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

Tue Feb 13 19:44:30 UTC 2018

Tyler,

With all my respect, I don't think I'm starting a war. User had a 
problem and I suggested two ways to work around it.

I have Jaws 18 installed on my computer and Windows 10 and I just 
confirmed that it deosn't work with command line. Same is true for my 
wife. Same as true for a few blind friends who are using Jaws. I don't 
think I have a problem on my end. If it works for you, I suspect you are 
using legacy console. I need to use some applications that are 
incompatible with legacy console, so that's not an option for me. That's 
why I suggested NVDA. If that person needs to use such applications, I'm 
afraid NVDA might be the only option for them.

Tony

On 2/13/2018 11:30 AM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> Tony:
> Without starting a screenreader war, I've used the windows command 
> prompt for years with Jaws and it works just fine. The email which you 
> are replying to explains that 2018 has a command prompt fix, and I 
> happen to be doing work in command prompt on windows 10 with jaws 
> 2018. So in short, it might be worth investigation on your issue, but 
> it's incorrect to say that Jaws is broken and has been for years with 
> command prompt.
> Thanks,
>
> On 2/13/2018 12:50 PM, Tony Malykh via nfbcs wrote:
>> 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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