[jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?

  • From: "Pete" <noizypete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:45:48 -0000

Martin,

Your problem appears to be specific to your machine as I haven't seen any 
other reports of version 8 not talking. If I were in your situation I would 
perform a completely new install, maybe it glitched while selecting your 
synth or sound card.

Regards,

Pete H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martin wilsher" <m.wilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:42 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?


> Agreed Ian.  Since Communication is so essential in today's world, =
> screen
> readers, and a good one too, is very much essential.  I have lost count =
> of
> the times I have battled to get a pc running well because it crashed.  =
> My pc
> is pen, paper, independence, and communication to me.  This is why I go =
> up
> the wall when companies don't hold the same views about the pc's owned =
> by
> blind individuals.  Jaws eight should be installable, it's not on my pc. =
> I
> tried today, and although it was installed, and was loaded into memory, =
> it
> didn't talk, even when I repaired it.  I tried everything to get it to =
> work.
> Now jaws 7.1.0.500 works fine.  Me thinks eight is busted.  I haven't =
> got
> anything special in the pc department.
>
> Hope to hear from you soon.
>
> From Martin.
>
> Please email me at:
>
> m.wilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Please visit my website:
>
> www.martin-wilsher.co.uk
>
>
> =20
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =
> On
> Behalf Of Iain Lackie
> Sent: 21 November 2006 23:14
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
>
>
> They haven't been a luxury item. They are an expensive necessity.
>
> Iain
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:42 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
>
>
> Very well said Robin.
> Only thing I would say is that screen readers have always been a luxury =
> item
> for the blind.
>
> Nigel
> There's something wrong there.
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:26 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] The great jaws 8 debate?
>
>
>>I sometimes wonder if we've reached a watershed in jaws and what it =20
>>achieves in serving our needs. I mean, now we've just been introduced=20
>>to  IE7 and a suitably compatible version of Jaws, if you're O/S is XP, =
>
>>then  don't you think you have enough ammunition to sit tight for the=20
>>next  five years and maybe much more without spending any more cash on=20
>>this  product? This I accept will apply more to the domestic user=20
>>rather than  us poor pro's in employment.
>>
>> By the time you reach the point where your system and jfw can't do the =
>
>> job you need, then your computer system might need replacing, an=20
>> alternative screen reader at a much lower price may be around the=20
>> market place, and heck, maybe they'll speed up that research and cure=20
>> us all who suffer from RP!
>>
>> I totally agree that the enhancements in recent times, one could=20
>> argue, don't justify the upgrade price, and they do tend to bring in=20
>> these upgrades at frequent intervals when perhaps they could be re=20
>> scheduled to a longer period encompassing more of the new features in=20
>> one upgrade instead of two.
>>
>> But these techies at FS are constantly working to keep up with=20
>> technology and I suppose they've got to earn a living, just a pity it=20
>> has to be sponsored by us, the drawback of a product that's specialist =
>
>> and has a limited market. I admit it's easy to be kind of casual about =
>
>> the product when I'm fortunate to have mine paid by my employer, but I =
>
>> do sympathise with the domestic users who have to shell out a lot of=20
>> cash they can't afford and find it difficult to agree they're getting=20
>> value for their money.
>>
>> All in all it's a fantastic tool for blind and visually impaired=20
>> people but it's fast becoming a luxury item.
>>
>> J m o,
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Robin Clayden,
>> Edinburgh College of Art,
>> 74 Lauriston Place,
>> EDINBURGH EH3 9DF.
>>
>> T: +44 0 131 221 6000
>> E: r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx
>> W: http://www.eca.ac.uk=3D20
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