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J-Say Update

 

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J-Say has been updated. This is a critical update for people using Windows11. Every one of the thousands of voice commands has been adjusted to take account of a problem which occurs under certain conditions. Previously, there were times when JAWS speech was being cut off when a voice command was spoken. It is suggested that people using Windows11 update to this latest build.

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I would like to thank probably the most experienced J-Say user we have, who is a list member, who employed considerable patience in terms of testing while this technique was perfected.

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There are some people who need help in updating J-Say. If that is you, please let us know.

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There will be one or two further updates to J-Say 21 as and when we learn about problems especially with Windows11 or Dragon 16. But the next major J-Say update will be for JAWS 2024. We now have access to that and the J-Say for it is being worked on now in readiness for its release later this year.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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Re: Issue with profile failing to load when running Dragon Personal Professional with Windows 11

 

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Are you saying you have multiple profiles and you want to run a specific one?

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In terms of your other query:

As taken from the J-Say user guide:

  1. From the Windows “Settings” Dialog, press “Tab” until you reach the “search” edit field, which is labelled, “Find a Setting.
  2. Into the Edit Field, type “Notifications” and press “Enter”.
  3. Press “Tab” once to reach the list box of results.
  4. Press Down Arrow until you reach “Turn app notifications on or off” and press “Enter”.
  5. Press Tab until you reach the Button labelled “Dragon for Windows, On”. Press the Space Bar to turn it off.

Press ALT+F4 to close the Dialog Box.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Sweetman
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 10:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] Issue with profile failing to load when running Dragon Personal Professional with Windows 11

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I am running J-Dictate and Dragon 15 Personal Professional on one of our machines using Windows 11.

I checked the option to load the profile when Dragon runs, but is still not loading.

I am using the latest version of JAWS 2023 with J-Dictate.

Can I upgrade to Dragon 16 and see if that solves the issue?

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Also, is there a way to reduce speech as dragon loads?

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Thank you in advance.

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Bob Sweetman

Email: bob@...

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Issue with profile failing to load when running Dragon Personal Professional with Windows 11

 

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I am running J-Dictate and Dragon 15 Personal Professional on one of our machines using Windows 11.

I checked the option to load the profile when Dragon runs, but is still not loading.

I am using the latest version of JAWS 2023 with J-Dictate.

Can I upgrade to Dragon 16 and see if that solves the issue?

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Also, is there a way to reduce speech as dragon loads?

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Thank you in advance.

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Bob Sweetman

Email: bob@...

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Re: What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

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If you are using the microphone in sleep mode, it could be that Dragon has captured some kind of additional noise and the command was not isolated.

You just may have to say it a couple of times.

There could well be some adjustments to all the J-Say commands coming soon, and that may well help, but that is the likely cause.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ross Winetsky
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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Yes. It is the “check microphone“ command I was referring to.

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Ross.

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On Jul 26, 2023, at 12:43 PM, Brian Hartgen <brian@...> wrote:

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Hi Ross

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We are talking here about the command, check microphone. Is this the command which is sometimes working and sometimes not?

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Regarding Dragon being a little behind the dictation, do you mean that it is taking some time to echo the text back? This could be for a variety of reasons. Maybe Windows is download an update in the background, or it could be that the PC is just being bogged down with doing something else and isn’t processing the dictation fast enough. I hope that you are dictating four or five words at a time, listening back to what is being said, then proceeding onto the next four or five words. This is the best way of getting responsive and consistent echo back.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ross Winetsky
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 5:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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Hello Brian, I am using Windows 11 and have experienced the intermittent issue of not hearing "microphone on"

Being announced. I have not yet reported because every time it happens, it works again for a while. However, it definitely happens a good percentage of the time. I am also noticing that, intermittently, Dragon will just stall or be very far behind the dictation. Sometimes I need to restart Dragon. Please let me know what you think I should do.

Rosswinetsky

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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Re: What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

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Yes. It is the “check microphone“ command I was referring to.

Ross.


On Jul 26, 2023, at 12:43 PM, Brian Hartgen <brian@...> wrote:

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Hi Ross

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We are talking here about the command, check microphone. Is this the command which is sometimes working and sometimes not?

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Regarding Dragon being a little behind the dictation, do you mean that it is taking some time to echo the text back? This could be for a variety of reasons. Maybe Windows is download an update in the background, or it could be that the PC is just being bogged down with doing something else and isn’t processing the dictation fast enough. I hope that you are dictating four or five words at a time, listening back to what is being said, then proceeding onto the next four or five words. This is the best way of getting responsive and consistent echo back.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ross Winetsky
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 5:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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Hello Brian, I am using Windows 11 and have experienced the intermittent issue of not hearing "microphone on"

Being announced. I have not yet reported because every time it happens, it works again for a while. However, it definitely happens a good percentage of the time. I am also noticing that, intermittently, Dragon will just stall or be very far behind the dictation. Sometimes I need to restart Dragon. Please let me know what you think I should do.

Rosswinetsky

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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Re: What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

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Hi Ross

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We are talking here about the command, check microphone. Is this the command which is sometimes working and sometimes not?

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Regarding Dragon being a little behind the dictation, do you mean that it is taking some time to echo the text back? This could be for a variety of reasons. Maybe Windows is download an update in the background, or it could be that the PC is just being bogged down with doing something else and isn’t processing the dictation fast enough. I hope that you are dictating four or five words at a time, listening back to what is being said, then proceeding onto the next four or five words. This is the best way of getting responsive and consistent echo back.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ross Winetsky
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 5:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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Hello Brian, I am using Windows 11 and have experienced the intermittent issue of not hearing "microphone on"

Being announced. I have not yet reported because every time it happens, it works again for a while. However, it definitely happens a good percentage of the time. I am also noticing that, intermittently, Dragon will just stall or be very far behind the dictation. Sometimes I need to restart Dragon. Please let me know what you think I should do.

Rosswinetsky

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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Re: What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

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Hello Brian, I am using Windows 11 and have experienced the intermittent issue of not hearing "microphone on"

Being announced. I have not yet reported because every time it happens, it works again for a while. However, it definitely happens a good percentage of the time. I am also noticing that, intermittently, Dragon will just stall or be very far behind the dictation. Sometimes I need to restart Dragon. Please let me know what you think I should do.

Rosswinetsky

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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Re: What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

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Thank you very much

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [J-Say] What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

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If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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What to do if you are using Windows10 and Check Microphone does not work

 

开云体育

If using Windows10, in some situations the microphone status was not being detected with the Check Microphone command. This only affects some Windows10 machines, not all. Windows11 is fine. The cause of this has not been determined, but as a safeguard, if running Windows10 we are falling back to the older method for detecting this which worked for many years. If using Windows11, we use the new method. You only need to reinstall the product if using Windows10 and this command does not work.

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You have two choices.

You can download J-Say again using the installer you were provided with upon purchase.

Alternatively, contact Hartgen Consultancy for assistance and the relevant change can be made.

?

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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J-Say 21 has been updated

 

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J-Say 21 has been updated. When you use the commands, Next Heading 1, and, Previous Heading 1, in a web browser, these should now move to the required heading.

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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New Email List

 

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If you are receiving this message, you should be subscribed to the new J-Say Email list. You do not need to reply to this message.

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To send a new message should you wish to, send an email to:

[email protected]

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Brian Hartgen

Hartgen Consultancy.

Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.

Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.

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