Re: [AI] Member joining back
Thats great news indeed! A very warm welcome to MrK. Ramkrishna. Regards, Chetan Sharma - Original Message - From: harish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: [AI] Member joining back Hello all I am very happy to welcome back K. Ramkrishna back to our family. He was very courteous to accept our request to rejoin the group. Warmly Harish. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Member joining back
Hello all I am very happy to welcome back K. Ramkrishna back to our family. He was very courteous to accept our request to rejoin the group. Warmly Harish. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Jaws cursor on laptop
Sir, I'm very sorry. Here's a correction which u can see in imran's reply to your querry. instead of / I have written puriet in point number 2 and 4. very sorry Abdul - Original Message - From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Jaws cursor on laptop Can do it in more than one ways The function key method: 1) PC cursor:FN key + slash 2) Jaws cursor:FN key + semicolon 3) Route Jaws cursor to PC cursor:FN key + Capslock (or Insert) +semicolon 4) Route PC to Jaws:FN key +capslock (or insert) + slash Capslock or Jaws key method: 1) Jaws cursor:Capslock + P 2) PC cursor:Capslock + semicolon 3) Route Jaws to PC:capslock + Left bracket 4) Route PC to Jaws:Capslock + apostrophe When you change the keyboard layout to Laptop, the Capslock key is considered as Jaws key, and therefore, you must press it twice, to perform its original function. Holding the FN key and pressing any of those JKL range of keys is equelent to pressing the num pad keys, with Num pad lock deactivated on a normal keyboard. For e.g, If you press M holding FN key, it is like pressing the insert key of Numpad in a normal keyboard. Remember that big rectangular key that acts as zero and insert? yeah, that's right - Original Message - From: Sudhir R (NeSTIT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:30 AM Subject: [AI] Jaws cursor on laptop Folks, Would appreciate if someone could educate me how to switch to the Jaws cursor in a HP Compaq laptop that uses the laptop keyboard layout in Jaws settings. Also, how can I route the PC cursor to Jaws cursor and vice versa ? (OS is Win XP and Jaws 8.0 is doing the honours.) Thanks and rgds RS M: 098 472 76 126 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Files not visible
Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Files not visible
Hi my dear friend I hurd these operating systems like Linux and Unix are so powerful that they even crash the hardware if not they are operated carefully, or they consume the system resources very big time? You know that i'm not against you, but I just intend to get this clarified. One of our good gentlemen like you, had posted a link on the list to download GNOME linux operating system. He told us that the operating system itself is equipped with an In-built ORCA screenreader, and there's nothing further to be done, than just inserting the GNOME Linux CD while the system boots up. I did this in my laptop, but I didn't have the fortune of getting to hear its speech output while the system was booting in Linux mode. Finally I started the GNOME linux taking one of my sighted folk's assistance, but when we activated ORCA, it didn't speak. But I'm still willing to carry on my Linux experiments, although I'm worried about the problems my system has to undergo. Do let me know your experiences with Linux if you are using it. With best regards Syed Imran - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] yahoo messenger 9 full.
