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help with firefox and NVDA
Ibrahim Abedrabbo
Hello folks,
I am trying to use the whatsapp web using the latest version of firefox on a laptop running windows 10, last update. NVDA is my only screen reader. I am using NVDA 2021.3. When I try to send a voice message on whatsapp web using fire fox, I get this message: "Allow microphone To record Voice Messages, WhatsApp needs access to your computer’s microphone. Click in the URL bar and set “Use the Microphone” to “Allow.” OK, GOT IT" When I hit f6 to go to the URL bar I only find the whatsapp web address, but no buttons to adjust the setttings for my microphone there. What is the NVDA command to reach to this area when I get such a message on firefox? I hope those who use firefox and NVDA can help me with this one. Regards, Ibrahim |
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Re: Whatsapp Desktop with NVDA unable to navigate chat list with arrow up and down keys
Vaibhav Saraf
Hi All, The issue has now been resolved for me on WhatsApp Web. Please try updating your WhatsApp desktop version. Thanks, Vaibhav On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 at 13:43, Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@...> wrote:
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Re: why can't I turn on caret browsing?
Bob Cavanaugh
Me thinks your NVDA key isn't working properly. This sometimes happens
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to me, but more likely in System Access than NVDA. Usually a restart of the screen reader fixes this. As for how to get the browser to ask about carrot browsing again, I don't know as usually when that dialog pops up I just hit escape and try links list again. On 6/11/22, ken lawrence via groups.io <kenlawrence124@...> wrote:
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Re: Whatsapp Desktop with NVDA unable to navigate chat list with arrow up and down keys
Mobeen Iqbal
Hi. That's an excellent workaround, many thanks for the tip! Very best wishes, Mo.
On 11/06/2022 18:35, mk360 wrote:
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Re: Whatsapp Desktop with NVDA unable to navigate chat list with arrow up and down keys
mk360
Note that you can use j and k to move between chats when you are in the list. Regards, mk. El 10/06/2022 a las 23:53, Ahmad Ismat
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Luke Davis
Luke Davis wrote:
Open the view menu (Alt+V I believe), and press enter on "line wrap".Ignore my advice above, and use Gene's of pressing Alt+O. That's what I get for trusting the top hit on Google. Sorry to mislead you. I use notepad mainly when I specifically don't want word wrap, therefore have never tried to turn it on. So I thought I'll grab it from google rather than powering up a Windows machine to check. Bzzzzt. Luke |
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Luke Davis
Penny Golden wrote:
This long-line stuff is happening when I am in a note pad.Open the view menu (Alt+V I believe), and press enter on "line wrap". If you are doing any kind of professional editing though, Notepad is not your friend. MS Word would be a far better alternative. Luke |
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Gene
Turn on word wrap and the problem will be solved. Do the following:
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Open the format menu with alt o. You are already on word wrap when the menu opens. Press the space bar to check it. Word wrap doesn't affect the actual document but it causes it to be displayed so that new lines begin in the display when the text reaches the right side of the screen. Therefore, the lines you move through should be about what you are used to. Gene On 6/11/2022 12:14 PM, Penny Golden
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Penny Golden <pengold2@...>
This long-line stuff is happening when I am in a note pad.
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I can transfer lovely emails over to notepad and the down-arrow then does huge long lines. I think I reduced the length of the line but it may be that the email application of this is different from just text reading in notepad. I'll check it out. I haven't seen Gene's response. but I thank you all for any help you can give this old lady user. Penny On 6/11/2022 11:03 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
Penny Golden wrote:I thought that I used to be able to hit the down arrow and go from line to line in a text. When I hit the down or up arrow in a document now, I hear an entire paragraph, or definitely something longer than a line of text. I wasAs Gene asked: where is this happening? That makes a huge difference to the answer. |
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Re: Does LibreOffice work with NVDA?
The answer to that question, regardless of screen reader, is, "Yes, but it is not as reliably accessible as Microsoft Office."
The folks at LibreOffice seem to be serious about improving accessibility where it's lacking, and there has been a recent flurry of messages on their accessibility mailing list from developers. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Dorothy Nevill |
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Re: why can't I turn on caret browsing?
