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Re: NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

Mailing Lists
 

Hi Gene,

 

Thank you for your response. After doing some further testing using your recommendations I found the following;

-          NVDA commands work normally when pulling up the NVDA menu or reading screens.

-           NVDA will pull up the list of elements on a webpage once focus is not in a search edit box like that in Google.

 

So maybe having NVDA focused within the search edit box of Google and then trying to pull up the list of elements is not what I should be doing. If this is the case then my issue is solved as it works properly once outside such form areas.

So technically when in an edit box browse mode is off and therefore the ability for NVDA to pull up the elements list is unavailable.

Thanks Gene.

 

 

Many thanks,

 

Paul.

 

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Monday 13 March 2017 17:45
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

 

Does the insert work in other contexts such as the search command or read to end? 

 

Does the insert key work in other programs or when issuing commands such as insert n to open the NVDA menu?  We need to know if this is a general pproblem or limited to working with browsers or perhaps in browse mode where supported.

 

Gene

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 11:49 AM

Subject: [nvda] NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

 

Hi All,

Using the latest NVDA on a Windows 7 machine. When using either latest firefox or IE11 on a desktop PC and try to use "Insert + F7" to pull up a list of elements on a webpage I get the "Enable carat browsing" message from both browsers. Is there something I need to change in order to bypass this message and get NVDA to pull up the list of elements such as links etc.
It looks like NVDA is not recognising the number pad  insert key or the  insert key in the group of six buttons.
No changes were made after the installation of NVDA apart from the synthesizer speed and volume.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Paul.






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Re: accessible antivirus

Roger Stewart
 

If you're using Win 10, I'd suggest Windows Defender.  Very accessible and free to boot! 

Roger










On 3/13/2017 12:42 PM, Richard Kuzma via Groups.Io wrote:

Good afternoon,

I was wondering what you guys are using for an antivirus these days and if they are accessible.

I have been helping other people and getting them avg,

But since they changed their interface to the zen thing it does not seem to be too accessible.

I cant seem to find where to put in the licence key.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rich



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Rosemarie Chavarria
 

Hi, everyone,

How do you get a message to go to the correct folder in thunderbird? I've already created some of my filters but when a message comes into the inbox, I want to be ableto run it to the correct folder.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Rosemarie
Re: Is NVDA right for me?

Travis Siegel <tsiegel@...>
 

Depending on what you want read, and how much trouble it is for you, you could use my clipboard reading program at:

http://www.softcon.com/files/clipspeak.exe

You simply run it, and it will read anything that has been copied to the clipboard, then it exits. No fuss, no mess.

It's not designed to do anything else, so if you're not up to copying text to the clipboard all the time, then it won't work for your purposes, but if that's all you need, it works quite well.

hth.

On 3/13/2017 2:34 AM, Fantasy Sports wrote:
Hello group,

I have a cognitive impairment and can't read large amounts
of text easily without getting fatigue.

I am trying to decide between using Windows Narrator, NVDA,
JAWS, or possibly other programs.

Although NVDA is free and is supposed to be good, I'm not
sure it is the right program for me. Let me explain.

There are several people using this family computer, and I
don't want an intrusive program that will take over Windows,
and run in the background and bother them.

We all use the same log in, and I don't want people to have
to log on and off as different users. I myself don't even
want to use this type of software all the time when I use
the computer.

I personally just want a program that I can turn on and off
whenever I want to read out loud a specific piece of text
at any given time.

Windows Narrator is pretty easy to turn on and off, but its
extremely difficult to control what it reads out loud, it
just starts spewing without end whatever is on the screen.

I also don't know how the voice sounds in NVDA, but I don't
want something too robotic sounding.

So based on that I just want to use this program in a limited
way, is NVDA right for me?
Re: Accessible File Managers

Travis Siegel <tsiegel@...>
 

I personally use winrar as my general file editor. It's nearly 100 percent accessible (despite claims to the contrary I've seen on this list), and it works like a charm, it even gives more information than the default windows explorer does, which is something I like a lot. It's not actually intended to be a general file viewer, but it fills that role very nicely.

It's limitations are minor, but it does have some, in that you can't right click, and say run as administrator, but simply pressing enter will launch the executable programs, and open other files with no issues.

I have the registered version (I registered rar many years ago, and bought two keys at the time, so I use it on my windows and my linux boxes, but registered or not, it still works very well. You'll want to learn a couple keystrokes (like alt-e for extracting archives), but the rest can be done quickly and easily from the menus.

On 3/13/2017 1:23 AM, Bhavya shah wrote:
Dear all,
In the wake of severe usability problems I am encountering with
Windows Explorer in the past several months with which I do not desire
to put up any longer, I seek recommendations of alternative file
managers for Windows which are free, accessible and advisable. A
simplistic interface would be preferable, since I perform tasks of
little complexity on the computer when it comes to file management.
I would appreciate any assistance.
Thanks.
Re: NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

Gene
 

Does the insert work in other contexts such as the search command or read to end? 
 
Does the insert key work in other programs or when issuing commands such as insert n to open the NVDA menu?  We need to know if this is a general pproblem or limited to working with browsers or perhaps in browse mode where supported.
 
Gene

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 11:49 AM
Subject: [nvda] NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

Hi All,

Using the latest NVDA on a Windows 7 machine. When using either latest firefox or IE11 on a desktop PC and try to use "Insert + F7" to pull up a list of elements on a webpage I get the "Enable carat browsing" message from both browsers. Is there something I need to change in order to bypass this message and get NVDA to pull up the list of elements such as links etc.
It looks like NVDA is not recognising the number pad  insert key or the  insert key in the group of six buttons.
No changes were made after the installation of NVDA apart from the synthesizer speed and volume.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Paul.
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Richard Kuzma
 

Good afternoon,

I was wondering what you guys are using for an antivirus these days and if they are accessible.

I have been helping other people and getting them avg,

But since they changed their interface to the zen thing it does not seem to be too accessible.

I cant seem to find where to put in the licence key.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rich



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Re: Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.

Gene
 

The voice characteristics aren't related to NVDA.  If reading slowly or at the default voice, in Eloquence and Via Voice, which both have identical voices, the American voice has a slightly unpleasant quality but it doesn't have the characteristics you describe.  the Brittish voice sounds like a foreigner trying to immitate a Brittish accent and I consider it to be a rather ludicrous implementation. 
 
Having said that, I'm not sure the SAPI Via Voice is stable in Windows 10.  it isn't when I tried it in Windows 7. 
 
Gene

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.

To me it does. It sounds like its got a bad case of dodgy adenoids, but I'm
not here to slag off voices, we all have our favourites, as indeed it should
be. I was merely suggesting why I could not be that bothered by the issue.
 I'm still not convinced this issue is an nvda one either. some synths just
give troubles for reasons unknown.
 Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@...>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


As I've said before, you are describing the Brittish voice.  That voice has
unpleasant characteristics.  The American voice doesn't have the
characteristics you are discussing.

Gene
----- Original Message -----

From: Brian's Mail list account
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 3:44 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


I was under the impression that embedded eloquence  in Jaws is not able to
be used outside, so you need to have one of the two, I think legal versions
for nvda.
 as an aside and this is not recommended, the old sappi 4 version
distributed as via voice out loud with the old ibm home page reader, seems
to be actually very reliable. I really cannot take Eloquence  though as I
find its lisp very annoying after a while!
 Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Arlene" <nedster66@...>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


It also depends on your system as well. I hope I’m wrong!  For some
Elequence may respond quickly while for some it’s slow to respond!  I have
it in jaws 14 and I use E speak for NVDA.  Now, Mind you I don’t have Jaws
18 but if it responds no problem then you may have a good system.  I could
be lying!



From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of David
Griffith
Sent: March-12-17 11:49 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



I am sorry you have problems with Jaws also. Jaws 18 is fine for me at this
end.



