My gosh! You are as bad as Zara on here. I refuse to use NVDA 2018.1 and I want to live on WIN XP forever. So who’s the narrow minded one here? Neener neener. Lino Morales

I install NVDA for folks who are new to vision loss, and screenreaders. I always excuse eSpeak right away, and install the SAPI engine. Later when and if they get more proficient with the computer, I

Lino Morales <linomorales001@...> wrote: I couldn't agree more with this. I, too, am blind with a severe--and progressive--hearing loss. To me, e squeak has always sounded like a guy with a

That is your opinion and you're welcome to it. I use Espeak because it is the voice of NVDA to me, or rather, the Linda variant with inflection maxed out is the voice of NVDA to me. She is the only

I will add that one of my favourite features to work with in NVDA is the Speech Dictionary. Espeak might have some issues out of the box, but it is quite receptive to alternative pronunciations via

I will never ever never ever never ever use ESpeak. Its horrid and like I’ve said billions of time on this this is a put off for people like my wife who is also blind and has a progressive hearing

No, I'm not a fan of Eloquence. I liked Espeak from the first time I heard it, and I now associate it with NVDA. I've been using it for six years and I doubt I could become comfortable with any

It has to be better than Microsoft Sam. That one sounded like a fat man with a rolled up sock in his mouth. LOL

Hey somebody buy this guy/chick a old Echo speech synth that was once used on the old Apple 2 E and 2 GS. He/she will have fun reading fan fic on that thing hehehehehehe! Lino Morales

I'll admit I've not heard Eloquence outside of Jaws and the addon I was sent some years back. I didn't know the version in Jaws was different to Eloquence on its own. The one in the addon I have

I'm sorry for how snappish I was the other night. I know things need to be improved, but as explained in other messages, I use NVDA to read stories and text posts more than anything else, and when I

Can you be more clear in your error messages? We are unable to help you otherwise. What are you doing to have the issue in the first place. Thanks.

Another point that folks should know about lists, when starting a subject, is to use a subject that can be found on-line when searching. I use web searches all the time to find the info I need, and a

I wouldn't mind it if they clearly indicate what they are responding to. They could say, for example, John, referring to your comments about difficulties running X or Y, and then continue. Or they

Hi all, Version 18.04.1 of the following add-ons are now available: StationPlaylist Studio (resolves a key compatibility issue with wxPython 4):

That sort of thing is not a clutter to the list, it will help all. I save such list messages for later reference. Glenn

I would never use the "human sounding" voices for using the computer, however, for reading long articles, or a short book, I would not want to use something like Eloquence, or heaven's sake, not

Do you not like Eloquence?

That is indeed annoying when people don’t set their eMail program to include the message they are referencing. Glenn

Answer in private. Rui Fontes Tiflotecnia, Lda. Às 15:39 de 26/03/2018, Ronald J Glaser escreveu: