Hello guys . I do agree with everybody about what they're saying. However, I
am going to point something out to you, and that is, as a 6 year adaptive
tech trainer who has trained blind students in screen readers, I have to say
that there are folks out there that won't give up there screen reader too
easily. As an example, I do have friends out there that know that NVDA
exists, and so on and so forth, but a lot of them think that if something is
cheaper, it is inferior. I'll give you an example. I do have a friend in
California who has heard of NVDA, and her blind friends know that NVDA
exists, and they have tried it but they end up going back to JAWS because
its what they know. Also Many of the institutions that I've come across have
never heard of NVDA, or if they have heard of it, they assume that it is
incomplete or inferior because they have seem more than one person use JAWS
and iPhones so they think, all blind folks use, are JAWS screen reader, and
iPhones. Which, as you and I know, is not true. As, while JAWS and iPhone's
are certainly used, not everybody uses, or cannot afford, either JAWS, or
iPhone. Another example is that I have a relative that works at a
university, and they use JAWS and I bet if they have heard of NVDA they
would be reluctant to try it because they would, once again, assume it is
incomplete, and inferior. Sadly, there is no support for NVDA in the school
districts that I am aware of where I am. I am certainly in favor of client
choice and I am in favor of cheaper stuff but at the moment its going to be
real tough to get organisations to realize that NVDA even exists let alone
trying it out.

                               

I know I am biased because I have done a podcast series on this fantastic app but for me the best accessible ePub Book    reader on a  PC , either paid, or free , remains by a  country mile remains the free Speak On Media Suite.

I am continually amazed it is never ever mentioned as an accessible option for reading ePub books.

 

Just to mention a few of its features.

 

Customisation of book reading voice including on the fly adjustment of reading volume and speed  of narration whilst reading a book through hotkeys. I know of no other book reader which does this.

Able to easily navigate through a book by chapter structure ,  headings, 50 lines, paragraph, sentence line word or character.

Ability to easily set markers in text of ePub books and copy and paste this text out of Speak On into a Word Processor.

Alternatively control a and control c will copy the chapter as text.

Ability to get single key press on book location and information.

Ability to resume reading from last position read on any book even if file location has changed.

Bookmark management  - ability to set and delete bookmarks.

It even has a virtual book creation function based on a search term which is incredibly  useful for study purposes.

Suppose you have a long academic book you need to search through to study a topic, you can in Speak On define a search term and Speak On will produce a smaller "virtual eBook” which will consists only of the chapters which contain the key phrase or terms in your defined search pattern. Again I know of no other accessible eBook reader which contains this feature.

David Griffith

 

 

Just to mention just a few of the features.

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: Jason White via Groups.Io
Sent: 22 March 2020 00:25
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Q Read alternative

 

Another option is to install Thorium Reader from the Microsoft Store. It supports EPUB books. Bookshare can be set so that it provides downloads in EPUB format.

 

From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Robert Kingett <kingettr@...>
Reply-To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 09:26
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: [nvda] Q Read alternative

 

I wanted to share an open source Q Read alternative called Bookworm. It does not have bookshare support yet, nor does it support links, and headings, or tables, but still. It's a free option. The main website is below, where you can also read the manual.

I'm adding this to the accessible apps github page when I have a moment.

https://mush42.github.io/bookworm/

 

On Mar 24, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Luke <bugsyman35@...> wrote:



Hi! I have recently downloaded the 19.3 and up desktop version of the PC Keyboard Braille Input add on and it works great. I have a portable version of NVDA on a flash drive and it’s version 19.2, and yes, it’s 19.2 and  not version 19.21. I seemed to forgot to update to 19.2.1 before the big update. I went to https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/pcKeyboardBrailleInput.en.html and downloaded the older version which it says it’s for 17.3 to 19.2, it didn’t work for me on the 19.2 portable version. When I went to Tools>manage add ons, it did show up in the list. Has anybody else had this problem? Does anybody know how to get it working? If no one answers I will email the creator of the add on.   

