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 o

Are you referring to the consumer version of Skype, or to Skype for Business (which is being replaced by Microsoft Teams)? They’re totally different, notwithstanding the name. From: <nvda@....

While we’re in the digression, I’ve intended to ask this question for a while: How well does NVDA run in a virtual machine on a Mac? In particular, if you have a braille display, is it possible to swi

No, I haven’t experienced this, and I’ve switched between NVDA and JAWS on multiple systems. Could it be related to Tandem? Are you sure that you’re terminating JAWS properly before starting NVDA? It’

Windows 10X could pose challenges, depending on what is involved in making NVDA run in that environment, if it is indeed feasible at all. There’s a real possibility that Windows 10X could represent th

The BRLTTY list would be worth contacting, as has been suggested. They work mostly under Linux and Android, but someone there should still be able to help with Windows issues. I use BRLTTY all the tim

I didn’t encounter any problem – audio-related or otherwise - with the very latest (optional) Windows 10 1909 update after installing it. So, for my hardware, a Lenovo ThinkPad P51 laptop, it’s fine.

With apologies - I forgot to paste the link: https://blog.freedomscientific.com/usbhid1/ On 2/8/20, 12:54, "Jason White via Groups.Io" <nvda@nvda.groups.io on behalf of jason@...>

We can add Vispero to the list: On 2/8/20, 11:37, "Buddy Brannan" <nvda@nvda.groups.io on behalf of buddy@...> wrote: So far, Orbit Research is the only one from whom I’ve seen any sort of a

I read an announcement some time ago about a new USB standard for braille devices. If I remember correctly, it was part of the HID standard. If braille display manufacturers implement the standard, th

If you can run it in a terminal, the recently improved console support for NVDA (coming in 2019.3) may make the experience better. I haven’t used Pine/Alpine for a very long time indeed. At some point

What happens if you scan that drive for errors? Check the system for malware using Windows Defender or whatever other tool you have on hand. On 2/6/20, 07:43, "Dennis Clark" <nvda@nvda.groups.io on b

I think you have to insert a section break after the front matter, then change the numbering style to Roman numerals for those pages. However, I can't give more specifics, as I don't use Microsoft Wor

In this case, it seems to be screen reader-related. I discovered whilst experimenting with it last year that terminating the screen reader before selecting the new folder, then re-enabling the screen

Yes, focus inbox is enabled – but only for the Exchange account. To the best of my recollection, it doesn’t work in IMAP accounts. Does that hep to narrow it down? From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behal

Has anyone else here encountered the following? I’ve experienced it with several versions of NVDA, including the current version, and with JAWS as well, so it could well be an Outlook issue. Under Mic

ABBYY will work with a hardware scanner as well. Alternatively, you could scan the pages to images in a PDF file before running the OCR process. Actually, some scanners generate PDF output directly, s

ABBYY was updated last year. I haven’t yet purchased the upgrade, so can’t comment on the latest version. It handles document formatting well, including headings and footnotes from scanned images of j

It’s right-Alt+5 on the US international keyboard – that is, the digit 5 on the main number row.

The only well supported option I am aware of is Notepad++, for which there is an NVDA add-on. However, I haven’t been searching recently. I tend to use Emacs with a braille display to edit text files.