On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:06:33 -0600, you wrote:
>I don't have this problem with Nat; have never had this problem. Also,
>have never used the Power Toys. I keep nothing in my StartUp folder and
>have nothing loading under autoexec.bat, config.sys, and nothing loading
>or running under win.ini. My Win 95 version is OSR2. I have not loaded
>(and won't until forced at gun point) Office 97 but do have MS Word for
>when I have to use it. Majority of stuff is done in WP 6.1 (with DAD)
>and WP 8.0 (without CC) and Excel. Wonder if any of this is the reason
>I don't have the problem. I do, as mentioned before, have problems with
>ViaVoice.
>Rose
>"who believes that salad is not food, salad is food's food"
>
>Susan Fulton wrote:
>>
>> The Power Toys explanation has been mentioned before. I tried
>> uninstalling PT and still had the problem. I don't have any trouble
>> using ViaVoice Gold or SimplySpeaking Gold or Kurzweil Voice in
>> navigating the start menu as intended -- say the name -- so I suspect
>> there's more to the issue than this. I know there are workarounds, but
>> I think Dragon -- as the only speech software maker to have the
>> problem -- should try harder to fix it.
>> Susan
>> On Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:33:37 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> >This problem is not new to DragonDictate 3.
>> >I have this same problem with DragonDictate 2.52.
>> >Dragon Systems support tells me the problem is caused
>> >by some third party software that I installed (i.e.
>> >the "MS Power Toys") which changes the structure of
>> >the Start Menu. There is nothing that can be done
>> >to resolve this problem.
>> >
>> >Therefore, the workaround that I use is to name
>> >the items/shortcuts on my Start Menu so they end
>> >with a numeric value which represents how many
>> >"up arrows" are needed to execute the shortcut.
>> >For example, my Start Menu contains shortcuts
>> >like the following:
>> >
>> >Eudora-3
>> >MS Word-4
>> >Netscape-5
>> >
>> >So, I then dictate "Start Menu", "Move up 4", "Enter Key"
>> >when I want to execute MS Word from my Start Menu.
>> >
>> >I could also say "Start Menu", "Mike", "Enter Key" to
>> >move the cursor to the "MS Word" shortcut because
>> >it begins with the letter "M".
>> >
>> >--maxinem
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >From: Judy Evans <jae2@@york.ac.uk>
>> >Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 22:43:57 +0000 (GMT)
>> >Subject: Re: task list problems with Dragon dictates 3.01
>> >
>> >On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Susan Fulton wrote:
>> >
>> >> DragonDictate 3 repeatedly gives me the wrong item within the start
>> >> menu; others also reported that problem. (you would say "Programs,"
>> >> and "Documents" would be selected. ) I am wondering whether what you
>> >> are experiencing is part of the same problem, which was not resolved
>> >> by the patch. On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 10:27:11 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >========================================================
>> >This document was created using voice dictation software
>> >and a foot-operated mouse
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