When testing, you may want to try different browsers and in particular Firefox which has historically been the best supported browser by NVDA. Enable the “Speech Viewer” log window via NVDA Menu => Tools => Speech Viewer so you can see what NVDA is saying more easily.Install the Focus Highlight addon for NVDA which makes it easier to see what object currently has each of NVDA’s different focus targets.Configure NVDA to use “Laptop” keyboard layout in the NVDA menu (NVDA+n) => Preferences => Keyboard Settings since the desktop layout relies on many keys which do not exist on a standard Mac keyboard.Log out and log in again for SharpKeys changes to take effect.If youre on a Mac or Linux, you could install a Windows virtual machine. This is needed because Macs do not typically have an “Insert” key which is the prefix for many NVDA commands. NVDA is a popular open source screen reader on Windows that works well with.

Download & install SharpKeys and use it to map left an alternative key (eg.Download Virtualbox and import the Edge VM image.How to test NVDA screen reader behaviour on a Mac:

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