[nabs-l] NVDA Questions

Fri Nov 9 16:32:59 UTC 2012

Hello,
I use both, the only reason why I use Jaws still is because I am constantly 
using Jaws scripts for products that NVDA would never support. I've also not 
the time to write dictionary's for NVDA like I have with Jaws. I also use 
the multiple language switching feature in Jaws constantly, so that is 
another thing NVDA doesn't have to my knowledge.
Admittedly I don't have
training on NVDA like I do with Jaws, but what I have found is that NVDA is 
awesome except for the above.
I do know people who swear  by system access though, but I've never used it.
My mom, a TVI is looking to switch over to NVDA for her students instead of 
Jaws because of the huge cost of maintaining Jaws for both the school and 
the student's family.
I say go with it! Just make sure you change that voice!
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
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From: Nimer M. Jaber, IC³
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NVDA Questions

Mauricio,

You are a consultant for access and you charge for services however
you do not know the differences between JAWS and NVDA. First, NVDA and
JAWS both read tables in the layout that you choose, depending on how
you have the web layout set in both of their options. Object
navigation will not read every single thing that the JAWS cursor does,
but this is imaterial as you aren't normally having to use the JAWS
cursor or the NVDA cursor in Microsoft apps. And Window-Eyes is
definitely not cheaper than JAWS, unless you're talking about JAWS
professional, and window-eyes web browser support lacks behind JAWS
and NVDA both, or at least did before version eight came out, although
it's a bit better now.

Ok, that's all I have to contribute. I would give NVDA a try, I would
ask lots of questions, I am one of the moderators on nvda's list on
freelists, and there is also a support list for NVDA that can be found
by accessing nvda-project.org and going to the community link I think.
I would try it out and if it works for you, great. If it doesn't, then
it doesn't.

On 11/9/12, Gerardo Corripio <gera1027 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Hi Ariel and Listers: Definitely a bit of a learning curve especially
> in the equivalent of Jaws cursor (In NvDA is called Object Navegation)
> but other than that, it's nearly the same as Jaws; Oh and also a
> learning curve in that when going to a form field, you have to do Enter
> to get in; other than that it's nearly the same; same basic commands
> using the Caps lock key plus down arrow to read all, Caps lock key (also
> called the NVDA key) plus up arrow reads current line.
> The NVDA keyboard help and manual found by going to NVDA+n to reach the
> NVDA menu, are very helpful and welll done! Good luck!
> El 08/11/2012 08:27 p.m., Arielle Silverman escribió:
>> 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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