hello everyone: do you think that there is a better screan reading software than jaws? Just curious. Zdenek ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Clendinen To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: re: Preview of JAWS 12 Cy, I used to work for an Apple dealership, and was a die-hard promoter of the Macintosh. After losing my eyesight in 91, I went back to college to become a software engineer. Needless to say, all the classes required use of an MS Windows operating system, because there were far more options for compilers and programming tools written for Windows. That's where I first began using JAWS for Windows and JAWS for DOS. The built-in screen-reader app for Macs is probably better than the old OutSpoken, but it's not fair to compare a screen-reader produced 20 years ago with a screen-reader written today. I will say, however, that from what I've seen, JFW 11 is a much more capable and versatile screen-reader than the one Apple offers. This is probably due to the fact that JAWS has to make constant improvements in order to compete in the marketplace, while Apple's screen-reader has no competition. Alan Cy wrote: Alan, I also used Outspoken in the early 90s. You are almost correct, Outspoken made the Mac *almost* useable. (LOLLOLLOL) Compared to what we have today it was very basic to say the least. That is actually why I migrated to the DOS/Windows machines. I believe the first speech software I used on a DOS machine was Artic and used a Symphonics 215 speech board. It was also pretty limited but better than Outspoken. I wish I had the guts to just switch back to a Mac and leave all this W7, JAWS 11 and so on behind. (LOL) Cy, The Anasazi.