indeed? if this is a fully functional edition with all other programs,
does not that mean the speech choices you would get with window eyes in
general? Why are they only offering one synthesizer I wonder?
Kare
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Alex Hall wrote:
I haven't followed this thread very closely, so I'm sorry if this has come up.
You seem to be forgetting about NVDA, a free screen reader that has very good
Office support and can also be scripted. A common complaint about NVDA is that
people don't like Espeak, the synthesizer it comes with, but a blog post I read
said that Window-Eyes will also come with Espeak in this deal. So, the idea
that this Window-Eyes offer opens more doors seems odd, since NVDA is already
available, no matter which version of office you have, or if you don't have
Office at all. Some comments I've heard even suggest that Window-Eyes does not
offer very good Office support compared to other screen readers.
On Jan 17, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman <bubbygirl1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi.
Just had another thought. This might be a good thing for those of us looking
for volunteer work. If we can use window eyes as long as they have office 2010
or later on their system. How well does window eyes and office work together I
wonder?
Warm regards and blessings
Maria, Joe and FurBabies
Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
On 15 Jan 2014, at 6:21 am, Bill Holton <bill32...@gmail.com> wrote:
Jan-14-2014
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