Hi. My name is Tammi, and I've used both JAWS and Window-Eyes at work. If you have no experience, both screen readers will take some practice, but both have decent help systems and tutorials. If you like to play around a lot with your speech settings, they're a bit easier to find in Window-Eyes, since they're in a fairly straight-forward menu system. Window-Eyes is a bit less expensive and works great on the Internet, in E-mail, and in word processing, as well as for many other functions. At times, I've found spreadsheets slightly more usable with JAWS. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the Mac for either as of yet and am not sure if either will run on one. I'm a PC user about to upgrade. I checked out a Mac at the store and joined this list as part of my decision-making process. All the best.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bejarano, Rafael P. Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:46 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: RE: Question for those of you who also use Windows Is Window Eyes a relatively easy screen reader to learn? Rafael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of william lomas Sent: Thu 2/28/2008 3:15 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: Question for those of you who also use Windows hi I use window eyes as jaws i believe, has keyboard issuesunder windows window eyes works very snappily under windows. i assign 1 gig of ram to windows given that i am running it under fusion i.e. virtualization, however, if you run it under bootcamp you obviosuly are not running 2 operating systems side-by-side window eyes runs fine wiht office 2007 if this is what you require iwndows messenger, outlook etcetera HTH will On 28 Feb 2008, at 20:22, Rafael Bejarano wrote: > Hello, > > I'm considering installing Windows on my Mac, as there are certain > applications that I need for work and that are not compatible with > VO. So, those of you who also use Windows, I wonder if you can tell > me about the screen reader that you use with the Windows OS. > Specifically, I would appreciate input about the characteristics of > your Windows screen reader that you like, as well as about those > that you dislike, such as how difficult it is to learn, cost, > compatability with the major Windows applications, etc. > > Thanks. > Rafael Bejarano > This message and any attachments are intended for the sole use of the individual to whom it is addressed. The information contained herein is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise prohibited by law from disclosure. If you have received this email in error, please destroy the message immediately and notify the sender by email.
