Re: [powertalk] Digest for powertalk_discuss@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

[Sheryl Horne]

Attached is a copy of the error.

I change screen by using the almost invisible menu at the lower left hand corner.

 

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Canary <sgho...@gmail.com> Nov 28 04:44PM -0800 ^

 
I have downloaded and have been using power talk for a short time. I
find that it quite useful and i find that it reads each slide OK.
However if one wants to go from the present slide to a slide which is
not next in line, eg jumping from slide 1 to slide 6 then an error
message come up and you are no longer able to have the file read to
you.
 
This means you have to restart the ppt presentation which causes it t
read form the beginning . Is there any thing that can be done to
correct this. I sometimes read up to 100 slide in one presentation an
would love to be able to negotiate my way around with audio.


 

Steve Lee <st...@fullmeasure.co.uk> Dec 05 05:31PM ^

 
> not next in line, eg jumping from slide 1 to slide 6  then an error
> message come up and you are no longer able to have the file read to
> you.
 
Hi and my apologies for the delay. Your message got stuck in the
moderation queue.
 
This should not be an problem so perhaps you could provide a little
more information?
 
* How are you changing slide? Keying a number followed by enter or
something else?
* What EXACTLY is the error message?
 
I can try to to reproduce the problem
 
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Steve Lee
 
Full Measure - open source accessibility - http://fullmeasure.co.uk


 

[Steve Lee]

On 6 December 2010 03:27, Sheryl Horne <sgho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Attached is a copy of the error.
> I change screen by using the almost invisible menu at the lower left hand
> corner.

Thanks Sheryl

Well that error is a real pain and it means that PowerPoint is telling
PowerTalk it is 'busy' for an unknown reason. I can't get it to happen
using Office 2002 so we're going to have more difficulty getting to
the bottom of it.

* What version of Office and Windows do you have?
* Are you running the latest PowerTalk as well?
* Does it happen with all your presentations?

Sometimes this problem occurs if you have PowerPoint running when you
start PowerTalk. Is that possible? Can you make sure PowerPoint is not
running?

You could also try using the keyboard method of jumping to another
slide. That also looks smoother for the audience, but you need to know
the slide number.

If that does not work perhaps you could send an sample presentation
that has the problem.

Steve