Re: Bad news about Microsoft Office

[Scott Howell]

You hit it on the head.
Narrater is nothing like VoiceOver and Microsoft did not plan for it  
to be anything more than what it is. I believe Microsoft to avoid  
having the screen reader companies scream and pitch a fit, Narrater  
was something to get you buy if necessary, but no serious effort has  
gone into its development. I'd almost bet this was an arrangement  
between Microsoft and the various screen reader companies. If  
Microsoft wanted to develop Narrater into a true screen reader, they  
would have just bought up a company and done it. Of course lets also  
keep in mind that Narrater is not a part of the os in the same manner  
as is VoiceOver and so to even compare them in any way beyond a means  
to get verbal feedback from the screen is pointless.