 

Hello guys . I do agree with everybody about what they're saying. However, I
am going to point something out to you, and that is, as a 6 year adaptive
tech trainer who has trained blind students in screen readers, I have to say
that there are folks out there that won't give up there screen reader too
easily. As an example, I do have friends out there that know that NVDA
exists, and so on and so forth, but a lot of them think that if something is
cheaper, it is inferior. I'll give you an example. I do have a friend in
California who has heard of NVDA, and her blind friends know that NVDA
exists, and they have tried it but they end up going back to JAWS because
its what they know. Also Many of the institutions that I've come across have
never heard of NVDA, or if they have heard of it, they assume that it is
incomplete or inferior because they have seem more than one person use JAWS
and iPhones so they think, all blind folks use, are JAWS screen reader, and
iPhones. Which, as you and I know, is not true. As, while JAWS and iPhone's
are certainly used, not everybody uses, or cannot afford, either JAWS, or
iPhone. Another example is that I have a relative that works at a
university, and they use JAWS and I bet if they have heard of NVDA they
would be reluctant to try it because they would, once again, assume it is
incomplete, and inferior. Sadly, there is no support for NVDA in the school
districts that I am aware of where I am. I am certainly in favor of client
choice and I am in favor of cheaper stuff but at the moment its going to be
real tough to get organisations to realize that NVDA even exists let alone
trying it out.

Is Vocalizer compatible with latest nvda? How much does it cost? I live in bangladesh. Paypal is not available in our country. How would some of my friends purchase it?

Hi Rui,

I'm sure it wasn't done on purpose, but before changing the author's
name, read carefully the included license.

☺

The author is called Alberto Buffolino, and the only link he has
published is:

https://github.com/ABuffEr/numberProcessing


greetings from italy, or what's left of it ...


chris.



Rui Fontes wrote on 22/03/2020 alle 15:24:

Hello!


The add-on is from Roberto Buffolino...

Tiflotecnia only makes it available, specially for portuguese language
community...

Hello!


The add-on is from Roberto Buffolino...

Tiflotecnia only makes it available, specially for portuguese language
community...

Have you tried accessing skype from their web page?
http://www.skype.com

******
If we don't take time to think before we speak we may find ourselves in a
situation where our speech becomes a bit stinky!
----- Original Message -----
From: "zahra" <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA addon development beginner

skype does not support windows xp and using newer windows is not
possible for me now.

On 3/23/20, Kerryn Gunness via Groups.Io <k_gunness=yahoo.ca@groups.io>
wrote:

what is rong with your windows
the latest desktop skype supports windows 10

----- Original Message -----
From: "zahra" <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA addon development beginner

thanks God, one of the developers answers and helps me very kind.
but with other developers, i have not method for contacting them
directly and one of them did not answer me!
i dont have social medias except skype and email,
and unfortunately skype does not support my windows since march of
2019!

On 3/23/20, zahra via Groups.Io <nasrinkhaksar3=gmail.com@groups.io>
wrote:

hi brian.
thanks for your reply.
i wished to contact nvda developers directly.
i subscribed to github in previous years, and sent tens of comments
and suggestions, and said my views about some of the reported issues.
but i wish to find a solution to contact nvda developers directly,
which i did not find!
and from one of the developers, which i contacted him directly,
unfortunately did not recieve a reply!

even if i use newer versions, i cant use newer versions of nvda for
several reasons.
one of the reasons is lack of american english US with my native
language (persian), which is removed in nvda 2017.4 and later!
i needed two or three fixes in newer versions only.
unless if someone send me a workaround.

thanks for your help, God bless you!

On 3/22/20, Brian Vogel <britechguy@gmail.com> wrote:

zahra,

I gave the direct link to the nvda-devel home page on Groups.io in my
last
message. Those pages (for any given group) always include the Group
Email
Addresses section with the pertinent subscribe, unsubscribe, etc.,
addresses.

Also, if you look at the group description in my prior message, and
take
a
look at the more detailed one on the actual group page, it is made
abundantly clear that this group is not meant for end-user support or
suggestions. In fact, the main page description ends with, "Please
note
this is not a general user support list."

