Hey, Glad to see this thread. If Microsoft were serious about Narrator, the NVDA project would not have been born in the first place.
I have been working in the private sector in India for the last 7 years as an AI engineer. I have worked with two multinational corporations and an early stage start-up. All of them have allowed me to use NVDA as my screen reader. I had to raise a request to undergo a software audit for NVDA because it is an open source software. In my current company I am only using NVDA. I have not even requested for JAWS. They are happy with that because of avoiding such a huge sum on a very specialized software license. Also NVDA has saved me in the start-up because they cannot afford JAWS. I consciously avoid buying a JAWS license because I do not want to give the impression that employing a visually impaired candidate is very expensive. So that I can easily emphasise on disability hiring without making it a financial burden. This is my personal opinion. I know JAWS might have lots of features. But NVDA served me very well. Thanks for bringing this to the group. On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM Yamuna Jivana Dasa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pranav, > > This is certainly not unique to India. In South Africa I worked for FNB > (First National Bank) and they too refused for many years to provide Jaws > on my workstation. Even when they did (after much haggling from my end), > there was no hope for an upgrade since Jaws 2017 which they finally > provided to me in the year 2018. > > We’re talking about a National Bank here. So that’s perhaps true in many > countries, despite legislation existing protecting people with disabilities > in the workplace. The legal framework is one thing and practical > implementation and enforcement is far from applied. > > > > Have a good day Folks. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Pranav Lal > *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2025 5:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [AI] Microsoft Narrator bad condition and JAWS monopoly > > > > Hi, > > > > I work in India but at a foreign bank. Over here, both jaws and nvda are > used. > > > > However, these programs are packaged using Microsoft intune for > installation and are running a few versions behind. This is the case with > many large enterprises. > > > > It is ironic that companies are uncomfortable with open source programs. A > large chunk of the server stack is open source. In addition, it is easier > to audit the source code for flaws. > > > > > > Pranav > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. 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