Accessibility is still a challenge and would always be. I found in some
websites NVDA works fine and in some JAWS. I could not find the reason
behind it.
On 7/13/2025 10:59 PM, Saurav Hegde wrote:
Hi,
I tested it again and yes the performance has improved.
Only, it is not behaving properly when I am opening an Email thread.
Even if I kee toggling scan mode.
Can you try and see?
Regards,
Saurav
On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Saurav,
I browsed Gmail, Amazon and HDFC netbanking sites in Google Chrome
using Narrator on my home laptop post reading your viewpoint and
am able to navigate them well.
Note that Scan mode may need be toggled On/Off using
INSERT+SPACEBAR in the browser window.
One thing that I found not working as expected is the Capital
Letter announcement. I have set it to raise pitch however, it
speaks Cap followed by the letter which is probably the default
setting.
Warm Regards,
Zujar
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*From:*[email protected]
<[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Saurav Hegde
*Sent:* 13 July 2025 20:29
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AI] Windows Narrator Experience
Hi,
That is the problem.
The apps you used were all Microsoft apps where Narrator works
decently.
Step out of the Microsoft ecosystem and the problem begins.
Use Narrator with Chrome and observe the terrible compatibility.
Try to read PDFs on a browser and observe the problems.
They always kept Narrator as a back up screen reader so that users
can install NVDA or JAWS with its help and then continue
with those tools.
I don't know about others but the Battery feature introduced is
acting like a hit or miss for me.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Thanks,
Saurav
On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi AI folks,
I happened to experience Windows Narrator on an office laptop
during the past week having my laptop’s hard disk crashed. I
was browsing Outlook and Teams on my phone however, learnt
about a spare laptop availability with my team. I got hold of
it and thought of navigating it using Windows Narrator given
JAWS download and installation restrictions due to the
organization’s IT and security policy.
I found that Narrator has developed quite well with
significant options like Read Window, Battery Status
announcement, web page navigation, AI-based Image description,
etc. I was able to successfully perform the following tasks
independently:
1. Turn Narrator On/Off using CTRL+WINDOWS+ENTER.
2. Pair my Bluetooth headset
3. Browse freedomscientific site to check if JAWS can be
downloaded. The download was blocked by the organization’s
IT policy.
4. Customize Narrator settings like Auto Start on Windows
Login screen, Narrator Speech Rate, Natural Voice, Typing
Echo and so on.
5. Sign in to Outlook365 through multi-factor authentication
(MFA) in Google Chrome browser.
1. Browse through mail folders and access mails
2. Respond to mails with message text in body and attachments
While these tasks were fairly difficult using the older
versions of Narrator, these could be performed easily with the
current version (around May 2025 release). Looking forward to
the day when Narrator is fully developed and dependency on
third-party commercial/free software is reduced. This will
potentially make Windows accessibility easily available to all
sections of visually challenged users across the globe.
I urge you to try out the current version of Narrator and
share your experiences and tips to extract more benefits from
this in-built Speech software. ALL the Best!
Warm Regards,
Zujar
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