Re: guide dogs!
Hi!Sorry for resurrecting this thread once again, but the way i see it is, this is a good resource for anyone that is thinking of getting a guide dog anyway.The reason for the resurrection is to let everyone know that I am finally getting my dog tomorrow or Monday.She is a
Re: guide dogs!
I hope me and the dog dont have too many problems at first, but at this point Im expecting the worst. Im not really sure if Im good at understanding what dogs want by hearing them and stuff, and I am also completely blind, but I am hoping this gets easier as time passes.
Re: guide dogs!
Well, the Trainer will be here with the dog in less than 3 hours now! Thanks guys for the support and tips!
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Re: guide dogs!
Fiona is an amazing doggy! that is all!I got her this morning. The trainer was really nice, and so was the dog! As soon as she came to the house she was jumping on me and really excited.We hung out in my room for a while and she was great; She didnt really listen to my
Re: guide dogs!
things went well today as well! but my instructor has been warning me about what they like to call fifth day blues. The day where the dog decides to question and act against everything you do to challenge your authority. I am... very excited for that day!
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raspberry pi: need an image
Hi.I got a Raspberry Pi a few weeks ago, and have finally gotten some time to play with it. I heard that the arch image on rasperryvi.org had a console screen reader, but I cant find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find this? yes, I did check their
Re: raspberry pi: need an image
You both have just answered questions I myself answered on post 1. @blademan: I plan on switching to raspbian if I dont like arch, which will possibly be very likely, considering I have never used arch and come from debian-like systems. I do, however, think
Re: guide dogs!
Well, to me the commands and how to use them is the easiest part, and I can describe to you guys how leader dog does it. I was at an om program in march that lasted a week and you go through all sorts of om skills such as crossing dirt roads/other country travel, and some
Re: guide dogs!
lol I feel like it wouyld hurt them more than it would scare them... I mean, sometimes vacuum cleaners hurt my ears and I dont even fit inside one.
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Re: The zombie apocalypse has just started. Look to your left.
Closest object to my left is my phone that sits inside of its charging case. It should work as a sturdy club I can use to play Whack The zombie with, if I become sick of the zombies and myself, I can make the batteries explode,
Re: The zombie apocalypse has just started. Look to your left.
Those zombies are the exception to the rule. Every race has their outcast that usually ends up rebelling anyway. Perhaps that zombie will join my adventuring party along with a few other humans!
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Re: echo location?
That actually makes sense. Sounds sort of like a psychological barrier that you place on yourself. Its dark, so I should not be able to perceive anything.Im completely blind, and whether its light or dark outside doesnt affect my echo location. In fact, since Im
Re: What do you think of a game console for the blind?
uh... a raspberry pi is not $130Cheapest model is $25, and most expensive model is $35.HTH
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Re: echo location?
That actually makes sense. Sounds sort of like a psychological barrier that you place on yourself. Its dark, so I should not be able to perceive anything.Im completely blind, and whether its light or dark outside doesnt affect my echo location. In fact, since Im
Re: What do you think of a game console for the blind?
Ah. Okay, ,I thought you were talking about the pi itself, not the many other components youd need.
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comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
Hi.A few weeks ago, I was messing with orca and firefox here on linux and noticed that there was this really annoying problem that firefox on windows and linux seemed to share. Sometimes, when pages loaded, windows screen readers, as
Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
Well, I run chromevox exclusively with speech-dispatcher, because as much as I love the google tts engine, it runs a little slowly for me. All you need to do is run google chrome with the --enable-speech-dispatcher flag.Like I
Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
huh, I was wondering what was happening with that, since I expected it to be a rediculously large file. What happens with chromebook users who lose internet access, will chromevox automatically switch to an offline tts engine?
Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
cool, thank you!Can I download the google tts engine and use it locally here on chrome?
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Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
I dont really care much for the flat layout. I started with Classic and I got used to it so now the others just dont seem particularly interesting. Anyone know when Chrome 45 will be released?
