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Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 02:31 PM, Gene wrote: Are you talking about the read aloud mode or some other aspect of use?- Yes. What seemed to me to be the core element of the original post was this, "But

By Brian Vogel · #101846 ·

Re: file properties

Don H wrote: What I'm about to say was true in the past (XP/Vista/7), although Microsoft has since deleted the MSKB article in which it was written, so who knows. But according to the way it used to

By Luke Davis · #101845 ·

Re: file properties

Hello Half checked applies to items that are not checked neither unchecked; it is a third intermediate state. For Example in the Explorer: 1. Create two text files: file1.txt and file2.txt 2. Open

By Cyrille · #101844 ·

Re: file properties

It would be interesting to find out if any limitations are imposed on what you can do with the files. If you can find something, like a document that is half checked, you could try copying it to

By Gene · #101843 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

As a field observation, a number of kiosks have an on-screen accessibility button. The problem being that even if it triggers screen reader functions, the screen reader isn't on when you need to find

By Brian Vogel · #101842 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

Are you talking about the read aloud mode or some other aspect of use? Gene On 12/22/2022 11:02 AM, Brian Vogel wrote:

By Gene · #101841 ·

Re: file properties

I have also come across this half check thingy before. Sorry, I don’t remember where it was. But it didn’t make much sense to me either. Marilyn

By Marilyn and Don Bilderback · #101840 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

For those who want an "all I have to do is activate the batch file" method of copying all of your NVDA settings on a source machine, then pushing those same settings on to another machine or machines

By Brian Vogel · #101839 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

I'm pleased to hear that you can use nvda and your Apple products As others have said, NVDA is a Windows screen reader. Voiceover is the name of the screen reader built into iOS and Mac OS.

By Chris Smart · #101838 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

It seems to me that based on the original desired behaviors, if one is using MS-Word 2019 or newer, then using Word's Immersive Reader Mode is far more likely to give the desired end result. Most

By Brian Vogel · #101837 ·

Re: file properties

Don, I have no idea, but if you have a non-private file where you could share a screenshot of the properties dialog where this is being announced, I'd be happy to take a look. The whole concept of

By Brian Vogel · #101836 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

Hi Joseph, Thank you for your thoughtful response and for all your contributions! Russ

By Russell James · #101835 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

Hi, Mouse and touch interaction and navigation are always in our radar i.e. there were issues on GitHub in the past, and I did an all-nighter bac in May to bring improved mouse and touch interaction

By Joseph Lee · #101834 ·

file properties

Running Win 11 2022 H2 and NVDA 2022.3.3. When I look at the properties of a file or folder it says the read only is half checked. If I change it to unchecked and close the dialog box and look at the

By Don H · #101833 ·

Re: Does NVDA read a webpage or a word document ?

Hi Chris I'm pleased to hear that you can use nvda and your Apple products Some users may not use these things the way that you do and not all text is large blocks :-) There are many ways to make

By Russell James · #101832 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

Yes, if NVDA is already installed. I was responding to the first message. Gene

By Gene · #101831 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

Right on Steve!

By Steve Matzura · #101830 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

No, just one location. Copy everything from %appdata%\nvda and you have it. You would run the normal install to the target machine, then copy that folder over. All the best Steve

By Steve Nutt · #101829 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

Well there should be a simple Export Configuration option, which could do the same job. All the best Steve

By Steve Nutt · #101828 ·

Re: Exporting and sharing configurations

But you need to copy from two locations. In an installed copy, add-ons and settings aren't stored in the NVDA folder. Gene

By Gene · #101827 ·

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