This is interesting and I'm grateful for all comment. Judging by this, and unless we hear anything to the contrary, I'd better get used to using NVDA and possibly Jaws 14 as well. We're hoping to get me a license for use at work, so I'd be able to bring it home with me as well.
Thanks for this. ------------------------------ This Message Was Written Using One Hundred Percent Recycled Electrons; On Gordon's iPhone 4S: +44-7907823971 ------------------------------ On 20 Jan 2013, at 19:13, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: Okay the following is only my opinion and I'd like to make it quite clear that I'm still using Windows 7 for the moment. What justifies the upgrade to Window-Eyes 8? Well supposedly a better browser interface and I'm the one who says "Supposedly" as I think GW Micro have gone backwards here. The whole idea of the new interface is that its supposed to be quicker and - using the tab key - you're supposed to be able to tab to edit boxes, form controls etc and Window-Eyes is supposed to turn Browse mode off. Well - in my experience, - the actions as described with the tab key certainly do work however you have no idea sometimes of whether Window-Eyes is or isn't in browse mode when a web page loads and this is annoying. Further to this, Window-eyes still has problems when it comes to recognising or reporting links on a page so I'm often finding myself using NVDA to navigate web pages, the interface for browsers using NVDA gives me more accurate information about the page then Window-Eyes 8 does. I really wish GW Micro would stay "Stuff The Old Browse Mode" and rewrite the thing because JAWS and NVDA "P" all over it. On 21/01/2013, at 6:06 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > It seems that Humanware is no longer a dealer of GW Micro's products. But I > would be interested in opinion regarding Window-Eyes version 8. This is one > of the things which I am considering carefully before updating to Windows 8. > We do have an upgrade license, bought at the time that Microsoft brought > their offer in which is designed to try and compete, if only for a short tie, > with Apple's operating system prices. Be that as it may, we haven't updated > yet and I'm trying to make up my mind which screen-reader to go with once I > do take the plunge and update. What's new in Window-Eyes 8 that justifies > the $195.00 which I believe they are now charging for their upgrade. That > price is making me wonder whether there's much point going with the GW Micro > solutions any longer. I'm wondering whether it would be better to go with > NVDA or something like that. Is there much that NVDA won't do that you > absolutely need? Contrarily, is there much that Window-Eyes 8 will do that NV DA > and the others won't? These are all questions which I'm pondering and I > would very much appreciate opinions from users with no axe to grind either > way. > > Gordon > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, > before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. 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