Hi,
I don’t believe that
the screen will read with Jaws, however, the issue I had last year was getting
the Jaws intercept drivers installed on the virtual copy of Windows Server
2003 I had. Whether this was due to incompatible graphics drivers
loaded, or something else, I don’t know.
Vincent’s results
with Hal are encouraging, and if I get some time, I will try with the latest
version of VPC to see what happens.
I do have a Mac, and
last time I spoke to someone about this they were having the same issue with
Parallels and Jaws, but things may have moved on since then. I can’t do
Bootcamp on mine because it is a PPC model.
Thanks.
Andrew.
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Andrew
Hodgson,
Senior systems
administrator/Projects engineer,
Allpay.net
Limited.
From: Barry Toner
[mailto:barry@barry-toner.co.uk]
Sent: 26 February 2008 10:43
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins]
Virtualisation - will it make our liveseasier/more
difficult?
I was making notes of things I
wanted to get feedback on here last night.
Is there a vmware or Virtual PC
system that works OK with a screenreader in XP?
I'm going to get a Mac because I
know vmware fusion works great for what you're talking about here
Andrew.
I read in one fellas blog about
him running Linux, XP, and Lepoard all in one session.
I grabbed Microsoft Virtual PC
2007: May 4, 2007 from,
Coudl never get it to read with
JAWS 8.
I'm grabbing it again today to
have a fiddle while off, I'm presuming this will read with ascreenreader
because it's on this site?
Last time I looked at it it
appeared to have a blank screen when I launched the OS I'd installed from it's
menus.
Apologies if my posts are a big
vaig and scattered today. I don't do sickness well.
J.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday,
February 25, 2008 9:12 PM
Subject:
[Blind-sysadmins] Virtualisation - will it make our liveseasier/more
difficult?
Hi,
I
am just wondering what people think about virtualisation, specifically in an
IT company using products like VmWare, Virtual PC, and presumably some of
the technology coming up in 2008?
I
have had a couple of experiences:
I
have been using Linux virtualisation for ages, both running kernels inside a
host operating system – the machine that runs this list is running in this
way, and for a small length of time, using the Zen virtualisation system in
RedHat for a test project I am working on at work. The Zen I have had
more problems with, both on a technical level, and also the fact that it is
harder to get at what is happening in the virtual system – if I don’t have
SSH access to the machine, I have to resort to a virtual serial
connection.
However, I have had less success with Microsoft
Windows – using both VmWare and Virtual PC, I have had issues installing the
Jaws intercept drivers, and when I am running in a Virtual PC session, it
seems to somehow disrupt the Jaws session on the host OS, so that Jaws
doesn’t speak correctly until I reboot. I think this may be something
to do with video drivers, or the way I am using the virtual system, as I go
into full screen mode on occasions.
I
am hoping to try out ESX server this year, which is VmWare’s flagship
product, to see if it has any advantages over the
others.
Have any of you had any experiences, both good and
bad using this technology?
Thanks.
Andrew.
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