Hi,First I will say that I bought SA Mobile in around November time when they had the sale and I don't regret it. I want to make that clear as I think that saying System Access is better than Jaws is crazy. Jaws has so many more features. You can set it to read more of the screen, suitable for certain applications, have scripts written to allow better interaction with applications, the Jaws cursor has the edge on the virtual mouse and in Word files with edit fields, combo boxes and check boxes work, in my limited use, much much better with Jaws. There is also support for Braille displays, you can add what's in the Jaws cursor to a virtual buffer to go through letter by letter and copy text instead of guessing on the spelling. There are other things but I think I've make my point for that one.
I always feel awquard saying this though as that doesn't advertise well all that System Access can and does do, after all why would I use it every day if it didn't! It is fair I think to say that for value for money, no upgrade costs and for simplicity of use that SA is a great product and the fact that it doesn't use the video intercept driver means in most cases it can be run from a U3 flash drive and no drivers are needed on the computer beforehand unlike Jaws.
I hope the list doesn't take what I've said the wrong way as System Access can be equal to Jaws if you don't do things that need Jaws, sometimes you find that with an older version of Jaws or a demo of a late version you can dig yourself out of the occasional whole nicely. Make the most of your demo to see what you think.
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Hello Chanelle, .The following are my opinions and mine only. Do you realize that for the yearly cost of $129.00 spent here at Serotek for Network access and all the benefits I don't believe you can get the upgrades only for the shark, JAWS? I have used both and for what you are doing I can't even understand considering anything other than SA..For the $299.00 special that is going-on now I believe that must be a one-time payment. That being said you will have the rights to install SA on 2 machines, a U3 Drive, create a PassKeyy, and access to your account using satogo..The States are afraid to purchase anything other than JAWS, I guess they feel that if they spend more of the taxpayers money it must be better.. Have a good day, . Joe Original message:Dear Serotek list members, I have installed System Access 3 on my computer and am using the service as a trial right now. I tried using System Access last summer on a Windows Vista machine and either it kept freezing or the computer froze. Version 3 has greatly improved. I have been a Jaws user. Before upgrading from Jaws 7 to Jaws 10 and spending or having Services for the Blind spend an exorbitant amount of money, I would like to decide whether or not System Access would be a good screen reader for me. What has been the experience of those of you who have formerly used Jaws and now use System Access? In the most ideal world, it would be nice to have both screen readers. It seems that making a one time investment would be better than continually having to purchase upgrades. System Access performs well in Microsoft Word. Is there any way to get System Access to announce page breaks? I volunteer as a proofreader for Bookshare and do some of my proofreading in Microsoft Word. I set punctuation to all under text to speech settings in the preferences menu, but System Access is not speaking punctuation. For future releases, it would be great if there was something like the Jaws configuration manager to adjust settings specifically for each application. Alt up arrow, the keystroke for reading the next sentence in Microsoft Word, seems conterintuitive since the command is alt down arrow elsewhere. Is there a command to read the previous sentence in Word? So far, System Access seems to work better in Firefox than Jaws 7.1 does. Have any of you had difficulty using Firefox with System Access? I use Firefox for its greater security features, but maybe Internet Explorer 8 will be comparable. I have noticed that the command to say current character, control plus modifier plus num pad 5 does not work in Firefox. That command is not at all essential; it was just something I noticed while getting acclamated to the System Access reading commands. The System Access Mobile network is great! I haven't explored all of its features yet. I especially enjoy the ability to download descriptive videos onto my Victor Reader Stream. Apparently, there is some way to download rss feeds on the VRS but I haven't figured that out yet. On the weather information page, is there any way to get System Access to speak the current temperature in Fahrenheit rather than in Celsius? Finally, my last question pertains to the new Serotek offer. Does the $299 for a licensed version of System Access need to be paid all at once or is there a monthly payment plan option? Is the System Access mobile network included in the $299? Maybe I need to direct these questions to sales. I apologize for my long email and many questions. Any answers or feedback you have to give would be greatly appreciated.Chanelle--Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.The Talk Serotek mailing list Post to the list by sending a message to: talk-serotek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to unsubscribe from the talk-serotek email list send a message to: talk-serotek-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Talk-Serotek Archives ar at: //www.freelists.org/archives/talk-serotek/ Visit Serotek: www.serotek.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.59/2064 - Release Date: 04/17/09 07:08:00
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