I am using Becky! at this moment and I am committed to it. It is simple software with a potentially complex approach which you can either use or ignore. Two views are useable with speech, either the html view from the IE component built into windows, or convert to text which is the easiest. Press downarrow and tab to read the subject and / or sender of the message, and window-eyes by default will read the first 24 lines of the message. "read-to-end" however is broken in the latest window-eyes, and no one seems to know why, but it is easily overcome with the space bar which displays the next screen of the message and hitting "control-shift-d" which reads the field data which I have set up. I completely recommend Becky! which is not so convoluted as Thunderbird, has no adds, and you do not need to use an HTML viewer or creator unless you wish too to read or write mail. It is quick at gathering mail, has pop and that other format which I can't remember the name of but it is seriously implemented, is very easy to set up, and configure. ----- Curtis Delzer, HS. WB6HEF San Bernardino, CA
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:48:18 -0700 "Donald L. Roberts via Talk" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > Although I really like most things about the Thunderbird email program, I > continue to encounter one problem which frustrates me to the point where I > wish to at least try other email programs, in this case Becky. > > > The frustration of which I speak is that Window-eyes 9.5.4 almost always will > repeat either the subject line or the first two lines of almost any email > message. Earlier versions of W E showed similar behavior on this HP desktop > which is now running Windows 10 creator. In fairness, Jaws sometimes > exhibits this behavior but far less than W E. Also Jaws 16 takes > significantly longer on my system to load an email message. I have played > with the trigger delay and other W E settings in the hope of at least > reducing the occurrence of this as I am resigned to never completely > eliminating it. Nothing helps much. I know that some on this list indicate > that they do not experience this phenomenon although others do. > > > The bottom line here is that I have decided to take Becky for a trial run and > hope some lister will point me both to the GW Micro posts on what > modifications need to be made to Becky and also Chris Grabowsky's tutorial on > its usage. > > > Thanks for letting me vent. > > > Don Roberts > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/curtis%40calweb.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com