Re: Becoming fed up with Linux
Re: Becoming fed up with Linux Just popping in to say I agree as well, as I've discussed in other posts. Maybe someday... URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=280580#p280580 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Hmm, I've always started X with xinit and it works fine for me. This was a fresh install of Arch and I know Mate was running because I could hit CTRL+Alt+Del and space to shut down; Orca just wouldn't start. Suppose I could've figured out the problem but I really didn't feel like it haha. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277328#p277328 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Well apparently something is broken or incompatible and Orca won't speak on a fresh install of Arch. Think I just demonstrated my own point nicely. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277311#p277311 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Has Anyone Used Discord (Web or Desktop App Version Please)
Re: Has Anyone Used Discord (Web or Desktop App Version Please) I tried to use it once and didn't have much luck. I could hear the others in the channel I was in but all the buttons are unlabeled and I kept accidentally disconnecting myself looking for the unmute button. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277310#p277310 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Seems to be just one dev working on Orca right now, along with another one on speech-dispatcher which might as well be a part of it. Not sure about brltty or at-spi. I believe the situation is the same for GTK+ though I'm not positive (just heard somewhere that there is only one full-time dev) so this isn't limited to just the accessibility stuff.Edit: Who am I kidding...I'm bored with a lot of time on my hands and have a spare desktop. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277282#p277282 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Seems to be just one dev working on Orca right now, along with another one on speech-dispatcher which might as well be a part of it. Not sure about brltty or at-spi. I believe the situation is the same for GTK+ though I'm not positive (just heard somewhere that there is only one full-time dev) so this isn't limited to just the accessibility stuff. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277282#p277282 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Well all that being said, looking at Orca's git repository's change log there seem to be some pretty significant rewrites happening; maybe I'll give it another go in a month or so and see how much better it is. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277272#p277272 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux.
Re: 1 thing holding me back from switching to Linux. Yeah, the Linux accessibility stack is a huge mess, on top of the audio stack which is another mess. I've tried and tried to be happy with Linux but just can't because of all the little workarounds I have to do to even approach the level of efficiency I have on Windows. Orca doesn't have an object review system and is a little too verbose for my liking (though I'm kind of nitpicking with that one), speech-dispatcher is buggy (I ended up having to have a script to kill it on my desktop), a lot of stuff isn't accessible as previously mentioned, etc. To demonstrate just go to the front page of Reddit and read the list of subreddits at the top. Orca will choke. Try to upvote something and you can't click the button without using Orca's list (time you could be actually reading). Of course Reddit isn't the most productive site, but it makes for a good demonstration. If I had a paying job that required me to use my personal device and I couldn' ;t complete some task because pulseaudio or speech-dispatcher or whatever else refused to work for whatever dumb reason that would take hours to figure out, I doubt my employer would be too happy.Don't get me wrong, I think Linux is great in principal, but for day to day use I need shit to work. Windows is an ugly bloated mess, but it's an accessible one. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=277076#p277076 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: question about NVDA remote, why is it insecure?
Re: question about NVDA remote, why is it insecure? Most encryption algorithms in common use today are actually public knowledge; knowing how the algorithm works is generally not enough to defeat it unless the user's password or key is weak. So encryption with a well-tested algorithm would theoretically fix the problem if strong passwords are used. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=274591#p274591 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/28/micros … ws-10-pro/Well that's it, I'm off to Linux, bugs, heat issues and all. Seriously from the bottom of my heart, fuck you Microsoft. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=271079#p271079 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Drive encryption
Re: Drive encryption Narrator in the virtual machine would probably be adequate if you don't feel like doing nothing else. I guess the only way to determine whether or not it's accessible is to go ahead and try it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=266207#p266207 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Drive encryption
Re: Drive encryption Can you use something like NTFS encryption or put them in encrypted 7-Zip files? Encrypting the whole OS just seems like too much hassle. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=266093#p266093 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: mac os questions and usage tips
Re: mac os questions and usage tips System Preferences > Users and Groups > Login Options URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=265626#p265626 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Python question
Re: Python question Either run it from the Windows console like this:py Or use the interactive prompt, which you can either access from the start menu, or, as of python 3.something, just type "python" from anywhere in a console window. Personally I think IDEs are kind of overrated, especially if you're new to coding; it's better to get some knowledge of the command line up front as it can potentially give you a lot more control and make your life easier. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=265478#p265478 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: mac os questions and usage tips
Re: mac os questions and usage tips To cycle through an application's windows use Command+` (the key to the left of the number one.) Also, Command+down arrow works to open Finder items as well. You can stop the lock screen from coming up by adjusting the screen saver settings in Display Preferences I believe. Hope that helps. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=265122#p265122 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: iOS 10 Will Allow Many First-Party Apps To Be Removed
