[BlindTlk] Windows Computer and Installing NVDA

Fri Jul 15 07:11:43 UTC 2022

Thanks so much. Those instructions really help.

Brandon

> On Jul 15, 2022, at 1:43 AM, Edward Green via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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