Hi Jeff and Others
I have no experience with the Nav80 and JFW, but I do use JFW
almost exclusively with the PowerBraille 40 (I use speech
sometimes so that I can be more effective in helping people who
use it), and by and large I find that JFW works very well. There
are problems if you want to use a DOS screen reader to read DOS
boxes (I have never, for example, been able to get taks-switching
working), and I occasionally find that JFW loses contact with the
braille driver. Also, the braille support in JFW 3.2 is much
better than in previous versions, and I have found that the
3.20.19 patch improves things even more, particularly with
Internet Explorer 4.
Jeff, Email me privately if I can be of help to you. You might
also want to subscribe to the "paperless braille devices" list,
which promotes discussion of refreshable braille technology.
Cheers
Bruce Maguire
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:56:04 -0800, you wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>You didn't tell the list you were deaf-blind, which is probably important
>because it means you depend completely on the braille output.
>
>I've had trouble getting JFW working right with a Nav80, but know others who
>don't have this problem. Even though I used to work at Telesensory, I'm not
>sure if the problem is caused by you having an old firmware rev in your
>Navigator. You should probably check which firmware revision you have, then
>call Blazie and ask (hopefully, they'll know) what the latest firmware rev
>is.
>
>Perhaps others on the list could report firmware versions of their braille
>displays .. I also had similar problems with an ancient nav40 that had old
>firmware.
>
>There are a fair number of JFW users who depend on braille almost
>completely. Some are hearing-impaired, and some, like me are on the phone a
>lot which means that braille is easier to deal with than speech. If we all
>share our email addresses with you, then you'll have braille users to call
>on for help.
>
>--Debee
>
>--Debee
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