[NFBCS] Jaws scripts and terminal emulation

Tue Dec 10 22:25:52 UTC 2019

I am using PCSW Version 13.0 and Windows 10.

The biggest problem I am having is that, when I select a font, it doesn't
stay selected. 
This causes reading down the screen to not always work. I will down arrow,
and JAWS reads the wrong line. 
Sometimes, JAWS will not read beyond column 100 until I reset the font.

I have tried using full screen, but it scoots the start of the line over
several characters on the Braille Display. For this reason, I mostly do not
use full screen when I need the Braille Display. If you have a suggestion
that would maximize my Braille Display in Full Screen, I would be glad to
hear it.

Any suggestions are welcome.

I have done some scripting of PCSW that assists me to do things more
efficiently, but I don't think that is the problem. I have the ability to
change the left margin when I read down the screen so that line numbers
don't clutter up my listening. Other scripts allow me to read a specific
line that I have designated as the command line with a keystroke.

Any suggestions are welcome.

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via NFBCS
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Jaws scripts and terminal emulation

Kathy,

Which version are you using?  I am using IBM Personal Communications with
Windows 10, but it has required some experimenting.  Tell me what kind of
symptoms you are having and I can tell you if I had to resolve the same
thing.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Jaws scripts and terminal emulation

Hi Tracy and others,

I have also been using a 3270 emulator package for years with great success,
IBM's Personal Communications.

When we upgraded to Windows 10, it started behaving erratically, to use
Tracy's term.

My employer would like to have me move to Blue Zone but have not been able
to get that to work correctly.

If anyone on the list is using Blue Zone or IBM Personal Communications
successfully with Windows 10, Please let me know?

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Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: [NFBCS] Jaws scripts and terminal emulation

I have been using the same Jaws script and terminal emulator for more than
20 years, and they still work very well.  However, my boss would prefer, if
possible, that I use the same emulator as my co-workers.  I'm OK with that,
but it behaves erratically.

When I log in or out, Jaws crashes and has to be restarted.  I researched
that with a helpful person on this list who works for Freedom Scientific,
and he identified the crash as a script problem.

Moving around in Edit, Jaws reports a different character under the cursor
than the braille display shows, and the braille is right.  But, other times,
the braille display starts jumping, flipping back and forth too rapidly to
read.  Both these things are deal-breakers for me.

Are these probably issues with the script, as well?

Could we hire a consultant to fix the script I have now?  It works very
well, for the most part.

How would we test any mods, if the consultant doesn't have a terminal
emulator?

What would be the estimated cost of such a project?

If a script writing consultant wants to write offlist, my email is
Carcione at access.net.

Thanks.

Tracy

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