Re: Why is jaws such a big screw up!

  • From: "Wendy Alling" <goldador@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:11:04 -0400

Hi gang.  Could we stop this topic as it is not at all jaws related?  Thank
you.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: RE: Why is jaws such a big screw up!


> Hi, the fact that one screen reader does not have a problem and the
> other one does has more to do with how that screen reader gets it's
> information.   For example there are problems where windows eyes when it
> is loaded causes issues that jaws does not and vice versa.  I do know
> that each company has work around for certain situations. It is of
> course beyond the scoap of this message to provide detailed explanations
> on how each screen reader hooks in to the operating system.  The fact is
> that the behavior you describe is a msaa problem and a html object
> problem in Microsoft programs.  It has been a problem for quite some
> time for programs that interface with msaa and try to provide a buffer
> of the msaa contance.   Hope this helps and next time you might wish to
> be a little more diplomatic for example I am having a problem with jaws
> and Microsoft out look.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of chevelle
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:46 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
>
>
> Then how come window-eyes doesn't lock up the computer, and Jaws does. I
> didn't mean for my post to be a bug report I am just looking for
> answers.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:34 PM
> Subject: RE: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
>
>
> > Hi, for one this is not a jaws bug you reported  below.  This is an
> > issue with msaa.  In some cases after moving from one msaa application
>
> > to another msaa application both using the Microsoft html viewer
> > system the screen access program can not hook to get the information
> > it needs and msaa can cause these programs to lock up.  So to answer
> > your question this is really not a jaws problem.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of chevelle
> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:23 PM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Why is jaws such a big screw up!
> >
> >
> > Can someone explain why Jaws is such a big screw up! Why is it when
> > sometimtes I will be reading an e-mail in outlook express, and there
> > will be a link to click on to check out a website. I click on the
> > link. When I am done I press alt f4 to close. Nothing happens. Jaws
> > quits speaking. It will just sit there for a lont time. Then
> > eventually jaws will return to the e-mail I was reading. Window-eyes
> > doesn't do this stupid thing why in the world is Jaws so stupid! and
> > do that!. Please don't tell me I can go to the task manager and
> > shutdown the program. I'm not looking for that. I want to know why an
> > overpriced program does such a stupid thing. I have to sit there for a
>
> > log before jaws will speak again. This is not acceptable for a program
>
> > to do that. It's like jaws locks up for some stupid reason. Why can't
> > freedom scientific get their act together!
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