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I have a good friend, for real, that is slowly going #blind. Is there a good plugin for #thunderbird
to read emails without involving a #bigCorp ?

I'm thinking of
1) Open email in window,
2) click button that says "read aloud"

She is not blind yet, this would be like training wheels to get her use to using a screen reader while she can still see a little.

#FLOSS #FOSS

#foss #blind #floss #thunderbird #bigcorp
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Hi there! Thank you, first of all, for helping your friend. This group might be a good place to introduce yourself and get some advice: groups.io/g/thunderbird

thunderbird groups.io Group

This is a group for blind users to discuss all things Thunderbird, such as questions on how to use some of its features, add-ons and work arounds for screenreaders. Although we discuss a lot of issues related to accessibility Everyone is welcome.
groups.io
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Bob The Rider

I guess with most screenreaders you need to select text first...
I found this - hope it helps:
medevel.com/12-os-screen-reade…

12 Open-source and Free Screen Reader and NonVisual Desktop Access Solutions

Screen Reader Apps Screen reader apps are software applications designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in accessing and interacting with computers and mobile devices.
Hazem Abbas (MEDevel.com | Open-source Apps for Healthcare and Enterprise)
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NV Access

@HirschKauz Just to pick up on your comment about selecting text - NVDA (most screen readers, tbh), will read text as you navigate. To read an email or a web page, you can give it a command to "say all" & it will read everything, or press down arrow to move one line at a time, or navigate however you need (control+down arrow by paragraph, control+right arrow by word, just right arrow by letter, etc). We aim for it to read most of what you need without needing to press anything special.
@Bob The Rider