[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 15:38:57 +0000
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
>
>
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>
> 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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>>> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dónal
>>> 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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