There is a known issue with Code Factory Eloquence  with NVDA.

I have seen several complaints from NVDA users on other lists than this
which complain of the extreme delay with NVDA loading with Code Factory
Eloquence. This caused some to recommend using the illegal NVDA Eloquence
addon  as an alternative which drew an angry response from the person
retailing Code Factory Eloquence in this country.



If was from this person retailing the Code Factory product in this country
that I learnt the tip of amending sound properties in the Control Panel  as
a partial  solution to the slow loading. He in turn had got this advice from
Code Factry as I understand it.



Presumably as not all people have the same configurations in their Sound
Control Panel applet  the  experience of people experiencing this delay may
well vary.



David Griffith



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From: matthew dyer <mailto:ilovecountrymusic483@...>
Sent: 12 March 2017 18:27
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



Hi,



Using jfw 18 with elequence, I have this problem sop I don't think this is
an NVDA problem.  JMT.



Matthew







On 03/12/2017 06:42 AM, David Griffith wrote:



Yes I have had this issue of extreme delayed start up along with the
additional issue of NVDA and eloquence freezing in large  File Explorer
windows.



This does not happen with the  illegal versions of Eloquence which is
disappointing from a a Code Factory quality point of view.



I managed to improve matters  to some degree by going into the Sound
Properties in Windows Control Panel, selecting my default sound device and
turning off all the fancy affects like surround sound and just selecting
just basic stereo as my output format.



This has had the affect of slightly diminishing the funkier music output
from my PC but I am not now waiting upt to a minute  or more for NVDA to
load.



I still get the problem of NVDA not responding with large file explorer
windows  but what I have learnt is that if you turn Narrator on with Windows
Enter temporarily you can navigate your file lists fine until NVDA wakes up
and starts responding again. I just turn Narrator off when NVDA finally
catches up.



David Griffith







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From: Darrell Shandrow Hilliker <mailto:darrell.shandrow@...>
Sent: 12 March 2017 10:16
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



Hello Everyone,



I am experiencing a significant delay after launching NVDA with Code Factory’s
Eloquence implementation selected as the speech synthesizer.



I am running on Windows 10.



Does anyone else experience this issue and, if so, what steps have resolved
this issue?



Thanks,



Darrell
Re: Accessible Application Updater

Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgilland07@...>
 

Tell me more about this so called Puran Utilities.
 
What is it. Is it well priced, how good is the accessibility that it provides, in your opinion, etc?
---
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Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
 

----- Original Message -----
From: john s
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater

I tried Revo and wasn't impressed.  I thought the
uninstaller in the Puran Utilities was much
better.  That installer took out things that Revo left behind.

At 04:47 AM 3/13/2017, you wrote:
>I think the ninite one allows you to bundle
>several programs together and install in one go,
>but yes, in the end you are tied to  whatever software a site has.
>
>
>I see that the new revo although updated is
>still completely inaccessible to us.
>Its such a shame when a user interface is changed for the worse.
>B Brian
>
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin
>Cussick via Groups.Io" <the.big.white.shepherd@...>
>To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
>Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater
>
>
>>fare point,   but then again the file hippo program is just the same I think?
>>
>>On 12/03/2017 10:25, Brian's Mail list account wrote:
>>>Like most of these though, it can only update apps that exist on the site.
>>>In the real world many programs do have their own check for updates
>>>function now. The snag can be that the web site they route to is not
>>>accessible.
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>bglists@...
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>>>Please address personal email to:-
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>>>in the display name field.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Cussick via Groups.Io"
>>><the.big.white.shepherd@...>
>>>To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
>>>Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:03 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ninite is good www.ninite.com hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>>On 11/03/2017 05:40, Lanie Molinar wrote:
>>>>>Hi. Does anyone know of a good app updater for Windows? Iâ?Tve been using
>>>>>Filehippo App manager, but I was wondering if the if there was anything
>>>>>better.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>>>>>Windows 10
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>

                 John
Re: NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

Jacob Kruger
 

If you're focused on address bar it will do that - you need to be focused on the webpage's content before you can invoke the NVDA key + F7 command.


