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Re: Enabling NVDA in Google Docs, in Parallels on a Mac

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From: Len Burns
Date: Mar 6, 2018 4:30PM

I would second this. As a blind tester, I use VMWare daily. The accessibility of VMWare is quite good. Windows10 is well behaved, in fact, it is rare I start my Windows computer these days in preference for the Mac.

-Len

> On Mar 6, 2018, at 3:13 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> hi i have done this and i would say your best bet is to use vmwair or
> vertual box. the UI is kinda bad in vb so if your blind vmwair is the
> better choice i tryed pairalellsfew years ago and it was not good at
> managing the sound so that the speachj did not come out rite at all
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
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>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Levon Spradlin < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I have no idea whether or not this will work either. I'm trying to
>> avoid hauling around more devices than necessary when traveling, trying to
>> get more experience with NVDA. I'm a Mac guy, but do some technical work in
>> Parallels on occasion to avoid firing up my PC.
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to get screen reader support enabled within
>> Google Docs, but the hot key combination doesn't seem to work. I'm getting
>> the usual audible feedback from NVDA when navigating through a doc via
>> directional keys.
>>
>> I'm guessing it's because I'm trying to do this within Parallels on a Mac,
>> but I'm hoping that someone else has run into a similar issue and has
>> sorted it out.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Levon
>> >> >> >> >>
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