[Users] NVDA, the open-source screen reader for Win XP and Vista

[Dave Hunt]

Besides J.J and myself, who else has explored this offering?  

I've done a little with it, but find that it crashes very often, even while running Internet Explorer 7 on simple sites.  Also, I have problems with the Laptop keyboard layout.  The alternate object navigation commands don't appear to work.  Since the troubles could be all mine, I haven't contacted the developers.

For those who haven't yet looked at NVDA, here's the deal:

It's a free, open-source screen reader, written in the language called Python.  It is attempting to rely on Windows events such as MSAA calls, rather than on video display hooks and "off-screen models".  Phylosofically, it sounds like a reasonable approach.  It will be interesting to see how far they can practically take it.  Already, there's some talk of the need for per-application code and/or display hooks.  Interested parties should go here to check out NVDA; I'd like your impressions.


-Dave  (wx1g on the zone)
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