Hi Lee,
I started using JFW3.2 with Eloquence & Breille display in October, knowing
nothing about the three Braille modes.
Atraining tape concerning the Braille application sure would have been
helpful.
It took a few months to figure out those three Braille modes.
Did I read the price of JFW3.3 to newcomers, $1495?
That's just about double the former price.
That price certainly demands extensive documentation.
Harry Bassler
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Maschmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: JFW with braille display
>Speech Box Mode has, as far as I have read, never been properly documented.
>It contains almost all text sent to the synthesizer. To the extent anything
>is spoken that is not in the Speech Box buffer, to that extent Braille
>users are not being properly served. Speech Box Mode gives Braille users
>access to everything that was (or would have been if they don't have a
>synthesizer) spoken.
>
>The Speech Box buffer contains the last 20 lines sent to the synthesizer.
>This is not enough. I've been asking for years, and promised for years,
that
>the buffer be enlarged. Nevertheless, it is invaluable for those occasions
>when straight line mode yields confusing results (such as in the Braille
>configuration section of Config Manager).
>
>The combination of Line Mode and Speech Box Mode give the Braille
(including
>Braille only) user access to the full power of JFW.
>
>Structured Mode, a flawed concept from the beginning, gives you access to
>tidbits. For example, in the spelling checker in Outlook Express, I
suddenly
>come up with:
>
>ok
>
>That's all. just
>
>ok
>
>No way to go up, down or sideways. no way to tell what I'm expected to ok.
>No clue even as to which program I'm talking to.
>
>Another example is the Index page in the Jaws help system. There's a big
>long explanation given in speech. This information is accessible on the
>screen using line mode. But using structured mode it's just not there.
>
>This is a terrible choice for the default Braille mode.
>
>I'm sure that if I used Structured Mode more I would probably figure out
how
>to jump through some extra hoops to get it to work, so don't take my
>description of limits as gospel. Still, I've been writing to a profoundly
>deaf person with access to Braille only. With no access to training tapes
>and little to the Jaws help system, they were unaware of the keystrokes to
>change from one Braille mode to another. I am only astonished this person
>can do much of anything at all!
>
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