I created a tutorial last month: Creating a Github Account (
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&;id=1TJx5cRPsCvDAXF0FE0hv7Jkow7kj7FOY
) , which I'd suggest you, or anyone interested with direct
communication
with the NVDA team, have a look at. It is my intention to create
additional
tutorials as individuals wish to do specific things under GitHub.

By the way, I have seen no indication from you that you have finally
moved
on from Windows XP. If that is the case you really cannot use any
currently
supported version of NVDA and any feature changes will remain
unavailable
to
you until you move to Windows 8 (which I do not recommend) or Windows
10.

--

Brian *-* Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363

*Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.*

~ Madonna

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

skype does not support windows xp and using newer windows is not
possible for me now.

On 3/23/20, Kerryn Gunness via Groups.Io <k_gunness=yahoo.ca@groups.io> wrote:

what is rong with your windows
the latest desktop skype supports windows 10

----- Original Message -----
From: "zahra" <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA addon development beginner

thanks God, one of the developers answers and helps me very kind.
but with other developers, i have not method for contacting them
directly and one of them did not answer me!
i dont have social medias except skype and email,
and unfortunately skype does not support my windows since march of 2019!

On 3/23/20, zahra via Groups.Io <nasrinkhaksar3=gmail.com@groups.io>
wrote:

hi brian.
thanks for your reply.
i wished to contact nvda developers directly.
i subscribed to github in previous years, and sent tens of comments
and suggestions, and said my views about some of the reported issues.
but i wish to find a solution to contact nvda developers directly,
which i did not find!
and from one of the developers, which i contacted him directly,
unfortunately did not recieve a reply!

even if i use newer versions, i cant use newer versions of nvda for
several reasons.
one of the reasons is lack of american english US with my native
language (persian), which is removed in nvda 2017.4 and later!
i needed two or three fixes in newer versions only.
unless if someone send me a workaround.

thanks for your help, God bless you!

On 3/22/20, Brian Vogel <britechguy@gmail.com> wrote:

zahra,

I gave the direct link to the nvda-devel home page on Groups.io in my
last
message. Those pages (for any given group) always include the Group
Email
Addresses section with the pertinent subscribe, unsubscribe, etc.,
addresses.

Also, if you look at the group description in my prior message, and
take
a
look at the more detailed one on the actual group page, it is made
abundantly clear that this group is not meant for end-user support or
suggestions. In fact, the main page description ends with, "Please
note
this is not a general user support list."

I created a tutorial last month: Creating a Github Account (
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&;id=1TJx5cRPsCvDAXF0FE0hv7Jkow7kj7FOY
) , which I'd suggest you, or anyone interested with direct
communication
with the NVDA team, have a look at. It is my intention to create
additional
tutorials as individuals wish to do specific things under GitHub.

By the way, I have seen no indication from you that you have finally
moved
on from Windows XP. If that is the case you really cannot use any
currently
supported version of NVDA and any feature changes will remain
unavailable
to
you until you move to Windows 8 (which I do not recommend) or Windows
10.

--

Brian *-* Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363

*Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.*

~ Madonna

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

--
By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order that
I may disobey God
by depriving an ant
from the husk of a grain of barley,
I would not do it.
imam ali

Hello all,

I just updated SayProductNameAndVersion add-on to reflect compatibility with the upcoming NVDA version.

Download link: https://github.com/Nardol/SayProductNameAndVersion/releases/download/v2020.03/sayProductNameAndVersion-2020.03.nvda-addon

Best regards,

hi joseph.

as i mentioned in my emails, i only need two or three fixed in newer

versions of nvda for backporting to the supported versions of nvda on

xp.

and i promise that my request does not cause nvda crashing or

unresponsiveness in any version of windows!

my requests are only specific for firefox and contains important fixes

which i am sure benefits everyone.

On 3/23/20, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:

> Hello NVDA users and add-on developers,

> 

> 

> 

> First, I would like to reiterate how important it is that everyone listen

> to

> advice from reputable sources regarding COVID-19, including public health

> officials recommending folks to exercise social distancing for a while.