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Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
the lack of browse mode/focus mode/whatever you may want to call it is one of my favorite things about chromevox and its also why I like the fact that voice over, chromevox, narrator, etc, have a chromevox/voiceover/whatever
Re: The rules of good discussion, please read
Look, I came here for an argument!Everything dark said in the first post of this thread is invalid because dark is a mod, and mods are all evil, selfish immature people.You attack Dark and his argument, dealing 12 damage!
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Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
Well that sucks.I got a windows machine yesterday, installed chrome and chromevox, and noticed chromevox has two bugs that make the experience very irritating. I found them on both chrome 44 and the 45 beta.Sometimes, elements
Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
Well, I've reported both bugs. I really hope someone fixes them soon, because I really prefer chromevox and chrome to nvda and firefox.
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Re: comparing chromevox with other screen readers like NVDA
are you talking about wthin chrome itself? or is there a chromevox help menu I am currently unaware of.
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Re: What is the most funny/anoying thing you can do with eliquents?
This may or may not work properly here on the forum. If it sounds weird, paste this into notepad and turn word wrap off.A friend, who attempted to create this, gave me the idea to try to complete the whole song. If any
Re: accessible two-way radios?
Yeah, I was expecting something mostly inaccessible but I watched an unboxing video and apparently it has different tones for when you reach ends of menus and things. Also, that page specifically mentioned the radios I'm getting having text to speech, which
Re: accessible two-way radios?
Are there a resources where I can learn about these different bands? I'm curious about what's the difference between them, like what makes the GRMS band so much more special that it requires a license whereas the other one that I can't remember the initials
accessible two-way radios?
so, I've had this obsession with walkie talkies/two-way radios, whatever you want to call them since I was like 6, and I've finally decided to spend $40 on a pair, even though I don't really have anyone to use them with currently. I was looking at a page on the
Re: accessible two-way radios?
out of curiosity, how does the FCC enforce the license requirement in general? Seems like it would be really difficult to.
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Re: accessible two-way radios?
Hrm. I was researching that pair of radios and saw that you need a license to transmit on all of the supported bands? Also, all of this information is just flying right over my head. lolI don't mind the conversation expanding to radio in general though.
Re: accessible two-way radios?
Hrm. I was researching that pair of radios and saw that you need a license to transmit on all of the supported bands, is that true? Also, all of this information is just flying right over my head. lolI don't mind the conversation expanding to radio in
Re: accessible two-way radios?
so these radios are really old, correct? Can either of you direct me to what I'd need to buy to make them usable? I will return the ones I have since they're not accessible anyway, and these radios are cheaper. Though, from what I've read through the
Re: accessible two-way radios?
I've understood most of the terms mentioned above, it's just the different frequencies are meaningless to me. Also, how hard is it to program one of these things? Do you need a lot of knowledge to do so?
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Re: mac os questions and usage tips
It should play the little mac OS boot logo sound thing when it's turning on. If you have the 2015, you can check whether the mac is on by pressing on the trackpad. If it doesn't give, then it's not on. You can navigate to the next spelling error with
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
yay, that's just what we need!
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Re: Dear Windows, lets just be friends.
Awwh.. That must have been so hard for you. I know how you feel though, I was abandoned just like you were. I was told I couldn't do it without windows 10, and god... It hurts, so much!The worst part is, I am worse than windows. When I got my mac,
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Fusion is a great little toy. It's kind enough to install windows for you without sighted assistance! Am I the only person in this world that doesn't really mind Alex? I mean, some of its quirks like pronouncing some capital letters wrong are
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
It's funny you mention object navigation. When I tried to learn it, it seemed so convoluted and I had very slight success, so I was dreading the interaction aspect of vo because I figured it would be similar. I was really surprised when I
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
It's funny you mention object navigation. When I tried to learn it, it seemed so convoluted and I had very slight success, so I was dreading the interaction aspect of vo because I figured it would be similar. I was really surprised when I
Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
Hi all.I've been monitoring this thread for some time now, and have found it very entertaining.like most of you, I've been using windows for as long as I can remember, until last year when some evil entities used their seductive whispers to get me into
Re: When do you truly lose it all?
yeah i read the first post and thought, "Well at least his mac hadn't arrived yet!" lolbut anyway, glad you and your family are well and hope you all can find somewhere to stay at and things. Best of luck to you!