Stay well


Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..."

On 2017-03-13 18:49, Mailing Lists wrote:
Hi All,

Using the latest NVDA on a Windows 7 machine. When using either latest firefox or IE11 on a desktop PC and try to use "Insert + F7" to pull up a list of elements on a webpage I get the "Enable carat browsing" message from both browsers. Is there something I need to change in order to bypass this message and get NVDA to pull up the list of elements such as links etc.
It looks like NVDA is not recognising the number pad insert key or the insert key in the group of six buttons.
No changes were made after the installation of NVDA apart from the synthesizer speed and volume.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Paul.
Re: Accessible Application Updater

Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgilland07@...>
 


I agree, as Revo was so dang good! Now, I don't have a good sollution for uninstalling things entirely automatically. Oh sure, I can always go to programs and features and remove it, but that doesn't mean necessarily that all files are deleted, and all registry entries go away. What I like about Revo is the fact it did all that guesswork for me, and I didn't have to worry about a thing. Yeah, sometimes it would screw up, let's just be fair. It *is* technology after all, but I'd say 90-95% of the time, it did a pretty good job.
---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
 

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater

I think the ninite one allows you to bundle several programs together and
install in one go, but yes, in the end you are tied to  whatever software a
site has.


I see that the new revo although updated is still completely inaccessible to
us.
 Its such a shame when a user interface is changed for the worse.
 B Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Cussick via Groups.Io"
<the.big.white.shepherd@...>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater


> fare point,   but then again the file hippo program is just the same I
> think?
>
> On 12/03/2017 10:25, Brian's Mail list account wrote:
>> Like most of these though, it can only update apps that exist on the
>> site.
>> In the real world many programs do have their own check for updates
>> function now. The snag can be that the web site they route to is not
>> accessible.
>> Brian
>>
>> bglists@...
>> Sent via blueyonder.
>> Please address personal email to:-
>> briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff'
>> in the display name field.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Cussick via Groups.Io"
>> <the.big.white.shepherd@...>
>> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible Application Updater
>>
>>
>>> Ninite is good www.ninite.com hope this helps.
>>>
>>> On 11/03/2017 05:40, Lanie Molinar wrote:
>>>> Hi. Does anyone know of a good app updater for Windows? I’ve been using
>>>> Filehippo App manager, but I was wondering if the if there was anything
>>>> better.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>>>> Windows 10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>



Re: NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

zahra
 

hi.
insert keys is checked by default as nvda key and you dont need to set it.
are you sure that you are in brows mode when you want to list the elements?
God bless you.

On 3/13/17, Mailing Lists <pauls_lists@eircom.net> wrote:
Hi All,

Using the latest NVDA on a Windows 7 machine. When using either latest
firefox or IE11 on a desktop PC and try to use "Insert + F7" to pull up a
list of elements on a webpage I get the "Enable carat browsing" message from
both browsers. Is there something I need to change in order to bypass this
message and get NVDA to pull up the list of elements such as links etc.
It looks like NVDA is not recognising the number pad insert key or the
insert key in the group of six buttons.
No changes were made after the installation of NVDA apart from the
synthesizer speed and volume.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Paul.






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NVDA not pulling up list of webpage elements in Firefox or IE!

Mailing Lists
 

Hi All,

Using the latest NVDA on a Windows 7 machine. When using either latest firefox or IE11 on a desktop PC and try to use "Insert + F7" to pull up a list of elements on a webpage I get the "Enable carat browsing" message from both browsers. Is there something I need to change in order to bypass this message and get NVDA to pull up the list of elements such as links etc.
It looks like NVDA is not recognising the number pad insert key or the insert key in the group of six buttons.
No changes were made after the installation of NVDA apart from the synthesizer speed and volume.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Paul.
Re: Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.

Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
 

To me it does. It sounds like its got a bad case of dodgy adenoids, but I'm not here to slag off voices, we all have our favourites, as indeed it should be. I was merely suggesting why I could not be that bothered by the issue.
I'm still not convinced this issue is an nvda one either. some synths just give troubles for reasons unknown.
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@ripco.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


As I've said before, you are describing the Brittish voice. That voice has unpleasant characteristics. The American voice doesn't have the characteristics you are discussing.

Gene
----- Original Message -----

From: Brian's Mail list account
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 3:44 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


I was under the impression that embedded eloquence in Jaws is not able to
be used outside, so you need to have one of the two, I think legal versions
for nvda.
as an aside and this is not recommended, the old sappi 4 version
distributed as via voice out loud with the old ibm home page reader, seems
to be actually very reliable. I really cannot take Eloquence though as I
find its lisp very annoying after a while!
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Arlene" <nedster66@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.


It also depends on your system as well. I hope I’m wrong! For some
Elequence may respond quickly while for some it’s slow to respond! I have
it in jaws 14 and I use E speak for NVDA. Now, Mind you I don’t have Jaws
18 but if it responds no problem then you may have a good system. I could
be lying!



From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of David
Griffith
Sent: March-12-17 11:49 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



I am sorry you have problems with Jaws also. Jaws 18 is fine for me at this
end.



There is a known issue with Code Factory Eloquence with NVDA.

I have seen several complaints from NVDA users on other lists than this
which complain of the extreme delay with NVDA loading with Code Factory
Eloquence. This caused some to recommend using the illegal NVDA Eloquence
addon as an alternative which drew an angry response from the person
retailing Code Factory Eloquence in this country.



If was from this person retailing the Code Factory product in this country
that I learnt the tip of amending sound properties in the Control Panel as
a partial solution to the slow loading. He in turn had got this advice from
Code Factry as I understand it.



Presumably as not all people have the same configurations in their Sound
Control Panel applet the experience of people experiencing this delay may
well vary.



David Griffith



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10



From: matthew dyer <mailto:ilovecountrymusic483@gmail.com>
Sent: 12 March 2017 18:27
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



Hi,



Using jfw 18 with elequence, I have this problem sop I don't think this is
an NVDA problem. JMT.



Matthew







On 03/12/2017 06:42 AM, David Griffith wrote:



Yes I have had this issue of extreme delayed start up along with the
additional issue of NVDA and eloquence freezing in large File Explorer
windows.



This does not happen with the illegal versions of Eloquence which is
disappointing from a a Code Factory quality point of view.



I managed to improve matters to some degree by going into the Sound
Properties in Windows Control Panel, selecting my default sound device and
turning off all the fancy affects like surround sound and just selecting
just basic stereo as my output format.



This has had the affect of slightly diminishing the funkier music output
from my PC but I am not now waiting upt to a minute or more for NVDA to
load.



I still get the problem of NVDA not responding with large file explorer
windows but what I have learnt is that if you turn Narrator on with Windows
Enter temporarily you can navigate your file lists fine until NVDA wakes up
and starts responding again. I just turn Narrator off when NVDA finally
catches up.



David Griffith







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10



From: Darrell Shandrow Hilliker <mailto:darrell.shandrow@gmail.com>
Sent: 12 March 2017 10:16
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Eloquence delay after launching NVDA.



Hello Everyone,



I am experiencing a significant delay after launching NVDA with Code Factory’s
Eloquence implementation selected as the speech synthesizer.



I am running on Windows 10.



Does anyone else experience this issue and, if so, what steps have resolved
this issue?



Thanks,



Darrell
Re: Is NVDA right for me?

Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
 

Well difficult to say really. I suppose some kind of configuring could shut it up a bit more when not needed, but to be honest, if you want human sounding voices although there are some good ones it will take a time to get things as you like them no matter what you need.
If money is no object there are other solutions that are not as verbose. Look at Dolphins supernova ranges, or some of the magnifiers you can get that have some added speech. The whole idea of a full screenreader is to speak choices, options and documents etc, and the amount of configurability you want is going to only be known to yourself.
the voice it comes with is pretty unbearable, but ther are variants in the program which are better.

