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Moderated Turning Off Suggestions

Mike Pietruk
 

I am running Windows 10 and have Jaws 2021, 2022 and 2023 on my system.
I must have inadvertenly turned on some system setting as now, each time I
enter a search box in a browser or in the program box, whatever I type
floods me with suggestions as to what page or website I want to go to or
which program to launch.

How do I get rid of this excessive flurry of suggestions and be allowed to
quietly type in what I want without the offering of suggestions.
Note that this happening on all versions of JAWS so I suspect it's a
Win 10 system setting rather than with the screen reader itself.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks!
Don H
 

need to know what browser you are using as this is a browser setting.

On 1/11/2023 5:56 PM, Mike Pietruk wrote:
I am running Windows 10 and have Jaws 2021, 2022 and 2023 on my system.
I must have inadvertenly turned on some system setting as now, each time I
enter a search box in a browser or in the program box, whatever I type
floods me with suggestions as to what page or website I want to go to or
which program to launch.
How do I get rid of this excessive flurry of suggestions and be allowed to
quietly type in what I want without the offering of suggestions.
Note that this happening on all versions of JAWS so I suspect it's a
Win 10 system setting rather than with the screen reader itself.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks!
Mike Pietruk
 

Don

not just one browser but Brave, Chrome and Edge.
Hence, I am guessing that it has to be some general setting rather than
the browser.
Adrian Spratt
 

Mike,

I'm racing to dinner before my wife complains everything has gone cold, but I just caught your message and did a quick Google. This page may address your problem:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/turn-search-suggestions-off-or-on-32978815-644c-4a41-9390-968af4700aba#:~:text=Turn%20off%20search%20suggestions,as%20you%20type%20check%20box.

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Subject: Turning Off Suggestions

I am running Windows 10 and have Jaws 2021, 2022 and 2023 on my system.
I must have inadvertenly turned on some system setting as now, each time I enter a search box in a browser or in the program box, whatever I type floods me with suggestions as to what page or website I want to go to or which program to launch.

How do I get rid of this excessive flurry of suggestions and be allowed to quietly type in what I want without the offering of suggestions.
Note that this happening on all versions of JAWS so I suspect it's a Win 10 system setting rather than with the screen reader itself.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks!
Don H
 

In edge go to privacy and search and go through all the settings it is well down the listing of settings where you turn off suggestions. I am sure it is the same for the other browsers.

On 1/11/2023 6:09 PM, Mike Pietruk wrote:
Don
not just one browser but Brave, Chrome and Edge.
Hence, I am guessing that it has to be some general setting rather than
the browser.
Mike Pietruk
 

Adrian

Thanks! Seeing the phrase "show suggestions" in your note spurred me to
enter that immediately in the settings search box.
I turned off a couple of things and did a similar search for search box
settings and turned something there off also.
So, not sure which of the setting or settings was the culprit; but now all
is back to normal.

I can understand why for a sighted user seeing the possibilities makes
sense (and my wife appreciates those occasionally) but listening to them
being rattled off while you are concentrating on typing is a distraction.
Mike Pietruk
 

I want to tie this thread to a discussion we had on the list a few weeks
back.

Someone questioned as to why anyone would want multiple versions of JAWS
on their system at the same time.
Having 3 versions of JAWS at my disposal quickly showed that it wasn't a
screen reader setting being the culprit.
Similarily, having multiple browsers displaying the same conduct suggested
it was not a specific browser setting needing tweeking.
So, the Windows 10 system settings seemed to be the logical problem which
turned out to be the case.
Mike Pietruk
 

Brian

With the demise of Window-Eyes a few years back, many of us were concerned
that JAWS might be able to rest on its laurels, so to speak.
But NVDA is enough of a competitor both from a cost and usability
perspective that, as you point out, Vispero could not do that.
And that's good for everyone -- the 2 screen reader players and us in the
peanut gallery.
Choice is always good.

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