Re: iOS 10 Will Allow Many First-Party Apps To Be Removed Still rocking a 4 here, gotta love that stuttering on the lock screen lol. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=264891#p264891 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order I'll get around to configuring it eventually. Unfortunately my Macbook charger broke for no apparent reason and there is no Apple store nearby, so looks like I'm going to have to order one at some expense. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262855#p262855 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order That was the problem I was referring to, I've never had issues with the settings list though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262595#p262595 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Figment, hmm never had that problem, I can see both tabs fine. Sometimes I'm not told by NVDA whether an item is on or off, but that can be fixed by simply toggling it after which its state is exposed. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262560#p262560 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order [[wow]]. I haven't had anywhere near the amount of issues you're describing. I don't generally need to install a lot of new apps regularly so that might be part of it. NVDA does everything I need it to, and it loads very quickly. I've never needed to use a registry cleaner (again, I don't do a lot of installing/uninstalling) so CCleaner works fine. But all that aside my condolences, that sounds like a nightmare. Just remember, no corporation truly respects you; it's just about making as much of a profit as quickly and efficiently as possible. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262539#p262539 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Figment, I'm honestly not sure what inaccessible parts you're referring to, I've never had a problem myself. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262510#p262510 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order Makes sense, and it's good to have priorities. That being said I think you'll have a pretty nice experience if you ever consider installing Windows on your Mac, I know I did. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262409#p262409 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order It helps, but I'd already made all those changes on my own haha. If I try to use my up and down cursor keys to navigate in a web page Voiceover seems to get stuck. If I turn the verbosity down to "low" I don't hear important info, but on medium it's too chatty. So pretty much the same as before. Gah. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262292#p262292 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order Alright folks, to add to my previous post and probably destroy my credibility as well, I've decided to go all-in and give OS X another try as I have nothing too important to do. I'll hopefully be sticking with it for a while if things don't go too badly. I'm using Safari to post this but will probably check out Chrome with Chromevox in the near future. Wish me luck everybody. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262218#p262218 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Nocturnus, do you have any tips as a recent switcher from Windows for making Voiceover more responsive and/or efficient? Sorry if I'm being vague, but I'm probably going to end up switching to OS X eventually (I don't currently have classes so if I'm smart I'll do it soon). My main frustrations come from the fact that focus seems to be jumping all over the place even if I'm just using the VO cursor, especially when quicknav is on. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=262208#p262208 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order The point being that every company has its faults. If people want to bitch about them as I'm sure we all do now and then, what's the harm? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=261885#p261885 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order I'm just going to point out that consistently calling a company by a childish name with no irony over and over again does not make you come across as someone to be taken seriously. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=261860#p261860 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order Totally agree about the Mac firmware, I think any new computers I purchase will be Macs because I can accessibly set a firmware password, change nvram settings and such. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=261260#p261260 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Sebby, cumulative updates are also pretty nice . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=260700#p260700 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Braille Note Touch
Re: Braille Note Touch I have a Braille Sense and I feel the same way. They're convenient, that's for sure. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=260354#p260354 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: File writing problems on Windows 7
Re: File writing problems on Windows 7 Bad permissions isn't a symptom of drive failure, so no worries there. Making a copy of your AppData folder and possible exporting your HKCR\Software registry key should get most of your settings. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=259627#p259627 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: where have the jobs gone?
Re: where have the jobs gone? Granted, and again as I said I did not intend to come across as rude or condescending; I certainly didn't mean to imply that it was his fault and the reason he doesn't have a job. I have, however, over the course of about six years, consistently observed this kind of writing from Josh in almost every post of his I've seen, both on this forum and other email lists we participate in. I simply wished to make him aware that the things I pointed out in post 6 make his writing look unprofessional, and that to me, again going on only my observations as I stated, it would seem to indicate a general lack of attention to detail in that regard. While your (and my and everyone else's) writing contains errors on occasion, I do not observe this same thing in most of the text I see on a regular basis and that is why I wanted to bring it to his attention. It seems like the people in this topic didn't much care for that first post I made, so for that I apologize. I'll see myself out. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=259162#p259162 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: where have the jobs gone?
Re: where have the jobs gone? I didn't mean to imply that people should be expected to write perfectly all the time, just that it's not good practice to consistently drop punctuation in multiple places and make run-on sentences. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=259139#p259139 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: where have the jobs gone?
Re: where have the jobs gone? As I said I was just going by my observations of the OP's writing. I will point out however that it takes no time at all to capitalize the beginnings of sentences, and I'd hardly call that anything close to APA standards, I'm not sure where that comparison is coming from. The use of proper punctuation is generally taught to a person as they begin to write and should, IMHO, be second-nature. It seems to me like you'd have to make a deliberate effort not to capitalize I. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=259136#p259136 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: where have the jobs gone?