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Re: The Windows 10 New World Order
yes, I used --enable-speech-dispatcher. It works flawlessly for me. The google tts voices are built in, I believe, though they're obviousl not downloaded onto the machine itself. I didn't like using them because of the latency.
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Re: looking into a laptop
Actually, you can easily enable right mouse button clicking in trackpad settings. As to laptop advice, I would be the worst person to ask about this, lol. I always have the worst luck possible when getting a new windows laptop. I always discover a really
increasing speaking rate for system voice above max in OS X
So I finally got soundrts to run on my macbook pro, but am finding the max speech rate for system voice annoyingly slow. is there a way of raising it above this limit? Is there a setting I can change within terminal or
Re: increasing speaking rate for system voice above max in OS X
Yeah I know about that, it's what I meant by the max.
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Re: MMM! My Mac Mini
1-2. Audio highjack is fully accessible. It's one of the coolest pieces of software I've ever played with in my life, and the developer is very committed to accessibility. You can see what I mean by going to http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps … -voiceoverEven
Re: MMM! My Mac Mini
1-2. Audio highjack is fully accessible. It's one of the coolest pieces of software I've ever played with in my life, and the developer is very committed to accessibility. You can see what I mean by going to http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps … -voiceoverEven
Re: A warning about iTunes for Windows version 12.04
to be fair, apple doesn't really support ITunes on windows. It has nothing to do with accessibility. ITunes overall has always been slow and unstable on windows. It's only a little better on OS X. Thankfully, it seems even apple
Re: Dog barking imitations made by girls
was thinking that too...
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Re: Mac users: a final question
The capslock key cannot be passed to the vm, but that's no reason why you can't reassign the capslock key on windows to another key, for example, right control or right alt. there are tools like sharp keys that will do this for you.
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Re: New IPhone september 16 2016
Well, given that no one has actually discussed their experiences with these new IPhones, I thought I'd post my observations, since I was one of the few lucky individuals to receive theirs yesterday. Before I do, however, a bit of background.At first, I was
Re: Google mail and security to stupid levels!
I doubt it has anything to do with the fact that she was using outlook. What I'm assuming happened is that the first time she tried to log in, it asked for the same verification, but since Outlook doesn't know how to interpret that
Re: MP3 to become a thing of the past.
Where exactly did this come from. When looking it up, last stories I read about it were from 2008, and the last event the wikipedia article talks about regarding the format was in 2009, so this clearly did not replace mp3, although I wish it had.
Re: What's wrong with the guide dog schools
I was getting ready to quote and respond to a bunch of people, but I feel like a lot of the big things have already been touched on so I didn't want to rehash the same arguments.Orko wrote:finally, while calling you fat may not have been the best
Re: What's wrong with the guide dog schools
@Orko: Not at all. I just saw one part of the discussion that had not been responded to and responded to that alone.Regarding the rest of the debate, I don't really know what I think, which is why I said nothing else.One student in my class was
Re: You find yourself in the year 1800. What do you do?
I'd basically do what Raven did. Also, I'd download a bunch of history books on the time period I was left in, study the events, and hopefully profit from them! I came up with another prompt that I thought might be interesting. If a
Re: Any Good audio drama or podcast recommendation?
I'm not sure I agree with the claim that We're Alive is the best audio drama out there. That's obviously very subjective, but I feel that though it is in the top 5, it wouldn't be number 1 for me.If we're comparing it to any other zombie
Re: advice needed. No snide comments please
Awesome! Congrats! Best of luck for the two of you!
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Re: The end is near!
I could survive this game easily. I just have to drink shots that only contain water!
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Re: The end is near!
It is 100% a joke. lolI have no problems with Jade. I just saw people talking about how suspicious it was that every mod was stepping down and wanted to make a joke out of it.
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The end is near!
