Re: Installing Windows 7 pro 64bit
I successfully installed windows on my laptop without sighted assistance, hooray. Great to know narrator can be used during set up, even if it's almost unbearable to use . The only downside has been that my laptop is considerably slower to boot now it has
Re: Going back to Windows 7, a good or a bad idea?
A fluorescent wig? Something I've always wanted. And there was I thinking all spam was pointless drivel.
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Re: Recording Music with Cakewalk Sonar X3 using SAPI5 and Behringer X-Tou
Why is the spam on this forum so surreal? If I were the sort who bought whatever anyone was selling, I'd be sat here now watching Nigerian porrn in a fluorescent wig with a glass of cow piss by my side.
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Re: Installing Windows 7 pro 64bit
what happened was after it installed and restarted it went to the standard out of the box set up screen where it asks for username, time, etc. But the screen reader was no longer functioning at that point, so how do you get past those screens?
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Re: Installing Windows 7 pro 64bit
Oh, I din't know narrator would work on those screens. Think I tried it one time. It didnt work, though it may well have been because the on-board sound wasn't working. I'll try installing windows on my old laptop, and see if my little p and p usb device
Re: a NVDA question
I always forget about narrator .
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Re: movie vault mirror
Thought I'd ask this here rather than start a new thread. I listened to the audio described version of paranormal activity last night and thought it was pretty enjoyable. Like Blair Witch, it was a bit weak in parts, but definitely had its creepy moments. Does anyone
Re: movie vault mirror
Thought I'd ask this here rather than start a new thread. I listened to the audio described version of paranormal activity last night and thought it was pretty enjoyable. Like Blair Witch, it was a bit weak in parts, but definitely had its creepy moments. Does anyone
Re: New Fitbit Device for the Blind
They are pretty expensive at an ex vat price of £300. You probably already know this but there are lots of organisations including the RNIB who offer grants to help buy devices such as these. Once upon a time your local authority might have funded it,
Re: Some drum covers I've done
Thanks for the info. At the moment I'm thinking about assembling a kit bit by bit, so first I'm looking at racks. But I'm not sure how universal the clamps/mounts are that come with the different types. For instance the Roland mds-9v. It says it is for use
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
The thing is CF's eloquence doesn't seem to be the most responsive TTS engine in the world anyway. Having it set as the default SAPI voice makes the TTS options window a bit slow and crashy, and ditto NVDA. I'm sorry I bought the thing. The upside of all this is
Re: Audiobook player for Windows?
Haven't read every post so sorry if repeating, but SMPlayer is free, easy to use, and remembers play position. Great for audiobooks.It's not accessible in terms of tabbing around the main window, but you can do everything you need to do via the
Re: Audiobook player for Windows?
Haven't read every post so sorry if repeating, but SMPlayer is free, easy to use, and remembers play position. Great for audiobooks.
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Accessible Antivirus?
Just got rid of AVG as it's not as accessible as it was before this latest revamp. I could no longer temporarily turn off its protection to do a system restore, or download a file I knew to be safe. It was a total pain to remove even with the AVG removal tool, which
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
Have to agree about SSD's. It's the one thing that makes a massively noticeable difference to speed. And as a bonus, if you keep your old HDD, you have a windows recovery option that can be performed without any sighted assistance, something I banged my head
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
thanks for the suggestions. Will give MSE a look. I'm still on Win 7 for the moment.
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Re: Window-Eyes No Longer for Sale
Interesting thread. I'd love to ditch the ludicrously over-priced jaws in favour of NVDA, especially as Jaws has been going downhill lately in terms of releasing versions that add nothing useful to the previous one, and are just released to make money.
Re: Window-Eyes No Longer for Sale
Interesting thread. I'd love to ditch the ludicrously over-priced jaws in favour of NVDA, especially as Jaws has been going downhill lately in terms of releasing versions that add nothing useful to the previous one, and are just released to make money.