o no no,don't worry about it. - Original Message - From: vinod benjamin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [AI] yahoo messenger 9 full. Dear sir, Thanks for correcting me, appoligies for my mistake. Regards Benjamin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FARHAN Sent: Tuesday, 04 December, 2007 10:40 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] yahoo messenger 9 full. hello friend,i'm not madam. i'm just a boy like your brother/friend. - Original Message - From: vinod benjamin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [AI] yahoo messenger 9 full. Dear sir/madam, Thanks Regards benjamin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FARHAN Sent: Friday, 09 November, 2007 4:58 PM To: BLINDS- GUPSHUPCOMUNITY GROUP; access india Subject: [AI] yahoo messenger 9 full. Yahoo messenger 9 is out. Click the link below to download. http://www.sendspace.com/file/6zflf9 Before installing, please remove all the yahoo messenger scripts from your Jaws enu folder. After installing this new version, for those who use jaws 8, don't put the scripts back. Try send the message to your friend. And after you friend reply your chat, go to chat box and press f 6 to read the chat. If f 6 key is function, that's ok. To go back to the typing windows, press f 6 key again. And, if your f 6 key is not function, that's mean, you must put back the scripts. Regards, Moderator. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Member joining back
Welcome sir. Benjamin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chetan Sharma Sent: Wednesday, 05 December, 2007 3:32 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Member joining back Thats great news indeed! A very warm welcome to MrK. Ramkrishna. Regards, Chetan Sharma - Original Message - From: harish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: [AI] Member joining back Hello all I am very happy to welcome back K. Ramkrishna back to our family. He was very courteous to accept our request to rejoin the group. Warmly Harish. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Jaws cursor on laptop
hello sir! to switch to the jaws kerser: you have to press insert orr jaws key + letter P insert+Semicolon for PC kerser. Insert +left braket for Root jaws to PC. Insert+The Apostrophy key for root Pc to jaws Please note that all this is on your alfa key pad as your numpad is not there in the laptop all these keys also work as numpad keys!. hope this helps! many thanks! regards Mamta. - Original Message - From: Sudhir R (NeSTIT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:30 AM Subject: [AI] Jaws cursor on laptop Folks, Would appreciate if someone could educate me how to switch to the Jaws cursor in a HP Compaq laptop that uses the laptop keyboard layout in Jaws settings. Also, how can I route the PC cursor to Jaws cursor and vice versa ? (OS is Win XP and Jaws 8.0 is doing the honours.) Thanks and rgds RS M: 098 472 76 126 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Member joining back
wel come back k ramakrishnan with respect firoz - Original Message - From: harish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: [AI] Member joining back Hello all I am very happy to welcome back K. Ramkrishna back to our family. He was very courteous to accept our request to rejoin the group. Warmly Harish. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] UN: Stop Disabled Job Discrimination
UN: Stop Disabled Job Discrimination By EDITH M. LEDERER 12.04.07, 12:35 PM ET The 20 Most Important Questions In Business Most Worker Friendly Nations Most Expensive Places To Buy Gas in the U.S. Greediest Cities in the U.S. UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the deplorable job discrimination against millions of disabled people around the world. In a message Monday on the International Day of Disabled Persons, Ban said estimates show that at least half of all disabled people in developed nations, and the vast majority of those in developing countries are unemployed. Most others are under-employed, or will never have full access to the labor market, he said. This situation is deplorable, the secretary-general said. Persons with disabilities have the ability to make valuable contributions in the workforce as employees, entrepreneurs and employers. But they face numerous barriers that prevent them from fulfilling their potential. Ban cited difficulties for the disabled in getting an education and learning skills that would be useful in the job market, fears and prejudices about their abilities, as well as inaccessible workplaces, and explicit and implict discriminatory legislation and practices. Last December, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a new convention enshrining the rights of the world's disabled. Approval of the 32-page convention culminated a campaign spearheaded by disability rights activists and the governments of New Zealand, Ecuador and Mexico. According to the latest U.N. figures, about 10 percent of the world's population, or 650 million people, live with a disability and the number is increasing with population growth. The disabled constitute the world's largest minority, and 80 percent live in developing countries, many in poverty. Ban noted that the convention, which has been ratified by 10 countries and is expected to enter into force early next year, recognized the rights of the disabled to