[nfbcs] NVDA product question

[Nicole Torcolini]

I use NVDA mainly when JAWS is not behaving . I have not updated to the
latest version, but, if I remember correctly, the version that I am
currently using does not support the Focus Braille display from FS or the
BrailleNote, which is part of the reason that I do not use NVDA more as
having a Braille display is essential for what I do. As others have already
said, NVDA does seem to be more tolerant of programs that were not made
quite right. It does not work that well with Internet Explorer, and,
regardless of the browser, it has trouble with some of the ARIA attributes,
such as aria-hidden and aria-live. Oh...and one of the biggest ones for
me...it does not come with Eloquence. I am quite annoyed at the companies
who are holding the last legal versions of Eloquence hostage in such a way
that they cannot be used with screen readers such as NVDA, but that is
another topic.

Nicole

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jorge Paez via
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Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 2:09 PM
To: Nancy Coffman; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] NVDA product question

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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