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Re: J2018
Hi, Regarding Windows 7 or 8.x to 10: I’d strongly advise folks to get a free license before the offer expires, downgrade, then upgrade later. Cheers, Joseph
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of john clayton
Hello Becky, I would suggest that you stick with jaws 18, 2018 seems far more resource heavy and slow to me as compared to jaws18,and there arent any improvements in 2018 that arent in 18 that you could make use of in win7 anyway. as to win7 to win10? stick with 7 as long as you can, I have been using win10 because I have no choice,but given one, would go back to 7 in a heartbeat. hth.
On 15 December 2017 at 04:34, Carolyn Arnold <4carolyna@...> wrote:
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Re: J2018
john clayton
Hello Becky, I would suggest that you stick with jaws 18, 2018 seems far more resource heavy and slow to me as compared to jaws18,and there arent any improvements in 2018 that arent in 18 that you could make use of in win7 anyway.
On 15 December 2017 at 04:34, Carolyn Arnold <4carolyna@...> wrote: I came straight from XP to Windows 10. I gathered a lot of information from a couple of lists, and have a savvy husband, didn't seem to be any real problem. -- ***
“The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
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Continuing Problems With Navigating List Of Contacts In An E-mail Group
Tom Behler
Hello, everyone.
I am continuing to have problems navigating the list of contacts within several e-mail groups I have created.
This problem has emerged within the past few months, and I keep hoping that the issue will be fixed with a new Jaws update.
Basically, as I try to navigate the list of contacts in an e-mail group, I get stuck on the first entry, and cannot arrow down through the rest of the list in the usual way.
If anyone has found a work-around for this issue, please let me know.
I’m using the latest build of Jaws 2018, Windows 7, and Outlook 2016 with Office 365 here.
Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Cristóbal
Yeah, this doesn’t work either. I tried it earlier. Arrowing through your list it doesn’t give you a complete list of contacts and you can’t navigate via letter since an edit field will pop up as soon as you type the first letter.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of david
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 3:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
hello; try the following;
1, open outlook,
2, ctrl+y=go to folder, press the letter "c"=contacts, press enter.
3, alt+v=view, tab once, change view button, press enter,
4, now use the tab key, enter on, list.
see if this helps. jaws should still read the contact info, address, phone, email, etc. hope this helps.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
Thanks for the help. My user is still having this issue even after being on the phone with support for over an hour. Maximizing the screen, running outlook repairs, reinstalling JAWS, reinstalling the OS, trying Windows Enterprise, Windows Pro, etc. Nothing seems to help. Support doesn’t seem to have this issue on their computers.
Ben
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal
This has been an issue with Outlook 2016 since I don’t know when. Don’t recall this being a problem with Outlook 2010. I’ve gotten in the habbit of arrowing back and forth once before clicking on the desired contact. This focus being off has been annoying to say the least. Maximizing the window and so on doesn’t make a difference. I’ve almost gotten used to it at this point. Using the most recent Jaws 2018, but it’s been like this since at least JFW 18.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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Re: JAWS Screen Shade Not Working on Desktop Computer
Debbie April Yuille
But it hides your icons and things though?
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Debbie
-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Don H Sent: Friday, 15 December 2017 1:35 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Screen Shade Not Working on Desktop Computer At least on my HP laptop screen shade is working fine but it doesn't turn the screen black as if the screen is off but it is a medium shade of gray.
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
david
hello; try the following;
1, open outlook,
2, ctrl+y=go to folder, press the letter "c"=contacts, press enter.
3, alt+v=view, tab once, change view button, press enter,
4, now use the tab key, enter on, list.
see if this helps. jaws should still read the contact info, address, phone, email, etc. hope this helps.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 6:42 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Thanks for the help. My user is still having this issue even after being on the phone with support for over an hour. Maximizing the screen, running outlook repairs, reinstalling JAWS, reinstalling the OS, trying Windows Enterprise, Windows Pro, etc. Nothing seems to help. Support doesn’t seem to have this issue on their computers.
Ben
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal
This has been an issue with Outlook 2016 since I don’t know when. Don’t recall this being a problem with Outlook 2010. I’ve gotten in the habbit of arrowing back and forth once before clicking on the desired contact. This focus being off has been annoying to say the least. Maximizing the window and so on doesn’t make a difference. I’ve almost gotten used to it at this point. Using the most recent Jaws 2018, but it’s been like this since at least JFW 18.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Bohmann, Ben <ben.bohmann@...>
Thanks for the help. My user is still having this issue even after being on the phone with support for over an hour. Maximizing the screen, running outlook repairs, reinstalling JAWS, reinstalling the OS, trying Windows Enterprise, Windows Pro, etc. Nothing seems to help. Support doesn’t seem to have this issue on their computers.
