Hi Adam, Please use the voice commands to navigate to the panels. Please refer to the voice command documentation located here: http://www.itsyourplane.com/html/commands.asp<view-source:http://www.itsyourplane.com/html/commands.asp> under the section entitled: Blind Pilots/Visually Impaired Thanks. Robert On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Adam B. Shaible < adam.shaible@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jody and welcome, > Hello to all,, > I am wondering if the navigation works the same using NVDA. It would be > nice if it did, so we could get to keys if we absolutely had to. > I have tried using Window-Eyes, but no help from there. I can navigate > the various screens such as free flight, missions, and the learning center. > But when I am in the game, the alt key is useless to me in accessing the > in-game menues. > Also, and I hope this is not too far off topic, but can anyone tell me why > when I alt+tab to the IYP screen that Flight Simulator takes over and takes > up the focus, covering up IYP? I checked my views, and I am in normal > mode. I did get the microphone switch straightened out by rolling back to > an earlier version of IYP, and then I installed the beta version. So, > after I get some sleep, I will make a test flight. Had some rough health > and visiting doctors, but thank God that's done so I can get back into the > sky! > > > > Best regards, > Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <tonys_groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:31 PM > Subject: [bvipilots] Re: A Few Questions Please > > > > I use JFW 13. > > It's a bit hit and miss but: > > Ctrl+home to top of the screen. > > Then, route JAWS to PC. > > You should then be able to use virtual cursor to locate the free flight > button. > > I believe too that there is a setting within FSX which prevents the home > screen from popping up every time that the simulator starts, but I may have > dreamt that. > > T > > -----Original Message----- > From: bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bvipilots-bounce@** > freelists.org <bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Jody > McKinniss > Sent: 28 March 2012 02:16 > To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bvipilots] A Few Questions Please > > I posted this to the BVI forum, but I thought I would post it here as > well. I am using Windows 7, 32-bit, with Jaws for Windows, version 11. I > wish to use FSX with IYP. I currently have FSX with the acceleration > expansion installed, as well as FSUIPC version 4.80. > When I run FSX, JFW says, "microsoft flight simulator x, home dddialog." > This screen is read by JFW as though it were a regular web page in a > browser, complete with virtual pc cursor and all. There are links, just > like in a web page. The problem is this: I have tried hitting the alt > key, every function key, the tab key, to try to get into the menus where I > can choose my aircraft, select my flight, etc. > Nothing seems to work. I can't get away from this screen. Turning > virtual cursor off does not help either. When I run IYP after loading FSX > to this home screen, it tells me that the simulator is running, but that > there is no aircraft detected. I really hope there is a way to resolve > this, as I would like to eventually fly IYP virtual airlines, and if I am > reading correctly, I have to use FSX to do that. > I caught something on the BVI forum about other blind pilots who do fly > IYP-VA, so apparently there is a way to use JFW with FSX. Can someone help > please? I will paste here a portion of the opening screen that JFW reads > to me, just so that everyone can know exactly what I am referring to. The > home screen looks like this, in part: > Microsoft Flight Simulator - Home > > Flight Simulator > Skip Navigation Links > News and Events > Team Travels > Free Flight > Missions and Multiplayer > Developers' Corner > Support > Downloads > Partnerships > Community Links > Product Information > Buy Now! > Privacy Statement > > Microsoft Game Studios > > Introducing Microsoft Flight! > > At Gamescom 2010 in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft announces the new > Microsoft Flight title for PC Gaming and Games for Windows - Live. > Click > www.microsoft.com/games/flight > for the new announcement web site. > > Mission Building in FSX - Part 5 > Parts 1-5 of a series from the pages of PC Pilot. > Read Article > Latest articles and posts: > ■ > About the Aces Team > ■ > BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation announces "The Flight for Education" > ■ > Topgun Simulations > ■ > How to Fly an Airliner at Home > ■... > Ok, so how do I get away from that screen so I can enter my flights menus, > or other menus so that I can choose an aircraft and then load IYP? If > there truly are other blind pilots flying IYP-VA, then somehow it is > possible to use FSX with JFW. 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