[access-uk] Re: COMMENT ON TOSH LAPTOP PLEASE
- From: Elliott Barnes <elliottabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:29:22 +0100
Concerning the use of the FN key, their's most likely an option in the
BIOS to disable this. If you've never been through the menus before
though, you'll need sighted help unless you can get a description of
which order the options are in.
On 16/07/2012, Tristram Llewellyn
<tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some authors protect their PDF files by not allow content extraction for
> accessibility or allow printing of the document. In both cases this
> scuppers accessibility. In the case of instruction manuals personally I
> think this is fairly reprehensible.
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Technical Support
> Sight and Sound Technology
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Terry
> Sent: 16 July 2012 10:58
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: COMMENT ON TOSH LAPTOP PLEASE
>
> Hi John
>
> I have the same laptop as you, and yes, the same problem with the manual,
> it's very annoying.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> John Gregory
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:24 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: COMMENT ON TOSH LAPTOP PLEASE
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> I have a Toshiba Portege R700 and, as with any or most laptops, the
> speakers
> are not brilliant. I use USB headphones which work great with JAWS. As for
> the FN key, I am afraid you are stuck with that if you want to use the
> laptop keyboard. Myself I use a wireless full size keyboard which avoids
> the
> laptop keyboard and such problems. Yes, it would appear that Toshiba are
> particularly fond of locking down their manuals. I have contacted them
> several times to ask if they can unlock the manual sufficiently enough to
> allow assistive technology to access the text, but they seem blissfully
> unaware that this needs to be done to allow vision impaired users and their
> assistive technology to access pdf files. No matter how much I explained
> the
> need for this my words fel on stoney ground.
>
> John.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Richard Godfrey-McKay
> Sent: 15 July 2012 21:42
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] COMMENT ON TOSH LAPTOP PLEASE
>
> Hi, Have just bought a Toshiba C855-14U 15 inch laptop and should welcome
> comment on the following issues:
>
> 1. The sound quality of Eloquence from JAWS is awful, as the speakers seem
> to vibrate or distort. It's not too bad with music. Anyone had similar
> experience or could recommend a laptop with decent screenreader
> reproduction?
>
> 2. To get the function keys to perform Windows functions you need to press
> the Fn key at the same time which is annoying. Anyone know if this can be
> changed?
>
> 3. The manual is a locked down PDF which I can't read. Any thoughts?
>
>
> Richard Godfrey-McKay
>
> Telephone: 01738-445 880
>
> Mobile: 07791 452 593
>
>
>
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