Lots of synths out there to try out as well.
Its reallyy an unnswerable question.
dolphin and others do do demo downloads of their software so I'd suggest trying anything that takes your fancy.

Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fantasy Sports" <fantasylife@earthlink.net>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 6:34 AM
Subject: [nvda] Is NVDA right for me?


Hello group,

I have a cognitive impairment and can't read large amounts
of text easily without getting fatigue.

I am trying to decide between using Windows Narrator, NVDA,
JAWS, or possibly other programs.

Although NVDA is free and is supposed to be good, I'm not
sure it is the right program for me. Let me explain.

There are several people using this family computer, and I
don't want an intrusive program that will take over Windows,
and run in the background and bother them.

We all use the same log in, and I don't want people to have
to log on and off as different users. I myself don't even
want to use this type of software all the time when I use
the computer.

I personally just want a program that I can turn on and off
whenever I want to read out loud a specific piece of text
at any given time.

Windows Narrator is pretty easy to turn on and off, but its
extremely difficult to control what it reads out loud, it
just starts spewing without end whatever is on the screen.

I also don't know how the voice sounds in NVDA, but I don't
want something too robotic sounding.

So based on that I just want to use this program in a limited
way, is NVDA right for me?
Re: Is NVDA right for me?

Don H
 

As a long time user of Window Eyes I have found that NVDA with the Access32 voice is very comparable to Window Eyes. With the uncertainty of Window Eyes being a long term product, I would highly recommend NVDA.

On 3/13/2017 10:47 AM, Gene wrote:
It should be pointed out that the default fvoice that comes with NVDA is
one many users don't want to use. You can set NVDA to use all or almost
all of the Microsoft voices already on your machine or you can try other
voices, as I described in my previous message.

Gene
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Roger Stewart <mailto:paganus2@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Monday, March 13, 2017 10:41 AM
*To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject:* Re: [nvda] Is NVDA right for me?

I would give it a try. When you install it, you have the option of
having nvda always start when the computer starts or not. If you uncheck
this, nvda won't run unless you send the command of ctrl, alt, and N
keys. That will start it and it will speak. When you're done, just hit
the NVDA key (numpad insert plus Q and it will ask if you want to quit
nvda. just hit enter and it will be gone until you want to use it again.


Roger










On 3/13/2017 1:34 AM, Fantasy Sports wrote:
Hello group,

I have a cognitive impairment and can't read large amounts
of text easily without getting fatigue.

I am trying to decide between using Windows Narrator, NVDA,
JAWS, or possibly other programs.

Although NVDA is free and is supposed to be good, I'm not
sure it is the right program for me. Let me explain.

There are several people using this family computer, and I
don't want an intrusive program that will take over Windows,
and run in the background and bother them.

We all use the same log in, and I don't want people to have
to log on and off as different users. I myself don't even
want to use this type of software all the time when I use
the computer.

I personally just want a program that I can turn on and off
whenever I want to read out loud a specific piece of text
at any given time.

Windows Narrator is pretty easy to turn on and off, but its
extremely difficult to control what it reads out loud, it
just starts spewing without end whatever is on the screen.

I also don't know how the voice sounds in NVDA, but I don't
want something too robotic sounding.

So based on that I just want to use this program in a limited
way, is NVDA right for me?
Re: Reading Comics and Graphic Novels Out Loud

Gene
 

I found your second message and approved it so it reached the list after all.  I thought I had deleted it and I couldn't approve it but I still had it. 
 

Gene
----- Original message -----
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 1:38 AM
Subject: [nvda] Reading Comics and Graphic Novels Out Loud

I am a big fan of comic books and graphic novels,
but can't read them easily because of a cognitive
impairment.

I understand there are programs that can pull
the text out of PDF and JPEGS, so you can read
them with a voice program. 

