Windows XP and JAWS

Hi and welcome to Discussions,

usually all Windows programs also run on a Mac using BootCamp Windows.
Incompatibilities usually arise if the programs use some sort of hardware dongles and/or are relying on specific low-level functions of the mainboard BIOS of a computer.
Since Macs don't have a BIOS but its successor EFI and a BIOS-compatibility module, some low-level fucntions are different.

Seeing the price-tag of JAWS it might be best to ask the manufacturer of it, if there are incompatibilities.

Regards

Stefan

JAWS should work fine on a Boot Camp setup. The audio hardware that Macs use is fairly standard stuff, and I've used JAWS on a Mac mini running XP.

What version of JAWS and Bootcamp are you using? I gave my roommate my MacMini and has JAWS 10 with Boot camp 2.x install. He's having some problems with it, so I what version of Bootcamp you are using.

-Locutus

I'm not sure how much help I will be on this as I don't regularly use JAWS (I'm not vision impaired). I have used it to test application interaction scenarios that have been reported to me in the past through my job.

The last time I used that configuration it would have been as follows:

- Mac mini (older model Core Duo) running Windows XP Professional (SP2)
- Boot Camp 2.1
- Built-in speaker & sound chip of the mini for sound output

I don't honestly recall what version of JAWS I last used, but it was the current version about a year ago when I last used it.

I'd suggest contacting Freedom Scientific support, and also possibly posting a new thread on here detailing the issues he's having.