I don't normally use screen readers. I tried NVDA just to see what it was like.
Word: It works OK in Word. Excel: I have just now tried it in Excel. It worked ok in Excel just now. Winamp: I have tried in in Winamp. It does not read the tool tips in Windamp. The menu headings are not read. The menu bodies are read. The headings down the side are read Jask PaintShopPro 8: It does now read the munus in PaintShopPro. Nero Burning ROM 8: It works OK in Nero StartSmart and Nero Burning ROM. It died crash when using Nero. MS Internet Explorier: It works in this but it did crash the first time I use it. I have found it to be quite unreliable. But it does work well when it works. Spottify: This is completley inaccessable using NVDA. The search bar is the only accessable part of it. This is not a supprise! I have written to them on their forums about their use of ClearType and I was eventually told they dident have any resurses to deal wit it at the moment. Otheres have complained about this before. Nero Home: A media Centre Application from Nero. It is completely in effectaive in this. The interface is very graphical. Hover the dialogue to configure the DVB-T Tuner Card Works. Adobe Acrobat 9: This works very well. It reads the document from the beginning. You can use the search and it will start reading from that point on in the doument. ZoneAlarm Popups: ZoneAlarm Firewall Alerts are read by NVDA. Originally It didn't read them. Now it does. BBC iPlayer Desktop: This is now accessable in NVDA. Google Earth: A few tips but nothing else is read. nNone of the menues or the headings down the side are read. Outlook Express: This works OK. I have just tried it now all the headings are read in the inbox. All the menues are read in the new mail edit window. It is possible to edit mail. Mozilla Firefox: This appears to work well. On the www.sky.com sign in page there was a button that had no graphic on it and the tool tip wasn't read out but I knew it was the sign in button. Addobe Flash: This needless to say was inaccessable. It is only accessable if the cont providers make content that is accessable! This is a dreadful situation. I normally use screen magnifiers so this does now normally affect me. Pinnicle Studio 9: Video Editing Software. This is quite good using NVDA. The menues are read. The toool tips are read. I would of course not use it rendering a movie. But just trying it now and stopping it I didn't have any problems. CDEX: CD Ripping software. This works in NVDA. I have noticed that greyed out menus are not announced by NVDA. You don't know if the menu option you want to use is usable just by listing to NVDA. These are just a few applications I have just tried to see if NVDA works. There are a few problem areas. However it seems to work for a few programs. The voice is probably not the best, but is better than Microsoft Dave. I did find it rather unreliable earler. Doing this piece using NVDA I have found it workable. I find the way you can move mouse and hear wat is under the mouse is good. This is like VO on the Mac. The Mac voices are better that NVDA. This was joust my initial exploration of this program. . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