NVDA also has an OCR add-on, I understand.

However, I'm not sure how effective this might
be with different comic books and graphic novels.

Does anyone have any advice about this?
Re: Is NVDA right for me?

Gene
 

It should be pointed out that the default fvoice that comes with NVDA is one many users don't want to use.  You can set NVDA to use all or almost all of the Microsoft voices already on your machine or you can try other voices, as I described in my previous message. 
 
Gene

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Is NVDA right for me?

I would give it a try. When you install it, you have the option of
having nvda always start when the computer starts or not. If you uncheck
this, nvda won't run unless you send the command of ctrl, alt, and N
keys.  That will start it and it will speak. When you're done, just hit
the NVDA key (numpad insert plus Q and it will  ask if you want to quit
nvda. just hit enter and it will be gone until you want to use it again.


Roger










On 3/13/2017 1:34 AM, Fantasy Sports wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I have a cognitive impairment and can't read large amounts
> of text easily without getting fatigue.
>
> I am trying to decide between using Windows Narrator, NVDA,
> JAWS, or possibly other programs.
>
> Although NVDA is free and is supposed to be good, I'm not
> sure it is the right program for me.  Let me explain.
>
> There are several people using this family computer, and I
> don't want an intrusive program that will take over Windows,
> and run in the background and bother them.
>
> We all use the same log in, and I don't want people to have
> to log on and off as different users.  I myself don't even
> want to use this type of software all the time when I use
> the computer.
>
> I personally just want a program that I can turn on and off
> whenever I want to read out loud a specific piece of text
> at any given time.
>
> Windows Narrator is pretty easy to turn on and off, but its
> extremely difficult to control what it reads out loud, it
> just starts spewing without end whatever is on the screen.
>
> I also don't know how the voice sounds in NVDA, but I don't
> want something too robotic sounding.
>
> So based on that I just want to use this program in a limited
> way, is NVDA right for me?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Re: Is NVDA right for me?

Chris Mullins
 

Hi
NVDA can easily be configured to run on demand. It sounds like you have sufficient sight not to require speech guidance through the log-in process, although NVDA can do this if required. It can just sit as a Desktop Icon and uses associated hotkey sequences to switch it on/ off as required. NVDA comes with a speech synthesizercalled Espeak which is very responsive and has numerous voices to choose from. NVDA can also use high quality 3rd party speech synthesizers which you can purchase and there are a host of free synthetic voices, including those used by Narrator, which also work very well. -----

Cheers
Chris
Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Fantasy Sports
Sent: 13 March 2017 06:35
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Is NVDA right for me?

Hello group,

I have a cognitive impairment and can't read large amounts of text easily without getting fatigue.

I am trying to decide between using Windows Narrator, NVDA, JAWS, or possibly other programs.

Although NVDA is free and is supposed to be good, I'm not sure it is the right program for me. Let me explain.

There are several people using this family computer, and I don't want an intrusive program that will take over Windows, and run in the background and bother them.

We all use the same log in, and I don't want people to have to log on and off as different users. I myself don't even want to use this type of software all the time when I use the computer.

I personally just want a program that I can turn on and off whenever I want to read out loud a specific piece of text at any given time.

Windows Narrator is pretty easy to turn on and off, but its extremely difficult to control what it reads out loud, it just starts spewing without end whatever is on the screen.

I also don't know how the voice sounds in NVDA, but I don't want something too robotic sounding.

So based on that I just want to use this program in a limited way, is NVDA right for me?
Reading Comics and Graphic Novels Out Loud

Fantasy Sports <fantasylife@...>
 

I am a big fan of comic books and graphic novels,
but can't read them easily because of a cognitive
impairment.

I understand there are programs that can pull
the text out of PDF and JPEGS, so you can read
them with a voice program.

NVDA also has an OCR add-on, I understand.

However, I'm not sure how effective this might
be with different comic books and graphic novels.

Does anyone have any advice about this?
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