Re: Get Extra v1.0
If this is just another program or service that tells you when there are newer versions of programs you have. There have been several programs and services like this through out the years and not a one of them lasts very long.So, good luck with it.
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Re: X box One questions
So, in other words, it might be a good idea to have a sighted friend handy when I first turn it on?
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Re: Using Uber Experience
And he could have just as easily turned his gun on some random Uber passengers.Dalton was an isolated and unlikely case, I'm sure most Uber driver's are good people, still, the service is unregulated, there is no licensing or oversight to try and unsure the public
Re: Using Uber Experience
And he could have just as easily turned his gun on some random Uber passengers.Dalton was an isolated and unlikely case, I'm sure most Uber driver's are good people, still, the service is unregulated, there is no licensing or oversight to try and unsure the public
Re: Using Uber Experience
And he could have just as easily turned his gun on some random Uber passengers.The point is that after this, Uber doesn't feel their procedure for sugning up drivers needs to change.And while Dalton was an isolated and unlikely case, I'm sure most Uber driver's
Re: Using Uber Experience
And he could have just as easily turned his gun on some random Uber passengers.The point is that after this, Uber doesn't feel their procedure for sugning up drivers needs to change.And while Dalton was an isolated and unlikely case, I'm sure most Uber driver's
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
Here's some more disturbing news.On the news tonight, a poll showed that 51% of the people asked, sided with the FBI.Sometimes, John Q Public can be so clueless.
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Re: Using Uber Experience
Of course there is the Michigan Uber driver that went on a killing spree while taking Uber passengers.And Uber says they aren't going to change their driver sign up process.Now how safe do you feel using Uber?
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Re: X box One questions
Thanks all!I don't need the exact dimensions, I just wanted to know if it was a tower or a desktop in form factor. If I decide to get it, the shelf in my entertainment center where I want to put it wouldn't take a tower.And if I get it, I plan to get the X Box with
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
leibylucwgamer;What version of iTunes are you running? And on what platform.I was running v12 of iTunes on Windows, and two months ago converted all my tracks purchased from iTunes to mp3s so I could abandon the iTunes program. All my purchased
X box One questions
On the latest Blind Bargains podcast, Joe demonstrates using the X box One as an electronic program guide for your TV, so now I'm considering getting one, not only for that but also for games and as an accessible Netflix player. I have a couple of questions first.1. Is
Xbox One questions
On the latest Blind Bargains podcast, Joe demonstrates using the Xbox One as an electronic program guide for your TV, so now I'm considering getting one, not only for that but also for games and as an accessible Netflix player. I have a couple of questions first.1. Is
Re: Using Uber Experience
leibylucwgamer;I don't know that Uber of Lift do background checks on their drivers, somebody else in this thread made that claim.
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Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
leibylucwgamer;The whole idea behind Apple Music is that it is a subscription service, which means that you have the right to access the music as long as your subscription to Apple Music is current. By removing the DRM you remove that restriction
Re: Using Uber Experience
If Uber does back ground checks on their drivers, it is more than likely because of past problems.I use a small local taxi service rather than a large national brand like Yellow Cab. Because they are small they can provide personalized service. Because I am a
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
leibylucwgamer;The whole idea behind Apple Music is that it is a subscription service, which means that you have the right to access the music as long as your subscription to Apple Music is current. By removing the DRM you remove that restriction
Re: Using Uber Experience
Until services like Uber and Lift are regulated, I will continue to use taxis. Taxis are regulated such that the fares they charge are set so there will be no surprises plus the drivers have to have a taxi driver's license.Uber and Lift aren't regulated so the
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
Heh, nobody said that any of our polititians deserved to be president. Unfortunately, one of these idiots will be elected, like it or not.
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Re: Does Apple even bother to test their products?
From what the tech told me it sounded like what it gets set to during the iOS 9 update is random, as if the variable that holds the setting's value is never properly initialized. He said that because of the apparent randomness of what that
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
Here's a laugh for you.When Donald Trump, a loud mouth New York billionaire, heard about the dispute between Apple and the FBI's. Using his iPhone, he tweeted that everyone should boycott Apple until they Comply with the
Re: Does Apple even bother to test their products?
