Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125?
yeah, right!!! like the promised fixes for the promised fixes for sports scores in research it from several years ago. I won't hold my breath. Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Eric Damery Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 7:21 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125? I understand Maria. We are working on better options for the future for all home users. Stay tuned. Regards, Eric Eric Damery VFO™ | VP Software Product Management 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6110 F 727-803-8001 edam...@vfogroup.com www.vfogroup.com -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Maria Campbell Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125? You know, this is very nice for organizations. But how about those of us who have shelled out the $900 for the program? How about doing a little something for us, too? $900 is a lot of money for us, the unemployed or retired or for those who simply can't afford that much. Just saying. lucky1i...@gmail.com "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!" --St. Francis On 9/14/2017 5:40 PM, Maria Campbell wrote: You know, this is very nice for organizations. But how about those of us who have shelled out the $900 for the program? How about doing a little something for us, too? $900 is a lot of money for us, the unemployed or retired or for those who simply can't afford that much. Just saying. lucky1i...@gmail.com "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!" --St. Francis On 9/14/2017 5:33 PM, Eric Damery wrote: Hi JAWS User List, Just wanted to jump in and explain more about this opportunity. In addition to the national trade shows, it's also something that is available for anyone in the United States or Canada who is working at an organization that owns a current version multiuser license JAWS, Fusion, or ZoomText license. We call this the Home Use Program and it’s a great deal that thousands of users currently take advantage of today. Modeled after the "Microsoft User at Home Program" where employees at very large organizations who own a certain level of office products, employees can buy the subscription for home for about $10 per year. For Freedom Scientific products, we offer prices for a new Home Edition License of JAWS for just $125, regular price is $900. Fusion Home Edition is just $150, regular price is $1200. ZoomText is just $100. Upgrades from real old versions is also greatly reduced, and you can get the SMAs discounted about 20%. Plus, once you are registered in the system under the Home Use Program, you are entitled to a 20% discount on hardware products, which can be a huge savings on something like a $2500 Braille Display, where you can save up to $500. If you work for an organization that has a multiuser license of any of the Freedom Scientific or AiSquared products, please ask someone there about the program. It cost them nothing to participate other than having their license up to date. And the employees do the purchases direct with Freedom Scientific so they are not involved in the transaction. Most Federal and State agencies are already in it but hundreds of companies and organizations are already signed up. Regards, Eric Eric Damery VFO™ | VP Software Product Management 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6110 F 727-803-8001 edam...@vfogroup.com www.vfogroup.com -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:51 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125? Thank you for taking the rains in this matter. I was hoping to avoid a long argument or debate when a simple phone call could clear things up right away. -Original Message- From: Maria Campbell Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:56 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125? So, I did exactly what you asked, David. Hal, of VFO, informed me that this special was for conventions only and is no longer in effect. lucky1i...@gmail.com "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!" --St. Francis On 9/14/2017 1:01 PM, David Ferrin wrote: I suggest somebody who is curious about this matter contact VFO directly to confirm or denounce this prospect. I wouldn't want a long drawn out discussion to start as it would not serve to further the ability of any person to use JAWS. -Original Message- From: Maria Campbell Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:29 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS for Only $125? I'd rather pay $120 for two SMA upgrades than $225. lucky1i...@gmail.com "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!" --St. Francis On 9/14/2017 12:10 PM,
Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta
hi: 64 bit. and as I said in a later post than the one you replied to, I fixed the problem. someone posted a fix. thanks. Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Valiant8086 Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 1:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Hi. Dell inspiron 1100 notebook appears to be one that had a 32 bit processor. Are you running the 32 bit JAWS installer? If so, then it would be a bug where the 32 bit installer is mistakenly trying to install a 64 bit component. It installed successfully under the 32 bit platform on my Elbraille, though so if it's a bug it's not affecting all of the 32 bit machines. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com"; On 9/3/2017 11:47 PM, joanne wrote: Same error code here. This is a Dell desktop and I haven't yet tried it on my laptop. Does anyone know what this code means and if there's a general windows fix for the error? - Original Message - From: "hwolcott" To: Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2017 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta hi: absotely. have tried installing many times over the last two days. the progress gets to just past 50% and then I get the following error message: unable to install FS 64 OCR component. and the following error code: 80070643. full disclosure: have 3 computers here. the new beta did install successfully on 2 of them. this one on which have my email on is a dell notebook inspiron 1100 series. it is running win10 build 1703 with the latest update as of august. hopefully eric or someone from VFO who monitors this list can give some answers on this. thanks. Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Steve Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 6:28 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Are you guys sure you downloaded the correct version for your system -- 64=-bit version for a 64-bit version of Windows? Just curious, because my Windows 7 machine installed version 2018 just fine. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Hi Joanne, I experienced this failure as well and notified Freedom Scientific of the installation failure and the related error number. An additional attempt tried just now failed in the exact same fashion. I persist with Windows 7 and I E 11 and the current JAWS 18 product. Mitch Late night Public Address announcement overheard at the Winston-Salem, North Carolina airport: “ Your attention please. For those of you who have not as yet done so, please do so at your earliest convenience. Thank you.” -Original Message- From: Joanne Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 9:27 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Has anyone been able to fix error messages that come up in Jaws instillation. Mine says it can't install and to restart and run the install again. I know it suggests calling tech support, but just wondered if I could try something else before really needing to call. Joanne For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta
hi: absotely. have tried installing many times over the last two days. the progress gets to just past 50% and then I get the following error message: unable to install FS 64 OCR component. and the following error code: 80070643. full disclosure: have 3 computers here. the new beta did install successfully on 2 of them. this one on which have my email on is a dell notebook inspiron 1100 series. it is running win10 build 1703 with the latest update as of august. hopefully eric or someone from VFO who monitors this list can give some answers on this. thanks. Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Steve Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 6:28 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Are you guys sure you downloaded the correct version for your system -- 64=-bit version for a 64-bit version of Windows? Just curious, because my Windows 7 machine installed version 2018 just fine. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Hi Joanne, I experienced this failure as well and notified Freedom Scientific of the installation failure and the related error number. An additional attempt tried just now failed in the exact same fashion. I persist with Windows 7 and I E 11 and the current JAWS 18 product. Mitch Late night Public Address announcement overheard at the Winston-Salem, North Carolina airport: “ Your attention please. For those of you who have not as yet done so, please do so at your earliest convenience. Thank you.” -Original Message- From: Joanne Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 9:27 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta Has anyone been able to fix error messages that come up in Jaws instillation. Mine says it can't install and to restart and run the install again. I know it suggests calling tech support, but just wondered if I could try something else before really needing to call. Joanne For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking
hi: I'm surprised no-one has caught this as of yet. as of now, audio ducking is broken in jaws because of the windows creator update. freedom scientific hopes to re-enable it in a future update or release. HTH Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Kevin Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 8:01 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking oops that's insert+6 see I do it too! -Original Message- From: Justin Williams Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 1:55 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking Below is how to get to the audio ducking in setting center. I should have been more explicit in my instructions. I apologize. Justin Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. Press CTRL+SHIFT+D to load the JAWS default settings. In the Search edit box, type "volume" without the quotes. Press DOWN ARROW to move to "Lower the volume of other programs while JAWS is speaking" in the filtered search results in the tree view. Press SPACEBAR to toggle this option. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:23 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking tells me a lot! -Original Message- From: Justin Williams Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:34 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking Setting center. Justin -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:34 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking I heard audio ducking can be used in jaws 18 in that it reduces the audio of everything but keeps jaws voice at regular volume. how do you toggle it on , I’m guessing it’s a toggle thing. Email is golden!!! Kevin Lee For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble with BARD site
hi: well, I'm downloading fromn my from my wish list to my victor stream as I type this and have no problems. don't know what else to tell you. Howard Wolcott -Original Message- From: Miriam Vieni Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 9:52 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble with BARD site Someone on the VR Stream list just reported difficulty downloading a book onto his stream. Miriam -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Arianna Calesso Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 9:43 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Trouble with BARD site This may be off topic, but is anyone having trouble downloading books from the BARD site? This site has been defective all week. I'm able to go to the link of a book I want to download but enterint or spacing on that link does nothing. I'm using Windows 7 and JAWS 17 Arianna For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] research it and baseball scores.
