Re: [JAWS-Users] interesting thoughts/finding about CPU speeds, temperature and JAWS

2018-06-27 Thread Valiant8086
it frequently while you attempt to stress the laptops and see what temps are being realized, if they're staying reasonable but powering off then there's probably a different issue at play Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very

Re: [JAWS-Users] interesting thoughts/finding about CPU speeds, temperature and JAWS

2018-06-25 Thread Valiant8086
point, and thus the rest of the scale is from what ever your base clock speed is and below that, perhaps. Hope that's useful. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community -

Re: [JAWS-Users] interesting thoughts/finding about CPU speeds, temperature and JAWS

2018-06-25 Thread Valiant8086
, just extract that to a folder and run hw monitor 64.exe or the other if you're on 32 bit windows. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 6/25/2018 9:28 A

Re: [JAWS-Users] Deactivating an Authorization on a Computer to Transfer to Another Computer

2018-06-23 Thread Valiant8086
this a couple times per year as I recall. Once this is complete, try to activate JAWS again. It may not work quite like this if you aren't in the USA. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community -

Re: [JAWS-Users] Laptop crashing

2018-06-15 Thread Valiant8086
an arm or what ever. So saying, that actually isn't out of the realm of possibility. To answer your last question, no, this has never happened to me. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind comm

Re: [JAWS-Users] Lenovo and jaws

2018-06-15 Thread Valiant8086
that here and it opened Lenovo Vantage on the input section, which is where you go if you want to swap your fn and control keys or toggle what the function keys do by  default and such. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very

Re: [JAWS-Users] Lenovo and jaws

2018-06-15 Thread Valiant8086
this helps. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 6/14/2018 3:52 PM, David Whitehead wrote: Good afternoon folks, just a follow up on my Lenovo message, I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Lenovo and jaws

2018-06-11 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. My Think Pad t480s follows the first list, my Yoga 2 pro follows the second. So I think the think pads may use the first list and the idea pads which the Yoga 2 pro is one of, follow the second list, possibly? Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy

Re: [JAWS-Users] Lenovo and jaws

2018-06-11 Thread Valiant8086
T480s that's how it is. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 6/11/2018 3:45 PM, David Whitehead wrote: Good afternoon all; One of my client's purc

Re: [JAWS-Users] Invisible screen

2018-06-10 Thread Valiant8086
assuming num pad multiply wouldn't work either. Thanks for reading, hope this is useful. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 6/10/2018 2:32 PM, Valian

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS sma question

2018-06-10 Thread Valiant8086
cost of purchase is high, but I feel the cost of the SMA especially in the sale price window is pretty reasonable, at least for the home use one. 80 dollars for a year is pretty doable for most folks. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates &qu

Re: [JAWS-Users] Invisible screen

2018-06-10 Thread Valiant8086
automagically revert back since you never clicked yes. Really annoying to be honest, if I could turn the screen off on this Think Pad t480s I imagine I'd be getting upwards of 15 hours of battery pretty easily. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates &qu

Re: [JAWS-Users] recommendations on replacement Toshiba or dell notebook

2018-05-27 Thread Valiant8086
on notebookcheck though that it does get hot all over, being fanless as it is. I believe you can't really buy Toshiba computers in store anymore, mostly just online. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audio

Re: [JAWS-Users] recommendations on replacement Toshiba or dell notebook

2018-05-27 Thread Valiant8086
Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 5/16/2018 7:17 PM, John R. Vaughn wrote: List, have a Toshiba 5500 series laptop moving toward end of its life. Anyone purc

Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox 60

2018-05-13 Thread Valiant8086
, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 5/11/2018 4:17 PM, Cristóbal wrote: I wrote VFO with issues I was having with Jaws and Firefox 60 and Jaws losing speech for a second or two

Re: [JAWS-Users] DVD/CD Rom Inquiry

2018-01-07 Thread Valiant8086
this pc as the default starting location, if you need to know how to do that let us know. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 1/4/2018 2:47 PM, jyand

Re: [JAWS-Users] mail app

2017-09-28 Thread Valiant8086
the columns so the information you want to hear about a message first is in fact read first, etc. You can group messages by conversation and have it speak something like this when you down arrow in the message list collapsed 6 valiant8086 [JAWS-Users] oops my JAWS crashed! 9/28/2017 10:23AM

Re: [JAWS-Users] Dos Box environment?

2017-09-28 Thread Valiant8086
on there with these, sharing old games back and forth and the like. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/27/2017 12:31 PM, JM Casey wrote: Hey Fernando. Thanks for wr

Re: [JAWS-Users] Outlook express is back. You bet it is!

2017-09-23 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Cool! I'm sending this message with OE on windows 10! Pretty nifty. I don't know if I'll keep using it or not, google makes it sound pretty insecure, I had to checka box allowing less secure apps before OE would work and they don't recommend that of course. That said, does anybody have a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Strange occurrence turning on the computer

2017-09-23 Thread Valiant8086
. Thecold metal ones like the flip odels have is nice too, and I suspect the so called watchband hinge lenovo yoga 900 and yoga 910 have is excellent. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community -

Re: [JAWS-Users] Strange occurrence turning on the computer

2017-09-22 Thread Valiant8086
. Be careful in msconfig, there are plenty of intricate and interesting ways to break things in there. Don't change anything you're not positive you understand. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Voices for jaws 2018 beta.

2017-09-20 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. Vocalizer expressive 2 Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/19/2017 6:23 PM, Holger Fiallo wrote: OK. Got it, but there are 1 and 2. Do I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Voices for jaws 2018 beta.

2017-09-19 Thread Valiant8086
, keep down arrowing till you reach Vocalizer Expressive. Once you have the synthesizer selected, visit the options menu, voices, voice adjustment, to pick from any available voices for that synthesizer and customize to your liking. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner

Re: [JAWS-Users] Strange occurrence turning on the computer

2017-09-19 Thread Valiant8086
on screen and this isn't particularly desirable in most cases. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/19/2017 6:50 AM, Laura Richardson wrote:

Re: [JAWS-Users] a way to shorten a link

2017-09-18 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. Paste the original link into the edit field at http://bit.ly. It'll spit out a shortened link you can copy and distribute, and when the recipients click on the shortened link it goes to the original URL. Is this what you're asking? Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General

Re: [JAWS-Users] stopping music

2017-09-12 Thread Valiant8086
Sometimes hitting esc works. If your computer currently supportsx, is not running the win 10 creaters update, you can make jaws fade away the background music" pressing insert space, then uh, d? Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates &quo

Re: [JAWS-Users] Tabbing Through Multiple programs

2017-09-12 Thread Valiant8086
the task bar, which shows you all items you have pinned there, plus any running applications will also appear Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/11/2017

Re: [JAWS-Users] move web site url

2017-09-12 Thread Valiant8086
, put something meaningful to you like VFO website and press enter again. That should do it. Good luck! Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/11/2017 6:

Re: [JAWS-Users] List boxes

2017-09-12 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. I just logged into gmail with internet explorer, and I can't find any list boxes at all. How did you get to it? My mails are displayed in a table. There is a combo box letting you choose actions to take on the selected emails. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner

Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws 18

2017-09-12 Thread Valiant8086
No. Its available as a public beta which you can download and try out right now but is not released as a stable product yet. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalax

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 2018 and Open Book

2017-09-05 Thread Valiant8086
JAWS recognize it then. It's fun having enough options to do this to have amunition for a discussion on it. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/4/2

[JAWS-Users] Eric, how about adding the SMA order page to web resources in help, and as one of the links on FSActivate.com

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
, there should be a link to this page probably at the bottom of the 5 item long list of things you can do to your activation, request more activations etc. This page should be linked at the end of that. -- Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates &qu

Re: [JAWS-Users] New JAWS user question about caps lock as JAWS key

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
more natural for me to reach for insert with the right hand, then hit j with the left pointer finger. Not a standard acceptable contortion for touch typist such as myself, but it works. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very

Re: [JAWS-Users] opinion on useing caps lock as JAWS key

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
. If you continue using desktop layout, you can set the caps lock as a JAWS key manually. Ask us how to change keyboard layouts if you can't find it on your own. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the

Re: [JAWS-Users] opinion on useing caps lock as JAWS key

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/4/2017 8:42 AM, Annette Carr wrote: I have been using desktop layout with every desktop and laptop computer I

Re: [JAWS-Users] error everytime I try installing beta

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
Elbraille, though so if it's a bug it's not affecting all of the 32 bit machines. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 9/3/2017 11:47 PM, joanne wrote:

Re: [JAWS-Users] trying to find the place where I can pay online for my upgrade

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
in the edit box on that page, if it's going to be time for you to buy the new SMA to be able to use the final release of 2018, it'll offer to let you pay it online. Good luck. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audio

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible youtube to mp3 converter

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
it, so if you type a path in there but you have a different path on your clipboard, every time you tab to and put focus back on the edit box it'll be replaced with that which is on your clipboard, something to keep in mind. Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant

Re: [JAWS-Users] A possible bit of a problem

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
just switch to another version quickly and decide to beat on the new, broken, version to try and fix it later on when I'm done with what ever it is I'm doing. Good luck with your shiny new Shark! Cheers: Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 2018 and Open Book

2017-09-04 Thread Valiant8086
, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - http://valiantGalaxy.com; On 8/31/2017 5:58 PM, Blackwell, Clifford wrote: Does anyone know if with the inclusion of the scanning features in JAWS 2018 if VFO is inte

Re: [JAWS-Users] speakDropbox updated to version 17

2017-02-22 Thread valiant8086
nt: Monday, February 20, 2017 5:51 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] speakDropbox updated to version 17 Hi Nicole, Here's the direct download link for SpeakDropbox version 17: http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox/speakDropbox0.0.1.7installe r.exe Take care.

Re: [JAWS-Users] speakDropbox updated to version 17

2017-02-19 Thread valiant8086
Hi. If you click on the link I gave in my original post, the resulting page has an explanation as to what speakDropbox is. In short, speakDropbox just makes Dropbox talk. Dropbox is a file sharing and syncing service that keeps coppies of files synced and up to date among all your devices

Re: [JAWS-Users] speakDropbox updated to version 17

2017-02-19 Thread valiant8086
. On 2/13/17, valiant8086 <valiant8...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi anyone who uses speakDropbox or is otherwise interested. speakDropbox 17 update just came out a couple days ago. As far as I've been able to tell, I didn't break anything. The most notable change is the settings sub menu in the s

Re: [JAWS-Users] DropBox notifications

2017-02-13 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Is that computer running speakDropbox? Are we talking about the notification functionality in windows where you can press windows+v to view them sometimes and they're available in the action center (windows+a). If it's the second option, try going into Dropbox's tray menu, then to

[JAWS-Users] speakDropbox updated to version 17

2017-02-13 Thread valiant8086
then on it will update to newer versions by itself. It checks 1 hour after launch and then every 6 hours after that. This can be turned off in the configuration window. http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox/ Hope everyone likes the update and, by the way, no fix for the "Dropbox sy

Re: [JAWS-Users] looking for logictech h800 help

2016-11-06 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Go to the sounds dialogue in control panel and set logitech h800 as default for the playback tab. May also have to do that on the recording tab. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community

Re: [JAWS-Users] Problems When Searching For A Lost File On The Computer

2016-09-23 Thread valiant8086
Hi. press f3 when you're at the location from which you want the search to begin. Focus goes to the search box, type your search keyword(s) and I believe press enter, not sure if you have to or not. The results come up in the traditional style your list view is set to. Tab out of the edit

Re: [JAWS-Users] email programs and jaws

2016-09-23 Thread valiant8086
Hi. For the record, in case there's not some specific reason to use a microsoft mail client as your fallback that i'm unaware of, Thunderbird might be suitable. It gets very sluggish if you have lots of emails being synced while you're trying to read messages, but the sluggishness goes away

Re: [JAWS-Users] 1 keyboard and 2 computers

2016-09-23 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Another solution is if your computers both have decent bluetooth to use a bluetooth keyboard that has multiple connection support like the logitech k760. I believe there are other logitech keyboards that can do this also. Of interest, if you wanted just one set of speakers it might be

Re: [JAWS-Users] Any Tips for Using Windows Live Mail with JAWS v17?

2016-09-23 Thread valiant8086
Hi. It's a universal style app, sometimes refered to as a metro app, called, most imaginatively, mail. As of the latest jaws 17 update or perhaps the second latest, it is said to be accessible with JAWS. I personally find the extra verbiage and inconsistent reading in the message list plus

Re: [JAWS-Users] reading columns with jaws 17 and magic 13

2016-09-12 Thread valiant8086
Hi. If you use smart navigation with set to tables, down arrow will go down the current column. right arrow will go to the next column to the right where up and down should just read that specific column. If you don't use smart navigation, hold ctrl and alt keys as you use the arrows up

Re: [JAWS-Users] OE Classic Email Program

2016-09-12 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I gave it a try myself, having heard about it on the same Top Tech Tidbits newsletter. I couldn't figure out how to get it to read emails and, just as importantly for me, it didn't seem to support Imap, which I believe is something I need given that I use several devices to check mail

Re: [JAWS-Users] windows.old

2016-09-12 Thread valiant8086
Hi. You shouldn't have to run it multiple times so far as I can recall, though you probably do need to hit the button that says, show system files, or something like that when you first open it. When you hit that, it'll restart the disk cleanup application with administrator privilages, thus

Re: [JAWS-Users] Dropbox & updating all the time

2016-09-12 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I don't know why they're doing that now, but they definitely are, it's not just you. I probably will have to suppress the dropbox syncing message to get it to quit reading that. If you think it'd be easier to put up with if you just had sounds only for now, you might try turning off

Re: [JAWS-Users] how can I view such things as music information in explorer?

2016-08-30 Thread valiant8086
Hi. This question gave me an idea for my next podcast. I've just finished it. The below link will take you to the Podcast site. From there you can download episode 36 detailing some of the ins and outs of doing things like setting detail view, setting which columns are displayed in a

Re: [JAWS-Users] drop box

2016-08-30 Thread valiant8086
Go into the folder, press tab till you hear view mode. If not in detail view currently, most likely only one press of tab will do it. It says, view mode, detailed radio button not checked most likely if not currently in detail view. Press right arrow it'll probably say something like, large

Re: [JAWS-Users] wondering about other voices for jaws

2016-08-30 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Go to the jaws help menu and pick more voices from there. If JJAWS is running on the system tray, press insert+j, go down to help, and then go down to more voices. If however it is running on the task bar as normally, press insert+j to focus the window, press alt+h to open the help

Re: [JAWS-Users] is it possible to update to the anivercery update through windows update? and do you need to use the media creation tool?

2016-08-16 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I've ended up back on the desktop with jaws or NVDA or which ever I have set to auto start running after doing this too, but not always, so the windows+enter thing will still be recommended. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good

Re: [JAWS-Users] update now available to speakDropbox fixing win10 anniversary update bugs

2016-08-12 Thread valiant8086
without making it obvious to the user what's going on. http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 port

Re: [JAWS-Users] update now available to speakDropbox fixing win10 anniversary update bugs

2016-08-11 Thread valiant8086
On 12/08/16 08:42, valiant8086 wrote: Hi. After I got over my major headache today, I got messing around with speakDropbox again. I can't get it to reproduce the issue I had before that I couldn't get it to click the dropbox icon when I double pressed the respective keystroke. I have no idea

Re: [JAWS-Users] update now available to speakDropbox fixingwin10 anniversary update bugs

2016-08-11 Thread valiant8086
te at http://valiant8086.com What is this thing anyway? SpeakDropbox is a lightweight application that runs on the system tray and looks for a Dropbox icon in said tray. If found, it watches the tool tip text for that icon and can automatically read it out loud or play sounds when there is a chan

[JAWS-Users] update now available to speakDropbox fixing win10 anniversary update bugs

2016-08-11 Thread valiant8086
to the speakDropbox downloads page is http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox/ the purpose of speakDropbox is explained there. Of course, as long as you don't have the crazy issue I just had while trying to update my installed copy, you should be able to get it to update itself from the version menu

[JAWS-Users] speakDropbox on windows 10 anniversary update

2016-08-11 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I'm aware that speakDropbox isn't working properly on the Windows 10 Anniversary update. I've got my local code fixed so that it again automatically reads the status changes and plays the associated sounds, but I'm having trouble getting it to support clicking on the Dropbox icon as you

[JAWS-Users] latest jaws has CPU time runaway

2016-07-16 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I think I should be putting this on the support email, but I wanted to mention it here tonight at least. I've got the latest jaws update. For me on a Lenovo Yoga2pro running windows 10 build 10586, it's using way too many cpu cycles. Jaws usually uses around 3 percent cpu time. This

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Email Client Questions

2016-07-16 Thread valiant8086
text? HTML takes longer to open - they don't open and begin reading instantaneously like Eudora did. Not reading at all sounds like an anomaly, perhaps a download issue. On 7/15/2016 8:40 PM, valiant8086 wrote: Hi. I do use it, but I wouldn't say that it is windows live mail exactly. Th

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Email Client Questions

2016-07-15 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I do use it, but I wouldn't say that it is windows live mail exactly. That said, I like Thunderbird but just now with version 45.1.1 I can't get JAWS to read messages on it. I have to use NVDA to get my email for now until I figure out what's going on. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird Email Client Questions

2016-07-15 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I like thunderbird, though I wouldn't say that it's just like Windows Live Mail. That said, I do have a problem with it right now where I can't read any messages with 45.1.1 when I use JAWS. I have to use NVDA to read my email for now until I figure out what's wrong. Cheers, Aaron

Re: [JAWS-Users] SpeakDropbox

2016-07-09 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I'm going to quote the second item of the troubleshooting in the SpeakDropbox documentation. Hopefully this helps. That chevron button someone mentioned in this thread that you can hit once you hit windows+b to expose all tray icons can be disabled so that all icons are always

Re: [JAWS-Users] dropbox preferences in system tray?

2016-07-07 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Weird, I've had it on all my computers for about a year now. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 portable On 7/6/2016 10:21 PM, Sadam Ahmed

Re: [JAWS-Users] Dropbox

2016-07-04 Thread valiant8086
Hi. http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox hope that helps Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 portable On 7/4/2016 11:05 PM, p

Re: [JAWS-Users] Dropbox

2016-07-04 Thread valiant8086
come out some time in Augost, it works well with the currently released version however. http://valiant8086.com/applications/speakDropbox Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalax

Re: [JAWS-Users] virtual recorder installation issue

2016-06-28 Thread valiant8086
ack. I had to place the path to k1000 in the exclusion area of the program. Do you know the complete path to the virtual recorder program? Thanks. On 6/28/2016 9:55 PM, valiant8086 wrote: Hi. Probably the same problem I get, Windows defender in my case insists this program has a really n

Re: [JAWS-Users] virtual recorder installation issue

2016-06-28 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Probably the same problem I get, Windows defender in my case insists this program has a really nasty virus in it. It delets the file when downloading, and if I turn it off and download it, when it comes back on it'll delete the file right on the spot. It won't let me get round to

Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 10 redstone?

