[duxuser] Re: Duxbury and JAWS
- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 19:17:41 -0500
back when I used dbt and duxwp, I found them to be quite friendly and
mega dots not so. I also found early windows dux friendly as well. I
will be using dbtwin soon and suggest that someone apply themselves to
developping screen reader configurations for it if needed. I would also
like to add that when I had problems with the use of dbt or questions,
the folks, Joe, Peter et al at duxburry spent lots of time working with
me to sort out the issues. I have not used later encarnations of
megadots but would be willing to bet that as flexible as dbtwin is that
there is a way to configure it so that it works better. For instance, I
heard someone say that things were fine for a while then things broke
down. This usually occurs when something on the system changes either
in one or the other software packages or on the system its self. I do
know that there has been a lot of evolution in jaws recently and this
may be part of the cause of recent problems. I also know that little
things like whether you have the task bar hidden or not can make a
difference in your results when working with apps that rely on the
status line for providing info. I hide mine for that reason and also
for the reason that if it is necessary to use the jaws cursor, the task
bar does not trap it.
More later.
----- Original Message -----
From: <daveed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury and JAWS
Yes, many people have told me Duxbury doesn't work well on the whole for
blijnd people;
it isn't blind-friendly, despite the protestations of Duxbury.
They better do something about it. Folks should really starty yelling,
because there's simply no excuse for any of this.
MegaDots has always been much more blind-friendly, from the ground up!
On
Sat, 4
Jan 2003, Bruce Maguire wrote:
> Hi Sylvia
>
> There have been a number of problems with Jaws and Duxbury going back
> years. For example, Jaws can't find blank lines in print files
> produced by using the Control-M (new paragraph) command, similarly
> with blank lines in braille files produced by control-K. Perhaps we
> need to raise the issues again with both Duxbury and Freedom
> Scientific, as I know that there are a growing number of people who
> are using, or who want to use, Jaws with Duxbury. I'd be happy to
> subit a list of compatibility issues to both companies if you are able
> to give me some specfics about any problems you have with Jaws 4.5 and
> Duxbury.
>
> Cheers
> Bruce
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 06:39:32 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >I have noticed that JAWS 4.5 also doesn't work well with even Duxbury
10.3
> >or
> >Microsoft Word. I have reverted back to JAWS 3.5, which works better
for me
> >than 3.7 or any of the 4 series with both Duxbury and Microsoft Word.
JAWS
> >4.5 does work best for me on web pages. But, most of what I am doing
is with
> >Microsoft Word and Duxbury.
> >
> >Sylvie Kashdan
> >Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator
> >KAIZEN PROGRAM for New English Learners with Visual Limitations
> >810-A Hiawatha Place South
> >Seattle, WA 98144
> >phone: (206) 784-5619
> >email: kaizen_esl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Foxworth, Ann" <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 5:46 AM
> >Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury and JAWS
> >
> >
> >Teresa: What version of JAWS are you using? I have noticed that ever
since
> >JAWS put out the 4 series, it has not worked well in Duxbury. I've
> >experienced the very problem you have seen. I actually had to revert
back
> >to 3.7.
> >
> >Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist
> >Texas Commission for the Blind
> >4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130
> >Austin, TX 78756
> >PH: (512) 377-0654
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Theresa Hodge [mailto:theresa.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:43 AM
> >To: Duxbury User Group
> >Subject: [duxuser] Duxbury and JAWS
> >
> >
> >Hi Everyone
> >
> >I'm using Duxbury 10.2E and JAWS 4.02. Yesterday I noticed that when
I was
> >editing a file in Duxbury and using Control and the right arrow key
to move
> >to the next word, JAWS would often announce the word before. It
would also
> >do the same kind of thing if I moved one character at a time,
therefore
> >making it very hard to track where I was in a word/sentence. Has
anyone
> >else come across this problem, and is there a way of fixing it?
> >
> >
> >
> >Theresa Hodge
> >Equal Access Consultancy
> >PO Box 1
> >St Leonards-on-Sea
> >East Sussex TN37 6YQ
> >Tel/Fax: 01424 421411
> >E-mail: theresa.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Theresa Hodge
> >theresa.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
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