Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread orhan deniz
oh right, so not window-eyes or hal. well when i first started using computers, i had a screenreader called hal. at that time, i virtually understood nothing about hal and the manual was so complex. and nothing would read properly. i never knew that the map file (the script we call it in jaws)

[JAWS-Users] accessible reminder web sites and program

2008-01-06 Thread David Ferrin
This was picked off another list, I present it here for your convenience. I wish people would use spell checkers, but what do I want for nothing. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com I've been using the 6channel6 website. They will allow reminders to emails and phones. It is also free. The web

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible reminder web sites and program

2008-01-06 Thread orhan deniz
oh thats cool. - Original Message - From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:58 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] accessible reminder web sites and program This was picked off another list, I present it here for your convenience.

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible reminder web sites and program

2008-01-06 Thread James Scholes
Hi, I highly recommend calendar magic from http://www.stokepoges.plus.com it is the best calendar program I have ever used, it has alarm clock, reminders, and anything else you want a calendar to have, including a feature called this is your life which will tell you what happened on the

[JAWS-Users] outlook sluggish problem

2008-01-06 Thread orhan deniz
hello list, i am using microsoft outlook 2003 with no add-ins. well, let me clarify my self, i was using outlook 2003. how ever, the main reason why i had to switch to outlook express is because outlook will get so unresponsive to the point ware you need to debug jaws and reload it. this problem

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook sluggish problem

2008-01-06 Thread Ryan MacIsaac
Hi, Have you tried compacting your PST files? To do this, go to the file menu in Outlook and then select the data file management option. Press the tab key and you should then be in a list view showing a list of your PST folders. Select the personal PST folder file and then press the tab key

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
Hey David, I just hope that you'll have a really healthy one too. It really doesn't matter how old you are it makes a good idea how you might use your knowledge that you have received when where to use it. PEACE John Carvalho - Original Message - From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
Did you ever unblock that person from your block senders list yet?Let us know I have the instructions I just have to find it. PEACE John Carvalho - Original Message - From: Patti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:57 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook sluggish problem

2008-01-06 Thread Annette
Have you cleaned out your deleted items folder lately? If not, do so. Do you keep a lot of old messages in your Inbox? If so, set up folders and move messages you want to keep into the folders. Have you cleaned out your Sent items box recently? If not, move what ever you want to keep into

Re: [JAWS-Users] possible updates to the web site

2008-01-06 Thread Flor Lynch
I have no doubt that such a tutorial would and will be useful to some of us and others to come, and we know neither the day nor the hour. Several years ago, I lost everything in Outlook Express, and eventually managed to get it nearly all back again. Still, it can be a challenging time and at

Re: [JAWS-Users] IE 7 tutorials

2008-01-06 Thread Flor Lynch
I have Windows XP and use IE 7. I understand that in Vista there is protected browsing. Is this enabled via Internet Explorer? - Original Message - From: Joseph Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] IE

Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hi, toolbars are objects that you can click on with the mouse. They're usually represented by an icon that can be clicked. They're not all that accessible, however some software include tooltips, text that appears when you hover your mouse over a toolbar icon. To use a toolbar, find a toolbar

Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Now, with Office, you can access toolbars by first opening the Office programme's menu bar with alt, then do a control tab. If your PC dings instead, it means no toolbars are showing. Next, you can tab and shift tab to cycle through the buttons and what not, and do what you would normally do

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
I agree here. I tried a demo of Hal once, and it wasn't very good on the net, and it spoke too much when using Windows Live Messenger. I gave up the demo after it decided to expire on me prematurely, and will never touch it again, unless there's been vast improvements that makes me want to try

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread James Scholes
I agree, the old versions were a bit strange in the way they handeled certain things, but I know for a fact that the later versions of Hal and Supernova are quite good as far as screen reading goes. But, I suppose that its just a perssonal preference, I used Supernova as my screen reader

Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hi, a correction. Insert num pad slash will in fact lock the left mouse button down. Pressing again will unlock it. This is not what you want; just press num pad slash on its own for a left click. At 21:31 05/01/2008, you wrote: In Internet Explorer the insert+F8 only brings up the IE toolbar.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread orhan deniz
i don't like the key assignments for hal. but anyway, i get to use jaws at home, jaws at school, so i guess thats really cool in some circomstances.yey! - Original Message - From: James Scholes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:01 PM

