[GUI-Talk] Question about using VMWare

[Curtis Chong]

Hello Sierra:

I am afraid that JAWS will not work in the virtual machine environment.
There are some scenarios (i.e., Citrix) where you have one version of JAWS
installed on your computer and another "remote" copy installed on a Citrix
server. This "remote access" feature comes at a price of $200, but I do not
believe this will solve your specific issue.

Speaking technically, the virtual machine window is a huge set of graphics
which JAWS has absolutely no good way to parse-even with its Convenient OCR
feature. My advice (I bet some of you could see this coming<smile>) is to
secure the services of a sighted reader or to find a way to avoid the
virtual machine environment altogether.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

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From: GUI-Talk <gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sierra Whittington
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Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:13 PM
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Cc: Sierra Whittington <sierrazee95 at gmail.com>
Subject: [GUI-Talk] Question about using VMWare

Hello all! 

I know not everyone here is IT, but I figured some people might be and this
is the only place I can think of to ask. 

Okay, so my A+ class is running virtual machines now, and we use VMWare. All
I've had access to is the web version, as they don't have JAWS installed on
any of the classroom computers yet. 

When I log in, I can't access anything at all! JAWS just reads the title of
the page, and even when I perform OCR on the screen, it won't allow me to
navigate to anything. I can't even access my virtual machine. 

Does anyone have a work around for this, or possibly know if the actual
VMWare software is more accessible than the web version? 

I apologize if I sound all over the place, I'm not super familiar with
virtual machines. 

Thanks for reading, 
Sierra
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