I am the parent of an 8-year-old JAWS user. She is a skilled braille reader and writer but much more familiar with using a BrailleNote or even a PAC Mate (she has both) as opposed to a PC with JAWS. W

We bought 9 and got upgrades through 11. Maybe we need to go ahead and upgrade once more. The costs seem endless! What is that, another $200 or so? Still, if things would be easier... In any case, pro

I appreciate your kind offer but we actually have this working now. I might ask a similar favor sometime when we're stuck again! Many thanks, Richard

32 vs. 64 bit has to do with the way the computer physically addresses the data; literally 32 or 64 pieces of information at a time (specifically that many ones or zeros at a time-- that's what a "bit

Your tech fellow would need to basically replace the entire logic board in your computer. This is how data is addressed by your processor. The ram is different. Everything internally has to handle dou

Specifically, the drivers for the printer would be the issue to check on, but I'd be surprised if there is not a fix by now. Richard

Well, JAWS 9 comes to mind (which absolutely destroyed the OS on our Vista PC when we bought a 64-bit machine), at least under Vista, as well as most (if not all) virus protection software. It can be

I appreciate your response, but you're mistaken and I don't want to leave this hanging in case it impacts others decisions. If you check the Freedom site and search for "Jaws 9", you'll find many refe

2006 sounds about like the right timeframe. I may have mentioned the wrong NFB convention, it could have been Atlanta. It was going back-and forth between Atlanta and Dallas back then. It was a real n

It is all a Mess. PC or Mac, I try and get the newest, most powerful setup I can get and then I hang onto it forever, changing only what I must to minimize future disasters. This laptop I'm on was a k

I'm back with a dirt simple question here again, and this must be documented somewhere I realize. I have looked through what I have though,and I see no answer. From a braille keyboard with JAWS 11, ho

The other reason I want to get away from qwerty based solutions for things like Control Keys, is I want to be able to use the built-in bluetooth wireless from across the room with the Focus 40 display

Right, but it doesn't matter why an item doesn't (or a few items don't) work nearly as much as what can happen if you do try and use problematic software. That's sort of my entire point. If everyone h

At the last NFB Convention in Dallas (last month) someone at the FS booth mentioned that one can apparently fully-enable demo Jaws on any PC by plugging a PAC Mate into the PC with a USB cable. How lo

Absolutely, quick and hard to deal with. FS-tech support surely could have done better with it all. It was years ago but quite frustrating and traumatic, so I wanted to try an offer some potentially h

You're right, I should do just that-- I'll let you know what I learn.

Respectfully, even if it didn't fix your problem that sort of thing is what is recommended to do first even when a lot of info is available with most electronic system problems. Some problems may have

My daughter has been using her FS Focus 40 BT in uncontracted braille mode with Jaws 11 for quite a while, but she had use one before in contracted mode. I believe she said it always displays contract

Here's a question I have: apparently one can enable JAWS to run from a demo copy (without the demo timer turning it off) by hooking up a PAC Mate (if you have one). (A FS guy told us this at a trade s

What's not to broadcast? This is not a secret illegal trick. At least to two people I've spoken with at FS have made me aware of this. I get there are reasons to stay current. And I have no problem wi