[Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue

Sun Feb 17 17:43:50 UTC 2013

Great, I may try this if needed. This is a  version that was purchased by my 
university.
Many thanks,
Christine
Many thanks,
Christine

Christine M. Szostak
Doctoral Candidate and Research Consultant
Language Perception Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
szostak.1 at osu.edu
www.soundresearchconsulting.wordpress.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB Science and Engineering Division List'" <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue

> No, I mean getting the JAWS disk out, finding the executable that installs
> it and typing:
>
> JAWS.EXE /TYPE REPAIR
>
> And letting it do its thing. Earlier versions of JAWS allowed one to 
> repair
> JAWS from the installation menu but this is no longer the case.
>
> Also, I realize you may not be able to afford it but keeping up with the
> latest versions sometimes helps with changing program environments.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-science [mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Christine Szostak
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:41 AM
> To: NFB Science and Engineering Division List
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue
>
> Do you mean just resetting JAWS back to its factory settings? Sorry for my
> ignorance here.
>
>
> Christine M. Szostak
> Doctoral Candidate and Research Consultant
> Language Perception Laboratory
> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
> The Ohio State University
> Columbus, Ohio
> szostak.1 at osu.edu
> www.soundresearchconsulting.wordpress.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB Science and Engineering Division List'" <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue
>
>
>> Have you tried a JAWS Repair?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-science [mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Christine Szostak
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:05 AM
>> To: NFB Science and Engineering Division List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue
>>
>> Hi,
>>  Thanks for the suggestion. Since this happened quite a while back, I am
>> not sure I could even guess when it  originated and thus would likely not
>> be
>>
>> able to determine when to roll my computer back to. I appreciate the
>> suggestion though!
>>
>>
>> Christine M. Szostak
>> Doctoral Candidate and Research Consultant
>> Language Perception Laboratory
>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
>> The Ohio State University
>> Columbus, Ohio
>> szostak.1 at osu.edu
>> www.soundresearchconsulting.wordpress.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chun Chao" <zerone1683 at gmail.com>
>> To: "'NFB Science and Engineering Division List'" 
>> <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue
>>
>>
>>> Hello Christine:
>>>
>>> My suggestion is to see if the computer's system log has a save point
>>> prior
>>> to when this issue occurred and perform a "rollback" so that JAWS will 
>>> be
>>> returned to whatever setting it used to have before this happened.
>>>
>>> The nice thing about the system rollback feature is that all 
>>> applications
>>> on
>>> the computer gets reset to the way they were while still allowing files
>>> that
>>> the user have accumulated to remain on the computer.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> C.C. Alan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-science [mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Christine Szostak
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:16 PM
>>> To: NFB Science and Engineering Division List;
>>> social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Nfb-science] JAWS and Command Prompt: A Weird Issue
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>  my apologies for the second JAWS question, but it relates to my work as
>>> a
>>> scientist.
>>>
>>>  I am regularly using command  prompt for running programs relating to 
>>> my
>>> work. the problem is that somehow I accidentally set JAWS so that it 
>>> only
>>> speaks information when the following occurs:
>>>
>>> a)  I up-arrow.
>>>
>>> b)  I  Left or right arrow, and in these cases, it  repeatedly states 
>>> the
>>> information under the cursor in a rapid fashion (e.g., if the character
>>> under the cursor when I arrow to the left is a, JAWS restates in a rapid
>>> fashion "a a a a ...").
>>>
>>> c)  When I do a control+c.
>>>
>>>  My  computer in my lab properly works with command prompt and reads 
>>> each
>>> line as I arrow up or down and does not do the rapid repetition...
>>>
>>>  Thus, I am wondering if anyone can help provide details about how to
>>> make
>>> my JAWS software at home perform as it should. I have no idea what I did
>>> to
>>> cause it to do this as it used to work just fine:).
>>>
>>>  I am running JAWS 9.0 and Windows XP.
>>>
>>>  Any help with this issue would be much appreciated as it makes work 
>>> less
>>> efficient.
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Christine
>>> Christine M. Szostak
>>> Doctoral Candidate and Research Consultant Language Perception 
>>> Laboratory
>>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area The Ohio State University
>>> Columbus,
>>> Ohio szostak.1 at osu.edu www.soundresearchconsulting.wordpress.com
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