I am sorry to disappoint, but saying there was no Jaws in 1989 would be like saying there was no Microsoft before Windows. When I immigrated to Canada from Germany in August of 1989 and shortly after

I used an external box that was a screen reader called PC VERT with MS DOS in 1985. Bill White billwhite92701@...

There was Jaws for DOS.

Yes it is still being updated there was a gap of 2 years but now they have started to update and has updated 2 times in 6 days! Sent from Mail for Windows

You have been using JAWS since 1989? That would be impossible because JAWS was not introduced until 1995. In fact, I don't think any screen reader existed in 1989, not even

As I said, it's all about where your interests are and whether you spend some time at first learning about how to do things and then to actually use the product on a fairly regular bases to do said

I feel the same way about NVDA. I have it as a backup, but the navigation of objects and all that stuff keeps me from truly getting enthused about it. I'm too old to change from my good

That is the way I am with NVDA. It seems to have nothing like the Jaws cursor, and quite often I cannot read a box or window with it, possibly because I have never taken the time to study it and how

Wow, I’m older than you, at 61, and I can use pretty much any screen reader. 😊 NVDA is certainly getting better than JAWS on the web for the most part I have to say, but the experience in

Glenn: This is a laptop, so there's no HTMI plug involved. Tom Behler

Ultimately, I'm thinking that might be my best solution. Thanks, everyone, for your patience. Tom Behler

Steve, as a 54-year old very active technology user who has been using Jaws since 1989 I have tried to use NVDA a few times and I just can't do much with it because of the differences. Yes, maybe some

Thanks, Sieghard. I appreciate the confirmation about fast startup likely not being the problem. Once again, I do not get the startup sound on any of the sound cards or speaker systems I use,

The HDMI plug could be the problem. Try booting without the HDMI cable plugged in, unless this is a laptop in discussion here. I know that with the Raspberry PIs, if someone does first boot with an

if you're talking about Window Eyes, the makers have gone out of business, and most likely won't work properly in Windows these days. the only alternative is NVDA which is free and Narrator which is

The subscription has been available in Canada since July.

Bill: I do use a pair of USB headphones for Zoom meetings, but never keep them plugged in. I only plug them in when using them for a meeting. I'm now really starting to wonder if my issue does have

Which is exactly why people really need to mention where they live when they ask questions about Jaws pricing or any other pricing or availability of maybe certain subscriptions or software

Hi, If you had the annual licence you purchased for 5 years you need to go to the Freedom webb site and download the one that is there. Then you have to go to portal.freedomscientific.com, sign into

Tom, why don't you give the Microsoft Disability Desk a call and ask if they can help.