[gui-talk] Switching To Windows EyesSwitching ToWindow EyesIThink?

Loy loyrg2845 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 9 22:48:53 UTC 2009


There is a JAWS keyboard layout. I've never used it but it might be helpful for some who are making the switdch.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George and Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Switching To Windows EyesSwitching ToWindow EyesIThink?


There is supposed to be some kind of a way that you can get to use jaws 
commands with window eyes, but I don't remember what it is.  Pam.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loy" <loyrg2845 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Switching To Windows EyesSwitching To Window 
EyesIThink?


> The popping you mention can be solved by turned the volume level below 5.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Coonce, David B" <dc06 at txstate.edu>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Switching To Windows EyesSwitching To Window EyesI 
> Think?
>
>
> I have been a JAWS user for more than ten years also, and still use it at 
> work. I now use Window-eyes at home because the later vversion of JAWS 
> don't work well with my system and some of the
>
> Programs I use regularly.There are definitely pros and cons to boht screen 
> readers. There is always a bit of a learning curve with a new screen 
> reader, and I still want to issue JAWS commands in Window-eyes sometimes. 
> However, the transition wasn't too difficult. Overall, Window-eyes works 
> well. I have not used technical support, but I have heard they are quite 
> responsive. There is a Window-eyes user list and several people from 
> Gwmicro are on the list and respond to questions.
>
> I will say that simple things like changing punctuation level in 
> Window-eyes is more complicated than it needs to be. In JAWS, you could 
> make these changes globally. In Window-Eyes, I have had to go in to the 
> set file for each application to set the punctuation to say characters 
> like the at sign for e-mails, etc. There may be a way to set it globally, 
> but I havent' figured it out.
>
> If you're used to Eloquence, Window-Eyes comes with that synthesizer, but 
> I've found there are some problems runnign it. There are some pauses in 
> strange places and some stuttering and popping, at least on my system. 
> I've gone back to the default Dectalk, which I don't mind. I did add quite 
> a few words to the exception dictionary which were mispronounced.
>
> Bruce Coonce
> General Disability Specialist
> Office of Disability Services
> Texas State University-San Marcos
> e-mail: dc06 at txstate.edu
> Phone: 512.245.3451
>
> Texas State University-San Marcos is a member of the Texas State 
> University system.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Jess From Orlando
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:12 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] Switching To Windows EyesSwitching To Window Eyes I 
> Think?
>
> Hello
> I have been using JFW for 10 years but after this past week and them just 
> not being able to assist me I am switching to Window Eyes. I need to know 
> though if anyone can give me sort of the pros and cons between that and 
> JFW? Thanks a lot.
> Jess
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/dc06%40txstate.edu
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/loyrg2845%40gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/geodom%40optonline.net 


_______________________________________________
gui-talk mailing list
gui-talk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for gui-talk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/loyrg2845%40gmail.com




More information about the GUI-Talk mailing list