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
Last time I used C cleaner, over 10 years ago, it was far from idiot-proof. I ran the registry cleaner and perged everything it offered me and was rewarded with the dreaded blue screen, haahah. Been scared of it ever since. I've just tried it again as I can easily
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
What I had to do to remove it was: tried the usual uninstall from the programs list, but it hung on 2%. Then searched for AVG removal tool and downloaded it from avg.com. It got rid of AVG Xen, but left behind AVG protection. I clicked uninstall again in programs
Re: Window-Eyes No Longer for Sale
As far as on-board screen readers are concerned, it's about time MS got one to work during the setup of the operating system. Buying a new PC, then having to wait for a sighted person to come help you set it up really bugs me. Or having to have sighted
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
How does that talking Windows PE thingy work? How involved is it, and what type of speech do you use with it? Does windows narrator work with it or something, or is there a specific accessible version? I'd love to be able to perform a recovery without sighted
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I downloaded Brian's TWPE zip. Had a look, shouldn't have any trouble copying the image to a flash, or changing the boot order in bios with sighted help, but I'm still not sure what kind of environment PE is. Suppose I'll find out when I boot to it. Brian's readme
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Thanks for all your help. Looking forward to trying your trick on eloquence activations. And an accessible windows recovery is the holy grail. As a last resort, I had a sledgehammer approach that involved cloning an old hard drive. The PE method sounds way more
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
If you have sighted people around, I'd be tempted to just keep it. I live alone so the fact that the threat dialogues now seem to be more inaccessible than they were means I just have to accept whatever AVG wants to do. I couldn't tell AVG to allow a file to
Re: Accessible Antivirus?
Got around to installing MSE. Totally accessible installation process. Updating was accessible, so was initial scan. Turned off scheduled scan with no problems. Can open the interface from the system tray, or just read that protection is on from there okay. All
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Maybe CodeFactory don't respond because with every licence they sell they get a support ticket in return and they're sick of them.
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Given how long it's been since it's been developed, it amazes me that eloquence is still the top of the tree in terms of consistent pronunciation and good rhythm at any speed. Especially now TTS is a mainstream feature of so many devices, you'd think those natural
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
The first message I sent was about VAT exemption prior to purchase and that was over a month ago. The first support question would have been a week and a half ago, and the support ticket followed a few days later. The support ticket system said they respond within
CodeFactory Eloquence
Anyone had dealings with CodeFactory's Eloquence for Windows? I got it a couple of weeks ago, and it was okay at first but it's now started this crap about please register this product. It wont activate or deactivate. I tried reinstalling with no luck. Anyone else had
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
So the latest in what is turning out to be a saga of Icelandic proportion... I finally got a reply to my ticket from two weeks ago saying I should now have no problem activating. I try activating and am now getting the message There was a problem activating your
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
On the upside, I got to the bottom of my sound issue with Talking PE. The sound was working fine, it turned out for some reason NVDA needed to be restarted before it would speak. Why it's doing that on this PC and neither of the others is a bit of a mystery. Got a
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
We've now gone from a saga to a farce. Got a same day answer to my reply saying I still couldn't activate. Guess what it read? Try entering the key without dashes and it should be fine. I wonder if I'm being trolled by code factory's tech support. I tried it
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I got my copy direct from codefactoryglobal.com.
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I got my copy direct from codefactoryglobal.com. However you got me thinking and I just checked my original confirmation email, and apparently the payment itself was processed via avangate software who have their own website. The support links in the email were
Re: help about epub reader please
Depends what screen reader you're using. If you're using NVDA, adobe digital editions is accessible, but bear in mind it has its own reading commands. If you're using Jaws, you'll need to use version 14. For some reason newer versions repeat the last line
Re: help about epub reader please
Depends what screen reader you're using. If you're using NVDA, adobe digital editions is accessible, but bear in mind it has its own reading commands. If you're using Jaws, you'll need to use version 14. For some reason newer versions repeat the last line
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Agree the tech support system does seem strangely random. Haven't yet heard anything back from the address David posted. It was Friday afternoon, so hopefully it's just a case of Spain being like Britain in that nothing new gets started on a Friday. See what next
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Thanks David. Just sent an email. Fingers crossed.By the way, I checked the list in system restore and found that earlier the same day I lost an activation, Windows had installed a critical update so maybe that's the cause of the activation loss. I normally have
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It worked on my Lenovo music PC after a bit of tinkering with the boot menu in bios. Had to enable something called boot lock which I didn't see the point of because if you change the boot order then that's the order you obviously want, but for some reason it
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It worked on my Lenovo music PC after a bit of tinkering with the boot menu in bios. Had to enable something called boot lock which I didn't see the point of because if you change the boot order then that's the order you obviously want, but for some reason it
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It worked on my Lenovo music laptop after a bit of tinkering with the boot menu in bios. Turned out boot lock was the issue.The only difference I can see between my desktop and the others is that the desktop has three devices listed in the sound options and the
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It worked on my Lenovo music PC after a bit of tinkering with the boot menu in bios. Had to enable something called boot lock which I didn't see the point of because if you change the boot order then that's the order you obviously want, but for some reason it
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It worked on my Lenovo music PC after a bit of tinkering with the boot menu in bios. Turned out boot lock was the issue.The only difference I can see between my desktop and the others is that the desktop has three devices listed in the sound options and the other
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I just spent ten minutes filling out a contact form on avangate with all the information of my attempts to contact code factory, including all the dates, addresses used, ticket number, order number etc, only to find a fucking inaccessible capture at the bottom
Re: easy meals to get started with cooking your own food?
