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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Oct 6, 2010 10:48PM

Hello chuck,
NVDA is pretty much similar to Commercial Screen Readers as for as Web is
concerned.
it may have some Accessibility problems in Desk top Applications, it'll work
well with internet and
work equally with commercial Screen Readers.

REgards,
Jeevan

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:47 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> As a screen reader I can only say don't get too excited yet as NVDA
> while being able to perform basic functions cannot do all the complex
> functions that advanced computer users need from a screen reader. I'm not
> sure how effective it is when dealing with inaccessible flash content that
> is all in an image format.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denis Boudreau" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Government subsidies, was The cost of accessibility
>
>
> > Hi Everett,
> >
> > On 2010-10-05, at 11:47 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
> >
> >> Better yet. Why not send those subsidies to opensource AT developers so
> >> that people around the world can have Free access to quality assistive
> >> technology?
> >
> > This is exactly what I thought. It's hard to upgrade and maintain some of
> > the tools made available like Jaws, but others are free and are becoming
> > increasingly usable as versions come out. Yes, I'm pointing at you NVDA!
> > <grin>
> >
> > That being said, I work closely with people who have visual disabilities
> > and as it turns out, most of them are reluctant to go from Jaws to NVDA
> > because old habits die hard.
> >
> > /Denis
> >