[Athen] running JAWS on a dual boot MAC

[Howard Kramer]

Hi Sean,

Of everyone who responded so far, you seem to be the only one who's been
able to run JAWS in the dual-boot environment (this is my main concern - for
the class I mentioned in my original post). Good to know there's hope.

Thanks,
Howard

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Sean J Keegan <skeegan at stanford.edu> wrote:


> Hi Howard,

>

> > I was wondering if JAWS and other adaptive software

> > can run on a dual boot MAC.

>

> I have been running JAWS under VMWare's Fusion.  Have not had a chance to

> try anything else, but have heard reports of NVDA also working under Fusion

> as well.  The keystrokes are not exactly mapped if using a laptop (e.g., Ins

> key), but if using a full keyboard the "Help" key becomes the "Insert" key.

>  For testing purposes/demo purposes, this has worked fine as I can show how

> content works with VoiceOver and JAWS on the same machine.

>

> Next up is trying Dragon Naturally Speaking and Kurzweil, but I am not

> anticipating too many issues as other Windows applications have been running

> just fine.

>

>

> Take care,

> Sean

>

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