Yes. I am not surprised. JFW does not work very well in DOS. Instead, it would be
better to download and install JFD
for use in a full screen DOS window. Regards.
On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 15:01:22 -0800, lenny & edith wrote:
>I downloaded PC Typer from Chetan' Bakhru's webs site as he suggested, and
>kpw201 from a web site suggested by Tom Baccanti. Both were big
>disappointments Neither was compatible with JFW. I am sighted, but
>wanted it for one of my students.
>
>JFW did not read the topics in PC Typer. For the topics "Work with key
>board drills" and "play hurry scurry" all I got was the message "Cannot
>find lesson directory"
>
>The topics "Make up you drill", "Do open typ" and "learn the keyboard" JWF
>read the text I typed, but only if I typed very slowly. For typing
>practice I found just typing in WordPad more useful.
>
>As for kpw201, a lot of it was the keyboard graphics. I could read some
>of the sample sentneces by repeatedly switching from pc cursor to jaws
>cursor and tabbling, but still could read the instructions or make any use
>of the colored keys on the grahics.
>
>I remember the program "typing tutor" from years ago and may still have it
>on an old 5-1/4 floppy disk back home in NY. But I am currently in the
>Bahamas for the winter and cannot get it. It was an old DOS program and
>would probably work with JFW.
>
>Lenny
>
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