[nfbcs] NVDA product question

[Jorge Paez]

I've used it a bit as well.
It has a bit of a learning curve if you're coming from JAWS--some
commands are the same, some aren't.
Not my screenreader of choice either, mostly because I think it lacks
a lot of features, such as the read all dialogue ctrl+b+insert, that
kinda thing, it lacks keyboard commands llike that.
But, the upside is it does behave differently with JAWS and ends up
supporting some apps JAWS doesn't.
Like, in onecase, one app I was working with from Fidelity Investments
was more supported with NVDA then it was with JAWS.
Now granted, the app still has inaccessible parts, but NVDDA behaved
better with it then JAWS did, so that might apply elsewhere too.
Oh, and one more upside, specially in terms of price, it supports Open
Office, which JAWS does not I believe.



On 10/12/14, Nancy Coffman via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have used NVDA a little bit. It is not my screen reader of choice, but it
> certainly beats something like Narrator. The main disadvantage for a jaws
> user is that it operates much differently than Jaws with different
> keystrokes. The numeric keypad does not do what it does in jaws. It wouldn't
> be terribly hard to figure out. It would just take a little time.
>
> Nancy Coffman
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 12, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Mike Jolls via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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