Hi Linda, I use OB 9 with window's 7, and was thrilled to find the setting to scan in "edit" mode same as I did in OB 7.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Vanderlitz" <dra...@color-country.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and OpenBook version 7 Mike: After I got over my mad because Openbook 7 wouldn't work on my 64 bit Windows 7 Home laptop, I just installed Openbook 8 and it worked. I'm still unhappy because Openbook 7.2 worked so much better. But, then, I still miss Outlook Express (sigh). I guess I'm just a dinosaur but being totally blind and almost 78, I guess being behind as far as technology is concerned, it's not so bad (grin). Linda To err is human but to really mess things up, one needs a computer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and OpenBook version 7 > Hi Linda, > > I had to get a 64 bit disk from Freedom Scientific before Openbook8 would > work on my Win7 64 bit computer. Is your computer 64 or 32 bit? If your > computer is 64 bit, maybe something happened along the line where the 64 > bit > disk wasn't necessary any more for Openbook8 to run on a Win7 64 bit > system. > All I know, which isn't much, was having to wait for that disk before I > could run OB8 on my computer. > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iBarstool. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Vanderlitz > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 7:32 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and OpenBook version 7 > > > Mike: > > You are right that Windows 7 and higher will not accept Openbook 7 but > needs > Openbook 8. I have 8 on my Windows 7 laptop but didn't need a special > disk > to get it to work. > > Linda > To err is human but to really mess things up, one needs a computer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 8:17 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and OpenBook version 7 > > >> Hi David, >> >> To my knowledge Openbook 7 will not work with Windows7. From what I >> understand Openbook8 is the earliest version you can use & if you are >> running a 64 bit system you have to get a special 64 bit Openbook8 64 bit >> disk from Freedom Scientific. So, being your're running Windows 8 I >> would >> think the same is true. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. >> Take care. >> Mike >> This email was sent from my, iBarstool. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: David Moore >> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 5:30 PM >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and OpenBook version 7 >> >> >> Hi all! I know that you will be able to help me. I have a new Asus >> laptop with Windows 8.1 and using JAWS 16.0.1925, latest update. When >> I install OpenBook version 7, it seems to install Okay. When I go to >> launch the application, the IBM voice never speaks, and JAWS says >> nothing in OpenBook. If I turn on Narator, I here an error message in >> OpenBook saying "OpenBook is not responding." If I could get JAWS to >> talk in the OpenBook window, I might be able to figure out more what >> is going on, but I can't. Why do you think that OpenBook 7 is not >> responding if my installation seems to go Okay? Thanks in advance >> David Moore from Columbus, Ohio >> >> 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/ > 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/
