[nfbcs] Issue with Sounds in Microsoft Office 365

[David Andrews]

I have a program, from Microsoft, called sounds.exe. You run it and 
it adds sounds to MS office. I can send it to you, if you want.

Dave

At 08:55 AM 5/3/2018, you wrote:

>Thanks for both of the suggestions.
>
>The Sounds were in the Office97 Directory when I checked.
>I believe I am using the latest version of Office 365 because it updates
>automatically.
>The sound Option is now in Ease of Access and it is definitely checked.
>I am thinking that, because I am getting some default sounds such as
>incoming mail, the sound card is receiving the information.
>The particular sound I want is the Delete sound when I delete an e-mail.
>Does someone know the Microsoft contact info for accessibility?
>
>
>
>
>Cathy Schroeder
>
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>
>Kathy,
>
>Depending upon your sound card, sometimes different applications have their
>own level controls and mute buttons.  It might be worth checking that out in
>"Adjust System Volume".  Second, I just bought a new computer and downloaded
>Office 365 and the version I downloaded was substantially older than the
>version I had on another computer that had been updating.  I did not
>understand that at all, but that version does not seem to have the same
>sound options.  I can't get the modern sound scheme choice for example, and
>it is controlled differently.  I suppose it will be updated at some point.
>I don't know if either of these relate to the problem you are having,
>though, but you never know.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Steve Jacobson
>
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>Cc: Cathy Schroeder <cathy at sks.com>
>Subject: [nfbcs] Issue with Sounds in Microsoft Office 365
>
>Hi,
>
>
>
>I recently was upgrated to a new laptop. I cannot get the sounds to work in
>Office 365. I was able to get the Sounds installed but when I go to Ease of
>Access in options and check the sounds box, the sounds do not play. Any
>Ideas?
>
>
>
>Am using the newest version of JAWS 18, Windows 10, and the latest Ofice
>365.
>
>
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have done this several times and
>this is the first time I cannot make it work.