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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
I forget the software, but I have an ebook converter that uses calibre and which I use for epub books but I can't remember what it is.
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Next, yeah balabolka and adobe reader can read pdfs well enough. As for text and the rest well they work. Next one other option no one mentioned is the dolphin easyreader. For those using dolphin products the damn thing is free if you have payed for 1. If not the universal is only 65 bucks. I haven't read epubs for a bit but they are hardly inaccessible. Your simple daisy reader should read them. And any portable daisy or supported player will read them. I don't read enough to subscribe to scribbed but aparently you can write there to. Another thing to mention though I have never done this, is that if you buy kindle books your alexa enabled device can aparently read them to you.
On 3/12/2021 6:12 am, John Isige wrote:
I use QRead myself, but lots of people don't like it because the author will abandon things for long periods of time. Still, for me, it works pretty well, I haven't found another program that reads all of the formats it does. But you do have other options. Edge can read .EPUB files, I'm pretty sure, and lots of things can read PDFs nowadays, most browsers for example. If they won't come up as text you'll have to OCR them with something anyway, in order to read them.
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
Gene
Edge can read PDF files but it doesn’t read epub.
I’m not recommending this program because I don’t know what other programs
are available, but I use balabolka to open epub files. I then select the
text and copy it to the clipboard and paste it into Notepad. I want my
books as text files.
Reading epub files in balabolka itself may not be a good option. I
don’t know about other browsers, but read to end or say all, I believe is the
actual term used by NVDA developers, stops at the end of each
paragraph. You can have the program read itself, using MSAPI voices but if
you don’t have one you like, you won’t be satisfied. Plus, you lose all
the screen-reader dictionary entries you have made when using the program to
read.
Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: John Isige
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2021 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] eBook Readers with NVDA I
use QRead myself, but lots of people don't like it because the author will abandon things for long periods of time. Still, for me, it works pretty well, I haven't found another program that reads all of the formats it does. But you do have other options. Edge can read .EPUB files, I'm pretty sure, and lots of things can read PDFs nowadays, most browsers for example. If they won't come up as text you'll have to OCR them with something anyway, in order to read them. I've never gotten Calibre to do much of anything. Personally I wouldn't restrict myself to something like the iPhone, not only because I don't own one, but also because then you're stuck with whatever Apple has. There are lots of books that aren't in Apple's format. Another option you didn't mention is Kindle for PC. This is accessible and works well with NVDA, so much so that I signed up for Kindle unlimited. There's also Bookshare, and NLS if you're in the US, or whatever library service you've got in your country, in case you're not hooked up with something like that. On 12/2/2021 11:05 AM, David Russell wrote: > Hello NVDA, > This post is about eBook accessibility options with NVDA. > Please comment on which may be the best alternative for one without > vision, using NVDA to work with an acquired eBook reader? > 1. QRead, is a pay-for product, designed by a blind user, Chris Toth. > 2. Calibre Reader, formerly used by the customer service rep at my > regional Library Service for the Blind. However, she is sighted. She > could not offer specifics. Her blind colleague has limited experience > or knowledge concerning this issue. > 3. Forego the first two options, purchase eBooks from Apple Bookstore > and read on iPhone. > 4. Get a paid subscription to use Scribde with NVDA screen reader. > > Previously, I have published and purchased a couple other books on > SmashWords. However, authors are opting for less readily accessible > means (Adobe PDF, TXT, or HTML) for one who purchases and read titles. > More so, formats becoming standard are Moby and or ePub. Hence, this > requires one to have an eBook reader. > > Thanks for comment(s) in advance. >
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
John Isige
I use QRead myself, but lots of people don't like it because the author will abandon things for long periods of time. Still, for me, it works pretty well, I haven't found another program that reads all of the formats it does. But you do have other options. Edge can read .EPUB files, I'm pretty sure, and lots of things can read PDFs nowadays, most browsers for example. If they won't come up as text you'll have to OCR them with something anyway, in order to read them.
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I've never gotten Calibre to do much of anything. Personally I wouldn't restrict myself to something like the iPhone, not only because I don't own one, but also because then you're stuck with whatever Apple has. There are lots of books that aren't in Apple's format. Another option you didn't mention is Kindle for PC. This is accessible and works well with NVDA, so much so that I signed up for Kindle unlimited. There's also Bookshare, and NLS if you're in the US, or whatever library service you've got in your country, in case you're not hooked up with something like that.
On 12/2/2021 11:05 AM, David Russell wrote:
Hello NVDA,
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eBook Readers with NVDA
David Russell
Hello NVDA,
This post is about eBook accessibility options with NVDA. Please comment on which may be the best alternative for one without vision, using NVDA to work with an acquired eBook reader? 1. QRead, is a pay-for product, designed by a blind user, Chris Toth. 2. Calibre Reader, formerly used by the customer service rep at my regional Library Service for the Blind. However, she is sighted. She could not offer specifics. Her blind colleague has limited experience or knowledge concerning this issue. 3. Forego the first two options, purchase eBooks from Apple Bookstore and read on iPhone. 4. Get a paid subscription to use Scribde with NVDA screen reader. Previously, I have published and purchased a couple other books on SmashWords. However, authors are opting for less readily accessible means (Adobe PDF, TXT, or HTML) for one who purchases and read titles. More so, formats becoming standard are Moby and or ePub. Hence, this requires one to have an eBook reader. Thanks for comment(s) in advance. -- David C. Russell, Author david.sonofhashem@...
