Re: [orca-list] JAWS conflicting with Orca

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Yes, I ran a windows VM a few years back, used either jaws or NVDA, and never had to turn off orca or take 
any action to silence it.
You may be doing more things in windows than in Linux thus having a windows host and Linux guest makes the 
most sense, but if you use both opperating 
systems more or less equally, and especially if you use Linux most of the time, you should consider changing 
to a Linux host. 
 


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     B.H.
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  Nick Wood wrote:
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 04:19:54PM +0100

> Hi Paul,
>
> The issue sounds like Windows is still passing the keystrokes to JAWS even
> when the VM is active, which is more of a Windows/JAWS/VM issue than an Orca
> one.
>
> I use a similar setup, although mine is the other way around - i.e. I use
> Linux and Orca, with VMWare running a Windows 7 VM with JAWS.
>
> As soon as the VM gets focus, Orca is silent and JAWS works fine.  I am
> guessing this is down to how the VMWare keyboard driver intercepts the
> events - perhaps they did a better job with the Linux one compared to the
> Windows one.
>
> Have you tried running your VM in full screen? Maybe that will force the key
> events through to the VM without JAWS picking them up.
>
> Could you also look at changing either the JAWS or Orca hotkeys so they
> don't conflict?
>
> Failing that, you might have more luck on a JAWS-specific list, as this
> isn't something that Orca has any control over, as it is just running inside
> the VM with no knowledge of the Windows/JAWS environment running on the
> host.
>
> Sorry I can't be of more help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On 11/04/16 14:42, Paul O'Rahilly wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I use JAWS in Windows 7 environment.
> > I have orca enabled within a virtual machine.
> >
> > When I tab into the virtual machine, both screen readers are reading
> > simultaneously.
> >
> > How do I stop JAWS reading within the vm, as it is disabling the gnome
> > short cut keys.
> > I don't want to have to manually switch JAWS on and off every time I
> > tab in and out of the vm.
> >
> > Thanks, PaulI am running JAWS on my Windows
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