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NVDA, Windows and Bootcamp.

Submitted by Felix on 18 August, 2012 - 02:38
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Hi guys. It's been a year since I have been using my Mac and loving it. I tried to avoid Windows by getting used to Mac and finding software for it. But unfortunately I'll have to work with one financial ap which does not support Mac.
So the day when i have to install windows on my MacBook Pro has come. I'm intending to use Windows 7 via Bootcamp utility, and NVDA as my screen reader. As far as I know Bootcamp is accessible like all other Apple applications, so I'll need sighted assistance only for installing Windows itself.
But I don't know much about NVDA. How it works with Windows? Is it appropriate to compare it with Jaws? Which voices it uses and whether it provides support for languages other than English?
Please share your experience.
Thank you in advance.

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#1 NVDA

Submitted by Chris Hallsworth on 18 August, 2012 - 03:20.

Yes, NVDA does emulate a lot of JAWS commands and features. Although Espeak, the free and open source speech synthesizer, is installed and used by default, NVDA also supports various SAPI4 and SAPI5 synthesizers, both free and paid. There are also other synthesizers, both free and paid, that works directly with NVDA. Check out Nuance Vocalizer for example which actually may be familiar to you as the same voices are used in Os X. For more information, please visit the NVDA website at
www.nvda-project.org
Hope this helps.

#2 Thanks, yes i've installed

Submitted by Felix on 18 August, 2012 - 14:54.

Thanks, yes i've installed NVDA, but voices other than default are not working...