This page gives useful information about various programs that are not as accessible as they could be. It also contains information about those alternative choices that people with visual limitations can use instead. Choices that are not as good include Quicken upgrades from 2003 and Comoto firewall. Possible replacements include Talking Check Book and AVG. Hopefully, programs that give a current challenge will improve in time. For those programs that are doable, hopefully, they will remain that way. People with visual challenges deserve the same benefits to computer software programs as their sighted counterparts.
Antivirus:
AVAST!
Antivirus: Version 4.8 (the latest version) works with JAWS 9.0. When installing it you *MUST* arrow down to custom install and then tab over and *UNCHECK* skins mode. If skins mode is enabled it will not work with JAWS.
Use Alt F to get to the Context Menu where you can use your arrow keys to move around to the different options of: AVS Updates, Settings, Program Updates and more.
With this menu, you do not have to arrow down first to open the User Interface options; just hit AltF to view the options. This menu works in the Enhanced Menu.
Use Alt. S to get inside a menu like the Scheduler.
This is after you, First, arrow down through the enhanced Menu to open it and look at options.When in the Simple Interface, use AltT and your arrow keys to get to the options in that screen.When Avast first opens and you do not want the memory scan to start, just hit ESC Key to exit scan.
AVG Antivirus
8.0: The AVG version 8.0 does work with the most recent version of JAWS 9.0.2169.
Firewalls:
Comodo Free Firewall version 3.0 This program is accessible with JAWS 9.0, sort of. While installing it, turn your JAWS cursor on and the JAWS cursor will read the screens to you as you are going along. Then the PC cursor will tell you what button it is on.
There is a pop up window that comes up on the lower right side of the screen to alert you when something is trying to access the internet. JAWS may say something like "desktop". Then if you alt tab JAWS will tell you it is there. At that point you can tab through it to find out what it says. If you go into the actual interface, which you can get to by going to Start Menu, All Programs, you will have to go into your JAWS cursor to navigate those. You can, however, navigate the menus with no problem.
This program will sync between the Google Calendar, Outlook 2003, 2007, and Outlook Express. It will sync contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, etc. It does work with JAWS. It will also sync between computers on your network via a USB drive, an FTP folder, or a shared folder on your network. I used the USB drive and had no problems.
This program does work with JAWS, and will sync between Yahoo Calendar, Contacts, Notes, etc with Outlook 2003 and Outlook Express. However, it will *not* sync with Outlook 2007.
