[nabs-l] free screen readers

[Gerardo Corripio]

I use NVDA sometimes and works fine; some little details jaws doesn't do 
NVDA does.
The commands can be learned by activating NVDA's Keyboard learn mode with 
Insert+#1 above qwerty like Jaws since it uses kind of the same structure 
such as Insert+t for title bar, Insert+b to read dialogues and the like. You 
can read all about the keystrokes within NVDA's documentation which can be 
accessed by going into Start Menu All Programs NVDA and open the submenu; 
from there you'll see an item called User Guide and another one called 
Keystrokes (hopefully I translated it good from Spanish since I use NVDA in 
Spanish) that can give you more info.
About the voices, if you have SAPI5 compatible voices they'll work fine; 
also if you have Kurzweil's ViaVoice (that's what I use since the default's 
Espeak sounds a bit weird) also works fine.
about having Jaws and NVDA at once, be careful to unload Jaws before loading 
NVDA and vice versa since they conflict in keystrokes when having them 
opened at once. Oh and this brings me to shut down NVDA you use Insert+q 
rather than Insert+f4.
and lastly since I'm making this email long already, from the NVDA website 
you can download the portable version, version which you can then save on a 
USB drive or CD allowing you to plug the device or insert the CD in whatever 
computer you wish to access and NVDA will come up except that it will speak 
with the default ESpeak.
Good luck!
Gerardo
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> Hi all,
>
> Those of you using free screen readers I'd like to know about them.  I use
> Jaws currently and it works well mostly.  I have Windows xp.  But if a
> free screen reader can do most functions that will help me out; such as I
> can install it on computers I use for volunteering or on a family member's
> computer for ocassional use.
>
> What's your experience?  What does it sound like?  Does it have multiple
> voices?  What applications does it work with?  I want to try NVDA.  Where
> do I get it and do i always need to be on the internet to make it work?
> How did you learn the commands of the reader?  Other main readers have
> tutorials.
>
> If I install one and still have jaws on the pc will that work?  I wonder
> if it eats up your memory having two screen readers.
>
> Thanks
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