[jaws-uk] Re: Pen drive
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:15:58 -0000
Yes, that's what it was/is. Every year. A 'promise' of things to come.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ron sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Pen drive
Yes Flor, you are probably right, but Eric always demonstrates the new
version at Sight Village in July. Last year it was version 7. Maybe
that
was the Beta version.
Cheers
Ron
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:13 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Pen drive
> September, if that's soon? This year or next year? (That's the time
of
> year the upgrades come out.) Updates and patches at other times.)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ron sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:02 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Pen drive
>
>
> Yes Scott, the Freedombox is excellent. I hope you got my reply to
you
> Barbara. The beauty of Freedombox is that you don't pay for upgrades
> and
> bugs are fixed before the upgrade is released. If a fault is found it
> is
> fixed at once. I see people are still having trouble with JFW 7, I am
> pleased I stuck to 4.51 it suits my needs. I suppose version 8 will
be
> out
> soon?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Scott Wood" <scott.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:52 AM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Pen drive
>
>
>> Hi Barbara
>>
>> The pen drive version of Jaws is free but you need to be a registered
>> version 7 user to be able to run it fully rather than in 40 minute
> mode.
>> It
>> can be downloaded from the FS site. You will need to buy a pen drive
> to
>> load it onto - my 1 gb drive cost me about £70, but this is larger
> than
>> you
>> really need and you can get an adequate pen drive (min 128 mb) for
> much
>> less
>> than this.
>>
>> It's quite a good idea but it is a reaction to Dolphin who released
> their
>> Dolphin pen last year, but they charge quite a lot for their pen.
The
>> trouble with it is that if you want to use Jaws on a PC that you have
>> never
>> used before, it's very fiddly to set it up if you are Vi. You first
> need
>> to
>> install the video chain manager and for this you may need sighted
help
> if
>> you don't want to delve into the wonderful world of Narrator. Then
> once
>> this is done, when the pen is inserted you would hope that Jaws would
>> start
>> automatically, but oh no, you have to fly *blind* for a bit if the
>> computer
>> isn't set up to run things automatically. I still haven't worked out
> how
>> to
>> make it do that.
>>
>> I think they could come up with a better solution for mobile
> computing
>> for
>> VIP's . There is an application called Freedom Box which apparently
> you
>> can
>> just plug in and away you go - no video chain manager installation,
no
>> having to fly *blind* to get it running, you just plug it in and it
> starts
>> talking to you.
>>
>> Hope this answers your question.
>>
>> Kind regards ... Scott
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barbara Wilson" <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "jaws-uk" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:44 AM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Pen drive
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have read a few messages on here regarding JAWS on a pen drive. Can
>> anyone
>> tell me how much it costs? And can you download it from the Freedom
>> Scientific web site or does it have to be purchased from a dealer?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
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