Mathew, I use Jaws in windows7 in VMWare under mountain lion, and will probably not be upgrading anytime soon either. One thing you'll need to be aware of when installing and using Jaws is the need to modify some setting to have access to an insert key, or a caps lock key for jaws in laptop keyboard mode. If you have a full-sized apple keyboard, this is not a problem because that keyboard has an insert key, and you can run jaws in PC keyboard mode. The caps lock is unavailable because apple doesn't treat it like a key press but handles it differently, and it doesn't get passed along to windows - making it unavailable as a jaws modifier key.
What I've done, and what a lot of people do, is to use a freeware windows program called sharp keys to assign the grave accent key to act as a caps lock key, and then set jaws to run in laptop keyboard mode with the caps lock (now the grave accent key) as the jaws modifier key. . another way, probably the better way, is to set up VMWare to substitute an insert key for the caps lock key, so that when you press capslock, vmware sends an insert key to windows. I've forgotten how that's done in vmware now, but it's fairly simple. probably a lot simpler than the sharp keys method and the third option that I won't mention here now. The only drawback to the last method is that you lose one Jaws command, the command is insert+J, which has a conflict that causes it to be unusable. However, pressing control left arrow does the same thing as insert + j and so it doesn't really matter. Sorry I can't give accurate directions on how to set up an insert key from within vmware, I'm sure someone here will tell you if you ask. . On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Matthew Carello <mcarell...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello all. I set up vmware 6.0 today on a macbook air. All seemed to go ok. > Does anyone have any tips on what I should et in it to make it work better? I > have been choosing single window mode and full window. I can get narrator to > start up but what would be better to use jaws or NVDA? I would rather use > jaws if possible because I know it better. Is there any good tutorials out > there? Thanks for any help. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
