[macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
- From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:44:02 +1000
Yes and I have smile. Like I said I have 8gb of ram on my mac pro and I've
allocated 2 and I've tried 4gb as well. I've also tried combinations of 2
and 1 processors with above amounts of ram. I also believe I tried a 1gb vm
but that wasn't a goer.
-----Original Message-----
From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vashaun jones
Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 9:37 AM
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
Are you able to allocate more than two GB of RAM for a given virtual
machine on that Mac Pro?
On May 19, 2008, at 7:28 PM, David Truong wrote:
> Hi Sara,
>
> I am using Windows xp pro. Yes, I've tried 2gb and 1 processor as
> well
> although the processor shouldn't make a difference as I have 8 cor
> on this
> mac pro smile. I just came back from a trip away where I had to use
> my Mac
> mini and Jaws was so awful for what I wanted to do I took it off and
> put
> Wineyes on. It worked great then. Having said that, if people are
> having
> good success with jaws in their virtual machines then great stuff.
> I know
> that I wouldn't touch jaws in a vm again. It's been good as I've
> had to
> learn Wineyes and it's not that bad. I hope though that wineyes 7
> will work
> ok in a vm.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sara
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 8:34 AM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
>
> Hi there. Hmmm, that's too bad. I don't know anymore ideas...oh
> wait, which
> windows are you using? I've had terrible problems with sluggish
> speech from
> vista because of bad sound drivers which made me give up vista...but
> I had
> them with Window-Eyes so that's probably not it...
> Did you try it with 2gb and 1processor?
> Sara
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 5:27 PM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
>
>
>> Hi Sara,
>>
>> I've tried 2gb as well but because Jaws was sluggish, I went to 4gb
>> but no
>> go. Mind you, wineyes had no probs both using 2 or 4gb. The
>> version of
>> jaws I'm using is 9.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sara
>> Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 3:44 AM
>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
>>
>> I'm only guessing here and totally don't know what I'm talking
>> about, but
>> I'd actually suggest trying 2gb ram. I heard or read somewhere that
>> 32-bit
>> os's can't really use 4gb anyway. Don't know if this could cause
>> trouble
>> but
>>
>> maybe worth a try in a test virtual machine? Also, the version of
>> jaws
>> might
>>
>> affect it?
>> I love and have both but sometimes it's a matter of what people
>> bought
>> first
>>
>> and can afford etc.
>> Sara
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 12:06 PM
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
>>
>>
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> Sure people are using Jaws in fusion. But there is a difference
>>> to using
>>> Jaws and actually doing something meaningful with it. I mean Jaws
>>> works
>>> fine for me if all I want to do is wander around the screen and
>>> type a
>>> few
>>> documents in notepad etc etc. But audio work and using apps that
>>> put a
>>> load
>>> on the processor is not a goer for me. Don't get me wrong, I love
>>> Jaws
>>> and
>>> would be the last to say it didn't work for me cause I'm not a fan
>>> of
>>> Wineyes usually but I can only tell as I see it smile. If Jaws
>>> works for
>>> you then fine. Oh yes, and I am running fusion on a mac pro with
>>> 8 gb
>>> ram
>>> two 2.8 4 cor processors. My VM is configured to use 2 processors
>>> but
>>> have
>>> run it in a vm that has 1 processor. It is configured to use 4GB
>>> Ram.
>>> Yeah
>>> I think if Jaws was going to work that'd be enough power for it?
>>> Oh yes,
>>> I
>>> have all of my VMS in full screen.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Hazan
>>> Sent: Monday, 19 May 2008 11:59 PM
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Fusuon and Jaws
>>>
>>> David et al,
>>>
>>>
>>> Jaws is fine with Fusion. I discovered I needed to be in full
>>> screen,
>>> so problem solved.
>>>
>>> Ray
>>> On 19 May 2008, at 13:43, David Truong wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Advise what? It's a pretty broad question. Personally I wouldn't
>>> worry
>>> about Jaws under fusion. I think Window Eyes works the best in a
>>> fusion
>>> virtual machine. For me, Jaws ran very slow and when intense
>>> activity
>>> was
>>> taking place, the eloquence of Jaws stuttered and became distorted.
>>> Also,
>>> Jaws crashed a bit as well. I have had none of these problems using
>>> Wineyes.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Hazan
>>> Sent: Monday, 19 May 2008 8:01 PM
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Fusuon and Jaws
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can anyone please advise? Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> When I run Fusion, I hear Jaws but any key stroke has no effect on
>>> Jaws.
>>>
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