[nfbcs] free windows screen reader (nVDA)

[Ryan Mann]

NVDA comes with the Espeak synthesizer, but as I said in a previous message, there are alternatives.
On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Joe Orozco wrote:

> What TTS does it use?  I know there are better things out there than
> Eloquence, but I'm ashamed to admit I've become something of a snob when it
> comes to the synthesized voice I have to rely on to do work.  And, is it
> going to last long?  I'd heard their budget was pretty low.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joe
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of David Hertweck
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:04 PM
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> Subject: [nfbcs] free windows screen reader (nVDA)
> 
> Has any one out there used the free windows screen reader NVDA.  I just down
> loaded it, and I have been playing with it for the last 2 days.  The speech
> could be a little better but it is quite impressive as to the level of
> accessability it gives.
> It comes with a talking installer.  Two types, one for installing it on a
> computer and the other for a portable installation, that is installing on a
> thumb drive that can be used on any computer.
> Having a little vision that is I can see objects on the screen but can not
> read them NVDA reads what is under the mouse thus making the mouse usable
> for me.
> 
> NVDA uses a lot of the same key commands as JAWS so it is a quite familiar
> interface.
> 
> For an open source free screen reader I highly recommend giving it a try.
> For some applications it gives better access than JAWS.
> So far I have tried it with the following and it gives super accessability.
> Windows XP standered windows like control pannal and explorer
> Office aplications word / XL ...
> Outlook.
> Internet explora lots of different web pages
> Visual steudio 6
> Dos prompt and python
> My micro processor IDE code warrior
> Winzip
> 
> Give it a try.
> 
> 
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