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Could the moderator unsubscribe me please, I seem to be unable to do this from the web site. Many thanks in anticipation, This message may contain confidential information. If

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

I am disappointed that industry insiders seemed unable or unwilling to investigate what has been going on. Such investigations are expensive, but the NFB used to be very good at exposing unethical and dishonest behaviour. Those occasional lifting the lids on bad agency practices were what

Re: Window Eyes recap

Jim: just evidence and the silence from VFO. Vaughan. On 1/30/2017 9:48 AM, Jim via Talk wrote: Hi there! What am I missing..? Has there been some official word as to the demise of Window-Eyes? If so, when was this word released? To my knowledge there has been no such word. If there

Re: Reminder about IOS updates/OT

Veronica, I don't know how to stop the updates from prompting you to install them. But the last "silly" update was primarily critical security patches. Juss sayin'. ;) Tom On 1/29/2017 11:14 PM, Veronica Smith via Talk wrote: A while ago someone posted a way to have those silly updates stop

Extended Dictionary, V0.69.5.1, Important Release Note

To all current and potential users of the Extended Dictionary app. V0.69.5.1 - Release Note. As all current users of the package has noticed the last few days, the package speaks a short license note, at startup. It has been informing you that the license time was about to expire. All due to

Reminder about IOS updates/OT

A while ago someone posted a way to have those silly updates stop asking to be installed. I thought I saved the email but as things go, now I cannot find it. Does anyone have that email or can anyone remind me again how to do it. I would appreciate it if you could send your reply to another

RE: making the change

Hi: It means a learning process, but, I got used to it all right. There was a gebntleman who recorded an informative series of tutorials, but, I don't have any of them, as they were done a few years ago on blindcooltech.com, and, that's pretty much gone. The links are still there, but, hey go

making the change

So for someone who uses their computer for Email and web surfing how hard is to make the change to a Mac laptop? ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared.

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

I have had n.o issues with the latest WE on my Windows-8 machine. While no one should be have to upgrade, I can't help but wonder perhaps WE and a newer version of Windows would be more compatible. Also, public companies are not immune to being swallowed up. On 1/29/2017 7:30 PM, Olusegun --

RE: Circling and Circling Round and Round

As I once said, and as I hear again restate, I wish that GW Micro had gone public and issued an IPO. Though I am poor, I shall have bought at least 25 shares or more! Several others might have done better than me by buying more shares. Perhaps, just perhaps, the employees of the company would

Re: synthesizer questions

use the voice rotor app instead. doing it your way you only have 10 seconds to here the voices before it goes back to the default voice you are useing. -Original Message- From: Rod Hutton via Talk Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 3:33 PM To: Ted Larson ; Window-Eyes Discussion List

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Yes i agree i love my vacbook pro it is a great machine. And allex is my favourite voice. So i have a lot less crashes on my mac then on windows. Cheers Michael. -Original Message- From: Joseph Norton via Talk Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 7:02 AM To: 'Stan Gowin' ; 'Window-Eyes

RE: synthesizer questions

Hi Ted, Note that when you switch to a synthesizer in the Synthesizers treeview, it will automatically revert to the previous one unless you press K to Keep Changes. Therefore, you're free to try them out without fear of losing speech. Hth, Rod -Original Message- From: Talk

Re: synthesizer questions

how hard is it to load narator? windows enter turns it on and off if you have to use it. but if the sound card is what crashed no voice synth will work until you reboot the computer. *** use the voice rotor app. it should already be installed. to open it use f2 control windows keys. then if you

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Dear Stan, I think that you have hit the nail right on its head. Regards, Robert On 1/29/2017 7:16 PM, Stan Gowin via Talk wrote: Dave, Thank you for your thoughtful email. As you will see from my signature I have moved much of my personal computing to the Apple platform. However, for

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Dear Vaughan, anyone who has followed the history of Jaws would realize that its owners and developers have little compassion or concern for you and me. The disappointing factor for me is the way in which so many of those who developed and promoted WE have, as far as I can see, sold their

Re: synthesizer questions

Be certain to setup a backup synthesizer which is likely the one that you use most of the time. Then you can jsut select the others and try them. - Original Message - From: "Ted Larson via Talk" To: Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 5:21

Re: synthesizer questions

Dear Ted, I would suggest that you download NVDA. As long as you know the short cut key, this should rescue you in the event that WE fails. Best regards, Robert On 1/29/2017 10:21 PM, Ted Larson via Talk wrote: Dear List: On my Asus computer with windows ten and the latest window-eyes,

synthesizer questions

Dear List: On my Asus computer with windows ten and the latest window-eyes, I wish to try different synthesizers that are shown in the window eyes control panel. The dec talk access 32 was chopping off the first part of the character or word if I waited for more than five seconds. I noticed with

Re: Window Eyes recap

Hi there! What am I missing..? Has there been some official word as to the demise of Window-Eyes? If so, when was this word released? To my knowledge there has been no such word. If there has been, please let mknow. Catch Ya All Later! de

Re: Trouble with Becky

I just use control-X to cut and control-V to paste into a different mailbox. At 05:24 AM 1/29/2017, you wrote: The hot key Alt-T plus R to transfer emails from inbox to another folder has stopped working. Can I get the steps involved to start over arranging sorting, from somebody? I've set

