[Blindtlk] Netbook With Google Chrome and Jaws 11?

[Michelle Medina]

Chris,
Thank you.

Lloyd,
Is there any way for me to find out if your wrong before my 15 days
are up and I'm stuck with this Netbook?

On 9/2/13, Lloyd Rasmussen <lras at sprynet.com> wrote:
> If this is a so-called Chromebook, the operating system is Google Chrome.
> JAWS won't work with that at all unless the operating system is changed back
>
> to Windows.  I don't know whether JAWS 11 works with Windows 7.  I'm sure it
>
> won't work with Windows 8.  The hardware of this netbook might not be
> capable enough to meet your needs.  But I could be wrong about all of these
>
> items.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 8:18 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Netbook With Google Chrome and Jaws 11?
>
> Michelle,
>
> The short answer to this question is that it doesn't work very well at all.
> Although Chrome has improved somewhat, it is still largely inaccessible
> with
> JAWS or any other screen reader besides its own ChromeVox plug-in. To
> answer
> your second question, you can indeed remove Chrome by uninstalling the
> program from your control panel. If you need help with this, let us know.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
> Public Relations Committee
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michelle
> Medina
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 6:17 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Netbook With Google Chrome and Jaws 11?
>
> Hi All,
> Just wondering how well a Netbook with Google Chrome will work with JAWS
> 11.
> Naturally, I WISH JAWS 14 was in my near future, as in yesteryear, but it
> isn't.
> I bought that particular Netbook since it was the cheapest Walmart had and
> later found out Googl Chrome was installed on it.
>
> If need be, I can remove Google Chrome, can't I?
>
> I'm not extremely computer literate, so I have to ask these questions. Lol.
>
> I can turn one on and off and use it well enough to go on Gmail or Facebook
> or Youtube. That's about it.
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
>
>
>
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