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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: Len Burns
Date: Oct 9, 2018 7:01PM

Iwould not do it on an Air, but I do something similar under Fusion on a
2015 MacBook Pro with 16 gb and the fastest available processor that was
available at that time. I set up Windows 10 with 8 gb of ram. The
performance is reasonable but not what I would describe as fast. As always
where a Mac is mixed with Windows and a screen reader you must make peace
with the keyboarding needs of the screen reader.

Regards,
-Len



-Len

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Subject: [WebAIM] Testing with JAWS/NVDA on a virtual Windows 8/10 machine
(Parrallels) running on a MAC

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!!