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I use Thunderbird, and I'm pretty sure I just use the default
settings for the most part, and I never use the mouse in
Thunderbird. If you have specific questions maybe I or others can
help, but I'm not aware of a getting started or how to for a blind
user and Thunderbird. Basically, you have your list of accounts, which you can arrow through using up and down arrow keys. When you're on the account who's mail you want to read, tab over once to get to your list of folders and again you can up and down arrow to move through the list and use left and right arrows to open and close sub folders. When you get to the folder you want, such as your In Box, tab over once to get into your list of messages in that folder. There's a Mozilla bug where this list will get corrupt over time, so you want to be careful to check your message before moving or deleting anything. I just use the preview pane to read my messages, and the F6 key will take you to the top of the message text from the list of messages. Orca+; (That's a semi-colon.) will read the rest of the message, but you can also use the arrow keys to navigate around the message. Your standard Thunderbird short cut keys will work, so when you're in a message you can delete it with the delete key, move to the next message with the 'f' key and move to the next unread message with the 'n' key. Sometimes you need to use Orca+backspace to pass these keys through Orca into Thunderbird. I hope this helps. On 11/11/2013 04:34 AM, Scott Freeman
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I help a completely blind person who has been getting email with dedicated software for windows that has stopped working because of POP credentialling issues. I want to see if I can help them change to Vinux with ORCA and a supported mail client. I found Thunderbird a bit daunting in its default state. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail |