hi all OK, I now have NVDA recognising and using my Acapella speech system, and also the iVona synthesiser as well. Whatever the problem was appears to have been fixed by a shutdown restart because, when i went tentatively into the voice settings configuration this evening, it just worked without a hitch. Also, I simply cannot believe how responsive NVDA is in comparison to how Window-Eyes 7.5.4.1 was on my system previously. In fact, I never realised it was Window-Eyes which was causing the sluggish behaviour I was so used to seeing under Windows. I always thought it was the operating system itself. Not a bit of it. GW Micro should be ashamed as to how much CPU time and overhead Window-Eyes introduces into the operating system.
I removed Window-Eyes yesterday and now have NVDA set up as my default screen-reader. I won't be reverting to Window-Eyes ever again, now that I have seen the other side of Window. The whole machine is just so slick and fast now, even the boot and shut down times are faster. Lynne tells me that in the system monitor utility the CPU lag is much less and, in fact, there is hardly any of it now. It used to be much much higher. My only criticism of NVDA is that it seems to have support for only a very few Braille displays, the Humanware ones not amongst them it would appear. Oh well, I guess you cannot complain given that the software is donation-based. Anyway, as far as speech goes, I am delighted with the difference that removing Window-Eyes has made to my system. Time to do the same on my little NetBook I think. Gordon <--- Gordon Smith ---> If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail: <[email protected]> Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Australia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <callto:mac-access-dot-net> ------------------------------ ======================================= 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]
