[NFBCS] Potential Issue with Latest JAWS

Nathaniel Schmidt schmidty2244 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 2 06:39:29 UTC 2020 

Hi Curtis,

I'll try your suggestion.  Thanks.

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel Schmidt
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Deakin University, Cloud campus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2020 2:26 PM
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> Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>; Steve Jacobson
> <steve.jacobson at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Potential Issue with Latest JAWS
> 
> Hi Steve:
> 
> You get to the shell:startup folder through the run command. Just press
> windows r, type shell:startup, then press enter. Paste the JAWS shortcut into this
> folder. I hope that helps.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Curtis Chong
> 
> 
> On Sep 1, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Steve Jacobson via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
> Curtis,
> 
> This might solve a completely separate problem I am having on my work
> computer.  There is a lot of security on that computer and I can't get JAWS to
> start automatically after logon although it is starting before logon.  I am able to
> start JAWS just fine using my desktop shortcut.  Maybe your solution would let
> me start JAWS automatically again.  Where is this shell:startup folder located?
> Does this folder likely already exist or does one need to create it?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 9:50 AM
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> Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Potential Issue with Latest JAWS
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> For the past while, even before this latest update of JAWS, I have noticed a
> problem with JAWS and Windows 10 which only seems to appear if you set JAWS
> to start itself automatically after log in. In some instances, JAWS will not
> detect characters that are normally detected when you move through a
> document. Restarting JAWS does fix this problem, and this might be why a lot
> of people don't report it.
> 
> My permanent fix for this was to copy the JAWS shortcut into a folder called
> shell:startup and then to tell JAWS not to start automatically except before
> the logon screen. So far, it's working for me.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Curtis Chong
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 12:43 AM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Nathaniel Schmidt <schmidty2244 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFBCS] Potential Issue with Latest JAWS
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> I am having a strange issue that only started with the last JAWS version as
> of this writing (v2020.2008.24).  When I open a text editor such as
> Notepad++, for example, JAWS will periodically not speak the text under the
> PC cursor when navigating through the text with the arrow keys.  The only
> way to fix this problem seems to be to re-start JFW altogether.  And yes, I
> have restarted my computer after updating.
> 
> 
> 
> I may or may not be making circumstantially invalid correlations here;
> however, I have noticed that this error only appears to occur whenever I
> have recently opened a convenient OCR window and OCRed a PDF doc for
> instance.  Otherwise things appear to be normal.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions? It's a frustrating new development, as I am
> studying a degree that requires me to do a lot of programming and NPP is my
> preferred editor of choice for this field of study.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Nathaniel
> 
> 
> 
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> Nathaniel Schmidt
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> Bachelor of Computer Science (S306)
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> School of Information Technology
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> Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
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