A long time ago someone posted a link to download a text editor that was
made for blind people. This was several years ago at the very least. I
remember thinking that if it was made for blind people it was made for
blind people who were a lot more tech savvy than I was. I couldn't
figure out anything about it. I even tried looking at the built in help
section and I could not understand a thing about that either. However, I
am a self-taught computer user and the learning has been very slow. I am
thinking that if I tried that text editor now I might understand it now.
But I don't remember its name nor where to get it. I remember that its
name sounded like a person's name. If anyone here can figure out what I
am talking about then that just might be what you are looking for. I
might like to try it again too if only to give myself an achievement test.
On 5/18/2018 9:32 AM, Clarissa Mitchell wrote:
That was one of the ones I tried, and NVDA was only reading the first
character of each line. I remember it did say something like "this
document is locked for editing by yourself" or some such. I don't know
how to fix it so I can actually edit the document, which I really need
to be able to do for proofreading, obviously. My mom has a copy of
Office XP on a CD. I tried installing that, the computer said it
installed successfully, but when I tried to open the file, I got a
message that said "the feature you are trying to use is on a CD Rom"
which it was, but I thought it had been "successfully installed" on
the computer. At this point, I have no idea what to do except just
release the book and let someone else work on it, which is a shame
because I really wanted to proof this book. Oh well. Unless anyone has
any suggestions, I guess that's what I'll have to do.
On 5/18/18, Paonia N'Shaiha <paonia6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe OpenOffice which is also called libreofficeTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
On May 18, 2018 1:27:20 AM PDT, Natalie Barrett <hawaiianstar@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have no suggestions, but I really wanted to say I'm having a ton of--
trouble as well. It's been a pain to do my papers for grad school.
Mainly doing spellcheck. I have my old desktop with word 2010, but the
computer is so slow, I despise having to use it.
Natalie
On 5/15/18, llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have a subscription to office 365 and word works fine.on
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Free alternatives to the new Microsoft Word
Windows 10?lovely
Good Tuesday morning, Bookshare volunteers.
I have this new computer that has Word 2016, and of course, it's the
new, subscription-based model. Now I can't even use Word to proof abook
anymore. I can read, but apparently I can't edit. I've tried out acouple of
different substitute applications, but for some reason NVDA wouldonly read
the first character of each line, and it treated both applicationsthis way.
I thought I could use my Braille notetaker as a display and read thewhole
thing with it, but it only displayed whatever NVDA was saying, so Icould
only get the first character of each line on there. I know the filedidn't
get messed up because I can navigate by words with NVDA and it willsay the
words.don't
They don't come up on my display though. Does anyone know of any
*FREE* applications that work WELL for proofing on Windows 10 that
give screen readers any problems?that I
On a side note, my old computer works fine; my mother just insisted
needed a newer computer, and I got this one from my grandpa, who hassince
passed away. I would much rather be doing this work on my oldcomputer,
which has a FREE version of Word 2010. I don't care if it's not thelatest,
greatest version of Word; it worked, and it still works! But now it'sof me.
sitting under my piano bench, so I have to work with what's in front
I'm sorry for venting. I would be extremely grateful for any ideasyou guys
might have. Thanks.list of
Clarissa
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