work and be employed on an equal basis with others. Chris Sullivan, a vice president of Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) who was born hearing impaired, told a news conference he is program manager for the company's Special Needs Financial Services Group, which he called the only program offered by a full service financial firm to serve the special needs market. It is a profitable enterprise, he said. Sullivan said global employers are projecting a shortage of 31 million skilled workers by 2010 and 56 million by 2020. Against that backdrop, more than 65 percent of the people with disabilities in the U.S. are unemployed, he said, urging more companies to bring the disabled into the workforce. Judy Young, vice president of the National Business and Disability Conference, said people will disabilities have significantly increased their visibility in the past 20 years. The next couple of years will be especially ripe for turning the tide and improving the employments situation of people with disabilities around the world as many developed countries will experience tighter labor markets as a result of the aging population, she said. Higher life expectance and falling birth rates in these countries will force businesses to become more creative in filling job vacancies and to take a look at underutilized and non-traditional pools of labor and those with disabilities certainly represent one of the largest untapped, talented and viable resources, Young said. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Files not visible
o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Sharing good News
but tell me one thing,are you totely blind? and have your msn id? or can you come on ftp? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Asif Iqbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing good News Hi Farhane, Salaam, Yes, I have done my MBa. I have also done my b.com. Well, I used Ms. Xl quite a bit for my accounts. I was never good at accounts but I know few blind folks who are charter accountant in India. Learn XL and it will take you places. Keep in touch. Asif - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing good News assalamoalaikum friend,i want to ask somequestion from you,that how you can handle account? i saw a letter by AI(access indeia) that you have done M.B.A. i'm doing d-com,and i realised that i facing many problem with accounts. if you could help me,then i would very thankfull to you. yours sincerely,farhan. please do not mind my english mistakes,and if you see my any mistake in english,then please let me know!. i would try to remove it again. - Original Message - From: Mohammed Asif Iqbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: [AI] Sharing good News Dear All, I was honored with state award for disability Role model today, December 3, 2007. this award was given by governor of West Bengal and it is sponsored by department of Social Welfare, women Child development, government of West Bengal. Thanks and wish you all the best. Asif To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] On laptops and Operating Systems
Hi folks ! I have been following the various threads on AI dealing with laptops and the various OSs like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Ubuntu etc and am utterly confused as to the right choice (if there is something like that) since I am myself contemplating the purchase of a laptop. On the one hand, most reputed manufacturers (except Dell) seem to have stopped shipping XP-based machines, while Vista is a real pain from what Vetri and Syed have been reporting and I discovered myself. Ubuntu seems to be good from the point of view of immunity from malware though I am not too sure whether we have a good eco-system to support us like a large community of blind users, applications for use in a business environment etc. We cannot take political decisions on matters of OS, you know, just because Open Source is the latest fad and we all love to hate Bill Gates. (smile) What about iMacs, laptops running Mac OSX, which, I understand, is a Linux variant and equally immune from malware. I remember reading somewhere that Mac OSX comes bundled with a screen reader, and, since it is a proprietory product, getting support from the company will be easy. The only remaining question is whether we have a community of blind Mac users (either in India or abroad) to pose queries to, as we do in AI ? Pl share your views and experiences on iMac, Mac OSX, the bundled screen reader and the eco-system. Would request someone like Vetri, who is in the Apple country and purchased a laptop recently, to tell us why he opted for one running Bill's latest (still-born ?) baby ? Thanks and rgds RS M: 098 472 76 126 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] IBM Bid for Accessibility for Disabled
