RE: two Jaws questions before buying a computer
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:35:09 -0500
You won't find XP as different as you're worrying that it will be;
you'll need to find the instructions (I think in the jaws help) about
how to configure xp initially for best performance with jaws.
A bigger worry is any new computer, as we have spermatic reports here of
some computers not working with jaws. It's best to buy from a source
that will allow you to return it without a financial cost to you, should
you happen to run into a problem.
Now, your next natural question is can anyone tell you what not to buy?
The answer seems to be no, at least in my opinion. You could get others
to tell you what they had trouble with, but, for each person who says "I
had trouble with brand X of video card or pc", you'll find others on the
list here who are using it fine.
Jaws 6 appears to have fewer problems like this than earlier versions,
so do try it if you don't have it, in case you run into any problems.
I really enjoy having XP (much more than win9x) and you will to, once
you learn it's slight differences.
If you aren't going to have sighted assistance setting this up, you
should know that with xp there's a built-in screen reader, which you can
invoke with the keystroke windows key plus the letter U, which may help
you in getting past any initial dialogs and starting the jaws
installation process. You can then close down the narrator and utility
manager windows so you don't have dueling speech output.
Just let me on my soapbox for one second: my advice is to buy a laptop
not a desktop pc. It's more money, but it's so much more flexible, that
it's really worth it.
Hth,
Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
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> Hi,
> I am considering buying a new computer.
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> I have been using Windows 98 se, and am not at all familiar with XP.
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> My access to sighted assistance with a computer is pretty limited.
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> Are there any good tutorials that would help with Jaws and XP?
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> As to buying the computer, are there any caveats with Jaws=20
> that I should be aware of?
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> Thanks.
> Crystal
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