Re: OneDrive Users: Changes for the Worse
That's why I don't buy into any claims of providing unlimited anything. Besides not being sustainable, invariably, a few people taking advantage ultimately ruins it for everyone else.
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Re: apple tv 4th gen and TVOS9.0
[[wow]]! Sounds nice!In my search for an accessible TV, I'm considering an Apple TV as part of the answer.I'd still like to find one of the TVs with voice feedback that was promised in the Communications and Video AccessibilityAct, as I understood it, TVs
Re: apple tv 4th gen and TVOS9.0
[[wow]]! Sounds nice!In my search for an accessible TV, I'm considering an Apple TV as part of the answer.I'd still like to find one of the TVs with voice feedback that was promised in the Communications and Video AccessibilityAct, as I understood it, TVs
Re: Happy white cane day!
Sorry I'm late! But, happy white cane day to everyone!What I've been looking for, and haven't been able to find, probably because it doesn't exist. Is a cane tip that acts like the ball in a ball point pen so as to reduce wear on the tip. Either that or a ball tip
Windows 10 upgrade
Does anyone know if its possible to download and burn a DVD with a CD key if needed, without actually upgrading with the free Windows 10 upgrade?I'm currently using Windows 7 and want to continue using it. But if something should happen that requires reinstalling
Re: audio converter
I have only used it to convert .ogg files to .mp3.It appears to support .avi files for input as it allows me to add them to it's input queue.
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Re: audio converter
If the file you are downloading is an audio format such as .wav or .ogg, I use FreeMake. It's readily accessible through your screen reader.http://www.freemake.comThe web site says its a free alternative to paid video convertors. Either FreeMake can convert videos as
Re: Accessible Treadmill?
This apartment complex doesn't have a life guard, people under 18,kids, aren't allowed to use the pool without adult supervision.I suspect the apartment complex is afraid of getting sued if someone got hurt. Especially when you consider that, here in the US,
Re: Starwars episode 7, lets speculate
@Dark;The Jedi don't need projectile weapons, they just throw their light saber and control where it goes with the force. Darth Vader did this during one part of his battle with Luke in Emperor PalPatine's chambers in Return of the Jedi.Now that
Audio described tracks on DVDs
Thanks to the Blind Mice Movie Vault, I have experienced movies and TV shows with audio description.I'd like to be able to find out if any of the DVDs in my collection have audio tracks with audio description on them. Can anyone tell me the simplest or best
Re: Accessible Treadmill?
Several months back I decided that the safest way for me to exercise would be to use some kind of exercise equipment so I could remain stationary while exercising.I did some searching and ran across an article that basically said that there weren't any exercise
Re: Appology and other things
To each his own, each person has to choose his or her own path through life. If you believe that leaving the blind community is the best thing for you, go for it and just ignore anyone that gives you grief about your choice.And to keep things peaceful and
Audio described tracks on DVDs
Thanks to the Blind Mice Movie Vault, I have been enjoying movies and TV shows with audio description.I'd like to be able to find out if any of the DVDs in my collection have audio tracks with audio description on them. Can anyone tell me the simplest or best
Re: Accessible Treadmill?
Before I lost my vision, I used to stay in shape by swimming a mile every week. Unfortunately, the only swimming pool I have access to is the one owned by the apartment complex I live in and they won't allow me to use their pool for safety and liability reasons,
Re: Accessible Treadmill?
There are anti discrimination laws here in the US, and if I wanted to I could take them to task and gain access to the pool.The trouble is, I can easily understand where they are coming from. I can easily imagine situations that would be caused by my blindness
Re: Audio described tracks on DVDs
Thanks for that, however, I notice that the lists are oriented toward DVDs available in the UK and I'm in the US so they are of limited value.I don't generally use my PC to play DVDs, so the only program I currently have is Windows Media Player which,
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@Dark - LOL!Terminator asked what we thought of his idea, I thought my response said that I didnt like it and would stay away. I didnt try to tell him he shouldnt do it or anything. I also dont care whether they dislike my dislike or not or if
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@the terminator ironcross32;Oh I get it now, the people on the forum arent interested in hearing opinions they dont agree with.If this is tipical of this forum, its no wonder we have topics like Distancing myself from the blind community.Fine,
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@the terminator ironcross32;Oh I get it know, the people on the forum arent interested in hearing opinions they dont agree with.If this is tipical of this forum, its no wonder we have topics like Distancing myself from the blind community.Fine,
Re: sapi5 eloquence
at $69 the atguys price is basically the same as the code factory price but without the exchange rate fluctuations.
