Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Best laptops for totaly blind users?
Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? and stay away from e-machines. they overheegt pretty quickly.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160511#p160511 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? Talking of drivers, what's the official website for the i d t soundcard driver, or a place where I can get it? That was my original soundcard driver I tried to do something to get stereomix when it wasn't designed for it, ended up losing my driver. Fortunately, my bluetooth headset used the speakers when the dongle wasn't connected, so I had something that could at least help me pull through. But instead of my driver that came with my system I ended up getting some Microsoft sound driver that doesn't sound as good. Oh and if my dell came with i d t, would it work to install a realtech driver on a pc that doesn't have it so I can get stereomix?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160462#p160462 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? hi,I got to agree with crashmasterI am typing this on my toshiba laptop which I got in 2010it works fineexcept once the keyboard died once for no reasonluckily the warantee hadn't ran out so I replaced the keyboard we also had a 11 year old toshiba I used until 3 years agoI once dropped it off a tall desk and apart from slight damage to the plastic around the screen it worked flawlesslyI reinstalled windows from scratch to get rid of the bloatwareURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160142#p160142 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? dell inspirons are pretty good, as are compact/hp ones. there are also special pcs for the blind available from gw micro (smart talk ultra), seratec (serfboard), and beyond sight (laptalk). for nistalga's sake, there's also the nec 231 with an accent speech synthesizer and the dos version of jaws.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160086#p160086 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? Hi.In defence of some of the stuff put out here.I have tried and serviced several laptops.1. dell, fast quite good, I don't care for one my self but a lot of standard software and hardware barebones. it had a few adds and stuff which I was able to remove.2. asiaGood unit, its updater got in the way.Lots of adds but I was able to uninstall, norton ms live, wild tangent and most games.The live updater was the only graphical issue and I could ignore it.Hp.I never got a good hp to test but some I have used had faulty fans and the like and overheated a lot.Nec.My nec at least had a noisy fan and crashed every 2 weeks requiring a reformat just about every day.It finally went bust.Toshiba.I have used a toshiba from the t1850 to the satelite pro c850.The 1850 was a bare bones unit and so was the 300 cds satelite I used after that.My old satelite a10 was as barebones as my tecra a9 which is my current xp gaming machine.It was vista but I put win xp on it.There were a few things to get rid of, norton internet security, the inaccessable config free program ms office trial.On my win7 c850, it was loaded with norton and ms trials as well as several games, kindle blio, splashtop, clickfree and loads of other junkware.Most of which I killed but I kept most of the toshiba junkware as most of it had a function I liked.Config free ofcause went in the bin.To be honest though you won't get a volume knob on any laptop which is what I do miss this xp one has a knob but you don't get that sort of physical knob anymore.I have used volume control to set the volumes for things.If I have to have any gripe about laptops in general its that a lot of them have smaller speakers, so try to make up for it with sound effect software on the drivers and on the toshiba itself that made the sound sound big and basy. Removing this software and turning off all the realtech sound effects I found the speakers a bit small and tinny.With them on, speech just was really weird.Apart from gaming its probably the only reason I actually use this old xp laptop still.You would need headphones or some speakers to really hear the laptop in a noisy or big room.A lot of laptops are loaded with junk, trials for everything from norton to office to everything else.Most of it can be got rid of.If you are adventurous enough, you can just reformat and install win7 or 8 using the serial product key on the unit to activate as its locked to the bios.Once done you should be able to download and install sound, network and other things from the toshiba website.A lot of stuff uses intel and realtech stuff so you can get those to.Most of the toshiba stuff that was visual I killed.The only issue I had was that the synapctics touchpad did not turn off.An update of the driver from the official site fixed it.I also got a updated driver for the radion hd card I had in there though mobile stuff was not supported as such.Still toshibas are still one of the best things I have used.One of the main attractions I have for them is that you can view the bios within windows and change it.THe updaters will never mangle anything, if you are up to date then you will be up to date.Updating bios is a snap, plug in the laptop download the bios programs.start, wait, hit ok, restart and the system works.Whenever I have had any issue toshiba have fixed it no question asked.Sometimes I have had to pay but if its just a bios upgrade they don't seem to charge.The only issue I had once was that on repairing a unit it came loaded with junkware used for the repair which I had to get rid of.Also the cd drive was not detected right but simply deleting the drive and restarting got it to work again so ther e was no issue.And when I say junkware there was a startup program which was left over.I'd sertainly never go away from toshiba.but dell would be my next choice.One choice I have not yet conciddered is the ms pro serfice 2 which I saw yesterday in a shop.its got a marked keyboard and everything and is probably going to be something that I may concidder when replacing again as long as toshiba don't have a better deal.One major advantage or disadvantage is batteries never last more than 3 hours but I do wander if this is partly due to the fact that as blind we need the sound on all the time and use speech out of it.I have people I work with that have longer life but never used the sound to its was needed.