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kmeleon+NVDA accessibility screen reader
Posted by: disrupted
Date: January 16, 2009 05:02PM

this is a great screen reader program(open source).. read outs everything using TTS voices
requires speech engine installed for 9x
you can turn your whole computer or just kmeleon into a full accessibility browser for vision-impaired users

NVDA reader.download there:
http://www.nvda-project.org/

for running with k-meleon, i made a small macro(can still be used with kmtextreader without any conflicts) but NVDA enables reading out menus, commands, dialogs etc

# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)

# ---------- screenread :runs ncda nvda screenreader---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (Go)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

screenread{
macroinfo = "Activate ScreenReader";
exec(
"I:\\PROGRA~1\\NVDA-R~1\\nvda.exe");
}

volcon{
macroinfo = "Volume Control";
exec(
"D:\\Applications\\Volcontrol\\Vol.exe");
}

screen_end{
macroinfo = "Exit ScreenReader";
exec("TSKILL NVDA");
}


# tools menu
screenread_BuildMenu{
setmenu("&Tools",inline,screenread_page,2);
setmenu(screenread_page,popup,"Screen Reader");
setmenu("Screen Reader",macro,"Activate",screenread);
setmenu("Screen Reader",macro,"Volume",volcon);
setmenu("Screen Reader",macro,"End",screen_end);
}

$OnInit=$OnInit."screenread_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."screenread;";


remember to change paths in red, to where nvda is installed and second path is optional for a nifty volume control app

volumecontrol can be downloaded there: freeware by detlev shaefer
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-559f7a94.html

in vol preferences, change open in system tray and select:
open from under mouse pointer
exit when mouse pointer
leaves form
(this way it will auto-exit after changing volume)

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