Hi Dark, Correct. In my twenty-some years of using screen readers Jaws is the one and only screen reader that has the issue with attempting to gain complete control of the keyboard by setting a keyboard hook. I've used Window-Eyes, NVDA, Supernova, and so on and none of them behaved that way. I have no idea why Jaws does it, but it is a right annoying pest in my opinion. Also I find it a bit amusing for the directions of game x to tell me to unload my screen reader etc, when my screen reader, NVDA, doesn't have that problem. In fact, I can usually just press insert+s to silence speech and happily run the game without any problems without unloading, configuring sleep mode, and all that jazz. I think we as fusers of alternative screen readers need to be more vocal with developers and inform them how our particular screen readers work so they can adjust the documentation accordingly rather than assuming everything works like Jaws which is not true.
Cheers! On 7/24/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe Darren it's actually only Jaws that does the keyboard grabbing > thing and needs to be unloaded when you want to use the keyboard for > something else. > > With Supernoova I only have to turn the voice off (and that just to prevent > > speaking of key presses over the game audio). I quite often alt tab out of a > > game to answer E-mail, check instructions, make notes or whatever then go > back to it. > > I know for a fact Window eyes is the same, and I believe Nvda is as well, so > > it's just Jaws that has the unloading issue. It actually slightly amuses me > > when so many audio games made by people who have only used Jaws assume that > > all screen readers work that way and tell people to unload them when it's > only needed to do this with Jaws. > > Personally, i'd find all that unload and sleep malarchy a right royal pain. > > Especially when say I am doing things like watching a dvd with supernova's > voice off but the program running in the background, then wanting to time > skip so turning it back on to type in the time to skip to before turning it > > off again. > > Of course if Charlse is using Jaws that could indeed be the issue with Blind > > Swordsman, I just wanted to point out that if he isn't that wouldn't make a > > difference sinse it's only jaws that needs to be unloaded. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
