I don't remember the exact system requirements but you can get them
at:
www.ibm.com/sns
It costs $150, but try the free demo before investing.
It requires Netscape which you can download from the site mentioned
above.
You can switch between HPR and JFW. You can set HPR to load the same
page in both the HPR and netscape windows.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: My report on HPR
>Dave:
>I have just a few questions:
>1. What are the system requirements for HPR?
>2. What is the cost?
>3. Do you have to have netscape to use it? and if so where do I get
it?
>4. Can you switch back and forth between HPR and JFW, when on a web
page?
>
>Thanks,
>George Marshall
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Scrimenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 2:21 AM
>Subject: My report on HPR
>
>
>>I have been evaluating IBM's Home Page Reader (HPR), and comparing
it
>>to JFW with IE4.
>> Let me summarize before giving specifics. HPR makes the net
easier,
>>not more accessible. If you can't access a page with JFW, you will
>>probably not be able to access it with HPR. But, the pages you can
>>access are definitely easier to use.
>> Positive points
>>HPR reads a whole web page with one key stroke. There are no pauses
at
>>the end of lines. You can move up and down the page by paragraph
>>rather than by line, which makes reading more logical. And if you do
>>jump around, you don't have to reinitiate the say all command. You
can
>>just keep reading from the new position. If you stop in the middle
of
>>a line, you can start on the same word where you stopped, you don't
>>have to hear from the beginning of the line. Links are read in a
>>different voice so they're easy to identify. If you don't understand
a
>>link by its name, you can quickly read the whole sentence that
>>contains that link without having to route the jaws cursor there.
When
>>you hit the back button to return to the previous page, you're put
at
>>the spot where you were last, not at the top of the page. Pages are
>>automatically formatted so they read in the most natural way. It
seems
>>to work even better than the reformat command in JFW. You receive
more
>>information about the layout of the page than with JFW which helps
you
>>better organize complex pages in your mind. HPR works better with
>>select menus or combo boxes. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but
>>sometimes with JFW when I'm arrowing through a combo box, I'm taken
to
>>another page when I was just trying to look through the choices. And
>>of course you have the good JFW features in HPR such as putting
links
>>in a list box and quickly moving between frames.
>> Negative points
>>In general, HPR works better than JFW with some exceptions. Filling
>>out forms requires more key strokes with HPR. However, HPR
identifies
>>some form fields that JFW misses. HPR uses to many of its own key
>>strokes. They're usually logical but it would be easier to learn if
it
>>used more standard Windows commands, menus etc. Finally, neither HPR
>>nor JFW support Java.
>> Thanks to all the folks who gave me tough web pages. If you want
>>to try HPR, go to:
>>www.ibm.com/sns
>>
>>-
>>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
>>
>
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