Hi All,

I've never used NVDA or Jaws from a thumb drive. With Jaws, I believe 
you need to install the video intercept on pre-8.0 machines, but I think 
there's no need for this in NVDA.

I'm interested in hearing people's experiences with portable screen 
readers. Do the screen readers work as expected most of the time? Is it 
hit and miss? Are there predictable glitches?

When I teach, I like to connect my laptop to the smart panel in the 
classroom. I usually need sighted help the first time. After that, I can 
do things on my own by memorizing a sequence of key presses.

This semester, however, one of my classrooms has a setup that is 
inaccessible. I need to touch items on a computer screen to start the 
process. After that, I can memorize a series of key presses. For the 
time being, I've got a student helping me, which is nice of him, but not 
an ideal solution for me.

I'm scheduled to teach in the same room next semester. I'm planning to 
request a room change as a reasonable accommodation, but I want to have 
a backup plan in case that isn't possible. (My chair tends to make 
things more complicated than they need to be because she can.)

I'd like to experiment with the thumb drive before I talk to tech 
support because I want to separate how well I can use the thumb drive 
from whether the screen I'm supposed to work with is accessible.

Any tips or suggestions on using screen readers this way?

Ciao


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