Re: where have the jobs gone? First off, and I'm not trying to sound like a douche here, but your writing is not what I would consider professional quality. Before I go any further I'll say that I may be completely wrong about this and for whatever reason you may choose to write this way on this forum, but from what I've seen of your posts to this board and email lists we're both subscribed to in the past six years it looks like you write like this pretty consistently. If that's not the case feel free to skip past this block of text.The thing that stands out to me the most is your lack of capitalization; you're not capitalizing I (this is very obvious if you're using Eloquence) or proper names. If you look at my last sentence you will see that Eloquence is capitalized, as it should be. Similarly: Braille, Arch, Linux, Spanish, Windows Server. All of these are names of things you've used in your previous posts to this topic, thus they should be capitalized. I' ve also noticed you're sometimes not capitalizing the beginnings of your sentences and not ending them correctly, neither do you put commas where they should be. For example, in post 1 you write:"so what do you all think do you think there were more jobs back in the 1980s and before perhaps even into the 1990s yet"?Which should actually look more like this:"so what do you all think? Do you think there were more jobs back in the 1980s and before, perhaps even into the 1990s"?Look at and listen to that sentence, and make note of the changes I've made:1. "So what do you all think"? becomes its own sentence; I capitalized the first word and added a question mark. Having two sentences run together like this looks (and sounds) very unprofessional.2. A comma is added to the end of "before", indicating a pause. Your synth should reflect this now by correctly inflecting the question.3. Get rid of the "yet", no idea what that was for.Pay attention to your synthesizer. Familiarize yourself with the way it speaks and how it reacts to punctuation. Examine the writing you see online every day. You should start to notice what is correct and what is not. I say all this not to try and sound superior (if I do please accept my apologies, improper punctuation and grammar are pet peeves of mine) but because your style of writing is extremely unprofessional. If I were looking at the applications of prospective IT people to hire, I would immediately reject one that was written this way. This isn't just a consideration for visual readers either; using Eloquence I could immediately detect most of the problems with your writing without having to go back and look, excluding the lack of capitalization at the beginnings of sentences of course, and I have been blind from birth. Good writing is a skill everyone should have, and it becomes increasingly important with hi gher-level jobs like that of a computer technician. I'm not saying you need to be perfect; no one is, and the occasional spelling error or whatever is fine. Just don't write like this, it looks lazy and unprofessional.Second, colleges, as far as I am aware, are legally required to provide you with accessible materials. You must talk to someone in their disability services office in person and advocate for yourself (god I sound like such a cliche, but it's true), letting them know you need electronic books. If they cannot or will not provide such materials, find a different college. Department of Services for the Blind (that's the name of an organization, so it's capitalized) should pay most or all college tuition provided you've applied for financial aid and your GPA is above a minimum. This is something you should take advantage of.Lastly, don't just spend all day playing audio games and watching TV. The Internet is amazing, and just h aving a connection, even a slow one, puts huge amounts of knowledge at your fingertips. You can't program? Check outhttps://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython. Friendly community and lots of good resources there.Educate yourself, even if it's just a little every week. Just endeavor to learn what you can, when you can. Who knows how long our current global civilization and the Internet will be around the way things are going? It's an unprecedented achievement in human history and not something to be taken for granted. Don't stick to blind communities either.If you don't feel like learning a programming language or something else that requires a lot of focus at the moment, read. It's seriously one of the best things you can do, at least to a point. Even fiction books can teach you things; depending on how sheltered you are they could give you valuable insights into how normal people interact socially and what kind of behavior is and isn't expected in certain situations.I realize none of this is going to help you magically get a job, but your chances of being hired will increase if you appear to be educated and professional. And don't get the idea that it's just blind/disabled
Re: What's your favorite audio drama
Re: What's your favorite audio drama Edict Zero FIS and Wolf 359 are by far my favorites. The Failed Cities Monologues is also good. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=259008#p259008 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Braille Note Touch
Re: Braille Note Touch Personally I would choose ESpeak over KNG or any of the other so-called "natural-sounding" voices, so yeah, I guess so lol. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258722#p258722 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Braille Note Touch
Re: Braille Note Touch I'm not trying to be a troll here, but seriously why does almost everyone adore Keynote Gold? It's an old, outdated synth from the 90s and it sounds (to me at least) horrible. It pronounces lots of things incorrectly and doesn't inflect very well at all. Espeak offers the same responsiveness and clarity minus the botched pronunciation. What am I missing? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258685#p258685 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Braille Note Touch
Re: Braille Note Touch The Maestro...now there's something I haven't seen mentioned in a long time. I had one of those like 8 years ago. The feature set and battery life were terrible, but I admit it was handy. Ah the good old days. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258444#p258444 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Yeah, bugs like this are also part of the reason I don't use OS X regularly. I don't know what it is exactly but it seems like even with all the bullshit MS has been cramming into Windows the screen reader experience is still much, much smoother. Or maybe I just lack patience. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258406#p258406 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Why the downgrade to Yosemite? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258397#p258397 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well yeah if you've got any tips to reduce latency I'd appreciate it (already disabled the sounds of course) but I guess I just value sheer speed and smoothness more. I also really don't like having to step through every element on the screen to get where I want to go when exploring; it seems like I have to focus more on where things are rather than getting things done. And sometimes focus isn't where I expect it do be when using quicknav, I'm assuming that's a bug in Voiceover. But sure if you want to send them I'll see if it works any better. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258392#p258392 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I have all that set up, it just seems that no matter what I do VO is way too verbose and not as responsive as NVDA is under Windows. There are tiny delays when using quick keys or trackpad gestures that annoy me to no end, and Voiceover navigation just seems inefficient to me; I know it's supposed to be faster as you can skip past elements like toolbars you don't want to examine by not interacting with them and it's nice in theory, but it just doesn't do enough for me in practice. And Safari is far from the only app I have issues with. Dito with Chromevox, it's just way, way too inefficient for me. Like I said I really want to like OS X, I really do. It's fast, it's Unix-based, it's optomized for my hardware, it has system-wide spell checking and dictation, and so much more awesomeness...but I just can't deal with Voiceover as a primary screen reader. Maybe if there was a native Eloquence port for OS X there wouldn't be responsiven ess issues, but that's obviously never happening. Plus Firefox has some add-ons I really like, so one more reason I don't want to switch to Safari. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258304#p258304 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I really want to like OS X and I think I've given it a fair chance but I just can't. There are little delays when using quick navigation keys in Safari that just aren't there on Windows, and I really don't like the way you're forced to navigate element by element. I'll boot to OS X if I'm on battery and want to play a lot of media or something as the battery life is a bit better than Windows, but there are too many issues that keep me from adopting it as my primary system. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258292#p258292 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I'm guessing that unless there are fundamental changes to the X86 archetecture with those processors older versions of Windows will still run on them, they just won't be able to take advantage of features like virtualization, power management and encryption. So more of a concern if it's a laptop. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=258015#p258015 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Starting with Windows 8 PAE is required for 32-bit processors; I had an older machine that wouldn't run anything past 7 because of this. But unless it's really old that probably won't be an issue. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257978#p257978 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. You might find it worthwhile to upgrade that laptop to at least 8.1 if you don't like 10; it's actually a bit faster than 7 and automatically cleans old components when they are superseded by updates, so Windows (theoretically) won't get bigger and bigger over time as 7 does. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257888#p257888 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I for one say about time! Say what you will about the later versions of Windows (and there's plenty wrong with them, as with everything), XP is well and truly done. I mean just look at an XP installation disk; each individual system file is zip-compressed instead of being in an image or package file, how illogical. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257767#p257767 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: windows 10 ISOS
Re: windows 10 ISOS Windows 10 is not in beta...I assume you're referring to the summer update? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257457#p257457 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux Chmod +x should fix the permission issue. Why doesn't sudo work? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257455#p257455 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux Yeah IIRC for whatever reason you can't modify Speakup configuration parameters as a normal user (obviously the keyboard shortcuts still work) and you need to use sudo to do so. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257437#p257437 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux Excuse the stupid question but are you running those commands as root? I'd assume so, but just thought I'd ask since a normal user obviously can't access those directories. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257391#p257391 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux
Re: Problem with Orca and Speech-dispatcher in ArchLinux Make sure GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge is set somewhere, preferably by putting a script in /etc/profile.d. Sorry that's all I can recommend, I will say though that I don't trust install scripts at all because things can change pretty frequently and so avoid them. I've never had speech problems when switching from Mate to the console with speakup; the audio just switches to whatever terminal I'm in. Sorry I'm not more help. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257236#p257236 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: leviathan chronicles?