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Re: keynote gold synthesizer
It certainly sounds smooth, but for me it sounds too much like a computer, but then maybe thats the intent.
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Re: The rules of good discussion, please read
First of all, I am guilty of some, or all?, of the offenses listed in Darks message and for that I ask that you accept my opologies. When I was growing up, because of the heavy and strong glasses I had to wear, I was bullied and teased a lot
Re: Very disappointed by some people
I, for one, dont judge muslim by the extremists that commit all sorts of attrocities in the name of Alla,because I dont believe for an instant that in the Koran, or whatever their holy book is called if I got that wrong, says that Alla told his people
Re: Accessible email client
For now Im going to keep using Thunderbird, by googling disable external content blocked alert thunderbird I found out how to disable those annoying alerts.Thanks to all for your input and suggestions, they are all appreciated. A special thanks for the link to
Re: Accessible email client
@AlexN94;Youre welocme and thankyou for the thumbs up, not that I worry too much about that.While I was working, I loved Outlook, it help me keep my working life in order. But now that Im disabled/retired, Outlook is way too overkill for my personal needs and
Having fun with Apple's Siri
I just recently got a nice speaker dock for my 5th generation iPod Touch. Since I play to leave my iPod in the dock, I turned the new Hey Siri! rgeature. Fot those that dont know, the Hey! Siri! feature sets Siri to listen constantly for you to say Hey Siri!
Re: The rules of good discussion, please read
Done.
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Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
Dark, I think I confused you, sorry, Ill try again. Hey Siri is a feature that allows you to talk to Siri without needing to press the home button, all you do is say, Hey Siri to your device, and Siri responds. To do this at least a small part of Siri has
Re: Accessible email client
Ok, Im admitting defeat, is there a setting somewhere that tells Thunderbird to always open the inbox folder at ? I couldnt find anything in options or even in the configuration manager.
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Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
Dark, I think I confused you, sorry, Ill try again. Hey Siri is a feature that allows you to talk to Siri without needing to press the home button, all you do is say, Hey Siri to your device, and Siri responds. To do this at least a small part of Siri has
Re: Which OS should I choose when I use Sonar with vmware player?
Not to derail this thread, but, is Sonar a distribution of Linux or just a program that makes Linux accessible, such as a screen reader?I ask because several years ago I used Scientific Linux at work and noticed it had a
Re: my internet radio station
From Florida in the United States, Internet Explorer tells me it cannot load the page and Mozilla Firefox tells me there is a problem loading the page.Also it would nice if youd tell us what kind of radio station it is, i.e., music, news, talk, what?
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Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
@afrim, I tried some of your questions, the answers werent all that great, I cant answer that. and I dont really know.. As for your, ahem, other questions, since the Siri app is just a user interface for the Siri program running on an Apple owned server
Re: Which OS should I choose when I use Sonar with vmware player?
Thanks, Jack.
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Re: a few complaints about the blind comunity
@Dark;Those labels sound rather small for bar codes. When you read a label, do you have to pass the pen friend over the label as if scanning a bar code?
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Re: Installing 32 bit Windows 7 Home Premium
Well, its done, Im now running full time on the SSD! Gawd I hate reloading Windows!For fun I put the old hard drive back in and timed a few things like starting up, starting a fewprograms right after booting, and a few other tasks. Then put the
Re: Accessible email client
Well, at least I can say I tried it, but it looks like Thunderbird is going to get booted out of my system. While trying it, Ive encountered a number of annoyances and problems, some of which Ive been able to resolve, but this last one not only doesnt seem to
Re: Apple Music
I was just over at AppleVis looking at their blog about the new music app and the comments from their members. By far the hottest topic is that apparently you are automatically signed up to follow all the artists in your music collection. Its not known whether this is a bug
Re: Apple Music
I was just over at AppleVis looking at their blog about the new music app and the comments from their members. By far the hottest topic is that apparently you are automatically signed up to follow all the artists in your music collection. Its not known whether this is a bug
Re: Sapi5 has been sucsesfaly repaired!