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Re: Ivona voices
zvonimir stanečić, 9a5dsz <zvonimirek222@...>
Hi Rui and all, Harpo ivona voices have bugs. I don’t recommend them. For example, say all is not working
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kenny Cheung
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 5:31 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Ivona voices
Thanks. I'll take a look.
On 12/2/21 11:08, Rui Fontes wrote:
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Re: Ivona voices
Kenny Cheung
Thanks. I'll take a look.
On 12/2/21 11:08, Rui Fontes wrote:
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Re: Ivona voices
Rui Fontes
And also on:
Rui Fontes
Às 09:08 de 02/12/2021, Quentin
Christensen escreveu:
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Re: microsoft store and virtual cursor
Hi, Yes, hopefully someone would maintain the add-on and make it compatible with future releases and add features requested by users. Cheers, Joseph
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Re: Ivona voices
Quentin Christensen
Looking at our Extra Voices page: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/ExtraVoices It has: Next Up Ivona Ivona™ voices may be purchased with TextAloud 4 or alone for use with SAPI5 speech software. They are available in over 20 languages with multiple voices for each language. Visit the official Next Up Ivona TTS page to listen to a demo of each voice, and purchase. Kind regards Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 6:57 PM Kenny Cheung <kennycheung0@...> wrote: Hi, --
Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: microsoft store and virtual cursor
Mohammed Al Shara
Hi I have just checked ObjPad, and it is a very useful addon. @joseph Lee, this addon is not supported means it probably won't be updated for future nvda releases unless some other community member steps in to maintain it. right?
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Ivona voices
Kenny Cheung
Hi,
I was wondering if theirs an Ivona add-on for NVDA, if not can the voices be used with any other synthesizer? The only one I found was Sapi. Sent from Kenny’s iPhone
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Re: Fillable PDFS?
Actually sighted people can fill it out using edge but we don't get such an option. I know this, as I took a soft skills class wherein we had to do this.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Clement Chou Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:07 PM To: nvda <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Subject: [nvda] Fillable PDFS? Hi. Need to fill out a reference work for a job interview, and the form came as a fillable pdf. What's the most accessible way to handle these? Adobe Reader DC seems to do ok, but doesn't seem to highlight or focus fields properly. Any thoughts or recommendations? Edge and Chrome both just open the file without giving me options to edit it, obviously. thanks.
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Re: NV access site does not open
Makes sence, like when a weapon jams, or did back in the 1800s. I’ll have to consult my oxford dictionary then. Anyway I’ll shove off now. Looks like the jam is fixed though, which is good.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Louise Pfau
Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:02 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] NV access site does not open
Hi. The expression "Hang fire" can also mean that something isn't working. The NVDA sight hung fire while they were working on it.
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Re: errors with RC
Quentin Christensen
Sometimes there is :) And there are different levels of logging. The default "info" level gives information particularly about errors which occur, and there are higher levels which record more information (which we only recommend setting when testing or capturing information - eg if you could give me the same log but at "debug" level, it would show what keystrokes you had pressed during that time, and what NVDA had spoken, which would possibly be enough to work out what you were doing. If sending particularly a debug level log, do send it to me offlist, just because of the risk of it capturing anything sensitive. Kind regards Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:15 PM Chris Smart <ve3rwj@...> wrote:
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Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: NVDA 2021.3 RC 1 is available
Gary Metzler
Hi Quentin,
My copy is working great.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 7:45 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA 2021.3 RC 1 is available
Eduardo (and Rosemarie, and everyone else who has checked in reporting that it is all working as expected),
Thank you so much, that is great to hear!
Kind regards
Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 8:38 AM Eduardo Fermiano Luccas <25102008luccas@...> wrote:
-- Quentin Christensen
Web: www.nvaccess.org Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess
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Re: errors with RC
Oh sorry. I assumed wrongly that there would be enough information in the log.
I can’t get them to happen right now but if they do, I’ll do a better job explaining what I was doing at the time.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: December 1, 2021 7:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] errors with RC
Ok well that's something :) If you can pinpoint something which causes the errors to happen, please let me know so we can investigate further.
Kind regards
Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 8:08 AM Chris Smart <ve3rwj@...> wrote:
-- Quentin Christensen
Web: www.nvaccess.org Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess
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Re: NVDA 2021.3 RC 1 is available
Quentin Christensen
Eduardo (and Rosemarie, and everyone else who has checked in reporting that it is all working as expected), Thank you so much, that is great to hear! Kind regards Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 8:38 AM Eduardo Fermiano Luccas <25102008luccas@...> wrote:
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Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: errors with RC
Quentin Christensen
Ok well that's something :) If you can pinpoint something which causes the errors to happen, please let me know so we can investigate further. Kind regards Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 8:08 AM Chris Smart <ve3rwj@...> wrote:
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Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: Recommendations for NVDA voice
Gene
If you haven’t, you might want to try the default English voice as
well. I haven’t used most of the variants and dialects in E-Speak because
I don’t like the voice. But I wanted to discuss it because I didn’t know
if you had tried it and it might be worth trying.
Gene
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From: Mani Iyer via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2021 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Recommendations for NVDA voice Gene,
I agree the speak voices lack the body and do sound harsh, although I have
to admit I did not seriously give all the English American voices a spin.
I will do that soon.
Thanks,
Mani
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Fillable PDFS?
Clement Chou
Hi. Need to fill out a reference work for a job interview, and the
form came as a fillable pdf. What's the most accessible way to handle these? Adobe Reader DC seems to do ok, but doesn't seem to highlight or focus fields properly. Any thoughts or recommendations? Edge and Chrome both just open the file without giving me options to edit it, obviously. thanks.
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