Unable to permanently adjust speech rate on the fly

Unable to permanently adjust speech rate on the fly

Problem

When you using he hotkeys CONTROL+ALT with page keys to increase or decrease the voice rate the setting is lost when using ALT+TAB to switch apps.

Resolution

You must use a different set of keystrokes to permanently change the speech rate or use the Voice Adjustment dialogue to change the speech rate.

  • Increase rate: ALT+WIN+CONTROL+PAGE UP
  • Decrease rate: ALT+WIN+CONTROL+PAGE DOWN

    • Related Articles

    • ZoomText - Changing screen reader speech rate setting

      Problem You may wish to change the speech rate of the ZoomText reader tool. Resolution The speech rate can be controlled for ZoomText either globally or separately for the AppView reader tool. Method 1 - Using a mouse Click the ZoomText taskbar ...

    • JAWS - Remove JAWS window from taskbar and ALT+TAB order

      Problem A JAWS user would like to remove JAWS from the Windows taskbar and alt+tab order. Applies to JAWS Detail By default JAWS runs just like any regular application where it appears as a program in the taskbar and also is available in the ALT+TAB ...

    • JAWS – Adjust typing echo

      Problem A JAWS user needs to adjust the JAWS typing echo setting to their preference. Applies to JAWS Fusion Resolution Typing echo is the name given to the feature in JAWS that says back the letter that has just been pressed on the keyboard or the ...

    • JAWS – Switching sound card to fix no speech issue

      Problem A customer may find that JAWS is silent after it has been started. JAWS is playing through the wrong sound device. Applies to JAWS Resolution A possible reason for JAWS being silent is because it is playing through the wrong sound device such ...

    • Changing JAWS punctuation announcement

      Information JAWS by default will be set to speak a certain amount of common punctuation. However, as users may have different needs and may wish to customize what punctuation is spoken by JAWS. Punctuation levels The ammount of punctuation spoken by ...