Hi, Chip.
Your points are well taken, but I wouldn't discourage prospective
purchasers from checking with FS for video card issues. I had to return a
Dell laptop once because the conflict couldn't be resolved, and since then
FS has saved me needless annoyance and wasted time by advising me on what
they know works and what might not. As I suggested in my original message
on this subject, a check through the FS website technical service
bulletins should be followed up with a call to tech support.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
External number pads are very cheap; if one doesn't work, just return it
and/or buy another. I believe that they usually work.
The advice on video card compatibility I've found to be unhelpful. FS will
often say a certain video card is not compatible, and we've found in the
past many of us on the list are using it quite happily.
FS never seems to be very helpful when it comes to video cards.
More than one person I know solved their jfw video problem by having a
sighted person check in the device manager, under video devices, and they
found multiple video output devices. When they disable all of them except
the primary one, jfw began to work.
This seems to be more of an issue with laptops for some reason.
Hth,
Chip
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Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ptusing
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:06 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
Hi, To all and thanks to Chip, but I am finding an issueto consider when
buying a laptop. I have looked at a number of laptops.
I am finding from word of mouth that one cannot assume that using an
external numpad will work with JAWS or with MAGIC.
That is because sighted folks to whom most external numpads are sold to
not use the combination of Insert keys (for JAWS) or the numpad +
or -combinations (for MAGIC). Hence the reliability of numpad usage for
our needs is iffy.
Do you know of any numpad that works with Toshiba, or SONY or Dell or does
one have to buy proprietary external numpads?
Thanks in advance.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
The only one I can think of is what OS it comes with? If it's media
edition or professional edition, you'll have to pay for the professional
edition of JFW (a *completely* unnecessary fee on the part of FS, and not
one charged by other competators).
You may want to insure you buy 1gb of RAM if you're going to use a
software speech synthesizer. There's very little else I can think of that
matters to JFW.
HTH,
Chip
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Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian and
Denise Albriton
What requirements should I ask for in a laptop for jaws to run properly?
Brian
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