IBM Bid for Accessibility for Disabled Human Ability and Accessibility Center has been inaugurated in the country by IBM India. Its mission statement being to make information and technology easily accessible to people with visual, cognitive, hearing, and motor disabilities. And in the event, possibly drawing upon an untapped resource -- namely, differently-abled people who might otherwise be able to make some contribution to the overall quality of life. Located out of the India Research Lab in New Delhi, the Human Ability and Accessibility Center aims at catering to diverse needs of accessibility stakeholders, including government bodies, corporates, academic institutions, researchers, and NGOs. The key objectives of the center include: to provide technology to empower differently-abled people, which includes people who are at an educational- and economical- disadvantage; to provide technology to other companies working towards widening the net of education and information; and to collaborate with key government bodies on accessibility-related policy and standards in the country. Announcing the initiative, Shanker Annaswamy, managing director of IBM India South Asia, said, India faces a growing need for inclusive development that fundamentally depends on addressing social, economic, and physical disadvantages, and creating opportunities for every individual to realize the fullest potential. Globally and in India, IBM champions accessibility needs by bringing technologies and innovations that empower the differently-abled and the socially disadvantaged through initiatives such as these. The center will deploy some innovative solutions developed by IBM Research; including Easy Web Browsing for the visually impaired, WebAdopt2Me for people with cognitive impairments or low vision, IBM aDesigner, a disability simulator, Hindi Speech recognition, and Sensei, an English assessment tool, to facilitate human capability so that everyone can maximize their potential, regardless of ability or disability. Meanwhile, the meaning of accessibility is to enable IT hardware, software, and services so that they can be used by more people, either directly, or in combination with assistive technologies. Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Now, surf the Net free-of-cost at kiosks
Now, surf the Net free-of-cost at kiosks NOVEL CONCEPT Virendra Pandit Ahmedabad, Nov. 30 For the first time in India, the Ahmedabad-based NETHOTZONE has joined hands with US-based Ahem! Management Solutions to set up kiosks providing free Internet facility in 155 cities and towns of the country. NETHOTZONE is investing Rs 165 crore over the next five years to set up these kiosks at public places and expects revenues to the tune of Rs 255 crore, Mr Chetan Ingole, Chief Operating Officer, told Business Line here today. The company has also applied for patenting the software and the concept. Its revenue model is based on online and offline advertisements. Each kiosk will have 19-inch LCD monitors and high-speed Internet access, with support staff. The outlay of the concept would be borne by the companies looking to reach out to the Internet surfers. Ahem! Management Solutions is a San Francisco-based software firm specialising in developing Internet traffic controlling software through wireless network. The concept has been tested at a college here for 45 days. The NETHOTZONE portal is designed to promote local contents global reach. The content of the Web site will be completely user-driven, Mr Ingole said. With the mottos of Freedom of Knowledge and Let the Web be free, NETHOTZONE is setting up two kiosks in Ahmedabad in the next two weeks, followed by those in Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat. These kiosks are being set up at malls, colleges and other public places, Mr Ravin Vyas, CEO and promoter of the company, earlier told presspersons. Along with the free Internet accessibility through kiosks, the NETHOT user will also have access to discount coupons and other deals of various brands. Share files, take polls, and discuss your passions - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Today's Website
www.quizbrain.com Todays site has a bunch of quizzes on a variety of topics: Movies, sports, literature, business, travel, and even one for kids. You can also make your own quiz and send it to your friends, as well as put it up for other site visitors. Time to put on the thinking cap, folks. 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Visually-impaired to become RJs
Visually-impaired to become RJs Dehra Dun: They may not be able to see, but they have the gift-of-the-gab. And they may soon bring you all the gossip, fun and music on your radio sets. For a set of visually impaired people, the vision of life goes much beyond just being able to see as they gear up for a career in Radio Jockeying, thanks to a course by National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH). With the mushrooming of FM radios across thecountry, opportunities for blind people have increased, said Anuradha Mohit, the director of NIVH, who is also blind. These people can also work as radio jockeys and in broadcasting networks for which the centre will start a broad-based course. Already the Chennai centre of NIVH is providing a short-term course for enhancing RJ skills, she said. A similar course would commence shortly expecting to train over 100 people, she said. Besides, NIVH is planning to set up a new radio station. PTI Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Sharing good News
