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JIM HAMILTON <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:08:14 -0400
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Well if it was a problem with JAWS, let's hope that freedom scientific fixes it soon!

Jim H



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> On Jun 13, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> Yes, it was a jaws problem.
> The page loaded perfectly, with Narrator.
> Harry
>> On 6/12/2016 4:43 PM, Jim Hamilton wrote:
>> Harry:
>> 
>> So, does this mean that your issue with "web pages not fully loading" is a
>> "JAWS problem?  It certainly does not seem to be a Windows 10 problem.  In
>> fact, it appears to be the Windows 10 Narrator that saved you!
>> 
>> Does anyone know if that would have worked with Narrator on a Windows 8.1
>> PC.
>> 
>> Jim H
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: [VICUG-L] wow, what a difference!
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> Tonight, as I am up late, I'm reading some ham radio articles.
>> I'm using Jaws 17, on a windows 10 desktop, and, of course, Narrator is
>> also available if I need it.
>> So, I clicked on a link, to a 2nd page of ham radio news articles. With
>> jaws, the page just sat there, and did not load all of the page.
>> So then, I shut down jaws, and pressed Windows enter, and Narrator came
>> up talking.
>> Then, for the heck of it, I said, "I'm going to see if Narrator can read
>> this page, or not, and then, I'll know if it's a jaws issue, or, if it's
>> a case of a web page not loaded."
>> I pressed the reading command for Narrator, caps lock and the letter m,
>> and you know what? The page, the entire page, was read, by Narrator.
>> Now I know NVDA users are having the same problem, with this same web
>> site, and same web pages on the site.
>> So, try it for yourself, go to the link below that I've pasted in, and
>> if it doesn't load using Jaws or NVDA, shut down Jaws or NVDA, and press
>> windows key enter to launch Narrator, and then press the read command
>> caps lock m and you'll be amazed as I was.
>> Now, if I only could get the find command control f, to work with Narrator.
>> The link to this page is
>> http://www.eham.net/articles/?page=2&type=1
>> Harry
>> 
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