hello; just to add to what David said; if you wish to have jaws authorized on your machine without using the gongle, you would need to go to the jaws help menu, enter on the jaws update authorization, you will need your Freedom Scientific Authorization Code, which is a 20 digit/character authorization key. this should be included in the package you receive.
hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Activating Jaws dongle? Welcome my good man to our little corner of the world. Now I will try to answer both of your questions. First a dongle contains your authorization for JAWS. The idea is that it stays connected to your machine the entire time you are using it. Then if it is removed JAWS will not be activated on that system and only run in 40 minute mode. Think of a dongle as a portable license for JAWS that you can take with you. For example to another computer to work on for a friend who is sited but has JAWS on his or her system for when you need to use it. JAWS pro or home will work on any version of windows, but if you own all of your computers and do not work on any of them for another person and get paid for your services then you most likely are qualified for JAWS home which is far less expensive. With luck I have helped you, if not just let me know what is not clear enough for you. -----Original Message----- From: Gerardo Corripio Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Activating Jaws dongle? Apart from saying hello, Gera (Gerardo) from Mexico, I'm really looking forward to learning all I can on here since it has been several years since I used Jaws as my main screen reader, thus hoping to refresh my memory on how certain things work etc. I'm in the process of getting a Jaws license -- from my employer, and they tell me that in the package, it'll come with a CD, and some sort of USB drive. Is this USB drive the Dongle? if so, how could I transfer the activation key from the Dongle to my Hard drive, so as not to always have the USB drive in, making space for when I need to use my regular Flash drive, or is the Dongle meant for only used in this way, and not transferred? Please understand that it has years and years (since the floppy disc era) that I haven't activated a Jaws license, thus technology has changed a lot! Lastly can I use Jaws in 40-minute mode while my license arrives, so I can refresh my muscle memory on how different tasks are done? I ask this because the time I tried using a Jaws 40-minute demo, the computer would always launch Jaws on starup, and no matter what I did, thus I had to uninstall Jaws to get things in order again. thanks for having this list still around, and looking forward to info. Gera Enviado desde Thunderbird 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
