[blindlaw] OT JAWS Acting Funky

[Ross Doerr]

Hi Craig -

I would add to what everyone else has already said two comments:

First, the insert-escape key refreshes the screen without having to dump 
JAWS and then restart it. If that doesn't work, then yes, keep doing what 
you've been doing.
Second, the newer versions of JAWS have helped that problem - so although 
upgrading will help, it won't solve it altogether.

I have the latest version of JAWS and I still have that problem.

And yes, what you experience in MS Outlook happens to me all of the time - 
in my office we use outlook for everything. Yep, I have that same trouble.

I would go on to add just one more thing - JAWS 7.0 had a lot of issues that 
newer versions fixed - so although upgrading won't completely solve the 
trouble, it will help out quite a bit.

Its that old "Forced to upgrade whether you like it or not" situation.
I'm sure your office, like mine, tries to stay current and by doing so tends 
to force assistaive software upgrades simply by being effecient. I'm the 
first to admit it is a pain in the neck - but a necessary evil of practicing 
law these days.

By the way, has anyone on the list managed to get a successful remote access 
installation of JAWS running with ease? I'm going up to JAWS PRO soon and am 
goiing to see if we can get the remote access function to work.
Of course, the server will need to rebooted after this sort of thing is 
done - and I can tell you that this particular component of installation 
strikes fear in the heart of our I.T. person. We all have had experiences 
with quirks of JAWS in netwowrk aplications that aren't exactly covered in 
help materials from time to time.
So, if anyone has had experience with that and has any advice not contained 
in the JAWS help materials, I'd like to hear from you off list if possible.

Thanks.

Ross
----- 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 5:06 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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