[nabs-l] NVDA Questions

[Mauricio Almeida]

dear arielle,

Being an accessibility consultant, I would be glad to help you with your questions over e-mail off list, phone or Skype, with no cost, but here are a few things you should consider:
While nvda works greatly with microsoft word and excel, the way nvda reads web browsers is very much so different than the way jaws does.
a main difference is present in the way it reads tables. while jaws will read you coluns, nvda will read you line by line (Or the other way around, I will test and confirm it for you).
another key difference i have found, (and it will be up to you to determine how much it matters to you) is in the fact that jaws has a much more advanced cursor than nvda does. while nvda is getting much better, i still find jaws's approach in this regard is superior and commands to operate the cursor are easier to manage.
commands are similar, in the sense that you may also use, for instance, caps lock as an nvda modifier key, so you should be good to go in that sense for the most part.

Let me know if you have any additional questions or if you would like to discuss this further,
there are also window eyes and system access, both of which are much cheaper and debatably as good as jaws, and are worth exploring.

Mauricio
On Nov 8, 2012, at 9:27 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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