[nabs-l] JAWS Experiences

sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca
Mon Mar 2 07:21:39 UTC 2009


No! <smile> not at all. I'm not sure it's a screen reader problem -  
it's not too bad with JAWS 10, but I think it just sucks for everyone.
Sarah


Quoting "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>:

> I'm using word 2003, but word 2007 is not accessible with any screen reader,
> in my opinion. Having fun with the ribbon tool bar? (meant to be sarcastic)
>
> Nicole
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS Experiences
>
>
> The same thing is happening here too. I find also that JAWS 8 or
> earlier isn't compatible with Microsoft Office 2007. I still love it
> though. Just make sure if you feel like changing languages like me
> that you remember how to change them back <smile> Same
> goes for skype ...
>
> Quoting Linda Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com>:
>
>> Nicole,
>>
>> I don't have any answers for you, but I am incredibly glad I am not
>> the only one this is happening to.  I was beginning to wonder if I'd
>> gone mad *smile*  I have also been having the line problem you
>> described in my E-mail.  It took me a good hour to send off a short
>> concise E-mail to one of the people at Blind Inc.  I certainly hope FS
>> finds some fixes in a timely manner.
>> Courtney
>>
>> On 2/28/09, Nicole B. Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>> Okay, guess it's not too off topic
>>>
>>> 1. Sometimes, I have not been able to catch the trigger yet, JAWS will
>>> not
>>> announce copied selection to clipboard or cut selection to clipboard when
>>> it
>>> should. The only cure for this that I have found is to restart JAWS.
>>>
>>> 2. JAWS is being very weird in MS Word 2003. I will go to a line. The
>>> first
>>> time it will read it fine. If I arrow down, then back to that line, JAWS
>>> will repeat the line multiple times and/or read another line. Each time
>>> that
>>> I return to the line, JAWS repeats more. If I edit the line, it fixes it
>>> for
>>> that moment. I've talked to Freedom Scientific about it, but none of
>>> their
>>> suggestions worked.
>>>
>>> Nicole
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:27 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS Experiences
>>>
>>>
>>> Like what?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:50 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] JAWS Experiences
>>>
>>>
>>>> If this is not off topic, I would like to compare notes about certain
>>>> things that I have been noticing going wrong with JAWS.
>>>>
>>>> Nicole
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