[RWP] Can it be; Things Seem to Run more Reliably on NVDA?

[Monkey Pusher]

>From what you describing its more like the IE interface changed and
the screen readers weren't updated to work with the new interface,
maybe cuz they couldn't  find a way to grab the info in the new
interface.

On 6/7/13, Pradip Chandra Sikdar <pradeepsikdar at musician.org> wrote:
> I think, FF has broken something for us which is stopping NVDA to beep.
> In IE 8, we can get some short of feedback from our screen reader about
> how much the page has loaded. but in IE 9 and IE 10, we cannot hear
> anything, even if you check the status bar. someday ago, my friend
> recommended me to install "Classic Shell IE" and now I am getting the
> progress announcement in percentage on my IE 10.
> On 07-06-2013 03:55 PM, Indigo wrote:
>> Oh, those dreaded words, size doesn't matter!
>> Let's say, in certain instances, like screenreaders; small and light
>> really helps.
>> I've got totally addicted to doing the NVDA+numPad enter, that acts as
>> a right click on certain selections at the arrow keys.
>> So intuitive.
>> Since you know NVDA, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I lost
>> the spoken percentage and ascenting beeps as I download online.
>> I still get those offline, or when I download from MidiMag, but not
>> online in FireFox 21.
>> I think maybe FireFox 21 somehow broke the beeps, but I also upgraded
>> to version 2013 of NVDA at the same time, and can't find a setting
>> either in FireFox or NVDA to get that audible download percentage back.
>> Got any ideas?
>> Thanks,
>> Indi
>>
>>
>> On 6/7/2013 4:39 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>> That's not what she said :P
>>>
>>> But yeah, I agree, the combo of Reaper and NVDA feeling so lightweight
>>> and snappy makes a real difference here every day. FWIW, the
>>> experience is as good with System Access too. Whenever I return to my
>>> other DAW, it feels like wading through mud for the first few hours of
>>> a session.
>>>
>>> On 6/7/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>>>> Last night I finally got my $12 joystick GamePad to midi learn synth
>>>> parameters; so I could wobble bass; or radically mangle an arpeggio by
>>>> tweaking filter cutoff and filter freq on X and Y axes of a joystick;
>>>> but here's the weird thing.
>>>> I had no success with the Window-Eyes I had tried it with before; so I
>>>> switched to NVDA on my XP music computer; and suddenly everything fell
>>>> into place.
>>>> It can't be simply lower CPU load, since the music daw it's on is a
>>>> second generation I7 2600, with way more power than Reaper needs, it's
>>>> like NVDA is simply friendlier to utilities in certain situations.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I'm sure NVDA boosts my confidence, since I've got totally
>>>> spoiled
>>>> with its quickness of response after key presses; on this little $380
>>>> AMD machine I use online; so that it makes the older; larger
>>>> screenreaders seem clunky by comparison.
>>>> Yea for the small; yea for the user-written; and yea for the guys in
>>>> Australia that got tired of paying out hundreds of dollars and
>>>> struggling with crashes with their former big corporation
>>>> screenreaders.
>>>> Small is beautiful.
>>>> Indi
>>>>
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