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Kenny <kwashingtonbox@...>
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
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Hi Kenny,
Firstly, while it partly depends on which parts of Jaws and which parts of NVDA you rely on most, yes, NVDA's keystrokes are broadly similar to those used by Jaws. By default the NVDA key is Insert, and on a laptop you may prefer to set it to caps lock. In desktop layout, to read the current line is NVDA+up arrow (NVDA+L on laptop) and to read from the current point onwards is NVDA+down arrow (laptop layout is NVDA+A), and many other commands such as NVDA+T and so on work the same.
To the second part of your question, the version of Eloquence you got with Jaws is licensed to Jaws only, so you won't be able to use it. The good news is that you can purchase eloquence for NVDA. There are two versions, a SAPI version, which will work with any program that can use SAPI voices, and a version specifically tailored for NVDA. Different people have different opinions on which is better (and indeed, there is a discussion on this list currently on that very topic), but what I would suggest, is try the demo version of each and see which you prefer. Links available from: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/ExtraVoices
Kind regards
Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Kenny <kwashingtonbox@...> wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
-- Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager
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Gene New Zealand <hurrikennyandopo@...>
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter
Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at
http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers.
To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit
http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link
https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA
expert exam.
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Kenny <kwashingtonbox@...>
Thanks so much Question for your assistance.
Just the type of informative response I was hoping to get from this
list.
Well it looks like between my new Echo 2nd edition and learning about
NVDA, 2018 will be quite a year for me.
At 11:09 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Hi Kenny,
Firstly, while it partly depends on which parts of Jaws and which parts
of NVDA you rely on most, yes, NVDA's keystrokes are broadly similar to
those used by Jaws. By default the NVDA key is Insert, and on a
laptop you may prefer to set it to caps lock. In desktop layout,
to read the current line is NVDA+up arrow (NVDA+L on laptop) and to read
from the current point onwards is NVDA+down arrow (laptop layout is
NVDA+A), and many other commands such as NVDA+T and so on work the
same.
A community project was to write a transition guide for those like
yourself moving from Jaws to NVDA, so that would be worth reading:Â
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA
To the second part of your question, the version of Eloquence you got
with Jaws is licensed to Jaws only, so you won't be able to use
it. The good news is that you can purchase eloquence for
NVDA. There are two versions, a SAPI version, which will work with
any program that can use SAPI voices, and a version specifically tailored
for NVDA. Different people have different opinions on which is
better (and indeed, there is a discussion on this list currently on that
very topic), but what I would suggest, is try the demo version of each
and see which you prefer. Links available from:Â
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/ExtraVoices
Kind regards
Quentin.
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Kenny
<kwashingtonbox@...
> wrote:
- Hello,
- I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence
as my software synth.
- Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm
turning to NVDA.
- My first two questions:
- Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not,
is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
- Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently
installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software
synth available that's just as good to use?
- Thanks for any help.
--
Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager
Official NVDA Training modules and expert certification nowÂ
available:Â
http://www.nvaccess.org/shop/
www.nvaccess.orgÂ
Facebook:Â
http://www.facebook.com/NVAccessÂ
Twitter: @NVAccessÂ
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Kenny <kwashingtonbox@...>
Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of
their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use
the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the
desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to
start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the
insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use
one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is
chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or
paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add
on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change
them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as
my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm
turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is
there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed
on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth
available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related
material at
http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in
New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of
the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which
locations (or location) is near to you please visit
http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert
near you, please visit the following link
https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains
the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world,
who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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JM Casey <crystallogic@...>
I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kenny
Sent: December 7, 2017 8:06 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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JM Casey <crystallogic@...>
Hi.
The NVDA documentation (user guide) is very concise and clear and I think it
will answer all of your questions. When I first ran nVDA, the default eSpeak
voice put me off so much that I almost didn't want to go back there.
