Hi Dane What bothers me here is probably just my own paranoia. However, I would certainly not be comfortable with using internal network infrastructure functionality via a third-party server. I personally don't see what the problem is with forwarding one port in the router/firewall configuration. After all, you yourself have used that method for years, as have many. I personally have used RDPm, as it used to be called, and also Citrix on main frame machines with a great deal of success for many years now. Granted, I haven't done so in a while but I'd have no problem trying this. I'd love to get my hands on a Jaws demo system so that I could try this actually. I am certainly not condemning what I haven't ever used. Unfortunately, however, I'm not prepared to pay out the license fee so I'd probably be looking to try and get it from Access to Work if I could.
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Australia +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> ------------------------------ On 21 Apr 2013, at 16:04, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > If I may come in here given I think I'm responsible for starting the thread > <smile>. > > What Gordon was using is called Remote Desktop and I understand that Freedom > Science Fiction were charging extra for that functionality in JAWS etc, not > sure whether this is still the case or not. > > We're talking here of JAWS Tandem - in the Window-Eyes world its called > Remote Assistance - where a user asks for help and another user "Offers" > help, a password is then exchanged between the 2 users of tandem and a > connection established between the 2 users via the Freedom Science Fiction > Tandem server. > > When connection is made the user who made the "Offer" of help is able to > control the other computer and thus get feedback. > > The nice thing about Tandem - apart from the obvious power and flexibility of > the system - is that both parties don't have to do anything special to their > systems, that is to say no ports need to be opened, no special Windows > functions or features need to be enabled etc, wish I could say the same for > the Window-Eyes Remote Assistance functions, I've managed to get the system > working but it took some time, installing this, reinstalling that etc and > even now connections are problematic. > > > On 21/04/2013, at 9:00 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Chris >> >> Is this a standard function of Jaws now? I always understood it to cost >> extra. However, Gordon has had great success with Window-Eyes in this regard >> although yes, it does involve making a slight change to your router's >> configuration in most case. >> >> Lynne >> >> On 14 Apr 2013, at 08:42, chris h (sky) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> • I admit the Tandem feature in Jaws is excellent for its purpose, to >>> provide support remotely to another Jaws user. This was one reason why I >>> bought Jaws back when it was version 10, plus a Sma, just so i can take >>> advantage of the Tandem function to help, amongst others, my best friend >>> who lives all the way in Bolton while I live in Derbyshire. I will stress >>> this is the only, and I mean only, time I really need Jaws. Other than that >>> it's Nvda for me. I also bought Window-Eyes in the hopes of taking >>> advantage of their Remote Assistance solution, but since later versions of >>> 7.5, all hopes were lost, since they now expect you or the recipient to >>> configure the router so that the ports are forwarded. This is ridiculous in >>> my view and shows the lack of respect between Gw Micro and those who do not >>> have a clue on how to forward ports. With Tandem, it just works. 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