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Георги Ламбов <obichamlegiona@...>
 

hi group!

Did anyone visit vocalizer for NvdA in the last time? I've visited it
several times at last and always receive the same announcement: unsure
connection. First I decided the problem is on my browser or anywhere
else. But soon I've understood that the problem is with the site because
visiting another webSites, all was in order with my searches. So, I
decided to announce this here.

Cheers!

Georgi


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Re: Windows logon screen: was Problem with Secure Desktop

John J. Boyer
 

I followed the instructions in the mesage below to copy the current
configuration to the Windows logon screen. However, i missed the
checkbox to have NVDA work at that screen. Now after making some
changes, including setting Windows to never slep, it boots directly into
the logon dialogue and says Configuring Windows. That is the NVDA
mesage, but it won't do anything more. Is there a way to get past this
dialogue and proceed to a normal boot?

Thanks,
John

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:36:32PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote:
Secure desktop is the desktop for things like UAC screens, and the Windows logon screen.

This uses a completely different NVDA profile, with a separate speech/braille config. By default it's set to espeak.

My first guess is your machine is going to sleep, and it's asking for your password when it wakes up. You can turn off sleep in the power options.

If you want to copy the current configuration to the secure desktop, so it uses the same speech/braille settings as the logged in NVDA, you can do that.
* Press ctrl+NVDA+G, to open the NVDA General settings.
* Press the button that says Use currently saved settings on the logon and other secure screens (requires administrator privileges).
* If the secure desktop appears during this process, it's probably an UAC prompt. Press alt y.
If you want NVDA to work at the logon screen, the General settings dialog has a checkbox for that as well.

On 6/27/2016 9:54 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
If I don't do anything on my machine for a while it goes to Secure
Desktop, whatever that is, and NVDA is not working. The only way I can
get out of it is to shut down the machine and turn it back on. Does
anyone know what Secure Desktop is and how to get rid of it?

Thanks,
John

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looking for a good ntivirus program

John J. Boyer
 

Does anyone want to recommend a free antivirus program that works well
with NVDA?

Thanks,
John

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Re: Some issues with NVDA's reading

Clare Page <clare.page@...>
 

Hi !

It’s true that a space before a question mark is syntactically incorrect in English, but it is correct in French, where any punctuation symbols made up of two parts, such as the question mark and the colon, the latter being two dots above each other, are always separated from the last word of the sentence. I personally can’t think of any languages where doubole question marks are the norm, but even in English some people right multiple exclamation marks.

Given what I wrote above about the French standard for question marks, I don’t think NVDA should automatically read a question mark if it is separate from the last word of a question, as that may well annoy French users of NVDA, or even multilingual users like me. So it’s probably better that anyone who wants a separated question mark to be spoken for proof-reading should either review the ends of their questions character by character, or tweak their punctuation settings somehow. That’s just my opinion: I have no problems with questions in English, French or German, the three languages I use myself.

Bye for now!

From Clare

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: vendredi 1 juillet 2016 00:38
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Some issues with NVDA's reading

 

Chris,

            And what I'm telling you is that the first version of the question does not read correctly, to my ears, in either NVDA or Window-Eyes and the second two read precisely the same way.

            Since double exclamation points and double question marks (and/or combinations thereof) are not uncommon I have no issue with a screen reader reading these without any extra string of punctuation.

            I agree that a terminal space before the question mark itself is syntactically incorrect and the words should be read followed by "question mark" announcing the punctuation.  There is no case in written English that I know of where a question mark can "free float" and be syntactically correct.  It is always firmly attached to the final word in a question construction.
--
Brian

I worry a lot. . . I worry that no matter how cynical you become it's never enough to keep up.

         ~ Trudy, in Jane Wagner's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"

    

 
Re: Some issues with NVDA's reading

Chris Mullins
 

With the punctuation/symbols pronunciation settings set as I indicated, the first sentence sounds different to the others two my ears.  I’ve tested it with ESpeak and Eloquence I get the same result.  When I originally received the message, the question marks were not spoken in any of the sentences but the 1st 1st line still sounds different to me.

 

I agree with Gene, the 2nd and 3rd sentences do not constitute syntactically correct sentences, so I changed my settings so the questin marks are spoken in those circumstances and thus may enable errors to be detected.

