Re: Jaws 8 Vista final
- From: "Louise" <louiseredsull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:37:59 +0100
Hi,
I too am very dissapointed with the most recent update as jaws is still very
slow making typing characters difficult if I want to hear what I have typed.
Strangely it speeds up slightly whenever vidio or music is in use. When I
contacted FS for support I was told the issue was being worked on and basically
for the moment I just had to turn off typing echo. Unfortunately the issue is
still there and there is no garantee it will be fixed in version 9. Thanks
everyone on this list who have tried to give me some ideas. And I would be
greatful if anyone has any other suggestions as at the moment I am using my old
desktop instead of the brand new laptop which I purchased. So far I am
dissapointed with both version 8 of Jaws and the support I have received when
submitting questions and bug reports to FS. I believe we should expect more
from such an expensive product which has at times claimed to be the most high
quality screenreader out there.
Louise.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Harmon
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:13 AM
Subject: Jaws 8 Vista final
I'm sorry to say but this final version of Jaws 8 for Vista isn't any better
for the most part than beta 2 was in my opinion. Dialogs still don't read
correctly without having to use the jaws cursor. performance is very sluggish
in windows mail and functionality in Windows mail is extremely poor. I have to
continually close messages and re open them to get them to read. My mail
status says something like 1 messages un reads.
Did someone make a mistake in grammar here?
In the volume controls dialog the reading is still read opposite of the
correct amount example if it's set at 90 percent jaws says 10 percent if you
press insert up arrow to get the status of the slider. Also when you try to
change the volume rapidly by up or down arrowing it tries to spell the value
out still as it did in beta 2.
And I've been in the final release for 10 minutes now. Wonder what I'll find
out after a day or two.
Sorry FS but I'm very disappointed with the final release of Jaws and will
use someone else's reader for Vista till it's fixed properly.
I'll be putting up a podcast on my website probably next week showing the
problems I've found in this release.
I'm sorry but this release for Vista just doesn't cut it and lags far behind
Window Eyes or System access.
Rick
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