Tutor Mode for NVDA

[nvaccessAuto]

Reported by brandon15 on 2013-05-14 10:48
Hi,
I feel that NVDA should have an option for something called Tutor Mode. This mode is in the JAWS screen reading software and is turned on by default. What Tutor Mode will do is say how to interact with something (e.g. For a button, it might say, "Ok button, to activate press spacebar.) This option will greatly assist new users of the windows operating system, and I feel this will be a major feature that many people will be able to take advantage of.
I think the option should be on by default, but users should also be able to turn this off from the General Settings dialog.
Blocking #5460

[nvaccessAuto]

Comment 1 by ondrosik on 2013-05-14 11:05
Joseph Lee from Korean community is working on addon which really does this. Addon ios currently translated to various languages and more are waiting. You probably mean that beginners are not able ton install addons, but if somebody downloads nvda for his friend, he or she probably should install the addon. There is also a keyboard shortcut advantage, you hear the message only when you press nvda+h so it doesn't annoy you when you don't need it at all. Check the addon here. www.nvda-kr.org/controlUsageAssistant-1.0Beta2.nvda-addon.

[bhavyashah]

Duplicate of #2699

[josephsl]

Hi,

Two completely different things, similar experiences. A tutor message is a beginner friendly message JAWS announces to tell users how to interact with specific controls, basically Control Usage Assistant that'll run whenever you move system focus. In theory, this can be done, although this will require changes to how focus is announced by adding the tutor messages. And no, I vote not to close this issue just yet.

Thanks.