[humanser] HOLIDAYS & QUESTIONS

[Steve Jacobson]

JD,

I would not jump to the conclusion that the 1GB of memory is the problem.  I am aware of problems that people have encountered with forms in Word, and you might 
even find that your sighted counterparts find them slow.  However, sometimes additional problems arise because forms are "Protected" documents.  You might see if 
you can get an "unprotected" version and see if that makes a difference.  Also, if nothing else works, trying the demo of System Access is worth a try.  My feeling is 
that System Access is not going to be an adequate replacement, but if we point out to JFW and Window-Eyes areas where System Access outperforms them, the 
problems will almost certainly be corrected quickly.  Competition does that.

If all of this fails, how picky is your employer about the appearance of the forms and how complicated are they?  Rather than creating your own form from scratch, 
saving a text version from the Word document might get you results sooner.  Also, sometimes there are particular aspects of forms in Word that make them perform 
poorly.  I know that GW Micro is very responsive to customers when presented with problem forms and documents.  They can't always fix the problem, but they are 
good at making problem areas known to Microsoft.  Freedom Scientific probably does the same but my experience is less with them.

Good luck.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:29:22 -0500, Judith Bron wrote:

>What would happen if you copied one of these forms into a word document and 
>proceeded from there?  I'm probably trying to stop a hemorrhage with a 
>bandaid, but what the heck.  Judith
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at bellsouth.net>
>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 8:43 AM
>Subject: [humanser] HOLIDAYS & QUESTIONS


>>
>> Hi List:
>>
>> Hoping that you each had a pleasant Thanksgiving and avoided the shopping 
>> crowds thereafter.
>>
>> My question relates to my work computer.  Forms keep changing and slowly 
>> there are available at my place of employment, a hospital based mental 
>> health clinic for children and adolescents, electronic forms as Word 
>> documents.  Great?  But my network PC only has 1 GB of RAM and these forms 
>> become too slow to be effective.
>>
>> I have complained, my PC doesn't accept any further RAM.  And, the 
>> hospital isn't listening - financial problems.
>>
>> I could go to my state's blind services.
>> I could just do as I've done in the past, making my own forms, not the 
>> exact forms that everyone else needs to use, but forms that are okay 
>> because I'm blind.
>>
>> I have used Window-Eyes and JFW, both are too slow to work productively. 
>> Might Seratech products respond more quickly?
>>
>> All suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> JD Townsend, LCSW
>> Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
>> Helping the light dependent to see.
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