[nfbcs] JAWS does not read the Windows 10 CMD prompt automatically

[Tony Malykh]

Hi Jooyoung


Command line prompt has been broken in Jaws forever. I complained to 
Freedom Scientific about two years ago, and they just keep promising 
that they will fix it in the next release, which never happens. I have 
Jaws 18 on my computer and I just confirmed that it still doesn't work.


There is one workaround you can try. Go to properties of CMD, go to 
Advanced tab and check "Use legacy console". Some programs won't work 
with legacy console, but hopefully you don't need them. Or if you're 
like me, consider switching to NVDA - it works with CMD and in my 
experience tends to work better with other program.s


Tony



On 2/12/2018 12:50 PM, Glen Gordon via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi, JooYoung,
>
> Changes in the Fall Creators' update required that JAWS rework how it detects newly written text in console windows. This is fixed in the current version of JAWS 2018.
> Unfortunately, there isn't a workaround for earlier JAWS versions.
>
> --Glen
>
> Glen Gordon
> VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
> 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
> T 727-299-6230
> ggordon at vfo-group.com
> www.vfo-group.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jooyoung via nfbcs
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 2:09 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jooyoung <sjysky at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nfbcs] JAWS does not read the Windows 10 CMD prompt automatically
>
> Hello,
>
>   
>
> I have a question concerning Windows 10 CMD prompt reading with JAWS.
>
> I have recently set up JAWS 17 on Windows 10 system.
>
> If I open a CMD window, JAWS does not read the command prompt automatically; I have to manually use the JAWS cursor to interact with the screen.
>
> FYI, I have already set the "Screen Echo" as "All," and I also have tried "Highlighted" as well. But none of them worked.
>
> I opened the prompt using administrator's permission. Also, I tried just general user permission. Regretably, none of them worked, either.
>
>   
>
> Does anyone know how to tackle this issue?
>
> Any advice would be so much appreciated.
>
>   
>
> Sincerely,
>
>   
>
> JooYoung
>
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