[nabs-l] free screen readers

[Ashley Bramlett]

Thanks Anita.  A built in user guide is great!
I would never have two screen readers running at the same time.  They would 
obviously conflict, and confuse me.
Glad you pointed out they conflict though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] free screen readers


> Hello,
>
> I wanted to tell you that I have NVDA running at the moment.  You do not 
> want it and JAWS to run at the same time because I think there are hot key 
> conflicts.  It does have a user guide located under its help menu.  Once 
> NVDA has been installed and is running on your computer, meaning it is 
> talking and you have other screen readers shut off, press insert+n to 
> bring up the NVDA menu.  Then down arrow until you hear help submenu. 
> Press enter, and then down arrow until you reach the user guide.  If you 
> press insert+n and press enter on the preferences submenu, you can down 
> and up arrow through the choices until you hear voice settings.  You can 
> press enter here to open a dialogue box up in which you can change the 
> rate, pitch, voice person, such as from Max to Anxious Andy and so on, and 
> other such settings.  Just FYI.  Anita
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:14 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] free screen readers
>
>
>> 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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