[NFBCS] how to stop, and/or silence mail notifications and Thunderbird for Windows?

[maurice mines]

Good afternoon everyone, unfortunately whenever I get a new message in 
Thunderbird for Windows my dictation software just like what happens 
with the screen reader that runs with it, focus gets pulled away from 
where I'm dictating. Thus ruining the message before can actually finish 
dictating it. Does anyone have any good suggestions on how to silence 
incoming mail notification so that I can finish dictating what I need to 
when I need to finish a particular piece of mail?


A bit of background here. Because of a additional disability, I must use 
dictation software as some of you on the list may know. Unfortunately 
this dictation software is only available in Windows. So that means that 
I must use the dictation software in combination with Jaws for  windows. 
The type of notifications that I need to silence or notifications they 
tell me new mail has arrived, then he proceeds to flash the new message 
on screen which of course disturbs the cursor position as it takes focus 
away and moves it to the new message instead of what I'm I'm working on.


Please note that of course as I've stated in this message it has been 
dictated to the computer by means of dictation software. If something 
that I've written above i.e. dictated above is unclear, please reach out 
to me and asked me what my original intent was? I look forward to 
hearing up any misunderstandings that might arise from the text that has 
been dictated above.


Disclaimer number two any thoughts, positions, or statements that have 
been written/dictated above they are mine, they don't reflect the views 
of the national Federation of the blind, or the national Federation of 
the blind deaf blind division. Thank you very much for reading this.

-- 
Maurice Mines, Board Member National Federation of the Blind Deafblind 
Division Email: board4 at nfbdeaf-blind.org Website: www.nfbdeaf-blind.org 
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