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Re: LibreOffice?
Tony Ballou
Hi,
Libre office is a suite of productivity programs, not an
antivirus application. Like Open Office, It uses the graphic
user interface, similar to what was used in earlier versions of
microsoft office prior to Office 2007 which introduced the ribbon
interface. To my knowledge, NVDA supports both Libre Office
Writer, and Libre Office Calc. Your screen reader will not have
any problems with it. I'll post the keyboard shortcuts for each
of these applications when I return from the road later today.
Tony Tony
On 12/2/2021 11:35 PM, Viris g.
Rodríguez wrote:
Hello everybody. I think somebody mentioned LibreOffice a couple weeks ago. Mr. Quentin told me he was not sure as to whether the commands were the same as the ones used in Microsoft or something like that. I honestly don't remember pretty well.
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
On that note I wander if easy converter express can convert epub to other formats. I have this and office so I can convert everything to doc but really its a 2 step thing doc then text, hmph.
On 4/12/2021 12:59 am, Ikrami wrote:
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
Not yet but my plan is to try to maybe review some of these later on. Of course weather I will do this before christmas is another thing. What may happen is that on christmas day or one of those dead days I will probably do a podcast. Christmas day is at my place and only in the evening. So chances are since it is christmas I will not be going to the gym as I usually do on a saturday. Being its my own personal gym but even so. Anyway who knows. I'll note it down. What I really want is a good ebook converter, ie epub, to htm, text, etc mobi, etc. Pdf I have plenty of converters but even so I'd like one. Calibre is a good software package to use but the codex frontend just makes it a lot better. Its just a pitty no one works on it. What needs to happen is someone other than me can find the old site james had with the latest compiled version, I'd do it but forget where on wayback I should look and somehow preserve it so at least we can still use that version. I like codex for its ease of use to convert the books to something else I can read, like text or something.
On 4/12/2021 12:59 am, Ikrami wrote:
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eBook Readers with NVDA
David Russell
Hello All,
I will probably choose between the iPhone, Bookworm, and Scribbed after reading through the responses you graciously provided. I'm not as tech savvy as some, so simple is desired. I tend to steer clear of Amazon for personal reasons as an author and reader. Thus I am not going to choose Kindle. I found GooglePlay usable with NVDA and eBooks, but only my Google Smart Speaker if the book is audio. The anthology I am interested in is published to Amazon, SmashWords, Apple, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble. The plan is to add more venues later. Authors on SmashWords again, seem to be choosing between EPUB, Moby and perhaps a third as format choice. Finding PDF, HTML, or plain text is becoming rare. Thanks again and happy holidays to all! David -- David C. Russell, Author david.sonofhashem@... Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. (O. Henry)
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Re: LibreOffice?
Viris g. Rodríguez <vgr.09.15@...>
Never mind, Quentin. I'll give it a try.
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God bless you.