However, you can pick a synth, and as already mentioned, there are Eloquence
add-ons, though I guess you won't find them exactly the same as your JAWS
experience. The other software synth that's licensed to jAWS, Vocalizer
Expressive, is also available. You have to pay for both of these, but it's
certainly less than the cost of a JAWS SMA. :)
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kenny
Sent: December 6, 2017 9:42 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my
software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm
turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there
a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on
my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available
that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
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you can try out the following free training course. Learn NVDA: http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology-videos/learn-nvda/1234 There are also training courses here. http://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ And there is a book Windows Screen Reader Keystroke Compendium: Covering JAWS, NVDA, and Narrator (SCREEN) http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/SCREEN.html SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA NVDA Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQHope this helps.
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There is no setting to use the equivalent of the
JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There
is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using
the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you
can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation
commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop
layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop
layout.
After using screen review, you should return to
object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use
won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line
command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object,
which acts the same as read current line.
Gene
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting
Started with NVDA.
I
started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the
default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by
accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little
differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW
feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it
a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support
built in or any add-ons).
NVDA’s
web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this
Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they
do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this
isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kenny
Sent: December
7, 2017 8:06 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda]
JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS
for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very
difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for
navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017,
you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the
usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would
find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your
pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your
keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key
+ letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key +
the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter
Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the
insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of
the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you
would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes
default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid
synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can
come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys
combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if
needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions
at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene
nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user
of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning
to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard
navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to
work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module
currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software
synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness
related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites
you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find
out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you,
please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/.
The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals
from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert
exam.
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Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgilland07@...>
Gene,
You bring up something which poses a question I've
had for a while now.
Is there really any advantage to using screen
review over object nav, or vice versa?
---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven
Ministries
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39
AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for
Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
There is no setting to use the equivalent of the
JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There
is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly
using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in
that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main
navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the
desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the
laptop layout.
After using screen review, you should return to
object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to
use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current
line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object,
which acts the same as read current line.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting
Started with NVDA.
I
started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the
default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by
accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little
differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW
feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use
it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader
support built in or any add-ons).
NVDA’s
web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this
Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they
do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this
isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell.
From:
nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Kenny
Sent: December 7, 2017 8:06 AM
To:
nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for
Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using
JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be
very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for
navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM
12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the
usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would
find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to
your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for
your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key +
ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the
nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the
letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and
can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would
use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is
chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off
nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use
other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a
commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a
cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you
can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer
some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene
nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny
wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current
user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm
turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a
keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can
configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the
Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is
there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other
blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK
sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers.
To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near
you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/.
The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified
individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the
NVDA expert exam.
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I don't use apps, such as Windows 10 apps, but my
understanding is that there are at least some apps that you have to use object
navigation to get good access to.
But aside from that, at times you can see things
with one you can't see with the other. If you expect to see something you
don't see, based on what a program does, then checking with whatever one you
haven't checked with may allow you to see it.
Gene
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting
Started with NVDA.
Gene,
You bring up something which poses a question I've
had for a while now.
Is there really any advantage to using screen
review over object nav, or vice versa?
---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven
Ministries
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39
AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for
Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
There is no setting to use the equivalent of the
JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There
is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly
using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in
that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main
navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the
desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the
laptop layout.
After using screen review, you should return to
object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to
use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current
line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object,
which acts the same as read current line.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting
Started with NVDA.
I
started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the
default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by
accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little
differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW
feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use
it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader
support built in or any add-ons).
NVDA’s
web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this
Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they
do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this
isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell.
From:
nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Kenny
Sent: December 7, 2017 8:06 AM
To:
nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for
Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using
JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be
very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for
navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM
12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the
usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would
find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to
your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for
your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key +
ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the
nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the
letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and
can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would
use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is
chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off
nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use
other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a
commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a
cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you
can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer
some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene
nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny
wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current
user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom
Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm
turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a
keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can
configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the
Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is
there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other
blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK
sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers.
To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near
you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/.
The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified
individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the
NVDA expert exam.
