Yes, the desktops are bloody underpowered Windows 7 dumb terminals which just login to the secure Citrix server.
Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 23/04/2017, at 10:28, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > The desktop must be bloody under powered if they can’t support jaws, > > Sounds like they are a form of dumb terminal. > Mind you if they use citrix like we do then I can see why > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden > Sent: Friday, 21 April 2017 9:38 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Sitrix access > > I was really hoping the iPad would work. That said, I am glad they are giving > me the local access laptop. The desktop computers are rather underpowered. > They merely connect to the company's intranet through the internet, using > secure servers. They are very slow to load the worker's desktop when one logs > in. They have very little internal memory or storage, which is why the laptop > is provided (the office desktop cannot support Jaws. > > Kind regards, > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +61 488 988 936 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 20/04/2017, at 17:58, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That’s such a bogus reason not to install JFW. Especially when you can > deploy it so it only runs for the specific users required. All that is I > think is an IT department to lazy to do their jobs. People bitch about jaws > or voice over and security in the mean time demanding that their favorite > messenger or media player is installed that really does have security > concerns. (I’m sorry we can’t install JFW for you oh and get ready we’re > pushing out a new Java virtual machine). Right! > > Not a bad work around though. The only problem is having to run windows, > that would be a deal breaker for me. > > > > On Apr 20, 2017, at 3:01 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks all. > > It turns out, the company has two other blind employees. They will not place > JFW on the Citrix do to security concerns. However, the fix is to provide the > blind employee with a laptop which is configured for local access. I then > carry the laptop with me for work. Now, back to Windows 7 after 6 years of > Mac and iOS. > > Kind regards, > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +61 488 988 936 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 20/04/2017, at 04:30, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also, unless you are running JAWS on both the remote and local machine, you > can expect that speech output will be choppy as the voice communications get > merged with all the window activity. When JAWS or WindowEyes is run on both > system and the licensing is correctly recognized, then the remote system will > just send the text to be read or braille to your local machine and not the > complete sound f of the synthesized speech. > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:35 AM Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> > wrote: > The only way I know of doing this is with JFW. > > Virtual desktops are a tricky thing. > > > On Apr 19, 2017, at 4:40 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I started a new job. The company requires Citrix to access the information > > drives. > > > > To be specific, the computers are set to automatically connect into a > > secure website. This site then displays username and password fields for > > log in. The system then uses Citrix Receiver to access the user's virtual > > desktop. > > > > I installed Citrix Receiver onto an iPhone and an iPad. Once the system > > accesses through Citrix, the interface becomes inaccessible. I then > > installed Citrix Receiver onto my 2011 MacBook Air. Again, Citrix Receiver > > worked, and again, the resulting screen is not accessible. > > > > Does anyone know of an app for iOS or Mac which will give VoiceOver access > > to the Citrix Receiver web remote interface desktop? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > > Mobile: +61 488 988 936 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > > Visionaries list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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