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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