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NVDA has sort of jaws cursor. This is called screen review. And OCR as well. And it has much more usefull things like object navigation and beautiful addons like objpad and golden cursor which gives you more accessibility than any other screen reader. You can have a look at www.addons.nvda-project.org to discover some really interesting features which you can add to you own NVDA version. Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von JM Casey
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 15:52
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Kenny
Sent: December 7, 2017 8:06 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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In Laptop layout, you can press NVDA + home or NVDA + end to switch between navigation modes. Once you are on screen review, keep the NVDA key pressed and just use your arrow keys to navigate and enter to activate something. If you want to navigate word by word, hold the ctrl key pressed and use left and right arrow keys. Sor for word by word navigation you press ctrl + NVDA + left and right keys after you chose screen review. To compare, in laptop layout object navigation is activated when you hold down shift + NVDA. For object navigation you don’t have to change the navigation mode like in screen review. Just hold shift + NVDA pressed anywhere and continue to navigate by arrow keys. Press m to drag the mouse on the object and left mouse click to activate it. Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Gene
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 16:39
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. There is no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout. After using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read current line.
----- Original Message -----Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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In screen review you can sometimes find objects faster because it is restricted for the window you are in and every press of up arrow or down arrow will read the whole line on the screen. So if there are 10 objects side to side you will hear them all being red. If you want to go to the eighth object you hold NVDA and CTRL and press right arrow key to navigate there. However, screen review does not recognize the distance between objects reliably. So there could be two objects which are being red as if they were a single word. In this case you have to navigat letter by letter with NVDA + right arrow. You activate an object by pressing enter. In contrast, object navigation uses the hierarchie of objects on the screen but it does not give you an exact map of the screen. Apart from that, object navigation is not restricted on the active window. The advantage of object navigation is that the names of objects are being recognized very reliable in comparison to screen review. And object navigation gives you much more information than screen review. You can learn how menus are grouped and how an application is structured without loosing your cursor position. Go for example in firefox quantum settings and try to read the group of settings by using object navigation. On each group you have to press down arrow to enter it and up arrow to leave it. Once you are in a group, press right and left arrow to move through the entries of the group. To move the mouse to a group, press m. And to activate an object press left mouse click. Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Christopher-Mark Gilland
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 18:25
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. You bring up something which poses a question I've had for a while now. Is there really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice versa? ---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. There is no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout. After using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read current line. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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If you want a much easier possibility to use these navigation modes, please install the addon objpad from www.addons.nvda-project.org Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Christopher-Mark Gilland
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 18:25
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. You bring up something which poses a question I've had for a while now. Is there really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice versa? ---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. There is no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout. After using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read current line. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgilland07@...>
OK, but, what does this addon, more specifically
do? I'm quite comfortable with using screen review, so would really rather not
change how I'm currently accessing things, not knowing the
specifics.
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Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven
Ministries
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Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 4:23
PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for
Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA.
If you want a much easier possibility to use these navigation
modes, please install the addon objpad from
www.addons.nvda-project.org
Best
Adriani
Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Christopher-Mark
Gilland
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 18:25
An:
nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff:
Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
You bring
up something which poses a question I've had for a while now.
Is there
really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice
versa?
---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven
Ministries
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39 AM
Subject: Re:
[nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
There is
no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement
keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS
cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that
mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use
the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for
screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout.
I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout.
After
using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you
do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work
correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command
NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object,
which acts the same as read current line.
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM
Subject: Re:
[nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how
similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t
done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a
little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that
particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on
(though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t
have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons).
NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have
Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function
pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with
office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can
tell.
Yes the
reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's
like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change
my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will
definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you
wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the
usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You
would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install
nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top
layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is
the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your
preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda
is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this
is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the
caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for
example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q
to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but
you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking
about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version
at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus
you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to
answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene
nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny
wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence
as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer
afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for
over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not,
is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I
configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC
(Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's
just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other
blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK
sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their
computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please
visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near
you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/.
The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified
individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the
NVDA expert exam.
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All these commands are for the laptop layout.
this needs to be specified or there may be considerable confusion if people
using the desktop layout try to use these commands.