Ben
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Cristóbal
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
This has been an issue with Outlook 2016 since I don’t know when. Don’t recall this being a problem with Outlook 2010. I’ve gotten in the habbit of arrowing back and forth once before clicking on the desired contact. This focus being off has been annoying to say the least. Maximizing the window and so on doesn’t make a difference. I’ve almost gotten used to it at this point. Using the most recent Jaws 2018, but it’s been like this since at least JFW 18.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From:
main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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Re: J2018
Carolyn Arnold <4carolyna@...>
I came straight from XP to Windows 10. I gathered a lot of information from a couple of lists, and have a savvy husband, didn't seem to be any real problem.
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God, Carolyn
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kevin Hourigan Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 6:02 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: J2018 Hello Becky, I have had Windows 10 scince the spring, and have not had an inordinant amount of trouble with it. The thing is one will have to upgrade sooner or later That said, with the negative comments regarding Windows 8 , I skipped over that one. Cheers Kevin. From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning Sent: December 14, 2017 1:07 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: J2018 Did you ask Kevin why you should stay with Windows 7? There are definitely some changes but it seems much more like Windows 7 than Windows 8 did. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Becky Tsurumoto <panache713@hotmail.com <mailto:panache713@hotmail.com> > wrote: Kevin, My tech person, who works for an agency for the blind, helped me order my new computer. He said I have the license for Windows 10 but that he asked the seller that Windows 7 be installed. I didn't know if Windows 10 would be harder to use for me. Now Tom said I should have the latest JAWS even if I use an older operating system in case I need tech support from Freedom Scientific. Becky -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> ] On Behalf Of Kevin Hourigan Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Re: J2018 Do you not want to upgrade to Windows 10 while it is still available for free, if indeed it still is? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> ] On Behalf Of Becky Tsurumoto Sent: December 14, 2017 8:17 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: J2018 Hi List, I purchased a new computer in August 2017. I'm using Windows 7 with JAWS 18. I'm authorized to download JAWS 2018, but since I'm not using Windows 10 is there any benefit to downloading the new version? Any input would be appreciated. Becky -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Re: J2018
Kevin Hourigan <kevinthourigan@...>
Hello Becky, I have had Windows 10 scince the spring, and have not had an inordinant amount of trouble with it. The thing is one will have to upgrade sooner or later That said, with the negative comments regarding Windows 8 , I skipped over that one. Cheers Kevin.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning
Did you ask Kevin why you should stay with Windows 7? There are definitely some changes but it seems much more like Windows 7 than Windows 8 did.
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Becky Tsurumoto <panache713@...> wrote:
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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VFO response to question about Firefox 57
Don H
Thank you for contacting VFO Technical Support. As you know, the latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox (version 57.0), also known as Firefox Quantum, includes significant changes to the program which currently makes it unusable with many screen readers. These changes are inherent to the Firefox browser, and there is little if anything that screen reader designers can do to change this behavior, for the fixes are dependent in large part to Mozilla. In the meantime, instead of using the new Firefox version which was loaded onto your computer as an update, you can use Mozilla’s Firefox ESR (Extended Support release) which will not include the changes made in Firefox 57.
You can check what version of Firefox you are now running by performing the following steps: 1. Open Firefox on your computer. 2. Press Insert+Control+V. A. A flash message will appear momentarily on your braille display with the application name and version information. 3. If you wish to take longer to read the application info you may use speech history to review what was spoken and sent to your braille display. To do this: A. Press Insert+Spacebar B. Press h C. The results window will appear which contains the last 50 messages generated by JAWS in chronological order. So, you will be able to find the application and version info you just invoked at or near the bottom of the window since it was one of the last messages, or the last message generated. If Firefox version 57 has been installed on your computer, you will need to uninstall Firefox and install the ESR version as mentioned above. You can download the US English version of the ESR edition of Firefox with the following links. US English 64-bit: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest-ssl&;os=win64&lang=en-US US English 32-bit: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest-ssl&;os=win&lang=en-US If you want to download the ESR version of Firefox for another language, you can find it at the following link. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ If you have any additional questions regarding this or any other issue, please don't hesitate to contact us. If replying to this message, be sure to include all previous correspondence pertaining to this matter so that we might better assist you. Sincerely, Dennis Godin JAWS & MAGic Certified VFO™ | Technical Support Specialist 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-803-8600 dgodin@vfo-group.com www.vfo-group.com How am I doing? Let Bryan Carver, Director of Technical Support know!
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Re: Convenient OCR and screen resolution?
Shannon
Jonas, Do you know how to tell what is the correct resolution for a screen? How do I know which setting to use? I don’t recall ever playing with it but that doesn’t mean that I should not? Thanks Shannon
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jonas Voll
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:41 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Convenient OCR and screen resolution?
Yes it can if your screen can only support 720 & your running at 1020 text will be off your screen or on top of each other or your zoom to 150%!
Jonas Voll Envision: To improve the quality of life and provide inspiration and opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shannon
Hi all, I just had a thought and wondered if it made any difference.
I have a program that has a pop up that the mouse, the invisible curser and the touch curser cannot read. The only way to see what is in the pop up window is to use the OCR on the window. Sometimes I know that the results are lying to me. They are just wrong. Spaces missing between words, numbers missing, numbers miss recognized. etc.… Does the screen resolution play a part in the OCR results on a window? If so what should I set them to so the OCR is accurate? This program is currently on a laptop if that makes any difference.
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Re: J2018
Mario
hey Kevin, I'm wondering if it is possible to be entitled to upgrade to
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Windows 10 without actually installing it, like creating an ISO or a USB/DVD media?
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From: Kevin Hourigan [mailto:kevinthourigan@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, Dec 14, 2017 11:43 AM EST To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: J2018 Do you not want to upgrade to Windows 10 while it is still available for free, if indeed it still is? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Becky Tsurumoto Sent: December 14, 2017 8:17 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: J2018 Hi List, I purchased a new computer in August 2017. I'm using Windows 7 with JAWS 18. I'm authorized to download JAWS 2018, but since I'm not using Windows 10 is there any benefit to downloading the new version? Any input would be appreciated. Becky .
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Re: J2018
Marianne Denning
Did you ask Kevin why you should stay with Windows 7? There are definitely some changes but it seems much more like Windows 7 than Windows 8 did.
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Becky Tsurumoto <panache713@...> wrote:
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Re: key labelling
Carol Smith
Hi Juan,
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Yes, it is possible to label key names. I will have to find the settings and see if I can explain it to you, but it might take me a little while to get it done. For example, you can not turn off the speaking of control, alt and windows keys, but you can change what it says. There is an edit box to type in the replacement and if you leave it blank, it won't say anything. This may not make sense to you now, but once I or someone else finds the way to do it, you will be able to rename the speech for your keys. Carol
On 12/14/2017 1:33 PM, Juan Hernandez
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Re: J2018
Becky Tsurumoto
Kevin,
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My tech person, who works for an agency for the blind, helped me order my new computer. He said I have the license for Windows 10 but that he asked the seller that Windows 7 be installed. I didn't know if Windows 10 would be harder to use for me. Now Tom said I should have the latest JAWS even if I use an older operating system in case I need tech support from Freedom Scientific. Becky
-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kevin Hourigan Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: J2018 Do you not want to upgrade to Windows 10 while it is still available for free, if indeed it still is? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Becky Tsurumoto Sent: December 14, 2017 8:17 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: J2018 Hi List, I purchased a new computer in August 2017. I'm using Windows 7 with JAWS 18. I'm authorized to download JAWS 2018, but since I'm not using Windows 10 is there any benefit to downloading the new version? Any input would be appreciated. Becky
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key labelling
Juan Hernandez
Hi All,
I was a window-eyes user and switched to jaws in the last year full time.
Does jaws have a key label dictionary like window-eyes?
I could have it speak certain text when I hit a hotkey, like every time I hit ctrl+s it would say save, or ctrl+p print. I could in other applications add labels for larger hotkeys like ctrl+alt+shift+x, for example.
Can I do this in jaws 2018 or how can this be done via scripting if jaws doesn’t have this feature yet?
Thanks.
Juan Hernandez 619-750-9431 (M) | 858-777-3311 (F) My WebSite | Twitter | FaceBook | LinkedIn
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Cristóbal
This has been an issue with Outlook 2016 since I don’t know when. Don’t recall this being a problem with Outlook 2010. I’ve gotten in the habbit of arrowing back and forth once before clicking on the desired contact. This focus being off has been annoying to say the least. Maximizing the window and so on doesn’t make a difference. I’ve almost gotten used to it at this point. Using the most recent Jaws 2018, but it’s been like this since at least JFW 18.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:37 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Dale Heltzer
This helps. Thanks.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of david
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:13 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
hello; while in contacts, make sure the screen is maximized. see if this helps.
From:
main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From:
main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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Re: J2018
Tom Behler
Becky:
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I use Windows 7 here with Jaws 2018. In fact, I just installed the latest build of Jaws 2018 yesterday. In my view, it's always good to have the most up-to-date software on your computer if possible, even if you are using an older operating system such as Windows 7. That way, if you run into issues, it is easier for Freedom Scientific Technical support or others to help you if needed. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Becky Tsurumoto Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:17 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: J2018 Hi List, I purchased a new computer in August 2017. I'm using Windows 7 with JAWS 18. I'm authorized to download JAWS 2018, but since I'm not using Windows 10 is there any benefit to downloading the new version? Any input would be appreciated. Becky
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Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
david
hello; while in contacts, make sure the screen is maximized. see if this helps.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:37 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: JAWS Outlook Contacts Help
Mee too. Don’t have a solution yet, though.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bohmann, Ben
I have a user that is running into problems with the latest version of Outlook and the latest version of JAWS. The user views their contacts as business cards so that it reads the contact’s information. However, as the user moves through the list of contacts, JAWS reads the contact the user just moved off of and not the currently selected contact. For example, when the user is on Contact 1 and moves to Contact 2, JAWS reads Contact 1 even through Contact 2 is highlighted. When the user moves to Contact 3, JAWS reads contact 2. Any ideas would be helpful.
Ben
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