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From: general@thekaspergroup.com
Date: May 13, 2021 8:13AM

If I am not mistaken (it's been a long time), I think both can be personalize such as changing keystrokes or add new ones, changing some of the default languages, etc. It's not something you can find easily but with a few keystrokes to get to the settings will display a wealth of options you can adjust. Both are different but I believe JAWS is more adjustable than NVDA. Then again, it's been a long while so that may have changed.

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That's sort of like trying to get the Windows and Mac OS to have exactly the same user experience. Screen reader developers have their own opinions on how things should be voiced and users often gravitate to one or the other based on those differences. While both screen readers have extensive options to personalize the reading experience, some of the voicing for interactions is essentially hard coded and cannot be changed by the user.

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Hello all,

I am wondering if it is possible to have NVDA and JAWS always read the same way. One of our government clients is using both to audit documents and we're having a hard time marrying the two to read things exactly the same way.

I have my explanations but wanted to get some professional opinions from this community. Any insight is appreciated.

Ilana

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