[nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office

[Syed M. Rizvi]

Hi there, I'm new to the list but I think i can help. You can get all of your software for free, over jaws I prefer a reading software called NVDA which is completely free and I think it's better than jaws, personally I'm not a huge fan of open office, so there are other free wordprocessing software's out there, jart and libre office are great alternatives. So now you can get free screen reading software and a free wordprocessor. The only thing is that i'm not sure how well they work with Windows 8. I would highly highly highly recommend Windows 7 or Windows 8. And the more RAM the better, don't worry too much about internal hard drive space.

Hope this helped

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> On May 25, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Graham Mehl via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi NFB CS list members,
> 
> Does anyone on this list have any experience with using JAWS and Open
> Office? Both my wife and father are sighted. My father swares Open office is
> the best thing since sliced cheese. My wife has tried to use it, and most
> things workes well. However, there are issues she has experience with it,
> like formatting. I am looking into buying a new computer. I believe I have a
> nice one picked out - Intel 7 processor with 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB hard drive
> and comes with Windows 8. I have JAWS 16.  On my new computer I am trying to
> decide if I should pay for the Microsoft suite (including Outlook), which I
> have used most of my life. Unfortunately, I am under an extremely tight
> budget. To help me make my decision, it would be nice to know how well JAWS
> works with Open Office? 
> 
> Thanks for your feedback in advance.
> 
> -- graham 
> 
> blind at trailstone.com 
> 
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