Paul If I am downloading a portable version of Jaws then what and why do I need the Dongle? In other words 2 usb ports are taken up with this but that is OK. I am just looking for confirmation of that. Wonder that Dolphin do not do the same for Supernova. I know they do a pen drive but it is quite expensive and I am not sure if it has a new liscence also. They say that if you loose it and you have not insured it then you must pay all over again! Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:58 PM Subject: [vip_students] Jaws dongle! > > Hi Eleanor, > > In order to use the jaws dongle, you have to have a full license of jaws > which I think you have already. When you go to purchase the jaws dongle you > submit your authorization code to whomever it is that you re purchasing it > from. You can then download a portable version of the jaws 9 software and > put it onto a pen drive and along with the dongle which also looks like a > small pen drive you can have jaws on any computer you are working on for the > duration of your work. However you will also need to take down a piece of > software called "FSVideoIntercept.exe" this is very important and gets > installed first as it links the jaws portable software with the video card > of the computer you are working on. You would have to have either sighted > help to install this or use the built in speech on windows XP called > "narrator" which is very basic but should be enough to help you install > this file. It takes about 2 minutes or so to install it and if you are > working on a computer in a network like in a university etc then you need > full admin rights to that computer given by an administrator. > After installing the video intercept software, you need to reboot the > computer and now with your pen drive plugged in along with the dongle also > plugged into an extra USB port you can summon up the jaws portable version > like as follows: > > 1. Go to the start menu and arrow down to run. Press enter key and type in > the following. > > X:\jaws9 > Then press enter. > > Note:X: is the drive letter that the jaws 9 portable version is installed > onto so it would most likely be on your computer, "e:\jaws9" > > Here in Ireland if you already have a version of jaws like jaws 7 upwards > then you can purchase I think the dongle jaws for about 70 euros. > > Paul. > > > ******************************************************************** > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments > is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of > the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify > the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to > delete it and any attachments from your system. > > NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated > by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, > it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are > transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email > and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily > represent the views of NCBI > > > ******************************************************************** > > > >