Re: jaws and seven: accessibility, settings, etc.

  • From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:04:36 -0700

What editor do you use? I've been looking for something better
especially since JAWS and notepad break under 7, and due to the
Cygwin problem I can't just use ed.

Ken Perry wrote:
> WinSCP sucks.  I use expand drive which makes an sftp link into a drive so
> you can use it like a regular drive.  It's still not the same I do use
> secure crt and Expand drive but I can't stand not having it local where the
> access is instantaneous.  Like I said I understand that there are other ways
> of doing things but I love having the cygwin tools on the windows box so if
> I have to search for stuff the power of Linux is just there.  I am making do
> but I am hoping that FS does get this fixed.  If I could find a way to make
> nvda come on when at the shell prompt then shut up outside and jaws come on
> for everything else that is what I would do.  I would use NVDA totally if it
> worked with my editor and visual studio but it is rather sad.  I would use
> system access totally but its slow as crap even with eloquence so I am stuck
> with Jaws and making it work.
> 
> Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler
> Littlefield
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:04 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: jaws and seven: accessibility, settings, etc.
> 
> Ken,
> I use crt and that too, what I use is WINScp to edit, when you save it just
> saves to the linux box. It has issues sometimes with passwords, but if you
> use a ppk setup it's not hard at all, and I figure you're probably using
> that anyway.
>               Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
>       http://tds-solutions.net
>       Twitter: sorressean
> 
> On Mar 13, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Ken Perry wrote:
> 
>>
>> I have dropped cygwin for the time and us vmware player but it's not the
>> same.  The orca is just slow as snails and I have yet to put speakup on.
> I
>> have been thinking of using emacspeak till Jaws gets cygwin fixed but the
>> reason I want to use cygwin is so I can use my favorite editor in windows.
>> If boxer was in Linux and Linux x with orca was faster I would be gone
> from
>> windows.  
>>
>> Now with that all said FS is working on the problem so I am hoping they
> get
>> it fixed quickly for now I am using Secure crt and expand drive to allow
> me
>> to do what I used to do with cygwin.  I have a vm ware machine running 3
>> Linux boxes and secure crt and expand drive but man I miss cygwin.
>>
>> Ken  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Øyvind Lode
>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:27 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: jaws and seven:accessibility, settings, etc.
>>
>> Sorry!
>> I actually have the same problem and it's a bit annoying.
>> I've recently dropped cygwin and use a virtual linux machine instead, but
>> haven't tried the virtual linux machine inside Win7 yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
>> Sent: 13. mars 2010 20:05
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: jaws and seven:accessibility, settings, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Everything does not work out of the box In fact FS is looking into the
>> problems I am having with cmd.exe and cygwin and any command line type
>> program if you use ssh to get to unix boxes stick with vista and xp right
>> now.  That or your going to have to put up with at best a lot of extra
>> echoed crap.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Øyvind Lode
>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:27 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: jaws and seven:accessibility, settings, etc.
>>
>> Everything works out of the box.
>> I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and JAWS 11.
>>
>> The only change I've done is to set Windows Explorer to show Details view
>> instead of the default tiles.
>> Then turn off grouping by going to the view menu and group by and press
>> enter on None.
>>
>> Yep, that's it!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler
>> Littlefield
>> Sent: 13. mars 2010 17:04
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: jaws and seven:accessibility, settings, etc.
>>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm debating putting windows seven on my laptop, and was going to get jaws
>> 11. I know in xp there were a few settings that made things work better,
> is
>> it the same for seven? What sorts of things need to be set for
>> accessibility?
>>              Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>>      http://tds-solutions.net
>>      Twitter: sorressean
>>
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