RE: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
- From: Chris Smart <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:12:40 -0400
and if you're using Windows ME, for god sake upgrade to XP. *grin*
At 04:43 PM 7/22/2004, you wrote:
>Not exactly helping here but how come it is every blind person who runs
>in to a problem when there screen reader is loaded goes and blames the
>screen reader? Has it never accord to some of us that the screen reader
>hooks in to the os and might suffer from a instability but might not be
>the cause of said instablity. I am going to subjest here that we do a
>few things.
>1. make sure you have all the updates for internet explorer and ms out
>look express.
>2. try using out look instead it is more stable and does not seem to
>suffer from the msaa bug.
>3. repair your jaws. Try using another synthesizer. Hope that helps.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of chevelle
>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:44 PM
>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
>
>
>No I am just frustrated because I've had to shutdown my computer the
>cold way, and reboot, and then shutdown the cold way, and reboot, and
>the cycle keeps going on. That is why I am frustrated at Jaws, and
>wanting some explanation as to why Jaws does this stupid thing. Before
>someone says then why don't you use window-eyes I tried to give
>window-eyes a chance, but unfortuneately jaws does a better job with the
>braille displays, and the speech isn't choppy, but that still doesn't
>mean it is acceptalbe for Jaws to lock up my pc all the time. There has
>to be an explanation for this behavior. I've seen too many people just
>say well go to the task manager and turn off the program. That doesn't
>explan why jaws does that.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "louie" <oudie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:25 PM
>Subject: RE: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
>
>
> > Are you trying to start a war?
> >
> > Louie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of chevelle
> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:23 PM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
> >
> > Can someone explain why Jaws is such a big screw up! Why is it when
> > sometimtes I will be reading an e-mail in outlook express, and there
> > will be a link to click on to check out a website. I click on the
> > link. When I am done I press alt f4 to close. Nothing happens. Jaws
> > quits speaking. It will just sit there for a lont time. Then
> > eventually jaws will return to the e-mail I was reading. Window-eyes
> > doesn't do this stupid thing why in the world is Jaws so stupid! and
> > do that!. Please don't tell me I can go to the task manager and
> > shutdown the program. I'm not looking for that. I want to know why an
> > overpriced program does such a stupid thing. I have to sit there for a
>
> > log before jaws will speak again. This is not acceptable for a program
>
> > to do that. It's like jaws locks up for some stupid reason. Why can't
> > freedom scientific get their act together!
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