I'm starting day three without #JAWS on my new job. While JAWS is sitting there worrying about its missing authorization code and telling me I have to restart and work in 40-minute mode, #NVDA is humming along giving me exactly what I need to keep working! So now we ask which is the truly professional screen reader? #accessibility #Vispero
@darrell73 That is interesting. I heard that in Europe and US JAWS license is provided for work places and for students. Are you simply used to JAWS or there are specific cases where NVDA doesn't really work in software you use? Great that NVDA works for you!
@Sevapopov @darrell73 I wouldn't say it's provided, because it's not given for free except for a few countries, including Hungary. Here our government supports blind people by providing free licenses to those who apply for it with a hungarian ID. But at work I suppose you have to use either your own license, or the company buys it for you. The problem is that a lot of european companies disallow using NVDA so those who aren't used to Jaws, have to suffer.
@destranis @Sevapopov How do these European companies justify disallowing #NVDA while still using open-source browsing engines?
@darrell73 @Sevapopov You know, that's a valid question. I have no idea. The only thing I know is that for example here in Hungary you can't really work using NVDA, because they generally consider open source programs harmful.

@destranis @darrell73 @Sevapopov Can you please share links backing that up? It is definitely not a widespread belief, or a formal policy from the Hungarian government. If it is, it contradicts THIS national position agreed to by over 20 government departments & other institutions: https://nkfih.gov.hu/openscience

See also: https://openscience.hu/hunor/

https://hun-ren.hu/open_science/
https://researchdata.hu/en/news/open-science-hungarian-research

"Gov’t rolls out free, open-source OS for Digital Welfare Program" https://bbj.hu/politics/domestic/government/gov-t-rolls-out-free-open-source-os-for-digital-welfare-program/

I can find more.

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