Chromevox is Google's own screen reader that runs inside of Chrome. It
uses the OSX speech engine but otherwise does everything itself. Some
folks find they can navigate better with ChromeVox but it means learning
keyboard controls for yet another screen reader. It also means you have
to turn VO off when in Chrome with Chromevox running or you'll get
everything double announced and have keyboard conflicts. If you decide
you need to do something outside of Chrome, such as pull an URL from an
email it gets pretty messy. You would need to turn VO back on, go into
email to copy that URL, go back into Chrome, and turn VO back off again.
This is the general pain of self-voicing apps on a system that already
has a dandy screen reader. Maybe you can more easily navigate complex
pages in Chrome with Chromevox but it's a lot of rigamarole to deal with
two screen readers. If you live within the Chrome browser though it
could be a reasonable alternative.
CB
On 2/21/12 11:29 PM, ezzie bueno wrote:
Hello again,
What exactly is Chromevox? I use Google Chrome. Is Chromevox
absolutely necessary?
Thanks,
Ezzie Ez Bueno
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