[vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 20:44:50 +0100
-- Who also sell Kurzweil 1000, and perhaps Kurzweil 3000 for the dyslexics.
. Traditionally, they have been known as "Sight & Sound". Have they had to
change their name, then?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
Sight and Sound Technologies Flor.
I did not know that RNIB distributed Jaws.
Nobody out there with the Braille Blazer then.
Eleanor
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
> Eleanor,
>
> From whom did you or your agency get your JAWS? blazie UK is, if you
like,
> a carry-over from the former company called Blazie Engineering in the US
who
> merged with Henter-Joyce (then US developers and main distributors of
JAWS)
> to form what we know as Freedom Scientific, Inc. Blazie did the 'braille
> side' - developed stuff like the Braille 'N Speak and Braille Lite
versions
> prior to 2001 when FS was formed. So, S&S is not a UK replica of Freedom
> Scientific, nor is Blazie UK. There are UK people who get their JAWS
> through Blazie UK, as I've heard accounted. (I guess, however, that
Blazie
> are in these cases a reseller for Sight And Sound.) RNIB also
redistributes
> JAWS? (Much the same would apply to them.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:49 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
>
>
> Tony this is very interesting indeed. Now I know of Sight and Sound
> Technologies but interestingly I had always thought of Blazie Engineering
> who are representatives for Freedom Scientific being the main suppliers of
> Jaws. I contacted them, Blazie re the Braille Blazer, a Freedom
Scientific
> product only to learn of Sight and Sound also selling Jaws. I will have
to
> contact Sight and Sound re this Dongle. I only got to know of the Dongle
> through the guy at Blazie. Never made an inquiry about the price so I
have
> that shock to come yet. That was great infkormation Paul passed on to
me/us
> this morning.
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:57 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
>
>
> > Hi Eleanor,
> >
> > I am going to be saving the list a bit of time now as I will too I
expect
> be
> > acquiring Jaws 9 and will file Paul's very good email for future
> reference!
> >
> > I understand you to be living in the UK so the best people to contact re
> > your query is Sight & Sound and ask for technical support.
> >
> > You could ask for William or the other gentleman whose name I have
> forgotten
> > now [smile]
> >
> > They are the suppliers for the UK!
> >
> > For all intents and purposes, part of FS.
> >
> > You will get their number from directory enquiries.
> >
> > I got their number from Dublin directories without knowing where in the
> UK
> > S & S lived!
> >
> > Tony.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:23 PM
> > Subject: [vip_students] Re: Jaws dongle!
> >
> >
> > > Paul this is fantastic information. I do have the full liscence.
Your
> > > information is superb and if I get the dongle then I am up and away.
I
> > > appreciate what you are saying re Admin permissions etc but it would
be
> > good
> > > on family or fiends PCs where they would not mind. Even here I have
my
> > > nephew and if I am showing him something just to plug in to his laptop
> > would
> > > be good. Now the thorny question is the cost. Do you have any idea
of
> > > that?
> > >
> > > Thank you again for your good wishes re Pedro. Much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Look forward to more on Jaws dongle.
> > >
> > > Eleanor
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:58 PM
> > > Subject: [vip_students] Jaws dongle!
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Eleanor,
> > > >
> > > > In order to use the jaws dongle, you have to have a full license of
> jaws
> > > > which I think you have already. When you go to purchase the jaws
> dongle
> > > you
> > > > submit your authorization code to whomever it is that you re
> purchasing
> > it
> > > > from. You can then download a portable version of the jaws 9
software
> > and
> > > > put it onto a pen drive and along with the dongle which also looks
> like
> > a
> > > > small pen drive you can have jaws on any computer you are working on
> for
> > > the
> > > > duration of your work. However you will also need to take down a
piece
> > of
> > > > software called "FSVideoIntercept.exe" this is very important and
gets
> > > > installed first as it links the jaws portable software with the
video
> > card
> > > > of the computer you are working on. You would have to have either
> > sighted
> > > > help to install this or use the built in speech on windows XP called
> > > > "narrator" which is very basic but should be enough to help you
> install
> > > > this file. It takes about 2 minutes or so to install it and if you
are
> > > > working on a computer in a network like in a university etc then you
> > need
> > > > full admin rights to that computer given by an administrator.
> > > > After installing the video intercept software, you need to reboot
the
> > > > computer and now with your pen drive plugged in along with the
dongle
> > also
> > > > plugged into an extra USB port you can summon up the jaws portable
> > version
> > > > like as follows:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Go to the start menu and arrow down to run. Press enter key and
> type
> > in
> > > > the following.
> > > >
> > > > X:\jaws9
> > > > Then press enter.
> > > >
> > > > Note:X: is the drive letter that the jaws 9 portable version is
> > installed
> > > > onto so it would most likely be on your computer, "e:\jaws9"
> > > >
> > > > Here in Ireland if you already have a version of jaws like jaws 7
> > upwards
> > > > then you can purchase I think the dongle jaws for about 70 euros.
> > > >
> > > > Paul.
> > > >
> > > >
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