Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions

  • From: Judith Bron <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:07:36 -0400

I have enough vision to see that when the computer boots up the first screen says "Windows XP". None of this is making much sense. Jaws is working perfectly except when I lose text or emails in the middle of writing them. I have a feeling that this might have something to do with that problem and I can't afford to buy jaws pro or get another computer. I guess I'm stuck, I just hope the teck can make good on this deal. Judith
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Selfridge" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: RE: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions



Judith,
When you go to JAWS and then to the help menu then to the "about" item what
does it say you are running?
Cy, the Ancient Okie...


-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Judith Bron
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:58 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions

The last time I booted up I checked the first screen and it said "Windows XP
pro". I sent my teck, the one who sold me this and knows jaws, what the
feedback has been on this topic. If nothing out of the ordinary was
happening I wouldn't care but disappearing documents and emails is enough to
make me concerned.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions



Not to sound silly, Judith, but could it possibly be that your
computer is running under XP Home, which I can't see why that wouldn't
be quite adequate if you'll pardon the backward syntax, and you just
don't know it?  You don't seem to understand why nearly everyone is
perplexed that you claim to be using Jaws standard with an operating
system it's supposed to simply not work with at *all*.  That doesn't
mean, work better or worse.  That isn't what it's about.  It's not
that Jaws could work better this way or that.
It's purely binary, if you will  ; It shouldn't work at all as a fully
functional, running program.

Ack.  This is too weird.  I hope we find out what this was about.  I'm
sorry that you keep thinking, My goodness, I'm having these terrible
problems and these guys, they keep going on about which version it is
or something.

but, well, as I said.  it's quite a mystery and we can't help but be
fascinated.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions


Carl, I got this version of Jaws from the commission for the blind and they don't buy pro editions of anything. Also, on this new computer jaws works better than it did on my win 98 machine Except for my disappearing documents and emails. I sent one of the posts from this list over to my teck but, as could have been predicted, he hasn't answered yet. Thanks, Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Smith" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:48 PM Subject: RE: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions


Hello Judith,

I am glad your system is working but I am curious how you know your
JAWS is standard.  I can't imagine how it would work on an XP pro
system if it is.
One way to be sure is to go to www.fsactivate.com, press the continue
button and select the link to verify the number of keys available.
Enter your serial number, hit submit  and the resulting table will
tell you for sure.
Inquiring minds want to know.

Karl



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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Judith Bron
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:42 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions

Well, I don't know who is right or wrong but except for the mystery
of my disappearing documents or emails jaws regular is running fine
on my xp pro machine.  I forwarded a post from this list to my teck
to see if he would adjust my settings so that I could hang on to my
documents.  I'm not debating right or  wrong on this, I can't afford
to upgrade to jaws pro.
So, for now let him make his adjustments so I can keep my documents.
Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions


I stand corrected.  You and Cy are correct.  Judith Bron, in an
earlier post,  thought she was running XP Pro and Jaws Standard.
This indicates that she must be mistaken about on or the other.

Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Stansifer" <larrys@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: RE: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions


That is absolutely correct, unless FS has changed the game in the
last two weeks.

At 08:55 PM 9/19/2006 -0500, Cy Selfridge wrote:

Well, I was under the impression that JAWS Standard would go into
the Demo mode if you tried to run it on the Pro version of XP?
You would not be authorized to run I think?
Cy, the Ancient Okie...

-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Richard Benoit
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:06 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions

 Cy and Alex,

I agree with both of you to a point.  I believe that all the Jaws
editions start with the $1295 edition and that the authorization
key determines which functions are disabled, otherwise they are
identical.  I don't see any way to determine whether it's Standard
or Pro except that:  if under About Jaws it says "Remote access
enabled", that means that it is the $1295 edition, They are all the
same version number.  I don't doubt that there are differences that
are necessary for compatibility with the various XP editions, but
nothing that the average would notice.

In my conversation with FS today they said that the Standard
edition is being phased out.  I think that they inferred that there
will be only edition.  I assume that this might be the end of the $895
price.
What the new price will be is anyone's guess.

Judith's problem still remains. If what FS says is true (and I
think it probably is), and if she is running XP Pro with Jaws
Standard she will have to upgrade to Jaws Pro. She should, of
course, get some authoritative advice before spending a minimum of $200
plus tax.

Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Stone" <alex.stone@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:05 PM Subject: RE: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions


> Cy, I believe the only difference is the authorization keys. > Cheers. > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Cy Selfridge > Sent: 19 September 2006 20:51 > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions > > > Hi folks, > From all I know JAWS standard and JAWS Pro are the same programs. > I do not think I have ever seen anything which explains the > differences. > Perhaps, in earlier days, XP Pro was used primarily by > businesses and FS figured they could afford to pay a little more > for the authorization? > I am very unhappy that JAWS Standard does not work (reportedly) > with XP Media Edition. > Lots of home computers now come only with Media Edition and it > is getting harder to find one of the top of the line computers > with XP Home. > As I understand the Microbloat Vista the various editions are > really hard to decipher. > This should really be interesting indeed. > Cy, the Ancient Okie... > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Richard Benoit > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:30 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions > > Judith, > I certainly don't consider myself an authority on this matter > but it seems that what this tech said is definitely in conflict > with what Freedom > Scientific is saying. Jaws Standard definitely does not need XP > Pro.

> FS
> says that Jaws Standard only works with XP Home. If it worked
> with XP Pro or Media Center there would be no reason to upgrade
> to Jaws Pro.  FS says that Jaws Pro works with all editions of XP.
>
> Because you said that you were using XP Pro with Jaws Standard
> it made me question whether I had upgraded to Jaws Pro
unnecessarily.
> I just called FS and confirmed that the tech is incorrect.  They
> said that Jaws Standard will not work properly with XP Pro.
>
> It may be that the problems you are having are unrelated to the
> mismatched programs but I think it would be wise to discuss this
> with FS.
>
> Richard
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions
>
>
>> Richard, According to the teck I bought this from jaws needs xp
>> pro to function properly.  Jaws itself is working fine on my
>> computer, its just all the other idiosyncracies that are wacky.
>> Judith
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:22 AM
>> Subject: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions
>>
>>
>>> Someone that was having difficulty with their new computer
>>> mentioned that
>
>>> they were running Windows XP Pro and Jaws Standard.  Someone
>>> else has already mentioned that this may be the cause of the
>>> problem.  I can't confirm that but I would't be surprised if
>>> that was the case.
>>>
>>> In the past week I purchased a new laptop that is running
>>> Windows Media Center Edition (Windows Home was not an option).
>>>
>>> Freedom Scientific, on their website, lists Jaws Standard as
>>> being compatible only with XP Home Edition.  If this is not
>>> true then I believe
>
>>> that their sales department would have advised me that I had
>>> the option of not upgrading, rather than upgrading to Jaws Pro
>>> at a cost of
>>> $368
>>> ($200 upgrade plus $200 for the SMA minus $60 refund for 1
>>> unused version
>
>>> upgrade plus sales tax.
>>>
>>> As I understand it, XP Media Center is based on Pro with
>>> certain functions disabled and with other functions added.
>>>
>>> Can anyone elaborate on this?
>>>
>>> Richard
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