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From: Grant.Downey@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey)
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Subject: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF JAWS2 AND VOCAL-EYES
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:35:01 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

This is message 2 of 3 on the subject of my thoughts on the
advantages of Jaws 2 and Vocal-Eyes.
When I started with Jaws 2 one of the biggest improvements made
were the additions to the manu system, Extra which has settings
particular to the particular sinthicizer you might be using, less
verbose menus, a separate Jaws cursor voice, the ability to save
configurations frames, environments, voice, and macros, each in a
separate configuration file and finally the smoothness with which
this version of Jaws seems to run is impressive. Jaws work well
with the Soundingboard also except for the Talking Clock function.
Here are some of Jaws drawbacks as far as I'm concerned.  I find
that for a totally blind person setting up frames isn't
particularly easy and with jaws is more difficult than most.  I
can't get Jaws to handle programs that use bar tracking very well.
Jaws does not have End of Word delay or Trigger delay which are
helpful in communicating with a remote computer.
.  The macro for WordPerfect is so complex that to change the color
for Jaws to look for with the spell checker is a major project.
Right now I'vehad to change the colors in the program to match Jaws
until such time as I can change the macro and that indeed is a pain
as we use the same system for our low vision users and the colors
that jaws looks fordoesn't work well for them.  Changing attributes
to look for should be easly done.  It should not be so complex that
one has th rewrite the entire macro as it looks as though I'm going
to have to do.  I find this a major! drawback.
See my final comments in the third message on this subject. Grant

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