[Trainer-talk] Resources, tips/tricks for nvda object & screen review

[Dean Martineau]

There are  two low-cost (under 10 dollars each) add-ons for NVDA that are supposed to greatly extend its mouse-reading capability of NVDA If you can't find them in an old Tidbits I'll get the information in a few hours. They come from an organization in the UK.

> On Oct 16, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Laine Amoureux <laine.amoureux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hello all,
> I have a complex question. I have attemted to shorten it and be as
> direct as possible.
> First, for the technical question I'm hoping someone may be able to help with...
> When attempting to use NVDA object navigation with a specialised
> program it would only speak what was beneath the mouse pointer. If
> however I gave NVDA the read window command, all of the information on
> the screen was spoken. Am I correct in assuming that if NVDA can read
> the programing code with the read window command it should also read
> the text inside objects? I may have been doing the object navigation
> wrong...
> now for the teaching questions...
> The consumer struggles with windows concepts and problem solving. The
> consumer performs computer related tasks most effectively when step by
> step instructions are provided and prefers to practice computer
> related tasks and skills in a quiet private environment.
> The computer and software he needs to learn to use is in a loud
> working garage and cannot be relocated. The manufacture will not
> permit us to have a trial of the software, and the manufactures local
> salesman has permited me to use his demo equipment for initial testing
> purposes, but he cannot schedule to drop the trailer with the
> equipment in it at ourlocation regularly and cannot leave it with us.
> The salesman also risks being punished for his cooperation, so I
> hesitate to even ask...
> Considering the consumers preferences and difficulties with computer
> concepts and tasks and our limited access to the system he needs to
> use, does anyone have suggestions for teaching the object and screen
> navigation concepts? I am working on finding software that would be
> easy to get access to and interest the consumer to practice with...
> The object navigat`ion feature of NVDa reminds me, some, of IoS
> navigation, which the consumer is also struggling with...
> HELP, please
> Laine
> 
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