Grumpy Dave here, the Reluctant New Jaws user. I downloaded the MP3 files telling a little bit about the way to Migrate, and then to start using Jaws.
These audio files are short and to the point. They don't go into great detail, but give enough to get Jaws installed and to at least have enough Key commands to stumble around with Jaws in some of your programs. Jaws is different, but I've managed to learn and even remember some of the alternative Key commands. Enough to read the screens, and do some basic editing in the Word Processor. I've installed Jaws on three systems and did not have any issues. Plan to get these copies Authorized and we will go from there. I can see where Jaws has some strange, at least to my point of view, methods for doing some things, but nothing too far out there. If a person can get Jaws downloaded and installed, you've gotten through half of the hard stuff, and it isn't that hard. I've always had the impression that a majority of Window Eyes users only barely scratched the surface of learning Window Eyes and how to make useful adjustments. I figure Jaws will be about the same for those same people. Once they learn enough commands to read and write Email, Navigate the web a little bit, and to maybe use MS Word, Life will be good again for most. >From what I've seen of the trickier bits of Jaws, it does seem very different. No big Surprise, it is a different Screen Reader. It isn't Window Eyes, so I really need to stop trying to make it work like Window Eyes. We all need to eat the New Elephant one small bite at a time. Give yourself a couple three weeks and see where you are then. Grumpy Dave the Reluctant Jaws user _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
