[BlindTlk] changing screen readers...

[madisonolivialanemartin483 at gmail.com]

Hi all,
I know that this might be a better topic for the many tech email lists I'm on
but I'm wanting general thoughts not steps for how to do a particular thing with
a screen reader so I thought I'd ask here but if you think that I should post
this on the tech lists then feel free to tell me. Anyway I currently use JAWS as
my screen reader but I'm starting to not like the fact that you have to pay
every 2 years in order to continue to get updates and there's a free screen
reader that you can download that's apparently fairly similar to JAWS. So for
those of you who use a Windows computer which screen reader do you use and what
do you like/dislike about it? I know it couldn't hurt to just download the free
one and try it but I'm just having a hard time deciding what to do so thought
I'd ask though I know none of you can make the decision for me. I look forward
to reading whatever anyone has to say though I don't really want it to turn into
a fiery debate.
Madison