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159779#p159779 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? Hi,Ended up going with the Del inspiron I think its called(the windows 8 one)..First experience with windows8 and its irm... different?Any suggestions that you guys have about using windows8>?Funny thing, I don't even know how to shut my computer down:) just eventualy figured out how to use power options and just set it up that way...Any of you guys know how that works?Using nvda...Thanks and sorry for the off-topic stuff:)DanielURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159764#p159764 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? To be honest, a laptop without a screen would really be the real best choice for blind people.Okay okay, in all seriousness, me using a dell inspiren 1545 it seems pretty nice and is only around 7y00 bucks. If you want you can geta netbook from them which is cheeper and lighter, and even though it doesn't have a disk drive I suppose you could get an external usb disk drive. If you want a really fast machine the chromebook might be a good thing to try, but it can't do virtualization and chrome os is a farely small OS and you are mainly using online services on it and there are few offline apps. I'd consider that a tablet rather than a laptop. If you want a mac you could get the macbook air but as is usually the case with Apple's machines they are waaay too pricy. Oh, and here's the stuff you should stay away from. My friend had a n old toshiba laptop from serveral years ago. Just installing something fried the whole thing and the internet receiver is just not good. You should also stay away from hp as they are all about ads! I used to have a vista hp elete book and that was just a nightmare. It was popping up things linking to the norton trial and stuff like that forcing you to download them, and that plus the miserable experience of windows vista made it a horrible machine. Plus hp has a row of touch conrols above the function keys that are not accessible. So yeah, there's my 2 cents worthURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159760#p159760 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? thanks guys for the suggestions:)URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159353#p159353 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? MacBooks in general, ironically, make really good Windows laptops. If you don't mind spending a lot ($2000 and up) you can soup a MacBook Air up with lots of stuff and make it a killer machine. I run a MacBook Pro and virtualize Windows (I have 8GB of RAM so this isn't a problem), though of course Windows could be ran standalone with Bootcamp.But not everyone has $2000 just lying around. I think the best way to find a laptop is to first, establish what you want out of it. What will it be used for? Will it be sitting at home for the most part, or will it be banged up traveling about? In the latter case, a business-grade laptop (I recommend Lenovo) would be the best thing to get.It's very hard to recommend one specific brand of anything. If you do music production, for instance, and you're using your laptop when you have gigs as a DJ, you're going to need a business-grade, powerful laptop. I f you're just browsing the web and playing a few games, something less powerful is sufficient.Read reviews. Once you've figured out what kind of laptop you want, you need to read reviews. I've seen laptops that have great screens, great trackpads, amazing video cards, and flexible, horrible keyboards. Well, as a blind person, your primary means of interaction with the computer is via the keyboard, so a flexible, horrible keyboard would be very detrimental to your use of the machine.Good luck.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159346#p159346 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Best laptops for totaly blind users? Hi.Hmm, I would recommend the macbook air if you want a really lightweight portable laptop.Of course it doesn't run Windows and it doesn't have a disk drive but the battery life is amazing.There are probably other netbooks and ultrabooks out there that have Windows, but I think the macbook air is the best laptop if you want lightweight and all-day performance.Of course this is just my opinion.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159343#p159343 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] Best laptops for totaly blind users?
Best laptops for totaly blind users? Hi everyone,As the title of this topic suggests, I am thinking in investing in a new laptop(hopefully in the upcoming sails at the end of this year:)I'm just wondering now what the best laptops are for totally blind users(We're auvioustly not concerned with screen size),And other things like that...Any particular models you guys recommend?Any help would be greatly apretiated.Thanks,DanielURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=159338#p159338 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
