[gui-talk] JAWS and 64 bit Operating Systems

[David Andrews]

The simple answer to your question is no.  JAWS does not support 
64-bit versions of Windows at this time.  They are working on it, but 
are not forthcoming about when this might happen.

Unfortunately, people are getting caught with this, because until 
recently 64-bit Windows was not offered on home-retail computers and 
people haven't known to check to see if the Operating System is 32 or 64 bit.

You can either return the laptop or see if you can get 32-bit Windows 
to run on it.

Dave

With System Access offering 64-bit support competitive pressure will 
force Freedom Scientific to do so, but I wouldn't expect to see 
anything before the spring of 09 -- my opinion, I don't know anything 
specific.  I would expect GW Micro to offer it too, but who knows when.

It is more complex for them FS and GW to do so, as they are more 
complex products then System Access.

Dave

At 06:40 PM 11/10/2008, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>After taking the time to carefully choose a new laptop to meet my needs, I
>excitedly brought it home and began to instal the latest version of JAWS,
>only to discover that JAWS doesn't support 64 bit operating systems.
>Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed.
>
>The guy at FS was useless, and I can exchange my laptop, but I won't be able
>to find one running a 32 bit operating system that is as good and as cheap.
>In other words, this failure of JAWS will likely cost me money.
>
>I wonder if anyone knows of any solutions.  I gather System Access now works
>with 64 bit operating systems, but I would prefer to stay with JAWS for now.
>Is there anyway to make JAWS run with 64 bit operating systems (Vista in my
>case).
>
>I need this laptop right away, so I have no choice but to exchange it
>tomorrow unless someone can offer me a suggestion soon.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marc
>
>
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