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Well it would appear that I’m going to be embarking on a crash course in learning the ins and outs of #NVDA in a big hurry. #JAWS is initiating some hocus pocus that I’m not the least bit happy with. They are going to start requiring all of us who use JAWS to create accounts and sign in. JAWS is not Microsoft 365. It’s a screenreader, not a suite of programs. What would be the purpose of requiring this? I’m just not comfortable with this, so it looks like I’m going to stop using the screenreader I’ve been using for 20 plus years. I’m told that #NVDA is as robust as JAWS, I most certainly hope so. I’m disappointed that there aren’t more options out there. For not the first time over the years, I’m finding myself missing good old WindowEyes. #A11Y
#a11y #nvda #jaws
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Mike Gorse

It might depend what you're doing, in terms of which screen reader is better, although familiarity is a factor, and learning how to use NVDA is a good idea. I'm glad now that I don't use or depend on JAWS. I don't use Windows primarily, but, when I do, I use NVDA, and I would rather give my money to the NVDA developers and support a screen reader that is freely available (it might be different if I had a need to use JAWS--I'm not a purist and have to live my life, but I feel like I have enough screen readers without it).

I'd have to search for it, but Chris Hofstader wrote a blog post a long time ago where he commented on the irony of Freedom Scientific salespeople trying to dissuade people from using NVDA by saying that it was "too guys in a garage" and could go away at any time, and then the VFO Group acquired GW Micro (if I remember my history correctly) and killed Window-Eyes. So much for proprietary software being reliable where OSS is supposedly not.

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Bruce Toews

The E.U. in particular is really becoming controling when it comes to Internet use. I suspect more countries will follow. They want to know the age of people using more andmore programs, from games to social networks, so I think you're going to soon see this in just about everything. I was originally opposed to Tweesecake's requiring an account to use their app, but I've since decided that it's the way of the future and I might as well roll with it. You're not looking for an argument, I know, but for anyone who is, don't bother. Ultimately I don't know any more than you do.
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Hi everyone! Firstly, for those new to NVDA, Welcome! And you might find this page on Switching from Jaws to NVDA useful: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/… - if you hit anything not covered there, please ask.

We also have our user guide and quick start guide here: download.nvaccess.org/document…

And if you'd like to go more in-depth, we have (paid) training material here: nvaccess.org/shop


SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA

NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - nvaccess/nvda
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Re account, no we don't have any intention of going in that direction. NVDA is completely offline at least in that regard (you need to be online to access the add-on store or use NVDA Remote, but for most features it doesn't need internet access) - any "online" content you read in your web browser etc with NVDA is the content that browser or other program has already downloaded to process and display.

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