A really easy fresh meal for one that tastes amazing. Get a medium size potato and a carrot and wash them. Chop them up any old way. Chop up half an onion and a bit of cabbage. Put them all in a big saucepan with a handful of frozen
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Still getting nothing from CF. I mustn't be using the secret handshake . So it's avangate, and failing that, an old-fashioned letter. On the subject of Talking PE, I got around to trying it today. Tested it on my laptop, and all went swimmingly, but for some
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Yeah you're right on their website it says they're a payment handler and only offer payment support. But it might still be worth contacting them because I just want a response from CF. That's where a company like paypal would be useful. I wish I'd paid via PP
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Yeah you're right on their website it says they're a payment handler and only offer payment support. But it might still be worth contacting them because I just want a response from CF. That's where a company like paypal would be useful. I wish I'd paid via PP
Re: Window-Eyes No Longer for Sale
Just tried obj pad. Huge improvement on the default method. Unless there are issues with it that haven't been ironed out yet, I don't see why it should still be languishing on the addons page. Should be part of the program.
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
what I don't get is that if I click deactivate, it says there was a problem connecting to the server, please check your internet connection, but when I click activate, it says the server returned the message, all 3 activations have been used. Suddenly it's able to
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Thanks. I'll see what happens. For some reason your message went to my email. Must be my settings on here. Cheers
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I've lost one for no apparent reason. It just sucks that you can't get them back. One of those DRM systems that stops the genuine user from using the product. Jaws' licensing manager was a pain in the arse for a long time, but even back then you could at least
Re: Need help with youtube
If you don't already know, there are keyboard shortcuts for the youtube player. Alt k plays/pauses. Alt j and k rewind and forward, and I think alt m mutes.Though I just went to youtube and as well as the play controls not being there, the shortcuts aren't
Re: Need help with youtube
I just edited my comment as the shortcuts aren't working at the moment with the play controls not being there. Hope this gets sorted out soon.
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Re: Need help with youtube
It's working again now. I have to use alt with k, j etc with jaws otherwise k on its own would look for place markers, j would open jump to line and so on.
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Re: Need help with youtube
It's working again now. Alt wasn't the reason it wasn't working. It works in jaws using alt if you don't want to turn off the virtual cursor to disable the quick nav keys.
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Re: Need help with youtube
If you don't already know, there are keyboard shortcuts for the youtube player. Alt k plays/pauses. Alt j and k rewind and forward, and I think alt m mutes.
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Re: dealing with AVG 2017 and what should I do after?
Get rid of it and switch to Microsoft security essentials. If you go to the following link, there's a table of utilities, the top one is AVG remover. You probably best get a sighted person to do it as it's not very accessible, like
Re: nostalgia: all the things I miss very deeply and will continue to miss
I really miss the old playstation games from the late 90s when I used to play. particularly syphon filter and GTA. I get really jealous listening to playthroughs on yt because those games are clearly still
Re: nostalgia: all the things I miss very deeply and will continue to miss
@Rory, it's really nice that the post office got someone to read the braille and write back.
