I totally agree with your statement. I do think that all of us have different needs and preferences. However, if someone is going to lose sight completely, he/she should use both magnification and screen readers. Regards. Angela from Italy. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holger Fiallo Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:14 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: jfw for the blind or visually impaired I think the pperson need to be shown both programs whether is jaws, window eyes, magic and whatever is close to magic and let the person decide what is best for her.him? -----Original Message----- From: Ann Byrne Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:52 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: jfw for the blind or visually impaired >Where I teach, we recommend JAWS to people who need 5x magnification or >greater in order to read the screen. >Hello: > >I wanted to post this here seeing as this mailing list gets lots of >traffick. > >My question is concerning the use of jaws and is the "screen" reader mainly >used for completely blind individuals or partially sighted individuals? > >I am not a teacher for the blind, so it is interesting to me when a person >is told due to his or her "lack of vision" jaws will be reccomended. So, >the question raised here is where would a persons vision need to be at in >order to use jaws? If someone can read 20 point font or higher would jaws >be necessary? > >Any feedback would be appreciated. > >Take care. > > -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Holger Fiallo Kind Regard -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx