[nfb-talk] need help with jaws

[David Andrews]

John:

I have Windows 7 and when I hit alt-enter I get the message, (this 
system does not support full screen mode.)

I do remember, in the past that FS used to specifically say that full 
screen mode wasn't supported in DOS box.

Dave

At 11:35 AM 6/9/2011, you wrote:
>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.