Re: leviathan chronicles? One thing I didn't like: I feel like if someone didn't buy the special episodes and started season two, they'd be missing a *lot* of information, and not trivial info either.Kind of OT but if you're looking for other audio dramas check out Wolf 359, it's pretty funny. Also Edict Zero FIS, but I'm sure everyone's heard of that one already. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257120#p257120 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously?
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously? The "Internet of things" actually refers to Internet-connected embedded devices, wasn't sure if you used it deliberately but just wanted to point that out . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=257019#p257019 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously?
Re: Another screen reader flame war? Seriously? So, just figured I should say something. The post being referred to here, and which apparently resulted in the creation of this thread was mine, and I apologize for the considerable offense it seems to have caused. As has been said it contributed in no way to the topic and may have been construed as rude. I'm not going to say much because what I would've had to say has pretty much been summed up nicely in posts 6 and 8. I merely meant the post as a jab at a piece of software which I have to use on occasion and which I have issues with. It was in no way intended as a personal attack, and I sincerely apologize if my admittedly not very constructive criticism of this software came across that way to you. I had no intention of causing a "flame war" (in quotes) and I frankly think it's a little ridiculous how seriously Internet comments are sometimes taken, creating terms like this. I made the post on impulse, fully expecting it to be ignored because as I said it was meant as nothing more than a little jab. Ironically, this thread, concerning that little post, is now nearly as big, if not bigger, than the discussion that was deleted. Peace. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256921#p256921 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: leviathan chronicles?
Re: leviathan chronicles? I didn't mean to say the complexity of the plot was a bad thing, just that there are a lot of loose ends and it's a shame there's no conclusion. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256877#p256877 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: leviathan chronicles?
Re: leviathan chronicles? I'd like to see a conclusion as well since the plot was getting pretty complex. That being said I really wasn't a fan of the narration, and the writing at times left a lot to be desired, particularly how Macalan behaved with Tully and Anton towards the end. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256858#p256858 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Firefox accessible? What a joke!
Re: Firefox accessible? What a joke! And, you know, JAWS. I'm sure they'll have it working fully with one and only one version of Firefox by version 18...which can be yours for a mere $120 with a SMA or whatever the hell price it is. Lol. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256712#p256712 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Anyone Using Chrome With NVDA?
Re: Anyone Using Chrome With NVDA? Sorry if you're already aware of this but NVDA does support profiles; just put it to sleep in Chrome with that profile active and save the configuration and you should be good to go. Also you could try setting flash to "ask to activate" in Firefox if you ever feel like giving that another go, that's what I do when I need to install it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256681#p256681 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? Aaaand we're still using mini USB. Like, you know, the thing that was deprecated in 2007? Lol these people. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=255868#p255868 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: how to start Orca on Fedora Live CD
Re: how to start Orca on Fedora Live CD Actually it's Arch. Arch is the way, the truth and the light. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=255493#p255493 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Classic Windows Sim
Re: Classic Windows Sim Hmm, sounds like a deeper issue with Windows. I run the setup, hit the Windows key, select "classic style" in the settings screen that appears, and voila! File Explorer isn't too bad either...usually...and this is on Win10. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=255466#p255466 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: how to start Orca on Fedora Live CD
Re: how to start Orca on Fedora Live CD You could try Alt+F2, type "orca" and press enter. It's worth noting that most Linux disks seem to have audio issues with VMWare or are at least muted by default, so you'll probably have better luck booting it natively. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=255360#p255360 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Classic Windows Sim
Re: Classic Windows Sim So I don't mean to sound like a troll or anything, but why not just use ClassicShell and Winamp or VLC? CS is very responsive and has never given me any problems. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=255350#p255350 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Monthly chat March 2016
Re: Monthly chat March 2016 Thanks man. Honestly even if my life were to suddenly turn 180 degrees right now and be totally awesome, I still don't think I could live with the shame of how much I just fucked up and the money I wasted. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254157#p254157 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Monthly chat March 2016
Re: Monthly chat March 2016 Yeah about the job thing, I just feel like a leach on the world for not having one, because I really don't contribute anything useful besides. I'm not a creative writer, have never bothered to learn much programming, or anything else really. I was raised conservative and even though I don't have the beliefs of my parents, I guess the "you don't work, you don't eat" philosophy is just a little too ingrained in my head, and the shame of not doing anything is too much. Plus I intensely hate apathy so kind of have to be doing something, even if it's only two college classes. And speaking of college I didn't get that paper done, so I'm all but done, just have to wait for it to be official. So in addition to everything else I've now set my agency back a little over $2000.Unfortunately, MR. Generic Joe Average seems to be the societal ideal for a lot of people, and while he may not think much, he's at least blissfully happ y or just numb; I'm neither. The fact is society just doesn't like quiet, introspective people who don't have much ambition and don't do things the normal way. I wonder if my so-called intelligence, which has only resulted in me seeing the world for how it truly is, is some form of natural selection, I.E. I have two physical defects which are evolutionarily undesirable and cause me to be slower at almost everything, so if I just naturally come to the conclusion that it isn't worth it there's infinitesimally less resource drain in the world. My world has pretty much become my music, and I only feel truly happy when taking in the amazing beauty of some piece.I'm really happy that you've found someone, and I understand that there's a slight possibility it could happen to me, but it's not likely. I attended a university class this summer and it was literally the best month of my life as I had friends I could do things with and so o n, but since then I haven't talked to many of them. Everyone said it would get better in college when I was in high school, and look where I am now! I'm tired of distracting myself hoping something will change, either randomly or by my own doing, for the better. Books, music, audio dramas and the occasional conversations with friends just aren't enough anymore, so yeah, I guess I've basically given up. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254146#p254146 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Monthly chat March 2016
Re: Monthly chat March 2016 Haha, this is definitely a thing, though I think blaming the system is actually justified; we live in a system that's horribly broken and rigged for the most extraverted, ambitious and rich people. You can't go to college without either working your ass off (usually only community college at that) or taking on huge lones or if you're blind go through an agency, but yeah. It's really not our fault we were born into this. And any time you try to talk about it, the standard response is "the system is fine, you're! broken. Now pull yourself up by your bootstraps, lift some weights and get shit done!" Ridiculous. I've had enough of this bullshit. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254162#p254162 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Monthly chat March 2016
Re: Monthly chat March 2016 Life is quite sucky at the moment. I'm currently (very unenthusiastically) working on a research paper that is due midnight; if I don't get it in I fail my psychology class, and I really could care less. I am so, so tired of being blind and that three quarters of what I do is just trying to make up for that. I signed up for a music 100 class next quarter and it's going to be pretty challenging because they use the visual staff and whiteboards and stuff, not to mention the route across campus to the building it's in is ridiculous. I doubt it's going to be an issue though as my state blind agency didn't get my tuition in in time and I don't care enough to talk to them about it, and also feel like shit for not being able to pay it on my own because of the shame that goes along with not having a job in this culture. I'm sick of the unending stream of bullshit that is constantly thrown my way and don't really see any point in dealing with it anymore. I guess I may have finally sort of found a direction for my life with teaching because I hope I can maybe instill a passion for good music and literature into people in a school system that just wants worker drones, but haven't started studying for it yet and the accommodations that would have to be made if I were to eventually teach in a normal classroom would be ridiculous and not at all cost-effective. I've come to the conclusion that any contribution I might make to the world is going to be outweighed by all the adaptive things I require, plus none of it really matters anyway. I hate, hate hate being blind. Sometimes I just want to scream and break something when I get lost somewhere for the umpteenth time, but what good would that do? I am, at least according to society, an adult now, and do my best to act like one. People tell me I just need to try new things or put myself out there more, (these are well-liked, happy people with good support networks) but I have and it hasn't worked. All I want is the ability to be a little spontaneous and go for a run or relaxing walk without having to carry around a cane and be thinking about landmarks and sidewalks and shit. I can't really leave the house when I want to because I still don't know any routes around here. Fuck this noise. I live with my mom and brother who usually has his douche of a friend over here. They are so loud it's unbelievable. We went out to eat the other day and by the time we got back home I had almost completely lost my temper and could've started breaking stuff. This kid just got arrested the other week and still it's like everyone loves him. My sister, who is two months older than me and not in the least fit to be a parent, had herself a kid a few months ago (I suspect mainly for the attention) is now staying at home and gets praise wherever she goes because baybeee! Meanwhile I'm not been able to make a single new con nection in college and am bored senseless with it. I don't really have many likeminded people to talk with except for a friend on Skype; my beliefs have become increasingly nihilistic and whenever I talk to anyone about it they usually attribute it to my being "depressed", even though it really makes sense to me. Almost everyone around here is religious, which I personally find irrational, and it makes me sad. I feel I pretty much understand religion; it's basically a psychological coping mechanism people use for comfort, that or an ego boost which can come with believing you have a deity on your side who will eventually make things work out and designed everything in life to happen for a reason. I don't mean to offend anyone, it's just how I feel. I'm sick of not being taken seriously, tired of feeling useless, and just generally feel like shit. For whatever reason I'm also almost constantly tired now which doesn't help my reputation. I really don't think I'll be sticking around much longer if you catch my drift. Not to mention my hearing loss which stresses me out too. I was talking to someone about it a few months ago and they told me I should (paraphrasing) stop being so negative about it...after all they work with older mentally ill people in a spam facility and a lot of them have hearing loss, and they're doing greeat! Bitch please, I'm not even 20.Anyway I'm really sorry for even more negativity. This is a pretty nice community and I wish you all well, whatever that's worth. Wonder if I'll manage to complete this paper and not fail out of college...guess I'll know in a few hours. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254136#p254136 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? Same about Windows CE; this Braille Sense is just functional enough that I can take notes, chat on Facebook and stuff like that. I currently have an Android phone (a fact I hope to change once the iPhone SE is released) so using that for Braille isn't really an option. It technically works, but is so slow and complicated it's just not worth it.I actually really enjoy audiobooks with good content and narration; I feel like it goes from being just a book to a performance. Not that I wouldn't read a Braille book if I didn't get the opportunity.I haven't bothered to learn much about UEB yet and now I'm very disheartened. Also I suck at Nemeth and math in general. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254014#p254014 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? Lol I doubt it. My experiences with the U2 have been less than stellar; if that's they're best product I'm not impressed. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253902#p253902 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? NVDA didn't come from a huge company; it started when a dude got fed up with commercial screen readers. It is now almost 10 years old and going strong. Yes it has had funding from companies, but it is still a free and open-source product, and now outdoes commercial screen readers in a lot of areas, making it more than sufficient for an average blind computer user. I think something like this needs to happen with Braille; a big blind-specific company isn't going to be in any hurry to innovate because the current status quo is immensely profitable for them. On the other hand, Apple did introduce VoiceOver on their own, so I may be wrong. Knowing the reputations of companies like Freedom Scientific though I doubt it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253889#p253889 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? I was just using the Pi as an example; a cheap Windows tablet has better specifications than the U2. It's much more than a little outdated, and it glitches all the time, to the point where I sometimes can't even play a song all the way through without it crashing. This behavior would simply be unacceptable in a mainstream device. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253765#p253765 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? The hardware and software of Braille notetakers is substandard and outdated beyond belief. This is true for every notetaker I've seen and heard about. For example, the Braille Sense U2 I have right now is $4000. Let's do some math here. Let's go with you're figure and say a 40-cell Braille display is $3000. This device has a 32-cell display, a CPU that runs at a GHZ, 256MB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. It runs Windows CE 6 which is no longer being actively developed, and crashes constantly. It uses mini-USB 2.0 and cannot connect to 5 GHZ Wi-Fi networks. To put that in perspective, the Raspberry Pi 3 that was just released is $40, has a 64-bit quad-core CPU running at 1.1 GHZ, bulit-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and can run Linux, Windows and probably some other stuff I'm not aware of. So even accounting for the small market and the Braille display, $4000 is absolutely unreasonable. This rule can be applied to basically and notetaker. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253738#p253738 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? @Dark I was referring to functional literacy being respected, which I believe in most cases for Blind people means having some grasp of Braille for spelling and such. Not saying it should be a primary source of reading, but as I think we can all agree it needs to be incorporated at the elementary level. I've seen far too many blind people spelling words just by how they sound to believe otherwise. Whether we should! be spelling words like that or in a way that makes more sense is another topic entirely.@TJT1234 that logic doesn't really fly when it comes to Braille displays; it's a simple concept, it's just that more research needs to be done. All other components of a Braille display (Bluetooth, USB port, battery, firmware chip etc) aren't worth more than $50.00 together. Plus I'm sure if a cheaper solution is developed the blindie companies will behave as they always have, by continuing to push what would then be a substandard product without innovating. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253711#p253711 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? I'm scared to think what will happen if/when Braille disappears. The mentality of a lot of people seems to be "well they're blind, what do you expect them to do?" and not having the literacy skills imparted by Braille won't help that image. I'm considering a career in teaching the visually impaired so that I can hopefully help at least a few, but I fear that will be a losing battle.Personally I can edit mostly fine with audio, though I tend to look at the spellings of words pretty often just by habit, and almost always when I find a word I think Eloquence is mispronouncing (I've used it for a long time so am pretty familiar with it's quirks, move to another synth though and it's all different).@Dark I have no idea how you managed math without Braille; I can do simple algebraic equations with audio but more than one line and I'm done, not to mention graphs and such.@Cae I thought about mentioning the Social Securit y notices as well lol. I think I remember one of the options on the application being to have the document sent on a CD as a Word file. Amazing. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253643#p253643 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book?
Re: When is the last time anyone has read a braille book? Exactly. Without Braille an individual blind from birth is functionally illiterate. I myself have a Braille display and use it every day for things like notetaking, chatting or reading parts of textbooks in class, but I don't really read for long stretches with it because of how tedious scrolling from line to line is. I've been thinking of picking up a Braille copy of Paradise Lost or something just to capture the feeling of a physical page under my fingers again. Wonder if it's worth it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253443#p253443 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Klango is down!
Re: Klango is down! [[wow]], this is still a thing? I thought it had been down for a while. Perhaps there's something I'm missing as I never tried it myself, but the idea of a blind-specific social network has always seemed pretty stupid to me; places like Reddit or even Facebook are much more entertaining. So is there a reason this is still getting so much attention? Just Curious. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=252747#p252747 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser?
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser? All the products he's referring to are over fifteen years out of date. Not sure why they're even being discussed here since, exclusing Netscape, even in a history of assistive products they're just footnotes. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=252265#p252265 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser?
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser? Just FYI, AdblockPlus has pretty much been superceeded by Ublock Origin; it's faster, much more efficient and intuitive, and is updated regularly. Plus it comes with a lot more filter lists by default that you can enable instead of having to search for them. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=252174#p252174 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser?
