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Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:42:03 -0400
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Hi.

We did, and both 6.0 and 8.0 were more responsive.  Also, 8.0 was a bit 
better about screen refreshes because they used an improved video intercept 
module, and it was especially better if I turned enhanced edit on.

I also found the same thing to be true in our databases--in places I had to 
lengthen delay times on scripts a little to get 7.10 to play correctly.  I 
just wasn't very fond of that version or the early builds of 8.0, but the 
ones starting with 8.0.1177 were pretty good.  Some folks have reported 
trouble with JAWS 9.0 at work, but I've had fairly good luck with it both 
at home and work.  I really think that a lot of this depends upon the speed 
of your machine, whether or not you are running over the network, and 
whether or not there is any latency in the network.

I suspect that the reason why we have varying opinions on a specific 
version is because if the timing of that version matches the speed of your 
machine, it looks pretty good to you, and if it doesn't match the speed of 
my machine, it can look pretty bad to me.

Most of the time when I see prompts that should read, but don't, it is a 
timing problem 9 times out of 10.  If I can hit INSERT+TAB and then the 
prompt reads, then it's timing.

73, de Lou K2LKK (sleep deprived and rambling!)


At 02:24 PM 4/10/2008 -0600, you wrote:
>Hmmm, Lou,,,,  I never had any difficulty with sluggishness with JFW and
>Word 2000 or with the 7.+ versions with 2003.  =20
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>=20
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>Thank you!
>Brett Winchester   KD7JN
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Louis Kim Kline
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:01 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Ot WORD 2000 QUESTION
>
>Hi Walt.
>
>Does it read the misspelled word if you press INSERT+F7?  If it does,
>then there is probably a timing issue where the screen is taking a touch
>too long to update and the JAWS scripts for Word are missing the screen
>update.  If it doesn't work with INSERT+F7 either, then you have a
>stickier issue, where something is not getting recognized at all, and
>there could be a number of causes for that.
>
>Just as an aside, I didn't like JAWS 7.10 or JAWS 6.20 very well--I
>thought that both of them were kind of sluggish.  I can appreciate that
>newer versions of JAWS wouldn't play with the older software, but what
>about seeing if you can download and install JAWS 6.0.  You might find
>it to be better than 7.1.  Worth a shot--you can always uninstall it if
>it doesn't help.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 06:27 PM 4/8/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Guys,
> >I am running word 2000 and JFW 7.1.  When I do F7 to spell check.  At=20
> >least half of the time, it doesn't announce the incorrect word.  Is=20
> >there anything I can do to fix it.
> >
> >Walt
> >WA4QXT
> >New London CT
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> >4/8/2008
> >5:03 PM
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>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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Louis Kim Kline
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