Thanks dear friend, good article. regards mohan
On 1/30/15, Bhavya shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Note: I am not affiliated with the writer of the following article. > > 90 Days with NVDA > GREG LOPEZ ON JANUARY 29, 2015 > Introduction > As a visually impaired Windows user, there's quite a few options out > there when it comes to screen reading software for you to choose from... > JAWS, Window-Eyes and System Access might be the best known of the > commercial screen readers on the market, while in the open-source > space there's one screen reader most visually impaired users have > heard of... NVDA, or Non-Visual Desktop Access. While JAWS and it's > brethren are carefully designed, well tested and well supported by > their respective creators, they also generally are a bit expensive, > especially when factoring in the software maintenance agreements that > keep these screen readers up to date. On the other hand, NVDA is a > high-quality, open-source and most importantly, free screen reader > that I've used exclusively for the last 90 days and would highly > recommend to Windows users looking for an alternative to the > commercial screen readers. > Installing NVDA > When it comes to installation, NVDA is quite straightforward to > install, with an installation wizard that walks you through the > process with speech, even if no other screen reader is installed on > your system. Basically it's agreeing to the license, clicking a few > buttons and clicking Finish when it's done. Dead simple... and you're > back to your normal routine. > Using NVDA > The experience with NVDA is a bit different than the commercial screen > readers, as there's no special display driver required to make things > accessible. NVDA uses the built-in accessibility frameworks in Windows > to provide the information it needs to provide spoken feedback of > what's on screen at the moment. What this means is that in some cases, > applications that may not have been very accessible under the > commercial screen readers might become accessible under NVDA. It's not > always perfect, but I've had some applications that I thought were > inaccessible using a commercial screen reader become useful to various > degrees under NVDA. Your mileage may vary, so don't be afraid to test > out the accessibility of your favorite application. > So, what works well with NVDA? Here's a short list of applications I > use that work quite well, and that you might find useful: > Google Chrome > Mozilla FireFox > Mozilla Thunderbird > Skype > Audacity > PuTTY > WinSCP > There's more than just these applications, but these are applications > I use, and have found to be quite accessible. Unfortunately, not all > applications will work with NVDA, but it's not due to something with > NVDA itself, but the fact that whomever develops the inaccessible > application didn't use any of the accessibility frameworks that > Windows or NVDA supports, thereby making the application difficult to > use by the visually impaired. This isn't a problem exclusive to NVDA, > but it's common enough to preclude visually impaired Windows users > from using some Windows applications. > NVDA and Plug-Ins > Extensibility is a great thing when it comes to screen readers, and > NVDA has a modular plug-in system that adds additional functionality > to your NVDA installation. Yes, the commercial screen readers are > extensible as well, but it's a bit less intuitive to add extra > functionality to them. With NVDA, it's simple as downloading a > prepackaged add-on, double click, and NVDA handles the rest, even > offering to restart so the plug-ins you installed are ready to use. > There's everything from add-ons to enhance your favorite applications > to speech synths for better sounding spoken feedback and beyond. It's > up to you which plug-ins you want installed, so go ahead and > experiment... NVDA also offers an easy way to remove those pesky > plug-ins that you don't need anymore. > Conclusion > If I had to end this article in one sentence, it would be this: NVDA > is a high-quality, free screen reader for the Windows platform worth > installing. To expand on that, NV Access has done a quite good job > with NVDA, and I strongly encourage you to try it out. participate in > the community to make it better and donate if you can afford to do so. > Happy accessible computing! > Source: http://www.coolblindtech.com/90-days-with-nvda/ > -- > Warm Regards > Bhavya > Let me wish you a very Happy New Year before the phone lines get > jammed and internet hanged. Happy New Year 2015 ! > Reach me through the following means: > Mobile: +91 7506221750 > Telephone: +022 23076950 > E-mail id: [email protected] > Skype id : bhavya.09 > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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