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Re: Accessible IRC clients

Bill Dengler

#14127

Try Miranda: MirandaPreconfigured20160409.exe

Bill

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On Jan 22, 2017, at 1:20 PM, Sukil Etxenike via Groups.Io <sukiletxe@...> wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know of an IRC client that is accessible with NVDA and notifies the user of incoming messages on all channels? I know that Thunderbird doesn't do that when the window is focused, and that Instantbird does it but is somewhat cluttered and really old. Also, chatzilla seems to do a good job, but sound doesn't seem to work.

Any corrections / alternatives?

Thanks!

Sukil

Two Excel Questions

Greg Rhodes <gkrhodes@...>

#14126

Question 1: If a sighted user wants to format all the cells in column C, he would click on the letter C at the top of the column to highlight all the cells in that column. How do you do that with NVDA?

Question 2: What is the NVDA command to get to the worksheet listing at the bottom of the page? Once you get there, I know that you use the Control/Page Up or Down to move between worksheets you have created.

Thanks.

table problems with microsoft word

enes sarıbaş

#14125

hi,

I was working on a file where everything was as a table. Nvda was lagging significantly  and I wrote my information under the various headings. However, my sighted friends who reviewed my file said the table slipped badly and that all the writing had slipped outside of the page. They hardly could read my file. However, I have no problem reading the file except lag. How is this possible? How can I fix this document and prevent this from happening in the future.

Re: accessible email clients with NVDA

Robert Kingett

#14124

If anyone is thinking about trying klause mail, yes, it has keyboard commands, but is not accessible with NVDA.

Re: accessible email clients with NVDA

Brian Vogel

#14123

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:39 am, Brian's Mail list account wrote:

I just don't like Live mail, its too messy and keeps on losing its mail.

While your first assertion is unquestionably correct for you, your second one is just your opinion and the third one has never - I repeat - never - happened in my experience. I've had a lot of clients who use WLM and have it running alongside Outlook 2010, Thunderbird, and Opera Mail, the last of which is an accessibility nightmare not to mention barely customizable, much like the Windows 10 mail app.
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Re: Some questions about eSpeak-ng and MBrola

zahra

#14122

hi.
i tried also the method that you mentioned and could not use embrola
voice to try it.
about espeak ng, i downloaded the msi version and could not use it!
i dont know its usage and how to use it!
i installed it and says not valid windows 32!
but i am sure that i downloaded the x86 version.

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On 1/22/17, Christo de Klerk <christodeklerk@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all

I have been using MBrola with the old eSpeak for many years and would
like to get it going under eSpeak-ng now I am using NVDA as my screen
reader. I have looked at the eSpeak-ng documentation and I think I have
copied all the necessary MBrola files into their correct places, but I
can't get MBrola activated under NVDA. I select espeak-ng as my
synthesiser, then I go to Voice preferences and I see mb-en1 listed
there, in the list of voices, but it is the usual eSpeak-ng en voice
that keeps talking. How do I get mb-en1 to talk?

Then another question. MBrola tools has this confirmation dialog that
keeps popping up every first time it is run after a reboot. Has anyone
found a way to get that out of the way? It causes havoc, as it pops up
before there is any speech.

I see there is now a Windows installation of eSpeak-ng. Would it upset
the old installation of eSpeak at all if one were to install eSpeak-ng?
I don't want to break anything that ain't broke.

I see the eSpeak-ng documentation is in a .md format. What does one use
to read .md files?

Sorry for all the questions, but I am new to espeak-ng and would like to
get a grip on it. I have worked with the old eSpeak and have done
dictionary development for many years.

Kind regards

Christo

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Re: espeak

Wagner Soares Da Silva

#14121

It also did not work here on a W7 Ultimate 32 BIT.
I've reported the problem to Reece, developer of Espeak NG.
Who wants to contribute with Espeak NG, just read the note below for
Access the Espeak NG list.