Gene
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting
Started with NVDA.
In screen review you can sometimes find objects faster because it is
restricted for the window you are in and every press of up arrow or down arrow
will read the whole line on the screen. So if there are 10 objects side to side
you will hear them all being red. If you want to go to the eighth object you
hold NVDA and CTRL and press right arrow key to navigate there. However, screen
review does not recognize the distance between objects reliably. So there could
be two objects which are being red as if they were a single word. In this case
you have to navigat letter by letter with NVDA + right arrow. You activate an
object by pressing enter.
In contrast, object navigation uses the hierarchie of objects on the
screen but it does not give you an exact map of the screen. Apart from that,
object navigation is not restricted on the active window. The advantage of
object navigation is that the names of objects are being recognized very
reliable in comparison to screen review. And object navigation gives you much
more information than screen review. You can learn how menus are grouped and how
an application is structured without loosing your cursor position. Go for
example in firefox quantum settings and try to read the group of settings by
using object navigation.
On each group you have to press down arrow to enter it and up arrow
to leave it. Once you are in a group, press right and left arrow to move through
the entries of the group. To move the mouse to a group, press m. And to activate
an object press left mouse click.
Best
Adriani
Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Christopher-Mark
Gilland
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 18:25
An:
nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance
in Getting Started with NVDA.
You bring up
something which poses a question I've had for a while now.
Is there
really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice
versa?
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Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven
Ministries
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Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday,
December 07, 2017 10:39 AM
Subject: Re:
[nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
There is
no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement
keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS
cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that
mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the
arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen
review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't
know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout.
After
using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do,
certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For
example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I
use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read
current line.
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM
Subject: Re:
[nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with
NVDA.
I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how
similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t
done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a
little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that
particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on
(though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t
have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons).
NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office
2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as
well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365,
but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can
tell.
Yes the
reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like
my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my
habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will
definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you
wrote:
Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the
usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would
find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to
your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for
your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key +
ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the
nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the
letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and
can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would
use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is
chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off
nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use
other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a
commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a
cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you
can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer
some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene
nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote:
Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence
as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer
afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for
over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is
there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure
NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to
JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to
use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other
blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK
sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers.
To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries
(Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near
you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/.
The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified
individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the
NVDA expert exam.
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Gene, since you delivered the commands for desktop layout, I have just continued your point by bringing the laptop layout. Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Gene
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 23:10
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. All these commands are for the laptop layout. this needs to be specified or there may be considerable confusion if people using the desktop layout try to use these commands.
