NVDARemote

Unfortunately, this app can no longer be used. It is another example of an app which has not been updated. NVDA has grown tremendously and remains an incredibly useful tool. I wish the developer would return to activity. This app could be so handy.

This app works fairly well, but there are a few issues. First, using an iPad and keyboard case, whether that be a bluetooth one or even something like the Magic Keyboard from Apple, we don’t have access to function keys, thus making strokes like alt f4 impossible. Would be great if there was a way to do that from within the app, even with something like virtual function keys, or buttons in the app that would perform some of the more commmon keystrokes. Secondly, while basic NVDA reads out okay, I am connecting to a computer running Station Playlist, a software that is used for online radio. There is an NVDA addon for this, that makes the program read better with NVDA, but when using this app, it’s almost like the addon isn’t installed. It reads that window as if the addon were not present on the remote computer, which I find rather odd. If this could be fixed, it would be a huge help.

I’m able to connect to a remote device with no problem, and hear speech from that device so long as I am using the remote keyboard to control the machine. But when I use my external keyboard with my phone, my phone takes the keyboard presses itself and navigates around the screen of the app. Even without voiceover turned on. I don’t know if this is an app problem, a keyboard problem, or what kind of problem. I’m using a logitech k380 and its website says it has OS specific keyboard layouts, so maybe I just need to get a plain external keyboard. Hmm. Even tried turning quickNav on and off... no dice. Interestingly, I can get the tab key on this keyboard to work in any text field outside of the app. Interesting. Maybe there should be a specific multiline text field where input is confined to which the keyboard/phone would see as you just typing but in reality keypresses from that field are passed to the remote device? Hmmm. Anyway, it’s a cool idea/concept, except I can’t work with the app so I give it 3 stars. I did try going to the app support website but it was in another language.

Hi, I like this app. Is very cool. I’m surprised it has come it’s way to iOS. There’s one thing that is a bug. Don’t know if it’s a bug with the app, or something else. Basically yesterday me and my friend were playing a game, and he made a server to control to let me control his computer. When I was playing the game, which was an audio game exactly. The space bar and enter keys did not work. I don’t know if it’s a bug with the app, or something else. Please look into this.

The app is actually very good and it’s entirety. One thing that I think could make it better is if you could push the clipboard of what’s on your iPhones clipboard from VoiceOver, over to the NVDA remote computer you are controlling, just like you could do with a regular computer controlling another computer.

Please make this compatible with m1 macs. For the mac, there is no ringtone volume. I can connect just fine, and can tell that my keystrokes are making it through, but no speech on the mac.