RE: Should I upgrade to Jaws 11?
- From: "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)" <Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 12:15:06 -0400
No kidding! I never got the chance to use 11 long enough to find that
out. Actually, the performance of Outlook with 10 is pretty awful too;
you never know if it's going to work flawlessly or balk like a stubborn
mule. The first indication I had of a serious 11 problem was its
failure with Access. I also noticed some quirks with the JAWS language
feature (sometimes the synthesized language choice is grayed out, and I
can discern no particular reason why that happens), but that would not
have been a deal breaker by itself. I see there's yet another build
available, so, eternal optimist that I am, I guess I'll grab it and take
it for a spin over the weekend.
Ted
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Cy Selfridge
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:33 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Should I upgrade to Jaws 11?
Ted,
I really can not say that Outlook 2007 is significantly worse that Word
2007 with JAWS 11.
I think a whole lot of the problem is simply getting used to the way
both expect you to communicate with them.
For that matter, Excel 2007 is also a complete nightmare.
Cy, The Anasazi
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:40 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Should I upgrade to Jaws 11?
Sounds more and more as if Outlook 2007 simply sucks with speech-rather
a shame, given the suite's overall fine performance. I've gotten some
feedback indicating that some of my sighted colleagues aren't exactly
thrilled with it either.
Ted
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dave Carlson
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:08 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Should I upgrade to Jaws 11?
Same here from me using Outlook 2007. I think that JAWS in general has
problems with Outlook 2007, as even back to JAWS 9 I have had issues
with the Outlook 2007 calendar sometimes crashing.
The crashing of the calendar continues with JAWS 11 and in addition,
JAWS 11 is very fragile when creating a new message or replying to
messages. I have had several crash sessions. I also note that the
spell-checker in Outlook 2007 is very hesitant and slow, much more so
than JAWS 9.
All said, JAWS 11 is apparently more unstable with Outlook 2007 than
with any other application.
BTW, using 11.0.1430.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Lange <mailto:trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 05:57
Subject: Re: Should I upgrade to Jaws 11?
Hi,
I'm using Jaws 11 on my Dell home PC running XP Pro and on my
Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. In both cases, I've got
pplenty of processor power and lots of RAM. Jaws 11 is running just
fine.
On the other hand, I am experiencing problems on my work machine
running XP Pro. It's a Gateway with a slower processor and only a gig
of RAM. On this machine, Jaws gets sluggish or goes quiet while I'm in
Word or Outlook 2007. I don't necessarily blame it on JAWS 11, though. I
think the Office 2007 and JAWS 11 combination is more than that system
can comfortably handle.
Tom
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