Hi Bryan, I love WIndow-Eyes. I have used all three screen readers Hal, Jaws and Window-Eyes. THe last one Window-Eyes is the one I use now. I have to use a WIndows PC at work, and also at home for some of the tasks like scanning and reading with Kurzweil etc. I like WE because GW Micro has a payment plan, I am on it, and have about a year left. I don't think any Windows screen reader is like VO. But Window-Eyes comes pretty close. VO interacts in a way that I have never seen among any screen readers. I like Window-Eyes for the following reasons it works with most off the shelf products, and doesn't require the installation of scripts like Jaws. The other reason I like it is that the customer support is much better than Freedom Scientific. I hope this helps answer your question.
Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Aug 28, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > Jaws is more or less the standard in terms of you'll run in to that more than > others. > > Window-eyes is another great option. I haven't used it but many many people > think very highly of it. > > What I would do if I were you is take that Mac, set yourself up a virtual > machine and try the demo copies of all the options you listed. Read the > manual / ask questions and you should be able to bootstrap yourself. You may > need help creating the VM for Windows I had a help desk not sure your > situation although there is a podcast that details this process. > I like Jaws myself but I have heard Window-eyes can be more stable and > leaner on resources. Costs differ, JFW is probably the most expensive. > Window-eyes comes with an option where you can pay for the software in > installments which is a fantastic feature on a budget. > > Hope that helps. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Jones" <openses...@me.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:52 PM > Subject: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase > and learn > > > 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. > -- 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.
