Tom,

I see you follow the old contester's motto of  "It's always best to 
install new software the day of the contest".

You know I don't use this software, but just for the heck of it, I 
downloaded it and took a peek.

I'm using JAWS 14, and as you said, the setup screens seem a bit 
jumbled.   I found that first letter navagation can help.  For example, 
in the radio list, hitting "K" will jump to "Kenwood", but the cursor 
winds up somewhere else, so   you will have to tab a dozen or so times 
to get back to the radio list to confirm this. I also saw that  hitting 
"9" in the baud list will select "9.6", but again you have to tab 
through the whole thing to get back to the baud list to confirm this. 
  There may be an easier way, but this  seemed to work.

Hope this is of some help and that I'm not barking up the wrong tree.

BTW,nice to work you in the WPX.  I finished with 785 QSO's.  Not wworld 
class, but a lot of fun.

73, Steve  KW3A

On 3/30/2013 11:09 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> Just a quick note here while the grandkids are in bed and before old grandpa
> here hits the sack:
>
> Last night, before the CQ WPX contest, I ttried installing the latest
> version of the N3FJP logging software for that contest.  It is version 3.0,
> and is supposed to be compatible with windows XP, but also Windows 7 and 8.
>
> What I found was rather interesting and disturbing.
>
> When attempting to install and configure the software, the field labels
> spoken by Jaws, and those that actually appear on the screen did not
> correspond.
>
> In fact, oftentimes, I found myself getting lost in the fields without
> really knowing where I was and what to do.
>
> I had my sighted XYL help me get through the first set-up screen, but when
> it came to activating rig interface and voice navigation, I continued to
> have problems.
>
> The updated software is supposedly in the new Windows c.net framework, which
> is supposed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 8.
>
> As you may recall, my current logging computer is a Dell Lattitude  600, and
> my operating system is Windows XP.  I'm using Jaws 13 with this setup.
>
> I tried explaining this problem to Scott (N3FJP), but understandably, he
> doesn't have much of a clue as to what I'm talking about, or how to remedy
> it.
>
> As a result of this problem, I went back and installed the older version of
> the CQ WPX software (version 2.8), and everything went without a hitch.
>
> My biggest concern, of course, is that as time goes on, the older versions
> of the software will become less and less useful, with contest logging
> changes, etc., so I thought I would bring this to the attention of the
> group.
>
> If anyone wants to try to download and install version 3.0 to try things for
> yourself and help figure out where the problems lie, that would be
> appreciated by more than just me, I'm sure.
>
> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>