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

[Amelia Pellicciotti]

correction Tyler, I forgot to ask what specs you recommend I give the VM. Right now the guest has 4 GB of RAM and 70 gigs of hard drive space.

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> On Jan 30, 2022, at 7:08 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Pellicciotti via NFBCS
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 3:31 PM
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> 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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