I have tried with two more PC's now and still can't do it. Since the Apex is otherwise a great machine so far, I'll blame Freedom Scientific for now (smile).
Chris -----Original Message----- From: hmp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:00 PM To: Chris Danielsen Subject: re: [Braillenote] Weird problem with JAWS and Braille terminal mode Well, I have the same problem and I'm not able to fix that so far. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Danielsen" <[email protected] >To: "Braille Note list" <[email protected] Date sent: Mon, >8 Feb 2010 21:55:33 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] Weird problem with JAWS and Braille terminal mode >Hello list: >I can't get Braille terminal mode to work with JAWS on one of my PC's. Jaws >lets me add the BrailleNote and even lists it when I go into Braille >options, but it keeps saying "active Braille display, no Braille display" >and the BrailleNote (Apex) simply says "Braille terminal" but never displays >any input from JAWS. A colleague of mine was able to fix this temporarily by >deleting one of my Windows user setting files, but when I tried to change >some of the Braille display settings in Jaws, it "lost" the BrailleNote and >wouldn't reconnect to it, even though the device still appeared in the list >of Braille displays as the default Braille display. And BTW, the reason I >was trying to change the settings was that even while the BrailleNote was >acting like a Braille display, I couldn't get the thumb keys and keyboard on >the BrailleNote to behave the way JAWS says they are supposed to. In other >words most keystrokes from the BrailleNOte didn't do the things they were >supposed to do. Hope all this makes sense. Anyone know how to fix this? >Thanks, >Chris >P.S. I installed the HumanWare drivers according to instructions and that >seemed to go fine. My guess is the problem is on the PC side but I can't >figure out what it is. >Chris Danielsen >101 East Wells Street, Apt. A112 >Baltimore, MD 21230 >Google Voice number: 410-929-4218 >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[email protected] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4856 (20100210) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4856 (20100210) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
