You can’t use caps lock as a modifier, because the caps lock key doesn’t get passed through to Parallels.This is normally the caps lock or insert key, but on a Mac: NVDA uses a Modifier Key for a of their keyboard commands. NVDA Set-upĪ lot of the NVDA set-up should be basically the same between Virtual Box and Parallels, but I haven’t confirmed that.įirst, Download and install NVDA on your new Windows set-up. Being able to access Windows programs as standalone Apps on your Mac is really nice. Why Parallels? I found Parallels to be a lot easier to use and friendlier to set-up access to macOS’s network for local development (like connecting to localhost, custom local domains, etc). I don’t want to put instructions here, as they’ll likely change and be outdated before too long. Get Parallelsĭownload Parallels and follow the set-up. A lot of this info I gathered and consolidated from Deque’s super helpful post, Using Windows Screen Readers on a Mac. This is mostly personal notes that I hope can be helpful to someone else.

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