[off-topic] Re: NVDA
- From: Shane clark <hshaneclark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 00:15:45 -0400
When you say it works better, you mean better than NVDA? In what ways does it
work better, and how are the voices?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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