Cheers

Chris

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 30 June 2016 23:38
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Some issues with NVDA's reading

 

Chris,

            And what I'm telling you is that the first version of the question does not read correctly, to my ears, in either NVDA or Window-Eyes and the second two read precisely the same way.

            Since double exclamation points and double question marks (and/or combinations thereof) are not uncommon I have no issue with a screen reader reading these without any extra string of punctuation.

            I agree that a terminal space before the question mark itself is syntactically incorrect and the words should be read followed by "question mark" announcing the punctuation.  There is no case in written English that I know of where a question mark can "free float" and be syntactically correct.  It is always firmly attached to the final word in a question construction.
--
Brian

I worry a lot. . . I worry that no matter how cynical you become it's never enough to keep up.

         ~ Trudy, in Jane Wagner's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"

    

 
Re: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

Antony Stone
 

Are you suggesting that Microsoft will at some point forcibly upgrade people's
machines from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10?

I know there's a free upgrade available, but it's the user's choice whether to
accept it.

If Microsoft have stated that this will one day become a compulsory upgrade,
please point me to any reference confirming this.


Thanks,


Antony.

On Friday 01 July 2016 at 10:30:16, Shaun Everiss wrote:

One thing though, nvda is going to have to support win10 by the time it
upgrades because home users will get it automatically.
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other way is to make it so complicated that there are no _obvious_
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Re: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

John Sanfilippo <john.sanfilippo@...>
 

Hello,


Just for a little perspective, I'm running a Macbook Air with Windows 10 since about a month after Windows 10 came out, and of course, my screen access is NVDA. I'm quite happy with it.


What doesn't work, I just avoid. Even so, I think it works just fine.


js

On 7/1/16 9:30, Shaun Everiss wrote:
One thing though, nvda is going to have to support win10 by the time it upgrades because home users will get it automatically.
I can defur the systems I have on pro into the non upgrade branch for a time but as I can't justify defuring a remote for the only reason that I can't access it since I only maintain those, I would like to have the systems I let upgrade, upgraded so I could see what was what.
The only good thing is as long as search works, the settings app, ie, and the desktop I could get buy while you worked with things.



On 1/07/2016 8:06 p.m., Brian's Mail list account wrote:
One of the options seems to be that new versions of win 10 come along
and break accessibility in some cases.
I don't think this occurs though if you just take windows updates and
not whole new builds such as insiders get.
Brian

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----- Original Message ----- From: "蔡宗豪 Victor Cai"
<surfer0627@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 3:13 AM
Subject: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10


Hi all,
Windows10 has been released for almost one year. Is this still the case?

Here is a quote from NV Access (Last update: 5 April 2016 00:25 UTC):
we recommend that most users delay upgrading to or purchasing a
computer with Windows 10 until further notice.
resource from:
http://www.nvaccess.org/win10/

Regards,

Victor Cai
Re: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

Shaun Everiss
 

One thing though, nvda is going to have to support win10 by the time it upgrades because home users will get it automatically.
I can defur the systems I have on pro into the non upgrade branch for a time but as I can't justify defuring a remote for the only reason that I can't access it since I only maintain those, I would like to have the systems I let upgrade, upgraded so I could see what was what.
The only good thing is as long as search works, the settings app, ie, and the desktop I could get buy while you worked with things.

On 1/07/2016 8:06 p.m., Brian's Mail list account wrote:
One of the options seems to be that new versions of win 10 come along
and break accessibility in some cases.
I don't think this occurs though if you just take windows updates and
not whole new builds such as insiders get.
Brian

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----- Original Message ----- From: "蔡宗豪 Victor Cai"
<surfer0627@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 3:13 AM
Subject: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10


Hi all,
Windows10 has been released for almost one year. Is this still the case?

Here is a quote from NV Access (Last update: 5 April 2016 00:25 UTC):
we recommend that most users delay upgrading to or purchasing a
computer with Windows 10 until further notice.
resource from:
http://www.nvaccess.org/win10/

Regards,

Victor Cai
Re: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

Brian's Mail list account BY <bglists@...>
 

One of the options seems to be that new versions of win 10 come along and break accessibility in some cases.
I don't think this occurs though if you just take windows updates and not whole new builds such as insiders get.
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "蔡宗豪 Victor Cai" <surfer0627@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 3:13 AM
Subject: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10


Hi all,
Windows10 has been released for almost one year. Is this still the case?

