Thanks for this info. Glad to know that I wasn't missing
something. Like I said, a lot of these apps work much better
in Narrator, but I don't want to have to learn a completely
different screen reader. But glad to know I wasn't doing
something wrong. Any experience with the Facebook app?
Hi Justin,
You are not doing anything differently
that I am doing. I use NVDA in the Windows apps as well,
and it does take a lot of object navigation. An app is set
up so differently, that the tab, arrow keys, and so on,
will not work in most apps. The apps I use well with
NVDAare:
The store app, which can be used by
just tabbing. Also, Watch ESPN, which takes a little use
of object navigation, you can mostly tab. The NEWS app
works great with NVDA, but you have to use a lot of object
navigation to read and access the articles. I use the
mail, calendar, and people apps all of the time with NVDA.
I am using the Mail app right now. Those three apps work
by just tabbing, pretty much. I do not use object
navigation in the mail app at all. I also use the Groove
app with NVDA using about half of just tabbing, and half
object navigation. One thing you need to know about apps,
is that there are hardly any key commands that can get you
around the app quickly. You are stuck with tabbing a lot.
Once you figure how many times you have to tab to get
somewhere, you can tab that many times very quickly. I
hope that helps a little.
David Moore
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Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is having a blessed
day. I have been an NVDA user now
for quite some time, but just found out
about this list.
I currently have a desktop which I use
to run my online radio station.
Also I will be getting a laptop here
pretty quick. On the desktop, I
have played around a bit with apps from
the Windows App Store, with
mixed results. A lot of them can be
used with object navigation, but
most info can't be accessed in the tab
order or with arrow keys. For
example, the Weather Channel app. On
other platforms it works quite
well. But on Windows, it's a mess.
However, I was pleased to find that,
with the Bible app, I could navigate
between the different books and
chapters. However, other things such as
the verse of the day and
settings, were only available through
object navigation.
So, my question is, is there a web page
out there somewhere that gives
recommendations of accessible apps? If
not, which apps, if any, are you
all using?
I have found that a lot of apps work
quite well with Narrator. I
particularly like their Browse mode.
However, NVDA offers me things that
Narrator doesn't, such as being able to
change the voice with just a
keystroke. Also, I have been using NVDA
for long enough that I am
familiar with it. I would prefer not to
have to learn another whole set
of key commands. Not a big deal for my
desktop, as it is pretty much
only for radio use, but with this
laptop, I would like to take advantage
of more of these Windows apps.
Thanks,
Justin
