[nfbcs] NVDA product question

[Tracy Carcione]

I have NVDA on my Netbook.  I like it.  I like the voices it has.  The old 
interface was more similar to Jaws, but the new one works adequately, and 
would work better if I sat down and learned it well.  I put NVDA on the 
netbook because I was running short of Jaws licenses and thought I'd give it 
a try.
IMO, if all you need to do is email, internet, and word processing, NVDA is 
just fine.  I have found it works well with most websites I visit, using IE. 
I also like something it does in MS Word which Jaws doesn't do--if I read a 
page line by line, it points out misspelled words.  I do some proofreading 
for Bookshare, and NVDA makes it easy to find potential problems.
Tracy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jolls via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:00 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] NVDA product question


> So I was reading the NFB Monitor this morning and came across an article 
> about NVDA.  I didn't know much about it up to this point, but as I read 
> the article by the person who created the free screen reader, it really 
> intrigued me.  Up until this point I've sworn by JAWS ... but it is pricey 
> and in a few years I'll be wanting to retire ... and NOT have to pay the 
> price for upgrades all the time.  Having a free screen reader would be a 
> good thing.... providing it's a good product.  It sounds like it, but I 
> wanted to get some opinions.  I know some of you out there have spoken 
> about it so I'm hoping we have some users on this list.  Can anybody 
> comment on the product?  How does it stack up next to Jaws and does it 
> support Freedom Scientific's Braille displays?  In addition, I might be 
> interested in contacting the developer and get on board in helping out 
> people once I don't have the responsibilities of working for a living.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
>
>
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