Here is a quote from NV Access (Last update: 5 April 2016 00:25 UTC):
we recommend that most users delay upgrading to or purchasing a computer with Windows 10 until further notice.
resource from:
http://www.nvaccess.org/win10/

Regards,

Victor Cai
Re: noticed reading issues

Brian's Mail list account BY <bglists@...>
 

Yes its not just nvda though, its the speed of the actual display catching up with input. I'm not sure what this is about, but maybe somebody else does know. It was suggested to me that this is more obvious onamd multi core processors, but I don't know enough about hardware to make a comment.
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pascal Lambert" <casablanca_31@hotmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] noticed reading issues


Hi,

Since I upgraded to Win10, I am noticing some sluggishness in Windows explorer, Outlook 2013, and at times it is slow responding to keyboard commands in Word and Outlook. I have to issue the command twice to get a response.

I appreciate the help and learning I am getting from the list.

Thanks and blessings to all

Pascal



From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 7:38 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Some issues with NVDA's reading



Chris,

And what I'm telling you is that the first version of the question does not read correctly, to my ears, in either NVDA or Window-Eyes and the second two read precisely the same way.

Since double exclamation points and double question marks (and/or combinations thereof) are not uncommon I have no issue with a screen reader reading these without any extra string of punctuation.

I agree that a terminal space before the question mark itself is syntactically incorrect and the words should be read followed by "question mark" announcing the punctuation. There is no case in written English that I know of where a question mark can "free float" and be syntactically correct. It is always firmly attached to the final word in a question construction.
--
Brian

I worry a lot. . . I worry that no matter how cynical you become it's never enough to keep up.

~ Trudy, in Jane Wagner's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"
Re: Some issues with NVDA's reading

Brian's Mail list account BY <bglists@...>
 

Exclamation marks are often multiple these days, something pioneered on social media etc, but creeping into other texts more recently.
Questions marks though seem to always be tied to the end of a word unless the ? is in a sentence such as this one is.
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@ripco.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Some issues with NVDA's reading


I don't usually see double question marks or double exclamation points. And such are far more likely to be the result of errors. Again, a screen-reader should not treat nonstandard syntax as though it was standard syntax.

Gene
----- Original Message -----

From: Brian Vogel
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 5:38 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Some issues with NVDA's reading


Chris,

And what I'm telling you is that the first version of the question does not read correctly, to my ears, in either NVDA or Window-Eyes and the second two read precisely the same way.

Since double exclamation points and double question marks (and/or combinations thereof) are not uncommon I have no issue with a screen reader reading these without any extra string of punctuation.

I agree that a terminal space before the question mark itself is syntactically incorrect and the words should be read followed by "question mark" announcing the punctuation. There is no case in written English that I know of where a question mark can "free float" and be syntactically correct. It is always firmly attached to the final word in a question construction.
--
Brian


I worry a lot. . . I worry that no matter how cynical you become it's never enough to keep up.

~ Trudy, in Jane Wagner's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"
Re: Using Thunderbird

Kenny Dog <hurrikennyandopo@...>
 

Hi John


I have 3 accounts setup here on mozilla thunderbird.


if your layout is like mine when thunderbird first opens up, you will
need to tab twice until you hear tree view. I think mine defaults to the
main account which shows alll of my folers on the first account. On the
first account, if I tab again it will put me into the inbox and
shift/tab will take me out of it. To go up and down the folers use the
arrow keys the up or down ones, then tab to go into that folder.


So if we go back to the start when it first opens up, tab twice until
you hear tree view you will hear inbox. Next use the left arrow key
until tht branch is calapsed and you hear the name of the first account.
Next use the udown arrow key to go to the next account, then use the
right arrow key to open the branch until you hear NVDA say inbox, then
you can tab into it. Shift tab etc like before to go out of it and arrow
keys to go down or up the other folders. To close that branch use the
left arrow key until you hear the branch is calapsed, then use the down
arrow key to go to the next account, then use the right arrow key to
open it just like before.


hopefully this makes sence.