hi maria and all I've come the the conclusion that sports scores on research it is a lost cause. since I am writing this on tuesday, april 5, a new update for jaws was just released and no research it update. I won't say anything more because I might be banned from this list, but my last word on this is I've given up on sports scores as far as jaws is concerned. I asked about this a couple of weeks ago on this list and got no response from people in the know from freedom scientific who monitor this list. enough said. -- From: "Maria Campbell" Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 6:25 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] research it and baseball scores. That has been broken for a long time now. How I miss it! Maria Campbell lucky1i...@gmail.com When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. --Attributed to Jimi Hendrix On 4/4/2016 5:59 PM, jim rawls wrote: Has any progress been made on getting baseball scores on research it? If not, where do you fans get your scores on line? I have jaws 17 on a W8.1 computer. Jim For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Howard Wolcott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] regarding the most recent JAWS update
hi eric: any more updates on research it sports scores? I know most people don't care but it is a very good convenience when it works. I do miss the baseball, NFL football and I know others who are interested in college football and NBA basketball are waiting for it to be fixed. thanks. -- From: "Adrian Spratt" Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:39 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] regarding the most recent JAWS update Eric, thanks for such a prompt and responsive post. I recently switched from another JAWS list, and I've been delighted to find how on top of things the moderators are here. Now that I find you observing and reacting, I'm even happier. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Eric Damery Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:40 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] regarding the most recent JAWS update Adrian and others, We have another JAWS 17 update scheduled for the week of April 4th. We could not get adjustments to the FS Cast announcement for that version but in the May update, we will change it so you get the announcements on launch of JAWS, the way you do with updates. Just as you suggested. Sorry for the confusion over the way we did it. Please bear with us as we get this working smoother. BTW, there is another short FS Cast that will publish late in the day Thursday this week. It will be covering two major announcements here at CSUN this year. Please stay tuned. Regards, Eric -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:32 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] regarding the most recent JAWS update I'd make the suggestion even stronger. FS shouldn't foist this added information on us unless they give us the ability to listen on our own time. The first time the notification appeared, I was in the middle of typing something and didn't realize the screen had switched. I had to recall what I'd been writing and retype it. But it would be good to be alerted to the new FSCast episode availability the way FS sends notices via "Check for updates..." -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:28 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] regarding the most recent JAWS update I'm considering asking FS if they would mind placing a download button for FS cast since I'm the kind of a guy who listens to pod casts at a time of my own choosing and not really when I fire up my system first thing in the morning. Unless Eric reads this himself before I get around to writing that message at least. What do some of you out there think about that suggestion? David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Howard Wolcott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17.0.1214 Update Download Links & What's New /Fixed
hi: the update didn't fix the research it lookup on amazon for me. oh, well!! howard wolcott -- From: "Mike B." Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:10 PM To: "Jaws-Users List" Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17.0.1214 Update Download Links & What's New /Fixed Howdy All, Below are the download links for the latest J17 update: & what's new / fixed in this release 32 Bit: http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1214enu-x86.exe 64 Bit: http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1214enu-x64.exe What's New: Enhancements in JAWS 17.0.1214 (November 2015) The following is a list of improvements made between the initial JAWS 17 release and the November 2015 update. Smart Navigation list of 6 items • When INSERT+X is used to toggle Smart Navigation, the JAWS focus now remains at the location on the web page where you performed the toggle. • The command to temporarily toggle Smart Navigation (INSERT+X) can now be found using the JAWS Command Search feature (INSERT+SPACEBAR, J). • Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading list items on certain web pages when using Smart Navigation. • Addressed a reported issue with the commands to read from the beginning of the line to the cursor (INSERT+HOME) and from the cursor to the end of the line (INSERT+PAGE UP) not working in a table cell when using Smart Navigation. • When using the V and SHIFT+V Navigation Quick Keys to move to the next or previous visited link, resolved an issue where all links on the current line were being read instead of the specific visited link if Smart Navigation was active. • Addressed an issue where many blank lines were appearing on some web pages with Smart Navigation active. list end JAWS list of 12 items • Addressed an issue with the Amazon Product Search Research It lookup source not returning results as expected. • Addressed an issue with symbols not being read as expected when inserted into a document using the Select a Symbol to Print dialog box (INSERT+4). • In response to customer feedback, the folder path for the Explore Scripts shortcut has been changed from C:\ProgramData\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Scripts\enu to point to C:\ProgramData\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Scripts. • This update contains new drivers from HumanWare for the Brailiant BI braille display in order to support Windows 10. • If Active Follows Braille is not enabled, addressed issues where the braille display would not move away from the structured line when panning, or using the commands to move the braille cursor to the next or prior line (RIGHT ROCKER BAR on Focus Blue braille displays). • When entering text from the Perkins-style keyboard on a braille display using Unified English Braille (UEB) or another form of Contracted English Braille, resolved an issue where contracted words beginning with dots 4-5-6, such as spirit, many, world, etc., were not appearing correctly in documents. The dots 4-5-6 portion of the word was being dropped when the word was back-translated. • When verbosity for Braille Flash messages is set to Advanced, resolved customer reported issues where "sts" messages were being shown on the braille display even when the option to display status information was turned off. In addition, the flash messages for the INSERT+T and INSERT+Q commands now display the short message as expected instead of the long message. • If the JAWS cursor is configured to follow the PC Cursor using the CTRL+INSERT+NUM PAD Minus command, an issue was resolved where JAWS was not reading as expected when moving between applications with ALT+TAB. • Addressed an issue with JAWS not correctly identifying the factorial symbol in MathML content. • If you perform a two-finger double tap to open a context menu while text selection is active, the flick gestures will now work as expected to navigate through the menu items. Text selection is toggled by performing a triple tap with one finger. • If you perform a five-finger tap to open the Run JAWS Manager dialog box from an Internet Explorer window, addressed an issue where you could not use touch gestures to navigate this dialog box. • To address potential issues, changes have been made to the process of compiling scripts so they are compatible with versions of JAWS prior to 17. The Compatibility Mode option has been removed from Script Manager and the –c command line switch has been removed from scompile.exe. To compile scripts that will work with prior versions of JAWS, you must now insert the following line without the quotes into your JSS file: ";#pragma usePoFile 0" list end Adobe Acrobat list of 1 items • Resolved an issue reported by Adobe where labels for check boxes in PDF documents were being read twice in the virtual buffer. list end Microsoft Excel list of 2 items • In Windows 8.1, resolved an issue where the backstage view in Excel 2013 was not being announced when it gained focus. • Resolved a repo
Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 16 updated
hi jim: thanks for this. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 1:29 PM To: Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 16 updated Hi group, Freedom Scientific has released a final version of Jaws 16, which fixes some w-10 issues. For example, when typing into the search edit box, now after typing a few letters it automatically populates the results list like it should do. Here is a list of improvements to Jaws 16. Enhancements in JAWS 16.0.4463 (October 2015) The following is a list of improvements made between the JAWS 16 July 2015 release and the October 2015 update. To download the latest release, visit the Downloads page. list of 16 items • Resolved reported issues where JAWS would not read the Start menu after upgrading to Windows 10. • Improved JAWS performance with the Windows 10 Search feature which gains focus when the WINDOWS Key is pressed to open the Start menu. • Improved how JAWS works with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM addin for Outlook. • Addressed a customer reported issue where input fields inside a data table were being announced twice when navigated to using TAB in Firefox. • Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not detecting changes in content on certain web pages in Chrome unless INSERT+ESC was pressed first. • Resolved an issue with live regions not being automatically read in Chrome. • Resolved issues with the Time Search and Reuters Top News Stories Research It lookup sources not displaying results as expected. • When performing a Say All in Microsoft Word, addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS would continuously read the same line in certain documents. • In Excel 2013, addressed an issue where JAWS would not read as expected and Excel would appear to become unresponsive after moving a row. • Addressed issues related to sluggishness in Excel. • The scripts for Microsoft Office 2016 are now properly named so they load as expected with JAWS 16. • This release includes updated drivers from Eurobraille to enable JAWS to work with the Esytime display. • Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS remote authorization was not working as expected when using a timed license. • Resolved multiple issues using reports received through the Error Reporting feature in JAWS. • Addressed an issue with the Spanish version of JAWS where the wrong Braille table was being used after updating, or the Startup Wizard was not completed after a full install. • Addressed issues with JAWS not properly reading Hebrew, even when Windows is properly configured to display Hebrew text. list end Join our new yahoo group, Windows 10 and jaws at: windows-10-and-jaws-subscr...