Re: [Blind-Computing] Laptop recommendation needed

2013-01-24 Thread Mark Torgerson
Hi After my last new HP laptop died in early January 2013, a friend connected me with an acer 5733 Z, I love it. I really don't know all the technical details. However, it does have the number pad built in to the right side of the keyboard. I hope this helps. God bless, Mark -Ori

Re: [Blind-Computing] jaws not working in edit fields

2013-01-24 Thread inthaneelf
myself, I would do a repair of jaws 8 and see if that fixes it since it worked before. in 8 it should bee in the tools sub-menu of the jaws sub-menu in the start menu/programs you will need a copy of the original install file that you used, or you can uninstall your j-8 and reinstall using the l

Re: [Blind-Computing] Software for radio scanners

2013-01-24 Thread inthaneelf
you can try NVDA, or trial use versions of dolphin's Hal, system access, or window eyes will tell you if they will work I know a few folks who prefer one screen reader for a single task, but use another most of the time so they maintain the usual use one and trial version use the other for the one

[Blind-Computing] Laptop recommendation needed

2013-01-24 Thread Waqas Chauhdry
Greetings, It is time to get a new laptop and I am really struggling to find a suitable replacement. I shall be grateful if people can recommend a high performance, professional looking machine running Windows 7 with a good battery life? A kind soul recommended HP DV6 but that model is three ye

[Blind-Computing] Software for radio scanners

2013-01-24 Thread Bob J.
I have two Windows programs used to upload data to the Radio Shack Pro 106/197 radio scanners. ARC500 and WIN500 are NOT friendly to JFW 6 or JFW 10! If anyone knows of alternate software for this same purpose, I will appreciate such info. Or, if JFW scripts exist for either of the two program

Re: [Blind-Computing] video intercept

2013-01-24 Thread Bob W
It's fairly easy. Bring up jaws by pressing insert+j. Bring up the utilities menu by pressing alt+u. Up arrow to video intercept manager and press enter. You'll find three radio buttons: install video intercept; uninstall video intercept; (I've never tried either one of these buttons); and displ

[Blind-Computing] I can not get junk filtering to work with ribbons

2013-01-24 Thread Maurice
I am using JAWS12 and W7. In the ribbon mode, the junk filter does not work, however, it does work out of the ribbon mode. Is there anything I can do to correct this problem? Thanks In Advance, Maury For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-use

Re: [Blind-Computing] no jaws in "edit" field

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Clary
no, how do i check this? thanks On 1/24/13, Mich wrote: > did you try setting it to say all and to select charicter ecko and make > shure that is terned on. and also make shure that set charicters is terned > on as well. from Mich. > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Clary" > To: "blind

Re: [Blind-Computing] no jaws in "edit" field

2013-01-24 Thread Mich
did you try setting it to say all and to select charicter ecko and make shure that is terned on. and also make shure that set charicters is terned on as well. from Mich. - Original Message - From: "Tom Clary" To: "blind-computing-join" Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:30 AM Subject: