wRe: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread michael's mail boxl via Talk
Hi vaughan I have simular problems. I find We 9.1 a nightmare on my win 7 desktop machine. I find We stops talking every time I use computer the short cut alt control w some times brings We back not always. And every time I reply to an email with WLM We stops talking. It will not focus on the em

RE: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Vaughan Dodd via Talk
A correction: I should have said Windows enterprise. Individual pcs boot up and load all of their settings off a howst server. Individual users cannot modify settings. I can't even get the startmenu to work how I would like. I wish I could independently install and configure Window-Eyes similar

RE: Remind_Me_Where tutorial #1

2015-05-15 Thread Chip Orange via Talk
Hi Sue, It will work with the Trekker Breeze only if it will act as a standard GPS supplying GPS data over a cable or a bluetooth connection. This is called NMEA data when a GPS supplies GPS info to some other device. If you buy a GPS meant for a notebook/laptop, they only cost around $50 or so;

Re: OT Question About Word

2015-05-15 Thread Dave via Talk
Hello Bob, You wish to have more than 256 lines on a single page in Word? That many lines of text on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper is a lot of very small lines.In fact, the font would be so small, I doubt if anyone could read it if you were to print it out. Maybe I am misunderstanding

RE: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Dave via Talk
Hello Vaughan, Interesting that you find Window eyes 9.1 to act up on your Win 7 Professional system. I actually had my Win 7 Pro system at work, and I had some issues with it there, using the older 8.4 edition. I brought it home, and installed the new 9.1. have noticed it seems a bit slow

RE: OT Question About Word

2015-05-15 Thread Chip Orange via Talk
Hi Bob You're trying to do something with MS Word that it's not designed to do; it's not a text editor like Notepad, it's designed to layout characters on a page. The reason you're running into a limit is the height of those characters; this is as many lines as Word thinks can fit on a page. You

Re: Quad, or Six, or eight core Chips?

2015-05-15 Thread Scott via Talk
My advice would be just get what you can afford, and make sure it is expandable for later. Good luck with it. Scott On 5/15/2015 4:44 PM, Dave via Talk wrote: Hello, I am considering having a system built from scratch, as it might be cheaper, since I already have all of my programs, and OS

RE: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Vaughan Dodd via Talk
I have two contrasting experiences with version 9.1. On my 8.1. 64 bit machines, 9.1 has proven to be the most stable of Window-Eyes releases. I do experience some problems with the rewrite of browser support, where lines are repeated and some inconsistencies exist with links loading, but Window-

OT Question About Word

2015-05-15 Thread Robert Ringwald via Talk
Word 2010 My document is only letting me have 256 lines per page. How can I extend the page? Bob Ringwald Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet Fulton Street Jazz Band 916/ 806-9551 www.ringwald.com Amateur (ham) Radio K6YBV We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we creat

Quad, or Six, or eight core Chips?

2015-05-15 Thread Dave via Talk
Hello, I am considering having a system built from scratch, as it might be cheaper, since I already have all of my programs, and OS on Disc. Today there are quad core, and chips with 6 and 8 Cores. I am looking to purchase the Fastest Chip and Memory I can afford.I can not afford the Fas

Free Training Webinar: Strategies for navigating and interacting with complex web pages using Window-Eyes – Part 1

2015-05-15 Thread Marc Solomon via Talk
Greetings, Many if not all of the financial, shopping, educational and work related tasks we need to complete in our daily lives can now be performed online. Therefore, having the skills to successfully access modern and dynamic web pages will be an essential part of being able to fully partici

Re: Remind_Me_Where tutorial #1

2015-05-15 Thread Sue J Ward via Talk
This sounds interesting. Will this work with the trekker breeze? I did copy the text stuff that you have on dropbox, thanks for the link. Will read it later. On 5/15/2015 2:39 PM, Chip Orange via Talk wrote: Hi all, I've been asked for some examples of how to use Remind_Me_Where. I do plan

