[nvda] Re: questions from a Linux geek, and new-user intro

Thanks to both people who told me about this command.  I missed it.

Vic


-----Original Message-----
From: nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Trenton Matthews
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:51 AM
To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nvda] Re: questions from a Linux geek, and new-user intro

To turn off speech, press "insert+s" once. To turn on speech again, press 
"insert+s" til it says: "Speech mode talk."


----- Original Message -----
From: "Vic Beckley" <vbeckley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 6:33 AM
Subject: [nvda] Re: questions from a Linux geek, and new-user intro

> Hello,
>
> I use Eclipse Reader to read the RFB&D encrypted books.  It is totally
> self-voicing.  There needs to be a way to shut up NVDA while in that
> application.  All the menus are read twice, once by NVDA and once by 
> Eclipse
> Reader itself.  You can turn the recorded voice of the menus from Eclipse
> Reader off in Eclipse Reader.  While reading the book, NVDA is silent and
> this is fine.  There are hot keys for almost everything so if you can
> remember them you don't have to use the menus much at all.  This is a very
> workable solution.
>
> Vic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of C.M. Brannon
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:50 PM
> To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [nvda] questions from a Linux geek, and new-user intro
>
> Hi all,
> I haven't used any form of Windows for over 7 years now; I have been
> and will remain a Linux person.  However, I'm planning to install
> Windows on a laptop for the following reasons.
> * The web is becoming all but inaccessible to the text-mode browsers
> that I know and love.
> * I am a computer science major, so I should have at least some
> familiarity with the OS that runs on most PCs.
> * Finally, RFB&D is requiring that all its users go digital.  Of
> course, there is no Linux software that can cope with their encrypted
> talking books, as far as I can tell.
> So I've made up my mind to put Windows on at least one of my machines.
>
> Here are my questions.  How well does NVDA work with console
> applications?  I'd like to be able to use cygwin or mingw32, and
> possibly even Microsoft's command-line compilers.
> Second, has anyone here listened to RFB&D digital talking books under
> NVDA?
>
> -- Chris
>
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