[nfb-talk] need help with jaws

Thu Jun 9 19:16:34 UTC 2011

I'm trying to find my old classmates.
That's why Facebook is so important.
I'll check out the Moble Facebook.
Thanks, Terry.
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/9/11, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
> My windows using friends tell me it aint too good now either.  I agree.  the
> Iphone is best for FAcebook.  But, physically real people are best of all,
> like Mike said.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
>
> Facebook:
> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>
>
>
> On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
>
>> Someone said to try the mobile facebook.
>>
>> Terry Powers
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joshua Lester [mailto:jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 2:01 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] need help with jaws
>>
>> Well, that's why everyone needs to join me.
>> I'm about to get rid of Jaws, anyway, because of a different problem.
>> I'm wanting to experiment with HumanWare's products.
>> Facebook won't cooperate with Jaws.
>> Every time I try to create a page, the Jaws makes my computer shut down.
>> I don't understand why.
>> I have Jaws 11.0.
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 6/9/11, John Heim <john at johnheim.net> wrote:
>>> Right now I am at 12.0.1161 which was just released  the day before
>>> yesterday. That was another thing they had me do, update to the very
>>> latest version. But I can reproduce this problem on a machine running
>>> version 9. I can reproduce it on Windows XP, jaws version 9, and
>>> Windows XP jaws version 12, and Windows 7 jaws version 12.  I can
>>> reproduce the problem on every machine I've tried it on and have been
>>> able to do so for many years.
>>>
>>> To be quite honest, I think Freedom Scientific is jerking me around.
>>> But I thought I'd better make sure before i started thinking badly of
>>> them.
>>>
>>> First they asked for a more detailed explanation of the problem which
>>> I think is fairly clear to anyone who knows anything about computers.
>>> Second, they made me update my version even though my version was only
>>> a couple of weeks old and the problem has been around for years
>>> anyway. Now they say they can't reproduce it. Hmmm... I suppose its
>>> possible I've done something wrong when installing jaws all these
>>> years but I just set up a Windows 7 machine a few weeks ago and
>>> haven't done anything to it yet but installed jaws. And it does the
>>> same thing. I mean, its practically a fresh install of Win7.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] need help with jaws
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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