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Re: accessible program for music production
I use Sonar with CakeTalking from dancing dots. It's a long way from being free, requires your being a jaws user, is limited to an older version of sonar, but it's really accessible and has comprehensive help documentation, and great tech
Re: youtube-MP3 is no more
I've been using this:http://convert2mp3.net/en/
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Great podcasts
For any one who's interested, I found a really interesting series of podcasts on the subject of true crime. Really well researched and narrated. Also I like the fact the host doesn't give in to sensationalism, and is quick to point out the flaws in more outlandish
Re: Jaws eloquence crash strings
I too say that orko has already said pretty much everything I'd say myself, and not for the first time. NVDA is a noble cause and even though I use jaws 99% of the time, I regularly donate to NVDA because It's great that there's a properly usable screen
Re: Jaws eloquence crash strings
I too say that orko has already said pretty much everything I'd say myself, and not for the first time. NVDA is a noble cause and even though I use jaws 99% of the time, I regularly donate to NVDA because It's great that there's a properly usable screen
Re: Fixing a cane? Help!!!
This happened to me. Not sure how good a job I'll be able to do of explaning how I fixed it because it was a couple of years ago, but here goes. It requires a couple of tools that you might not have but I'll describe it anyway. I separated the cane at the section
Re: What methads do you use for cooking and cutting food?
Since I lost my sight, I find cutting hot food extremely frustrating. As a result I tend to cook meals that don't need cutting after cooking. These meals are also the easiest to prepare. Things like beef stew where you just cut
Re: What TV show/movie are you watching aka recommendation and reviews
I'm into documentaries at the moment. A few I've enjoyed recently are Madness in the fast lane, available on youtube. It's the most bizarre story I've ever heard. It isn't AD but is still absolutely fascinating. Man on
Re: Non 24 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
I used to suffer from this sort of thing, but not so much any more. The irony is I suffered from ever-changing sleep patterns when I had some sight, and now I'm pretty much total and I sleep fine. I heard somewhere that teens and those in their
First signs of IE becoming unusable?
Any other internet explorer users getting the following notification? This website wants to run the following add on: control name not available from not available. I've been getting it a lot lately on a variety of sites, including just now on here. Any
Re: Guitar pro accessibility
https://www.waves.com/bundles/gtr3Waves GTR is a VST plugin that simulates guitar amps, cabinets, and stomp boxes. It would work with Reaper. It's currently $49. The menus, edit fields, and dialogs would be accessible to NVDA, but you'd need some sort of
Re: First signs of IE becoming unusable?
@SirBadger my firefox just updated to 57, and even though I reinstalled 56 and set automatic updates to never, it did it again next time it restarted. I ended up installing the firefox extended support release that's recommended for screen reader
Seeing Eye GPS app
Anyone used the Seeing Eye GPS app from Sendero, which is also known as RNIB navigator in the UK? I've been trying it out over the past week or so in the hope it could replace the discontinued Trekker Breeze, but am finding it pretty unreliable. The route feature seems
Re: I'm looking for a decent laptop, any suggestions?
All the Dell's I've had, including my Vostro 1500 have high definition audio. I think they may be Sigmatel rather than realtek but I'm not sure. They seem fine to me for general purpose, that is, fine once all the crappy audio
Re: Custom Ringtones
Although I've never imported stuff using the automatically add folder, so I'm not sure if there's a setting you need turned on or what, but I just put an m4r file in there and started iTunes with my phone connected and nothing happened. Though to be honest, it would be
Re: Custom Ringtones
Finally found out how to do this. Apparently things have changed a bit since iTunes 12.7, and that's why a lot of the guides are now out of date. There's no longer a tones tab in the iTunes app itself, but there is one when you connect your phone and click the iPhone
Re: First signs of IE becoming unusable?
Here's another problem I'm having with IE lately. I can watch videos fine on youtube, but if I try to watch any live stream, I get the following message: Your browser does not currently recognise any of the video formats available. I have up-to-date
Re: Custom Ringtones
I just tried it again and it works for me. The iTunes version I have is 12.7.2.58. Here's what I did including creating the m4r file for anyone who might be interested:1. Opened an mp3 in audacity, selected 30 seconds of audio, then clicked export selection in the file
Re: Custom Ringtones
Had no idea online converters did that. It would've saved a lot of bother. I'm pretty new to all things apple. I've resisted up until recently. Always thought the products were really well-made, just the ethos I had a slight problem with, but all the big-hitters are
Re: Quick help/questions for Reaper users and VST
I'm looking at switching to reaper too. It's like relearning to walk.
