Why does JAWS crash when I use this math player?

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 31-May-2010 14:51:08

Recently I installed EdSharp, and in the documentation I found the following link:
http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/download.htm
It is supposed to allow me to read math expressions using internet explorer. At first I was very impressed, as JAWS actually started anouncing sub/superscripts. I figured I'd keep studying math at a tutoring site to prepare for school. But now JAWS 10 seems to crash every time it sees a line with too many expressions. Is there a fix for this?

Post 2 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Monday, 31-May-2010 19:12:57

Hi

Definitely report the bug, your version of Jaws and the web site, to Design Science (makers of the player). I know their developers and staff are active on mailing lists so I would expect them to promptly look into it and let you know what they find.
Cheers
-B

Post 3 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 01-Jun-2010 0:35:47

Thanks. Turns out the problem was not due to that software but your suggestion led me to figuring out what it was. I wonder why all the punctuations are spelled out when I read them on the braille display. A } is written as "right brace" and so forth. It's a bit odd to read. But I did get it to work.

Amanda