> Even

> if you do not feel sick, please help others by washing hands, practice

> social distancing, and monitor the situation regarding the pandemic and

> community spread. And since the NVDA community is a global movement, please

> support each other.

> 

> 

> 

> Onto the matter at hand: for several days I have received requests about

> NVDA add-ons and Windows XP support. Requests have included making add-ons

> compatible with Windows XP again, compatibility issues, and backporting

> newer NVDA bug fixes and features to users of NVDA 2017.3, the last version

> compatible with Windows XP.

> 

> 

> 

> At the moment there is no community guidance on support for Windows XP,

> with

> many people  asking others to upgrade to newer Windows releases. But as an

> individual add-on author and a contributor to NVDA screen reader project, I

> would like to take this time to make the following personal announcement:

> 

> 

> 

> Effective April 15, 2020, if you ask me to do one or more of the following

> for Windows XP users, the answer you will get is, "sorry, no more, period."

> These include:

> 

> 

> 

> *        Making add-ons compatible with Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and

> Server 2008

> *        Fixing compatibility issues and non-working add-ons after you

> knowingly install newer add-on releases on NVDA 2017.3 or earlier

> *        Backporting features and bug fixes from newer NVDA releases to NVDA

> 2017.3

> *        Maintaining a long-term support version of NVDA for Windows

> XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 users

> 

> 

> 

> Most importantly, I will flatly say "no" if you ask me privately to ask NV

> Access and/or add-on developers about Windows XP support. Many features

> introduced in newer NVDA releases cannot be backported for various reasons,

> including risk of crashing NVDA (grammar error announcement, for example),

> incompatibility with Python 2 (broader Unicode support, for example),

> features that will not work properly with XP (screen curtain, for example),

> support for apps no longer recommended for wider use (outlook Express, for

> example), and broad changes that alters how add-ons work (speech refactor

> and multi-category settings dialog, for example). Several add-on authors

> have indicated reluctance to support XP, and in case of add-ons I'm either

> maintaining or have passed onto the community, none of them support NVDA

> 2019.2.1 or earlier, let alone Windows XP and friends.

> 

> 

> 

> My personal statement above will not be in effect until April so that you

> can help others going through COVID-19 and for my statement as an

> individual

> developer to sink in. Note that I'm not speaking on behalf of other

> developers - others have their own policies regarding support for Windows

> XP. NV Access does provide a download link for NVDA 2017.3, the last

> version

> compatible with Windows XP.

> 

> 

> 

> I know my statement is a huge blow to many of you. As much as I wanted

> folks

> to understand that end of support means end of support, and I understand

> that many of you cannot afford newer equipment and software releases

> (including moving to newer Windows releases), I felt it is time to make a

> bold statement and say "no" to Windows XP support. In the past, I did note

> on various NVDA forums that my add-ons will not and does not support

> Windows

> XP, but didn't announce a statement like this then, hoping that folks will

> understand the reality at last. But alas, it is time to officially close

> the

> doors to Windows XP support from my end - once again, this is an individual

> developer saying this, not on behalf of the community at large, knowing

> that

> others will make statements on their own.

> 

> 

> 

> Thank you for understanding.

> 

> Cheers,

> 

> Joseph

> 

> 

>

> 

> 

--

By God,

were I given all the seven heavens

with all they contain

in order that

I may disobey God

by depriving an ant

from the husk of a grain of barley,

I would not do it.

imam ali

Its not officially supported on the nvda community but the latest

version seems to be this.

https://github.com/albzan/eclipse-nvda/releases/download/0.6/eclipseEnhance-0.6.nvda-addon

Its supposed to work at least its description says it does.

On 24/03/2020 12:50 am, mslion wrote:

> Dear all,

> for my work I use eclipse and the accompanying add-on. Now I would

> like to update my NVDA but I need to know if this add-on for eclipse

> is compatible?

> Thanks in advance for your answers.

> 

> With kind regards,

> Mitchel Snel

> 

>

> 

> .