[nvda] Re: Email clients with NVDA

[James Teh <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Orin wrote:
> I'm really starting to wonder if NVDA 
> is better than jaws and what not. At least with resources. I notice that 
> jaws takes up a load of resources that doesn't need to be taken.
Theoretically, NVDA will always be a little less efficient in its use of 
resources than JAWS, Window Eyes, etc. due to the fact that it is 
written in Python, which is a high level language. Most other screen 
readers are written in C++, which is somewhat less suitable for rapid 
development but much more computationally efficient. However, in 
practice, computers now are fast enough and have enough memory that this 
extra overhead is negligible in most cases. Also, we very much emphasise 
keeping the code as optimal as possible. Thus, although overall 
execution is somewhat less efficient, NVDA actually copes better in some 
situations. For example, if you hold down an arrow key in a consoel 
window for several seconds, NVDA will not cause lag after the key is 
released, even though some other screen readers do lag.
> I also wish that there can be a simple installer to compile the NVDA 
> source into something unable where people don't have to install 
> anything?
Download the snapshot installers:
http://www.nvda-project.org/snapshots/
Note that you run these at your own risk.

> I'd like to beta test, but I don't think there's a python 
> 32bit version.
Many of us run Python under 32 bit operating systems.

Jamie

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