Hi Bill, With Windows XP, you can use high colour and a resolution of 800x
600 with all versions that work with XP, that means you can start with JAWS
version 4.02.
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From: "Sun Sounds of Arizona" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: JAWS and display settings
>I would like to apologize for giving out a piece of incorrect information
> about JAWS and display settings. Gosh I hate to be wrong. I am also
> grateful that one of the list members sent me a note correcting me
> because,
> it enabled me to fix a couple of nagging problems I've been having myself.
>
> I wrote that JAWS prefers 256 color depth to function properly. That was
> true for the version I use on one of my older computers version 4.5.
> However, versions 5 and 6 recommend 32 bit color depth and 1024 x765
> resolution.
>
> This does bring up one gripe though. I have installed many versions of
> JAWS
> over the years starting with JFW 2.0 up to JAWS 6.1. Though the
> recommended
> display settings are found in the section called system requirements, the
> change in display capability is nowhere in the "what's new" section. When
> I
> installed the new versions, I was not prompted to alter my display
> settings,
> nor did JAWS just do it. Though perhaps, it should have occurred to me to
> check system requirements, it didn't because I had a brand new computer.
> I
> had installed v4.5 initially because that is what I had available and
> could
> afford at the time. It forced me to cut back the color depth and
> resolution
> to work properly. Then I got hold of v5.1 and installed it. It acted
> more
> poorly than I would have hoped. The reason? It wanted to see 32 bit
> color,
> but didn't bother to tell me!
>
> This brings me to one of my major issues with adaptive software in
> general.
> Much of it requires that the blind user be more of a techie than the
> typical
> person in the general community has to be. Actually, I am a bit of a
> techie
> thank goodness. Even so, I missed this one and it has caused me a lot of
> trouble. The advent of personal computers has meant a great deal to me
> and
> many other blind people. However, until the expense becomes reasonable,
> and
> the adaptive technology becomes more truly integrated, it will continue to
> frustrate, and unduly limit the access blind people might have.
>
> Thanks all, this list is probably the most useful general tech resource I
> know of.
>
> Bill
>
>
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