[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Sun Aug 26 01:50:06 UTC 2012

    That's what I was talking about. Thanks for the direct link.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:32 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Where can you get what?  the December 2009 Braille Monitor?  It's on the NFB 
web site under publications.
Here's the direct link:

http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0911/bm0911tc.htm

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

On Aug 25, 2012, at 3:16 PM, "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Where can I get that?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ray Foret Jr
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 1:07 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
> Well, as to whether Voice Over is better than windows or  JAWS, to me it 
> is; but, you'll be the judge of that yourself when you take an objective 
> look at it.  Personally, I do think it's better; but, I warn you now.  It 
> ain't windows.  Don't go in to this expecting Apple or Voice Over to act 
> like nor give you the same kind of feedback as windows.  Why?  The entire 
> concept is different.  I'd refer you to the December 2009 Braille Monitor 
> for a decent overview.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
>
> On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:32 PM, "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Yeah. I didn't learn that until after the problems began.
>>
>> I started with Vista, then the laptop's mother board fried. I had to buy 
>> a new laptop, but Windows 7 was all you could find. When I tried loading 
>> the program, it wouldn't complete and say something like "this is an 
>> invalid platform. I was confused and didn't know what that meant. I 
>> called FS, they told me to just download the 64 byte version and it will 
>> work. So, that's what I'm running on now.
>>
>> I would like to know what some of you computer tech guys think of macs 
>> and the voice over. Is it better than windows OS and JAWS? Would it be 
>> smart to go in that direction? How well does it work?
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews
>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>>
>> JAWS 10 was never designed to work with Windows
>> 7.  This could be causing some of your problems.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 11:09 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
>>> Ok. Phew! I'm not the only one experiencing issues with JAWS not 
>>> responding. I think it's a number of things with my computer. #1. I have 
>>> JAWS 10 on a windows 7 laptop. #2. I let a friend talk me into 
>>> downloading all these different programs that will help speed up my 
>>> computer. It helped, but started causing problems. It is quite 
>>> frustrating to hear a chimed dialog box but nothing is said. The other 
>>> day, as it was starting up, it had a starting windows repair window open 
>>> saying not to turn off or restart the computer, but JAWS didn't say 
>>> that. My 7 year old son read it to me and asked me if I wanted him to 
>>> close the window. The computer would have been sitting here with that 
>>> window open and I would have been getting upset and worried that my 
>>> computer wasn't starting up properly. Right now, I have a window open 
>>> for an adobe flash player update, but I don't know how to get to it. 
>>> Occasionally JAWS will say, "update ready to be installed" and that's 
>>> it. I have issues with Fire Fox as well. Every time I open it, I have to 
>>> use the "alt tab" command twice in order to use the program. Sometimes, 
>>> when I hit the applications key and scroll up to "send to," it will stop 
>>> talking before or just after I reach it. IDK if there is an auto correct 
>>> in Word 2007, but, I'll be typing along and I'll want to go back, re 
>>> read what I just typed, and somehow my sentences were broken up and 
>>> rearranged. It does it in my email as well. I use Windows Live Mail 
>>> because I don't know how to use gmail on the site. -----Original 
>>> Message----- From: Sherry Gomes Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:31 PM 
>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm 
>>> tired of I have that happen a lot with internet explorer 9, and it is 
>>> the application, not jaws, because when everything starts up again, 
>>> there's a message saying internet explorer stopped working. Outlook too, 
>>> oh man, it hangs a lot, just freezes and locks up the whole darn 
>>> computer, particularly first thing in the morning. -----Original 
>>> Message----- From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman Sent: 
>>> Friday, August 24, 2012 8:50 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: 
>>> Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of Perhaps the application you're 
>>> using has stopped responding for some reason. I find this happens 
>>> periodically in windows 7. Mike -----Original Message----- From: 
>>> blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of Nikki Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:27 PM To: 
>>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org Subject: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of     In 
>>> the middle of a task, command, or navigating the net, JAWS just stops 
>>> talking, sometimes with a stutter or short muffle. IDK what itï¿½s doing 
>>> or why, but there are times when I end up turning offf or restarting. 
>>> Sometimes I can get JAWS back on. Any thoughts as to why this is 
>>> happening? _______________________________________________
>>
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