I don't need JAWS for work, when I lost my vision, I had so few working
years left, that I decided to just retire early. But when I sit down in
front of my computer, regardless of what I'm doing; emailing, surfing
the web, playing game, online shopping or banking, the last thing I want
or need is to have to fight with a program that refuses to work
properly. So arfter a year and a half of fighting with JAWWS 17 and 18,
I finally gave up and went back to JAWS16.
If I had discovered the Outlook Express that is usable on Windows 7
before I started using Thunderbird, I'd probably be using it now.
Later...
On 5/27/2017 3:27 PM, Andrew James Bontrager wrote:
I've still got JAWS version 9 running on this Windows XP machine, along with
Microsoft Word 2003 and Outlook Express.
I also have a Windows 7 laptop with JAWS 17 instaled. But sadly, on that
computer, JAWS seems to get stuck and has to restart itself rather more
frequently than I like. I can tell you, that makes for some very anxious
moments when speech stops and will not restart.
My advice is, do what you need to, in order for you to do your job. If a newer
version would give you better productivity, by all means upgrade it if you can.
In my case, if I want to use Windows 7, I have to use the later JAWS version.
But after several attempts to fully upgrade, I only use that system as a backup.
Conversely, if you find that a piece of software isn't helping you, and you're
spending time trying to force it to perform its function, it's best to go to an
earlier version or try another program.
This is why I use the fine port someone made of Outlook Express to Windows 7.
Why? because other email programs (and believe me, I've tried many) don't meet
the requirements which OE has met for all these years.
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Ande
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