----- Original Message ----- From: Quentin Christensen To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Date: Thursday, December 02, 2021 23:53 Subject: Re: [nvda] LibreOffice? No, you didn't anger me at all! I'm sorry if my response came across that way, I think something might have been lost in translation along the way. Your questions are perfectly good questions and definitely acceptable here. I admit I didn't go back and check our previous conversation before replying, but by simply answering the questions with as much detail as possible, I figured it might help anyone else who comes along and finds the question in the group. Do please feel encouraged to download LibreOffice and give it a go: https://www.libreoffice.org/ And let us know how you find it and anything you get stuck with. Kind regards Quentin. On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 4:44 PM Viris g. Rodríguez wrote: Okay, Sir. I get the impression that this message angered you but I don't understand why. As I said, I don't remember exactly what we talked, though I am aware that we had a conversation about this topic. Of course I'm referring to the legal version of Eloquence TTS. However, I don't have a Microsoft Office subscription yet. I'm learning to use NVDA little by little. Please do not forget that I'm completely new to this. For this reason, I thought every single question made sense. I sincerely apologize to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Quentin Christensen To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Date: Thursday, December 02, 2021 23:05 Subject: Re: [nvda] LibreOffice? LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. So the first couple of questions actually don't apply: - The Antivirus you use would be the same across the computer. Any anti-virus which works on your PC should be just fine with LibreOffice - By Eloquence I hope you are referring to the legal version. In any case, the synthesizer simply reads whatever text NVDA passes to it. So if something won't read in LibreOffice, it is likely because that feature is not accessible, and it won't matter what synthesizer you use. The last one (paraphrased): - Are all the functions and features from Microsoft Office available in LibreOffice Is the key question. The majority of features of Microsoft Office are available in LibreOffice. There likely are some which aren't, but most will be. The key considering however, is that not all of the features are as accessible as the equivalent features in Microsoft Office are. Again, many are, but some may not be. If you currently have a Microsoft Office subscription, I would recommend trying LibreOffice and deciding whether it works for what you need before your Microsoft subscription runs out, so you can make an informed decision as to whether to continue it or not. Kind regards Quentin. On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM Viris g. Rodríguez wrote: Hello everybody. I think somebody mentioned LibreOffice a couple weeks ago. Mr. Quentin told me he was not sure as to whether the commands were the same as the ones used in Microsoft or something like that. I honestly don't remember pretty well. If someone has used LibreOffice with NVDA, I would really appreciate any information. Is there an antivirus for this software? Is Eloquence TTS compatible with it? Are all the Microsoft functions and features available? Thanks in advance. Sincerely. -- Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager 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 Twitter: @NVAccess -- Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager 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 Twitter: @NVAccess _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#90366) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic NVDA Topics on Groups.io - https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/topics | NVDA Archive Search Page on Groups.io - https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/search NVDA is developed by NV Access in collaboration with the community. Get NVDA from: https://www.nvaccess.org/ Your continued donations help keep NVDA development going strong.. Donate at: https://www.nvaccess.org/donate Get NVDA add-ons at: https://addons.nvda-project.org/ Other links: NVDA on Facebook: https://www..facebook.com/group.php?gid=8601265515 Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [vgr.09.15@...] _._,_._,_
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Re: Strange behavior of NVDA and Windows 10 at machine startup
Steve Nutt
Well I always recommend turning Fastboot off anyway, it tends to corrupt what’s in memory.
All the best
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Artin Dekker
Sent: 27 November 2021 18:52 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Strange behavior of NVDA and Windows 10 at machine startup
Hello everyone,
Has anyone ever found a solution for this? I have a new laptop with Windows 10 20H2 and NVDA 2021.2 and run into the same problem.
Kind Regarts, Artin Dekker
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Bhavya interview Pt 2, and In-Process both out today
Quentin Christensen
Hi everyone, This week's In-Process is out and you can find it here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3rd-december-2021/ This week we've got news on the NVDA 2021.3 Release Candidate, a spotlight on using the Microsoft Store, and info on Bhavya Shah, from India to the USA part 2, which also came out today. You can find the interview here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/bhavya-shah-from-india-to-the-usa-part-2/ As with the first part, the page includes both the video, and a text transcript. Kind regards Quentin. 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: eBook Readers with NVDA
Ikrami
Have you tried bookworm? It is a free, open-source, fully accessible and efficient e-book reader designed for the blind by the blind. Check it here:
https://github.com/blindpandas/bookworm
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:16 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] eBook Readers with NVDA
Thorium Reader is another option: https://www.edrlab.org/software/thorium-reader/
(It gets a mention in this week's In-Process which is out later today)
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 5:13 AM JM Casey <jmcasey@...> 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: eBook Readers with NVDA
I am interested on that to. Bookworm looks good but its only a beta so who knows. With codex out of the picture for a supported software package anyway I may have to get another backup.
On 3/12/2021 8:48 pm, cisco wrote:
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
cisco
Hello Quentin and all,
Should the classic windows executable of Thorium be downloaded, or is the Windows Store version accessible as well?
