[nabs-l] waver

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 10 04:33:31 UTC 2011


Josh,
What are video hooks?
Remember for a screen reader to be scripted for a product, someone has to 
pay for it.  You could look into it though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:13 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] waver


> Hi
>
> Guys why not give NVDA 2010.2 a chance? It has video hooks, you can script 
> it, its free, its open source! So to tell you the truth guys I have been 
> using NVDA as my primary screen reader for a year or so now. And since it 
> got video hooks and an off-screen display model its great! Oh and if I 
> don't like a certain hotkey I can change it. It has a pronunciation 
> dictionary and many configurable options. And if you know python you can 
> script it to your heart's content. My point is if supernova can be and has 
> been scripted for ms-project then why not NVDA2010.2 and later snapshots? 
> Imagine NVDA coming with tons of scripts. Imagine NVDA being the primary 
> screen reader that state agencies recommend. If you want Jaws in Spanish 
> that's an extra expense. Want NVDA2010.2 and later in spanish?
> 1. press insert control g for the general dialog.
> 2 arrow down in the language interface combo box to spanish, tab to ok and 
> hit enter. when prompted to restart nvda say yes. now switch ESpeak or 
> your sapi4 or sapi5 synthesizer to spanish and you got yourself a spanish 
> screen reader with spanish help files and spanish everything.
> Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. Maybe I am thinking too big! yes 
> thats it I'm thinking too big! oh heck my primary screen reader has video 
> hooks and an off-screen model, a review cursor the ability to click mouse 
> with the review cursor. and it can be scripted. so, anyone out there 
> anyone know python? anyone can script ms-object for nvda? Why should I 
> make voc rehab buy supernova? What if NVDA once scripted can provide the 
> same access that supernova provides?
>
> Josh
>
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