RE: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Hi: Well, I've played with Narrator, even the one in the build 15002 of Windows, and, it has a long way to go to come close to even NVDA, System Access, Jaws or Window-Eyes. I hope we still have a few choices, because, I would be very upset if Narrator was the only game in town. The speech

Re: New installation

Mike: did you complete your installation by running the patch to fix the certificate authentication problem? That's an offered guess to try and be helpful - do't know if that is the cause. Vaughan. On 1/30/2017 5:06 AM, Mike via Talk wrote: Hello Everyone I have had to reinstall

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

The latest Podcast from Blind Bargains discusses this topic. The VFO grab and squash, (my spin) is the number one event of 2016 according to the panel members, and there is consensus that the merger, which is part of an industry wide contraction, may not be truly beneficial to end users.

Re: The decline in Window-Eyes support

Fantastic Robert: Chris - go! Vaughan. On 1/29/2017 6:43 PM, Robert Grimwood via Talk wrote: Chris, It is about time you stopped lecturing us. We pay for this product, and I think that we are entitled to more support than we are getting. If you do not like what is being posted on the

Re: New installation

Mike, I would check to make sure the video “driver” to support Window Eyes is correctly installed. Regards, Stan Sent from my Mac Mini > On Jan 29, 2017, at 11:06 AM, Mike via Talk

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Dave, Thank you for your thoughtful email. As you will see from my signature I have moved much of my personal computing to the Apple platform. However, for my job I still use Windows and several of the screen readers/magnifiers on that platform. The evolution of computing for individuals

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Such a good subject line as the Shark is circling and circling around Window Eyes as we speak. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

Hi There! I certainly do agree that the negativity should end, and yes, I do understand that folks have the right to say and write what they wish, but try using some common sense when you do write. Until I here the official word from AiSquared that W.E. is no longer inproduction I will not

Window Eyes recap

Hello List, I am glad this list is still functioning so as I adjust to the potential slow demise of Window Eyes, I can stay in contact with folks. Hopefully this list continues as it is the easiest way to get help. Trying to connect with another mailing list would be a pain for me and

Re: New installation

Updated from the link in the email alert. The installation went flawlessly and I still have Window-Eyes performing as per usual on older Windows XP and more current Windows versions. Yes, please stop the childish negativity. If you are so inclined to, then go get an open-source Screen Reader

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

SJW stands for social justice warrior. I do believe the negativity needs to end here, because it's not helping anyone. Until I hear further, Window-eyes, as a program at least, is still valid, it works well and in most cases, at least for my use case, does what it's supposed to. If a program

Re: New installation

hi, have you updated your copy, as far as i remember, window eyes won't function if it hasn't been updated from a couple of versions ago, i have a window eyes disk that worked with windows 7, but if i want to install it on a windows 10 machine, i would have to update after installation,

New installation

Hello Everyone I have had to reinstall Windows 10. Needless to say, I have lost WE as well and had to reinstall it. Now, We isn't speaking when I fill in edit boxes on Web Sites and the quick keys such as l for links seem to be doing nothing. F doesn't take me to an edit box and none of

Re: Window-Eyes is Dead!

And AI Squared has not said anything if there will be support for windows 10 Creators update coming shortly. -Original Message- From: Mike Pietruk via Talk Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 4:06 AM To: Nick Sarames ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Window-Eyes is Dead! Nick

Re: Circling and Circling Round and Round

What's an SJW? Peace. Linette On 1/29/2017 8:52 AM, Dave via Talk wrote: Sorry, as this subject comes around again, I had to laugh when I read that someone was going to change the negativity by re-titling the Subject line.Sounds like some Butt Hurt SJW who is looking for a Safe Place

Circling and Circling Round and Round

Sorry, as this subject comes around again, I had to laugh when I read that someone was going to change the negativity by re-titling the Subject line.Sounds like some Butt Hurt SJW who is looking for a Safe Place after getting their Feelings Hurt. I wish my conclusions were different, but my

Trouble with Becky

The hot key Alt-T plus R to transfer emails from inbox to another folder has stopped working. Can I get the steps involved to start over arranging sorting, from somebody? I've set two folders up, but they don't recieve any mail. Everything goes into inbox and stays there. Thanks. Mike

Re: using Safari web browser for Windows with Window-Eyes

I have not tested it lately. But its reputation has been that it was inaccessible for Windows screen readers. I would stick to IE or Firefox. Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD http://lras.home.sprynet.com -Original Message- From: Mike Bernard via Talk Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017

Re: Window-Eyes is Dead!

Nick That's exactly Peter's point -- and both of you have said it in different ways with the same meaning. Effectively, future development of WE is no more. Granted, the PR side of it could have been handled better; but that's a completely different issue. The question I have is this: the

Re: Window-Eyes is Dead!

So what's your point? In business, people come and go. On 1/28/2017 7:26 PM, Peter Duran via Talk wrote: > Hello again, > > As I mentioned before, when the people who do the work go away, then the > company and its products suffer. > > All the great people who made Window-Eyes the best are