Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws

  • From: "Paul Hutson" <pjhutson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:49:32 -0800

Well, if memory serves, I believe there is a setting in the Jaws
configuration section that will tell Jaws to ignore flash.
HTH,
Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chevelle" <chevelle33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws


> Hi Paul, good food for thought. Yeah I do have flash macro media installed
> becasue at one time I was told I needed to install before I could look at
a
> webpage. Now that I know flash is causing the problem I can now say that
> yeah with the other screen reader flash doesn't cause a problem so here is
> food for thought. If gw micro can make their screen reader work with flash
> why can't fs do the same for Jaws?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Hutson" <pjhutson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws
>
>
> > Hi there.
> > I just went to fox.com and it wantede me to download and install the
> > latest
> > version of Macromedia Flash which I WILL NOT do.  Do you have flash
> > installed and if so, could there be a conflict with Jaws and Flash?
Also,
> > could it be that flash does NOT conflict with your other screen reader?
> > I don't know, just food for thought?  Just my 2 cents.
> > Paul
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "chevelle" <chevelle33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws
> >
> >
> >> yeah, it looks like the same thing is happening to you. You have to
wait
> >> a
> >> long time before jaws responds. Belive me there is stuff on that page,
> >> but
> >> for some reason jaws and only jaws acts up on that webpage.
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Steve Gomes" <finnygomes@xxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:30 PM
> >> Subject: Re: I get so frustrated with Jaws
> >>
> >>
> >> >I just went to fox.com and it made a funny beep like there is flash or
> >> > something. I am getting nothing.
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "chevelle" <chevelle33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 10:12 AM
> >> > Subject: I get so frustrated with Jaws
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> 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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