You may not feel that this is appropriate for this list and if
GW-Micro does not want me posting this information I certainly will stop
however I think people might find it interesting to read this article:
http://www.inclusiveplanet.com/en/channelpost/4663704
The part which is most interesting here I have pasted as follows:
As mentioned, JAWS and Window-eyes have come to over-use video hooks.
This makes
them nothing more than a nice dummy screen reader, as they can only read
basic and
very little information. In fact, JAWS, when restarted a second time, is
known to
cause a nice memory dump which lasts a total of 8 minutes and 13
seconds. During
this time, my computer's processor overheats, so I do not advise running
windows
8 and JAWS much. GWMicro has a better fait, as Window-eyes runs fine and
is very
responsive. It can provide much more detail about screens than could
JAWS, and overall
I would rank it as the 3rd best screen reader, NVDA and System Access
still being
the first 2.
Ok, back to my commentary. As noted the only things NVDA and System
Access have going for them here are their simplicity and their lack of
need for a mirror driver which Window Eyes presently uses. However
those of you concerned should take comfort in the fact that given
GW-Micro's current initiative to support the latest accessibility
standards Microsoft is introducing, I'm confident that in a year's time
the problem of mirror drivers will be overcome.
This article, while dated and rather byassed given its author, outlines
the problems with the current approach of using DCM or a Mirror driver
for those who don't understand how this works. It gives you an idea of
how the information is gathered on the screen behind the scenes.
http://www.serotek.com/mirror-driver-paper.html
Given that Window Eyes already supports these new standards, with some
changes I'm sure it will fit right in with the new windows despite what
Microsoft is doing to the interface.
Cory
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