I personally find the Helloquence does it really well but I use my Braille display mostly so don't have this issue. Sent from my iPhone

Thank you for all your efforts to make Quicken accessible to us who cannot read print. It is a program that I need to use. Marilyn

JAWS pronounces things a lot better than a lot of people I know do, so the occasional flub doesn't really bother me too much.

My computer was working well enough. But I just installed a windows security update and now it won't talk when booting. No windows sound either. To further complicate things. I recently added a

Hi Dave, Yes, I know the cost is more. But FS gave me the price for either upgrade from where I'm at. So, my question. Does it make sense from the operating system point of view? For personal use,

Jean, If you have the home edition then you need to stick with the Home or (not Professional) version of Windows. Upgrades to the pro version in both JAWS and Windows costs more. Dave Carlson Sent

Dean, Nickus and Dave, Thanks for all your advice. I admit the numbers and specs don't mean a lot to me at this point, but I appreciate having this as a starting point. One more question. Is it

Hello Curtis, Marilyn, Chris and everyone interested, I have to say it is good news to hear that someone is making QuickBooks more accessible, but please remember, that when a script is written

that is admirable John, and after seeing your excellent work with iTunes, I know they will be a success. Financial independence is important for anyone, blind or sighted! :) Just let us know if you

like many words in english, pronunciation changes depending on context, present past or future tense etc. It's up to your synthesizer to determine how to pronounce these things. Some do it better

I happen to be a big fan of Toshiba laptops, but in fact all laptops are made by a few manufacturers and then branded, so it may not matter. Full'size laptops including keypads are quite common

Hi guys I see a few problems with the mentioned Dell laptop and have a few recommendations which would give you a better machine. Firstly it comes with 32 bit windows which can only use 3 GB of the

Jean, Laptop: Dell E6520 has a numeric keypad and well-sculptured keys. It's a bit large because of the keypad. Also works with a docking station (port replicator) for quick disconnect, and you can

Hello all, I joined this list a few days ago, and am pleased to recognize a few names from other lists and previous JFW lists. I will be upgrading my Jaws sometime this year from version 8 to 13.

Hi John, This is a very worthwhile project indeed that I am certain will be a big leap forward for many blind individuals looking to start their own business. Also to those who already have a job or

awesome john, i was a tester for your blindtunes and use quicken all the time who is testing for you?

Sentence reading can behave differently from line reading. I think Sentence is the default for Word, and may be the only choice. Another word to notice is wind-either what one does to a watch, or

The windows key+ the Pause key will take you to the system menu in windows 7. If you wish to print anything from anywhere in windows control+p will print for you. Control+f will find an item inside

Yes, this is all based on how well the speech engines were designed. Contextual pronunciation is a step above simple word-for-word pronunciation, and thereby requires greater processing power. I

One note on this, the realspeak voices sometimes get it right. For instance the realspeak voices I have installed (fairly recent solo direct if it matters) pronounces "It's time you go read the