Gene nz

On 1/07/2016 4:52 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
I have three accounts. How do I get to a list of them and then pick the
account I want to use? Then look at the inbox, send messages etc.?

Thanks,
John
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Re: Using Thunderbird

Governor staten
 

Unless there is something I don't know, you have a tree view. You move
up and down the tree view to see folders and accounts. There is no first
letter navigation. I hope that helps you a little bit.

On 7/1/2016 12:52 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
I have three accounts. How do I get to a list of them and then pick the
account I want to use? Then look at the inbox, send messages etc.?

Thanks,
John
Using Thunderbird

John J. Boyer
 

I have three accounts. How do I get to a list of them and then pick the
account I want to use? Then look at the inbox, send messages etc.?

Thanks,
John

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Touch cursor support

Ben J. Bloomgren
 

Hi all,


I'm really seeing the power of the Jaws touch cursor commands, and it makes me curious as to NVDA's capabilities. Does NVDA have such a thing, whether or not it have the same name as it does in Jaws?


By touch cursor, I mean where it'll give users without a touch screen very similar functionality to those with a touch screen using the keyboard only.


Thanks,


Ben
how to find out what's new since I last update the next snapshot

Stephen
 

Hi there.
I would like to get a list of what's changed since (NVDA)
Version: next-13306,69e86e83
before downloading the latest next snapshot. Is there an easy way of doing this?
Thanks.
Re: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

Joseph Lee
 

Hi,
Some developers are working on fixes for upcoming Anniversary Update. Please hold off until NVDA 2016.3 is released.
Cheers,
Joseph

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of ??? Victor Cai
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 7:14 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

Hi all,
Windows10 has been released for almost one year. Is this still the case?

Here is a quote from NV Access (Last update: 5 April 2016 00:25 UTC):
we recommend that most users delay upgrading to or purchasing a computer with Windows 10 until further notice.
resource from:
http://www.nvaccess.org/win10/

Regards,

Victor Cai
[NVDA] NVDA and Windows 10

蔡宗豪 Victor Cai
 

Hi all,
Windows10 has been released for almost one year. Is this still the case?

Here is a quote from NV Access (Last update: 5 April 2016 00:25 UTC):
we recommend that most users delay upgrading to or purchasing a computer with Windows 10 until further notice.
resource from:
http://www.nvaccess.org/win10/

Regards,

Victor Cai
Re: OT: How to, again, switch over to sort of pre-release firefox

Rosemarie Chavarria
 

I tried googling and couldn't find it.

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Governor
staten
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 6:13 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] OT: How to, again, switch over to sort of pre-release
firefox

Google Thunderbird nightly. It does exist.





On 6/30/2016 8:34 PM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:
Is there a thunderbird nightly? Just wondering.



-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Governor staten
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:20 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] OT: How to, again, switch over to sort of
pre-release firefox

If you google Firefox nightly, that should do the trick. HTH











On 6/30/2016 1:38 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:


Sorry, but, just reinstalled my windows 10 64 bit machine from
scratch, for a clean install, and, immediately, firefox seems to be
crashing way too often, and, at times makes NVDA seemingly get
confused, and, know last time, switching over to a sort of pre-release
version of firefox helped, but, can't find the relevant install links in
my mail archives, etc.

However, know it was someone on this list who helped me out last
time..?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..."
Re: OT: How to, again, switch over to sort of pre-release firefox

Governor staten
 

Google Thunderbird nightly. It does exist.

On 6/30/2016 8:34 PM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:
Is there a thunderbird nightly? Just wondering.



-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Governor
staten
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:20 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] OT: How to, again, switch over to sort of pre-release
firefox

If you google Firefox nightly, that should do the trick. HTH











On 6/30/2016 1:38 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:


Sorry, but, just reinstalled my windows 10 64 bit machine from
scratch, for a clean install, and, immediately, firefox seems to be crashing
way too often, and, at times makes NVDA seemingly get confused, and, know
last time, switching over to a sort of pre-release version of firefox
helped, but, can't find the relevant install links in my mail archives, etc.

However, know it was someone on this list who helped me out last
time..?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..."
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