Hi all, Can anyone advise me regarding Jaws scripts for Norton 2006 anti virus. Many thanks Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Medway" <philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:53 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: JAWS working with other kinds of Software! > Hi Hazel, > > Jaws is written in such a way that it tries to make sense of software > which > is written according to Microsoft's own standards. > > Unfortunately, a great deal of software is written with little or no > regard > to these standards which leaves Jaws very little clue as to how to treat > the > softwares' output. It is analogous to a train running without rails. > > The scripting language built in to Jaws allows a Jaws user or someone on > their behalf to modify the way in which Jaws recognises the behaviour of > the > particular software and, through the use of keyboard shortcuts and other > techniques, to make the software usable. > > Even with the Jaws scripting language, it is still not possible to make > some > software usable. > > Some scripts are freely available for certain popular applications and > others have been written and made available commercially. > > If you can tell us the name of the particular software, you may find > someone > on this list who uses the same thing and can give you more specific > advice. > > Regards, > > Phil Medway > > philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > tel: 01869 347639 > > mobile: 07980 519990 > > Skype: philmedway > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hazel Flannigan" <hazel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:41 PM > Subject: [jaws-uk] JAWS working with other kinds of Software! > > > I am using JAWS 6.1 and windows exp home. and am having difficulty with > accessing other software applications. Someone told me that JAWS could > access these programmes using scripts! But no one seems to know anything > of > how these scripts are supposed to work. I have just got the organisation > I > am working for to order a new copy of JAWS andI was wondering if I am > going > to face the same problems with this new copy too. > Hazel. > The early bird catches the worm! > But the second mouse gets the cheese! > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq