I would consider window eyes, or better yet, system access, these are great products, certainly better than jaws in my opinion. I would try system access first, it's much cheaper than the others and may meet your needs. On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> I realize the question might sound strange and even off-topic, but I really > want to hear this advice from fellow Mac and VO Users. When I last used > Windows I was able to get by with a screen magnifier and didn't use a screen > reader. By the time I needed to start using a screen reader I had already > moved to the Mac full time so VO was the natural choice. Now I'm being > required to start using Windows again, along with Office 2007 and Internet > Explorer 8 and I'm not sure which Windows screen reader I should invest my > time and money to learn, or if one of them is more like VO than the others. I > will be running either XP or Windows 7 under Fusion. > > Please send your replies directly to me off-list as this probably isn't a > thread that needs to grow here. I would be grateful for your thoughts on the > following questions: > 1. I've heard of Jaws, Window-Eyes, System Access, and NVDA. Any others I > should consider? > 2. Is there a Windows screen reader that works like VO? > 3. Is there one Windows screen reader that is easier to learn than the others? > 4. I was intimately familiar with XP but don't know Windows 7 at all. Are > they similar enough that I should get Windows 7, or should I try to get XP so > that I don't have to learn a new operating system along with the new screen > reader? > 5. I will probably only need to use Windows for the next 2 years and most of > my work will still be done on the Mac. Given this limited time frame, is one > of the Windows screen readers less expensive to own over that time period? > > TIA for any assistance, > Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
