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From: campbell%hpdmd48@hplabs.HP.COM (Gary Campbell)
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Subject: Re: JAWS CURSOR
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Date: 10 Aug 90 20:45:13 GMT
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Index Number: 9714

Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) writes:

>Index Number: 9646
>you sync each cursor to the other as well.  Humm..  Maybe if Vocal-Eyes
>offered somehow the ability to either start the review cursor at the
>applications cursor or at the previous point it was at.  Would that help?
>Of course you still would have to exit review mode before typing pressing
>an applications keystroke.
>
>Or maybe simply offer the ability of entering review mode the way you can
>now and also a way to enter this other mode.  Once in this special review
>mode you still would not be able to press the review mode commands but
>you would be able to move the cursor anywhere on the screen and
>would allow all applications keys to be passed on.  humm.  Lots of
>details but what do you think.  I DO NOT want to replace review mode
>for this special mode.  As you said, there are times when both would be
>nice to have.  humm.  Will think about this.  If any of you out there
>have any ideas please let me know.

I use JAWS at work and Artic Vision (which has a review mode) at home.
I am used to both.  I do find that most of the time when I switch to the
JAWS cursor I immediately follow that keystroke with a route JAWS to PC
cursor command, but there are applications where I leave the JAWS
cursor, say, on a status line or some other part of the screen and
switch back and forth.  The other real advantage of the JAWS
implementation is that I can look at the screen *without* stopping the
program.  I can, for example, look at the screen while TrueScan is
running (although in this particular case I don't think it is hurt by
stopping).  I can also look at the screen while in a terminal emulator
during a lull in data transmission without fear of missing incoming data
because I am in review mode.  It sounds like your "special mode" is just
the JAWS cursor mode, so the question may be "is it useful to have both
separate read and write cursors and a conventional review mode".  I
think the answer may be yes.

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Gary Campbell
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