David,
Sometimes it's difficult to frame a question so that it doesn't sound
snotty. But trust me, I'm really just asking...
You said:
When the make their os seriously and robustly accessible such as what
Apple has done, I'll take them seriously.
What do you mean by the above comment? Voiceover is way better than
Narrator -- you've got to give Apple credit for that. But in large part, the
blame for that probably goes to the NFB. I suppose Microsoft could have
ignored the NFB's request that they *not* include a real screen reader in
Windows but that would have been extraordinary.
Other than that, I think Microsoft has really done an outstanding job of
making Windows accessible. Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and the
Office suite of programs are some of the best programs on the market in
terms of working with screen readers. And I haven't found anything in
Windows itself that doesn't work with JAWS. Everything in the control panel
works great. At one time, there seems to have been a problem with the Users
widget but that seems to be fixed. I can administer a Windows system about
as well as anybody.
Again, trust me, I'm just looking for info but it seems to me that the best
solution is still Windows and JAWS. It's *way* more expensive but it is
better. Don't get me wrong, I think Voiceover is excellent and given that
it's included, it's fantastic. I'm trying to switch from Windows/Jaws to a
Mac/Voiceover system. I'm just not sure that's practicle at this point.
