[blindlaw] OT JAWS Acting Funky

[Ross Doerr]

One last thing Craig -
Check your RAM. Sometimes if you have the minimum of RAM wierd things like 
this happen. I upgraded and went from 256 to 512 and it really did help.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Doerr" <rumpole at adelphia.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] OT JAWS Acting Funky


> 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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