[ATI] Apple TV now comes with Voiceover

2010-11-23 Thread Reginald George
I'm sure this will be reposted far and wide, so let me be one of the = first. It came from Blind Bargains and was already posted in Fred's = Head. What is Apple TV and Why Should I Care? Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:56 AM PST Apple TV has been redesigned to be small in size but b

[ATI] Fw: Summary of Blind Specific Provisions in new Telecom Law

2010-12-02 Thread Reginald George
A little long, but for good reason. Great information here for any of us interested in the future of access technologies. FYI - Original Message - From: Eric Bridges To: leaders...@acb.org ; annou...@acb.org Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: [leadership] Summary of Blin

Re: [ATI] Screenreader

2011-01-10 Thread Reginald George
The only ones you can get from TAPI are JAWS or Windoweyes, and both of them need the correct video drivers to be installed to work properly. - Original Message - From: "Denny Huff" To: "'Adaptive technology information and support.'" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:26 AM Subject: R

Re: [ATI] Anti Virus

2011-03-04 Thread Reginald George
Sorry, I think not. Norton and MacAfee have made very little effort to work well with screen readers the last few years. It's doable if you want to use the mouse pointer or WE cursor. Better choices would include Viper from Sunbelt, Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG, Avira, Avast, Nod32, and

Re: [ATI] Question about JAWS

2011-03-04 Thread Reginald George
Try pressing alt space, then X to maximize the inboxs. - Original Message - From: "Judy Burch" To: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:03 AM Subject: [ATI] Question about JAWS Hi everyone, For some reason my JAWS is suddenly only reading the first letter of people's first and last names wh

Re: [ATI] Fw: FCC Proposes to Update Rules Allowing Accessibility toAdvanced Communications to 54 Million Consumers with Disabilities

2011-03-08 Thread Reginald George
difference that may never come again. Respectfully: Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas City Missouri 816-200-1064 ad...@kc.rr.com - Original Message - From: Anne Murphy To: mo list serve ; mo chat list serve ; Adaptive technology information and support. ; scccb

Re: [ATI] accessible tv guide web site?

2011-03-17 Thread Reginald George
rvive the copyright police, but they've been doing it for quite a while now. I would say hook up with this one quick while it's still free and available. The second is a great TV guide page for accessible TV listings. Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas City Missou

Re: [ATI] accessible tv guide web site?

2011-03-17 Thread Reginald George
guide website, not the mytvland one. From: Reginald George Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:04 AM To: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] accessible tv guide web site? Hi Nancy, Hopefully one of these is what you are looking for. The first one you passed on to us

Re: [ATI] {Disarmed} Fw: Hadley eConnect, March 18, 2011

2011-03-18 Thread Reginald George
eConnect from The Hadley School for the BlindAnne, hope you have JAWS 12, because you really need it for 2010. The spell checker isn't working right yet. I know that. If you do have 12 turn on virtual ribbons as it makes them easier to navigate. - Original Message - From: Anne Murp

[ATI] Popcornflicks.com and moki.tv

2011-03-29 Thread Reginald George
This information came from the Fred's Head newsletter today, and I feel is well worth duplicating here. Popcornflix Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:10 AM PDT Popcornflix was created for people who want to watch "Great Movies. Free." Popcornflix has full-length movies that will make you laugh, make you cry

[ATI] Warning for Magnification Products and IE9

2011-03-30 Thread Reginald George
s possible. Thank you, The Ai Squared Support Team Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas City Missouri 816-200-1064 ad...@kc.rr.com ___ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the

Re: [ATI] Watch I ordered

2011-04-19 Thread Reginald George
Hi Dale, I left you a voicemail regarding that watch because I am pretty sure I got the wrong voice and band option. They were out of the gold remember? Did you ever check on my original order? - Original Message - From: 3BlindMice To: Missouri Chat ; ati@moblind.org ; Pebbles and

Re: [ATI] Watch I ordered

2011-04-19 Thread Reginald George
Sorry, did not mean to send that to the list, please disregard. Apologies to everyone. ___ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology

Re: [ATI] i phone vs android

2011-04-23 Thread Reginald George
Lots more apps, but Not as many accessible apps. At least that's my understanding. I text and E-mail with my iphone on the screen all the time. Try it before you give up. Works better if you turn on touch typing mode. Then when you raise your finger, it types. - Original Message -

[ATI] IE 9 Accessibility concerns

2011-05-10 Thread Reginald George
e search box has been combined with the address bar. When you press Ctrl+E, focus is placed in the address bar with a question mark and space already populated for you. You can search from the Internet Explorer 9 address bar the same way you searched from the Internet Explorer 8 search box. Regin

Re: [ATI] slash compatible with JAWS

2011-05-17 Thread Reginald George
The multimedia software of which you speak is called Flash. There are standards and instructions on the Adobe web site that explain and describe how to create accessible Flash content. But they probably outsourced this project to some third party contractor. I'm sure that most of the buttons

Re: [ATI] slash compatible with JAWS

2011-05-17 Thread Reginald George
nne Murphy To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [ATI] slash compatible with JAWS New update! They used silve light and not flash. Does that work with JAWS? - Original Message - From: Reginald George To: Adaptive

Re: [ATI] slash compatible with JAWS

2011-05-17 Thread Reginald George
Original Message - From: Reginald George To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [ATI] slash compatible with JAWS There is a new update to Silverlite that is supposed to work better in text edit boxes. Make sure you have the l

Re: [ATI] Fw: Fw: LunchBox solutions

2011-05-25 Thread Reginald George
They certainly need to give you more specific instructions on what file they want you to edit, and what specific change they want you to make to the file. - Original Message - From: "Anne Murphy" To: "Adaptive technology information and support." Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12:36 PM

[ATI] Got Voice Command Clock Radio, Minni Review

2011-05-26 Thread Reginald George
for the same $7.50 price, so if you don't mind spending $25 for free shipping, or paying for shipping, you can avoid that horrible Cowboom site. I did download the user guide and can send it to anyone who needs it. Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas

Re: [ATI] I phone question

2011-05-31 Thread Reginald George
Hi, Are you with VZ, or A.T.T? Verizon doesn't have the 4.3 version of the operating system yet, so you will have to wait for the next update. If you re with A.T.T. you should be good to go. Reg - Original Message - From: irishmist3 To: 'Adaptive technology information and support

Re: [ATI] I phone question

2011-06-01 Thread Reginald George
VZ you can't have data like send a text or surf the web and be on the phone at the same time. Also data plan on VZ is unlimited. Other than that they are identical. - Original Message - From: Scott Dollar To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 20

Re: [ATI] accessible directions site

2011-06-01 Thread Reginald George
Absolutely, buy him a GPS quick! laughing. - Original Message - From: Anne Murphy To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:50 PM Subject: [ATI] accessible directions site I thought one time on here there was mention of a more accessible direct

Re: [ATI] I phone question

2011-06-02 Thread Reginald George
Cost is about the same. It's really dependent on what part of the country you spend most of your time. VZ has the best coverage of any carrier in rural Missouri, but they are newer to the IPhone. I can tell you the best place to buy one, with or without a contract, is the Apple Store. And it

Re: [ATI] Fw: [JAWS-Users] stay away from IE 9!

2011-06-05 Thread Reginald George
First, IE9 isn't even available for XP. So it's only a concern if you have Vista or Windows 7. Users of Magic or Zoomtext definitely should not upgrade right now as those programs don't work well at all. The latest versions of JAWS 12 do work with IE9, but anyone with older versions of JAWS

[ATI] Fw: Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA

2011-06-22 Thread Reginald George
Thought the following press release from Code Factory would be of interest. Caroline Ragot - Marketing market...@codefactory.estv Speak USCode Factory releases TV Speak in the USA New Windows-based software to make digital television accessible! For Immediate Release Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain,

