Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws

  • From: "chevelle" <chevelle33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:44:38 -0500

As long as you have the latest versions of both screen readers you can have 
both programs installed. The dcm issue isn't a problem with the latest 
versions of both programs.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stu" <k5stu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws


>I probably don't know what I'm talking about since I still use 98 SE but it
> seems like I heard in the past that with XP you can have only one screen
> reader installed.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "chevelle" <chevelle33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 11:41 AM
> Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws
>
>
>> Hi Bruce. I dout it is spyware, one I have the two spyware blocking
> programs
>> from the jfwlite website, and I ran spybot. Also when I go on a webpage
> that
>> jaws acts very very slowly on if I unload jaws and run the other screen
>> reader the other screen reader works fine, so I am pretty sure it isn't a
>> spyware issue. Something is happening with jaws and certain webpages to
> wear
>> jaws won't work right with it. The problem with this is when ever this
>> happens most of the time I can't unload and reload jaws so I always have
> to
>> do a hard shutdown, and I don't like doing that all the time. Also I'm
>> pretty sure it isn't a repair jaws issue. It only happens on certain
>> webpages, but I don't know the pattern. Try going to www.fox.com, and see
> if
>> your jaws acts really really really slowly.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws
>>
>>
>> > Have you tried running a repair on JAWS? Is it possible you have 
>> > spyware
>> > on your system that is bogging it down?
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >
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>> >
>> > On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, chevelle wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello!, can someone please! try and explain why Jaws behaves the way 
>> >> it
>> >> does! I've noticing this behavior happening more and more. I just 
>> >> tried
>> >> to go to www.fox.com. For some reason Jaws was very very very
>> >> nonresponsive. It would take a long long long long time when pressing
> the
>> >> down arrow keys for jaws to go down the next line. Why is this
> happening
>> >> on certain webpages. Then Jaws just froze. This time I couldn't even
>> >> unload jaws to reload jaws. Sometimes I will be reading e-mail, I will
>> >> click on a link, and jaws will just freeze. Sometimes I can unload 
>> >> jaws
>> >> and reload jaws and it will work fine, but why should I have to keep
>> >> doing this. This gets me so frustrated. The other screen reader 
>> >> doesn't
>> >> freeze up so this tells me it is a Jaws issues. Using jaws 5.1 windows
>> >> xp. I don't any other programs running in the background. At times I
> just
>> >> want to smash all the jaws disks and my laptop. There has to be
> something
>> >> about this stupid jaws program that it acts this way, and why !
>> > fre
>> >> edomscientific doeosn't do a better job with their overpriced product.
>> >> The times jaws goes really really really slow on a webpage, if I am
> able
>> >> to unload jaws I can load the other screen reader, and it acts just
> fine
>> >> on the webpage.
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