[NFBCS] viewing the contents pane in Autopsy by slooth Kit using NVDA and Windows 10

[Tracy Carcione]

Could you try the task with Jaws, even running in demo mode?  I'm not sure
it would pass the control key through either, but it might, and you say
you're more familiar with Jaws than with NVDA.
I use NVDA some myself, but I use Jaws for work.  It seems to handle some
tricky programs better, or I know  better how to tweak it to handle them
better, and, if I get stuck, I can call Tech Support.  Sometimes they know
the answer, and sometimes not, but it's always worth a shot.
Tracy


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From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amelia
Pellicciotti via NFBCS
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 3:31 PM
To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
Cc: Amelia Pellicciotti
Subject: [NFBCS] viewing the contents pane in Autopsy by slooth Kit using
NVDA and Windows 10

good day everyone,
I am taking a computer forensics course this semester, which requires
students to extract data from an image using autopsy by slooth kit.
The student then has to tag certain documents recovered and generate a
case report. I am performing these tasks with autopsy 4.3.0 on a
windows 10 Virtual Machine, using the latest version of NVDA. This
program is not very accessible, but I was able to muddle my way
through this far using deductive reasoning and object navigation. I
have named my case and selected my data source, and am now in the
directory tree view, which allows the investigator to filter by file
extention. With NVDA, I need to get to the result viewer pane in the
upper right-hand portion of the screen, in order to select the first
office document to view. NVDA announces a tutoring message directing
me to press control in order to switch panes. Obviously this does not
work, since the control key is passed to NVDA first in order to mute
speech. I then tried NVDA key plus F2 in order to pass the control key
through. When I press control once and release, and then tab promptly
after, NVDA speaks nothing.
Has anyone successfully used Autopsy by slooth kit on windows 10 using
NVDA? (I am a novice to NVDA as compared with JAWS, so I thought there
is something else I am doing wrong or could try.) If the software will
not be much more useful to me further, could you suggest a way to
adapt this assignment? My instructor would like for us to perform this
task in windows, since the majority of computer crimes occur on
windows PC's. I do not use screen magnification, and instead am
completely blind using exclusively non visual techniques. I have just
included details here about the location of the panes here for trouble
shooting and informational purposes.

Thank you for all of your suggestions and advice
Respectfully, amelia

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