Thanks for any answer.
Best regards. Francisco.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:16 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] eBook Readers with NVDA
Thorium Reader is another option: https://www.edrlab.org/software/thorium-reader/
(It gets a mention in this week's In-Process which is out later today)
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 5:13 AM JM Casey <jmcasey@...> 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: LibreOffice?
Quentin Christensen
No, you didn't anger me at all! I'm sorry if my response came across that way, I think something might have been lost in translation along the way. Your questions are perfectly good questions and definitely acceptable here. I admit I didn't go back and check our previous conversation before replying, but by simply answering the questions with as much detail as possible, I figured it might help anyone else who comes along and finds the question in the group. Do please feel encouraged to download LibreOffice and give it a go: https://www.libreoffice.org/ And let us know how you find it and anything you get stuck with. Kind regards Quentin.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 4:44 PM Viris g. Rodríguez <vgr.09.15@...> wrote: Okay, Sir. I get the impression that this message angered you but I don't understand why. As I said, I don't remember exactly what we talked, though I am aware that we had a conversation about this topic. Of course I'm referring to the legal version of Eloquence TTS. However, I don't have a Microsoft Office subscription yet. I'm learning to use NVDA little by little. Please do not forget that I'm completely new to this. For this reason, I thought every single question made sense. --
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: LibreOffice?
Viris g. Rodríguez <vgr.09.15@...>
Okay, Sir. I get the impression that this message angered you but I don't understand why. As I said, I don't remember exactly what we talked, though I am aware that we had a conversation about this topic. Of course I'm referring to the legal version of Eloquence TTS. However, I don't have a Microsoft Office subscription yet. I'm learning to use NVDA little by little. Please do not forget that I'm completely new to this. For this reason, I thought every single question made sense.
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----- Original Message ----- From: Quentin Christensen To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Date: Thursday, December 02, 2021 23:05 Subject: Re: [nvda] LibreOffice? LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. So the first couple of questions actually don't apply: - The Antivirus you use would be the same across the computer. Any anti-virus which works on your PC should be just fine with LibreOffice - By Eloquence I hope you are referring to the legal version. In any case, the synthesizer simply reads whatever text NVDA passes to it. So if something won't read in LibreOffice, it is likely because that feature is not accessible, and it won't matter what synthesizer you use. The last one (paraphrased): - Are all the functions and features from Microsoft Office available in LibreOffice Is the key question. The majority of features of Microsoft Office are available in LibreOffice. There likely are some which aren't, but most will be. The key considering however, is that not all of the features are as accessible as the equivalent features in Microsoft Office are. Again, many are, but some may not be. If you currently have a Microsoft Office subscription, I would recommend trying LibreOffice and deciding whether it works for what you need before your Microsoft subscription runs out, so you can make an informed decision as to whether to continue it or not. Kind regards Quentin. On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM Viris g. Rodríguez wrote: Hello everybody. I think somebody mentioned LibreOffice a couple weeks ago. Mr. Quentin told me he was not sure as to whether the commands were the same as the ones used in Microsoft or something like that. I honestly don't remember pretty well. If someone has used LibreOffice with NVDA, I would really appreciate any information. Is there an antivirus for this software? Is Eloquence TTS compatible with it? Are all the Microsoft functions and features available? Thanks in advance. Sincerely. -- Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager 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 Twitter: @NVAccess _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#90364) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic NVDA Topics on Groups.io - https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/topics | NVDA Archive Search Page on Groups.io - https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/search NVDA is developed by NV Access in collaboration with the community. Get NVDA from: https://www.nvaccess.org/ Your continued donations help keep NVDA development going strong.. Donate at: https://www.nvaccess.org/donate Get NVDA add-ons at: https://addons.nvda-project.org/ Other links: NVDA on Facebook: https://www..facebook.com/group.php?gid=8601265515 Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [vgr.09.15@...] _._,_._,_
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Re: LibreOffice?
