❔As the tech transbian of the family, I'm trying to get my mother to regain some of the independence blindness (add an overprotective partner to the mix for maximum effect) took away from her by re-teaching her to use the computer. When she lost her sight she used JAWS or NVDA (I can't remember which one) and she even wrote a couple of books with that, but a fatal update broke compatibility with the program and neither her nor her partner knew how to deal with that situation, so she started relying on other people for computer stuff.
So, fedi people with disabilities, I'm asking for pointers on this. Accessibility software of any kind, if there are updated versions of either JAWS or NVDA that run on modern Windows (don't tell her to delve into Linux, that ain't happening in the near future. One baby step at the time.) or any alternative software to those programs, voice controls, resources for learning, anything. All info is welcome. Thanks in advance!
@EnaWasHere Both Jaws and NVDA work with Windows 11 and 10, and as far as I know, both of the latest screen reader versions should work on both windows versions. I would personally recommend NVDA because it's free, I use it daily. I believe Jaws just went to a really expensive subscription model, $600 per year from what I've been hearing, and you can only get a less expensive price point by calling them. But I'm not a jaws user so don't quote me on anything jaws. Feel free to let me know if I can help further
@Kaliah @EnaWasHere $600 per year is what they charge employers. If you’re not using Jaws for work, there is a $100 per year option. There was a bunch of confusion and misinformation recently because of bad communication from Vispero, but the $100 per option is still there
@SyHoekstra @EnaWasHere Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. Like I said I'm not a Jaws user and don't follow Jaws particularly closely, so my information could very easily be wrong. Take it from the experts lol