[nfbcs] Speech on Demand Frustrations

[david hertweck]

I have been a jaws user for years and lately on 2 of my systems I have 
switched intirely to NVDA.  On my other 2 systems I have both and find it 
quite usefull.  If you are liking the features in jaws I would advise you to 
give nvda a try.  It will not cost you anything to try.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Leslie Fairall via nfbcs
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 4:42 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List ; For users of paperless braille 
displays ; Computer Use by and for the Blind
Cc: Leslie Fairall
Subject: [nfbcs] Speech on Demand Frustrations

Hello everyone:

The subject says it in a nutshell. I'm finding that I don't like this new
speech on demand feature in Jaws. The ability to totally turn speech
on/off has been severely hampered or removed completely. I now work in a
cubicle setting where I don't necessarily want my time or title bar
announced. I have made the unfortunate decision not to install Jaws 2018
on my office PC due to this new feature. I've also found that full speech
often comes back on when there is a major screen change.

The bottom line is that I want to be in control of my screen reader. I
found the ability to turn speech on/off essential, but it has been taken
away from me. I hope deaf-blind users are aware of this change since they
may not be able to hear their computer talk at all. If speech on demand is
such a valuable feature, I don't understand why it wouldn't have been
built in as a layered command. So, when you press insert-s, you would get
three choices instead of two. But what do I know, right?

What are others thoughts on this? Am I the only one not liking this new
feature?

-- 
Leslie Fairall
mailto:fairall at shellworld.net

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