Re: Window eyes verses JAWS

Oh yes Jeff and all,
I also found that Window Eyes seems superior with regard to creating
PowerPoint presentations. You have access to so much more info as far as
placement of titles, slide headers, reordering slides, or just moving
one slide to another position in the order, (inserting, editing cells,
row and column headers, etc. One reason why Window Eyes may be providing
better access to many of these apps is that the WE works from a DOM
(document object model), which means that the screen-reader is
interacting with what is current on your monitor screen. This is the new
approach since Microsoft dropped the MSAA Microsoft Active
Accessibility, a few years ago. So, if anyone is so inclined, it might
be worth a look. They offer a $39 a month payment plan interest free and
with 2 SMAs included.
I definitely have to add my own speech engine though because I
absolutely cannot stand the deck talk soft synthe. I remember how much
most of us love the voice years ago, before JAWS  starting using the
Eloquence voice. I have really gotten use to the responsiveness of
eloquence synthe voice now. 

Any ways, as I stated earlier, I am in the process of switching. I feel
the FS JAWS has gotten a little to aggressive with their update scheme
regarding pricing, and as a result more and more of their customers
aren't able or willing to keep paying the steep prices for upgrade after
upgrade. 


Terri Hedgpeth
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-----Original Message-----
From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 1:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Window eyes verses JAWS

Well, I started out with Window Eyes when I got Windows in 1996, and it
was 3.1 for Windows and I couldn't get Window Eyes to budge after it was
installed in my machine for school. I eventually switched to JAWS,
first
at school and then at home with 3.2 and have been with JAWS since 1999.
However, I've been hearing some good things about Window Eyes and the
sign
on with Microsoft was one thing that made me think they'd b be taking
off
soon.





On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Albert Ruel wrote:

>
>
>
> Hi all.  I've always been a JAWS user, however I think that had I
tried
> Window Eyes first I likely would have stayed with it.  After all, my
father
> was a Chevy man, so that's where I went as well.  There-in lays my
opinion
> on the matter.  Both are good and most of us argue the merits of the
one we
> like as fervently as do Chrysler and Ford lovers.
>
> Thx, Albert
>
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> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Sweeney
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Window eyes verses JAWS
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
> Yes, Window Eyes does a great job both with remote access and Citrix.
I do
> not know how I would function with out remote access.  I use it every
day
> remoting in to either my computer or one of the servers.
>
> Take care.
> Steve Sweeney, N4OFL, EC
>   and
>
>
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorene Cornwell
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:42 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Window eyes verses JAWS
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/9/2007 5:35:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> What branches of government and what agencies?  I had thought about
> getting Window Eyes a few years ago had I gotten in with a hospital
that
> heavily u uses Citrix and remote access.
>
>
> I have not information about WIndow Eyes and Citrix, but if Window
Eyes
> works better with Citrix that would indeed be a good reason to try it.
>
> The person I talked to works somewhere in the Dept of Defense. I did
not
> probe where exactly his customer works because at a certain point for
a
> number of reasons I decided I did not necessarily need to know.
>
> Best
>
> Dorene Cornwell
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