hi john: I did look at the page but as soon as I saw it was still a private beta I I said no thanks. will wait for the official public beta. howard

hmmm, i didn't have any trouble unsubscribing using the link i provided when i had to switch isp's last week. not sure what the problem is, but it works for me and it should work for anybody else that

Lucy, You've got some splaining to do...

Regarding Ocr,, I am sure many of us have our own, but I seem to recall in the past there was an ocr in the office suite, I did not use it myself,and it was some years ago I do not have that copy of

Hi, Someone had a file or set of instructions to install jaws without burning a key. The instructions were for XP. My question is has anyone here used those instructions using windows 7? I am having

Still, while the OCR feature sounds like it might actually be useful, there doesn't seem to be much else in JAWS 13 to get excited about and make me want to rush out and upgrade my SMA. Gerald

Didn't you get your monthly news letter? It covers all that, sent monthly Members dorothyto

Chris, "...see the Excel problems receiving attention, finally!" Thank you for letting that horse out of the barn. There is hope for me. To wit I finally loaded the latest JAWS 12 on my studio

The page you were actually looking at does not have all the current updates as well. The beta will be much better and it will be easier to install. I just wanted you all to see what updates to JAWS

Oh ok. Well, the reading was interesting anyway. :) Chris

I know huh. I am a total retard. John

It won't work with the JAWS 12 authorization anyway so it won't work. You have to wait for the beta anyway. John

uh, too late man. I didn't download, mostly because I don't have a separate machine for testing. But, many probably will download.

*LOL* Uh John, are you part of the beta test team? I bet you won't be for long. Still though, that was interesting reading. Many will be glad to see the Excel problems receiving attention,

Good thing I have slow reflexes. I hadn't started yet, and now I deleted the thing. It won't be me getting somebody else in trouble. I can do that for myself. Don

Out of stupidity, I gave you all a link I wasn't supposed to. I thought it was already common knowledge. Please do not, I repeat, do not download anything off there as it could get someone in

Not saying where I got this but: http://files.freedomscientific.com/beta/JAWS/lM14/JAWS13.0.071_PrivateBeta.htm

Peter, there's nothing stopping you or others with not as much money from getting Abby Finereader or some other OCR program menat for the general computer user, not specifically designed for blind

Since when does FS care about giving its customers a break? Why would FS want to charge, say, $1500 for a program that combines the best features of JAWS and Open Book into a single package, when

The OCR function in JAWS 13 is a way to get at that graphical text in programs. It isn't a document reader. It will grab small bits of text that you can actually interact with such as that flash