Hello, My name is Johna Gravitt and i am currently employed as an accessibility consultant. What I do is test web pages to make sure they meat the W3c standards. I use NVDA in my testing efforts and it's very comperable to Jaws which i also use. if you'd like more information please feel free to email me. Johna
On 12/30/15, Maria Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > I use NVDA as a backup for when JAWS crashes. > For my purpose, it works fine, except for the inability to use place > markers on web pages. > One advantage I have is the use of Eloquence with NVDA, because it uses > the unlocked version that comes with Kurzweil. Otherwise, the NVDA > voice is not too pleasant to my ears. > > > On 12/30/2015 11:34 AM, Brian Vogel wrote: >> Anyone who's been around here for more than the last few days and has >> been reading my posts already knows I'm a sighted tutor who teaches >> JAWS, among other assistive technology. I'm just throwing that out >> there for our newest members. >> >> As anyone who uses JAWS knows, it's a very expensive piece of software >> and since Freedom Scientific does not offer any discount or free license >> to people doing what I do (that I know of) there's no way I can justify >> the expense. >> >> I know that I can pick up a copy of NVDA, the open-source screen reader, >> from nvaccess.org <http://www.nvaccess.org/> for free. I already have >> fully functional (but without the high-end voice options) version of >> WindowEyes as well. >> >> What I'm wondering is how similar either one of these might be to JAWS? >> A friend of mine is a WindowEyes user who can and does occasionally >> use an older version of JAWS and she glides pretty effortlessly between >> them and has said that a number of the commands used are the same. >> >> There are those times when it would be handy to do some hands-on work by >> myself in preparation for certain "relatively hairy" systems when I'm >> going to be teaching someone to use those with JAWS, but since I can't >> get a copy that remains active for just that purpose I was wondering if >> either of these other two screen readers might be "parallel enough" to >> be of some use in getting a feel for how JAWS will work with a given >> website, etc. >> >> Brian >> >> > > -- > > Sunny Day > Maria Campbell > [email protected] > > Be patient with God: Be patient with yourself: Be patient with others. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#36947): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/36947 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/308336?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
