From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from saidin.asmodean.net ([216.254.114.61]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17PlH3-0006UP-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 10:38:29 -0400 Received: from raul by saidin.asmodean.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17PlGY-0003Jj-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:37:58 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:37:57 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Jaws under Linux? Message-ID: <20020703143757.GA12690@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: "Raul A. Gallegos" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Shaun Oliver said the following on Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:54:28PM +1000: > Woe! slow down there ann. > What he's wondering is, will jfw work on something like vmware. > imho, I don't think so. I've ran Window-eyes on a system with Linux installed first then windows-98 running through vmware. Was very slow however. The processor was an 800 mhz with 256 mb ram. You have to have a real power horse to do this successfully. I do not know if jaws keys will be destroyed under vmware either. With window-eyes I didn't have a key issue so didn't look into that side of things. If I did this I would need sighted assistance installing vmware because you do need x to install. I'd rather just have a machine with two partitions on it, one for Linux and one for Windows if I was going to be running both. > For starters, there's the issue of direct x. I don't think that direct x > is even handled at all in a windows emulator. I'll stand to be corrected > as always. I'm not sure either and would be willing to find out. > there's also the issue of msaa and whether or not it will work on > something like vmware. When I used window-eyes the msaa buffer under Internet explorer worked fine. I don't remember any issues. -- If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop. Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net