Hi, everyone.
This is a very interesting thread. For what it's worth, I just checked, and the show virtual viewer on screen option is checked on this particular computer, and it doesn't seem to affect Jaws performance in any negative way, at least as far as I can tell. I still have my annoying text-entry problem with IE 11 here, but I am coming to believe that it is not a Jaws issue, since IE 11 works fine on my work laptop. Am using Jaws 16 and Windows 7. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan From: Adrian Spratt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How Can Sighted People Tell Where I Am At on a Screen in JAWS? Bill, Nice tip. This setting seems so desirable that I wonder why it isn't checked by default, or even why the setting exists at all. Does it affect JAWS' performance in any way, do you know? From: Bill White [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How Can Sighted People Tell Where I Am At on a Screen in JAWS? Another setting which will assist sighted people to know where JAWS is on the screen is "Show Virtual Viewer On Screen". This setting is in the Basics menu of JAWS options. Bill White [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard B. McDonald <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 6:48 AM Subject: How Can Sighted People Tell Where I Am At on a Screen in JAWS? Hi! >From time to time, especially on the Internet, I will ask a sighted person to look at something with me. They always say that although they can of course hear what JAWS is reading, they cannot see where on the screen this is. Sometimes, somehow perhaps related, JAWS might even be reading something that is really not even visible on the screen; like scrolling is not happening. Is there some way or JAWS option to show exactly where on the screen JAWS is? Ideally, this would be something readily visible so sighted people could see where I am at on the screen. Additionally, ideally the screen would scroll along with the application (like a webpage). Thanks, Richard __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 12952 (20160130) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
