[blindlaw] OT JAWS Acting Funky

[E.J. Zufelt]

Craig,

Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing JAWS on the affected 
computer(s)?

Everett



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Borne" <cborne at mdot.state.md.us>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] OT JAWS Acting Funky


> Hello list,
> Hopefully, someone will have a simple solution to this annoying problem.
> More frequently than I would like, JAWS has stopped working for certain
> features of certain programs.  For example, when in Outlook, JAWS will
> stop recognizing what is in the inbox.  The arrows still move the cursor
> up and down the list of emails (or so my wife tells me), but it reads
> nothing.  However, JAWS is still on as evidenced by pressing ins + t to
> read the window title.
> The only way I can get it to work is to dump JAWS (ins +f4) and then
> restart JAWS again.  After restarting JAWS, the problem might reoccur
> within seconds.
> Secondly, when I am reviewing a document in Word, the JAWS program will
> begin to stop recognizing the text when reading line by line.  Usually,
> reading by paragraph (ctr + down arrow) will read the entire paragraph,
> but I am unable to read by line or by word or character.  When trying to
> read by line or word or character, the screen reader reads "blank."
> Again, dumping JAWS and restarting will sometimes fix the problem
> temporarily but not always.
> I am running JAWS 7.0 at home and JAWS 6.0 at work (the work computer
> has the issues in Word only).  The work computer has JAWS Professional,
> and home has the standard.
> This began happening only recently and is quite frustrating when
> drafting or reviewing a timely contract.
> Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> Craig
>
>
> Craig Borne, Esq.
> Manager, ADA and Title VI Compliance
> Office of ADA, Regulations, Risk Management, and Special Projects
> (OARRS)
>
> Maryland Department of Transportation
> 7201 Corporate Center Drive
> P.O. Box 548, M.S. 330
> Hanover, MD 21076
> Phone: 410-865-1378
> Fax: 410-865-1113
> E-Mail: cborne at mdot.state.md.us
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