Well, my friends, I’m ashamed to say I was wrong. A few of you more vocal folks warned us all, and how stupid I feel for not listening! I awoke this morning from my private room, and emerged into the public forum and found myself in a new world. All of our wisest
Re: advice needed. No snide comments please
@8: Do you really have to bring up forum drama on a thread that has literally nothing to do with this? Jade was not speaking as a moderator in his post. Come on, people!Anyway, I agree with what most people have said. Like others have stated,
Re: i'm sorry
COOKIE MONSTER!Obviously!
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Re: The beginning of the end for jaws?
So I used to hate Jaws with a passion. I only ever used NVDA because it was great and I never had any issues. Every year, we'd have a new version of Jaws with 10 new features nobody would ever use and seemingly more bugs.Last year though, I noticed
Re: What's happening with the blind mice mega mall?
I know some Newspapers are blocking European countries because of GDPR. Could it be something similar here?
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Re: JAWS Scripts for Notepad++
Do any of you know if somebody has written Jaws scripts for VSCode? I always have to use NVDA because Jaws's sound schemes and text analyzer don't work in those web/chrome-based editing environments.
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Re: making a jimm at home?
If you go to a gym three times a week, you could probably get away with not buying weights or much equipment for home use and focus entirely on core or full-body workouts that don't require equipment, such as planks, push ups, etc. Developing a strong core is
Re: urhs everythings blind forum
Can't believe none of you commented on the most important part of this post. The OP has decided to make some serious changes to English grammar; by swapping our beloved comma with the dreaded semicolon. Not only do we have a brand new forum; but we have a
Re: The Ultrapopcorn protocol
but does it actually sound nicer? or does it just sound nice to us because the word is and has always been popcorn?
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Re: The Ultrapopcorn protocol
No idea why this thread was revived, but I never read it originally. Very interesting stuff, except of course now the word popcorn doesn't really feel like a word. popcorn... popcorn... What is popcorn, anyway? popcorn? Popcorn!Why isn't it called cornpop?
Re: Teens Are Not too Young for Depression
As somebody who had sexual urges by the time I was 7, I can confidently claim that these things don't always start when you become a teenager. Sure, when I was seven, I had no desire to sleep with anyone, but that's because I had no idea what my
Re: Teens Are Not too Young for Depression
I don't know if this has been touched on, but a big reason kids become so obsessed with technology is not because their parents give them unrestricted access to it. It's because they themselves are completely hooked on it. Trying to stop your
Re: Teens Are Not too Young for Depression
I don't know if this has been touched on, but a big reason kids become so obsessed with technology is not because their parents give them unrestricted access to it. It's because they themselves are completely hooked on it. Trying to stop your
Re: Teens Are Not too Young for Depression
If you have Audible, the narrator did an amazing job. Might be worth a spare credit if you have one.
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Re: Teens Are Not too Young for Depression
@15: For somebody who's calling somebody else out for trying to make themselves the center of a particular topic, you seem to be doing that a lot. Anyway, I've never suffered from depression and have trouble relating with these topics
Re: Urgent, help needed asap
I'm not really in a position to help either, as I am also a starving college student, but have you considered taking out a loan? if you get assistance that you weren't expecting you're not penalized for paying off loans early. Plus, it'll be really hard to
Re: Behind the Curve on iPhone and Seeking Experience
I personally think that's a ridiculous argument. If you're sighted, the phone will check to see that you're actually looking into it before unlocking. If your eyes work well enough to focus on things, the attention features will work
Re: Behind the Curve on iPhone and Seeking Experience
I don't have an iPhone 11, but I have the XS max which is basically the same thing. The two things you will likely have trouble with at first are Face ID and the missing home button. Where the iPhone 7 and 8 had the virtual home
Re: Urgent: Help with blackboard needed
The frustrating thing is everything else in Blackboard is working great! It even allows you to download documents in alternative formats, like brf. I've never tested the brf translations because I don't have a braille display anymore but the fact
Re: something in computer industry i find pritty vorrying
I've personally never seen the appeal of small / thin laptops. Sure, they're adorable and easy to carry around, but personally for me, as a student, I'm always carrying a backpack anyway, so unless a laptop is small enough to fit
Re: how to change the individual volumes of users in discord?
you can also just press the applications key on their name.The slider is a left/right slider, just be aware of that.
