hi all OK, I've just installed an update to my InKey InfoVox 3 USB thumb drive and put it, and the new NVDA, to the test for the first time.
The laptop I'm working with belongs to my youngest niece and until now, I have been using Window-Eyes when I needed to do any work on it for her. However, I am going to remove Window-Eyes when the updates which I'm downloading currently are installed. With NVDA I don't get these irritating "Loading Page", "Loading Page" messages, and also pages which refuse to refresh the MSAA buffer and all that nonsense. I have yet to fully familiarise myself with NVDA, so I need to figure out how to gain access to its settings and configuration options. But what I'm seeing with regards how much it reads etc. is making me re-think the way I do things under Windows. Actually, Lynne has just pointed out to me that, if I want to remotely administer Elli's computer, I'm going to need to have Window-Eyes on there. So perhaps I'd better just leave it there, but disabled until required. All the same, I'm very impressed indeed with NVDA and I think it's a project well worth while supporting. So I will make a point of doing that. After all, it's a means to an end, isn't it. It allows a visually impaired person to gain access to their computers for free, most always, right out of the box. The concept of InfoVox InKey is also a stroke of genius. Just plug in the thumb drive, sit and wait a few seconds and then, wallah! There you have a talking computer without the need to install anything. Yes, InfoVox was a bit on the expensive side. But nowhere near the cost of Window-Eyes and all that stuff. Gordon ======================================= To post to this group, please send your message to: [email protected] The Windows-Access E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit your personalise subscriber options page, located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Windows-Access forum at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/windows-access/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- [email protected]