@yahoogroups.co.in A Ballast for My Soul Life is like a stormy sea That tosses to and fro, But God's Word will ever be A ballast for my soul. By its truth I'll be held fast Till I reach heaven's shore Where I will be home at last And sail life's sea no more! author: Perry Boardman THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES First College football Playoff National champions!!! GO BUCKS!!! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10
hi jim: thanks. another keeper. will save this for future reference for when I update my laptop to win10. thanks again. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:05 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 Hi howard, Great job. here are some tips on customizing w-10, now that you have installed it. I have added a few things. Customizing w-10 with Jaws. After reinstalling Jaws 16 or 17, I would check the following areas on the windows 10 computer. First of all, I would check my default programs. windows key+I, Open settings. You are in a horizontal list of 9 items, use your right and left arrow keys to move across the items. enter on system, arrow down to default apps and press enter. Tab across this window, look for the browser which by default is Microsoft edge. Press the spacebar on the edge, tab to IE, press the spacebar, this will set IE as your default browser. Do the same thing with the different defaults programs, for example email clients. Tab to email default, press the spacebar on it, tab to the email client you wish to use, and press spacebar, to set as default. Here is how you Turn off all of the background apps you will not be using, all are on by default. windows key+I, go to privacy and press enter. Go down to back ground apps and press enter. Tab across and uncheck most of these apps. Each time you uncheck one of them it will kick you back to the home button, just tab back to the next app in the list, make your choice to leave it on or turn it off. The next thing you want to do is go to the Windows update and change the following. Press Windows key+I, go to update and security and press enter. Tab to advanced options and press enter. Tab four times too, choose how your updates are delivered and press enter. Make sure when you tab that this sharing feature called, Let other computers send me updates is turned off, and let my computer send updates to other computers is also turned off. this will effect your computers speed and performance, especially in IE. Microsoft leaves all these back ground things on by default. Next area you want to check is your live tiles region. Press enter on the start button, down arrow to your apps, right and left, up and down arrow around in them. Press the application key on the highlighted app, you will have different choices. For example: Turn off live tile, if you are not using them I would turn them off. After turning the live tiles off, Press the application key again, Go down to Unpin from start, press enter, this will remove them from the start list region. You can also resize them, press the application key, go to the resize sub menu and choose, small, medium, and large which is wide. Next, if you want to uninstall an unwanted app on your computer. Press enter on the start button. Up arrow to , All Apps, press enter. Down arrow through the list of apps, if you find one you wish to uninstall. Press the applications key, down arrow to uninstall and press enter, press the spacebar to confirm. Many of these apps are built into the w-10 system, you will not be able to uninstall them. Next, You want to turn this setting off, unless you want your computer sending a lot of information to Microsoft. Press Windows key+I, open settings. Go to Privacy, press enter. go down to Speech, inking, and typing, press enter. Make sure that it says, getting to know me, and not stop getting to know me. If it says, stop getting to know me, just press the spacebar to change it back to getting to know me. all these things combined will slow down your computer. I hope this helps... -Original Message----- From: hwolcott Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 2:57 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 hi jim: well, I got her done. I decided to use the media creation tool after all. it took 2 tries to get her going, but I'm now a proud win10 user on this desktop computer. now let the configuration headaches begin. again, thanks for your help. I think the messages you sent to the list will help me greatly. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:12 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 Your Welcome, Please let me know how your upgrade goes using Microsoft windows update way, through the system tray. I have heard and experienced, that using the Windows update way, is very diffacult, let me know if it is as easy as using the media creation tool. Sinse, you have already upgraded a computer using the Microsoft creation media tool, please let me know how it goes . Thank you... -Original Message- From: hwolcott Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win
Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10
hi jim: well, I got her done. I decided to use the media creation tool after all. it took 2 tries to get her going, but I'm now a proud win10 user on this desktop computer. now let the configuration headaches begin. again, thanks for your help. I think the messages you sent to the list will help me greatly. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:12 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 Your Welcome, Please let me know how your upgrade goes using Microsoft windows update way, through the system tray. I have heard and experienced, that using the Windows update way, is very diffacult, let me know if it is as easy as using the media creation tool. Sinse, you have already upgraded a computer using the Microsoft creation media tool, please let me know how it goes . Thank you... -Original Message- From: hwolcott Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 hi jim thanks for the reminder. but I'll be installing win10 directly from my sys tray since I already downloaded it. it's just sitting in my windows update waiting for me to start the process. I will do it sometime on monday. I did use the windows on my 2-in-1 netbook and it did work perfectly. I do have the win utility tool on a flash drive for when I eventually install win10 on my dell laptop sometime in the future. I will save this info for future reference, though. thanks again. p.s. yes, I will uninstall both jaws versions and shared components. unfortunately, I no longer have a key since I used my last one last week and tech support probably will not give another, so I hope I don't lose my last jaws license key. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, I suppose. take care. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 7:27 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 Hi Howard, Yes, I would reinstall Jaws 17 after upgrading to w-10. Just in case you need some reminders of upgrading to windows 10. *Upgrading to Windows 10 with jaws 16 or 17. go to: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/Windows10Upgrade Download the tool called utility tool, leave it in your download folder. Download jaws 16.0.4350, leave it in your download folder for future use. Download the Microsoft media creation tool at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 On this web page, Go to download link now 64 bit version or 32 bit version depending on what system you have. Download the tool and save it to your download folder for future use. Leave all three of these downloads in your download folder. Now, if you have not reserved windows 10, please do so. press enter on the get windows 10 icon in the notification area. go down the page and fill in your email address ext. this gives you a verification email. Now, restart your computer. check for updates, install any updates, restart to make sure you have all the latest updates. Now you are ready to begin the upgrade to windows 10. Run the jaws utility tool, this will get rid of any jaws fragmented files and so on from your system. Run the media creation tool. yes, for your users account warning. Choose, update this computer now and press enter. you are now in an ongoing and updating dialog which says: Windows 10 is being downloaded, continue using your computer. This could take anywhere between 30 to 60 minutes, depending on your download speed. When it is done downloading, it will go through several screens itself updating your computer and will get it ready for windows 10. Next, there will be a screen asking you to except the license agreement, check the yes and press enter on next. Again, the program will run through several screens by itself. Next, press enter on install. now you will have no speech, this install takes 45 to 60 minutes to complete. After 1 hour, press the Windows key+enter key to turn on narrator. Wait for a few minutes if it does not come on right away. Almost done. press the next button. choose express settings. press the next button. if done right, in about 10 to 15 minutes, jaws will come on talking on the desktop. very important, uninstall jaws. Keep shared settings and personal settings. Reinstall jaws, no need for a restart here, jaws will come on talking with all your settings, except for 2 of them. Redo your shortcut key, control+ALT+j. Redo the setting to have jaws come on at the log-on screen. For whatever reason if the media tool fails the first time. Check for updates, restart, and run the tool again. -Original Message- From: hwolcott Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 3:39 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win
Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10
