NVDA uses a different approach to programs like Window Eyes and Jaws and does not have, as far as I am aware the same model, instead using flat review. Nevertheless it has arguably a better way of managing the mouse pointer. Instead of using a virtual mouse cursor it instead makes it possible to use a physical mouse or track pad by attempting to read whatever is under the mouse pointer when you move it. I cannot remember if you have to set this up in preferences but I think it is the default setting. NVDA will also if you want provide sound feedback as you move the mouse to allow a sense of where the mouse is physically located on the screen. Arguably this use of the real physical mouse rather than the keyboard is more intuitive. I suppose it might be possible to turn mouse keys on to get a virtual cursor approach. I have not tried it. In addition NVDA does not have the equivalent Voiceover type item chooser to look up and search for screen elements across the whole OS. If NVDA could develop something like that for windows that really would be a game changer. There is of course some functionality like this in Web browsers. In Firefox Web browser, you search for text with NVDA control F. Also Elements list with NVDA f7 brings up a list of screen elements which can be navigated to using letter navigation. this is a bit like item chooser but this is restricted to web pages and does not work across the whole system like on the Mac. If you are searching for text within screens generally I am not sure NVDA has this natively but the free third party Virtualisation add on will convert all the screen text, including text in menus etc, into text in a virtual window which can be read, selected and copied. Of course this is then searchable as text but links buttons within programs and so on will not work.
David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 07 June 2012 22:50 To: Windows Access; Share Your Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: NVDA Hello Chris On 7 Jun 2012, at 20:43, chris hallsworth <[email protected]> wrote: . That's no problem go to the notification area, right click the NVDA icon to open the NVDA menu, click preferences, and click keyboard. In there turn on the ability to use caps lock as an NVDA modifier key. If it's any consolation if you set the keyboard layout to laptop this should happen automatically. Click ok when done. Next save the configuration with modifier-ctrl-c. OK, we've got that sorted. Now, we are trying to figure out whether there's any kind of "Find" or "Search" option to search the currently focussed window for a string of text. We're also trying to figure out how you manipulate the mouse pointer. Gordon did try turning on input help, (NVDA+1), but wasn't able to get info on that point. The help document is the next port of call I think; if it works. I'm happy to be able to say also that the InfoVox InKey picked up an update this afternoon from the Acapella Group website and the version of NVDA which is now installed on our InKey thumb drive supports Braille natively. Lynne On 07/06/2012 18:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hi Chris > > Herein lies the problem. One of our machines is a NetBook, and it does not possess an "Insert" key. Unless, of course, there's a function key assigned to replicate that; such as the FN key plus another key. We'll have to play with that. ======================================= 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]
