I am very familiar with NVDA. I have used it as well as Serotek's SATOGO also. But since I expect my windows use to be very light, I will be chosing a much cheaper or even free option once my license for jaws runs out. Let me know about how virtualbox works out. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:30 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro
One word: NVDA. Go to http://www.nvda-project.org to find out more and download this program, but it's basically a free screen reader that is updated regularly, has no licensing or driver problems, and... well, it's free! After all, do you really need to pay hundreds for a screen reader on an OS you use seldom enough that you can run it virtually? Maybe you do, I'm not trying to start anything, but it seems like a valid question. If you can get by with a free screen reader for the times you do need Windows, you could save a lot of money, time, and aggravation by not dealing with jfw, which is not even supported on virtual machines. To be fair I have not yet tried nvda on a vm, but I have not heard of anyone having problems with it on the development or support email lists. Now, off to research virtualbox so I can have a leg to stand on regarding nvda on a vm... On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:38 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: Ok, thanks Paul. I appreciate the input, especially the information about losing keys on jaws. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Hunt To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:33 PM Subject: RE: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Alex. I’m using Windows 7 in VM Fusion. Yes, In many instances it can take a minute or two to recognize pages. On the other hand, my wife has Windows XP running in Bootcamp and pages are recognized in a matter of seconds. There are a couple of other things you should know. Focus Braille Drivers do not load in the Virtual Machine and Freedom Scientific is not willing to help resolve the issue because they don’t support running JAWS or any of their applications in Virtual machines. Finally, any time you change the configuration of your Virtual Machine you lose an activation. Freedom Scientific is not willing to issue additional keys very often. On the plus side, You can install Windows without sighted assistance. You can also add printers and read and write documents stored on the Mac side. In addition, because your virtual machine is just an image, it’s easy to restore it from a backup. So you can see that thare are tradeoffs. After considering all of them, I’m willing to switch over to Bootcamp for the increased performance. I’ll use Drop Box whenever I need to move folders from the Mac side to the Windows side. HTH From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Damashe Thomas Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello, Thanks for the notice Alex, I will take a look at virtualbox also. Paul, is performance terrible with openbook? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Hunt To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:15 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works fine but peformance is much better with bootcamp especially with Open Book. On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello List, My name is Damashe Thomas and I am fairly new to the macvisionaries group. I live in the great state of Georgia. I have been a very happy iOS user for the past four years and am preparing to make the move to the mac. I have two quick questions to get started. Does anyone have experience with the latest version of parallels and can speak about the accessibility of that app. Is it a possible option or should I just go with VMWare fusion? I like the ability to run windows in a virtual machine when I have to use it, but has anyone run in to any issues using applications like kurzweil or openbook in a virtual windows environment? Thanks Damashe Skype: damashe.thomas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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