Do you have any favorites defined? It's possible that if there are no favorites, it defaults to "Everyone".
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Re: Kindle accessibility?
From my own experience, The iOS version of the Kindle app is accessible. The Windows version without the accessibility libraries is totally inaccessible. Although I have downloaded it, I haven't yet tries the Windows app with the accessibility libraries to report
Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
Yeah, the offline installer behaves just the same as the online one does. UAC asks if I want to allow the program to make changes, I respond "Yes", then nothing. When I look in the task manager, there are four instances of the google installer in the
Re: Does Apple even bother to test their products?
The settings for who to allow incoming to to sound the ringer and for whether the ringer is sounded for repeat calls are used when "Do Not Disturb" is turned off.
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Re: Does Apple even bother to test their products?
The "Do Not Disturb" feature can be controlled manually or by a schedule. I have it set so that it turns on at midnight, then turn off at 8 AM. So from 8 AM to midnight, the phone should ring for incoming calls.On the "Do Not Disturb"
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
The only iOS device I have is an iPhone 5s that I just decided to keep in lue of getting an iPhone 6s, and that is for communication and information, not for entertainment. For entertainment I have a Victor Reader Stream, and for game playing I
Re: Does Apple even bother to test their products?
I did have "Do Not Disturb" on but only on a schedule so my phone wouldn't ring while I was sleeping. In that mode setting who to ring for to "No one" makes no sense at all.The cellular carrier tech said that with the release of iOS 9,
Is the forum server having problems?
Is the server the forum run on having some kind of problem?Several times today I've gotten error messages while trying to access the forums. So far I've gotten a couple of "Service not available" messages as well as a message about the server generating
Does Apple even bother to test their products?
For several months, I had a problem with my cellular carrier in that my phone wouldn't ring or show a missed call for most of my incoming calls. Usually the only way I was aware that someone called me was when their voice mail message
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
That's why I avoid software that requires online activation as much as possible. For most games, that means buying a physical box with discs inside. Most of those use a discs check instead of online activation. So I'm not dependant on some server
Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
Just out of curiosigy, has anyone tried tapping the back twice? For me it's seems to be an easy work around for the problem.
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Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
Chrome is out for me for the present, the installer hangs every time I try to run it.Oh well.
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Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
I guess the bottom line is that I simply don't understand how or why everyone feels that it is wrong for content creators to protect their intellectual property from thieves. Do you all leave your homes unlocked while you're away?
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Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
If that's the case, I might have to give Chrome a try, For me, Firefox wasn't good enough to get me to switch my primary browser from Internet Explorer.
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Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
Socheat;If that's the case, I might have to give Chrome a try, For me, Firefox wasn't good enough to get me to switch my primary browser from Internet Explorer.
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Re: a problem with IOS 9 voice over
I am using iOS 9 on an iPhone 5s and don't have this problem. But then I'm using the default voices, could it be a problem between iOS 9 and the voice you are using?
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Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
I considered trying it but I heard that Chrome wasn't very accessible.
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Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
leibylucwgamer wrote:I've recently found a program called Noteburner iTunes DRM Audio Converter that strips Apple Music content of its DRM encoding. It works successfully and I would recommend it to anyone.Best Regards,LukeI didn't know iTunes
Re: What Are Your Favorite Lighters
Rectagular Bics must be new. In all of the 30 years that I smoked, I've never run across a rectangular Bic, they were all ovals. And yes, the small ones didn't have a flame size adjustment, but the big ones, also known as the original Bic, did have the
Re: Why doesn't my back button work?
I can verify that this is happening for me too. I'm running Windows 7, Firefox 44.0.2, and JAWS 17. But I also figured out that if you hit the left arrow two times, you will go back a page. At least I did when I tried it.As for why? I suspect that
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Sebby,I guess that's the difference between you and me. I try to look at things with a positive, rather than a negative view. DRM is here to stay, so instead of focusing on the negative points of that fact, I try to put a positive spin on it.
