@robini71 Their are gonna be lots no wait hoards of new NVDA users soon. I feel it.

@robini71 Their online shop only lists the software with an SMA, so I'd have to do some digging to see what an SMA alone would cost. The problem is that I haven't been keeping up with SMA pricing since I use the subscription or home annual version so if the price of an SMA did increase I wouldn't realize it.

@robini71 at this point jaws is a scam. NVDA is good and I have switched from jaws to NVDA.
I still have the jaws programming but only use it for special purposes

@adisonverlice As I said I think each has their purpose and I feel no need to disparage one in order to elevate the other.

@robini71 guess right. it all just feels like a big sham to me.
back then it might've been good ,maybe even the most dominent screen reader.
but now it feels like a complete waist. even narrator is doing a better job in some cases

@adisonverlice Everyone is entitled to their opinions but in some corporate environments where specialized scripting is needed Jaws For Windows can still be of benefit and as I said I for one have never gotten this tendency of trashing one in order to bolster another. I'm content to let each coexist quite nicely and let each decide that which works best for themselves in any given moment, situation and environment.

@robini71 specialized scripting? isn't that what hartjen consultancy is for?

@adisonverlice Yes one example of many but one has to have the foundation of Jaws for scripts to be placed into in the first place. NVDA being more oriented to add-ons doesn't handle such in quite the same fashion. So I'm not entirely sure where you're going with that.

@robini71 lol hey, I am not familure with things like scripting and stuff. but yeah personally, I use nvda

@adisonverlice Yes I understand that. But that's the thing I always try to understand things even if they don't directly impact me personally because they may be quite important too others and their given situations and workflows. And because NVDA is more open source in orientation some corporate environs won't even let it run. That's why I say there's still a place for both and even more and one needn't supplant the other.

@robini71 @adisonverlice Adison, with respect, JAWS is not, as you say, a scam. If NVDA meets your needs, that's absolutely fine. In truth, NVDA has evolved to be a really great screen reader. If JAWS was an exact clone of NVDA or even worse, I might also be critical of its price tag. However, the fact is that you do get a lot of features and capabilities in JAWS which are not present in NVDA and your question about Hartgen Consultancy only proves that, since JAWS has a framework for scripting that allows programs like Leasey, the Zoom Pro scripts, the Muze and the Station Playlist Studio scripts, along with others, to even exist. To be fair, NVDA does allow third party add-ons and it also has some features that JAWS does not. I've used NVDA prior to its official public release and I've used every version of JAWS since 1.0 and I keep up with the features of both screen readers. JAWS may not be something that you personally need but calling it a scam is just inaccurate and unjustified.

@JessDail The new prices are already in effect.

@sclower It absolutely is abandonware and FS pretty much said this in an episode of FS Cast. So to raise the price to $1100 is just unjustified to me.