[nfb-talk] need help with jaws

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Thu Jun 9 18:12:54 UTC 2011


Yup! I have it but haven't installed it yet.

Mike Freeman


On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:48, "John Heim" <john at johnheim.net> wrote:

> Nvda works in a full screen command window. To tell you the truth, the reason i submitted the bug to Freedom Scientific is that it works in nvda. For years I've ben switching to nvda to run apps in a full screen command window. But that's a PITA.
> 
> I expected FS to tell me that they were aware of the problem and would put the fix on their wish list.  But I think they're giving me a run around instead. But like I said, I don't want to jump to any conclusions.
> 
> Does everybody know what nvda is? Its a fre, open-source screen reader. Its pretty darn good too.  I don't know if I'd put it in the same class as jaws but in some ways, its better.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] need help with jaws
> 
> 
>> In fairness, I'm not sure *any* screen reader works in full-screen mode although I haven't used them all so my word ought not to be the last on the subject and, knowing this list, I hazard that it won't be. (grin)
>> 
>> Mike Freeman
>> sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:06, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> John, what version do you use?
>>> If I were you, I'd talk to the freedom scientific guys, in person.
>>> They should be at convention, this year.
>>> Are you going?
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> 
>>> On 6/9/11, Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> hi,
>>>> 
>>>> you are correct, even after switching to say all, nothing is spoken with the
>>>> screen maximized.
>>>> 
>>>> Bryan Schulz
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Heim" <john at johnheim.net>
>>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 11:35 AM
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] need help with jaws
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm having a problem with my jaws screen reader. I submitted a bug report
>>>>> but Freedom Scientific tells me they can't reproduce the bug. My
>>>>> experience has been that all version of jaws have had this problem and it
>>>>> happens on every computer I've ever tried it on.  So I was hoping other
>>>>> users of jaws could tell me if they can reproduce the problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The problem is that jaws can't read text in a full screen command window.
>>>>> A command window is the way Microsoft Windows lets you ttype in commands
>>>>> sort of like the old days of DOS. If you use jaws I think you may be able
>>>>> to reproduce my problem by doing the following:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. Press Windows+r to open a run dialog box. Jaws should say "Type the
>>>>> name of a program etcetera" Type the word command and press enter. That
>>>>> should open a command window.
>>>>> 2. Press Alt+Enter to make the window full screen. At this point, if you
>>>>> type a command like dir or help, text will be displayed on the screen but
>>>>> not spoken by jaws. Or at least that is what it does for me.
>>>>> 3. Put the window back to normal size by pressing Alt+Enter again. Now
>>>>> when you type a command, jaws will work correctly and read the text that
>>>>> is displayed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> nfb-talk mailing list
>>>>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>>> nfb-talk:
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/b.schulz%40sbcglobal.net
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nfb-talk mailing list
>>>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> nfb-talk:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/jlester8462%40students.pccua.edu
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nfb-talk mailing list
>>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfb-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> nfb-talk mailing list
>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfb-talk:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/john%40johnheim.net
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nfb-talk mailing list
> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfb-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com




More information about the nFB-Talk mailing list