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From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray)
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Subject: JAWS CURSOR
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:33:39 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 WS> That is one thing I like about jaws, I can press the
 WS> jaws cursor, which is similar to review mode, but you can write
 WS> in that mode.  I can check what I want to set in the setup
 WS> menu, and change them without going in and out of review mode.

Walter,
  Sorry for butting in but.  I understand the jaws cursor mode and of
course review mode.  As you know we decided to go with a review mode
with Vocal-Eyes.  To tell you the truth, the only people I have ever heard
say that the jaws approach is better are the people at henter-joyce and
people that have been told about the idea but have not used it.  Don't get
me wrong.  I am not nocking the idea at all.  However, I would like to hear
from you, an actual user.  Let me give you my thoughts both pros and cons.

I think the idea jaws is convaying about not having to go in and out of
review mode doesn't really hold water.  It seems to me that you have to
constanly switch between jaws cursor and the applications cursor.  Why
is that different then entering and exiting review mode?  They both take
the same number of keystrokes.  If you are currently using the jaws cursor
and you issue a command which moves the applications cursor then it seems
you would want to be relative to the new cursor position not where the jaws
cursor was last left.  Therefore, you would have to either synch the jaws
cursor to the applications or return to the applications cursor mode.  I
must be missing something here.  The idea sounds nice but if I stop and
think about it, its really no different then review mode.

In fact, while listening to the JAWS demo tape, I noticed he was switching
back and forth between the jaws cursor and the applications cursor.  It was
hard to tell he was doing it because of interruptability.

One nice thing I believe review mode has is the ability to review the screen
without the fear of affecting the underlying applications program.  With
the JAWS cursor, if you hit a wrong key while you were reviewing the screen,
the application would try and act on it.  This could cause problems.

I am sorry Walter.  I did not mean to make this sound as negative as it
seems.  Also I did not mean to take my frustration out on you.  The time
and place was right so I thought I would add my two cents.  If I am missing
something, I would seriously consider placing such a feature in Vocal-Eyes
but I really don't think it is any better then review mode.

  Thanks
    Doug

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