Re: What is the most accessible Windows web browser? Browsers made for the blind are pretty much always knockoffs, Chrome and NVDA do not get along as stated in a previous post, and if you're still using something older than XP you've got bigger problems. Internet Explorer is no longer being developed, and is frankly the worst browser in terms of security and compatibility across different platforms, would not recommend using it at all. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=252028#p252028 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil Would someone mind sending me a PM with details of how to obtain Inaudible as well?I think the material on BARD is even more strictly controlled than that of Audible. Personally while I have access to it I've never cared for it, as a lot of the narrators of their older books before they started using the Audible versions are horrible. Plus if I'm reading a series, I want the next book right when it comes out; I'm not going to wait weeks or months for it to be up on BARD. All told, I'd much rather pay $15.00 or so for a book I can break the DRM on, and if I have the ability to do that there's no need for piracy. I certainly don't feel entitled to free books simply because I am blind. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=250764#p250764 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil Ideally the books would be sold as standard MP3 files, then this wouldn't be an issue. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=250661#p250661 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) For Sale in the UK
Re: MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) For Sale in the UK Well I'm continuing to slowly blunder along and learn OS X, and have two more dumb questions for the time being.1. Is there any way to navigate in Safari like you would with NVDA, I.E. multiple links being listed on the same line as opposed to having to navigate through all of them? I know you're supposed to be able to up and down arrow through web pages, but when I do that, especially on sites like Reddit VO seems to miss things and get stuck.2. It seems sometimes that the VO cursor and system cursor are in different places at once, making for some confusion when I'm tabbing and shift-tabbing. Any quick workaround for this, or am I doing something wrong? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=250549#p250549 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil Even if I wanted to play them on my phone, I can't as the Audible app requires iOS 8 or later and I am still on an iPhone 4. Out of curiosity, why would you convert your books to lossless? I believe the Audible format is basically just encrypted MP3, so I don't think there's much of a point. Most of mine are 64KBPS MP3 and they sound fine. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=250449#p250449 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil This is why I don't download from Audible; I'll occasionally buy something from them because I actually do care about supporting the author, but being as my preferred portable device for playing books on is my Sansa Clip Zip with Rockbox on it, which, drum roll, cannot play DRM-protected content, I use a network that's made exclusively for uploading audiobooks as MP3s. I don't really like doing it as the books I buy are usually ones I feel are worth my money and it means waiting for someone else to convert the book (don't have Inaudible) but it works. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=250426#p250426 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare Was going to attempt a post with H for the breathing effect, but realized how lame that would be. I just hate that I have to slow it down so much, which consequently slows my usage of the device. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248532#p248532 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare I'm curious what you have the speech rate set to; I can only use Alex to read long passages that aren't system-related at about 50. You probably know this by now, but VO-D will get you to the dock (analogous to the Windows Taskbar) VO-M twice will bring up the status menus (like the system tray, kind of) and to get to all your applications do Command-N from the desktop, then use the sidebar to find the Applications folder. I'll be closely following this thread and contributing where I can, as I'm also playing around with OS X. Remember also keyboard help can be turned on with VO-K, and you can bring up a help menu at any time with VO-H, which has on-the fly command references and other handy stuff. As with iOS you can turn on Screen Curtain with a 3-finger tripple-tap on the trackpad (assuming trackpad commander is on, VO-rotate right to enable) or with VO-Shift-F11. You might want to go to system preferences and under keyboard turn on the option along the line s of "Use function keys as standard keys"; maybe not on the Air depending on how you're wife likes it, but probably the Mini since you're coming from Windows. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248464#p248464 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA
Re: Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA No because I don't want to stay logged into my account and I have Firefox set to delete cookies on close. Think I solved the problem though by blocking google.com from running scripts...hope this won't break something in the future. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248305#p248305 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: When do you truly lose it all?
Re: When do you truly lose it all? Not really anything I can say that hasn't already been said, but I'm also terribly sorry this happened. I live in an area of the US with large forest fires every summer since I've moved here. While my family and I have never been in any direct danger, it's definitely unnerving; the air is smoky for a long time, and in many places you don't want to stay outside for too long, so the possibility we could lose the house has been real. Glad you are all okay. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248102#p248102 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA
Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I use CTRL-K in Firefox to go to the search field, do a Google search for something, then navigate the results by headings as usual. For the past few months sometimes when I use H to jump headings the page will refresh, which either makes NVDA speak the title of the page and what I'm focused on again, or worse, puts me in the search field, so that H is appended to whatever I was searching for and the search is executed yet again. Don't recall exactly when this started, so can't be sure if it's a Firefox updage, one of my addons, NVDA or something else. It's annoying as hell though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248111#p248111 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA
Google search page constantly refreshing in Firefox with NVDA Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I use CTRL-K in Firefox to go to the search field, do a Google search for something, then navigate the results by headings as usual. For the past few months sometimes when I use H to jump headings the page will refresh, which either makes NVDA speak the title of the page and what I'm focused on again, or worse, puts me in the search field, so that H is appended to whatever I was searching for and the search is executed yet again. Don't recall exactly when this started, so can't be sure if it's a Firefox updade, one of my addons, NVDA or something else. It's annoying as hell though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248111#p248111 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Sebby not sure how much you screwed around with Fedora, but for some idiotic reason ALSA is muted by default, you might try something like "amixer set Master 100" in a terminal and see if that helps, though I don't think those pre-packaged distros come with the alsa-utils package. I've heard Linux audio can be problematic in Vmware though, might want to try booting it natively. If the machine you're booting on has multimedia volume keys you can simply press volume-up and you'll have audio (I don't think Xorg recognized the volume keys on Macbooks though .) Totally get you on not caring for Espeak, which is why I don't use Linux as much as I otherwise might; you can get an old version of Eloquence (or Viavoice, as it was known then) running but it involves a lot of obsolete 32-bit packages and is somewhat buggy. I also have the option of Braille but it's just not worth it for me. Personally I don't care for Debian or any of the other preconfigured distros. Not sure what you're ideal setup is, but if you're like me (and have time to screw around with initial configuration) you'll probably love Arch and never want to go back. As they say, Arch is pure Linux with a nice package manager.The Cortana commitments thing feels more like an insult to peoples' intelligence than anything else, I guess MS is just trying to get people used to their OS holding their hand through everything. I admit I thought Cortana was cool for a while, and that it'd be really nice to be able to just ask my computer the time, weather or do a conversion from across the room or something, but it was just too much of a hassle to manage. Ah well. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247957#p247957 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order Yeah my experiences with Fedora in particular have not been too positive, so I'd suggest avoiding that one. As for Chrome OS, I had a Chromebook a while back and did not care for the TTS at all (seems to be a trend with me ) and ChromeVox seemed buggy and inefficient. I mean, on paper it looks good, but I found the navigation and presentation of information ridiculous, regardless of what settings I changed. Ended up giving it to a friend about a year ago, so I suppose things could've changed since then, but I doubt it, and definitely am not getting another Chromebook even if I could afford it. Have you ever got it working with sound on a non-Chromebook? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247966#p247966 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order What do you do for TTS on Chromevox? Last I checked Chrome (or at least Chromium) didn't work with speech dispatcher and you had to install the Google TTS from Google Play, which is impossible without sight. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247992#p247992 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Sebby, got the Mac because I wanted to keep myoptions open, and didn't realize OS X would be this hard to get used to. I'm going to play with it when I feel like it and will definitely listen to the podcasts, but I'm really just not motivated right now to learn it; I think you're right about the familiarity thing but I can't really ditch Windows at this point, and Linux has its own problems. All that aside, I feel like the TTS alone is going to keep me from being as fast as I am on Windows, and like I said I value speed. Also talking of Linux it sounds like you haven't installed from a live CD in a long time, forgive me if I'm wrong here. I've used quite a few live CDs on some pretty weird hardware and have rarely had a problem; the Talking Arch CD in particularly is very good with hardware detection, if that's your distro of choice, and it's a network install.I haven't had issues installing Windows independently for a long time now, except sometimes on drives that are already partitioned for something else. You can use the command prompt to manage partitions and use keyboard shortcuts for the installation screens. Getting them to boot from disk is another issue entirely, but that's not really MS's fault. I agree that there's no excuse not to provide a talking installer, but I guess I personally just don't really need one. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247893#p247893 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order Well I've been using OS X today and web navigation especially seems really inefficient compared to what I'm used to. Unless I'm missing something, just to get into the off-topic room on this forum I have to interact with the heading and scroll to it. VO is way too verbose and I have to scroll multiple times just to hear web addresses and other objects read in their entirety, something I don't need to do on Windows. I can't understand Alex well at high speeds and the breathing is really annoying, plus he sounds depressed and uptight which doesn't help my mood, I feel like he's gonna tap me on the shoulder and say brusquely, "Name, you are fired." So I'm sad to say I've reinstalled 8.1; I'm in college and have stuff to do and speed is a high priority for me. I'll play with OS X and when I get more familiar with it may try to make a slower switch over a break, but for now it's back to Doze. Sorry guys, couldn' t do it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=24#p24 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Sebby I may well invest in Fusion; trivial as it may sound Eloquence is a pretty big selling point for me. Until then though I'll probably just install Player and virtualize on Arch. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247741#p247741 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order @Sebby not meaning to get any more off-topic but being as I've actually got a fairly powerful Macbook Pro (2013, Sandybridge at 2.4 ghz, 8 GB of RAM and 250 GB SSD,) I'm now seriously considering getting rid of Windows and dual-booting with Arch and have a few more OS X-related questions. I know the basics of VO gestures and the interface, but am still kind of slow and clumsy. Of the several intro podcasts out there is there one you recommend? For a browser I've heard Chrome is snappier than Safari, and mixed things about Firefox, any input on this? While we're at it a good torrent client and media player, I'm going to try out VLC as I've heard it's pretty good but have no idea about the other. Also I never tried the Eloquence server emulated with WINE hack, have you done so and is it worth it? Espeak doesn't seem to work with Voiceover either, and I'm really not a fan of the resource-intensive Apple voices. I know it's kind of irr elevant on a quad-core machine, but I still like running efficiently. One reason I've stuck with Windows for so long is despite its complexity I do have some understanding of its architecture (boot process, location of kernel and other system files, update method, startup services and so forth.) Do you know of any good comprehensive resources about this? Sorry most of these questions are kind of open-ended, I'm lazy and will undoubtedly find answers on my own in time, don't answer if you don't feel like it lol. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247642#p247642 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order I guess the only other question I have for now is how is VO with QT applications like Virtualbox? That and what to do with my other non-Macs (two desktops, one laptop.) I briefly entertained the idea of trying to hackintosh them a while back, but that looks like way more trouble than it's worth. Guess it's back to 8.1 for them all, hopefully those will be the last reinstalls of Windows I have to do for a long time.Edit: I don't think I'll be using iTunes because almost everything I have is in FLAC, and there's a lot of it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=247667#p247667 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