Re: [ATI] Fw: Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA

2011-06-22 Thread Reginald George
eases TV Speak in the USA I didn't see anything about this product on the websight, do you by any chance know if this would be able to access cable and sattlelight boxes? Dewey Bradley Springfield Missouri In God we trust - Original Message - From: "Reginald George"

Re: [ATI] IPhone Textile Overlay

2011-07-12 Thread Reginald George
Hi Darla, With much respect, I would ask if you have had the opportunity to really try a touch screen yet? The problem with making something in braille to cover all functions is that the functions on the phone move around. Braille is static of course, so if the button is in a different place

Re: [ATI] IPhone Textile Overlay

2011-07-13 Thread Reginald George
Hi Denny, I recommend the 4 for several reasons. It's thinner, the person on the other end can't hear voiceover if you are swiping around, it has two cameras, one in front for video for Skype and Facetime, and the cameras are better, That part may not seem that important, but there is also mor

[ATI] FW: Repair or Sell Your Mobile Device at iRepairFast.com

2011-07-19 Thread Reginald George
Fred's Head from APHPlease excuse the cross post, but the following note, reproduced here from the Fred's Head A.P.H. newsletter, may help someone who needs to repair or sell their IPhone or other smart device. Fred's Head Companion - American Printing House for the Blind Repair Your Mobile

Re: [ATI] send space

2011-07-29 Thread Reginald George
Did you get a Windows 7 computer with Internet explorer 9? If so that is the problem. You have to press alt N after choosing the download link to bring up the notification bar. You can then arrow to save, open, or whatever. - Original Message - From: Anne Murphy To: Adaptive techno

Re: [ATI] Downloading the Descriptive Movies from Send Space

2011-08-08 Thread Reginald George
e download. 4. Tab to save, then press enter twice. Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas City Missouri 816-200-1064 ad...@kc.rr.com___ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the

[ATI] Fw: Link to recording of the demo of the Kaptain GPS from Accessible World

2011-08-10 Thread Reginald George
This is the archived presentation from last week's tech talk. This GPS can be had for around $300, or free for current clients of Leader Dog. It can be found at: Link to the page: http://accessibleworld.org/content-253 Direct download http://accessibleworld.org/audio/download/768/tt08-08-11_the_

[ATI] Fw: [real-eyes] Service Address and Obituary for Chip Block

2011-09-02 Thread Reginald George
Many of you may have had the honor to know a great guy named Chip Block. He past away suddenly this week after being hit by a car in a very sad pedestrian accident at the intersection of 31st and Broadway in Kansas City. I wanted to pass on the following information to the members of this list

[ATI] Fw: Listen and Learn How Blind People Get Jobs!

2011-09-07 Thread Reginald George
From: lhnews@lighthouse-sf.orgFYI Sent: 9/6/2011 4:02:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Listen and Learn How Blind People Really Get Jobs LightHouse to Offer 22 Live-Stream Hours of Intensive Employment Retreat Starting Today! Want to know the inside scoop on how blind people get job after job even

[ATI] Fw: Chip Bloch vigil info

2011-09-22 Thread Reginald George
From: Sheila Styron Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:22 PM Please find below the information outlining details for next Thursday’s vigil being held to honor Chip’s life. I would appreciate it if you would please help us distribute to others and by posting on lists where Chip was known.

Re: [ATI] {Disarmed} Fw: Disability.gov Health News & Events Update:Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment Period Begins October 15

2011-09-22 Thread Reginald George
Disability.gov Health News & Events Update: Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment Period Begins October 15Thanks for this. Good an timely information. From: Anne Murphy Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:37 PM To: mo list serve Cc: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: [ATI] {D

Re: [ATI] window 7 question

2011-10-10 Thread Reginald George
You can’t get rid of it. That’s what you have to do if you want to download stuff in IE9. From: Denny Huff Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:20 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Subject: Re: [ATI] window 7 question When do you get this notice? _