2016-06-16 Thread valiant8086
Hi. The current version of jaws 17 runs ok on the latest windows 10 insider preview. It isn't perfect, but it also isn't non usable at least for what I do with mine. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community

Re: [JAWS-Users] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: before i contact fs support does anyone have any idea?

2016-05-16 Thread valiant8086
I do like hitting the enter key much better, this new way gives me a few more keystrokes that would be nice to avoid. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of valiant8086 Sent: May 16, 2016 8:11 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws

Re: [JAWS-Users] [Bulk] Re: before i contact fs support does anyone have any idea?

2016-05-16 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Could be you're somehow winding up with keyboard focus somewhere besides the list box. This is a relatively common issue for me, you might try shift+tabbing a couple of times and see if you can land focus back on the list view. Btw, I'm guessing you know this already but just in case,

[JAWS-Users] virtual recorder latest version?

2016-05-10 Thread valiant8086
Hi. What is the latest version of virtual recorder? I have 1.1. I tried to redownload from http://opopanax.net I can't easily get the full link again but it was a direct link from this list. I used to be able to browse to it by going to opopanax.net/download and then it would list all the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws/Freedom Scientific Question

2016-05-05 Thread valiant8086
Hi. It was invested in by Vector Capital, but I'm not sure where the CFOGroup would be. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 portable On 5/5/2016

Re: [JAWS-Users] Turning on wireless

2016-04-02 Thread valiant8086
know it's there, but that switch does not work. Arianna - Original Message - From: "valiant8086" <valiant8...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Turning on wireless Hi. According to a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Turning on wireless

2016-04-01 Thread valiant8086
nity http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 portable On 4/1/2016 9:19 PM, Arianna Calesso wrote: I know it's there, but that switch does not work. Arianna - Original Message ----- From: "valiant8086" <valiant8...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com&

Re: [JAWS-Users] Question on if laptop will run Jaws and W10.

2016-04-01 Thread valiant8086
Hi. This isn't what experience tells me, 2 gb will do ok with Windows 10 and JAWS. I have a tablet with only 2 gb of ram and it runs well enough for the tasks outlined. The more you have the better you are no doubt, but I don't think I can agree that you have to have 4 gb to run Windows 10 as

Re: [JAWS-Users] Question on if laptop will run Jaws and W10.

2016-04-01 Thread valiant8086
Hi. This machine will run windows 10 quite well spec wise. There may be driver issues but as far as performance goes it should be no trouble at all. Also, it will run JAWS fine but if you're just having a screen reader for emergency sake you might keep it simple and just put NVdA on that.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Turning on wireless

2016-04-01 Thread valiant8086
Hi. According to a quick google search, his switch is located just above the f7 key and is a capacitive touch button. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird

Re: [JAWS-Users] best brand of windows tablet that will work with latest jaws

2016-03-15 Thread valiant8086
Hi. E-Fun Nextbook 10.1 windows version if you're on a tight budget, if you're a little richer go for an Asus t100, but be sure you get the one with the atom X5 processor, it should be nice and responsive. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very

Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws not starting when booting win10?

2016-03-05 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Another idea, disable automatically start jaws for both this user and for all users. Hit ok on that dialogue box, restart jaws if not the whole computer. Go back in and enable those auto start features again. I don't really expect that to make any difference, but it wouldn't be the first

Re: [JAWS-Users] sskype out of alt tab order

2016-02-18 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Is this skype for desktop? If so focus that skype window, hit ctrl+comma. Wait about an hour for the options screen to open. When it does, in the tree view you land on, hit the end key so you start at the bottom since its closer, up arrow from there looking for advanced settings. For me

Re: [JAWS-Users] Installing anothe JWS Voice!