[JAWS-Users] JAWS and Agent Forte

2008-01-06 Thread carlene knight
Hi: Does anybody know if the compatibility between JAWS and Agent Forte has improved? I love the way the program works but could never get it to work quite right with JAWS. The problem was getting worse, not better as of a couple years ago. Ihave JAWS 7.10.500.Thanks. Visit the JAWS

Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar

2008-01-06 Thread Brian Lee
I'm glad you caught that one. Sorry about the error. Brian Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Chris Hallsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar Hi, a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread Lennie Rinaldi
Happy belated birthday David! Wow! A Capricorn just like me! I will celebrate my birthday in 11 days and my last digit will also end with a 9, but I won't tell you which decade. No, I am not as old as Benjamin Franklin which is his birth date too. Anyway, have a great birthday with good health

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread Patti
No I have to have help to unblock emails. I just can't get to that tool bar for unblocking and blocking. If you know how I can get there please let me know. Patti - Original Message - From: JOHN O CARVALHO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook sluggish problem

2008-01-06 Thread Ryan MacIsaac
Hi, Emptying the deleted items folder and deleting messages from the sent items folder is a good idea. However, moving messages from the inbox to another folder probably won't help improve Outlook performance much. That is because if you simply move items from the inbox to another folder, the

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible reminder web sites and program

2008-01-06 Thread Sharon
James, will that program: remind me the week and day before a meeting? Sharon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Scholes Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:08 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible

Re: [JAWS-Users] IE 7 tutorials

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hi, I believe so, but for some reason users with administrative accounts protected mode is off. Is this normal? At 16:10 06/01/2008, you wrote: I have Windows XP and use IE 7. I understand that in Vista there is protected browsing. Is this enabled via Internet Explorer? - Original Message

[JAWS-Users] Blue Tooth Jaws

2008-01-06 Thread Alan Terrie Robbins
I went to Radio Shack this weekend and asked if they had any blue tooth technology to allow me to hear my computer through a blue tooth ear piece. The salesman said yes and sold me two items. The first was some type transmitter that plugs into the USB port on the computer and transmits the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hi, I'm aware that Hal has a layout specifically for JAWS users, but that's all I can remember. Hope that helps. At 19:26 06/01/2008, you wrote: i don't like the key assignments for hal. but anyway, i get to use jaws at home, jaws at school, so i guess thats really cool in some

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
Pat, I hope this is what you are looking for. go to alt t for tools, then arrow down till you come to message rule. right arrow over, then arrow down till you come to block users list, then enter on it then you can find who you may have block. Let me know if this does help you out. PEACE John

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
go to alt t for tools, then arrow down till you come to message rule. right arrow over, then arrow down till you come to block users list, then enter on it then you can find who you may have block. PEACE John Carvalho - Original Message - From: Patti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Blue Tooth Jaws

2008-01-06 Thread Alan Terrie Robbins
Chris Good thought, but I did do that. I hear the beep when I turn the ear piece on and can hear the beeps when I turn the volume up and down, just no speech or sound from the PC Al -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Cooke Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] IE 7 tutorials

2008-01-06 Thread Brian Lee
The IE7 protected mode is off if UAC is disabled. It is based on the User Interface Privilege Isolation technology introduced in Vista to control such things as user permission levels. The below information comes from a couple online articles. I have included a link to where TweakUAC can be

Re: [JAWS-Users] IE 7 tutorials

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hi, thanks for telling me this. I didn't realize protected mode is to do with uac. Goodness me, I've been using IE7 all along without protected mode! I've been safe so far though according to tests I've done on my Vista laptop. I'll look at this Tweak Uac another time though. Thanks again. At

Re: [JAWS-Users] Blue Tooth Jaws

2008-01-06 Thread Dale Leavens
You will have to configure Jaws to use the USB sound device instead of the standard on-board sound device. The USB device is not the same thing as plugging a wireless headphone transmitter into the external speaker or headphone socket of your computer sound card, it is it's own unique sound

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread Patti
SpamFighter has it's own tool bar. If I block or unblock an email with alt r then s, will that block or unblock from the SpamFighter? I tried to get to that tool bar by alt tab, but that didn't work. Patti - Original Message - From: JOHN O CARVALHO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter

2008-01-06 Thread Sarah
No it's the spam fighter toolbar you need to so that with in the case of the eemail. SAG - Original Message - From: JOHN O CARVALHO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] SpamFighter go to alt t for tools,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar

2008-01-06 Thread Sarah
Note that the control+tab thing does not work in IE or OE at all. I think it just works in word. SAG - Original Message - From: Chris Hallsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Information on using