Your account has been on our books for over a year. We want to remind you that we have now carried you longer than your mother did!" ----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Reynolds
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in
Word Thanks. Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:34 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen and all The Jaws Settings folder is at this path on my win10 desktop: C:\Users\hp envy\AppData\Roaming\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\2023\Settings\enu An alternate way to find is through %appdata% from the run dialog, type "%appdata%" without the quote marks: you'll see a listing for all the programs that have such data files. typing the letter "f" will get you to Freedom Scientific; and so forth. My ENU folder has over 200 files; so, it's jampacked with stuff. There are a bunch of JAWS scripts, including those I have for Leasey, place marker files, et al. Personally, I try backing it up every week or 2 and keep 2 back-ups on file. I'm far more comfortable playing around with JAWS settings when I have back-ups just in case I either mess things up, something goes haywire as it did for Karen, or I decide later that some changes are best undone. And I like back-ups for some other programs/apps that are under %appdata%. From what I understand, you can also get to the settings folder through Jaws' Utilities menu. I'm guessing that a knowledgable user might be able to make repairs by replacing specific files in that folder. |
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Mike B.
Hi Karen,
No, when renaming a shortcut the, .EXE, is
not necessary to have in the shortcut's name.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Note from a creditor: Dear Sir, Your account has been on our books for over a year. We want to remind you that we have now carried you longer than your mother did!" ----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Reynolds
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in
Word Hi Mike, I did but it added short cut to the end of the name, so I used shift f10 to rename it and remove it. Does it have to have the .exe in the name?
Karen
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Mike B.
Hi Karen,
Yes, that's it. Now create a desktop shortcut icon from that .EXE file.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
What I found was hj pad.exe. Is
this it? |
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Karen Reynolds
Thanks. I found it and put it on my desktop as a shortcut key. However, as I
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said I do need notepad for some things, so I need to make sure it works. Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 5:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Yes -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What I found was hj pad.exe. Is this it? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 3:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word It is a program which is included with Jaws and is very similar to Word Pad but with the spell checker. I have used it for years and love it. Go to Go to This PC/program files/freedom scientific/jaws/ 2023 (or whatever version you are using) and find hjpad.exe I then put a shortcut on the desktop. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:47 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What is HJ pad? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Marie Nelson
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What I found was hj pad.exe. Is this it? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 3:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word It is a program which is included with Jaws and is very similar to Word Pad but with the spell checker. I have used it for years and love it. Go to Go to This PC/program files/freedom scientific/jaws/ 2023 (or whatever version you are using) and find hjpad.exe I then put a shortcut on the desktop. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:47 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What is HJ pad? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Karen Reynolds
Hi Mike,
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Thanks. Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:34 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen and all The Jaws Settings folder is at this path on my win10 desktop: C:\Users\hp envy\AppData\Roaming\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\2023\Settings\enu An alternate way to find is through %appdata% from the run dialog, type "%appdata%" without the quote marks: you'll see a listing for all the programs that have such data files. typing the letter "f" will get you to Freedom Scientific; and so forth. My ENU folder has over 200 files; so, it's jampacked with stuff. There are a bunch of JAWS scripts, including those I have for Leasey, place marker files, et al. Personally, I try backing it up every week or 2 and keep 2 back-ups on file. I'm far more comfortable playing around with JAWS settings when I have back-ups just in case I either mess things up, something goes haywire as it did for Karen, or I decide later that some changes are best undone. And I like back-ups for some other programs/apps that are under %appdata%. From what I understand, you can also get to the settings folder through Jaws' Utilities menu. I'm guessing that a knowledgable user might be able to make repairs by replacing specific files in that folder. |
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Karen Reynolds
Hi Mike, I did but it added short cut to the end of the name, so I used shift f10 to rename it and remove it. Does it have to have the .exe in the name?
Karen
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:16 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
Hi Karen,
Yes, that's it. Now create a desktop shortcut icon from that .EXE file.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word
What I found was hj pad.exe. Is this it? |
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Mike Pietruk
Karen and all
The Jaws Settings folder is at this path on my win10 desktop: C:\Users\hp envy\AppData\Roaming\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\2023\Settings\enu An alternate way to find is through %appdata% from the run dialog, type "%appdata%" without the quote marks: you'll see a listing for all the programs that have such data files. typing the letter "f" will get you to Freedom Scientific; and so forth. My ENU folder has over 200 files; so, it's jampacked with stuff. There are a bunch of JAWS scripts, including those I have for Leasey, place marker files, et al. Personally, I try backing it up every week or 2 and keep 2 back-ups on file. I'm far more comfortable playing around with JAWS settings when I have back-ups just in case I either mess things up, something goes haywire as it did for Karen, or I decide later that some changes are best undone. And I like back-ups for some other programs/apps that are under %appdata%. From what I understand, you can also get to the settings folder through Jaws' Utilities menu. I'm guessing that a knowledgable user might be able to make repairs by replacing specific files in that folder. |
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Mike B.
Hi Karen,
Yes, that's it. Now create a desktop
shortcut icon from that .EXE file.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Note from a creditor: Dear Sir, Your account has been on our books for over a year. We want to remind you that we have now carried you longer than your mother did!" ----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Reynolds
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in
Word Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 3:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word It is a program which is included with Jaws and is very similar to Word Pad but with the spell checker. I have used it for years and love it. Go to Go to This PC/program files/freedom scientific/jaws/ 2023 (or whatever version you are using) and find hjpad.exe I then put a shortcut on the desktop. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:47 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What is HJ pad? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Mike Pietruk
That's the program, Karen.
And, in a few minutes, I'll get you the answer on the path for the ENU folder; btw, ENU = English North America. |
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Mike Pietruk
Marie
Thanks for the hjpad.exe suggestion as an alternate text editor. I'll keep that in mind. I've been using Jamal Mazrui's Edsharp which has been around for longer than I can remember. l Amazingly, it still works in modern Windows system and is very blind friendly as it should be as it was written by a blind programmer. And looking in the ENU folder, there seems to be a script included for HJPAD. |
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Karen Reynolds
What I found was hj pad.exe. Is this it?
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Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 3:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word It is a program which is included with Jaws and is very similar to Word Pad but with the spell checker. I have used it for years and love it. Go to Go to This PC/program files/freedom scientific/jaws/ 2023 (or whatever version you are using) and find hjpad.exe I then put a shortcut on the desktop. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:47 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What is HJ pad? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Marie Nelson
It is a program which is included with Jaws and is very similar to Word Pad but with the spell checker. I have used it for years and love it. Go to
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Go to This PC/program files/freedom scientific/jaws/ 2023 (or whatever version you are using) and find hjpad.exe I then put a shortcut on the desktop. -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:47 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word What is HJ pad? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Karen Reynolds
What is HJ pad?
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Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie Nelson Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I know this is not a solution for Notepad, but why not use HJ Pad to take your notes. You can save in TXT or RTF file format and it has a spell checker and some very simple format settings. I personally seldom use Notepad. Marie -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 11:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word Karen When I read frustrating experiences such as yours -- and we've all been there -- it reminds me of why I like backing up things. In this case, Jaws' enu file. Learned that last year from Brian Hartgen's Jaws Muscles course. He prefers backing that up over Jaws' setting back up which isn't complete in what it keeps. |
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Karen Reynolds
Thanks. That's my next step if it shows up again.
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Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Walker Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws not speaking while typing in notepad but does in Word I would certainly try Stevens suggestions. If you still have issues, you could rerun the jaws set up, and repair jaws. |
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Michael Walker
I would certainly try Stevens suggestions. If you still have issues, you could rerun the jaws set up, and repair jaws.
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