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Whether DRM causes harm depends on what it does.Before I lost my vision I was an avid gamer. Almost all of the games I played had some form of DRM protecting them, yet I never experienced any problems with the DRM, even when the vendor put very
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Ouch, I didn't realize that Amazon actively tries to prevent multiple accounts. I guess that means that I'll never use Audible until there's an easy way to remove their DRM.Not that it matters, since Audible books end up on BARD in a couple of
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Ouch, I didn't realize that Amazon actively tries to prevent multiple accounts. I guess that means that I'll never use Audible until there's an easy way to remove their DRM.Not that it matters, since Audible books end up on BARD in a couple of
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
The only thing polititians know is how to lie, cheat, and steal.Beyond that, they are clueless. That's why they have advisers to explain things to them.
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Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
I understand that Audible talking books are in mp3 format, they just have a DRM wrapper around them.Before I'd be willing to use Audible, I'd first make sure I had a way to remove the DRM from my purchased books just as I did with my Kindle
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
I understand that Audible talking books are in mp3 format, they just have a DRM wrapper around them.Before I'd be willing to use Audible, I'd first make sure I had a way to remove the DRM from my purchased books just as I did with my Kindle
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
What's scary to me is that the FBI isn't just requesting that Apple help then get access to that one phone's data, which is what they should be asking for, they are asking Apple to create a backdoor program that the FBI
Re: looking for ideas to help me with my independence
I was floored when I heard that banks were allowing debit cards to overdraft your account, I had always thought that any charge to the debit card that would overdraw the account would be declined. I mean isn't that the whole idea behind
Re: What Are Your Favorite Lighters
Bics are butane lighters, if you buy the bigger ones, they have a wheel that allows you to adjust the flame size. The Bic can easily provide a proper flame for lighting a pipe.
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Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
wanderer wrote:Ideally the books would be sold as standard MP3 files, then this wouldn't be an issue.I agree, that's why I don't use audible myself, instead I buy my talking books from some sites I've found that offer them as MP3s. Their books
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
According to the news tonight, Apple may no longer have a choice. The news story said that a judge has now ordered Apple to comply with the FBI's request. The story also said that if Apple decides to continue to fight the
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
I thought I said as much in my first paragraph.My example was for Amazon's closing his account.It's unfortunate that the Amazon and Audible accounts are the same account. Ideally they should be separate. Then his audible.com books wouldn't be
Re: What Are Your Favorite Lighters
About 30 years ago I tried smoking a pipe for a while. If my memory is correct, it helps a lot to light the pipe evenly across the whole bowl, so a flame about twice as big as the flame you'd need to light a cigarette helps.
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Re: looking for ideas to help me with my independence
I live in the US, because all our paper money is the same size, we have to use folding the bills a specific way for each bill denomination. I've heard that in a couple of years, they will start embossing the bills with brail like dots
Re: looking for ideas to help me with my independence
I live in the US, because all our paper money is the same size, we have to use folding the bills a specific way for each bill denomination. I've heard that in a couple of years, they will start embossing the bills with brail like dots
Re: looking for ideas to help me with my independence
I live in the US, because all our paper money is the same size, we have to use folding the bills a specific way for each bill denomination. I've heard that in a couple of years, they will start embossing the bills with brail like dots
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
While I agree that your brother's already purchased collection of digital content should be accessible to him perpetually. I can also see Amazon's point of view.Consider this. You are a the owner of a store. You have a customer that returns most
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
I recently saw a story about this on the news.Acording to Apple, what the FBI wants doesn't exist. Apple says, that the problem with back doors like the FBI is referring to is that they work for both the good and the bad
Re: some disturbing news: a letter from apple to all apple customers
I recently saw a story about this on the news.Acording to Apple, what the FBI wants doesn't exist. Apple says, that the problem with back doors like the FBI is referring to is that they work for both the good and the bad
Re: What Are Your Favorite Lighters
Oh, I almost forgot, regarding smoking, I am so thankful I managed to quit seven and a half years ago, and so far, I've had no cravings, desires, or thoughts of ever picking up that habit again.
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Re: I need fantasy book recommendations
I recommend Dennis L McKiernan's Mithgar series. There are about a dozen books in the series, each book is a stand alone story so there's no need to read them in any particular order. They are similar to Tolkien, especially in character types, also,
Re: What Are Your Favorite Lighters
One thing Iron Cross forgot to mention about lighting gas grills. Always open the cover and leave it that way until the grill is lighted. That will prevent the gas from building up to dangerously explosive levels.
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Re: A question to old Jaws users
Because I changed it so long ago, I can't remember what it was, I believe that one of the JAWS shortcuts has a keyboard shortcut defined by default. It's some combination of control, shift, alternate, plus J.To be reasonably certain that the JAWS shortcut
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Since it is the goal of every operating system vendor to sell copies of their products, every one of them are guilty of some form of privacy invasion because they need the demographic information to streamline and improve the effectiveness of their
Re: Where do you get your music?
I haven't tried it so I don't know for sure, but apparently, if you use the Amazon full site instead of the accessible site, after the purchase, Amazon will prompt you to use their downloader, but you can choose not to use it and then you'll be able to use
Re: so, how do I work with amazon's Kindle for PC?
Since 95% of my reading is for entertainment, being able to spell a work isn't all that important to me, however if you are freading for other purposes like learning, I can easily see where being able to get the spelling of a work could be
Re: Of battery, battery charging, and checking culler of lights.
What kind of battery is it? I've heard from several sources that you aren't supposed to deep cycle lithium Ion batteries because when the charge on it gets that low, it affects the battery's chemistry.I have a colorino color
Re: a new site for all of us
I'm sorry but I need to be able to see if the web site has anything I want before I'll give up any personal information to create an account. For all I know, the site could be just an email harvester gathering email addresses to sell to who knows who.Pass,
Re: Accessible Windows Image restore?
I had to do this a couple of months ago when some malware got into my system.I used a talking Windows PE environment and used the backup and restore in it to do the image restore.I don't recall if there were portions of the process without voice
Re: Bar code scanning apps for iOS?
Ooops! Never mind then. Strange that I never considered that his room mates might be sighted.
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Re: Best Bookshare app for Windows?
OK, I stand corrected then. Where did you find that? I looked on the web site and couldn't find any list of trial version limitations, which gave me the impression that there weren't any, so I just assumed that they were using the most common trial
Re: Bar code scanning apps for iOS?
But, what does your room mate use?
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Re: Best Bookshare app for Windows?
For QRead, I believe is that the trial version is the full verson that will quit working after something like 30 days.
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Re: Best Bookshare app for Windows?
For QRead, I believe that the trial is the full version that quits working after something like 30 days.
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Re: Where do you get your music?
I feel the same way regarding how I'll listen to the Victor Reader Stream, if its just talking books or podcasts, the built in speaker is more than adequate for the job. For music, I have a pair of J4 JBuds that I really like that have excellent sound
Re: Where do you get your music?
Dark,Years ago when I was using a Zune media player, I wanted better quality earphones than what came with the Zune. While shopping I ran across the J4 JBuds, they were described as being ruggedized with metal bodies and tangle proof cords. They came with a
Re: Where do you get your music?
I held off my weekly backup of my system until the work with the music library was completed, then after it was copied to the Victor Reader Stream, I did the system backup.After the system back up was done, I uninstalled iTunes, Apple application support,
Re: Victor Reader Stream New Generation Firmware 4.6 Released
The Victor Reader Stream does download as a background task, where your computer does it as a foreground task. Foreground tasks have a higher priority than background tasks so they run faster.That said, I've not found the Victor
Re: Best Bookshare app for Windows?
I'd recommend taking a look at QRead. It's a nice and very accessible file reader, that can be configured to access your Book Share account directly to get books. I'm not shure what it's entire list of features are because I primarily got it to read PDF
Re: Best Bookshare app for Windows?
I'd recommend taking a look at QRead. It's a nice and very accessible file reader, that can be configured to access your Book Share account directly to get books. I'm not shure what it's entire list of features are because I primarily got it to read PDF
Re: Where do you get your music?
Whew! My 32 GB SD card for the Victor Reader Stream arrived yesterday, so I spent the whole day rearranging my music collection so I could use folders instead of having to create playlists. Its the same method Dark uses, he told me about it, and I liked it.
Re: Victor Reader Stream New Generation Firmware 4.6 Released
I just got my Victor Reader Stream so I have the model with 6 GB of internal storage. After the update to 4.6, I know I've downloaded some podcasts with no problems. I haven't tried downloading from BARD or Book Share yet. I
Re: Where do you get your music?
Jack, absolutely. And that's one of the things that technology like the Internet is doing for artists. Back in the day, you either got a contract with a record label or nobody knew who the heck you were.Now a days, artists can make their own recordings, and
Re: Victor Reader Stream New Generation Firmware 4.6 Released
I'll just say this. Man! I wish I'd bought one of these instead of an iPod two years ago!After thinking about it a short while, I've decided to leave the wireless on, as I do my iPhone, unless I'm somewhere, like an airplane,
Re: Where do you get your music?
No, I'm not that naive. But if I buy music from a reputable music store, the artists have a better chance of being paid than if I ripped it from a youtube video.
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Bar code scanning apps for iOS?
Dark wrote:@Figment, I thought there was a better product scanner than either of the ones you mention, though perhaps ask in a fresh topic.Dark, if there is, I haven't found it yet and would love to hear about it.For almost two years, I've been using Red
Re: Brailsoft?
Well, this time it finished scanning for MP3s, but no list of tracks. Apparently the program doesn't present your tracks collection until you tell it you want to do something with them. Not what I was expecting.It also appears that every time you start it, it has to scan for
Re: Brailsoft?
Well, this time it finished scanning for MP3s, but no list of tracks. Apparently the program doesn't present your tracks collection until you tell it you want to do something with them. Not what I was looking for.It also appears that every time you start it, it has to scan
Re: Any suggestions for a pdf reader?
LOL! They tried that back in the 90s in a couple of PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant). Let's just say the experience was rather underwhelming.Unless you were careful to form the letters properly, it fell apart rather quickly and spectacularly.The one
Re: Brailsoft?
Surprise, I finally heard from them last night. He said he had stopped development of the program because there was very little demand for it. There is another email address, it in Music Categorizer's read me, and that is the email address he's emailing me from.
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Re: Where do you get your music?
Sebby, Again you completely missed my point, I believe intentionally, because your blind love of all things Apple have blinded you to alternative possibilities, so we'll just agree to disagree.
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Re: Brailsoft?
According to Music Categorizzer's trial reminder, you only get five runs before you have to buy it to keep using it. I think this will be my last attempt, then my five runs will be used up.When I tried it again last night, it stated scanning, this time there was no error
Re: Is instantbird dead yet?
It probably should be.I've never heard of instantbird before and wondered what it was so I went to their web site to find out.They must not care if anybody cares about the project or not because no where on their home page was even the smallest attempt made to
Re: Any suggestions for a pdf reader?
I second the vote for QRead, A short while back, I was also looking for an alternative to Adobe Reader and had it recommended to me by two people. I tried it and liked it, so I bought a license.You can get QRead here:http://q-continuum.net/I tried
Re: Where do you get your music?
Sebby;Ah, but that is where you are wrong. If you want to load media on your iOS device, your only choice is iTunes. Apple could have been people friendly and simply made their devices look like external mass storage devices with preset folders for where to
Re: Future coltures of people?
Maybe, but the USA and the UK can be the greatest of allies, and still get wiped off the face of the planet as collateral damage when a couple of crazies in the middle east decide to duke it out with nuclear weapons or some other form of mass destruction.And
Re: Brailsoft?
Well, still no response to emails and apparently nobody here knows anything either.Better grab their free games if you want them while they are still available, because it looks to me like they are not long for this world.
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Re: Where do you get your music?
Dark,For me, the number of games there are doesn't mean any thing, to me, my phone is a communication and information device, not an entertainment device.I said I would look at Android, not that I would switch. I may not care for iOS and Apple's controlling
Re: Brailsoft?
I checked the file date of the executable and found it was eight years old, that plus no response from emails kind of tells me that not only is music categorizer dead, but it looks like Brailsoft is too. So without further ado, I deleted it.
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