Ana

Windows insert F4 will turn off jaws. If you use JAWS 16, it will automatically reload.

Jon

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Don Moore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> You have to set your own hotkey.  Go into Properties and follow the prompts.  I use alt control j, but if you use that for another program on your computer you can certainly use another alt control combination that isn't in use.
> 
> O yes, go into properties by typing shift f10 and arrow down or up to properties when the cursor is on the jaws icon.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ana G
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 3:01 PM
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Force Restarting Jaws
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there any way to force restart Jaws? When you're using NVDA, pressing 
> alt+ctrl+n, the hotkey that launches the screen reader, NVDA is 
> restarted. I'm wondering if there's a similar command for Jaws.
> 
> With every version of Jaws I've ever used, Jaws sometimes thinks I'm 
> holding down an additional key. For example, if I press Windows+d to go 
> to the desktop, Jaws says, "alt+Windows+d," or if I type the letter L to 
> jump to an item that begins with that letter, Jaws says, "alt+l." When 
> Jaws is in one of these moods, it sometimes reports the additional key 
> but behaves normally. More often it both reports the additional key and 
> behaves as if I were actually pressing it. What I'm describing happens 
> more in some versions of Jaws than others and is more likely to happen 
> when I touch a key too soon after Jaws loads. I'm using Jaws 15 now, and 
> it only happens occasionally.
> 
> Anyway, I can sometimes stop this behavior by pressing the numb-pad 
> ins+slash along with the additional key being reported (i.e., alt, ctrl, 
> shift, or some combination thereof). If this doesn't work, then the only 
> way to correct the problem is to restart Jaws. Sometimes I can use 
> ins+F4 or the Jaws menu to exit the screen reader, but most of the time, 
> this doesn't work. for instance today, Jaws reported that I was pressing 
> alt+ctrl and behaved as such, so when I got into the Jaws menu, I 
> couldn't exit by pressing the letter X because I'd launch Excel, and I 
> couldn't arrow to the Exit option because Jaws would simply announce 
> that I wasn't in a table. When something like this happens, I restart 
> the computer by holding down the power button.
> 
> So ... is there another way to restart Jaws?
> 
> Ciao
> 
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