David makes a good point and that is that NVDA is often more accessible
with software than is JAWS or - believe it or not - Dindow-Eyes and
these things are incredibly surprising, what if I told you that
Window-Eyes and the latest version of Thunderbird email client didn't
get along? Well fact is they don't, from all accounts JAWS seems to work
okay with TB and certainly NVDA does and always has done - how else
could I write this message <smile>.
On 3/09/2011 9:27 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
Hello David
There is one name you've missed out here and to be honest, it would probably be
the one I use alongside NVDA for the purposes of this experiment. That being
Window-Eyes from GW Micro. Gordon has a licensed copy of WE 7.5.1 although he's
distinctly unimpressed by what it has to offer as opposed to the previous
version. Jaws is what I presume you mean by JFW and it is a reader which I have
never even seen. As a visually abled person I only see what is available to me
in the accessibility field but I think the route I will go here is to install
the latest version of NVDA alongside the latest version of Window-Eyes. That
should suffice for the project I am undertaking.
there is actually a practical reason why I'm doing this; a friend of ours who
works for Teesside University is engaged is a lecturer in computer science at
the university and he was looking for somebody in my situation who would be
willing to volunteer to help him compile a module on accessibility for use in
the upcoming academic year by his students so I volunteered. He contacted
Gordon and I because he's a friend of ours as I said and he didn't know anybody
else who he could ask. We think it's good that he's interested in adding a
module based around accessibility into his lectures and Gordon and I will be
going over there to give a practical demonstration and a talk to one of his
students' groups. I want to be as informed as possible, and that is the prime
reason I'm taking this on.
Of course there will be a discussion of Voiceover and Zoom on both Mac OS X
and iOS as well. I want the sessions we do over there to be as broad-ranging as
possible.
Lynne
On 3 Sep 2011, at 11:29, David Griffith wrote:
I would include the free NVDA screenreader as part of your study. I have se up
Windows 7 under VM Fusion in order to retain access to my must have utilities
whilst I make the transition to the Mac. Although NVDA is free it sometimes
outperforms the Jaws 11 screenreader I am using. Some programs which are
inaccessible with Jaws are perfectly accessible with NVDA. The reverse is true
so it is generally a good idea to have at least a free 40 minute demo version
of jaws alongside NVDA if you want to go the free route. The other advantage of
NVDA is that it can be run portably on any Windows system without having to
install special drivers.
Similar points have also been made about the free SA to Go screen reader which
runs from a web connection. I have not found it necessary to use this as NVDA
meets all my portable needs.
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