[off-topic] Re: NVDA
- From: Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:34:04 -0600
I works better lets put it that way. It all depends on what you would like to
know.
On Oct 8, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Shane clark <hshaneclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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