but you cannot tell what the heck they are doing, and that is awful. I noted Tony Berry RNib Volunteer now lapping up life in France didn't know Jaws or any screen reader but for my sake he towards the end didn't turn Jaws off ever, mind you that poor Tony truly hated Jaws, he said " It lies all the time you cannot believe a thing it says" there was a reason for that however Jana's was telling Fibs because it couldn't work well in Monochrome by which I mean Jaws saw all White Text on a black background as Selected or highlighted text and as a result didn't treat it normally, I had to go the long long road Mike to get to the bottom of that and Dr Lee Hamilton's on the Bigwigs at Freedom my cousin who is sighted once sent I looked over the Corporate Line up and saw all the things and things Dr Hamilton had done and I thought that is the one to ask so I made a tape rerecording and he could hear and he asked Bryan carver Director of Technical support to run trials, and do them again with Magic and the Bryan carver phoned me from St Petersburg and spilled the beans, it seems in times past say Windows 98 and before Jaws would work that way but as it became more sophisticated it really became more a product for totally blind people but this was not stated. I then set about finding a way myself tried to get a man to make a Switching box to invert the screen, he tried and failed then a Pal on Jaws list knew a way and that was Lunar. I am not saying it is easy it is not it is blood sweat and tears Mike but having gone so far I m not throwing in the towel If I had know in the beginning that the first computer I ever bought in my life would put me through such an ordeal would I have chosen it? No of course not, if I had known what an ordeal I would go through I would have jumped of the Pier in herne Bay, Ok I know you lost it Mike
I mean your Pier .----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pannell" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:32 PMSubject: [jaws-uk] Re: Should Jaws be turned off when sighted people use our computers?
Hello Angel,The answer to your question is yes! because JAWS is a designated screen reader it does not relate to what appears on the screen especially when the internet is concerned.
So yes, turn off JAWS when it is not required. Whilst JAWS is reading the screen the sighted person will experience the screen jumping all over the place.
I hope this answers your question. With best wishes, Mike.----- Original Message ----- From: Angel238
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:45 PMSubject: [jaws-uk] Should Jaws be turned off when sighted people use our computers?
Just what is the relationship between how jaws reads and what appears on the screen. My children have always turned off Jaws when they used my computer. They told me because I listen to Jaws at an extremely fast pace they were unable to read what they chose. They said they could read better and scroll better with jaws off. Is this true?
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