[nfbcs] NVDA product question

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How well does nvda do on windows8?
I tried nvda some years ago and liked the structure and conceptualization of 
the interface much better than jaws, although a lot of the convent quick 
hotkeys were missing.
I should try it again now.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "Mike Jolls" <mrspock56 at hotmail.com>; "NFB in Computer Science Mailing 
List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] NVDA product question


I have NVDA on my Netbook.  I like it.  I like the voices it has.  The old
interface was more similar to Jaws, but the new one works adequately, and
would work better if I sat down and learned it well.  I put NVDA on the
netbook because I was running short of Jaws licenses and thought I'd give it
a try.
IMO, if all you need to do is email, internet, and word processing, NVDA is
just fine.  I have found it works well with most websites I visit, using IE.
I also like something it does in MS Word which Jaws doesn't do--if I read a
page line by line, it points out misspelled words.  I do some proofreading
for Bookshare, and NVDA makes it easy to find potential problems.
Tracy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jolls via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:00 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] NVDA product question


> 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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