Re: [ATI] window 7 question

2011-10-11 Thread Reginald George
Thank you. From: ati-boun...@moblind.org [mailto:ati-boun...@moblind.org] On Behalf Of Reginald George Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 9:50 PM To: dh...@moblind.org; Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] window 7 question You can’t get rid of it. That’s what you

[ATI] Unofficial Siri Demo

2011-10-27 Thread Reginald George
There are all kinds of unofficial Siri demos popping up on YouTube, and this is one. It's really hilarious. By the title of the post you would think the phone would be having a hard time with the thick brogue, but it really does pretty darn well. This guy is no holds barred about talking to t

[ATI] {Disarmed} Fw: New Nokia Screen Reader

2011-10-28 Thread Reginald George
FYI. Nice to see a cell phone manufacturer teaming up with Code Factory. I feel bad for Talx. Nice to see all of these options becoming more affordable for everyone. JMO Reg From: Code Factory Marketing Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 5:43 AM To: ad...@kc.rr.com Subject: Nokia Screen Read

Re: [ATI] [acb-l] Fwd: GoodSearch Toolbar

2011-10-31 Thread Reginald George
Peter, Any reason to think this toolbar is accessible with screen reading software? As a rule I tend to recommend against installing them because they steal focus in the browser window and cause other issues. -Original Message- From: peter altschul Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:4

Re: [ATI] [Missouri-l] JAWS 13 upgrade

2011-10-31 Thread Reginald George
Hi Naomi, Brenda Whitlock’s address is bwhit...@swbell.net From: Naomi Soule Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 9:49 PM To: dh...@moblind.org ; 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Cc: 'Missouri Chat' ; missour...@moblind.org Subject: Re: [ATI] [Missouri-l] JAWS 13 upgrade Denny, D

Re: [ATI] [Missouri-l] JAWS 13 upgrade

2011-10-31 Thread Reginald George
This is the corrected E-mail address for Brenda. I apologize for posting an old address. brenda.whitl...@att.net I don’t have the toll free number, but the direct line for the program is 816-655-6700. Please call them if you have a disability and own a computer with an internet connection, and

Re: [ATI] {Disarmed} Fw: Disability.gov Medicare Update: ConferenceCall about Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment Period - October 31

2011-11-02 Thread Reginald George
Disability.gov Medicare Update: Conference Call about Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period - October 31Wonder if anyone got to call in and listen to this? From: Anne Murphy Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:34 AM To: scccb mailing list ; mo list serve ; chat mcb Cc: Adaptive technology

Re: [ATI] versapoint duo

2011-11-03 Thread Reginald George
The Versapoint Duo manual is available on the Freedom Scientific web site under documentation/braille embossers in txt and pdf format. From: Laura De Vries Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:26 AM To: ati@moblind.org Subject: [ATI] versapoint duo I bought a versapoint duo secondhand, there

Re: [ATI] question about gigabytes and music

2011-11-03 Thread Reginald George
Hi John, It’s definitely almost full. That song estimate is just a guess on there part as they don’t know what file format you chose to save in, how long your songs are, and so on. From: John and Donna Weidlich Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:13 PM To: Adaptive technology information an

[ATI] Fw: Brian Nash's newest book for kids is now in print!

2011-11-25 Thread Reginald George
contact her directly if you need assistance with editing or self publishing any literary writing projects. Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist Dear all, I am very happy to announce that Brian Nash's newest book, Two Best Friends, for kids aged 3-7, is now available in paperbac

[ATI] Fw: free fries Dec 16

2011-12-01 Thread Reginald George
Okay let's see, I'm trying to think how I can tie passing on this message in to something to do with technology. Okay I can't, smile. Maybe you go to Burger King to buy a new computer and they say do you want fries with that? I'll tell you what though. They can say what they want, but I'm s

Re: [ATI] ATI Digest, Vol 63, Issue 4

2011-12-02 Thread Reginald George
That's a good suggestion, but in this particular case she tested with other screen readers and it works. So it may be a Jaws issue. It's already been reported, so we will see what happens. -Original Message- From: Gretchen Maune Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:47 PM To: ati@moblin