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Jeff Samco via Talk
I'm running WE 9.1 on Windows 7 and IE 11. I haven't done a thorough review of when I get phantom speech. But it seems to be related to what is last copied onto the Windows clipboard. So, when I get that type of speech when hitting the Ctrl key, then I find some text, copy a "space" character o

Remind_Me_Where tutorial #1

2015-05-15 Thread Chip Orange via Talk
Hi all, I've been asked for some examples of how to use Remind_Me_Where. I do plan an audio tutorial soon, as it's truly difficult to explain how powerful exploring your environment can be with the data from Google+ Places and Google Maps and Google Transit. Until then, here's one example of a

Re: is this list still around?

2015-05-15 Thread Kevin Huber via Talk
Hi Kim: For a while, I wasn't receiving messages from this list, although my messages to the list were getting through and people could, and did, reply to me directly. Someone suggested that I check my Spam folder to see if the messages were going there. I did, and they were. I then was able to so

Re: Testing WE on Various Operating Systems

2015-05-15 Thread Kevin Huber via Talk
Hi Rick: >From what I have read, Microsoft has apparently stated that support for Windows 7 will continue until 2020, of corse that could change between now and then Kevin Huber On 5/15/15, Rick Thomas via Talk wrote: > Hi Guys: > Those who test WE in Windows 7 are using a quantum leap backward fr

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Rick, One thing you could disable is an option in the Windows Enhanced app, under Toasts and Balloon tips, it may help to disable the first option, Automatically route mouse to toasts and balloon tips. Hth, Rod -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail

RE: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread via Talk
hey, where have you been? hope things are all o.k. there. Legend has it that on Friday 5/15/2015 03:40 AM, Corey Knapp via Talk said: Hi Rob, Could you please give me some info about creating the auto hotkey program thanks so much. Corey -Original

Re: WE Problem Patterns Continued

2015-05-15 Thread Gary Metzler via Talk
Hi Rick, Did you try calling microsoft's accessablity number at: 800-936-5900 They might be able to help figure this out. -Original Message- From: Rick Thomas via Talk Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 2:26 AM To: 'Rod Hutton' ; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: RE: WE Problem Patterns C

RE: Final Phantom Message for some time

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
No No Jim - You were a help indeed. I just didn't know where to look for the items. I now have the setup with the mouse voice turned off and the Track Mouse With Cursor turned off. If I sounded a little gruff I have been slogging through these problems since about 1:00 A.M. this morning so 4 or 5 h

RE: Final Phantom Message for some time

2015-05-15 Thread Jim Grimsby JR. via Talk
Sorry about that it is a window-eyes setting. I will keep on trying to brake my pc for you to see if I can make it do it. I am sorry I have not been of more help to you. -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+jgrimsby=roadrunner@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Rick

Anti Virus

2015-05-15 Thread Reg Webb via Talk
Hi all Looking at PC Mag's 2015 antivirus choices, I wonder if any W-E users could comment on the usability of either Bitdefender Antivirus plus (2014) or Webroot Secure Anywhere antivirus (2014) Most of us have downloaded, and sometimes paid for, software that turned out to be inaccessible, so I'd

Re: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Chris T via Talk
I also would like to learn how to do this with Window Eyes. Thanks, Chris Sent from my iPhone > On 15 May 2015, at 2:40 am, Corey Knapp via Talk > wrote: > > Hi Rob, > Could > you please give me some info about creating the auto hotkey program thanks > so much. > Corey > > -Original Mes

Follow Up To Jims Mouse Voice Suggestion

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
This message appears to have gone only to jim so I am RePosting so others who are following this thread can see what is going on. Hi Jim: OK, Track Mouse With Focus was already turned off and I just turned off the Speak setting in the mouse voice settings. I will continue working until I encounter

