N V D A not working in Windows 98SE

[Governor Staten]

Glenn at home wrote:
> If you are looking for a free screenreader for your windows box, try the 
> Thunder screenreader at:
> http://www.screenreader.net/
> HTH.
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Radical NetSurfer" <radsurfer at yahoo.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Cc: <RadSurfer at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:24 PM
> Subject: N V D A not working in Windows 98SE
>
>
> Anyone here familiar with NVDA at all?
>
> I downloaded this open source so-called screen reader,
> heavily built around Python 2.4,
> and nothing much happens.
>
> It just so happens I have Python 2.3, and 2.4, and
> even
> 2.5 all installed on one of my Windows 98SE boxes.
> I have configured the Autoexec.bat and the File
> Associations to specifically see 2.4, since that is
> what
> NVDA apparently prefers.
>
> Test routines I have prove that Python 2.4 is indeed
> called and working 100%.
>
> I made certain to enable the SAPI4 setting in the
> NVDA INI file;
> When I click on the NVDA.exe program, all I hear is
> "NVDA Started Bang!"
> at least that is what it sounds like to me.
>
> I do not understand how to get Windows 98SE to respond
> to anything under NDVA.
> I went to the trouble of even installing the other
> Python packages and still nothing is happening,
> the PyAA, PyTTS, Py24Com, all of it, is installed.
>
> I see no way to change the Voice or any of the other
> attributes NVDA is using from SAPI4.
>
> So if you know how to get this running on Windows 98SE
> please let me know, thanks.
>
> //Rich//
>
>
>
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I don't think that NVDA works on 98 at all. I believe he only speaks of 
it working well on xp and he's not sure of 2000.