I would have given up Windows long before I did if NVDA hadn't come out. I really like that screen-reader. (yes, I donated LOL). It's easy to play flash games with it still running, though I haven't tried stand-alone games yet. I'm an occasional Windows user.
Teresa Winging its way from my iPod > On Jul 25, 2014, at 6:01 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dark, > > Yeah, I understand that. I certainly had no illusions about you > wanting to change screen readers. However, the basic thing I wanted to > say is that there isn't a quick and easy way to switch speech on and > off in Jaws the way you can in Supernova. Come to think of it I'm not > sure there is a quick way to do it in Window-Eyes either without > specially assigning a key for that purpose. So all and all I think > Supernova is a bit unique in its built-in ability to switch speech on > and off with a quick and easy keyboard command. The only other screen > reader I can think of that has a similar feature is NVDA. > > Cheers! > > >> On 7/25/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Tom. >> >> It was really only idle curiosity sinse I certainly have no plans to switch >> >> to Jaws. it's just that as I said I flick supernova's speech on and off all >> >> the time (the key is ctrl )zero). >> >> For example I am currently watching Star trek deep space 9. Obviously I >> don't want to interupt dvd playback by supernova saying "spacebar" everytime >> >> I play and paws etc, so I have the voice off. I did however configure the >> time skip key to exactly the length of the theme tune, so that once I've >> watched the initial teaser I can just hit pagedown and instantly skip to the >> >> end without having to sit through the opening titles for 100 odd episodes. >> >> This was fairly easy, I just hit ctrl c to bring Up Power dvd's >> configuration settings and play with the number of seconds that the time >> skip function actually skips, however obviously I had to go from opening the >> >> configuration pannel (which I needed supernova for), to playing the dvd, >> which I didn't to see if my time skip worked. >> >> This is why I am curious sinse flicking the speech on and off is something I >> >> always take for granted in supernova and use very frequently. >> >> Beware the grue! >> >> Dark. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
