Re: [Blind-Computing] How can I tell if a machine is 32 or 64 bit?
Thank you David Gaston. I'll try those tomorrow when I go back in... Your help is much appreciated, Paul from Australia For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] firefox problems.
so why then don't mozilla and adobe just get together and solve this so very annoying problem! you know they can't boast about being so rock solid anymore, right? they have become complacent! that's what? Mr. Anthony D.., Tom HomeSweetHomeAudioProducts homesweethome@gmail.com homesweeth...@tstt.net.tt +1 [868] 681-2094 +1 [868] 708-5253 fax: +1 [868] 673-7554 Home Sweet Home Audio. Sounds sound SWEET -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:55 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] firefox problems. Yes, but then you're leaving yourself open to all sorts of security issues by rolling back to an earlier version of Flash. If you're to go the Firefox enterprize rout, then security won't be an issue. -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of JW159666 Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:11 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] firefox problems. Just fixed my flash problems, found it has something to do with the flash 11, on the help for firefox they have a uninstaller for flash 11 than a download to install flash 10, and haven't had a crash since, my youtube videos etc works great now finally! Joseph -Original Message- From: Cristobal Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 12:39 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] firefox problems. Firefox beyond v 18 hasn't played nice with certain websites and Jaws (I don't' know what screen reader you're using). Something having to do with flash or whatnot. Mozilla should still have older versions of Firefox available for download. Sites like OldApps.com will have older versions of Firefox as well. After trying both Firefox 18 and 19 and running into these issues, I just rolled back to the enterprize version of Firefox since the update is only once a year or so outside of security updates that is. I don't have the exicutable file on hand, but it should be easy enough to find. -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Norman King Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:54 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] firefox problems. Hi all. Firefox updated on my work pc this morning. Now I can't access several critical sites. Does anybody have a copy of Firefox 19 that they would be willing to upload to dropbox for me. As far as I know this is perfectly legal under the Firefox license. If not I apologize for this message. Thanks. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Installing windows live mail
Yes, outlook was easier to use but we have to work with what we have. I really appreciate the info and know it will help me a lot. -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mark Torgerson Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 6:57 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Installing windows live mail Hi Well, to be honest, outlook was an easier program to use. However, a couple tricks I have found are that control Y brings up the list of folders to switch to. Actually, I prefer to left shift to enter the file tree. One source of annoyance is the fact that one cannot lets say use the letter I to navigate quickly from one in box to the next. Other than this, it is a pretty normal EMail program to use. When in the E-Mail list, I up and down arrow to find the E-Mail that I want, and then press tab to enter it, and shift tab to exit the E-Mail. I hope this helps. God bless, Mark God loves You! My personal website: http://www.christiantraditions.info -Original Message- From: Fred Adams Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 2:47 AM To: Jaws-users Subject: [Blind-Computing] Installing windows live mail I am using W7 and latest jaws and getting a sighted friend to install WLM for me. I would appreciate any suggestions from WLM users as to suggestions on how to get started with WLM. I know where to find info on WLM but there is nothing like first hand experience from someone that has been there and done that to help get started. On or off list will be fine. Thanks much, For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Symantec and JAWS Screen Reader
Angelo, thanks for the appreciation. I am in the process of writing FS and Symantec an email with all the technical details so that they can address this issue in all future releases of their products. Lucky for them I am not in the United States, I would have sued Symantec because they are so damn bold in writing on their site that their product blocks screen readers. Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going. ~ Jim Rohn -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Angelo DeMarsico Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:34 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Symantec and JAWS Screen Reader Wonderful work! Angelo -Original Message- From: Mujtaba Merchant Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:20 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Symantec and JAWS Screen Reader Hello Folks, This is something spectacular I came across at my work place and thought I should share it with you guys. I work on a Windows 7 OS PC with JAWS 14 installed on it. Now, this PC is behind a corporate firewall and has Symantec protection I believe corporate edition. When the IT department installed JAWS on this PC there were initial glitches in installing it and activating it to the full version. Had something to do with Administrative privilages. Anyhow, this has nothing with the concern of this email. I started experiencing iratic behavior from JAWS on applications that were of my daily use. For example we use Microsoft Communicator 2007 as an internal communication tool or IM client as some of you may know it as. JAWS fails to announce the status of my contact in the contacts list, there is absolutely no clue if the contact is away, in a meeting, busy or just offline. Then on some web pages it failed to read elements like buttons and some links. In excel when I switch to the worksheet from another application, by default the home tab is already selected so I need to press the escape key before doing anything on the sheet. Sometimes, JAWS would just get paranoid and start reading arbid text from an application which is no longer in focus. This made me get really frustrated and I wrote to Freedom Scientific. They gave me a work around for my communicator issue, unfortunately it did not work as expected. I did a little research on the net and found out the culprit is the Symantec protection software that is blocking JAWS functionality. Here is what Symantec had to say on their website: You can create file exceptions for Tamper Protection. You might want to create a Tamper Protection exception if Tamper Protection interferes with a known safe application on your client computers. For example, Tamper Protection might block an assistive technology application. Source: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=contentid=HOWTO80927 id=HOWTO80927 Now my question is why does one have to got to go through this extra effort in adding JAWS or for that matter any other screen reader in the exemption list of applications in Symantec? Should not they have already figured out that this will create hinderances to any blind user in a corporate environment? Why can't Freedom Scientific OR Symantec take some ownership in creating a more accessible environment for a blind user when it comes to security. Lucky for me, I have some technical knowledge to back up my researching ability, imagine a novice blind computer user, he/she would have to go through a lot of trouble to demystify this strange behavior of his installed copy of JAWS. This is of most concern because there is no mention of this issue being reported by Freedom Scientific on their site. I am going to dig their forums to further investigate this claim of mine. Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going. ~ Jim Rohn For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Web Pages
I am in need of help regarding IE 9 and web pages. For some reason of late, whenever I do a search for something, the list of items is there and all, then when I click on said page, I sometimes get a message stating that internet explorer blocked something from popping up or showing. Also, there's always this redirect or by proxy, what is that all about, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks, Trish using IE/9 and window's 7 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Web Pages
Does the said page open after you clicked on it? Internet Explorer must have blocked a pop up from the site you were trying to open. If this has happened you will hear a blimp sound indicating that a pop up was blocked. To reconfirm if this is true, press the Alt + N key this should take you to the information bar of IE on a button, pressing spacebar on this button will give you more menu options on which you can act on accordingly. Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going. ~ Jim Rohn -Original Message- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 6:33 AM To: blind computing list Subject: [Blind-Computing] Web Pages I am in need of help regarding IE 9 and web pages. For some reason of late, whenever I do a search for something, the list of items is there and all, then when I click on said page, I sometimes get a message stating that internet explorer blocked something from popping up or showing. Also, there's always this redirect or by proxy, what is that all about, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks, Trish using IE/9 and window's 7 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Help with IE9
Hi friends, Using Jaws 14 Win 7. Recently I upgraded to E9, and I am facing a major problem with dialog boxes. For instance when I Click on a download the usual box with the usual buttons pop up, and Jaws speaks them all, but for the life of me, I cannot locate them in order to press. Although I tried all three cursors and the tab. Is there any setting that I have to make in Jaws or IE9 to correct this? Thank you for any help. Samson. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8192 (20130404) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
