Lately there have been a lot of Jaws topics, and in those topics there's been constant bickering going on back and fourth about which screen reader is better. This is my attempt at making a topic where we can discuss our differences calmly and in a civilized manner without saying things like, "Jaws sucks! Jaws is a rip off!" Or vice-versa.
The first thing I'm going to discuss are the flaws with the side I'm on, which is NVDA. One of the main things I've seen is that whenever a topic about Jaws is started, no matter what, there's always an NVDA user there to bash it and turn it into a lets bash Jaws competition. After one of us instigates it, we make the Jaws users upset with us. Guys, do you know the message we're sending out to people by doing these things. We deliver the message that we're immature spoiled brats who hate Jaws solely for the reason that it's paid, and nothing else. We're acting like we should be entitled to have screen readers for free because we're blind. I know none of you guys think that, so why are you acting like it?
Now, onto the Jaws users. Sometimes we do state our case maturely and with facts to back up our claims, but you guys get upset with us if we say bad things about Jaws. Why? I understand you like your choice of screen reader, but it's not good to get upset when someone points out a legitimate flaw with it. There's always going to be problems with a product, no matter how good it is, and getting upset with criticism won't help with that.
Now, onto the reasons I personally don't like Jaws. The main one is that I don't mind paying for a screen reader, but when I'm buying a laptop for the price of four and the screen reader in question doesn't provide every single thing I expect to be using it for, it kind of feels like I'm being ripped off. NVDA is free and portable, (which is convenient for me,) and even if there's a feature I need that the screen reader doesn't have I can install an add-on for it. Jaws does have a script engine, but I heard it can't do nearly as much as nvda's add-ons can.
Now, it's time for the Jaws users to speak. What do you like about your screen reader, and what do you not like about the other? Keep in mind that NVDA is run both by NVAccess and by the community, so if you tell us what you want to see we can implement it, assuming it's not too much to ask of course. I myself can't really code things, but I heard some people have problems with the transition over from Jaws to NVDA so I could try and make trainers and stuff if you guys want me to. Anyway, I'd be interested to know your likes and dislikes. Again guys, remember to discuss our differences calmly.
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