[real-eyes] Re: free screen reader

I've been digging through the menus trying to locate the voice parameters for 
NVDA. I know: RTFM!!!! And I confess to not having done that yet!
 


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From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Steven Clark
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:28 PM
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Subject: [real-eyes] free screen reader

Here's some info about a really good and open source screen  reader.  It has 
both a talking install and a mobile version that can be run  from a USB flash 
drive.  I keep it around on a USB drive, one just to play with and to keep 
around should I simply just need it on my own or another computer.
Steve

NonVisual Desktop Access
One tip to anyone who uses this.  The default speech synthesizer is horrible.  
In the menus you can easily switch to a different synthesizer that is much 
easier to understand.
http://www.nvda-project.org/
About NVDA
General Features
Providing feedback by synthetic speech, NVDA allows blind and vision impaired 
people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third 
party applications.
Major highlights include:
Ability to run entirely from a USB stick or other portable media without the 
need for installation Browsing the web with Mozilla Firefox 3 Easy to use 
talking installer Working with email using Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Early support 
for Microsoft Internet Explorer Basic support for Microsoft Outlook Express / 
Windows Mail Basic support for Microsoft Word and Excel Support for accessible 
Java applications Early support for Adobe Reader Early support for IBM Lotus 
Symphony support for Windows Command Prompt and console applications Automatic 
announcement of text under the mouse and optional audible indication of the 
mouse position Internationalization It is important that people anywhere in the 
world, no matter what language they speak, get the same access to technologies. 
NVDA currently has been translated into over 20 languages.

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