[nabs-l] computer stuff

[Beth]

Thanks, Tyler.  I'm pretty sure the Dell didn't have a long 
enough laptop.  Which laptops have a longer warranty?
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:09:49 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] computer stuff

Jaws is not the only screen reader. There's NVDA, which is free. 
Also,
DVR gets Jaws a lot cheaper since they tend to buy bulk licenses 
of Jaws
for all their clients, so it's not that big of a deal. If the 
harddrive
fails, it fails, again, something that could happen on the mac. 
Just
make sure that whatever laptop you buy has a warranty on it for 
repair.
On 7/21/2012 6:05 PM, Beth wrote:
 Ok, right.  The balloons are probably accessible, but whuaft if 
the
 hard drive fails?  I guess I must've downloaded something 
without
 knwing it, but that's not something I can really put up with.  I 
also
 am really concerned because ... rumor has it that JAWS 14 is 
coming
 out, and people keep cracking JAWS for all the reasons that we 
can't
 afford it and such.  I would never want JAWs plus a PC for the 
simple
 fact that Rehab has to foot the bill for JAWS, and I'd be able 
to get
 a PC with my own money, but it has to have a screen reader on 
it.
 Third party apps?  They drive me nuts!
 Beth

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