Yes I am totally blind. Why don't you write to me off the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asif - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing good News but tell me one thing,are you totely blind? and have your msn id? or can you come on ftp? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Asif Iqbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing good News Hi Farhane, Salaam, Yes, I have done my MBa. I have also done my b.com. Well, I used Ms. Xl quite a bit for my accounts. I was never good at accounts but I know few blind folks who are charter accountant in India. Learn XL and it will take you places. Keep in touch. Asif - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing good News assalamoalaikum friend,i want to ask somequestion from you,that how you can handle account? i saw a letter by AI(access indeia) that you have done M.B.A. i'm doing d-com,and i realised that i facing many problem with accounts. if you could help me,then i would very thankfull to you. yours sincerely,farhan. please do not mind my english mistakes,and if you see my any mistake in english,then please let me know!. i would try to remove it again. - Original Message - From: Mohammed Asif Iqbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: [AI] Sharing good News Dear All, I was honored with state award for disability Role model today, December 3, 2007. this award was given by governor of West Bengal and it is sponsored by department of Social Welfare, women Child development, government of West Bengal. Thanks and wish you all the best. Asif To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Files not visible
IT is free and in the on-going FOSS.In event, which is for open source community held in Bangalore, I saw the demo and was quite impressed. I was told that it is as good as JAWS 5.1 version. Am awaiting a free copy of it and want to see myself how good it is. Subramani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FARHAN Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:36 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Fw: China marks International Day for Disabled
Although we can't simply believe everything that is publicised. As someone who had followed Chinese affairs for a long time I know that they adopted a hostile policy towards groups like PWD and gays. Subramani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pradeep banakar Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:42 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Fw: China marks International Day for Disabled Hi this sounds good compare to Hyderabad - Original Message - From: Chris McMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Blind News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:13 AM Subject: China marks International Day for Disabled China marks Int´l Day for Disabled Source: CCTV.com | 12-04-2007 08:44 Monday was the 16th International Day for Disabled Persons, and to mark the occasion a variety of activities were carried out across the country to help the physically challenged. The theme of this year's International Day for Disabled Persons is Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities. Special job fairs were held in Tianjin, Fujian, and Henan. A fair in Tianjin attracted over three hundred disabled people on Monday alone. More than 160 jobs were on offer, including positions for secretaries, accountants and technicians. At least 40 applicants have signed contracts with the employers. The disabled people's federation in Fujian held a special sports meeting. More than 450 disabled people and 200 volunteers participated. Guide dog trainers from China and Japan got together in Shanghai to exchange their experiences. Organizers offered the visually impaired a chance to apply to use the services of the guide dogs. http://www.cctv.com/video/worldwidewatch/2007/12/worldwidewatch_300_20071 204_13.shtml -- Chris McMillan http://www.chinavision.org.uk/ http://www.oneplusone.org.cn BlindNews Mailing List Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe as subject Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as subject Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind RSS: http://GeoffAndWen.com/BlindNewsRSS.asp More information about RSS feeds will be published shortly. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] FW: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message- From: The Hadley School for the Blind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:05 AM Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Immediate Release December 5, 2007 Contact: 1-800-323-4238 847-446-8111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Presents: Shop 'Till You Drop The holiday season is here, and with it, the craziness of trying to find that perfect gift. Why fight the long lines and traffic when online shopping is just a keystroke away? Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] on December 13, 6:00PM CST, 24:00 GMT, as we navigate some popular online shopping websites and share tips from seasoned online shoppers. Some of the sites we will visit include: - www.amazon.com/access - www.audible.com - www.barnsandnoble.com - www.overstock.com - www.qvc.com - www.sears.com - www.walmart.com Instructors Amy Salmon and Vicki Prahin will discuss general guidelines for online shopping and Karen Woodfork, director of student services, will moderate. Accessibility is the theme of our discussion: we hope to inform and assist your holiday shopping experience this year, so please bring your tips, questions and concerns to the seminar! Suggestions for screen reader and screen magnifier users will also be covered. Don't miss this chance to learn more about online shopping. The information discussed during the seminar will be available