This issue is so infuriating that Im going to take some time to write about it. I’d also recommend downloading Firefox, as it pairs well with NVDA, similar to how VoiceOver works best with Safari. MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a free and premium local server environment that can be installed on the macOS and Windows operating systems. Now you’re ready to learn some ways to use the modifier NVDA key. Turn it off with (NVDA + n) NVDA Menu > Preferences > Settings > Mouse > Enable Mouse Tracking (uncheck). If you’re using a mouse a lot still, then it ends up being a lot of announcements, and will continue after you switch back to your MacOS desktop. Turn off mouse tracking: NVDA announces whatever your cursor is on.( NVDA + n to bring up the NVDA menu) NVDA Menu > Tools > Speech Viewer Speech Viewer: Similar to VoiceOver’s gray box transcript of what is being announced.Focus Highlight addon: Adds a focus-indicator for where NVDA is on the screen, similar to VoiceOver.Other Helpful SettingsĪ couple of these are also from the Deque guide, here for my own reference □ All of them are optional! Ive been working on the Angular 2.0 app on my Mac, but the server side ASP.NET Im moving it to is running on Windows using ASP.NET Core and so I need to run my API application in a Windows VM on Parallels and access this API from the Mac side where the Angular application is running locally using the WebPack dev server. To see how to best do that, use this guide from Deque and read the Option 3: Software – Karabiner Elements section. What did work for me was creating a new keybinding for the init key using right option key using Karabiner Elements. I tried a few options like Sharp Keys for getting a modifier key to pass through to Parallels, but couldn’t get the set-up right. Can simulate an Init Keypress but it doesn’t seem to pass through to Parallels either.Can’t use Init, because we don’t have an init button on mac keyboards.You can’t use caps lock as a modifier, because the caps lock key doesn’t get passed through to Parallels.This is normally the caps lock or insert key, but on a Mac: NVDA uses a Modifier Key for a of their keyboard commands. NVDA Set-upĪ lot of the NVDA set-up should be basically the same between Virtual Box and Parallels, but I haven’t confirmed that.įirst, Download and install NVDA on your new Windows set-up. Being able to access Windows programs as standalone Apps on your Mac is really nice. Why Parallels? I found Parallels to be a lot easier to use and friendlier to set-up access to macOS’s network for local development (like connecting to localhost, custom local domains, etc). I don’t want to put instructions here, as they’ll likely change and be outdated before too long. Get Parallelsĭownload Parallels and follow the set-up. A lot of this info I gathered and consolidated from Deque’s super helpful post, Using Windows Screen Readers on a Mac. This is mostly personal notes that I hope can be helpful to someone else.
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