JAWS- job Access With Speech vs PowerTalk

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JAWS- job Access With Speech

Category: Text-to-Speech (TTS) Software
Industries: Software Development

Pricing

Home Annual License (U.S. Only) $95/year

Student Annual License (U.S. Only) $90/year

Home License $1000

Professional License $1285

90-Day Timed License $250

PowerTalk

Category: Text-to-Speech (TTS) Software
Industries: E-Learning Providers

Pricing

FREE

20M+ Downloads
5/5

#1 in Magazines & Newspapers

Speechify is the #1 audio reader in the world. Get through books, docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything

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Sir Richard Branson

Speechify is absolutely brilliant. Growing up with dyslexia this would have made a big difference. I’m so glad to have it today.

Sir Richard Branson

JAWS- job Access With Speech reviews

"I began using JAWS with version 3.1 or 3.3 while still at AT&T Bell Laboratories. JAWS and my career advanced together as I progressed across increasing responsibilities in a 28-year career in the telecommunications industry, then to my current role for the past 8 years as President and CEO of The Seeing Eye. As my career advanced, so did technology, going from Windows 95 to 98 to XP and finally to Windows 7. During that time, JAWS moved from 3.3 to today's JAWS 16. JAWS has always been an important part of my professional success. It's been a great trip, and it isn't over yet."

- Jim Kutsch- President and CEO of The Seeing Eye

"I'm visually impaired from birth, and could see a little and use my eye (only one) to September 2002, when my eye breaks down. My first contact with JAWS was in 1996, when I started to use Windows 95. My first JAWS was version 2.0, not translated into Swedish. I get interested about how to translate it into Swedish. So I was one of the first translators of JAWS here in Sweden. Since 2005, I work here in Sweden with translating Freedom Scientific products. I often say that translating and using JAWS is not a work, it is a way to live. Today, I cannot think how to live without using JAWS." Håkan, Sweden"I'm visually impaired from birth, and could see a little and use my eye (only one) to September 2002, when my eye breaks down. My first contact with JAWS was in 1996, when I started to use Windows 95. My first JAWS was version 2.0, not translated into Swedish. I get interested about how to translate it into Swedish. So I was one of the first translators of JAWS here in Sweden. Since 2005, I work here in Sweden with translating Freedom Scientific products. I often say that translating and using JAWS is not a work, it is a way to live. Today, I cannot think how to live without using JAWS."

- Håkan, Sweden

"I started using JAWS with Windows 3.1. I'm not sure of the version...it is all a blur! I was the voice of several JAWS tutorials including JAWS and Excel, JAWS and WordPerfect, and the first audio training material for the PAC Mate. When I do conference presentations I still have people come up to me and tell me that they learned how to use the PAC Mate with my "voice." I write books and how-to guides on accessible PDF, Word, and PowerPoint. I depend on JAWS to be able to continue doing this. As a Microsoft MVP for Word, I also test the limits of the new versions of Office as they become available. I often tell people I live on the bleeding edge of technology. I can't believe I've been using JAWS for so long!"

- Karen

PowerTalk reviews

Nice and Easy to use.

- wkunes

excellent application

- girondeza

Pros & cons

JAWS- job Access With Speech

Pros
Easy to use with Daisy formatted basic training
Save time with Skim Reading and Text Analyzer
Surf the net with web browsing keystrokes

Cons
Higher Price compare to other competitors
Limited to Windows only

PowerTalk

Pros
Speaks the text on any presentation and uses standard Windows speech
Waits for text to appear and animation effects to play before speaking
Will speak hidden 'alternative text' for pictures, graphics shapes and text

Cons
Supports windows OS only
Need a fairly powerful PC

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Speechify provides anyone with an audio play button that they can add on top of their content to turn it into an audiobook. With the Speechify app on iOS and Android, anyone can take this information on the go.

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