on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page after December 13. Registration is required by going to http://www.hadley.edu/seminar/ and following the Registration link. You will receive instructions on how to log in to the seminar. Please note registration will only be taken online, and not by phone. Please read the technology requirements listed below prior to the seminar. Technology requirements: The Hadley School for the Blind uses Talking Communities tcConference software for its popular [EMAIL PROTECTED], interactive seminars on a variety of topics. If you wish to participate in [EMAIL PROTECTED], you must install the appropriate plug-in prior to the first login. To install the plug-in, follow the Download and install the new plug-in link on the Seminar Login page. This version is for Windows only and it is not compatible with Macintosh at this time. System requirements: Windows98, ME, 2K, XP or 2003 (XP recommended) system, Pentium 3 500 MHz or better CPU, 512 MB RAM, Internet Explorer 6, 7 or FireFox, JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser, 56K or faster Internet connection (broadband recommended), full duplex audio device, speakers, and microphone (optional). If you wish to be permanently removed from The Hadley School for the Blind mailing list, please send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not reply to this message. It was sent from an automated system and replies will not be answered. The Hadley School for the Blind is the single largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people. Since its founding by William Hadley and Dr. E.V.L. Brown in 1920, all of Hadley's distance education courses have been provided free of charge. Today, the school serves more than 10,000 students annually in all 50 states and 100 countries. Hadley relies on contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations to fund its programs. Visit us on the Web at www.hadley.edu. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Betting on eXPerience over a vast Vista
Betting on eXPerience over a vast Vista - PHOTO: AP ONE YEAR LATER: The ?rst anniversary of the launch of Microsoft's ?agship operating system is in many ways a curious affair. Last week marked one year since the release of Vista, the newest Windows version, for the business user. The consumer edition became available from end January 2007. The ?rst anniversary of the launch of Microsoft's ?agship operating system is in many ways a curious affair. Lack of enthusiasm Nearly 90 million copies are said to have been sold, of all editions combined - and clearly this does not represent peanuts. So why are the cheers so muted; the lack of enthusiasm, so palpable? Industry watcher Gartner couches its comments diplomatically: The uptake of Vista in the PC installed base is taking longer than previously expected. Others are more blunt: Many of the improvements that Vista offered over earlier versions - like the Aero interface that used 3-D-like imagery to making the desktop experience better - was icing on the cake. Great to have, provided the cake itself was perceived to be solid value for money. Unfortunately, Vista required many users to make costly hardware upgrades to their PCs before they could experience the new look-and-feel. If they did not, they were left with Vista without the bells-and-whistles and asked, with some reason, Why should I pay for this? That was not all; Unlike earlier releases of Windows from Win 3.1, all the way through Windows 95 and Windows Me, Microsoft did not ( or could not) ensure that at the time of Vista's release, the entire ecosystem that makes for a smooth transition in the operating system, was in position. Thousands of lay users were annoyed to ?nd that Vista did not work with their printers and scanners and CD or DVD players - even models that were quite new. They no longer had a choice of peripherals to choose from. Deciding to move to Vista effectively locked them into a small number of options - devices that proclaimed that they were `Vista ready.' Exaggerated claim This claim often turned out to be exaggerated: the peripherals needed tweaking by a professional before they could be made to mate with a Vista PC. Less than a year after the launch of the consumer editions of Vista, Microsoft is having to release the ?rst Service Pack or SP1, currently in a beta release for professional testers. It had originally planned to enforce a halt to the sale of the earlier Windows XP version from January 31 2008. But the reluctance of many users, both corporate and consumer, to upgrade to Vista and the negative feedback it received from its resellers and PC assemblers, has forced the company to allow XP to be preloaded on PCs till June 30 2008 - and for the XP Starter Edition being sold in emerging markets like India, to be loaded on machines till June 2010. Piquant situation With XP slated to be around for some more time to come, it had to be supported - so Microsoft has also released( in beta) the third Service Pack - SP3 - for Windows XP. Now here is a piquant situation! The technology media has widely reported an interesting benchmarking test carried out by researchers at a Florida (U.S.)