Hi Jean & Bruce,
When I used ScreenPower exclusively, prior to acquisition of JFW, I created two
hotkeys, 1 to take me from Windows into DOS, & another to bring me back into
Windows. The first of these did unload Screenpower. When I was in DOS, I had the
ScreenPower Grade two feature at my disposal.
This was with Braille only.
I rather think Hotkeys could be setup in similar manner for you Jean. There is a
a command in ScreenPower which does unload ScreenPower, removing it from memory.
I forget the details now, but the hotkey triggered this unload.
I'll try to find more on this & get back to you.
I still use ScreenPower with Braille only on occasion: it enables me to read
everything in Braille while reinstalling JFW. I don't need to wait for the very
slow Dr. Jaws to say all the tedious prompts - the Braille goes immediately to
the OK or whatever (end of the current prompt).
This is Wonderful. The ScreenPower braille only does not interfere with
operation of the Jaws installation.
With warmest regards,
Harry Bassler
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From: Bruce Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: use of certain dos screen readers with Jaws
>HI Jean and others
>I use ScreenPower braille with JFW, although lately I have
>started using Jaws by itself in DOS boxes, because this way I can
>use alt-tab to switch between DOS and windows applications, which
>I have never been able to do with Screenpower. You can certainly
>return to a windows session after using Screenpower in a DOS box
>(just type "exit" to return to windows), but what I have found is
>that if you try to switch between DOS and windows using alt-tab,
>Jaws loses communcations with the braille display, and cannot
>regain them until the computer is rebooted. I think part of the
>problem is that there is no way of unloading Screenpower from
>memory once it is there (it also takes up quite a bit more memory
>than Gateway). Nevertheless, if you don't want to switch
>on-the-fly between DOS and windows, then you should find
>Screenpower works quite well. I can't comment on Gateway as I
>haven't used it in conjunction with Jaws.
>
>For a couple of weeks now I have mainly been using Jaws itself to
>handle DOS boxes. I've written some scripts so that I can use the
>cursor routing buttons on the Powerbraille in DOS applications,
>and if you change the "pixels per space" option to match the
>number of pixels moved each time a key is pressed in DOS
>applications, then you can get a reasonably good representation
>of the screen layout on the braille display. Using jaws this way
>is slower than using Screenpower (at least on my 100MHz machine),
>and the display has a tendency to jump around a bit -
>particularly if other programs are running in the background, but
>I find it a real advantage being able to switch on-the-fly
>between DOS and Windows, and also to be able to paste information
>from the clipboard into a DOS program.
>
>Let me know if I can be of any help when you're setting Jaws up
>with Screenpower.
>
>Cheers
>Bruce Maguire
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>On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:56:55 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I should be getting a brand new Jaws for windows package in a few days
>>time. Just before, I would like to know if one of the two dos screen
>>readers will be able to be used: the screenpower program and the gateway
>>program. What I do know is that you can use them in a dos box but what I
>>do not know is if you can onload them and return to a windows session
>>after. So, information on how I could do it, preferably with screenpower
>>braille will be most appreciated.
>>Jean from Montreal
>>
>>
>>
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