No, the JAWS Users mailing list was shut down about two months ago. It is no longer functioning. Gerald

Contrary to promises made by the owner of the JAWS Users web site to keep it up, he has apparently shut it down for good. When you access it now, all you get is a message that says, "we're out of busi

You can close separate windows with Control-F4 without closing the browser. Same difference. The advantage of opening web pages in separate windows is that you can choose to open them in incognito win

What is the advantage of opening web pages in separate tabs vs. opening them in separate windows? I don't see any, especially for blind users who can't see the whole screen, anyway. Gerald

Press Control-Windows key-Enter to toggle off Narrator. Gerald

Well, for those of you who do not want to upgrade to Windows 10 just yet, there may be some good news. A third-party company named 0 Patch plans to continue security updates for Windows 7 for home and

And yesterday, I had trouble accessing Amazon using JAWS 2019 with Chrome. Every time I attempted to access the Amazon home page, Chrome would crash. I was finally able to access it using Firefox 68.

Yes there is. The extension is called Sound On Click: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sound-on-click/ejchjkneplcffgcopialnjofdhhggjik?hl=en Gerald

Not any more. There will soon be a second list devoted to NVDA, just as a second list has been created for JAWS users. Apparently, the creator of the new NVDA list, who has had a long history of being

Everybody and his uncle claims that SSD's are superior to HD's. But I have read that although they are faster and more mechanically reliable than HD's, they are more prone to data errors as their memo

To be perfectly blunt, the guy who started the competing JFW-Users list seems to have a compulsion for creating new lists. He has created dozens of lists which have started with a lot of activity only

First of all, the list you are referring to was called JAWS Lite, not JFW Lite, an important distinction.?? This list is still in existence, but is mostly inactive and hence does not qualify as a bone

Welll, now that the JAWS-Users list has been shut down, which happened abruptly and without warning last night, this list is likely to become even more active. Gerald to become even more

Yes, I notice this as well.?? This behavior seems to be more prevalent in Windows 10 than in Windows 7. Gerald

Again, I must ask, how is this program accessible with JAWS??? And if it is not accessible with JAWS or any other screen reader, how do you use it without sighted help? I suggest that you read the fol

If this is the case, then how can it be JAWS accessible??? Indeed, if there is no speech, how can you use this program in the first place without sighted help? The original inquirer specifically asked

The GRC web site clearly refers to the latest version of Spinwrite as,, "Spinwrite 6.0 for Windows XP".?? It does not mention Windows 7, 8 or 10.?? Further research reveals that it has not been update

Spinwrite??? Are you serious??? My understanding is that Spinwrite does not work with versions of Windows higher than XP.?? Have you used it successfully with Windows 7 or 10? Gerald

Chrome has not abandoned RSS.?? But unlike IE, Chrome does not have the RSS feed reader built in.?? You have to install an extension to read RSS feeds, and it may not be accessible.?? Firefox has neve

Caveat emptor!!!?? Sounds like yet another captcha solver scam.?? Remember Captcha Be Gone??? Its owner had the nerve to charge $36 a year for his service.?? But guess what??? Once he got his money, h