Hi Dan,
You have exactly described my situation. I have JAWS 17 and have
installed both NVDA and Firefox so I could begin moving away from
Internet Explorer and perhaps also JAWS since the cost to upgrade JAWS
and renew my SMA would be $750.
I've been trying to download and install Chrome on my Windows desktop
PC. I thought I had Windows 7 installed, but now I'm not sure. Winver
says I have Version 6.1 Build 7601: Service Pack 1, which the dialog box
implies is Windows 7 Professional. The Chrome download web page says I
need Windows 7 64-bit. When I select the Download button, JAWS says
something about Windows 2000 and Windows XP not being supported, but I
get the usual User Account warning dialog and then the web page says
Thank You for downloading Chrome. However, when I go looking for a
downloaded program file in the usual places I cannot find it anywhere.
Thoughts, anyone?
As for NVDA, my initial reaction is that I very much dislike the open
source speech synthesizer that comes bundled with it. I am curious to
hear what others of you have done to improve the speech output. I am a
longtime JAWS user so I suppose I'm pretty used to the Eloquence
synthesizer, but I would be open to exploring another option.
Thanks,
Duane
On 10/2/2018 6:23 PM, Dan Tevelde wrote:
> Hi Harry,
>
> Thanks for sharing the blog post. I think what he is saying is that if you use JAWS then you will need to update to the latest release. I suppose if someone uses NVDA they may or may not have to upgrade. The situation with Firefox seems a bit confusing to me. The fact that Firefox may require the latest version of JAWS may make some people consider NVDA.
>
> For some things, Chrome is better because you get the same interface no matter if you are using Windows, iOS, or Android.
>
> Dan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 2, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> The subject line says it all, but the link to the actual post about this is at
>>
>> http://blog.freedomscientific.com/firefoxesr
>>
>> Harry
>>
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