Re: JAWS playing nice with competing screen readers
- From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 13:57:59 -0500 (CDT)
I use both on my computer as well: JFW 5.0.488 and WE f.5 SP3. Switching
between programs has never given me trouble.
Bruce
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On Sat, 8 May 2004, Greg Epley wrote:
> Hi Jennifer,
> Thanks for that info. It's sounding like these two products will work okay
> together, but of course each system is different so at a certain point I'm
> just going to need to risk trying them out to see what happens.
> Nevertheless it's nice to get feedback on what others have encountered.
> -Greg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Frazier" <jfrazier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:56 PM
> Subject: RE: JAWS playing nice with competing screen readers
>
>
> >
> > I teach Window-Eyes and Jaws so have both on each computer. I am
> > generally able to switch between screen reader well. I only use full
> > authorized versions so can not speak to whether they work well together
> > if some of the screen readers are demo's. I am currently running JFW
> > 5.0844 and Window-Eyes 4.5 SP 3. The attribute that makes you able to
> > load several access technologies on one machine is called, DCM.
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Greg Epley
> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:38 PM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: JAWS playing nice with competing screen readers
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm wondering what the experience has been here with any JAWS users
> > installing screen readers from other vendors alongside JAWS. The reason
> > I ask is that I find myself in a position of needing to know how
> > software comes across to these other screen readers, not just JAWS
> > alone. I don't recall the specific version of JAWS, but recall reading
> > some time back about how all the screen reader manufacturers were going
> > to be using a new standard which would allow multiple accessibility
> > products to be installed without causing one another various problems.
> >
> > Please understand I'm not talking about running three different screen
> > readers at once, I'm referring to being able to load probably at most a
> > current WindowEyes and a current Dolphin product along with my existing
> > JAWS 4.51/5.0, then run a particular screen reader for testing a
> > software access, unloading the screen reader, loading another screen
> > reader, testing access of a software with that one, unloading that
> > screen reader, etc., I think the process makes sense.
> >
> > I would very much appreciate knowing any "gotchas" others here have
> > encountered in doing this, if anyone has, so I might make an informed
> > decision on how I want to proceed on this. It would also be helpful to
> > know version numbers of the screen readers you've used, rather than just
> > telling me "I loaded JAWS and WindowEyes" which doesn't really tell me
> > anything specific enough.
> >
> > I would have posted this to a programming list since I'm primarily
> > wanting to do this to test software, but felt I might get a better idea
> > on just the JAWS side of things by posting here. I'm really concerned
> > here about these other products working nicely with JAWS, since JAWS is
> > where I've placed my investment. I'm not planning to buy any of the
> > other readers, just use them to test with assuming they won't expire on
> > me some period after installation (e.g., JAWS can be run in demo mode as
> > many times as one likes but only for 40 minutes at a time). I'm
> > thinking the other products I mentioned can also do this but maybe some
> > of you can comment to that.
> >
> > My primary concerns here again are what problems I can expect to
> > encounter trying to load and use other screen reader products on a
> > machine that JAWS 4.51/5.0 is installed on, along with the version
> > numbers of those products so I won't be dealing with "apples vs.
> > oranges". Many thanks for any info in advance! -Greg Epley
> >
> >
> >
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