[BlindTlk] Windows Computer and Installing NVDA

[Edward Green]

Hi Brandon,

NVDA has a talking installer so you can install it without sighted 
assistance. You download it from www.nvaccess.org and just run the file.

If you need speech to do that, you can use Narrator which you activate with 
control+windows+enter.

As for a computer, NVDA has touch screen support but I don’t use it.

I’d get a computer with a Solid State Drive - that should be most of them 
these days, minimum 8GB RAM but 16 if you can afford it, and I5 processor 
or above.

Cheers,

Ed


On 15 July 2022 05:30:33 "Brandon A. Olivares via BlindTlk" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> So I'm not that familiar with Windows anymore because I've used Macs 
> exclusively for the last 11 years.
>
> But, I'm in need of a windows computer. Three reasons: (1) I miss the old 
> accessible games I used to play on Windows; (2) for my bookkeeping business 
> I might need to install QuickBooks for Desktop to do conversions to 
> QuickBooks online for my clients; and (3) there's a chess application only 
> made for Windows I want to use.
>
> But I know like nothing about Windows now. I used to use JAWS but thought 
> the cheapest option would be to use NVDA. But can I set this up accessibly 
> or would I need sighted assistance? What's the process of setting it up?
>
> And anything I need to know for getting the right computer? I see a lot 
> with touch screens which I'm assuming I should avoid.
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
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