[nabs-l] New Laptop:Some Jaws/Windows 7 Questions

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Kerri,

Google Chrome? Yuck! Not accessible in the slightest! Yeah, 
download IE 9.  The people who posted the stuff about IE 9 not 
being accessible apparently got some misinformation, as I and 
others on this list use IE 9 and it's accessible, as long as the 
Web sites you go to are accessible.  Also, if you're ever in a 
bind and don't have JAWS, (your JAWS crashes, something went 
wrong with your computer, etc.) Windows 7 comes with its own 
screen reader, called Narrator.  It's a lot better than the old 
Narrator, as its speech is much more human-sounding.  I like JAWS 
better than Narrator because I know the keystrokes and I can 
understand Eloquence a little better than Sappy 5, but Narrator's 
good if you need it.  The only big thing that has changed in 
Windows 7 is that they've added what's called "virtual ribbons" 
to their menu system.  You would need someone more experienced 
with the ribbons than I to tell you how that works.  I usually 
just use the start menu and the all programs submenu plus a 
program's menu bar to navigate the computer.  The start menu 
hasn't changed all that much from XP.  When you hit the Windows 
key, JAWS will read "menu, search box edit." In this search box, 
you can type the name of a program, hit Enter, and it will 
launch.  For example, you could start typing Internet Explorer 
and when it recognizes what you're trying
to type, JAWS will say "Internet Explorer." Hit Enter, and IE 
will launch.  If you don't want to use the search box, just down 
arrow until you see what you want.  On Windows 7, it only shows 
you the first ten or eleven programs it brings up on your 
computer.  If the program you want isn't in there, just down 
arrow and at the bottom you'll find the all programs submenu.  
Hit right arrow, and you'll see them all.  If you have any more 
questions, let me know on list or off! If you have a Skype, I'd 
also be happy to call you on Skype and help you out once you have 
your laptop.  Hope this helps!
 Chris Nusbaum

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:54:46 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] New Laptop:Some Jaws/Windows 7 Questions

Hi All:

I am pretty good with computers/technology so usually I don't 
worry
about figuring out new technology but a couple of recent threads 
on
this list have me a little concerned about some things.

I have finally ordered my new laptop and it should be here next 
week.

I decided to go with a Tasheba Satellite (I forget the number.) 
It has
windows 7 home premium, 64 bit, 4 gigs of ram, an I3 second 
generation
processor, and a 640 gig hard drive.

I looked at all the technical specks and though it is windows it
actually comes with the google krome web browser rather than 
Internet
explorer.

My main browser is Internet explorer.

I figured this was fine, and that I could have sighted help and 
just
download Internet explorer 9.

However, from what I've been reading IE 9 is inaccessible.

Is there any way I could still download IE 8 rather than 9?

Is Google Krome accessible?

Is there anything I need to know about Jaws and windows 7? I know 
the
taskbar is a little different but that shouldn't be a problem.  I 
also
know the start menu is a little different but my old laptop had
Windows vista on it so I figured that wouldn't be a problem 
either.

The only thing that really concerns me is the whole web browser 
thing
since IE 9 is inaccessible.

Also, just out of curiosity, I noticed the public beta of Jaws 13 
is
out.  Are many of you planning to upgrade and pay the SMA cost? I 
am
just wondering.  My sma ends with Jaws 12 so I guess I'll 
unfortunately
pay *huge sigh.*

Also, does anyone use System Access? How is it? Do you like it? 
Do you
find you can use most popular programs/applications with it?

Once I get my new laptop up and running I am considering 
switching or
getting System access in addition to Jaws and was curious if 
anyone
else used it and what you thought of it.

Thanks,

Kerri

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