[off-topic] Re: NVDA
- From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:27:55 -0400
IPersonally think, that for Windows anyway, NVDA is a lot better than jaws
because jaws is sure as hell expensive, and NVDA in my opinion offers a lot of
the same functionality. It really gets me why a lot of colleges pretty much
recommend jaws over everything, it's a lot more expensive and why the hell
would you buy a screen reader when there are perfectly functioning screen
readers that are free and readily available, such as NVDA or voice over? Think
I already know the answer, these companies are subsidized by the colleges, or
the other way around.
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> On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Norman King <norbking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I use nvda as my secondary screen reader for my work pcs because it is simply
> the best screen reader out there.
> I also just got a new pc for personal use and don't have plans to put a paid
> screen reader on it.
> Nvda will be the screen reader of choice on that pc.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: off-topic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:off-topic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 5:00 PM
> To: off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [off-topic] Re: NVDA
>
> I use NVDA as my secondary screen reader, partly since it uses quite a few of
> the same keystrokes as my primary screen reader, jaws 14, but, also since it
> has much better multi-language support/usage built in, and, yes, I think it
> had better windows8 support than the expensive screen readers did initially,
> but, since it's free, it doesn't hurt to try it at all...<smile>
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane clark" <hshaneclark@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 10:10 PM
> Subject: [off-topic] NVDA
>
>
> Hello all,
> So I've been doing some research on NVDA, and I must say that it seems very
> interesting. My wife and I just bought a Toshiba Laptop two days ago,
> running Windows 8. And from what I've heard, unless you have Jaws 14 or
> higher, then Jaws won't work on W 8. I've thought about getting Jaws 15 when
> it comes out from Jaws 11, but I can imagine that would probably be pretty
> expensive, and since we are just coming off of paying for our wedding, that
> may be put on hold…
> However, after listening to a few podcasts on NVDA, and hearing about what
> all it can do, along with the fact that it is free and open sourced, I think
> I may give this a try. So I was wondering, do any of y'all use NVDA, and if
> so, what do you think of it? I heard that this particular program can be
> used with Windows 8, so of course that's always a plus… I joined the
> freelist mailing list for NVDA, but I no that there are some other mailing
> list… So I was curious to know which ones would you guys recommend me
> joining besides the one that I just subscribed to?
> Thanks, Shane.
>
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