[nabs-l] NVDA Questions

[Griego-Dreicer, Zachary n]

I have both and to me they seem similar

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On Nov 8, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I apologize if these are dumb questions to ask, but I know nothing at
> all about NVDA and I am wondering what your experiences have been with
> it, how it compares to JAWS in terms of compatibility with basic
> Microsoft applications and what the learning curve is like to
> transition from JAWS to NVDA. I have been a consistent JAWS user for
> the past twenty years and I have generally been happy with JAWS, but
> recently I have been feeling kind of disappointed with the Web browser
> support in Windows 7 and I am also getting tired of paying for JAWS
> upgrades, so I am considering switching to NVDA. I need a screen
> reader that works smoothly with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Web
> browsers but not much else (though SAS support would be nice too).
> What are your suggestions? And if I already know JAWS commands, is it
> a big switch to go to NVDA?
> Thanks,
> Arielle
> 
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