[nabs-l] nvda and system access outperforming jaws for collegeclass

[J.J. Meddaugh]

Would also be interested in an inclusion of Window-Eyes in this comparison.

J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] nvda and system access outperforming jaws for 
collegeclass


> Could you give us a more detailed review of what sA and NVDA can do that 
> JFW can't?
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
>
>
> Original message:
>> Hi
>
>> I'm taking an online class, free one week seminar online to see how the 
>> screen readers perform with blackboard and the online classroom.
>> my ratings:
>> system access 100%
>> nvda 95%
>> jaws maybe 10%
>> ok lets do scale from one to ten. 10 is best 1 is worst.
>> system access: 10
>> NVDA, 10
>> jaws, 3
>
>> its kind of amazing that two free and very very low cost screen readers 
>> are outperforming jaws11, bigtime! I just might run the latest 
>> knopix-adriane distribution in a vm to see how that works with the online 
>> classroom. but any Linux distribution with the orca screen reader should 
>> yield similar results I just like knoppix because its easy to use and you 
>> don't have to be a linux expert unless you want to be in which case it 
>> lets you do that also when you are ready.
>
>
>> Josh Kennedy jkenn337 at gmail.com
>> my blog is at http://jkenn337.klangoblog.net (updated frequently). Tired 
>> of Microsoft Windows and paying thousands for screen-readers? try out 
>> NVDA, get a mac--, nvda--for Windows, or try out and switch to grml, 
>> Ubuntu, Vinux, or knoppix-adriane Linux desktops. Knoppix ubuntu and 
>> vinux-cli-max are the most accessible for beginners. also try vinux-gui 
>> and encourage those at www.cherrypal.com to use windows-xp and nvda 
>> knoppix-adriane Vinux-cli-max or grml so all blind people can have an 
>> accessible computer.
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