Gene
Why do you want to use caret navigation? As to why you can't, I
don't know.
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As for box links, what do you mean? If you want to bring up a list of links, the command is insert, either insert, f7. Caret navigation is just about useless to a blind person because we already use screen[-readers that provide a virtual cursor. Caret browsing is intended to furnish something like a virtual cursor for sighted users but it almost never has any application to a blind user. Gene On 6/11/2022 8:48 AM, ken lawrence via
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Does LibreOffice work with NVDA?
John J. Boyer
Thanks.
John -- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@... website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost |
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Luke Davis
Penny Golden wrote:
I thought that I used to be able to hit the down arrow and go from line to line in a text. When I hit the down or up arrow in a document now, I hear an entire paragraph, or definitely something longer than a line of text. I wasAs Gene asked: where is this happening? That makes a huge difference to the answer. If this is happening in a web browser, or in browse mode in Word: open the NVDA browse mode settings, by pressing NVDA+Ctrl+B. One of the early items is the number of characters on a line. Try lowering this number, then pressing enter. That might solve your problem, if the environment is something using browse mode. Otherwise we come to line wrapping, as Gene talked about. Luke |
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Re: Spelling / grammar checkers - I found one!
You will hear “has 3 mistakes on one line, you need to cursor through the line and hit alt down arrow to get presented with the list of one word.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of William
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2022 5:31 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Spelling / grammar checkers - I found one!
Thanks for the sharing.
After installing the addon, I try to open web version of outlook, and input the following text into the email body ''' Helo worlld. '''
But I did not hear nvda reporting spelling error.
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Re: want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Gene
Control down arrow has been for a long time, the move by paragraph
command in Windows programs where you move through text. Your
advice was completely the opposite of what is the case. Just down
arrow is move by line.
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But we don't know what program you are having the problem with. In general, programs like Notepad and Word have a feature called word wrap. If it is off, you might move with the down or up arrow and hear a lot of text spoken. If you tell us which program you are using, we can tell you how to turn word wrap on. It makes the length of lines you move by a certain length no matter how long the lines actually are. Gene On 6/11/2022 4:44 AM, Penny Golden
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I thought that I used to be able to hit the down arrow and go from line to line in a text. When I hit the down or up arrow in a document now, I hear an entire paragraph, or definitely something longer than a line of text. I was told to try control-down-arrow to give me that short line sound, |
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Re: Does NVDA run on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise?
I'd suggest you get in touch with Microsoft Windows & Office Accessibility Support (US). Pick your contact method from any one of the options on that page. If your preference happens to be by phone, and you're in the USA, then (800) 936-5900. If you are in the UK, see: UK Microsoft & Windows Accessibility Support Webpage. If you're neither in the USA nor the UK, you can always use your smartphone, start the Be My Eyes app, and choose "Microsoft Accessibility" from "Technical". Support is only offered in English. Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Dorothy Nevill |
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Re: Does NVDA run on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise?
Russell James
Thank you for asking this question I'm also interested in what you learn Russ |
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want to read short lines, not full paragraphs
Penny Golden <pengold2@...>
I thought that I used to be able to hit the down arrow and go from line to line in a text. When I hit the down or up arrow in a document now, I hear an entire paragraph, or definitely something longer than a line of text. I was told to try control-down-arrow to give me that short line sound,
but it did not work. I need a line of text at a time, as I do a lot of proofreading with speech and punctuation on. I must have done something to change a setting that would go from line to line, but I don't know what I did. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Penny pengold2@... |
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why can't I turn on caret browsing?
ken lawrence
Hi list this morning I went to Newsline and when I tried to box links with f7 it kept saying turn on. Told it stop asking me this question and said turn it on. Now I can’t box links for easy navigation. How do I fix this.
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Re: Spelling / grammar checkers - I found one!
William
Thanks for the sharing.
After installing the addon, I try to open web version of outlook, and input the following text into the email body ''' Helo worlld. '''
But I did not hear nvda reporting spelling error.
Quentin Christensen 於 10/6/2022 06:25
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