Re: [ATI] winamp problem

2011-12-04 Thread Reginald George
You can also control tab through the Winamp windows. Alt L toggles the library. From: Nancy Lynn Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:04 PM To: ati@moblind.org Subject: [ATI] winamp problem I seem to have opened the winamp equalizer by mistake and can’t close it. How do I close the equalizer

Re: [ATI] repost

2011-12-05 Thread Reginald George
There are so many good CCTVs out there now. They come from Clarity, Humanware, and Freedom Scientific just to name a few. In general they are stand alone units, and can be run with a switch to flip between the computer image and the image from the camera, or the two can be split or overlayed.

Re: [ATI] JAWS 13 and Research function

2011-12-07 Thread Reginald George
Hi Steve, Denny is correct. Also the sports score lookup from ESPN is broken in the current build, but this should be addressed in the next update that’s coming out this month hopefully. From: Steve Crews Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:17 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and

Re: [ATI] winamp question

2011-12-08 Thread Reginald George
Absolutely, press control K for preferences. Then press G till you hear general. Then tab to check for updates at start up and uncheck it. Then tab to close. From: Steve Crews Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Subject: [ATI] wina

[ATI] GWSkype

2011-12-20 Thread Reginald George
From Fred’s Head today. I'm afraid the link won't work, but you can find information at GWMicro.com. Apparently they have finally found a way to imbed links into text that is almost unusable in a plain text message like this, even if you copy the shortcut directly. That's too bad. I haven't

Re: [ATI] Skype Question

2011-12-27 Thread Reginald George
Also Jaws doesn’t come with Skype scripts. The ones Denny sent to you are third party scripts that enhance the built-in Jaws support, but you don’t really need them to use the program. From: Darla Rogers Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 8:43 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support

Re: [ATI] Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool

2011-12-27 Thread Reginald George
Not sure why you want to get rid of it. All it does is do a one time scan on your computer for the worst viruses for free. It’s part of the security updates for Windows and is updated every month. From: Darla Rogers Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 8:41 PM To: 'Adaptive technology informatio

Re: [ATI] Skype Question

2011-12-27 Thread Reginald George
Hi, Maybe your E-mail is set to read messages in plain text, if this is the case then links won’t work. From: Laura De Vries Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 3:47 PM To: dh...@moblind.org ; Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] Skype Question Denny, what am I doing

Re: [ATI] Skype Question

2011-12-27 Thread Reginald George
Hi, I do have it on my IPhone. It’s not active all the time, so if we need to communicate, just write me directly and we can set a time. From: irishmist Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 12:48 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Subject: Re: [ATI] Skype Question Hi there any

Re: [ATI] Skype Question

2011-12-27 Thread Reginald George
I have for Skype and can't seem to do it the way they are telling me; how do I make sure I talk to you? Darla From: ati-boun...@moblind.org [mailto:ati-boun...@moblind.org] On Behalf Of Reginald George Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 8:28 AM To: Adaptive technology information and s

[ATI] Inaccessible Changes in Google Search Settings

2011-12-28 Thread Reginald George
Must be changes on there site, but when you go into Google options/search settings the check box to toggle the state of Google instant is now a slider. Same with the control for setting the number of results per page. Jaws claims arrow keys should adjust the sliders, but they don’t. I’m sure oth

Re: [ATI] How to find an authorization code

2012-01-03 Thread Reginald George
Hi, Easiest way is to call Freedom. If you don’t have the original authorization CD and you used it to activate, then sometimes you can go to help/update authorization in JAWS and step through the activation process and see if the number is displayed on the last screen. This is the only way a

Re: [ATI] JAWS and Zoomtext at startup problem

2012-01-05 Thread Reginald George
Hi Steve, Windows 7 uses mirror drivers, where XP didn’t. I believe you do need to start it the way Zoomtext says. Currant version of Zoom is 10 by the way. From: Steve Crews Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:17 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Subject: [ATI] JAWS and

