Re: Problems with NVDA and latest Windows 10 1803
Steve Nutt
Hi Joseph,
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Since this thread got a little bit hijacked by Linnux, did you get my message to say that doing the importUIAHandler thing as you directed cured my Explorer issues? All the best Steve
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: 22 May 2018 16:28 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Problems with NVDA and latest Windows 10 1803 Hi all, A few things: 1. Vocalizer: depends on what Nuance would say regarding this. 2. Linux accessibility: technically, this depends on distributions, their age, and how well they handle accessibility calls. Linux does have accessibility API. 3. Security: it may appear to be more secure due to perceived smaller market share. However, as Spector and Meltdown demonstrates, Linux is prone to security bugs as well, especially if hardware security is involved. Although Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux kernel was quoted as saying that security bugs are bugs, Linux kernel developers and distribution vendors (such as Canonical, the maker of Ubuntu distribution) takes security seriously. 4. Market share: on the desktop front, Linux's market share is low. On mobile, server and IoT (internet of things) front, Linux dominates. Android is a leader in smartphone ecosystem at the moment, and that is powered by Linux kernel. Many web servers and other cloud data centers use servers powered by Linux. Internet of Things devices, firmware for many routers and so on are built on top of Linux. The thing is, some of them are using outdated Linux kernel versions, which opens up security issues if not tuned and updated correctly. 5. You can run command-line Linux distributions on Windows: this is powered by Windows Subsystem for Linux. At the moment there were reports of limited success with GUI programs. For more info on Linux, I recommend joining a list such as those for Orca, Linux Users Groups and so on. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Angela Delicata Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:10 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Problems with NVDA and latest Windows 10 1803 Is it also possible to install Vocalizer voices on Linux? Thank you for any possible reply, this OS has always aroused my curiousity and I wish I could learn one day. Il 22/05/2018 16:58, Ervin, Glenn ha scritto: It is called Voxin, and it is at:settings, you will have to reinstall it if you are running from a live DVD, but if you install it on USB with a persistence file, it will stay. Eventually you will probably put Linux on an old computer or duel-bootwith your Windows. If you download the i386 version, Ubuntu will run well on old machines.Nutt Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:51 AMhave to buy it, and I'm happy to do it, but I really don't like ESpeak. well. Once Orca starts, it will bring up Orca preferences and you will wanttab through the settings for speed and voices. I always go to the keyboard tab and turn off the speaking of modifierand I think the other I turn off is navigation keys, because I don't like hearing when I press those keys. Don't change the voice from Default in the voice page withoutnew speech engine first. If you burn it to DVD, the changes won't survive a reboot.changes. It has a terminal that is sort of like working in DOS.Nutt Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:41 AMthat Iso download have Orca built into it then? Can I really press Windows+S to get speech going on this distro? If so, it may tempt me to Windows+try it. that they like Linux. I often Use Ubuntu, and Orca is as good of a screenreader as NVDA. Itcomes with eSpeak, but I purchased Eloquence for 5 dollars and it is all free. You can download an ISO image here:like Windows. I'd say it is more like Windows than Windows is becoming.paste, to mention a few. It is more secure than Windows for sure.starts to bring up Orca. I think we need more tools in our tool kit, and if nothing else, youuse it to retrieve your data if Windows won't boot. After burning to disk, when it spins up and stops, it will beep, andonly need to press enter, which is for trying it without installing it. Glennconventional Windows Desktop interface? but launch apps (Universal) and perform common end-user tasks (Word Processing, watching videos, listening to music etc.) No more minimizing Windows. No more switching from Desktop to Start button, to Tasks bar. Microsoft Edge will be the parent node for everything that occurs in Windows. open programs/sites/projects. Start button in the original Windows 10 release. They're taking a spoon fed approach to getting rid of the Desktop interface this time LOL. Thus, what I say below may change without notice, and feature availability will depend on maturity of the feature in question: activities together. Previously, if you wanted a tabbed app usage experience, you had to use web browsers and certain apps that does support tabs (Notepad++ is one of them). Sets changes this in a major way: you'll be able to run apps inside Microsoft Edge tabs. controls that invite you to open a new tab, a list of tabs will be shown, and a button that offers to restore previously opened tabs. The actual app content will be housed inside a Microsoft Edge container window, similar to what happens now when you use certain apps with Windows My People (Version 1709). open a new "tab". This new tab window (from Microsoft Edge) consists of typical new tab content, as well as an embedded Cortana search box that lets you search for things such as another app to open. After searching for things via this search box, press Enter to open an app or a file. The Edge new tab content is replaced by app screen, and a new tab, representing the just opened app, will be listed in tabs list. Control+Windows+Shift+Tab. To switch to a particular app tab (provided Control+Windows+Shift+that you know the app position), press Control+Windows+number row key. To close an app, press Control+Windows+W, and to close everything in one go, press Alt+F4. that supports tabbed browsing, the commands to switch between app tabs are nothing more than switching between browser tabs, except that you would add the Windows key to the mix. list previously opened set and offer to restore all app tabs in one go. * When you pres Alt+Tab, you'll be able to cycle through Edge tabsand other windows. This is because, in reality, app tabs are apps running inside Edge container window, so will be treated as switching between apps. You can change it so that Alt+Tab will let you cycle between app windows instead, which means only the focused app in a set will be visible. * You can ask Windows to open things you click from one app inanother window or a tab. For example, if you click a link in outlook, Windows will either open the link in a new browser window or a new Edge tab. drives in one sitting. * Writing papers and viewing research results: you can have an apptabs set where you have Word or Libreoffice Writer open and a collection of Edge tabs with research data. * Updating currency conversion formula in Excel: you can have aworkbook open in Excel while using latest currency conversion results from Calculator app and update your spreadsheet accordingly. * Testing accessibility of an app while debugging it via PythonConsole: you'll be able to open a set where one tab is NVDA's own Python Console and the other one could be an app you're actively testing. <nvda@nvda.groups.io><mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Roger Stewart Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 9:31 AMdo I find this and turn it on? Also, why would I need it on? Does it help with screen reader accessibility? matter. A lot of the changes that inconvenience blind users until they learn how to use them may be intuitive and quickly understood by sighted users. and, in the case of screen-reader problems, sighted people wouldn't have any of those problems. Also, as in the new feature of sets, they may not be on by default. As I recall what I read, sets is off by default. users have problems that I'm in no hurry to get Windows 10. Even if the problems are temporary, such as screen-reader problems that are dealt with not too long after the upgrade, Windows 10 has nothing I want that justifies even relatively minor inconveniences time after time. working very well with an earlier version of Windows. Groups.Io<mailto:bglists=blueyonder.co.uk@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10:47 AMsimply provide a system stable and just with security updates like windows 7.They are not doing themselves any good by bringing out new versions ofnew features but do not change the whole concept and still call it windows 10.messing about. its as if the developers who used to regularly screw up SkypeGaff' in the display name field.Win <nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>> On Behalf Of Steve Nutt10 is detected? New users shouldn't certainly have to go hunting for <nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>> On Behalf Of Brian's MailSent: 16 May 2018 15:43 Gaff'list account via Groups.Io <nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>> On Behalf Of Jacobin the display name field. reading.Kruger now.For example, File Explorer in Windows 10 is completely silent for me steve@comproom.co.uk<mailto:steve@comproom.co.uk>
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