In my view, most of the public sectors like banks, railway divisions and other governmental sectors are still running on the old technology such as windows xp and windows 8. How can you expect the narrator to be supporting their products?
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM Mujtaba Merchant <[email protected]> wrote: > I am going to share bits of this mail with the Microsoft Enterprise > Disability Team, since I have access to them thanks to my employer. Request > other members to also approach them with some feedback on Narrator. To put > some salt, apple products are accessible out of the box and do not need 3 > rd party assistive technologies to use them. > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Ashutosh Singhal > *Sent:* 20 March 2025 08:49 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* [AI] Microsoft Narrator bad condition and JAWS monopoly > > > > I would like to know outside India conditions regarding Screen Readers > permission specially in Banks and Companies. > > As we all know, Microsoft’s screen reader, Narrator, lacks many essential > features. For example, it does not support automatic language switching on > non-Microsoft platforms. If English India and Hindi (or any other Indian > language) appear together, Microsoft Narrator cannot read the text > properly—for instance, on YouTube. Additionally, it does not have a Screen > Curtain or Dim Screen feature, which is a fundamental privacy function for > screen reader users. Despite being a major company with abundant resources, > Microsoft has not prioritized these improvements. > As a result, JAWS (Job Access with Speech) holds a monopoly in the Indian > professional sector. In India, Companies, banks, and competitive exam > bodies do not permit NVDA due to its open-source nature. Since Microsoft’s > Narrator lacks important features, users often have no choice but to rely > on JAWS, which is sold at a high price. If Microsoft Narrator were > improved, employees with visual impairments in companies and banks would > not need to wait as long to obtain JAWS—a process that can take six months > to a year in some cases. Employees could simply use Narrator on their > professional computers. Likewise, competitive exam bodies could provide > laptops with Windows pre-installed, allowing students with visual > impairments to use Narrator during exams. > I urge Microsoft to focus on enhancing Narrator’s features. This would > empower individuals with visual impairments in professional and educational > settings and reduce their dependence on JAWS. Kindly repost, like and share > your thoughts on this Twitter/X Post: Ashutosh Singhal (@Sugamyata) posted > at 2:10 pm on Wed, Mar 19, 2025: > > @Microsoft @MSFTEnable Please improve #Narrator as its limited features > make @FreedomSci's JAWS a costly monopoly. In India, Many organisations > delay purchases, blocking blind employees. 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