----- Original Message -----Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. In screen review you can sometimes find objects faster because it is restricted for the window you are in and every press of up arrow or down arrow will read the whole line on the screen. So if there are 10 objects side to side you will hear them all being red. If you want to go to the eighth object you hold NVDA and CTRL and press right arrow key to navigate there. However, screen review does not recognize the distance between objects reliably. So there could be two objects which are being red as if they were a single word. In this case you have to navigat letter by letter with NVDA + right arrow. You activate an object by pressing enter. In contrast, object navigation uses the hierarchie of objects on the screen but it does not give you an exact map of the screen. Apart from that, object navigation is not restricted on the active window. The advantage of object navigation is that the names of objects are being recognized very reliable in comparison to screen review. And object navigation gives you much more information than screen review. You can learn how menus are grouped and how an application is structured without loosing your cursor position. Go for example in firefox quantum settings and try to read the group of settings by using object navigation. On each group you have to press down arrow to enter it and up arrow to leave it. Once you are in a group, press right and left arrow to move through the entries of the group. To move the mouse to a group, press m. And to activate an object press left mouse click. Best Adriani You bring up something which poses a question I've had for a while now. Is there really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice versa? ---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. There is no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout. After using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read current line. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote: Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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It will let you lock the NVDA key or NVDA + shift key so that you don’t have to hold it pressed. Instead, you can only use arrow keys. And you swithch between navigation modes by just pressing ctrl + NVDA + tab once. Best Adriani Von: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] Im Auftrag von Christopher-Mark Gilland
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017 23:08
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. OK, but, what does this addon, more specifically do? I'm quite comfortable with using screen review, so would really rather not change how I'm currently accessing things, not knowing the specifics. ---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. If you want a much easier possibility to use these navigation modes, please install the addon objpad from www.addons.nvda-project.org Best Adriani You bring up something which poses a question I've had for a while now. Is there really any advantage to using screen review over object nav, or vice versa? ---
Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. There is no setting to use the equivalent of the JAWS cursor with standard movement keys such as up and down arrow. There is an equivalent to the JAWS cursor, screen review and you navigate mostly using the numpad in that mode. It's somewhat similar to Window-eyes in that you can still use the arrow keys on the main keyboard and the main navigation commands for screen review are on the numpad. This is for the desktop layout. I don't know what the navigation commands are for the laptop layout. After using screen review, you should return to object navigation. If you do, certain review commands you may want to use won't work correctly. For example I don't like using the read current line command NVDA uses. I use numpad 8 which reads the current object, which acts the same as read current line. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] JAWS User Looking for Guidance in Getting Started with NVDA. I started using NVDA recently, and I really was surprised at how similar the default keyboard layout is to that of JAWS. I’m sure this wasn’t done by accident. The only thing is, that navigation and focus does work a little differently. And of ourse, ther’es no “JAWS cursor”, but that particular JFW feature is growing less and less useful as times goes on (though I still use it a fair bit in certain older applications that don’t have screen-reader support built in or any add-ons). NVDA’s web support is great, and while I happen to only have Office 2010 on this Windows 10 machine, Outlook and Word both function pretty much as well as they do with JFW. Others have reported issues with office 2016/365, but, well, this isn’t unique to nVDA users so far as I can tell. Yes the reading navigation keys.
I've been using JAWS for 20+ years. It's like my fingers have a mind of their own. Will be very difficult to change my habits from wanting to use the numpad keys for navigation.
Will definitely take some time.
At 11:27 PM 12/6/2017, you wrote: Hi
Do you mean by keyboard navigation the usual?
Like using the arrow keys tab etc etc.
You would find it quite easy to pick up.
Depending if you install nvda to your pc you will have the choice of the desktop layout or a lap top layout for your keyboard.
If you install nvda to your pc it is the alt key + ctrl key + letter N to start nvda.
To get into your preferences is the nvda key + the letter N
To quit your copy of nvda is the nvda key + the letter Q
Where i refer to the nvda key this is a modifier key and can be the insert key the extended insert key or the caps lock key. You would use one of the with a key to turn off nvda. for example if the insert key is chosen you would use the insert key + letter Q to turn off nvda.
NVDA comes default with the e speak synth but you can use other free or paid synths.
The synth you are talking about is a commercial one and can come as a add on or a sapi 5 version at a cost.
There are keys combo that are simular to jaws and plus you can change them if needed.
The following link may help you to answer some of your questions at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/FAQ
Gene nz
On 12/7/2017 3:41 PM, Kenny wrote: Hello,
I'm a current user of the latest build of JAWS 2018. Using Eloquence as my software synth.
Well the time has come that I can no longer afford to pay the Freedom Scientific SMA JAWS upgrades (Been using JAWS for over 20 years), so I'm turning to NVDA.
My first two questions:
Does NVDA use a keyboard navigation system similar to JAWS? If not, is there a way I can configure it to work this way?
Also can I configure NVDA to use the Eloquence module currently installed on my PC (Thanks to JAWS?) If not, is there a NVDA software synth available that's just as good to use?
Thanks for any help.
--
Check out my website for NVDA tutorials and other blindness related material at http://www.accessibilitycentral.net Regardless of where you are in New Zealand if you are near one of the APNK sites you can use a copy of the NVDA screen reader on one of their computers. To find out which locations (or location) is near to you please visit http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/partner-libraries (Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa). To find an NVDA certified expert near you, please visit the following link https://certification.nvaccess.org/. The certification page contains the official list of NVDA certified individuals from around the world, who have sat and successfully passed the NVDA expert exam.
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