Tony, I share some of your frustrations. I had to use JAWS more during the past year to do certain things on my job, and I was surprised at all of what I feel are bugs in JAWS. It always seemed to me that many JAWS users felt that Window-Eyes had a monopoly on bugs. On my job, both JAWS and Window-Eyes worked on some older software that I used while NVDA did not work with it. While I like my iPhone, I have found myself frustrated there with bugs as well. The pace of change in technology, particularly web site development, is really putting a squeeze on our access on all platforms in my opinion. I know of people who have switched to the MAC and would never switch back, but I also know of a few who have switched back. Also, some of your examples are partly due to inconsistent or poor web browser support. People I have talked to who work on accessibility have told me that if a web page is at all complicated, it needs to be tested with all combinations of screen readers and web browsers to know if the page will work. There is often even browser-specific code in web sites even without accessibility. It is very possible, for example, that Netflix is running different code when you access the very same page with a MAC as you access with a Windows browser. This makes it very hard to determine where problems exist.
I hope that your switch to Apple works well for you. Best regards, Steve Jacobson -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony C via Talk Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 3:46 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Windows screen readers Hello, Before I say anything, let me first say that I was a Jaws user for several years before switching to Window Eyes back in 2004, and I’ve been a faitful WE user ever since. Why is it that everytime someone can’t use a certain website or something like I tunes or Netflix the first thing is they need to fix their website. Why is it that II a person can go to Netflix on an IOS device and using Voice Over can use netflix with no problem. Now we are talking about a free built in screen reader as opposed to an $895 and $1195 third party screen readers? I can’t use Netflix on my PC because both Jaws and Window eyes people have told me it isn’t accessible. However I can go to Netflix using my I phone or my I Pad Mini and use netflix with the free screen reader? I mean I don’t get it, support at both Jaws and WE have said it isn’t accessible and they can’t make their screenreaders work with it, but IOS does??? _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson%40visi.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
