[jaws-uk] Re: JAWS working with other kinds of Software!

Hi all,
Can anyone advise me regarding Jaws scripts for Norton 2006 anti virus.
Many thanks
Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Medway" <philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: JAWS working with other kinds of Software!


> Hi Hazel,
>
> Jaws is written in such a way that it tries to make sense of software 
> which
> is written according to Microsoft's own standards.
>
> Unfortunately, a great deal of software is written with little or no 
> regard
> to these standards which leaves Jaws very little clue as to how to treat 
> the
> softwares' output.  It is analogous to a train running without rails.
>
> The scripting language built in to Jaws allows a Jaws user or someone on
> their behalf to modify the way in which Jaws recognises the behaviour of 
> the
> particular software and, through the use of keyboard shortcuts and other
> techniques, to make the software usable.
>
> Even with the Jaws scripting language, it is still not possible to make 
> some
> software usable.
>
> Some scripts are freely available for certain popular applications and
> others have been written and made available commercially.
>
> If you can tell us the name of the particular software, you may find 
> someone
> on this list who uses the same thing and can give you more specific 
> advice.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil Medway
>
> philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> tel: 01869 347639
>
> mobile: 07980 519990
>
> Skype: philmedway
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hazel Flannigan" <hazel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:41 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] JAWS working with other kinds of Software!
>
>
> I am using JAWS 6.1 and windows exp home.  and am having difficulty with
> accessing other software applications.  Someone told me that JAWS could
> access these programmes using scripts!  But no one seems to know anything 
> of
> how these scripts are supposed to work.  I have just got the organisation 
> I
> am working for to order a new copy of JAWS andI was wondering if I am 
> going
> to face the same problems with this new copy too.
> Hazel.
> The early bird catches the worm!
> But the second mouse gets the cheese!
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