Yes, it runs automatically in the background and whenever it detects a check box in the installer interface for selecting the installation of additional, unwanted software (which is usually checked by default and not always detectable by JAWS even with the JAWS cursor), it unchecks it and announces that it has done so.
Gerald From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unchecky - A boon for keeping unwanted extras from installing So this just runs in the background? It’s more or less automatic, once installed? Thanks, Keith From: Gerald Levy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unchecky - A boon for keeping unwanted extras from installing I have had Unchecky installed on my PC for a few months, and it seems to work and is accessible with JAWS. A few times when I attempted to upgrade CCleaner to the latest version, I was notified by Unchecky during the installation process that it had detected and unchecked a box for installing Google Chrome. Gerald From: Brian Vogel Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Unchecky - A boon for keeping unwanted extras from installing Here's another thing I'll recommend, though I don't know whether it plays well with JAWS or not, I haven't had any time to experiment with it. Any of us who download free software, even from reputable sites such as Adobe, etc., are finding that most vendors are now engaging in the loathsome (to me, anyway) practice of bundling other, often completely unassociated, software with their installation packages. People have gotten into the habit of responding in the affirmative to most prompts and check boxes during installs and this is causing a lot of people to end up with a lot of toolbars, programs, etc., that they never had any desire to have. Unchecky (direct setup download link here) is a package that "keeps watch" over dialog boxes as they pop up during installation monitoring for specific words and phrases associated with asking to install things other than what you're actually running the setup for. It's not perfect, but it's very good, and it has the added advantage of presenting a button when it finds this stuff that lets you decline it just by pressing that button rather than having to deal with the checkboxes that are typically involved. If anyone decides to give this a go please let me know how it behaves with JAWS. It seems that most companies are getting much better about following coding conventions that make things far more accessibility friendly, but one never knows until the stuff is put to the test. Brian
