Hello All
Since Jarte is no longer supported. Which lightweight word processors work well with NVDA and other screen readers?
I do have Microsoft 365. But! Having to use Word to read documents that don't require special formatting is a bit too much for basic documents. And, Wordpad has some of the same bugs as other MS programs that love to crash at any given time!
Thank You For any and all suggestions offered!

Wordpad doesn't crash more than the occasional crash any program may
experience unless there is a problem. What do you want to do that JARTE
doesn't do? JARTE will read DOCX files if you get a converter, though I
don't think that is the right term, from Microsoft. You can't edit and
save a docx file in the docx format but it reads them.

You may want to do things JARTE doesn't do but it still works well.

Gene

On 8/4/2022 9:15 AM, Carlos wrote:

Hello All
Since Jarte is no longer supported. Which lightweight word processors
work well with NVDA and other screen readers?
I do have Microsoft 365. But! Having to use Word to read documents
that don't require special formatting is a bit too much for basic
documents. And, Wordpad has some of the same bugs as other MS programs
that love to crash at any given time!
Thank You For any and all suggestions offered!

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 10:15 AM, Carlos wrote:

Having to use Word to read documents that don't require special formatting is a bit too much for basic documents.

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Uh, why?

Opening and just reading a document is not very much different in Notepad, WordPad, Jarte, MS-Word, Libre Office Writer, and the list goes on and on.  Open, gain focus where you want it, read all.

Working with writing a document can be quite a bit more complex, but only if you wish to apply formatting.  Typing up a note in Word versus any of the above if all you want is text is exactly the same in all of them.  Type, save, done.
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I seldom use Word but I think people want  a program that opens faster.  I don't know what the state is on fast current computers but on computers I use, being somewhat old and slower, Word opens much more slowly than Wordpad, Jarte, or other such programs.

Also, and again, this may no longer be the case, but I recall problems of slower responsiveness when moving around documents for screen-reader users using Word.

I can only say that on my machines, I use small programs to read Word files because the programs open much faster and often responsiveness is better.

Gene

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 10:15 AM, Carlos wrote:

Having to use Word to read documents that don't require special formatting is a bit too much for basic documents.

-
Uh, why?

Opening and just reading a document is not very much different in Notepad, WordPad, Jarte, MS-Word, Libre Office Writer, and the list goes on and on.  Open, gain focus where you want it, read all.

Working with writing a document can be quite a bit more complex, but only if you wish to apply formatting.  Typing up a note in Word versus any of the above if all you want is text is exactly the same in all of them.  Type, save, done.
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Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044

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   ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Having to use Word to read documents that don't require special formatting
is a bit too much for basic documents.

Word always feels very much slower to me to be honest. A bit like typing
into a web form.
 Brian

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On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 10:15 AM, Carlos wrote:

>
> Having to use Word to read documents that don't require special formatting
> is a bit too much for basic documents.

-
Uh, why?

Opening and just reading a document is not very much different in Notepad,
WordPad, Jarte, MS-Word, Libre Office Writer, and the list goes on and on.
Open, gain focus where you want it, read all.

Working with writing a document can be quite a bit more complex, but only if
you wish to apply formatting. Typing up a note in Word versus any of the
above if all you want is text is exactly the same in all of them. Type,
save, done.
--

Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044

*Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.*

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.