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Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
I also find it interesting that the eloquence voice many people like that is also now on iPhone is now 27 or so years old already. and I think the only reason it became so popular is that Jaws started
I also find it interesting that the eloquence voice many people like that is also now on iPhone is now 27 or so years old already. and I think the only reason it became so popular is that Jaws started
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Josh Kennedy
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Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
if you go to the internet archive wayback machine, you can find copies of old websites dating back to 1995 or so including old copies of blazie engineering, pulsedata, gwmicro, microTalk for asap and
if you go to the internet archive wayback machine, you can find copies of old websites dating back to 1995 or so including old copies of blazie engineering, pulsedata, gwmicro, microTalk for asap and
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Josh Kennedy
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Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
hi ken, I would be interested in a book on the history of screen readers and access technology if you ever wrote it I would buy it. I know keynote gold was made by Berkeley text-to-speech systems in
hi ken, I would be interested in a book on the history of screen readers and access technology if you ever wrote it I would buy it. I know keynote gold was made by Berkeley text-to-speech systems in
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Josh Kennedy
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Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
There was no Windows then. See this article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken
Outspoken was originally developed for the Apple GUI. It was released as a Windows screen-reader
There was no Windows then. See this article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken
Outspoken was originally developed for the Apple GUI. It was released as a Windows screen-reader
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Gene
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Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
I think the first screen reader for windows was, outspoken, by Berkeley in 1988 or 1989.
I think the first screen reader for windows was, outspoken, by Berkeley in 1988 or 1989.
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Josh Kennedy
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Re: NVDA windows 7
And now, we may have the answer. You are using a third ;party utility that may be the cause of the problem and you are using it on all three machines. You are saying it should not affect
And now, we may have the answer. You are using a third ;party utility that may be the cause of the problem and you are using it on all three machines. You are saying it should not affect
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Gene
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Re: NVDA windows 7
In the past, you complained about two things, not getting notification announcements and the interface not coming up that is opened from the system tray.
Regarding the interface, I
In the past, you complained about two things, not getting notification announcements and the interface not coming up that is opened from the system tray.
Regarding the interface, I
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Gene
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Re: Improving accessibility of Spotify for desktop
Discord solved the problem of moving servers and channels around in your list by using ctrl+D to pick up and Enter to put down. I would definitely like a similar feature in Spotify so I
Discord solved the problem of moving servers and channels around in your list by using ctrl+D to pick up and Enter to put down. I would definitely like a similar feature in Spotify so I
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Sharni-Lee Ward
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Re: can't use browse mode to read a google doc in firefox
As I said before, there is a way to get this to work, and that is to turn on Braille Support as well as Screen Reader Support in Google Sheets/Docs (it works for both). Instructions as to
As I said before, there is a way to get this to work, and that is to turn on Braille Support as well as Screen Reader Support in Google Sheets/Docs (it works for both). Instructions as to
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Sharni-Lee Ward
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Re: nvda and numbers announcement
Hi.
The add-on you'll want to use is digits reader. It can be found at:
Hi.
The add-on you'll want to use is digits reader. It can be found at:
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Mobeen Iqbal
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Re: Mcaffee DLP endpoint security software causes NVDA to stop working correctly
Hi there,
I was wondering if you might know what setting it would be that stops the keyboard command from being recognised by the screen reader and stops the screen reader from reading out the
Hi there,
I was wondering if you might know what setting it would be that stops the keyboard command from being recognised by the screen reader and stops the screen reader from reading out the
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Khalid Anwar
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#97623
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nvda and numbers announcement
Dear nvda users,
Can someone give me some instructions how I can set nvda to read telephone numbers in terms of digits without effection other applications?
Currently my nvda is reading telephone
Dear nvda users,
Can someone give me some instructions how I can set nvda to read telephone numbers in terms of digits without effection other applications?
Currently my nvda is reading telephone
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Michael Micallef at FITA
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Re: can't use browse mode to read a google doc in firefox
Unfortunately some readers seem to feel that self voicing documents is a good idea and it to be frank stinks of lazy programming. You need your own screenreader to work for productivity reasons, after
Unfortunately some readers seem to feel that self voicing documents is a good idea and it to be frank stinks of lazy programming. You need your own screenreader to work for productivity reasons, after
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Brian's Mail list account
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Re: Mcaffee DLP endpoint security software causes NVDA to stop working correctly
Yes I've seen this affect Firefox if some add one claims safe browsing. What they really mean is OK we will treat all users as idiots and monitor everything and block what we don't like completely
Yes I've seen this affect Firefox if some add one claims safe browsing. What they really mean is OK we will treat all users as idiots and monitor everything and block what we don't like completely
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Brian's Mail list account
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Re: Donating through the paypal app
Yes but I used to do it every time a new version came out and the system from the web site did tell you all you wanted to know if you donated in AU dollars, in my case UK pounds. Since its so much
Yes but I used to do it every time a new version came out and the system from the web site did tell you all you wanted to know if you donated in AU dollars, in my case UK pounds. Since its so much
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Brian's Mail list account
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Re: NVDA windows 7
It opens, but its totally blank.
Brian
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Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media)
Please address personal E-mail to:-
briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff'
in the
It opens, but its totally blank.
Brian
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bglists@...
Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media)
Please address personal E-mail to:-
briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff'
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Brian's Mail list account
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#97617
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Re: NVDA windows 7
No that is the one that is broken, the other context menu is still there.
I'm only guessing here, but all three machines use classic shell or open shell to make navigation much easier, but that has
No that is the one that is broken, the other context menu is still there.
I'm only guessing here, but all three machines use classic shell or open shell to make navigation much easier, but that has
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Brian's Mail list account
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#97616
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Re: NVDA windows 7
What on three different machines? 2 running 7one running 10? No its still the same with add ons disabled. Its to be Dropbox. After all none of the enabled notifications from dropbox are detected by
What on three different machines? 2 running 7one running 10? No its still the same with add ons disabled. Its to be Dropbox. After all none of the enabled notifications from dropbox are detected by
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Brian's Mail list account
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#97615
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Re: NVDA windows 7
No sorry I'm not indeed I just had an update, the anti virus still updates and a third party anti virus has found no issues. I am not starting a war over this, but there are very specific reasons for
No sorry I'm not indeed I just had an update, the anti virus still updates and a third party anti virus has found no issues. I am not starting a war over this, but there are very specific reasons for
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Brian's Mail list account
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Re: Mcaffee DLP endpoint security software causes NVDA to stop working correctly
Hi there, thank you for your help so far.
I was wondering if you knew what the setting is called and what it does, what will the IT department need to do to get it working.
Unfortunately I don’t
Hi there, thank you for your help so far.
I was wondering if you knew what the setting is called and what it does, what will the IT department need to do to get it working.
Unfortunately I don’t
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Khalid Anwar
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