Whenever you are considering changing things in the registry, either by program or manually, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you understand what you are doing and or using. That means knowing the source of the program that will be making the changes. Thats
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
IronCross;You should take your own advice.
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Accessible email client
Ive been using Outlook for email, only because the rehabilitation center said it was the best choice. Im not so sure of that, for my needs its way over kill. What are you using for email, my needs are real simple, I just want a clean and easy to work with email
Re: sapi5 eloquence
Trenton Goldshark wrote:Please note, if you do buy it from CompRoom, youll have to convert the pricing to your local native currency. Unles its automattic on the site...There is no USA distribute place yet.The site does not do the currency conversion for you, it works
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
Unless Dark has appointed you as some kind of forum deputy,. It isnt your place to tell others what they should or shouldnt do. I will say no more.
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Re: Accessible email client
@Jack;Way cool, man! Cheech Chong Before Windows 2000 I used Netscape Navigator, but after version 4.5 it got real buggy, so I switched to Internet Explorer and Outlook Express when I upgraded to Windows 2000. Ive had to settle for Outlook after I upgraded to
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
the terminator wrote:tell me your opinions. Maybe we will host it, with time.You asked for my opinion without specifying that only positive opinions were allowed. If youre unwilling to accept negative criticisms, then you shouldnt ask for any at
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@Wanderer;Well said! thumbs upI agree with you about message 12, Ive looked through all my messages in this thread and cannot see where I am even hinting at suggesting telling anyone what I thought they should or shouldnt do.They call me a bully
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@Dark - LOL!Terminator asked what we thought of his idea, I thought my response said that I didnt like it and would stay away. I didnt try to tell him he shouldnt do it or anything. I also dont care whether they dislike my dislike or not or if
Re: Accessible email client
Ok, Im trying Mozilla Thunderbird for email.Every time I highlight an email with external graphics, Thunderbird pops up an alert about blocking the external content. Other than allowing the content, how do you stop that very annoying alert from popping up?If
Re: Accessible email client
@john;I have Office 2007, which has the ribbons, and I dont mind them. JAWS has an option that causes it to present them as if they were classic drop down menus. But Ill find that 2009 version you mentioned because what you describe sounds so simple which is
Re: 4chan for blind and visually inpaired?
@Dark - LOL!Terminator asked what we thought of his idea, I thought my response said that I didnt like it and would stay away. I didnt try to tell him he shouldnt do it or anything. I also dont care whether they dislike my dislike or not or if
Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
Dark, I think I confused you, sorry, Ill try again. Hey Siri is a feature that allows you to talk to Siri without needing to press the home button, all you do is say, Hey Siri to your device, and Siri responds. To do this at least a small part of Siri has
Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
iPhones in the UK may be different from those in the US, I have an iPhone 5s, I can choose either male or female for Siri, but get no such choice for VoiceOver, it is always female, and Siri defaults to a female voice.As far as your preference for UK
Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
Ooh! Dont even think about getting me started on those telephone answering computers!Believe me, youd regret it.
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Re: Sapi5 has been sucsesfaly repaired!
According to the web site it was established in 2006, so its been around about nine years. With that much time, the program has probably been deleted, maybe they found that it did more harm than good.Im a JAWS user and I just learned of the JAWS
Re: Sapi5 has been sucsesfaly repaired!
According to the web site it was established in 2006, so its been around about nine years. With that much time, the program has probably been deleted, maybe they found that it did more harm than good.Im a JAWS user and I just learned of the JAWS
Re: Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata, 55, dies
Game consoles didnt exist until I was somewhere between 25 and 30 years old, so Nintendo didnt have that much of an influence in my life.But of all the game consoles out there, I liked the Wii the best, mainly because you were expected to get
Re: The best video game soundtracks?