*

Dear ESpeak-NG users, developers, and other beneficiaries,
At the outset, let me sincerely thank Reece for appointing me as a
moderator of this Groups.io based next generation mailing list for
official discussion regarding the ESpeak-NG speech synthesizer. Also,
I would like to express my gratitude towards everyone who joint the
e-mail list via invites sent out on different forums, direct invites,
word-of-mail (not mouth :D) and also for those who have begun
contributing by spreading the word about this project and its
community, and by participating in it.
Following are some fundamental statistics that highlight the current
status of this group:
Member Count: 11
Group Owner: Reece H. Dunn
Group Moderator: Bhavya Shah (Me)
Integrations: Github (https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng)

Also, following are integral e-mail addresses to perform various
activities on the group:
To Post: espeak-ng@groups.io
To Subscribe: espeak-ng+subscribe@groups.io
To Unsubscribe: espeak-ng+unsubscribe@groups.io
To Contact The Group Owner: espeak-ng+owner@groups.io

At the moment, we have no special hashtags in use (apart from Github),
no dedicated subgroups (due to lack of their requirement) and no Wiki
material (due to their inexistence). However, our vision for this
group must extend beyond not only encompassing this in ESpeak-NG's
next generation e-group, but also having a prolific and proactive
community of users and developers in constant communication and
interaction via this list. ESpeak-NG powers the speech synthesis of
two popular screen readers by default - NVDA for Windows and Orca for
Linux - which in turn fuel computer access for tens of thousands of
visually impaired individuals across the globe. Let us recognize the
significance of this open source project, and accordingly strive to
mobilize its users, developers and other beneficiaries as part of this
e-mail platform.
Please do spread the word about this mailing list and ask your fellow
ESpeak users to join the list by sending a blank mail to
espeak-ng+subscribe@groups.io And send a blank reply to the
confirmation prompt subsequently received.
In conclusion, I hope to dutifully serve as a moderator of this
mailing list in a just manner, and I shall try to the best of my
abilities to assist Reece in ensuring smooth functioning of this
e-group, in constant anticipation of your continued collaboration.

Best Regards,
Bhavya Shah

P.S. Due to Groups.io policies, the first post of every group member
will require approval from a group administrator. All messages from
that e-mail will be delivered directly thereafter.

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Best Regards
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Avid Enthusiast and User of the Free NVDA Screen Reader (www.nvaccess.org)

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Accessible IRC clients

Sukil Etxenike <sukiletxe@...>

#14120

Hi,

Does anyone know of an IRC client that is accessible with NVDA and notifies the user of incoming messages on all channels? I know that Thunderbird doesn't do that when the window is focused, and that Instantbird does it but is somewhat cluttered and really old. Also, chatzilla seems to do a good job, but sound doesn't seem to work.

Any corrections / alternatives?

Thanks!

Sukil

Re: accessible email clients with NVDA

Robert Kingett

#14119

Because JAWS is the only screen reader that will work with it, silly. NVDA can't get past the adding mail accounts. One can make it work by switching from JAWS TO NVDA, but why bother? They do not care aout accessibility issues, in my opinion.

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On 1/22/2017 2:44 AM, Brian's Mail list account wrote:

What has this to do with nvda?
As far as I know that software you mention is mega messy access wise. I tried it some time ago and the folk making it seemed not to be interested in its issues with screenreaders.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Kingett" <kingettr@...>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] accessible email clients with NVDA

I managed to add my email account with JAWS and OE classic and noticed that OE classic does not have automatic IMAP support. I disabled POP on my gmail anyway, but OE classic, the most recent one, kept trying to connect to the POP server, so, basically, if anyone is using OE classic and the jaws scripts for it you may need to put IMAP information in later unless I am a ditsy and I am missing something obvious. :)

Some questions about eSpeak-ng and MBrola

Christo de Klerk

#14118

Hello all

I have been using MBrola with the old eSpeak for many years and would like to get it going under eSpeak-ng now I am using NVDA as my screen reader. I have looked at the eSpeak-ng documentation and I think I have copied all the necessary MBrola files into their correct places, but I can't get MBrola activated under NVDA. I select espeak-ng as my synthesiser, then I go to Voice preferences and I see mb-en1 listed there, in the list of voices, but it is the usual eSpeak-ng en voice that keeps talking. How do I get mb-en1 to talk?

Then another question. MBrola tools has this confirmation dialog that keeps popping up every first time it is run after a reboot. Has anyone found a way to get that out of the way? It causes havoc, as it pops up before there is any speech.

I see there is now a Windows installation of eSpeak-ng. Would it upset the old installation of eSpeak at all if one were to install eSpeak-ng? I don't want to break anything that ain't broke.

I see the eSpeak-ng documentation is in a .md format. What does one use to read .md files?

Sorry for all the questions, but I am new to espeak-ng and would like to get a grip on it. I have worked with the old eSpeak and have done dictionary development for many years.

Kind regards

Christo

Re: outlook express question

Gene

#14117

I haven't used JAWS or Outlook express for years. Perhaps JAWS does announce this and I don't recall. As you say, NVDA doesn't and NVDA isn't user definable in ways that you can change this behavior. It would require something like a command in a script to cause this behavior.

Gene

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