[off-topic] Re: NVDA
- From: Shane clark <hshaneclark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 23:17:32 -0400
Narrater
, huh? You say it works pretty well? Tell me a little more about it if you
will. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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