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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gregg Vanderheiden RTF <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GPII checkin > Date: June 6, 2017 at 8:14:48 AM EDT > To: Jane Berliss-Vincent <[email protected]> > Cc: "Gregg Vanderheiden (for friends & Colleagues)" <[email protected]>, > Steve Githens <[email protected]>, Bern Jordan <[email protected]>, > KVan Kate Vanderheiden <[email protected]> > > I cannot see how GPII would help if the problem is that RW Gold will not work > (fully) unless the USER is at ADMIN level. > > GPII will launch and configure — but cannot give the program admin privileges. > > Does mac not have “run with admin priv” setting for programs and PC does? > Is that the problem? > > Tossing it back to tech folk but interested in the answer. > > thx > > Gregg > > >> On Jun 5, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Jane Berliss-Vincent <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Good morning: >> >> This just got more interesting... >> >> U-M has a wide-ranging license for Read & Write Gold, including the ability >> to put both the Windows and Mac versions on our public networks. However, >> our computer folks are refusing to install R&W Mac for the fall semester >> because of a Sierra security feature that requires administrative-level >> approval before being able to get access to all features; students do not >> have access to this administrative level.* My understanding is the same >> problem exists for networked versions of Kurzweil, and I suspect it will >> have broad and unhappy effects on Mac accessibility. >> >> I'm discussing solutions on a couple of different levels, but I'm extremely >> interested in exploring the role of GPII as a long-term strategy. Any >> thoughts? >> >> Tx, >> JBV >> >> >> * The explanation from our tech folks: >> >> "The issue is that we can no longer inject apps into the trust database, >> which RWG requires to actually work. The trust database lets apps peek at >> keystrokes, etc. As you can imagine, Apple takes a dim view of such hackery. >> >> "On 10.12 users will get an admin prompt to add the app to Accessibility as >> we can not do by scripting anymore. If you hit cancel the app launches and >> it asks you again to add it with another prompt like below. You can open >> System Prefs but it's locked and Deny button just gives another error. >> (Users can't make these changes to the system because they're not Admins). >> So the software may operate in 10.12, but not in our multi-user secure >> environment, which seems like a show stopper." >> >> >> ***** >> >> If you've used our services, would you please answer a quick question >> <http://its.umich.edu/computing/accessible-computing/atcs/offer-feedback>? >> >> Jane Berliss-Vincent, A.M.L.S. '86 >> Assistive Technology Manager, University of Michigan >> 2015 Recipient, Distinguished Diversity Leader Award >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Office (with voicemail): 734-936-3794 >> >> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Jane Berliss-Vincent <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Howdy all: >> >> Spring has sprung in Ann Arbor, and the students are scattered homeward, so >> it would be a great time to pick up on GPII work again. Did the new build >> ever materialize? >> >> Thanks, >> JBV >> >> >> >> >> ***** >> >> If you've used our services, would you please answer a quick question >> <http://its.umich.edu/computing/accessible-computing/atcs/offer-feedback>? >> >> Jane Berliss-Vincent, A.M.L.S. '86 >> Assistive Technology Manager, University of Michigan >> 2015 Recipient, Distinguished Diversity Leader Award >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Office (with voicemail): 734-936-3794 <tel:(734)%20936-3794> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden RTF >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Jane >> >> Lets arrange a call next week to catch up. You, Bern, Kate and me. >> afternoons are better. >> how about tues at 2 pm CENTRAL 3 PM Eastern >> or suggest some times yourself. >> >> Bern - As soon as we have the new build — we should have Han send her a new >> machine and then she can use the box to send the old one back to him. >> >> Talk to you next week Jane. >> >> gregg >> >>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 1:50 PM, Jane Berliss-Vincent <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gregg and Steve: >>> >>> Hope things are going well on your respective coasts. >>> >>> Jim Tobias, who had been my primary GPII contact, let me know that he's no >>> longer affiliated with the project, so I'm hoping one or both of you can >>> bring me up to date. >>> >>> For one thing, I have a Vaio sitting in my living room that I never was >>> able to update to Windows 10, even with Bern's suggestions, so it makes a >>> lovely paperweight but not much of a beta testing tool. :) >>> >>> If there's anything else I should be thinking about at this point, please >>> let me know. >>> >>> Best, >>> Jane >>> >>> ***** >>> >>> Jane Berliss-Vincent, A.M.L.S. '86 >>> Assistive Technology Manager, University of Michigan >>> 2015 Recipient, Distinguished Diversity Leader Award >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Office (with voicemail): 734-936-3794 <tel:(734)%20936-3794> >> >> >
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