I used to have this sort of setup and to be honest once you know how to use Jaws well enough you do not really need Zoomtext to navigate and read stuff on a PC. Hanging around and reading the posts on this list will help you a lot in the transition to fully replace Zoomtext with Jaws. There are also key conflicts between the default Jaws and Zoomtext applications though these can be modified in each application with a bit of effort. I only ever use Zoomtext now if a program is absolutely inaccessible and even then I may not actually bother as I have got so used to not struggling to try and see the screen. In this sense Jaws is a liberator from peering at the screen. For example once you know all the navigation keys using Jaws on the Internet is much faster than using Zoomtext in my experience. Of course Zoomtext will enhance the visibility of Graphics which Jaws will never do.
I found Jaws and Zoomtext sporadically unstable and never really settle down. Things are much simpler just with Jaws. If you are using High Contrast you need to make sure that where colours are black this is replaced by something like dark blue . For some reason Jaws over many versions has not worked well with the default high contrast settings. There is a Jaws or Windows key combination to get you almost anywhere you want to be. I would suggest you think of an alternative key command when you are tempted to use Zoomtext. If you cannot think of a way of doing this with Jaws, post to the list and a way will probably be revealed to you. If you want to use the mouse remember that the Jaws cursor moves the mouse around on the screen using the arrow keys and will read any text under the mouse cursor. Press num pad - to turn on the Jaws cursor and press insert R to toggle the bits of screen you want to restrict the mouse cursor to. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monica Mercer Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2008 14:13 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS + ZoomText + Windows High Contrast I'm getting inconsistent weird results when I try to use JAWS, ZoomText, and Windows High Contrast together. Sometimes JAWS will quite speaking and other times ZT bounces all over the place. Other times it works fine. I'm using ZT version 9.14.0.20, JAWS version 9.0.2169, and O/S XP Pro. Monica Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
