[blindlaw] ZoomText versus JAWS

[Anita Keith-Foust]

Dear Susan:

If you have to use ZoomText, get to know the technical support person named
Lloyd. He is the best and he takes time with you. He is very patient and
helpful.

ZoomText only reads text, not pictures of text. This will be the first
problem that you will run into. 

If there is any way possible, get them to keep JAWS. I do not understand why
they would eliminate JAWS rather than just adding ZoomText. Make sure that
they get ZoomText with Speech.

I hope this helps.

Thank you.

Anita Keith-Foust
919-430-1978





-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kelly
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Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:18 PM
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Cc: Susan Kelly
Subject: [blindlaw] ZoomText versus JAWS

The IT department for our county appears to be considering replacing the
JAWS ply MAGic accessibility package I use, to replace it with ZoomText.  I
still have a small amount of useful vision, but this is a progressive
condition and within a few years (or sooner), I will be completely reliant
on screen narration.  I am trying to learn Braille in the interim, but as a
busy assistant public defender in the juvenile courts, time is not my
friend.

My understanding is that JAWS is the most full-featured narration for a
Windows / Word environment.  This change is primarily due to the fact that
the county does not want to permit me any variance from the standard (and
definitely not unique, but definitely incompatible with adaptive software)
network environment that is run here.  Will ZoomText provide me with the
same benefits as JAWS?  Also, how / where can I learn the necessary keyboard
commands, as I will almost certainly have to do this in my "free" time at
home?
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