don't forget you can also now install a portable copy on to a thumb drive using the new installer, when it comes out in to the public. I'm using the rc2 candidate now and it It's working good.
to go in to settings hit modifier plus n to get there. Take care. On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > 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] ======================================= 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]
