[Trainer-Talk] Now Available: Fourth Edition of THE WINDOWS SCREEN READER PRIMER: ALL THE BASICS AND MORE

David Andrews dandrews920 at comcast.net
Thu May 8 03:25:11 UTC 2025


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>From: winaccess at winaccess.groups.io 
><winaccess at winaccess.groups.io> On Behalf Of David Kingsbury via groups.io
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>Hi all,
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>The fourth edition of my book is now out, and as 
>before, it is free of charge. Below is the 
>announcement. If you have any problems with the 
>download process, you can contact me off-list at 
><mailto:David.kingsbury at carroll.org>David.kingsbury at carroll.org, 
>and I will help you out.
>
>Regards,
>
>David
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>Published by the Carroll Center for the Blind, 
>The fourth edition of The Windows Screen Reader 
>Primer: All the Basics and More is now out. It 
>is available to you for free in Word and ePub 
>formats. Authored by David Kingsbury, an 
>Assistive Technology Instructor at the Carroll 
>Center , the book is meant to help JAWS, NVDA, 
>and Windows Narrator users work more effectively 
>with the most important PC applications—like 
>Microsoft Offfice, email clients, and web 
>browsers. These applications include the Windows 
>operating system, the four primary Office Suite 
>applications (Word, Outlook, Excel and 
>PowerPoint), and the three most commonly used 
>web browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and 
>Mozilla Firefox). Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google 
>Drive for Desktop, the three most popular 
>cloud-based file-sharing programs, are also 
>covered. So too is Adobe Acrobat Reader for 
>accessing PDF files. A new chapter on 
>participating in, scheduling, and hosting Zoom 
>meetings is included in this second edition. So 
>too is an appendix on using academic style 
>guides for formatting Word documents. A glossary 
>with over 100 definitions of computer-related 
>terms and a set of practice exercises are also included.
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>The book is intended for both beginners and 
>intermediate users. While all the basics are 
>covered, those already possessing a fair amount 
>of experience using screen reader programs in 
>the Windows environment will find useful tools 
>and techniques to further enhance their skills.
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>You can download the book and make a voluntary 
>donation to the Carroll Center at:
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><https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer/>https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer/
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>On the page you open, please fill in some basic 
>information about yourself. After activating the 
>Submit button, you will be redirected to a page 
>where you can activate the Download link. There 
>is also a link on this page for making a donation, which is entirely optional.


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