FAQ

[Raul A. Gallegos]

Hi.  I don't want to start a screen reader war here on what is best and
what is shitty.  What works for some may not work for others.  I happen to
respectfully disagree about window-eyes not being usable without set
files.  In my job when I do have to use windows I've found that some
proppriatary software will speak much better when using window-eyes rather
than jfw.  Also, if jfw didn't include a lot of its scripts for it's many
applications it would not talk very nicely by itself.  When it comes down
to it.  Whether you use emacspeak or speakup for Linux or whether you use
window-eyes or jfw for windows everyone has their personal tastes and
preferences as well as personal experience which may lead one toward one
product or another.  At least we can agree on the fact that Linux is much
better than Windows so regardless of whether we prefer jfw or window-eyes
on the windows side at least we agree that speakup is awesome on the linux
side.  *smile*

PS:  Please don't take what I said personally, I'm just showing the other
side of the coin.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:

> from my unhappy memories of using/testing windoweyes, I found it was
> pretty shitty under windows anyhow.
> forget about reading any application that doesn't have a set file written
> for it. At least with jfw, you can find your way around depending of
> course the app you're trying to use uses window classes that are known to
> jaws.
> and given that people code in delfi or some other damned language that
> doesn't use known window classes, that's not always possible either.
>