John,To search for something in a web page use NVDA's own search, which you reach by pressing control+caps lock+F. Then enter the text and search. To search again for the same text press control+caps lock+F3.
Note for the above to work you need to have selected to use caps lock as an NVDA key as well as the keypad insert key.
I suggest you join the NVDA support list by sending a message to: nvda-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxWith 'subscribe' in the subject line. They're a friendly bunch and know a lot more about NVDA than I do.
I use Ebay in Firefox and NVDA works fine for me. Mike On 23/01/2014 06:34, John Wilson wrote:
Hello All, I've just downloaded and started to use NVDA with Windows 8.1 for the first time. The main problem I'm having is getting much of waht is on webpages read out to me. I have read the user guide through which is provided for NVDA but it doesn't help me with the below problem. It only seems to say that I should be able to both arrow and tab through WebPages and read everything on screen, which I certainly cannot do. For example, I use Ebay regularly and know what is (or should be) displayed on the screen and can be easily read with the arrow keys with JAWS. However, using NVDA, little or nothing can be read of the text on screen and only the various elements, e.g. links, editfields, etc, are ead by pressing the TAB key. Moreover, on Ebay, when I try to search for something, I am told by NVDA where the editbox is to type in the search string but when I do this and press ENTER nothing happens! I get no list of found items that can be read by NVDA. The same sort of thing happens on Google and other websites. I have read the user guide through which is provided for NVDA but it doesn't help me with the below problem. It only seems to say that I should be able to both arrow and tab through WebPages and read everything on screen, which I certainly cannot do. I have been a JAWS user for over 20 years and am well used to computers and the internet. However, Having downloaded the latest version of NVDA and tried to use WebPages with it, I find myself baffled! For example, I use Ebay regularly and know what is displayed on the screen and can be easily read with the arrow keys with JAWS. Using NVDA, little or nothing can be read of the text on screen and only the various elements, e.g. links, editfields, etc, can be read by pressing the TAB key. Moreover, on Ebay, when I try to search for something, I am told by NVDA where the editbox is to type in the search string but when I do this and press ENTER nothing happens! I get no list of found items that can be read by NVDA. Please explain how NVDA is supposed to work on WebPages so that all of the above information can be read and the webpage therefore understood in its entirety. I should also be grateful if you could point me to any spoken video or MP3 tutorials on how to use NVDA with the keyboard (not with a mouse), in particular in respect of the Internet. I have searched Google and Youtube but found little or nothing of any value. All I can find is people having similar problems to me getting the text of WebPages read out to them. Please listen to the below short Youtube video demonstrating the very problems I am having. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG3lwCzXb0 Hope you can help. John Wilson. Can anyone please explain how NVDA is supposed to work on WebPages so that all of the above-mentioned information can be read and the webpage therefore understood in its entirety. I should also be grateful if you could point me to any spoken video or MP3 tutorials on how to use NVDA with the keyboard (not with a mouse), in particular in respect of the Internet. I have searched Google and Youtube but found little or nothing of any real value. All I can find is people having similar problems to me getting the text of WebPages read out to them. Please listen to the below short Youtube video demonstrating the very problems I am having. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG3lwCzXb0 Hope someone can help. John Wilson. ** 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
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