[nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office

[Jude DaShiell]

With nvda, no such problem and no hassling with piracy protection either. 
via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 17:47:46
> From: Aaron Cannon via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com>,
>     Graham Mehl <blind at trailstone.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office
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> In my experience, NVDA works much better with OO than Jaws does.
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>> On May 25, 2015, at 16:41, 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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