Re: [ATI] JAWS and Zoomtext at startup problem

2012-01-06 Thread Reginald George
oblind.org [mailto:ati-boun...@moblind.org] On Behalf Of Reginald George Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:59 PM To: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] JAWS and Zoomtext at startup problem Hi Steve, Windows 7 uses mirror drivers, where XP didn’t. I believe you

Re: [ATI] JAWS and Zoomtext at startup problem

2012-01-06 Thread Reginald George
ng all the items at one time and nothing seems to work. Is there a way that I can download this updated training material directly from the FS web site? Thank you very much for your help. Steve Crews From: ati-boun...@moblind.org [mailto:ati-boun...@moblind.org] On Behalf Of Reginald G

[ATI] Fw: IPhone Battery Case Review

2012-01-12 Thread Reginald George
Knowing some of us have IPhones now, I thought I would share the review I posted on Amazon last night about one of my more favoriter new toys. This case is $42. They also make battery cases for other phones. 5.0 out of 5 stars Best Battery Case out here, January 11, 2012 By Reginald George

[ATI] Fw: Wikipedia shutting down 5 pm Wednesday

2012-01-17 Thread Reginald George
open internet must die, but it will be a sad day. We in the U.S. at least have the opportunity to make sure it doesn’t happen for a while. Reginald George Adaptive Technology Specialist English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout - Wikimedia Foundation English Wikipedia anti-SOPA

Re: [ATI] Stop internet censorship

2012-01-18 Thread Reginald George
So Dewey, let me get this straight. You are for these bills because you want the government to put even more onerous regulation on the internet? Now how the hell does that help your free market? Who’s going to pay for the enforcement of all these new laws? Is it only okay for the governm

Re: [ATI] Stop internet censorship

2012-01-18 Thread Reginald George
The phone companies have managed to give us free unlimited land lines for local calls for 50 years or more, and never caved to a European model. The people can have a voice if they vote with their dollars and leave companies that want to cap our band width for those like Google who are willing

Re: [ATI] Stop internet censorship

2012-01-18 Thread Reginald George
t think you are funny. - Original Message - From: Reginald George To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [ATI] Stop internet censorship So Dewey, let me get this straight. You are for these bills becaus

Re: [ATI] Stop internet censorship

2012-01-18 Thread Reginald George
ld be band, it should be kiddy porn, but then every would start saying that the have the right to watch it. If you don't like an ISP, then switch, and no we have not had free long distence for 50 years, cell phones, and VOIP brought that on. - Original Message - From: Reginald Ge

Re: [ATI] Windows Update question

2012-01-19 Thread Reginald George
The bing toolbar gets downloaded as a part of Java updates and other things. I would uncheck it wherever I see it, and even uninstall it from add remove programs. The functions of the toolbar aren’t really accessible and add nothing to our web surfing experience, and can even get in the way.

Re: [ATI] IP Phones

2012-01-19 Thread Reginald George
If their service supports regular caller ID, then any standard talking caller I D should work. For example, Magic Jack is an IP phone system. And I use Panasonic cordless phones that have talking caller ID built-in with it. Usually caller ID is included with the service, so if sighted people

Re: [ATI] IP Phones

2012-01-20 Thread Reginald George
In that case, probably not. That means each phone must have the IP card inside it. There are adapters that could pass that signal to a standard phone jack, and that's what you would need. Either that or a soft phone that would run on a computer and give you the caller ID information through

Re: [ATI] IP Phones, Still up in the air

2012-01-20 Thread Reginald George
I wrote to the owner of this site. http://www.sandman.com He is the world class expert on all things telephone, and has a great catalog of hard to find items. The following is the entire thread for your edju-tainment. I'm still trying to find out what an ATA is however. To: Mike Sandman Su

Re: [ATI] IP Phones, Still up in the air

2012-01-22 Thread Reginald George
to connect to our router for our phone service here at home. I may be completely off base, but maybe it's an analog phone adapter? I'm just guessing though. Reginald George wrote: I wrote to the owner of this site. http://www.sandman.com He is the world class expert on all things

