Re: Preview of JAWS 12
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:43:02 -0600
Hi Alan & all,
I switched to a Mac for my home computer, but still use a Windows PC at work.
I also kept my old Windows based desktop and laptop for those instances where I
need Windows. While I have no complaints about Jaws, it's been a great screen
reader over the years, I think VoiceOver on the Mac is every bit as good, and,
it comes built in with the OS, so most times when an update to the OS is
released, VO also gets updated. There are many things that are so much easier
to do on the Mac. Browsing the web with Safari is really nice, and it has a
feature where you press command shift R, and if there is an article on the web
page, it is read automatically, skipping all links and other extraneous
information. After reading the article, you can press command C to copy the
entire article to the clipboard and paste it into a word processing document.
I know this is off topic, but just want to let folks know that VoiceOver works
really well.
Thanks,
Russell
On 2010-08-04, at 8:14 AM, Alan Clendinen wrote:
> 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.
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