[real-eyes] Re: free screen reader
- From: Jim Fettgather <jimfettgather@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:59:35 -0500
Over the years, this screen reader has received various grants and
some funding from Mozilla, Microsoft and other organizations.
Donations of any amount are accepted and encouraged, go to
www.nvaccess.org
to check it out.
On 7/19/11, Kimberly A. Morrow <morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How do they keep something this fabulously accessible out there when they're
> not making any money on it? How do they sustain development of the product
> if no one is paying for it?
>
>
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> Kimberly Morrow, PhD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Fettgather, Jim
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:17 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: free screen reader
>
> Insert N, or Caps Lock N, will bring up the NVDA menu, arrow down and you'll
> find the various synthesizer and voice settings.
>
> The screen reader has become extremely mature with lots of great features.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimberly A. Morrow [mailto:morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 1:53 PM
> To: 'real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [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!
>
>
>
> Kimberly Morrow, PhD
> Communications Specialist
>
> Message of Hope Ministry
> 1901 NW Blue Parkway
> Unity Village, MO 64065-0001
> message-of-hope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone: 866--421-3066 (Toll-free)
> Hours: M-Th 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (CT)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Steven Clark
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:28 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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