[gui-talk] Sound when accessing a link silent

Sherri flmom2006 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 12:15:13 UTC 2009


Mike thanks for that detailed and thorough description. I know I have tried 
this before, but just needed a refresher. I really appreciate it.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Sound when accessing a link silent


> Sherri:
>
> What has happened is that an application, for example, RealPlayer or 
> TotalRecorder, has disabled the "Windows Start Navigation" sound, that is, 
> changed your sound scheme.
>
> Go to Control Panel, arrow down to Sounds and Audio Devices, then hit 
> Enter. The first "tab" is the Volume Tab. Either shift-tab till you hear 
> this or hit control-tab to get to the Sounds Scheme Tab. Tab till you hear 
> the tree structure of sounds. Down-arrow until you hear comStart 
> Navigation"; it should be under Internet Explorer, if I recall. Tab to the 
> sound. You'll hear "none". Hit alt-down-arrow to open the combo box and 
> arrow down till you hear "Windows Start Navigation" or similar. Now hit 
> alt-up-arrow to close the combo box. Now backtab till you hear "apply". 
> Hit space. Now tab till you hdar "Save Sound Scheme As". Hit space to 
> activate that button. You'll be in a dialogue to give the "new" sound 
> scheme a name. It might be advisable to go through this dialogue before 
> you start all this so you know what schemes you already have. If you reuse 
> the name of one, you'll be asked if you really want to overwrite the 
> current scheme. You do so you answer yes. If you make up a n
> ew name, you won't be asked.
>
> Strictly-speaking, you don't have to save the scheme. You just won't be 
> able to select all the sounds in a scheme (if you have several) this way. 
> But it doesn't hurt anything.
>
> Anyway, when you've applied the scheme per above, you can either save the 
> modified scheme with a name or not. You just backtab to OK and hit space 
> and you're done.
>
> It sounds a lot more complicated than it is.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: <gui-talk at NFBnet.org>, <accesscomp at freelists.org>
> Date: Monday, Nov 16, 2009 20:30:43
> Subject: [gui-talk] Sound when accessing a link silent
>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am using JFW10 and Windows XP pro on my desktop. When going to the web, 
>> I no longer hear the "click" sound when I go to a link. How do I get that 
>> back? I know I should know how to do this, but have forgotten. Thanks.
>>
>> Sherri Brun
>> flmom2006 at gmail.com
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