Quentin Christensen
LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. So the first couple of questions actually don't apply: - The Antivirus you use would be the same across the computer. Any anti-virus which works on your PC should be just fine with LibreOffice - By Eloquence I hope you are referring to the legal version. In any case, the synthesizer simply reads whatever text NVDA passes to it. So if something won't read in LibreOffice, it is likely because that feature is not accessible, and it won't matter what synthesizer you use. The last one (paraphrased): - Are all the functions and features from Microsoft Office available in LibreOffice Is the key question. The majority of features of Microsoft Office are available in LibreOffice. There likely are some which aren't, but most will be. The key considering however, is that not all of the features are as accessible as the equivalent features in Microsoft Office are. Again, many are, but some may not be. If you currently have a Microsoft Office subscription, I would recommend trying LibreOffice and deciding whether it works for what you need before your Microsoft subscription runs out, so you can make an informed decision as to whether to continue it or not. Kind regards Quentin.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM Viris g. Rodríguez <vgr.09.15@...> wrote: Hello everybody. I think somebody mentioned LibreOffice a couple weeks ago. Mr. Quentin told me he was not sure as to whether the commands were the same as the ones used in Microsoft or something like that. I honestly don't remember pretty well. --
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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LibreOffice?
Viris g. Rodríguez <vgr.09.15@...>
Hello everybody. I think somebody mentioned LibreOffice a couple weeks ago. Mr. Quentin told me he was not sure as to whether the commands were the same as the ones used in Microsoft or something like that. I honestly don't remember pretty well.
If someone has used LibreOffice with NVDA, I would really appreciate any information. Is there an antivirus for this software? Is Eloquence TTS compatible with it? Are all the Microsoft functions and features available? Thanks in advance. Sincerely.
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
Well just learned from github that codex is no longer developed. Not only that but jscholes.net is offline so version 2.1.1 is the last version of thhis nice converter though you can still get it though its unsupported so I am now in the market for a good calibre frontend which is like it if I should ever need it. For those that give a damn, if you go to www.keybase.pub/shauneve you will be able to download codex 2.11 which is the last compiled version of this as it would be a shame to lose it completely. What I like about this is it uses the powerfull calibre engine to convert books, remove drm and a few other things. If only I knew that the thing was going away I would have pulled any later versions. James scholes has been offline since 2019 or there abouts.
On 3/12/2021 10:16 am, Quentin
Christensen wrote:
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
John Isige
If by "hard books pages" you mean physical books, you need a scanner, and something that will do OCR, optical character recognition.
On 12/2/2021 7:31 PM, udit pandey
wrote:
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
udit pandey
is there any ebook converter which can convert my hard books pages into very accessible way in word or daisy formait so fs reader or ms word can work on it and nvda can read it properly
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
Quentin Christensen
Thorium Reader is another option: https://www.edrlab.org/software/thorium-reader/ (It gets a mention in this week's In-Process which is out later today)
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 5:13 AM JM Casey <jmcasey@...> wrote: Edge can probably read epub files with a plugin,b ut not natively. I've tried a few plugins for both chromium and firefox and there seem to be accessibility issues with many of them. I just use various tools to convert to .txt file for the most part. Qread can do this but it scrambles character encoding sometimes, rending things like quotation marks and accents a whole lot of nonsense characters on my braille display. --
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
Louise Pfau
On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 02:53 PM, Eduardo Fermiano Luccas wrote:
I also had a hard time understanding the English and Australian voices because I'm not used to the accents. Louise
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Re: eBook Readers with NVDA
JM Casey
Edge can probably read epub files with a plugin,b ut not natively. I've tried a few plugins for both chromium and firefox and there seem to be accessibility issues with many of them. I just use various tools to convert to .txt file for the most part. Qread can do this but it scrambles character encoding sometimes, rending things like quotation marks and accents a whole lot of nonsense characters on my braille display.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Isige Sent: December 2, 2021 12:13 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io 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,
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