Yes. As I understand it, access to many programs is dependent on the
video intercept. The article is only concerned with web developers being
able to test JAWS with Internet Explorer and Firefox, not general use.
And even with web access, it's not clear whether video intercept ever
plays an important role or not.
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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Chris Blouch wrote:
The article seemed to indicate that Jaws worked just fine and to ignore
the video intercept installation prompt. Is there something I won't be
able to do in Jaws without the video intercept? I'm a Jaws novice so I
might have missed something.
CB
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:
This is a well-known problem with Parallels:
http://webaim.org/blog/2007/06/29/screenreaders_on_mac/
You'll have better luck with VMWare Fusion when it comes to JAWS video
interception.
Video interception plays an important role wherever accessibility
frameworks or custom APIs do not provide JAWS with the information it
needs.
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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Chris Blouch wrote:
I was attempting to install Jaws on my Parallels instance of Windows
XP and couldn't seem to get the video intercept thing to work. First
time I would start Jaws it complained that video intercept was not
installed so I let it install. After that Parallels had startup
issues and wouldn't work again until I reinstalled the Parallels
Tools, which installs their video driver again. Anyone else run into
this? How important is the video intercept thingy? My initial playing
around seemed to work as far as Jaws reading web pages in IE and
such. I had similar issues with VMWare on Windows. Yes, I was running
an instance of Windows in a VM on Windows. I was doing that so I
could install IE7 without wiping out my IE6. Anyway, it appears that
all these virtual machines have their own custom video driver and
don't play well with the Jaws one.
CB
Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a program that creates a virtual second
computer when it is run. It is on this virtual computer that you
install another operating system, like Windows. So, yes, you
install Parallels first. As has already been pointed out, Fusion is
another option from VMWare which does essentially the same thing
with better accessibility, although Parallels is usable once you
have your OS installed.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Sep 10, 2007, at 5:21 PM, John Moore wrote:
I am aiming to get a MacBook with Parallels so I can run XP Pro. I
have a few questions. First, how accessible is it? Will I be able to
use it effectively and independently? Second, I'd like to know how I
can switch back and forth between Windows and Mac as I am in a program
where I need to study Windows, but I still want to do Mac on the side.
And finally, do I need to install Parallels before Windows? If I do,
how can I install Windows after that? Thanks for the help.
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John Moore
