[vicsireland] Re: configuring Word 2010 to work best with Jaws 13
- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:57:37 +0000
it's an old style synth. The modern preference for acapella or those other
natural sounding synths is taking over.
On 24 Feb 2012, at 15:45, Tim Culhane wrote:
> Nop, Apparently Nuance has discontinued development ... so you'd wonder
> how much longer Jaws and Window Eyes will support it?
>
> Tim
>
>
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> seems like it Tim, apologies I was under the impression that there was an
> Eloquence driver.
>
> Of course purchasing eloquence directly might be a possibility? If it is
> SAPI compliant then you might be able to use it that way. However I suspect
> that it will not be as responsive.
>
>
> On 24 Feb 2012, at 15:21, Tim Culhane wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Doesn't look like it. According to the NVDA website attempts to
>> develop a driver foundered due to the cost of purchasing licenses from
> Nuance.
>>
>> I've installed NVDA, and to be honest the eSpeak synth is truly awful.
>> The most charitable I can be is to say it sounds like something
>> straight out of Doctor Who.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Fitzpatrick
>> Sent: 24 February 2012 12:10
>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: configuring Word 2010 to work best with
>> Jaws 13
>>
>> yeah I think there is an eloquence driver knocking about somewhere.
>> Amazing how used one gets to the so-called "inferior" voice isn't it.
>> On 24 Feb 2012, at 12:07, Tim Culhane wrote:
>>
>>> Probably worth looking at. Does it have a decent synthesiser? I'm so
>>> used to eloquence I can't live with some of the Real voices.
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
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>>> Fitzpatrick
>>> Sent: 24 February 2012 12:04
>>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: configuring Word 2010 to work best with
>>> Jaws 13
>>>
>>> no switching isn't open to everyone. Tim I'm hearing very good
>>> things about NVDA and word recently. I've not used it, and I'm sure
>>> you don't want to spend time (or probably don't have time) to learn a
>>> new screenreader, but I am hearing very very good things indeed.
>>>
>>> Donal
>>> On 24 Feb 2012, at 12:02, Tim Culhane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Donal will try draft view.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, switching away from Windows isn't an option in my
>>>> situation.
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>> Fitzpatrick
>>>> Sent: 24 February 2012 11:59
>>>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: configuring Word 2010 to work best with
>>>> Jaws 13
>>>>
>>>> Try view draft tim. Turd 2010 and jaws 12 were among the main
>>>> reasons I stopped using windows. Incidentally, I'm reliably
>>>> informed by sighted friends and colleagues that the ribbon bar is as
>>>> awful for them as
>>> for us.
>>>> On 24 Feb 2012, at 11:56, Flor Lynch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Normal view. (If it exists.)
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Culhane"
>>>>> <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:29 AM
>>>>> Subject: [vicsireland] configuring Word 2010 to work best with Jaws
>>>>> 13
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm wondering if people have any information on what changes can
>>>>>> be made to Word 2010 so that reading documents with Jaws 13 is
>>>>>> as comfortable as possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've already changed the document view from print layout to
>>>>>> outline layout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, When arrowing down in a document I keep having problems
>>>>>> with Jaws saying blank or nothing at all when moving from one line
>>>>>> to the
>>>> next.
>>>>>> Arrowing back up and down again usually fixes this, but it is
>>>>>> very annoying to have to constantly do this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any tips for best results with word 2010 much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note I'm running Jaws and Word on Windows 7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>
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