I think that perhaps the latest upgrade of 18 may have fixed the issue I kept having, which was that Jaws periodically disappeared when I changed from one window to the next. I may be wrong. I only did the upgrade yesterday. But it's really expensive to stop paying for those SMA's. The one for personal use averages out to be $60 a year. Even if you don't use it, $60 a year is like an insurance plan in case you need a later version. If you stop paying for them and then need a new version, it will cost a lot more money.
Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 3:26 PM To: JAWS Users <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Downgrading to JAWS 16 Hi everyone! Back in 2013, when I was finally declared legally blind and had to switch from Zoom Text to JAWS, JAWS was at version 15. As I recall, other than having to learn it on my own because the Lighthouse here is a bad joke, there were few, if any problems I had with it, it just worked. JAWS 16 was pretty much the same but with the addition of the very useful command search function. Then came JAWS 17 with the apparent almost complete rewrite of the engine. >From there it seemed like every time I turned around I was running into another misfunction of JAWS. Version 18, when it came out wasn't much better. So, after long thought, as well as fighting an apparently recalcitrant version of JAWS, I've finally decided to install version 16 to see how it compares to version 18. If it works as well as my memory of it recalls, I will eventually uninstall JAWS 18, and consider not maintaining my SMA anymore. Besides my dissatisfaction with versions 17 and 18, it seems like most of the enhancements are for Windows 10 and have no effect on my Windows 7 system which I have no plans to upgrade. If things do change for the better in the future, I can always reestablish a new SMA. I'm just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this idea or has already preceded me in downgrading back to version 16. Thanks! Later... For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
