have you tried downloading hyperterminal 3.0?  you can get it from
www.tucows.com.  i don't know if it will solve the problem, but ht 3.0
incorporates telnet, making telnet easier to use.  i've had problems with
jfw3.0 also.  let me know how this goes.

charles
-----Original Message-----
From: Prof Norm Coombs <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 7:24 PM
Subject: Telnet and Screen Readers


>I am looking for help in using telnet from windows 95 with either ASAW
>or JFW or, for that matter, any screen reader.
>
>Let me describe my experience and problem.
>
>If I contact my college's VAX system with telnet, it works fairly well
>in the beginning.  However, after I use the editor to write some
>messages and go back to reading, telnet skips most of the info and only
>gives me the tail end info.  Not only does speech skip it, but it isn't
>on the screen either.  Like if I reply to some mail and then send it,
>and then do a dir listing I only get maybe the last one in the list.
>Then, if I use control-t to get the telnet menu and tab through the
>settings including vt100 changing nothing but clicking on 'ok', then
>most times it is back to normal again.
>
>If I use it with our First Class system running in Windows NT, it seems
>to work quite well.
>
>Then, I tried a telnet program from the internet and also smart term
>pushed by my college and the do not speak in telnet.  I can go and read
>the screen in review mode, but these 2 programs do not talk as such.
>
>Does anyone have ideas either on how to get windows 95 telnet working
>better or know of another telnet program that will emulate vt00 and will
>also talk?
>
>Norman Coombs
>