Well, heres another interesting thread to drag, kicking, biting, and screaming, back from the dead. I dont recognize most of the games mentioned, primarily because Ive never had access to a console, so I ended up being a PC gamer.I have a small
Re: Sapi5 has been sucsesfaly repaired!
If it was there, it isnt now, theres nothing called Fix Registry on the site.
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Re: Accessible email client
Because I prefer not to have my email client running all the time, I use a program called Mail Bell which sits in the system tray and monitors my email account and notifies me when new email arrives. Unfortunately, Mail Bell is no longer a free program, Im
Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
I wouldnt call this fun, but it is related.Isnt it interesting how dependant on technology weve become. I had a scare from Siri this morning. All of a sudden, Siri stopped responding to hey Siri or holding down the Home button. I tried everything except
Re: Having fun with Apple's Siri
I wouldnt call this fun, but it is related.Isnt it interesting how dependant on technology weve become. I had a scare from Siri this morning. All of a sudden, Siri stopped responding to hey Siri or holding down the Home button. I tried everything except
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
Dark, lucky you! It may have been on cassette as opposed to being a modern digital book, but at lease you got to listen to a human read the book. The talking book library hasn't gotten around to digitizing
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
I don't know where you get your information but JAWS is not used only by institutions, I myself and most of my blind friends plus most of the blind people I know use it and we are hardly an institution. Or maybe that's just wishful
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Whether this is a good thing or bad depends on several factors.If Optelec wasn't doing that well, the merger with Freedom Scientific may keep products on the market that would otherwise have disappeared. On the other hand, it sounds like
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
Dark, Out of curiosity, what format did you get Tailchaser's Song in from the Library of Congress?
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Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Reviewing the article further, I ran across this:Both companies were recently acquired by Vector Capital, a San Francisco based firm that invests in market leading global technology companies.“We are excited to bring together two of the
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Whether this is a good thing or bad depends on several factors.If Optelec wasn't doing that well, the merger with Freedom Scientific may keep products on the market that would otherwise have disappeared. On the other hand, it sounds like
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
severestormsteve1 wrote:1, it's easy to set up and get running, whereas JAWS requires registration, and from my experience people actually had to be called, to help my vision teacher and I install it.You must have run into an unusual
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
Yeah, I don't care for synthesized reading, but it is better than not being able to read the book at all. What I really need is a decent stand alone text to speech DAISY book reader with a decent voice similar to
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Excuse me, but it was you who made this personal by questioning whether I could buy JAWS without assistance. That remark was, in my opinion, entirely un called for, or as the British would put it, completely over the top.And now, I will
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Excuse me, but it was you who made this personal by questioning whether I could buy JAWS without assistance. That remark was, in my opinion, entirely un called for, or as the British would put it, completely over the top.And now, I will
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
In the Stormlight Archives, I thought the first book was a lot better than the second, I hope that's not a sign of where things are headed.If you like Tolkien, I highly recommend Dennis McKiernan's Mithgar series.
Re: The Coolest Little Computer!
I think those were designed with the idea that you set up multiple work stations where you need them, then just carry the computer and it's storage with you.That being said, I'll keep my laptop, thanks. It's a computer and a work station all in one compact,
Re: Alternatives to Adobe's Reader for viewing PDFs
I'll try it, but I have my doubts it's a virus. I mean why trash Windows just because I uninstalled Adobe Reader unless the virus author intended it as an attack on Adobe?
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Re: The mind blowing deal for the NS studios sound library!
Got the links and the file. :-DSo here's the deal with the CAPTCHA. Apparently someone at PayPal thinks that a CAPTCHA proves that the person making the purchase is the holder of the PayPal account being used. I didn't know
Re: The mind blowing deal for the NS studios sound library!
Well, for whatever reason, when I use Internet Explorer, PayPal throws up that impassible CAPTCHA, but when I use Firefox, no CAPTCHA appears.Which means that PayPal at least needs to be made aware that their CAPTCHA is a road
Re: help with Iphone
Does a hard reset clear the data on the phone?
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Re: The mind blowing deal for the NS studios sound library!
