[nfbcs] NVDA

[Tracy Carcione]

NVDA can be found at nvda-project.org.
The default voice is not great, but there are a lot of choices, so I found
one that is good for me.  Twinky, I think he's called!  For me, the
English voices are easier to understand than the American, though I have
to get used to the pronunciation of some things.  I would prefer an
Eloquence voice, but can't get one.  But these are fine.  A little
sing-songy for my taste, but I've adjusted the inflection satisfactorily. 
And the voice seems louder than Eloquence, which is nice on my little
netbook, which doesn't have the best speaker in the world.
Tracy

> Hi Traci!!
>
> thanks for the info on the NVDA screen reader. What is the web address?
>
> Also, how is the speech quality?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Liz
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> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:54 PM
> Subject: [nfbcs] NVDA
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>> For various reasons, I decided to try NVDA on my new netbook, and now
>> I've
>> made it the default screen reader.  It's nice to have a screen reader
>> that
>> doesn't cost twice as much as the machine it's running on.  Usually, I'm
>> a
>> big believer that you get what you pay for, but, so far, I'm getting a
>> lot
>> more than I paid for (since NVDA is free).  There are some things I have
>> trouble with, like spell checking in Word 2003.  But they might be
>> resolved if I'd sit down a few minutes and read the User's Guide again.
>> Or
>> maybe it's just not perfect, but it is darn good.
>> If all I had to do was regular computer tasks, surfing the Net, and
>> simple
>> wordprocessing, it would suit very well.  As is, I still have to go back
>> to a demo copy of JFW, but not   too much.
>> Anyway, I recommend giving NVDA a try, if you're getting tired of FS's
>> pricing structure, and finding that the latest "upgrade" is not really
>> an
>> upgrade at all.
>>
>> A happy user
>> Tracy
>> er tasks, plus surfing the Net, reading email, and doing simple
>> wordprocessing, it would suit very well.  As is, I occasionally have to
>> switch to a demo copy of Jaws, but really NVDA on my
>>
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