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

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From: Joshue O Connor - InterAccess
Date: Mar 7, 2018 6:37AM

Hi Levon,

While it is a long time since I used a VM on my Mac IIRC there can be
issues getting
reliable screen reader output depending on whether the VM enables native
booting.

I think I ended up abandoning parallels (and Fusion) and using Bootcamp
as I was getting
odd/inconsistent screen reader output in my tests.

IIRC also Jared (of this parish) has written about this somewhere..

HTH

Josh

Levon Spradlin 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
> > > > --
Joshue O Connor
Director | InterAccess.ie