Hello list,

 

So I took the plunge with the beta over the weekend and had the oddest
experience that I hadn’t encountered with previous JFW beta cycles. I
already submitted a bug report to FS, but since this bug doesn’t really
allow me to work with the beta, I was curious to know if this is something
others have come across or if it was perhaps something that went wrong just
on my system.

 

In any event, I downloaded the exe file (64 bit) and went through the
process of instalation like normal. At the end doing the whole restart for
changes to take affect etc… 

After this was done and my computer powered back up, there was no indication
of Jaws 15 anywhere on my desktop or in the start menu. The FSReader 3.0
icon did appear on my desktop and indeed launched fine so this showed me
that something was installed. I eventually went through the windows
explorer, Program Files, Freedom scientific, Run Jaws and then to the Jaws
15 folder. There I found the JFW 15 exe file and figured I would just for
convenience sake throw a short cut to the file on my desktop. 

After placing the JFW.exe short cut and renaming it for Jaws 15, I unloaded
JFW 14 and started JFW 15. However, while using the JFW 15 beta, I am
finding that the settings I change in the voice profile section aren’t
sticking. Even though I speed up the rate of speech and press the ok button,
Jaws reverts to its default slow rate setting. I also tried the startup
wizard under the help menu, but it along with the check for authorization
and check for updates options appear as unavailable. 

 

Like I said, I already submitted these problems through the beta form, but
since there’s no real option to call it in and get more detailed support, I
thought I’d write to see if others dealt with these same issues and what if
anything they did to fix them since as of now, I can’t really work with JFW
15 and don’t know if this issue will persist through to when it finally gets
released in its final form.

 

Thanks,           

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