hi jim thanks for the reminder. but I'll be installing win10 directly from my sys tray since I already downloaded it. it's just sitting in my windows update waiting for me to start the process. I will do it sometime on monday. I did use the windows on my 2-in-1 netbook and it did work perfectly. I do have the win utility tool on a flash drive for when I eventually install win10 on my dell laptop sometime in the future. I will save this info for future reference, though. thanks again. p.s. yes, I will uninstall both jaws versions and shared components. unfortunately, I no longer have a key since I used my last one last week and tech support probably will not give another, so I hope I don't lose my last jaws license key. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, I suppose. take care. howard wolcott -- From: "jim" Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 7:27 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 Hi Howard, Yes, I would reinstall Jaws 17 after upgrading to w-10. Just in case you need some reminders of upgrading to windows 10. *Upgrading to Windows 10 with jaws 16 or 17. go to: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/Windows10Upgrade Download the tool called utility tool, leave it in your download folder. Download jaws 16.0.4350, leave it in your download folder for future use. Download the Microsoft media creation tool at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 On this web page, Go to download link now 64 bit version or 32 bit version depending on what system you have. Download the tool and save it to your download folder for future use. Leave all three of these downloads in your download folder. Now, if you have not reserved windows 10, please do so. press enter on the get windows 10 icon in the notification area. go down the page and fill in your email address ext. this gives you a verification email. Now, restart your computer. check for updates, install any updates, restart to make sure you have all the latest updates. Now you are ready to begin the upgrade to windows 10. Run the jaws utility tool, this will get rid of any jaws fragmented files and so on from your system. Run the media creation tool. yes, for your users account warning. Choose, update this computer now and press enter. you are now in an ongoing and updating dialog which says: Windows 10 is being downloaded, continue using your computer. This could take anywhere between 30 to 60 minutes, depending on your download speed. When it is done downloading, it will go through several screens itself updating your computer and will get it ready for windows 10. Next, there will be a screen asking you to except the license agreement, check the yes and press enter on next. Again, the program will run through several screens by itself. Next, press enter on install. now you will have no speech, this install takes 45 to 60 minutes to complete. After 1 hour, press the Windows key+enter key to turn on narrator. Wait for a few minutes if it does not come on right away. Almost done. press the next button. choose express settings. press the next button. if done right, in about 10 to 15 minutes, jaws will come on talking on the desktop. very important, uninstall jaws. Keep shared settings and personal settings. Reinstall jaws, no need for a restart here, jaws will come on talking with all your settings, except for 2 of them. Redo your shortcut key, control+ALT+j. Redo the setting to have jaws come on at the log-on screen. For whatever reason if the media tool fails the first time. Check for updates, restart, and run the tool again. -Original Message- From: hwolcott Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 3:39 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 hi desyree: thanks for the response. I'll keep that in mind. will be upgrading sometime on monday. howard wolcott -- From: "Desyree" Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:54 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 yes and you may see an issue with the jaws pc cursor not working correctly in some cases. this has been reported to freedom scientific as a bug in jaws 17. On 9/19/2015 10:18 AM, hwolcott wrote: hi list: I know when upgrading from win7 to win10, you must uninstall and then reinstall jaws 16. does the same procedure have to be followed for jaw 17 public beta? thanks in advance for any advice. howard wolcott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http
Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10
hi desyree: thanks for the response. I'll keep that in mind. will be upgrading sometime on monday. howard wolcott -- From: "Desyree" Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:54 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10 yes and you may see an issue with the jaws pc cursor not working correctly in some cases. this has been reported to freedom scientific as a bug in jaws 17. On 9/19/2015 10:18 AM, hwolcott wrote: hi list: I know when upgrading from win7 to win10, you must uninstall and then reinstall jaws 16. does the same procedure have to be followed for jaw 17 public beta? thanks in advance for any advice. howard wolcott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[JAWS-Users] when upgrading from win7 to win10
hi list: I know when upgrading from win7 to win10, you must uninstall and then reinstall jaws 16. does the same procedure have to be followed for jaw 17 public beta? thanks in advance for any advice. howard wolcott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon research it not working for months
