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The Inside Story of NVDA: what a screen reader is and is not, possibilities and constraints of screen readers
#NVDA_Internals
Perhaps a better word than equal would be optimized. I.E. the best possible access within the limits we have to work within. Shawn Klein
Perhaps a better word than equal would be optimized. I.E. the best possible access within the limits we have to work within. Shawn Klein
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Issue With Extended Winamp Hot Key For Time Remaining
Hi, Control+Shift+T announces the total time, Control+Shift+R announces time remaining, but the total time key was accidentally disabled by the App creator and won't be reinstated until the next versi
Hi, Control+Shift+T announces the total time, Control+Shift+R announces time remaining, but the total time key was accidentally disabled by the App creator and won't be reinstated until the next versi
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Shawn
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NVDA Add-on Idea: Output everything normally spoken as CW
The only practical and not just fun for hams reason to do this would be as a temporary alternative for the profoundly deaf-blind when their braille display stops working with NVDA. But how many of the
The only practical and not just fun for hams reason to do this would be as a temporary alternative for the profoundly deaf-blind when their braille display stops working with NVDA. But how many of the
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Shawn
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Solution for NVDA Remote on the IPhone with Bluetooth keyboard lacking NVDA key.
Hi, I accidentally paired my Matias keyboard with my phone as if it was a Windows or Android device, and low and behold all those Windows keys that the IPhone doesn't care about and don't work in appl
Hi, I accidentally paired my Matias keyboard with my phone as if it was a Windows or Android device, and low and behold all those Windows keys that the IPhone doesn't care about and don't work in appl
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Shawn
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Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
Eloquence with an accent, that would have been funny. I had the Braillenot EmPower in 2006, it had Keynote Gold and Eloquence. I had the Spanish addon, but I was a bit disappointed that it had Keynote
Eloquence with an accent, that would have been funny. I had the Braillenot EmPower in 2006, it had Keynote Gold and Eloquence. I had the Spanish addon, but I was a bit disappointed that it had Keynote
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Shawn
· #98086
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NVDA shows "right to left" on Braille
Are you sure there isn't any Hebrew characters on the screen? Even if they aren't on the line you're reading they may be having an effect on everything. If I'm writing in a google or Youtube search lo
Are you sure there isn't any Hebrew characters on the screen? Even if they aren't on the line you're reading they may be having an effect on everything. If I'm writing in a google or Youtube search lo
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
Well if they do vanish, it's probably time to call Microsoft, or try to Google it and plow through a bunch of Microsoft forum questions from people who hopefully have had the same problem. That may no
Well if they do vanish, it's probably time to call Microsoft, or try to Google it and plow through a bunch of Microsoft forum questions from people who hopefully have had the same problem. That may no
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
That's true, but unfortunately Eloquence Japanese also spells every word. You'd have to switch languages again. I think there is or was an addon that lets you quickly switch back and forth between 2 w
That's true, but unfortunately Eloquence Japanese also spells every word. You'd have to switch languages again. I think there is or was an addon that lets you quickly switch back and forth between 2 w
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
Best thing to do is just try again. If it still doesn't work, time to call Microsoft support. Shawn Klein
Best thing to do is just try again. If it still doesn't work, time to call Microsoft support. Shawn Klein
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
So here's how I do it. I open up narrator settings with control+shift+n. Then I shift tab and it says vision grouping one of 3. Arrow down until it says narrator. Then tab a bunch of times until you h
So here's how I do it. I open up narrator settings with control+shift+n. Then I shift tab and it says vision grouping one of 3. Arrow down until it says narrator. Then tab a bunch of times until you h
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
Well that's really weird, they should have been available once you rebooted the machine. Try rebooting again, and if that doesn't work, try installing another one core language. If that doesn't work,
Well that's really weird, they should have been available once you rebooted the machine. Try rebooting again, and if that doesn't work, try installing another one core language. If that doesn't work,
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
Yeah, I forgot. It just happened to me too. The only solutions for that after you've closed the settings dialogue and then restarted NVDA are 1, reboot your computer, or 2, if you don't feel like rebo
Yeah, I forgot. It just happened to me too. The only solutions for that after you've closed the settings dialogue and then restarted NVDA are 1, reboot your computer, or 2, if you don't feel like rebo
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
You can't adjust inflection with one core voices either. Shawn Klein
You can't adjust inflection with one core voices either. Shawn Klein
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· #97788
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
So I just added the one core Japanese voices just for fun, there are 2 female and one male, and they all speak Japanesified English otherwise known as Engrish. It says odd doh instead of add, bot toe
So I just added the one core Japanese voices just for fun, there are 2 female and one male, and they all speak Japanesified English otherwise known as Engrish. It says odd doh instead of add, bot toe
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
I don't know if OneCore Japanese voices do it, but I've come across many of these natural voices over the years that use non-latin alphabets that will read English in the Latin alphabet, and their nat
I don't know if OneCore Japanese voices do it, but I've come across many of these natural voices over the years that use non-latin alphabets that will read English in the Latin alphabet, and their nat
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
More likely the web designer thought of including it for edit boxes for Spanish, but not for other places on the page. People are funny that way. You'd think they'd be consistent, but they're not. Sha
More likely the web designer thought of including it for edit boxes for Spanish, but not for other places on the page. People are funny that way. You'd think they'd be consistent, but they're not. Sha
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Using NVDA remote via an iPhone?
Hi, I never tried the TTS, just Voiceover, so I can't tell you that one, but as soon as you press the home button on your phone you'll be out of the NVDA remote app and can do other things on your pho
Hi, I never tried the TTS, just Voiceover, so I can't tell you that one, but as soon as you press the home button on your phone you'll be out of the NVDA remote app and can do other things on your pho
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
It can do that, some Wikipedia articles are set up that way like the one for Japan. Shawn Klein
It can do that, some Wikipedia articles are set up that way like the one for Japan. Shawn Klein
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
All I can say is, hopefully AI will be able to solve this soon so we don't have to worry about compliance. Getting them to make sites accessible in general is hard enough lol. Shawn Klein
All I can say is, hopefully AI will be able to solve this soon so we don't have to worry about compliance. Getting them to make sites accessible in general is hard enough lol. Shawn Klein
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· #97714
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Reading Japanese with NVDA 2022.2
With Spanish you'll just have to switch back and forth, or you could practice listening to English with a Spanish voice for parts of the page where both languages are heavily mixed. It's not so hard o
With Spanish you'll just have to switch back and forth, or you could practice listening to English with a Spanish voice for parts of the page where both languages are heavily mixed. It's not so hard o
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