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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> <a href="mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io">nvda@nvda.groups.io</a> <<a href="mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io">nvda@nvda.groups.io</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Kingsbury<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>The third edition of my book, “The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More,” is now out. Published by my organization, The Carroll Center for the Blind, It is available to you for free in Word and ePub formats. The book is meant to help JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator users work more effectively with the most important PC applications, including the Windows operating system, MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint), and the three most popular web browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox). Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive for Desktop, the three most popular cloud-based file-sharing programs, are also covered. So too is Adobe Acrobat Reader for accessing PDF files, and participating in, scheduling, and hosting Zoom meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Appendices include an extensive list of keystrokes, a glossary with over 100 computer terms, a presentation of academic style guide document formatting requirements, AI-generated descriptions of frequently encountered computer screens, and a set of practice exercises.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>New topics since the second edition include a chapter on using the most popular Google Workspace applications, an introduction to artificial intelligence (AI),and audio and video editing basics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>The book is intended for both beginners and intermediate users. While all the basics are covered, those already possessing a fair amount of experience using screen reader programs in the Windows environment will find useful tools and techniques to further enhance their skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>You can download the book and make a voluntary donation to the Carroll Center at:</span><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer-all-the-basics-and-more-third-edition/">https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer-all-the-basics-and-more-third-edition/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0C0808;letter-spacing:-.15pt;background:white'>On this page, please fill in some basic information about yourself, and activate the Submit button. You will be redirected to a page where you can make a voluntary donation. If you are not interested in making a donation, skip all the payment information fields and click on the download link. The book should then go directly to your Downloads folder in a ZIP file, containing three subfolders (chapters in ePub and Word formats, practice files), and a file with the full text of the book in Word. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0C0808;letter-spacing:-.15pt;background:white'>Once downloaded, t</span>he ZIP file needs to be extracted into a separate folder. To do this, place focus on the ZIP folder, press the Applications key (or Shift F10, Down arrow to the Extract submenu and press Enter twice. This will create a new folder with the same name, minus the ZIP extension, in your Downloads folder. Then move it elsewhere on your computer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any problem downloading the book feel free to contact me off-list at <a href="mailto:David.kingsbury@carroll.org">David.kingsbury@carroll.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope you find the book to be a useful resource. Please share it with others. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>