Re: [ATI] headphones

2012-01-28 Thread Reginald George
You could just get a $5.00 headphone splitter at Target and hook up a set with your speakers in back. That’s he easiest way. That way you can leave them attached all the time and just turn the speakers down when you don’t want them. Or you can get a set that runs off the USB port and has a mi

Re: [ATI] easy microwaves to use for the blind

2012-02-03 Thread Reginald George
I’ve seen them with dials at Wall-mart for as low as $40. Only problem with these are that they are very low powered, say 600 watts, and that really isn’t enough. Puffy paint isn’t so bad. The only things I marked are the minute button, start, and stop. From: Anne Murphy Sent: Friday, Feb

Re: [ATI] easy microwaves to use for the blind

2012-02-03 Thread Reginald George
riday, February 03, 2012 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [ATI] easy microwaves to use for the blind Thanks, REg - Original Message - From: Reginald George To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:37 AM Subject:

Re: [ATI] easy microwaves to use for the blind

2012-02-03 Thread Reginald George
you think it really works? - Original Message - From: Reginald George To: Adaptive technology information and support. Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [ATI] easy microwaves to use for the blind Hi Ann, I’ve found the one you want. And the price

Re: [ATI] search it

2012-02-04 Thread Reginald George
I know that the sports scores are broken in research it right now. From: irishmist Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:09 AM To: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: [ATI] search it Hi all; I can’t get search it to work. I have jaws 13. Is the a paid subscription option?

Re: [ATI] Windows 7, Outlook 2010 and Contact info

2012-02-07 Thread Reginald George
Interesting question. That would make too much sense. Just do what worked before. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn’t believe in sense, or they never would have changed it in the first place. Somehow I’m doubting that this is possible. From: Steve Crews Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:38

Re: [ATI] Windows 7, Outlook 2010 and Contact info

2012-02-07 Thread Reginald George
Hi Steve, Sorry my comments weren’t more helpful or hopeful. To make up for it I forwarded your question to another good list of smart people.After I looked a little deeper I remembered that you may be able to change the folder view so that the phone numbers show up in the list of contacts

[ATI] Windows Live Mail

2012-02-07 Thread Reginald George
How can one directly edit the auto complete information for Windows Live Mail. The contacts folder in Windows apparently has nothing to do with it, so what if you want to remove entries when their addresses change? Or what if you need to send to certain addresses only in plain text? I have d

Re: [ATI] US Bank

2012-02-13 Thread Reginald George
My old room mate Alan used to use it, and we thought it was very good at the time. From: Franklin Johnson Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:13 PM To: dh...@moblind.org ; Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] US Bank I use the audio portion but not on line. The part

Re: [ATI] Victor Stream Update

2012-02-22 Thread Reginald George
I have updated, and I’m very unhappy. The release note says that the tone parameter has been changed to that of the Stratus. Well, apparently tone is now pitch, and there’s no longer a way to adjust bass or treble on talking books. Denny, just press your power button twice to get to tone, a

Re: [ATI] Victor Stream Update

2012-02-22 Thread Reginald George
Wanted to let everyone know it is possible to revert back to the older firmware if you download it directly from the web site. A friend did do this successfully. Personally, I miss being able to roll off the treble on books, so I may be removing this new update. From: John and Donna Weidli

[ATI] Fw: Exciting News for Non-24 Sufferers!

