Dear Members,
I am writing to seek your guidance and experience regarding a recurring challenge I face when working with sighted colleagues. Earlier today, I was on a Microsoft Teams call with a user who does not utilize a screen reader. They shared their screen and granted me control of their system. Although I activated the prompt to take remote control, NVDA remained entirely unresponsive on the shared screen, leaving me unable to navigate or interact with their desktop. After this experience, I looked into the NVDA Remote Access add-on and was delighted to learn that this functionality is now built into NVDA versions 2025 and above. However, my understanding is that this feature is primarily designed for sessions between two screen reader users. This leads me to a few critical questions for the community: Bridging the gap with sighted users: When a sighted user shares their screen via platforms like Microsoft Teams and grants me control, how can I ensure NVDA provides feedback on their interface? Is there a way to make the remote machine accessible to me when the other party is not running a screen reader? Remote support scenarios: I often use Windows Quick Assist to receive support, where I select the "Get support" option. If I wanted to act as the supporter-essentially navigating a sighted user's machine to assist them-how can I effectively do this using NVDA? Best Practices: Are there specific remote access tools or workflows that the community recommends for scenarios where the screen reader user is the one taking control of a sighted user's computer? I am eager to hear how others in the community handle these remote collaboration scenarios. Any tips, recommended tools, or adjustments to my current setup would be greatly appreciated. Warm regards, <https://www.blogger.com/profile/04580049257592982490> Mister Kayne Author: <https://www.mister-kayne.com/> The Somebody, Nobody, Anybody & Everybody Blog! Mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/02b001dcfda0%24f935ce80%24eba16b80%24%40mister-kayne.com.
