[gui-talk] seeking advice on laptops and windows 7 vs. 10 and JAWS 17 vs. 18 etc.

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

You asked more questions than I want to try to answer. But here are a couple 
of things:
If you have an external keyboard you will probably want to use the standard 
layout rather than the laptop layout, which uses the CapsLock key in place 
of the Insert key. That would be my preference, anyway.
I don't know whether your version of OpenBook runs under Windows 10 or not. 
It might. If it doesn't, you don't get full OCR of paper documents inside 
JAWS until you get to version 2018, the version that came after version 18, 
which came out a few weeks ago. Even then, for scanning from paper you are 
limited, I think, to a Pearl camera that V F O sells. I use Omnipage 
Ultimate with Window-Eyes on Windows 7. There are a lot of choices on the 
market, including a Windows 10 version of the KNFB Reader.
I'll let other people make other recommendations, as well as correct any 
misstatements I have made. I am still learning JAWS, being a refugee from 
the demise of Window-Eyes, which I am using in composing this message.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Bruce Naccari via gui-talk
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 9:48 PM
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Subject: [gui-talk] seeking advice on laptops and windows 7 vs. 10 and JAWS 
17 vs. 18 etc.

Wrestling with a seemingly moribund  2015 HP PC made accessible with JAWS 17
and Open Book 8 or 9 in the Windows 7 operating system I am seeking
advice on choosing a suitable affordable laptop I can use with JAWS 17
and my Open Book and    my  HP Jet something HP 4____ printer/scanner
and my Belkin internet router and  easy connectability to  network
wifi outside my home  :a) a one  with Windows 7 to be used with JAWS
17 and then early next year I hope an upgrade to JAWS 18 OR b) one new
with Windows 10 ideal for use with JAWS 18 that meets the above
description---I  Not asking anyone to try to push any particular
laptops but I am seeking this advice  as part of my decision  as to
whether and when I can afford a new laptop or refurbished laptop  and
be able to soon upgrade to the latest JAWS for home use. Also 1.If I
use a usb connected  external standard keyboard  to operate the JAWS
loaded laptop do I set the option  for   laptop or for a standard
keyboard in the JAWS menu? 2. I now use JAWS 17 and Open Book--but
does my JAWS 17 include  the same capabilities for ocr scanning to
speech as does the Open Book?if so where in JAWS do I find that? How
do I use JAWS 17 to scan a print page and turn it into  speech? 3.
Will my I hope imminent upgrade JAWS 18 include such ocr scanning to
speech faculties  like those in Open Book?.I am not a complete
ignoramus but I am not very
proficient  or literate in  computer usage or  accessible  software
and terminology either,just  an
elder   without any special tech  knowledge although  the experience
of using  a pc with the above kinds of software   off and on the
internet since 2004.
Can y'all  please inform me of some ideal  or optimal for JAWS users
affordable
laptops as described above and  without a crowded cramped
keyboard,and with a keyboard as much like a standard external keyboard
as possible ,and that on a laptop capable of --with more hthan one usb
port--capable of being operated using a standard American English
external keyboard via a usb connector cable? Will my JAWS 17 work and
will my Open Book work in Windows 10 in a satisfactory way not likely
to frustrate    a grizzled someone like me? I would  very much appreciate 
any
guidance y'all are able to offer,or any pointers to  where or who
that might give guidance  to me.  This will influence my portable
hardware JAWS acquisition decisions.   And does anyone see any
advantage to the  current  PACMate over a JAWS-using laptop?Merci
beaucoup..

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