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Re: Multiple versions of JAWS installed concurrently?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 24, 2013 8:35AM

Should work fine.
- Make sure only one of the Jaws versions starts up automatically.
- Assign a keyboard shortcut key (alt-control-)for the different
versions to enable user (if user is blind) to control which Jaws
version he wants to start up (you can do this under the context menu
for the jaws.exe file for each version).
I have no problem running Jaws 12, 13, and 14 together on a Windows 7
64-bit machine, have not tested on Win 8 (but keep in mind versions
prior to 14 probably have huge issues with Windows 8).



On 6/24/13, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Yes, you can have as many as you have licenses for.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weissenberger, Todd M [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 8:27 AM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Multiple versions of JAWS installed concurrently?
>
> Someone on our campus wants to know whether it's possible to have JAWS 13
> and 14 installed on the same machine simultaneously. Apparently one of
> their products has a feature that requires 14, so they want to install that
> for a period, and then uninstall it afterward.
>
> Assuming that all licensing issues are addressed, is there a technical issue
> here?
>
> Todd
>
> T.M. Weissenberger
> Web Accessibility Coordinator
> University of Iowa
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