The only thing annoying about SKRead is that it interfaces with Skype. See, I don't use Skype, and I'm this close to doing something about not using Jaws as well, after having seen the What's New for 7.10. It's discussing! Blind people really are getting a raw deal...
On 6/23/2006, 12:12:18 PM EST, Nick wrote: > And I can say, indubitably, that SKRead is a good little proggy. It > certainly beats Skypewatch on the dear old JAWS scripts by a load. The only > thing tha'ts annoying is that sometimes skype doesn't connect before SKRead > launches, and then SKRead throws up an error. > Thanks, > Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RAYMOND GAY > To: talk2 > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:04 AM > Subject: The Talk2 List Fw: Top tech tidbits for Thursday, June 22, 2006 > "Falling is easy > It's getting back up that becomes the problem > And if you believe you can find a way out > Then you've solved the problem"(staind, "falling" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dean Martineau > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:52 PM > Subject: Top tech tidbits for Thursday, June 22, 2006 > Top Tech tidbits for Thursday, June 22, 2006 > 1) Read from the Braille Monitor the official release announcement > for the Kurzweil NFB Reader, a first-of-its-kind portable reader > costing $3,495. > http://www.nfb.org/bm/bm06/bm0607/bm060703.htm > 2) Jonathan Mosen's recent 100-minute Accessible World presentation > on Skype can be downloaded here: > http://accessibleworld.org/show.php?contentid=43 > 3) Sean randall has updated his free Skype add-on called SKRead. It > reads out various events such as call status, > contact status information or skype chats, and is screen-reader-independent. > http://www.randylaptop.com/projects/skread/ > 4) Jim Grimsby has updated the JFW scripts for winamp to support the > winamp Library which is no longer accessible. the scripts can be > found on the Programs page on jfwlite, under the audio-related > applications section. > www.jfwlite.com > 5) The public beta phase is over, and JFW 7.1 has been released. > http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp > 6) De Witt & Associates has produced a $129 tutorial on using the > Sendero GPS system for the blind in print, braille and daisy formats. > http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=4193403&s=116970891 > 7) the next free online training from Talking Communities will take > place at midnight on GMT Tuesday, 27 June, and will be entitled > Basics of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Setting Up An FTP Server. > http://www.talkingcommunities.com/pat > 8) From the Fred's Head Companion > http://feeds.feedburner.com/FredsHeadCompanion?m=1740 > we learn about a fully-audio adventure game, Sounds Like Fun. > http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/assist/et/2005/SoundsLikeFun.html > 9) Dancing Dots announces the release of CakeTalking 5.0, the latest > version of this package, which gives JAWS functionality to the Sonar > music production package. > http://www.dancingdots.com/index.htm > 10) Triumph technology is offering a $200 discount on its MPac to > those who attend either of the national conventions for the blind in > the US in July. the M-Pac consists of a PocketPc device, bluetooth > keyboard, the MobileSpeak Pocket screen reader and a tutorial. > http://www.triumphonic.com/ > 11) Freedom Scientific has also released version 10 of the screen > enlargement program MAGic. > http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_MAG100.asp > 12) Jamal Mazrui has created a zip file of all the help > documentation for JFW 7.1 in text format. > http://www.empowermentzone.com/jfw71doc.zip > 13) Jackie Rumble has created a mailing list called > technical-support. To join, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 14) If you want to listen to the AccessWatch podcast, discussing > accessible software, subscribe to the podcast here: > http://feeds.feedburner.com/accesswatch > 15) From Jeff bishop's Desert Skies blog > http://jeffbishop.net/archive/2006/06/22/811.aspx > we learn about a site where you can test your firewall for "leaks." > http://oncomputerstips.blogspot.com/2006/06/firewall-leak-tester.html > 16) another tip from Fred's Head Companion, learn how to use MSN > Messenger to get information from the Encarta encyclopedia. > http://feeds.feedburner.com/FredsHeadCompanion?m=1744 > 17) EASI offers a free web clinic on 27 June at 19:00 GMT: Designing > Content for Web Delivery. Register here: > http://easi.cc/forms/june27.htm > 18) HumanWare Group is looking to hire a blindness technical support > analyst. 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