2012-02-24 Thread Reginald George
Subject: Exciting update and screening results for the Vanda Non-24-Hour Studies in the Blind As many of you know, Vanda has been conducting research on a sleep problem related to total blindness. We have received many questions asking for information about how the study is progressing and

Re: [ATI] two files on the accessible Panasonic TV. They have 30 models for u)

2012-02-26 Thread Reginald George
Thanks Terrie for finding this one. This Interview with the Panasonic Rep is really amazing! They say you can access the user guide and schedule events with the text to speech that is built into the TV, but the best part is that all you need to turn it into a DVR is to hook up any USB hard dri

Re: [ATI] Check out VisionHunt Color Editionas far as a color id itsucks , but to tell if the lights are on , if its light out side , if the tv is on , this app is great for this at $.99 its not bad

2012-03-12 Thread Reginald George
VisionHunt Color EditionI like Light Detector as an audible light probe. It beeps, and the pitch changes if it sees light. It’s 99cents also. I bet Steve can come up with a light probe app for ?Android as well. From: From the IPHONE of Terrie L. Arnold Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:10 AM

Re: [ATI] Vingo and WordPress

2012-03-12 Thread Reginald George
There is an app called Vlingo out there, but it's certainly no Serie. It will let you dictate texts and E-mails, and do very basic voice based web searches, but you can't search Wulfrem Alpha's knowledge base, have it do math problems, set reminders and control your calendar, set timers, or do

Re: [ATI] KANSAS CITY STAR

2012-03-26 Thread Reginald George
For Terrie. Monday, Mar 26, 2012 Posted on Mon, Mar. 26, 2012 Missouri House budget proposal would eliminate aid for blind Jason Hancock The Kansas City Star Terrie Arnold feels like Missouri lawmakers are playing political games with her life. Arnold, 56, and her husband David, 57, were

Re: [ATI] KANSAS CITY STAR

2012-03-26 Thread Reginald George
For Terrie. Monday, Mar 26, 2012 Posted on Mon, Mar. 26, 2012 Missouri House budget proposal would eliminate aid for blind Jason Hancock The Kansas City Star Terrie Arnold feels like Missouri lawmakers are playing political games with her life. Arnold, 56, and her husband David, 57, were

[ATI] Fw: windows 8 narrator, provides hype and not hope

2012-03-29 Thread Reginald George
This post came through several lists. I haven't listened to this yet, but I will be soon. I encourage everyone to do the same and make their own judgments. I have played with Windows 8 narrator, and the voices are good, especially one named Sira. I thought we were promised some access t

[ATI] {Disarmed} Fw: [NUT] Recent update to Flash

2012-04-05 Thread Reginald George
Fantastic infoormation below from Kansas City’s own Steve Clark. Reg There has been yet another update to Adobe's Flash player within the past week. One of the improvements is there is now a way for Flash to automatically check for updates and apply them. It would have been nice if this feature w

Re: [ATI] eye tunes

2012-04-10 Thread Reginald George
There are free scripts and information at blindtunes.net. You don’t need the scripts to use it, but it might help. From: Anne Murphy Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:02 PM To: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: [ATI] eye tunes Does anyone have a tutorial for the blind usin

Re: [ATI] a mystery

2012-04-20 Thread Reginald George
Hi, Are you using an antenna to pick up the Sirius XM signal? Or does your XM receiver get it’s signal from their web site using your wireless network connection? If so then what is probably happening is the download takes too much of your band width to sustain an optimal stream for the signa

[ATI] Fw: Free iPhone training marathon day, May 5

2012-05-01 Thread Reginald George
Feel free to share this. I will send it to blindad and to trainer-talk and will announce it in Tidbits. Feel free to put it on any other lists where you think it belongs. Thanks to the generosity of Jackie McBride of Brighter Vision Technologies, who is letting me use a Talking Communities roo

[ATI] Fw: Funding Sources for Assistive Technology

2012-05-03 Thread Reginald George
>From Top Tech Tidbits today. The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) has put together an excellent resource about where to find funding for assistive technology called the ATIA Funding Resources Guide. This guide can be accessed by going to the following link: http://www.atia.org/i

Re: [ATI] interesting story]

2012-05-05 Thread Reginald George
Wow, I know I want to play it! Cool post! -Original Message- From: 3BlindMice Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 1:55 PM To: John ; par...@vipconduit.com ; Adaptive technology information and support. ; l...@yahoogroups.com ; bvipare...@yahoogroups.com ; Tim Sears Subject: [ATI] interesti

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