Hi Vaughan: I don't think that IT people are necessarily afraid of Screen Readers, I think that sometimes they're just acting on a company policy which does not allow company employees to have admin privilages. If it is a large company with several offices and hundreds of employees, it may be almost impossible to get the policy changed for you. Kevin Huber
On 2/14/13, Vaughan Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes: and waste productivity time waiting for them when you know you can fix > the problem yourself. > > The problem is that I.T. people don't understand screen readers and the > relationship with corporate apps and have this misconception that screen > readers do harm to the integrity of corporate systems. > > I can't even change a braille display when I send my preferred display > through for servicing. Substituting my U2 when my Braille Edge goes to > Seoul. Same software drivers! > > Vaughan. > > > From: Sandra Fouts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013 10:43 a.m. > To: Vaughan Dodd; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Window-eyes and Corporate Security > > That's when you just have to send an email to your I T people and let them > handle it. > > From: Vaughan Dodd > [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 3:32 PM > To: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Window-eyes and Corporate Security > > Vic: I think in summary that all of the points you've raised here apply. > > What is lacking for me is the administrative authority to fix things quickly > when problems occur. > > We resorted after a 24 hour delay (just because people are busy) to an > emergency uninstall of Window-eyes, a clean install of version 8, and so far > - stability has improved. > > But: making changes seems fraught with risk. > > Thanks for the summary. > > Vaughan. > < /font> > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> > Sent: Friday, 15 February 20 13 4:53 a.m. > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Window-eyes and Corporate Security > > It is difficult to answer questions regarding corporate environments. There > are many ways they can be set up depending on what your IT team likes to > do. > > For example some companies like to disable scripts which has an impact on MS > Office. It also may affect the WE scripts written in Visual Basic. > > There are also companies that use policies to determine how little or how > much one can do on their own. These are often more difficult to manage for > individuals, b ut it still is possible. > > For example we had it set up for all users here to have Quick View Plus > installed if it was not on a PC. Quick View Plus is not accessible and I was > not included in the group object that kept installing this utility after I > removed it. Fortunately being part of the network operating systems > engineering team I have the ability to allow my work station to install and > remove what I need or cannot use. > > I do not work in the area that manages our firewall. This affects how We > scripts are updated. Now I need to download each one individually then > install it myself. > > There are also sites that are blocked for everyone here. They might be > DropBox or web mail sites for example. > > Vic > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Vaughan Dodd > [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:19 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Window-eyes and Corporate Security > Hi all. > > I am hoping that my question is as clear as it can be: I am of the opinion > that my work's internal computer security systems are causing Window-eyes to > operate erratically, and I wonder if there is somewhere a summary of the > components of Window-eyes which need to be able to access software resources > unencumbered by corporate security systems. > > Apps do not install correctly; I have problems making changes to Office > options to improve performance of Word and Excel in Office 2010, and > Internet Explorer v9cannot be customised to take advantage of accessibility > features. Outlook halts at random. > > Excel crashed yesterday when I wanted to use a pull-down menu. Unlike the > other examples - it now looks as if my corporate profile copy of Excel is > corrupt. in general, whenever I want to make changes, or when a failure > occurs, I need to wait for a support analyst with administration rights. > > One of the first steps is for the analyst to restore my user profile, and > this often means a reinstall of window-eyes, braille display drivers etc, > and doesn't in the longer term improve stability. > > I am running Windows Seven (I think Enterprise), Window-eyes v8. > > My colleague uses Jaws and I know that she has instability issues as well, > which might be influenced by corporate security. > > > Finally: I do not believe that I should by default blame Window-'eyes, but > it does need an optimum en vironment in order to work correctly. My Excel > example: Window-eyes does not crash, but I think that the failure may be > related to Window-eyes components. > > > Thanks. > > Vaughan. > > > > ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain > information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are > not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or > duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have > received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase > all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development > accepts no responsibility for changes made to this m essage or attachments > after transmission from the Ministry. ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain > information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. 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