[Journalists] Screen reader for blind Arabic speaking journalists

[David Andrews]

There is NVDA, www.nvda-project.org which is open source and 
free.  Not sure they have Arabic version.  I think Arabic is written 
right to left, which probably means lots of changes for a left to 
right screen reader.

Dave

At 01:18 PM 1/10/2011, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm hoping someone on this list can help me. I work for a nonprofit 
>that supports independent media worldwide. We are trying to find 
>low-cost or free screen reader software that works with Arabic for 
>some blind journalists we are working with in the West Bank and Gaza.
>
>Does anyone have a recommendation for the type of software - I have 
>looked at SuperNova (aka Hal) that runs about $900 and Arabic Jaws 
>which costs $1800. If there are no free or low-cost Arabic screen 
>readers, does anyone have recommendations for funding sources for 
>this type of project?
>
>Thank you, Patricia Chadwick