Thunder is also available on a pen drive and is in fact the screen reader
used by RJCooper - Download from http://www.screenreader.net/ or as a
pendrive version plus CD http://www.clarosoftware.com/index.php?cPath=261
Best wishes E.A.
Mrs E.A. Draffan
Learning Societies Lab
ECS, University of Southampton
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 7246
http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk
http://www.emptech.info/
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Subject: Re: ScreenReader works in Word...
You might also try NVDA: http://www.nvda-project.org/
This software is open source. Donations are accepted, of course.
We are currently testing it with visually impaired users with U3 Smart
Drives. Our goal is to provide a portable screen reader that can be used on
any PC, thus making any PC accessible.
Joe
Some of you may have come across this software but I think it is
interesting and maybe useful for some to look at if you haven’t seen it
before. There is a 14 day trial version you can download from:
http://rjcooper.com/thunder-rj/
Description from website:
A portable and simple, but powerful screen reader, that is tailored
for blind persons (and LD/early readers) that may be new to using a
computer, or need a simpler, less expensive alternative to more costly (and
comprehensive) programs available. Works almost entirely by the standard
keyboard navigation controls, the arrow keys! Also...
Echoes each keystroke and word
Selective reading of screen by character, word, line, or entire page
Selective reading of menus
Reading of dialog boxes and buttons
And more!
All this using, mostly, the arrow keys.
Works in: Microsoft Word, WordPad, Notepad, Desktop, Explorer, My
Computer, Outlook and Outlook Express, Excel, and even has its own web
browser that breaks up complex web pages into sequential links and lines of
text that you can go through with the arrow keys.
Regards,
Ladan Najafi Clinical Engineer Rehabilitation
Engineering Service (RES) Chailey Heritage Clinical Services Beggars Wood
Road North Chailey Nr Lewes East Sussex BN8 4JN
www.southdowns.nhs.uk/chailey
<http://www.southdowns.nhs.uk/chailey>
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