[nfbcs] Citrix

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Doug.  This is very helpful.
Do I need to connect directly to the server where Jaws is running, or can I
be passed through to it via another server?
What my company calls "certified apps", the official apps list, looks to me
like a web page that launches various apps when one chooses them.  If I'm
understanding you correctly, so long as certified apps connects me to the
server where Jaws is running, I'm OK. This is very encouraging.
Tracy


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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:06 AM
To: Jude DaShiell; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Citrix

Citrix is a remote-control system. JAWS can work with it but must run on
both the server and your workstation. If things can be configured so your
workstation always connects to a specific server, JAWS only needs to be
loaded on that server. Otherwise it would need to be loaded on all of them.

JAWS only needs to run on the server when you connect though, not for
everyone.  The server can be set up to launch JAWS when you connect and run
a particular desktop or application.

Freedom Scientific should be able to help you with the setup for this.
You will also need to work with your IT department to accomplish the server
side of the setup. Any custom scripts, besides what comes with JAWS already,
would need to be loaded on the server, not on your workstation. You will
also need a JAWS license on your workstation copy that supports remote
access. I believe this costs about $200.00 over the price of JAWS itself.
The server JAWS does not need a license at all, so your company does not
have to buy an extra copy of JAWS for this. The server JAWS will authorize
itself through your workstation copy when you connect.

Hope this helps.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 03:14:44AM -0400, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
citrix is an inaccessible form of linux that runs on top of windows.  
The last time I had any exposure to citrix jaws couldn't do anything inside
it or with it.  The only way you might get access would be if those links
were put on a web page a windows browser could access but even then if the
applications themselves were citrix applications it would be pointless to
attempt windows access to them.

On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs wrote:

> My workplace has a list of applications, which my sighted colleagues 
> choose from as a gateway to the app they want.  For instance, they 
> could choose Reflections to go to the mainframe, or Word to do
wordprocessing.
> The list runs on a server using Citrix.  I have never been able to use 
> it, I think because Jaws doesn't run on the server.
> If they add an app to the list which leads to a server which is 
> running Jaws, will that app work for me?  Or do all the servers in the 
> chain have to be running Jaws?  Is there a better way?
> I hope I am explaining this clearly; it's by no means my area.
> Thanks.
> Tracy
> 
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