[real-eyes] Re: free screen reader
- From: Steve <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:54:50 -0500
Donations and grants. Perhaps we should all go to www.nvda-project.org
and donate 5 or 10 dollars, I've been meaning to and looks like now is a
good time.
Steve
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On 7/19/2011 7:42 AM, Kimberly A. Morrow 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
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> -----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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