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Re: New HomePod mailing list
What exactly would you talk about on a Homepod Mailing list? Turns out there's a Homepod reddit community but I guess that's not too surprising.
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Re: iOS 14 after two days. My thoughts and things I've noticed
I think the neatest thing about iOS 14 for voice over users is the OCR and image recognition stuff. Creating image descriptions is extremely quick and I'd say the descriptions are at least as good as Seeing AIs.The problem
Re: AirPods Pro problem. Has anyone experienced this?
odd. I've never had any issues with mine, other than the fact that they don't stay in my ears, but the new ComplyFoam tips I ordered recently should fix that.Do you wash your ear tips? I've noticed sometimes when I wash mine and I
Re: are their any good harry potter fanfics with these criterias?
Speaking of blind Harry fics, there's this really good one that I used to read that still is being worked on. It's called Basilisk eyes. Harry was blinded in the chamber of secrets and it's more of a recovery story than it
Re: are their any good harry potter fanfics with these criterias?
Speaking of blind Harry fics, there's this really good one that I used to read that still is being worked on. It's called Basilisk eyes. Harry was blinded in the chamber of secrets and it's more of a recovery story than it
Re: Aprone's Triple Triad: Fun and Frustration
https://www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/tripletriad.zip
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Re: Aprone's Triple Triad: Fun and Frustration
I think Aprone always intentionally wrote his stories to be over the top / cringy.I'd love to see a rewrite of this game with more cards and multiplayer support. I love the concept and it made me wish I could play final fantasy.I have to ask
Re: aprone i have sent you an email
apparently no pun in ten did clue people into the fact that this was a joke topic!
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Re: obs and Olgato hd60s setup
Can't believe you managed to get a PS5. I kind of hate you. Anyway I don't have a capture card so I can't answer that but my NVDA definitely doesn't lag when opening OBS.Also, what's wrong with using ps remote play? Are you playing a game that uses the
Re: Urgent: Help with blackboard needed
Can confirm that I am experiencing the same issue.I found out the hard way... during a midterm.
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Re: where has this community gone to
I couldn't agree more with post 21.I think mods have a greater responsibility now to maintaining this community and keeping it presentable than ever before, because our voices are finally starting to be heard in the mainstream gaming world.Cracking down
Re: What to read after reading Harry Potter and Percy Jackson?
before reading the trials of Apollo, you have to read the heroes of Olympus series which is another five books. They take place shortly after the fifth Pursey Jackson book ends.
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Re: what should we do if the forum, Whent down with out any warning?
discord is my personal favorite when it comes to instant messaging. Most of my sighted friends use it so it's really easy to stay in touch.Reddit... I see the appeal of it but its hard for me to open it and keep up with
Re: Accessibility in video games
Tlou2 plays itself? explains why I died so often. I guess the game just sucks at playing itself. You can turn off half the gameplay, sure. It's the half of the gameplay nobody (blind or sighted) is playing the game for.Nobody bought the game to enjoy
Re: Accessibility in video games
Tlou2 plays itself? explains why I died so often. I guess the game just sucks at playing itself. You can turn off half the gameplay, sure. It's the half of the gameplay nobody (blind or sighted) is playing the game for.Nobody bought the game to enjoy
Re: Accessibility in video games
Tlou2 plays itself? explains why I died so often. I guess the game just sucks at playing itself. You can turn off half the gameplay, sure. It's the half of the gameplay nobody (blind or sighted) is playing the game for.Nobody bought the game to enjoy
Re: Wow. Googles messed up again.
odd. I was just on Youtube a moment ago and comments were definitely not headings, though I kinda wish they were.
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Re: audio experiment - how do you perceive this?
I haven't read any responses yet or even looked at the results.I selected can't tell because the drum sounded a tiny bit off on both. I could tell that the note was there just an octave below but it just sounded slightly off for
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