I use Windows 7 and NVDA. Yes, this change may well de-authorize Jaws, but honestly, that's a Jaws problem. It happens if you modify a VM, or change out the ram in your physical computer, or any other modification. One of the many reasons I prefer NVDA.
Anyway, here is the link to the article: http://blog.bryansmart.com/2012/02/16/low-latency-sound-for-vmware/ On Jul 16, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona <[email protected]> wrote: > can I get that article? > thanks > Hank > > On 7/16/2014 7:39 PM, Scott Erichsen wrote: >> Hi Alex, >> Thanks for this. This person is using JAWS and windows 8. What OS and screen >> reader did you use? >> Thanks. >> Scott >> >> >> From: >> [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Alex Hall >> Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:11 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: responsiveness in VMWare fusion >> >> I changed my sound buffers so audio games would play better, and this caused >> my screen reader to work better too. First, I'd see if it is even that; have >> a sighted person watch as you perform normal tasks. If Windows reacts >> immediately but speech lags, consider changing the sound buffer size. If the >> whole thing is slow, your problem lies elsewhere. If you want the link to >> the article I used, let me know and I can dig it up. I can say, though, that >> I did this with no adverse effects to my VM (the trick is to completely shut >> down the VM first). >> On Jul 16, 2014, at 9:24 PM, Scott Erichsen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> I'm working with a friend who has a macbook pro 13inch with the complete >> maxed out specs. 16gb ram, I7 processor and 1tb SSD. >> He is using windows 8 under VMWare fusion. >> He's given windows 8gb ram and is finding that the VM is super slow to react >> to key presses. >> I know that there is a trick to adjusting the buffer size so things will >> speed up, but this did horrible things to my system as well as his system >> requiring reactivation of JAWS and the sound was horribly glitchy at times. >> Is anyone who uses JAWS in a VM on windows 7 or 8 getting great >> responsiveness? If so, what did you do? Are you using 32bit or 64bit? 64bit >> would be good if possible and are you using a macbook pro or air and what >> are the specs. >> Recreating the VM or modifying it is an option and I am prepared to work on >> this until it's fixed. >> Thanks. >> Scott >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
