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

  • From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:45:08 -0600

Ken uses boxer, I've not used it quite yet. Lots of people here use edsharp.
                Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
        http://tds-solutions.net
        Twitter: sorressean

On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Tyler Spivey wrote:

> 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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