Hello Vince, Thanks but yes you're right. You've got to be able to hear it first. Luckily, someone came up with a hot key and I've now sorted this out. The hot key is: NVDA key, Control, Arrow Down Thanks. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:19 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: NVDA keystroke needed, please This may be a bit of a stretch, but I've tried it and it works. Insert plus Control plus Right Arrow moves through synth settings, including "rate", which then lets you change the speed with the left and right arrow keys. Trouble is, of course, that you've got to be able to hear it first. The NVDA key is usually Insert, but whoever owns the computer may have changed it to caps Lock, so substitute Caps Lock in the above if you can't get it to work. It may be helpful to know that on the NVDA Help menu there is a quick key guide, which may be located here..... C:/Program%20Files/NVDA/documentation/en/keyCommands.html Having got the screen reader more manageable, you can save the new configuration using the Save option on the NVDA menu (Insert + N gets you the menu). If all else fails, find any file called NVDA.INI, save it on another drive and use the default settings. Vince. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <j.wilson07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Access UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:22 PM Subject: [access-uk] NVDA keystroke needed, please > > Hello All, > > I'm not familiar with the use of NVDA. I have just taken > possession of a computer running NVDA but it comes up > running at top speed and is therefore incomprehensible. > Can > anyone tell me if there is a hot key to slow it down so > that > I can then start to make sense of Windows 7 and make > changes > to NVDA itself? > > Thanks. > John. > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq