Drive encryption
I will be traveling over the next couple of months, so my computer won't always be in a secure location as it is when I'm at home.My Windows account is password protected, but as most of us know, Windows isn't all that secure.Before I lost my vision and was still working,
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: 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: 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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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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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
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: how can i get filescanner?
http://www.filescanner.org/
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Re: how can i get filescanner?
http://www.filescanner.org/You could have found this yourself by searching for "filescanner" on Google.
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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: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
In answer to whether DRM is evil, my answer is no. What is evil are the companies that mis use it. What is mis use? Mis use is DRM models that clearly force you into a situation of actualy renting the content you purchased.As an example, consider
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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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
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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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?
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: 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: 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?
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: 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: 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
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
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
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,
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?
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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?
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
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: 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: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
In other words, we're all going the direction of China, who doesn't honor any copyright or patent laws at all.They buy products with the sole intention of figuring out how to make them, the start mass producing copies
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
Too many meaningless URLs replacing what might have been meaningful words made that message nothing but unintelligible gibberish.
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Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
What you provided was some words with some URLs scattered among them. By them selves, the only way anyone can get any meaning from the URLs is to follow them, which I choose not to do, so if you want to get your message
Re: Furious at my laptop
From experience most of these installer add ons are things like Google, Yahoo or Bing tool bars or some other supposedly useful browser add ons for Internet Explorer, most are considered malware because the uninstallers provided rarely remove the offending
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
Talk to Apple about software patents. Back when Microsoft released Windows 2, it looked and acted so much like a Macintosh that Apple sued Microsoft over look and feel issues and won. Microsoft had to pull Windows 2 from
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
Talk to Apple about software patents. Back when Microsoft released Windows 2, it looked and acted so much like a Macintosh that Apple sued Microsoft over look and feel issues and won. Microsoft had to pull Windows 2 from
Re: Microsoft's new "Seeing AI" for the Visually Impared
Another problem with E Sight, is that, at present they have no dealers, so to get a demo you either have to wait for them to come to your area or go to Montreal.I do have some vision left in that I can see light sources and things
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously?
I don't have any problem with people favoring their personal choices and telling others about them. I'd have never learned about NVDA otherwise. And after hearing about it, I did give it a try for a solid two weeks by which I mean that during
Re: accessible backup tools
I currently use the Backup & Restore utility that comes with Windows.I have licenses for Acronis True Image 2012, which I bought before I lost my vision. I'd have really liked to continue using it but it is so heavily skinned that I doubt that it is accessible,
Re: Using Uber Experience
OK, an independent rating system helps. Both eBay and Amazon have them and I use them.But honestly, actually encouraging people to break laws? That's going too far and I won't encourage them.
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Re: accessible backup tools
@SebbyThat's a good point about knowing what platform is being used.For image backups on Windows the two best programs that I have personally used are Acronis True Image, which can do both image and file by file backups in three modes, full, incremental, and
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously?
If, as many of you did, posted about how one screen reader works better with Internet Explorer and that another worked best with Firefox, that's not a flame because no opinions are being put forth and that one screen reader doesn't work well
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
@SebbyThat's why I only used Steam for games that were exclusive to it. Some other users say that Valve has promised and alternative unlock for Steam games should Steam ever be shut down, but so far no one has been able to provide proof in
Re: text in images: how to read it?
If you use JAWS, while an image is being displayed, press the JAWS key plus space, then press 'O', then press 'W'. JAWS will then use it's built in OCR engine to scan the images, and will read the result to you.NVDA might have a similar feature or add in
Re: Any Good Modem Suggestions?
@SebbyIt depends on what you get.Back before I lost my vision, when I lived in Chicago, I got my internet from SBC (now AT) via DSL.The modem they supplied performed well but had the nasty habit of crashing when I used Steam's server browser to find online
Re: Using Uber Experience
Here's another good reason not to use Uber.Where I live Uber is illegal because they refuse to provide background checks on its drivers to our public transportation authorities, so they can't get a license to operate.So how does Uber respond? Instead of providing
Another screen reader flame war? Seriously?
A couple of days ago I posted a topic here that was basically a rant about Firefox's iffy accessibility. There were a number of replies with suggestions and some simply acknowledging that all browsers have accessibility issues of one sort or
Firefox accessible? What a frigging joke!
For a while I've been using Internet Explorer first and Firefox for a couple of sites that aren't fully accessible with IE.Today I thought I'd switch my default browser to Firefox. But while exploring Firefox further, I discovered that unlike
Re: Apple: The Unsettling Rumor
I personally don't care if the iPhone has a headphone jack or not.1. I don't use my iPhone for entertainment so the built in speakers or just fine.2. For those very rare instances where I might want to keep what voiceover says private, I use blue tooth head
Re: A Question About The Wheel Of Time
It very simple and is pretty much true for any good vs evil story.Without evil there can be no good.Good and evil are relative to each other. Take away either one and the other looses the point of reference that gives it meaning.
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Re: Apple: The Unsettling Rumor
@Nocturnus;JAWS uses pitch to indicate whether a letter is capitalized or not, it also uses pitch when reading, especially with long passages, the voice's pitch lowers as it progresses through the block of text. If you don't like the pitch changes, you can
Re: Easy Access to eBooks with Codex
I already have your program and used it to remove the DRM from all my Kindle books so I could play them on my Victor Reader Stream. I have since uninstalled it because I don't plan to buy any more Kindle books.
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Re: Thank you Apple: my wrist just got a makeover
Why does a guide dog matter, whether you Use a guide dog makes no difference. You have one hand occupied with holding the dog's harness or holding a white cane, either way you have one hand occupied, you still have the other hand to reach
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
For me, it isn't that they apologized. There should have never been anything to apologize for in the first place.Sebby;Where do you get that Hartgen was as bad as Dictation Bridge? All Hartgen was doing was reminding the
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser?
I don't know about what others are saying, but from my own experiences, using Windows 7 and JAWS. I find Internet Explorer the most accessible with Firefox running a close second.Since I cxant get Chrome to install, I can't rate it
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
On the assumption that Brian's blog is accurate:I'm very disappointed that the people behind the Dictation Bridge project feel it necessary to attack and threaten Hartgen Consultancy as they have.To loose three valuable
Re: Thank you Apple: my wrist just got a makeover
I'm sorry but I fail to see why I should spend three to four hhundred dollars for a device to put on my wrist that is nothing more than an alternate user interface for other Apple devices so that I don't have to take them out of my pocket
Re: OCR add on for jaws or NDVA
Try JAWS key + space, then O, then W first. It's always possible the control doesn't have anything to OCR. Running the OCR on the whole window will tell you what text is there, if you don't hear anything about the control you are interested in, trying to OCR
Re: "Hartgen Consultancy, we'll Bury You In a Pile of US Legal Hell!"
In case I've been misunderstood. I had nothing to say against Hartgen Consultancy or Dictation Bridge, both companies produce products that can make the lives of visually impaired people a little better.The Dictation
Re: screw you paypal
My biggest complaint about PayPal is that they act like a bank but are not subject to the laws that banks have to abide by. So you hear lots of stories about people with a lot of money in their PayPal accounts that PayPal has frozen and left them with no recourse for
Re: Microsoft's new "Seeing AI" for the Visually Impared
Sigh, no matter how good the news is, some people will go out of their way to throw stones at it without regard for the people it would help.This does sound very cool. I looked at the E Sight eye wear, but at $15,000 they are way
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