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Hi Dianne and folks,<br>
<br>
Why Window Eyes? Why not consider NVDA (Non-Visual Desktop Access)?<br>
<br>
I've been teaching screenreaders, including JAWS and Window-Eyes,
for several years. Now, I mainly recommend and teach NVDA to my
clients who are blind, unless there is some unusual preference
requirement or they are used to a commercial setup. NVDA is free,
donationware, and portable (can run from a USB flash drive on any
Windows machine without administrator authorization, so good for a
campus [e.g. you don't even have to add it to the computers]).<br>
WebAIM recently conducted a <a
href="http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/">screenreader
survey</a> showing that, while JAWS is still popular, NVDA is used
more often than Window Eyes and growing the fastest in use as a
primary screenreader.<br>
<img src="cid:part1.00050102.00060907@yahoo.com" alt=""><br>
<img src="cid:part2.03020507.05040808@yahoo.com" alt=""><br>
<br>
I believe free is much more feasible!<br>
:)<br>
<br>
Chris Johnson,<br>
Assistive Technology Specialist,<br>
eABLE<br>
Loveland, CO<br>
<br>
On 4/13/11 8:58 AM, Dianne Moore wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am currently looking at adding Window
Eyes to our campus.
My proposal will add support to both Window Eyes and JAWS for
a 2-year period
after which the college will no longer upgrade JAWS in favor
of continued
support for Window Eyes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would you please share your experiences
with Window Eyes?
Also, I would appreciate all opinions about the above
proposal’s
feasibility.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Community College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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