2016-02-18 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Press insert+ctrl+s. Shift+tab to the default combo box and pick vocalizer in there, hit enter on it. That ought to do it. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with

Re: [JAWS-Users] touch pad on lanovo laptop

2016-02-17 Thread valiant8086
Hi. It is fn+f6 for my Lenovo Yoga 2 pro so it probably is right. Is it disabling when you press it? On my Yoga it comes bac k on when the computer is rebooted, so fn+f6 is necessary to turn it off again. If nobody else uses your computer, you could try disabling the touch pad from device

Re: [JAWS-Users] Bouncing Notifications

2016-01-21 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I'm not sure if it's better or worse than mail man, but I use dadamail for my two list serves. For you technical types out there, it doesn't require a cron job or anything too fancy like that. If I recall, you have to set up an email address for everyone on the list to send to, and set

Re: [JAWS-Users] Kangaroo computer and JAWS 17

2015-12-31 Thread valiant8086
Hi. If you have any, try pairing your bluetooth headphones or speaker to it and a bluetooth keyboard, and see if you can disconnect it from its dock and still be able to operate it. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Kangaroo computer and JAWS 17

2015-12-30 Thread valiant8086
Hi. It shouldn't have much trouble with that, it does after all have typical tablet-like specs. Someone I know has one just a bit bigger than a USB flash drive that goes directly into the HDMI port, which he hasn't since he can't see the TV. The Cangaroo if I recall rightly is a pretty nice

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible router

2015-11-20 Thread valiant8086
Hi. If you have secured your WiFi network with a good security protocol, the best to my knowledge of which would be "WPA2 Personal), then as long as nobody can get through that and join your network, as long as noone can physically plug a device into your hardwired switch which most routers

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible router

2015-11-20 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Still more, you can forward ports so outside connections can be made to internal devices inside the network, which some people do have a need for, like me for instance. You can reserve IP addresses in most cases, for devices inside the network, which may be needed to keep a printer

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible router

2015-11-20 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I have a linksys EA4500 and a Linksys EA8500. The EA4500 I ended up downgrading to an older firmware, but the EA8500 looks at first like it isn't accessible, but it is perfectly so once you get the hang of it. What is your problem? I'm returning my EA8500 for a non accessibility related

Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible router

2015-11-20 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I take it you're trying to log into your router's admin interface? Your user name should be Admin and the password should be Password. It is common to use no user name, and make the password be password or admin, or make the user name be admin and leave the password blank, or make both

Re: [JAWS-Users] downgrading back to xp

2015-10-29 Thread valiant8086
Hi. Adding more ram does definitely increase performance, but after a certain point it stops making a noticeable difference. In this case the real bottleneck is the cpu. A fast processor running on 2gb of ram would run windows 7 just fine, I'd know, have done it. I've also upgraded from 1 gb

Re: [JAWS-Users] downgrading back to xp

2015-10-29 Thread valiant8086
Hi. You might try upgrading to windows 8.1 or windows 10, they are slightly more efficient in general, in some places they will be more sluggish yet, but on the whole 8.1 and 10 take less system resources to run just the OS. You could downgrade to xp by using an xp install disk and a windows

Re: [JAWS-Users] I'm having the following problem trying to make a folder in the new win 10.;

2015-10-03 Thread valiant8086
Hi. The ribbon is making things different here. If you can learn how to explore ribbons that'll be helpful, but in the meantime, ctrl+shift+n as in new is a handy shortcut that works in windows 7 and up to create a new folder without needing the menu bar or ribbon. Cheers, Aaron Spears,

Re: [JAWS-Users] google drive and onedrive

2015-10-02 Thread valiant8086
Hi. I don't believe google drive lets you synchronize a folder between two different accounts, so you and coworker or friend(s) can modify files and that be reflected for both places, one drive does, though it is a tad difficult to work out how to make it happen. Once it does, if I share a

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS Home Edition / JAWS Professional licenses

2015-10-01 Thread valiant8086
Hi. You can add the terminal and remote access support to home addition with a one time fee as far as I understand. Pro doesn't have those by default either, it's just where you're legally allowed to install JAWS that is the only difference I'm aware of. Cheers, Aaron Spears, general

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