Hello AppleVisers, I hope you’re doing well! I’m curious about your opinions on MS Narrator. I’m typing this post using Narrator, and I’m considering ditching JAWS to stick with Narrator and the good old NVDA. What are your thoughts?
Compared to when it was first launched back in the days of xp or vista, Narrator has come a very very long way. I think I could mostly use a pc with just narrator, though I much prefer NVDA, mostly due to the flexibility with addons, as well as the other voices available for it. But honestly, unless you have a job that specifically requires JAWS, because there is some fancy JAWS script you can't find an NVDA addon to replace, I see no need to keep paying for JAWS. I haven't used it in years. When I did, I found it to be much more bloated and a much more resource hungry program.
Narrator has definitely come a long way, and actually works pretty well. However, I would definitely say stick with NVDA for most of your productivity. With all of the available add-ons for NVDA, plus the fact that it's free for use, makes this a no-brainer. I personally have not used JAWS in the last 10 years or so, give or take, and I don't miss it in the least.
I like hated narrator when it was first lunch I’m pretty sure that was like back in like Windows XP or something. But I haven’t really tried it actively for a long time so I may have to try it again because yeah I don’t really wanna be paying for jaws anymore either. It’s stupid that you have to do this subscription every year so yeah, I’ve actually never tried to use any videos so I may have to try that too at some point. The only thing is is my computer is not capable of running Windows 11 so and they really can’t buy a whole new computer right now so I don’t know yeah I don’t have the money for that
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Narrator has come a long way.
Compared to when it was first launched back in the days of xp or vista, Narrator has come a very very long way. I think I could mostly use a pc with just narrator, though I much prefer NVDA, mostly due to the flexibility with addons, as well as the other voices available for it. But honestly, unless you have a job that specifically requires JAWS, because there is some fancy JAWS script you can't find an NVDA addon to replace, I see no need to keep paying for JAWS. I haven't used it in years. When I did, I found it to be much more bloated and a much more resource hungry program.
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Narrator has definitely come a long way, and actually works pretty well. However, I would definitely say stick with NVDA for most of your productivity. With all of the available add-ons for NVDA, plus the fact that it's free for use, makes this a no-brainer. I personally have not used JAWS in the last 10 years or so, give or take, and I don't miss it in the least.
Thanks
I really appriciate your insite and understanding. let's keep the conversation going about the micro-soft screen reader, as I see the potential
I hated narrator when it was first launched, but I’ll have to gi
I like hated narrator when it was first lunch I’m pretty sure that was like back in like Windows XP or something. But I haven’t really tried it actively for a long time so I may have to try it again because yeah I don’t really wanna be paying for jaws anymore either. It’s stupid that you have to do this subscription every year so yeah, I’ve actually never tried to use any videos so I may have to try that too at some point. The only thing is is my computer is not capable of running Windows 11 so and they really can’t buy a whole new computer right now so I don’t know yeah I don’t have the money for that