Final Phantom Message for some time

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi: I ReBooted the computer so can not continue the testing. I hope the past 4 hours of slogging through WindowEyes and Windows 8.1 problems have helped some. If I get any more symptoms I can identify I will post up otherwise this is all I have for now. I will see what my Track Mouse With Focus set

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi Jim: I have only the bare bones programs being loaded except a few that I don't know what they do and are related to what I think are software needed for proper operation of the computer and related software. This is beside the point though since WindowEyes should not read what is under the mous

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi Jim et Al: I started typing a message but WE locked up bad so had to close it and fire up JAWS. While I was just sitting here thinking WindowEyes read a Phantom word, don't remember what now, likely "Graphic" and I tried to check it out but WE was not working well so I went into Outlook

RE: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Corey Knapp via Talk
Hi Rob, Could you please give me some info about creating the auto hotkey program thanks so much. Corey -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+coreytk=gmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Rob via Talk Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 4:11 AM To: Rick Thomas; Window-Eyes Dis

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Additional Firmed up: I just closed Outlook and was expecting to get returned to the desk top. I heard "Window-Eye..." followed by the word "Graphic" as usual, that is the word "Graphic" when things are reading phantom words. Then was on the Desktop. So, my current guess, is that WindowEyes is read

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Correction: When I hit the numpad 5 key I hear Window-Eye... instead of "WinEye..." making me question if I heard "WindowEye..." in the original problem but think I did. In fact, the "Window-Eye..." would be the text of the shortcut on my desk top chopped off with the "..." replacing the rest of th

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
FollowUp: It just happened again. This time when the literal "WinEye..." was read think it was "WinEye..." I hit the numpad 5 key and heard it read indicating it was under the mouse. I used the numpad upand down arrow keys and it looks like it is the WindowEyes shortcut on my Desktop being read but

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Jim Grimsby JR. via Talk
I don't know what program is causing this but it is time as I said before to load at start up just the bair bones. See if that helps. Then add each program you use back to your startup tell you find the problem. I have seen a few programs do this sort of thing as I described in my last message.

Re: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread Rob via Talk
Here's what I do now when a screen reader dies. Create another administrator account. When the screen reader decides to go play golf somewhere without notice, hit windows l, alt w, to switch user. Right arrow to the second user and hit enter on it. Press control shift escape to bring up task man

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi Again. I closed Outlook and ReOpened it and WindowEyes is typing correctly now. I looked in the System boxes, the task bar and the notification bar but do not see any literals like "WinEye..." so I don't know where that speech was coming from unless a WindowEyes object not available to the norm

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Jim Grimsby JR. via Talk
What kind of mouse pad do you have on that box? Have you checked to make sure that track mouse with focus is turned off? Does your mouse have any software that uses intelasense? It could be that the intelasense or what ever they are calling it these days is causing the mouse to move around the

RE: Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
I left the computer for a few minutes. Came back and hit the control key just to clear things before starting again. I heard "graphic" "graphic" and was still on the Desktop. I alt-tabbed and heard WinEye... or what sounded like it. I hit alt and heard "graphic" and alt tabbed and got back to the D

Testing WE on Various Operating Systems

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi Guys: Those who test WE in Windows 7 are using a quantum leap backward from the Windows 8 and above. In Windows 8 Microsoft has continued getting away from MSAA and eliminated the use of a screen buffer that most screen readers relied heavily on to read formatted screens. Windows 8 is many times

Phantom Items Being Read

2015-05-15 Thread Rick Thomas via Talk
Hi: I changed the subject to narrow this particular problem discussion. OK: Thinking on this I thought I would first try and figure out where phantom reading might occur and why. First phantom speech could be coming from WE reading something under the Mouse Cursor as Chip mentioned but why would WE

Re: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon?

2015-05-15 Thread goshawk on horseback via Talk
it's www.ebay.co.uk where WE is giving me the biggest headaches. Simon - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad via Talk" To: "goshawk on horseback" ; "Window-Eyes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Is there a 9.2 on the horizon? Hi Well, lets thi