That's just it, I was using the PayPal option to pay for the sound library.I suppose it's possible the CAPTCHA is from PayPal, but I've used them many times to pay for things before this and never had to pass a CAPTCHA until now.
Re: Alternatives to Adobe's Reader for viewing PDFs
Ethin,How accessible is AVG?I remember a couple of threads a while back asking that question about all the better known anti virus programs and the general concensus was that none of them were very accessible.
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Re: No Flash player installed
This is the web site I'm trying to access, it's a customisable TV guide.http://www.titantv.com
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Re: No Flash player installed
This is the web site I'm trying to access, it's a customisable TV guide. It hangs both my Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.http://www.titantv.com
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Re: No Flash player installed
This is the web site I'm trying to access, it's a customisable TV guide. It hangs both my Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.http://www.titantv.comOne of the other sites I have problems with is Book Share's home page, it always produces a message from
Re: What is a TV anyway?
One thing Samsung is going to have to do to make this TV meet accessibility standards is rewrite their manual. The current manual constantly refers to pictures or drawing rather than descripbe it in the text.For example I was trying to figure out how to turn on the
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
Dark, lucky you! It may have been on cassette as opposed to being a modern digital book, but at lease you got to listen to a human read the book. The talking book library hasn't gotten around to digitizing
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Excuse me, but it was you who made this personal by questioning whether I could buy JAWS without assistance. That remark was, in my opinion, entirely un called for, or as the British would put it, completely over the top.And Now we
Re: Audio Enhancements on OEM computers
I'm not sure if my old desktop used Wave Max software for its Realtek HD audio hardware. But when I lost my vision and discovered that the sound system's user interface was inaccessible, I uninstalled the sound system software and drivers. After
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
To combat the unemployment problem among the handicapped, here in the US companies get substantial financial breaks in the form of tax deductions, for each handicapped person they hire and keep as an employee.With that in mind, I don't
Re: The Coolest Little Computer!
I have to side with Frastlin about Lenovo.My first laptop was a Lenovo that a friend gave me when he bought a new laptop for himself. That laptop was heavier than most laptops because it was made from desktop grade components rather than lighter mobile
Re: how to send iphone's audio to pc?
In that case you'll need a Y adapter like I described in my previous message, it will allow you to plug two devices into that one port, whether the port is on the iPhone or your computer.Yeah, Radio Shack today is more like the electronics section of a
Re: What Race would it be good to date as a blind person
I think using race or culture is a very poor way to judge a person because in both you'll find people that are truly wonderful people and people who you wouldn't want to meet anywhere much less in a dark alley at night.If you have
What is a TV anyway?
I just bought a Samsung UN50JU7100FXZA 50 inch LED accessible TV.Holy crap! This isn't a TV, it's a damned computer with tuners, a big monitor, and speakers.What makes this TV accessible is that it has a text to speech system that reads to me all of the TV's menu and
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
Ok, answer me this.I noticed that you removed your questioning my ability to pay for JAWS without assistance, from your message. So, how would you have felt if that remark had been directed at you. I think that you have already answered
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
1. Nobody asked you and if you don't like it, nobody is holding a gun to your head making you come hear and read it.2. Hm No comment.
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Re: what is the most imbarrosing/ occward situation you have ever been in?
People can be so wierd at times.In our area a local church runs a fund raising event called the Soup-a-thon. To attend you have to buy tickets, it's very popular, the soup-a-thon is usually in January, the Tickets
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
There is no shame,statistically 85% of blind people are unemployed because nobody wants to hire them, so many people that want or need JAWS have no choice but to seek assistance to get it. It's the same for most of assistive technology
Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
If that was truely all you meant, then why did you feel it necessary to question my financial situation and capabilities?
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Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
H... No comment.
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Re: When is a business to big? FS in another Merger?
severstormsteve1,To answer your question.It's really quite simple, we are defending our choice against those who put down our choice by saying things like JAWS is not good. Just as you would feel inclined to defend your choice of NVDA,
Re: book suggestion for someone who was blown away by wheel of time and th
I was introduced to fantasy in the late 70s when I decided on a whim to read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.Before that I wasn't that much of a reader, after that, I always had my nose in a book.Thank you Mr.
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