![]() ![]() The latest to cross my desk is Microsoft Word with NVDA, also produced by NV Access and available for $30. Which is why I am always excited to hear about the release of a new applications guide focused on low or no vision users. But nearly all of these have been written for sighted users who can and do rely on a screen and mouse to interact with their computers. ![]() This series is free, and, suffice it to say, I give it my highest recommendation.Īs I also wrote in the My Mac Pages article, "any user of a screen reader can tell you there is a difference between learning the functions of a screen reader's various commands and actually using them to compose documents, surf the Web, and in general, to get work done." True, there are any number of user guides for Pages for Mac, Microsoft Office, and other popular applications. Closer to home, AFB now also offers "Learn NVDA" a series of tutorials aimed at the new NVDA user. In April of 2016 NV Access published the eBook Basic Training for NVDA, which is available for $30. Until recently, NV Access, makers of the free NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) Windows screen reader, was similarly limited in their end user resources. Free screen reader providers, including Google, Apple, and Microsoft, have not been as accommodating, although the latter two do offer free telephone support for assistive technology users. In that article I noted that providers of "for purchase" screen readers-primarily JAWS and Window-Eyes-go to great lengths to offer users extensive documentation, webinars, and other resources to help new and experienced users of their products. In the April 2016 issue of AccessWorld I took a look at an excellent eBook entitled My Mac Pages: A VoiceOver Guide to Word Processing, written by the husband and wife team of Anne and Archie Robertson.
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