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Re: Testing with JAWS/NVDA on a virtual Windows 8/10 machine (Parrallels) running on a MAC

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From: Aditya
Date: Oct 9, 2018 5:41PM

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> On Oct 9, 2018, at 6:04 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone have experience doing this?
>
> Testing with JAWS/NVDA installed on a virtual Windows 8/10 machine
> (Parallels) running on a MACBook Air?
>
> In the past, in other virtual environments, this has not worked well for
> me, or at all, even in a Windows virtual running inside a later version of
> Windows, let alone inside a MAC.
>
> I know there is the situations where JAWS is installed on the environment
> with special scripts. But this is not a special set up.
>
> An organization I am aware of is a MAC-only shop, and they *think* this
> will work. It will be tested to see if it does, but I'd love some feedback
> from anyone who has done this before ....
>
> (My brain is going "but the drivers....", and "is it going to access the
> Windows AAPI?")
>
> Thanks!!
> > > >