❔As the tech transbian of the family, I'm trying to get my mother to regain some of the independence blindness (add an overprotective partner to the mix for maximum effect) took away from her by re-teaching her to use the computer. When she lost her sight she used JAWS or NVDA (I can't remember which one) and she even wrote a couple of books with that, but a fatal update broke compatibility with the program and neither her nor her partner knew how to deal with that situation, so she started relying on other people for computer stuff.
So, fedi people with disabilities, I'm asking for pointers on this. Accessibility software of any kind, if there are updated versions of either JAWS or NVDA that run on modern Windows (don't tell her to delve into Linux, that ain't happening in the near future. One baby step at the time.) or any alternative software to those programs, voice controls, resources for learning, anything. All info is welcome. Thanks in advance!
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@EnaWasHere oh goodness, I just bet she had a bunch of her nvda addons go tango uniform. Nvda still exists, and I'd say a lot of the addons are mostly fixed, though that is still a problem plaguing this particular screen reader. Jaws (jfw) is still also existing, but is super damn expensive, and honestly... if she used nvda, have her get back with that one. I believe, the websight for it is http://nvaccess.org I'm using it here myself :)
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@EnaWasHere if she has any usable vision there are magnification software, but having no usable vision myself I"M a little clueless on that score. I boosted ya post though :)