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sounds and speech

 

Just a little response.
Blind persons cannot see what is going on on the screen.
It is good and wise to have sounds to inform us that something works, or something is turned off.
I am having such a problem at the moment with my Windows 11 computer.
My screen reader is not speaking, which leaves me stuck.
It is possible the Windows 11 sound system was turned off by a tech guy.
He says he played with the Power Options.
When I got back from my walk there was no sound, my screen reader is not speaking.
The shortcut to enable speech is not working.
Without sounds and speech the computer is no longer accessible to a blind person.
Gaston
 

On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM, Gaston Bedard wrote:
Just a little response.
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To what, exactly?
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Your points are well taken.? Your best bet with Windows is to restart the machine, and if desperate doing so by holding down the power button to power off, then firing it up again and seeing if speech returns.
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If not, then try turning on Narrator (WinKey + Ctrl + Enter) and see if you get any sound/speech from it.
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If you've got nothing after that, either sound is muted (which JAWS and NVDA both used to unmute when they started up) or your sound card is not functioning or the audio service is not running for some reason.
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Power Options have zero connection to Audio.
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