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

Indigo 33indigo at charter.net
Fri Jun 7 13:35:44 EDT 2013


Thanks.
I think I'll switch spoken and beeps off, then back on.
That makes no scientific sense, but I've had it wake up something that 
seemed broken.
Indi


On 6/7/2013 7:29 AM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
> I'd agree with you but version21 seems to be back on track somewhat. Chrome seems  usable on boh blatforms these days as well.
> On Jun 7, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>
>> Not a clue man, sorry. If it's only in Firefox that you don't get the
>> beeps, perhaps they've changed how they're exposing progress bars or
>> something? Tbh, I switch those back to spoken feedback in NVDA anyway,
>> so haven't noticed a difference. Firefox seems to be running like junk
>> in general here though, has been for the last couple of releases.
>>
>> On 6/7/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> 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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