Thanks. I did that and spread the word. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] New Avast Free 5.0 not accessible with Jaws.
I sent a note off to the Avast people this morning, regarding the apparent lack of screen reader support in version 5. My guess is that the version 4 product is going to be supported for some time to come, so I don't think there needs to be a mass rush to remove Avast. I am going to sit back and see if they are receptive to making changes that will allow screen reader access. Over the past several years, I have grown very fond of the Avast product. I will say that I do have MSE installed on one of my computers and it is also a very good solution. On an unrelated note, many of our customers computers have AVG installed. During the past month, we have seen an alarming number of viruses that AVG is letting through. We have been removing AVG and installing either Avast or MSE, with very good results. I will post any response that I receive from Avast. It may help if other screen reader users also drop them a note. Send it to: [email protected]. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] New Avast Free 5.0 not accessible with Jaws. > Hi list. I tried the new Avast 5.0 free version out on my PC this > morning, > found it inaccessible with Jaws because alwil Software has changed the > interface into a graphical interface, so I restored my computer using my > backup I created with Image for Windowswhich already had Avast 4 Home > Edition. Now, what I would like to do is uninstall Avast 4 Home Edition > and > use Microsoft Security Essentials instead. I have tried to uninstall > Avast > in the past, but it didn't completely uninstall and was still in the > system > tray when I rebooted. Right now I'm still using Avast 4 Home Edition and > Windows XP Professional SP3. I'm using Jaws 9.0, the latest build. I > have > downloaded alwil Software's uninstall utility, but I'm told I will need to > use it in Safe Mode. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot. > Stanley > > > 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/
