[stylist] Writing Software

Thu Jun 16 17:00:53 UTC 2016

Bernadetta,

Thanks for clarifying.

What do you mean JAWS is clunky?

What are the benefits for each screenreader? Which works best for what
situation?

I've only ever used JAWS, so have no experience of the others. Every
screenreading person I know says JAWS is the best, but I think they also
have little experience with other screenreaders and are pushing JAWS because
it's the official screenreader of the NFB. I've always wanted to know more
about each though.

Hope you feel better.

Bridgit

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Bridgit and all,

Let me reiterate my message regarding Scrivener just to give you all a bit
more insight into where I'm coming from. (When I wrote my message last
night, I was falling asleep at my keyboard and fighting off a nasty cold, so
things were a bit foggy).

Anyway, I use Scrivener for very large files. I find it useful because I
never got into the habit of separating my work scene by scene or chapter by
chapter; it's just not something I thought to do, and I always ended up with
huge, tedious-to-manage files as a result. 
Scrivener helps me with organization, and it allows me to have my notes
easily on-hand whenever I open my master draft. It's really a matter of
preference--there's no right or wrong way to manage our writing. I actually
like some of the ideas you've put forth, Bridgit, and I might be tempted to
test them out for myself back in Word.

System Access is a screen reader that performs very much like jaws. It can
be operated with almost all of the same keystrokes, and it is a less clunky
screen reader compared to Jaws. However, I have to say that my laptop has
three screen readers onboard: System Access, NVDA and Jaws. I work primarily
as a freelancer and I take on a wide variety of projects, some of which are
more compatible with one screen reader over the other two. Simply put, I
like to have each of these tools at my disposal. Each of them has something
to offer me at any given time. 
Word still works best for me when writing shorter documents such as
articles, blog posts, press releases, etc. Scrivener is preferable for
screenwriting and putting together literary works, etc.

Sorry if this message is a little all over the place; I'm still getting over
this virus--whatever it is. (smile)

Best,

Bernadetta P

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