hi eric: hopefully you can fix the sports scores soon. if history repeats itself, hockey, (the last holdout), will go the way of the dodo bird soon after the preseason opens, which starts this sunday. after a couple of games or so, that's usually when ESPN breaks the code so research it won't work for hockey either. that's what happened with football during this year's preseason. I know it's not FS's fault. howard wolcott -- From: "Eric Damery" Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:55 PM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon research it not working for months Hi All, We are looking into the issues. Some of our searches work on ResearchIt with Amazon, some do not. We are also in direct contact with people at Amazon that should be able to help work through the questions if they turn out to be on their side. Thanks for your patience on this one. We're also working on getting a solution for Sports Scores... Regards, Eric Damery Freedom Scientific -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Neil Towery Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:51 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Amazon research it not working for months Hello Gang: I haven't been able to use it for months. Using latest JAWS and IE 11. Have deleted cookies. Haven't used amazon.com/access either. A long time ago, I did click on the link that was supposed to provide information about their screen reader changes. That was nothing but talking about amazon.com/access. Wonder if that permanently "marked Me" as a screen reader user, and, by default, locked me into amazon.com/access? Don't think so, because I can still go to amazon.com. Using windows 7 on a two year old Dell laptop. Can the FS folks not get in touch with the amazon folks to explain the difficulty? Surely FS can delve into the guts of the web design. Neil For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it
hi: unfortunately, it still doesn't work for me. howard wolcott -- From: "Dave Carlson" Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 10:24 AM To: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it Greg, Yes, that's why I use it, as well. It's an easy way to drill down to one or two specific product offerings, especially when the search term is vague or all-encompassing. For example when I put in "APC UPS" to look for an uninterruptable power source, I was given a list of 5 of their models, each with a different power capacity, along with pricing. Cant get much better than that unless you go to a Tag It site or a comparison shopping site. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer - Original Message - From: "Greg Washington" To: Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 06:50 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it Gerald, It's just a personal preference in my case. When I am looking for a particular product on Amazon I like the uncluttered simple interface of research it. It will list five products that match my search criteria along with the price and when I see one I am interested in I click on it and it takes me to the item on Amazon's web site. I too use the amazon web site often as well but it's nice to have the research option especially when I am in a hurry to get info on a particular product. Greg Washington -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 8:35 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it Could someone explain the advantages of using the Amazon.com option in Research It versus visiting Amazon.com directly? Using JAWS 16 with Windows 7, I have no trouble either navigating the Amazon.com site or making purchases. And for those who find the regular Amazon.com site somewhat cluttered or difficult to navigate, there is always the accessible version which is optimized for screen readers. The trouble with Research It is that when a web site is modified, Research It often no longer works well with that site, if at all. Although the Research It feature was useful and convenient when it was originally introduced, many users are now reporting problems with it, and FS should considerdropping it from future releases of JAWS. Gerald -Original Message- From: ratshtron Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:07 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it well, to tell you the truth, when it first came out, i tried it and didn't find it something i would use so i stopped using it and that's why i said that. end of story and sorry to have offend anyone. everybody has their own way of doing things and i simply use my browser and it always works for me. you all have a great day. Legend has it that on Friday 9/18/2015 06:57 AM, Kurt Miller said: Dave, Thanks. I just can't wrap my head around how such comments can even be made by anyone. Kurt -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 2:11 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it Kurt, Good point. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer - Original Message - From: "Kurt Miller" To: Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 09:53 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it If you never used it, then how do you know it is sh*t? It is a great feature and gets used a lot here. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of ratshtron Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 8:32 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it researchit should be scrapped and removed from jaws. its a real piece of sh*t as far as i'm conserned, lol! never used it and never will. Legend has it that on Thursday 9/17/2015 07:17 PM, Alan Robbins said: >Greg, > >I have been having this issue sporadically for some time >now. I simply gave up on it and just go straight to the >amazon site and search from there. >Also, just tried with the JAWS 17 beta, no go. > >Best, >Al >-Original Message- >From: JAWS-Users-List >[mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of >Greg Washington >Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:33 PM >To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >Subject: [JAWS-Users] Amazon.com not working in research it > >The Amazon product search item in research it is not working >on my Windows 7 computer using latest Jaws 16 with IE as my >default browser. Wh
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