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Re: Windows Screen Reader Usage data
Jaws first, NVDA second. Though if you want to know which screen reader is most popular amongst all blind users, I don't think this is the place to get an accurate picture of that. I don't think this community is particularly representative of the
Re: What TV show/movie are you watching aka recommendation and reviews
Looking forward to the return of the league of gentlemen tonight at 10 on BBC2. Hope it's still funny after 15 years away. I could see last time it was on, that's how long ago it is.
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Custom Ringtones
I'm pretty new to iPhones and am having trouble getting a ringtone I like. I'm not a contemporary pop fan and so I want to create my own, but the guides I've read don't seem to work. I've created a short audio clip, added it to iTunes, converted it to m4a, then renamed the
Re: Custom Ringtones
I just tried it again and it works for me. The iTunes version I have is 12.7.2.58. Here's what I did including creating the m4r file for anyone who might be interested:1. Opened an mp3 in audacity, selected 30 seconds of audio, then clicked export selection in the file
Re: Custom Ringtones
Although I've never imported stuff using the automatically add folder, so I'm not sure what you do, but I just put an m4r file in there and started iTunes with my phone connected and nothing happened. Though to be honest, it would be just as quick to copy and paste
Re: Custom Ringtones
Had no idea online converters did that. It would've saved a lot of bother. I'm pretty new to all things apple. I've resisted up until recently.
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Re: Why do people insist on spelling my name wrong?
Think you have to learn the hard way to double check names on forums if you're using a screen reader. There was a guy on an Amazon forum who had the name sou wester, which should be pronounced souwester. Not sure why he split the thing
Re: Putting an Olympus DM-450 under water
I finally got a used dm-670, but I can't get it to sound as good as your recording. The stereo separation is nothing like yours. It's a stereo recording, but no matter where people are, left or right, it all pretty much sounds centered. I thought
Re: texture sensitivity
Even though I had sight as a kid, I too hated the feel and smell of an unravelled cassette. I'd totally forgotten how it used to make me feel ill. Being a bit neurotic, the disorder aspect used to get on my nerves too. Though it was extremely satisfying to
Re: My new cooking blog
@revan, I'm a man and am blind, and I cook every day. All the men in my family cook. Cooking a meal is one of my favourite things to do. I don't really know what to tell you about getting started cooking for yourself as a blind person though; I learned to cook when
Re: Free Windows 10 Upgrade for Assistive Technology Users Ending Dec. 31
Even though my sole experience of win 10, using my dad's computer, wasn't great, I'm tempted to install it on my old laptop just to check out some of the tweeks people talk about and to see if it really does compete
Re: Free Windows 10 Upgrade for Assistive Technology Users Ending Dec. 31
Even though my sole experience of win 10, using my dad's computer, wasn't great, I'm tempted to install it on my old laptop just to check out some of the tweeks people talk about and to see if it really does compete
Re: My new cooking blog
@revan, I'm a man and am blind, and I cook every day. All the men in my family cook. Cooking a meal is one of my favourite things to do. I don't really know what to tell you about getting started cooking for yourself as a blind person though, there's just so much
Re: Are the blind better able to use UTC time?
We'd adapt okay in Britain. I think we could cope with shifting from GMT to UTC heheh. Seriously though, whenever people have suggested Britain go to the same time as the rest of Western Europe, there's been resistance, and that's just a one
Re: Jaws2018 is out and possible upcoming firefox problem with jaws
I just decided to look up whether registry cleaners are a wise thing or not, though I already am reluctant to use them based on having screwed my system up a couple of times by just deleting everything they flag up.
Re: texture sensitivity
Slightly off-topic, and this I guess only applies to those who have, or have had sight, but regarding synaesthesia, does anyone have the thing where you perceive letters, numbers, musical notes, days of the week etc, as colours? I didn't think I did until I suddenly
Re: Jaws2018 is out and possible upcoming firefox problem with jaws
Unlocker can be useful software for getting rid of things that can't be deleted. It either tells you what's using the file if that's the problem, or will offer to delete it on restart. It's worked for me a few times.
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Re: Jaws2018 is out and possible upcoming firefox problem with jaws
Unlocker is useful software for getting rid of things that can't be deleted. It either tells you what's using the file if that's the problem, or will offer to delete it on restart. It's worked for me a few times.
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Re: Putting an Olympus DM-450 under water
Don't understand Danish, but think I heard the word shit in there somewhere heheh. Good ad for this Dictaphone though because I just bought one on ebay. I've been thinking of getting a portable recorder/player for a while. Sounds like good audio
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