[nfbcs] NVDA

[Jim Barbour]

So, why use evolution?

Find a TTY based imap client (pine, elm, mutt, mush are just a few)
and go with that for reading email.

If you need to manage your calendar via linux, you can do it with the
web based interface to outlook (OWA), which is not terrific, but I
think is better than evolution for calendaring.

The other thing I do is to run a sync process to sync my outlook
calendar with my Google Calendar.  My google calendar can be managed
using linux commnand line tools.  One limitation to this solution is
that you can't create meetings where you need to invite gusts using
google calendar command line tools.

Have you set up a windows VM yet and tried running a screen reader
inside of it?  It's been 3 years since I tried this, but it was not a
slam dunk.  I got it working, but it took effort.

Good Luck,

Jim

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:56:17AM -0600, John G. Heim wrote:
> Yeah, I am considering switching to linux for everything except email and 
> just running Windows and nvda in a virtual machine. The one thing that is 
> really inefficient  in linux with the orca screen reader is email. It 
> could be that I'm just not familiar enough with evolution to use it 
> efficiently with orca.  But I asked about it on the orca list and the 
> responses weren't very encouraging. It seems to me that people are living 
> with some pretty tough navigational requirements in evolution.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:54 PM
> Subject: [nfbcs] NVDA
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>> For various reasons, I decided to try NVDA on my new netbook, and now I've
>> made it the default screen reader.  It's nice to have a screen reader that
>> doesn't cost twice as much as the machine it's running on.  Usually, I'm a
>> big believer that you get what you pay for, but, so far, I'm getting a lot
>> more than I paid for (since NVDA is free).  There are some things I have
>> trouble with, like spell checking in Word 2003.  But they might be
>> resolved if I'd sit down a few minutes and read the User's Guide again. Or
>> maybe it's just not perfect, but it is darn good.
>> If all I had to do was regular computer tasks, surfing the Net, and simple
>> wordprocessing, it would suit very well.  As is, I still have to go back
>> to a demo copy of JFW, but not   too much.
>> Anyway, I recommend giving NVDA a try, if you're getting tired of FS's
>> pricing structure, and finding that the latest "upgrade" is not really an
>> upgrade at all.
>>
>> A happy user
>> Tracy
>> er tasks, plus surfing the Net, reading email, and doing simple
>> wordprocessing, it would suit very well.  As is, I occasionally have to
>> switch to a demo copy of Jaws, but really NVDA on my
>>
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