-based software company, Devil Mountain Software. They pitted XP with SP3 against Vista with SP1 in a standard test and found that XP easily outperformed Vista, taking 35 seconds to Vista's 80. Granted, these are tests with beta versions of the service packs and possibly not an indication of how things will perform when the ?nal versions are released; granted this is one test by one company and it is always dif?cult to judge which benchmark to use... yet many are ready to read a message into this news. For lay consumers agonising, Hamlet-like : To be or not to be, a Vista user, the message is: Let's not rush; let's stick with XP as long as we can. And Microsoft seemingly finds itself in the unusual situation of a new product facing stiff competition from its own earlier version. Among business users, the situation is more hazy: Last week, an analyst ?rm, King Research, found that an overwhelming 90 per cent of IT personnel polled, have some concerns about Vista and nearly half have considered a non-Windows option. However, another analyst, Forrester has suggested that use of non-Windows systems like Linux, was still minuscule - and at least half of the corporate world planned to switch to Vista sometime in 2008. Agonised questions Meanwhile, guidance counsellors at tech sites are addressing agonised questions from ordinary PC owners, like: How do I downgrade from Windows Vista to XP? (posted at C/ net) and I had a desktop and laptop both running Windows XP. Life was good. When I went shopping for a new laptop, I was told that (it) came with Vista and I could not have it with XP. Is this true? (posted in the San Francisco Chronicle). Such users are being told: Microsoft designs software to be backward compatible - you can upgrade an XP
[AI] new device for home based internet entertainment
HYDERABAD: IN a breakthrough that can make internet-based home entertainment more affordable, a Hyderabad-based company has developed a technology to deliver web-based services through a single integrated device. The new device, called @Box, is reckoned as an affordable replacement for home entertainment Personal Computer. It is the result of an innovative research by engineers at IChips India Limited which has filed a patent for it. At present, users have different devices like TV, phone and computer for accessing different services. With the new device, one can integrate these devices and can access web services on TV or entertainment services on computer. The new hybrid device, offering internet-based entertainment, education and communication services, comes with a remote keyboard, mouse and joystick interfaces. Users can also access 3D game, videoconferencing, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIp) services with the device.to be priced at just 100 US dollar per device, it can help in dramatically increasing internet penetration in the country, the Chairman and Managing Director of the company K A Padmanabham said. The company plans to start commercial production of the new low-cost device by March next year and deploy it in a million households within one year. It is also looking at partnering with telecom and broadband service providers including BSNL, MTNL and Bharti for launching service like IPTV and VoIP. Unlike a PC, it is east to operate. The hardware, operating system and the software are developed by our company, Padmanabham said.The company has filed four patents for the technology and has invested about Rs 10 crore for developing the technology. We are in talks with manufacturers in South Korea, Thailand and China for manufacturing the device. We are also looking at the possibility of manufacturing it in India,'' the company's Chief Technology Officer Kota Bhaskar.The @Box has the capability of being configured as an IPTV/satellite set-top-box with a few optional accessories. Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] On laptops and Operating Systems
Of what little I have experienced on a mac machine, I can say that the screen reader for mac that you are refering to is the lowest in terms of accessibility. Ubuntu and orca are good and I have spoken about the difficulties in my previous mail to the list. Thanks Sudhir R (NeSTIT) wrote: Hi folks ! I have been following the various threads on AI dealing with laptops and the various OSs like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Ubuntu etc and am utterly confused as to the right choice (if there is something like that) since I am myself contemplating the purchase of a laptop. On the one hand, most reputed manufacturers (except Dell) seem to have stopped shipping XP-based machines, while Vista is a real pain from what Vetri and Syed have been reporting and I discovered myself. Ubuntu seems to be good from the point of view of immunity from malware though I am not too sure whether we have a good eco-system to support us like a large community of blind users, applications for use in a business environment etc. We cannot take political decisions on matters of OS, you know, just because Open Source is the latest fad and we all love to hate Bill Gates. (smile) What about iMacs, laptops running Mac OSX, which, I understand, is a Linux variant and equally immune from malware. I remember reading somewhere that Mac OSX comes bundled with a screen reader, and, since it is a proprietory product, getting support from the company will be easy. The only remaining question is whether we have a community of blind Mac users (either in India or abroad) to pose queries to, as we do in AI ? Pl share your views and experiences on iMac, Mac OSX, the bundled screen reader and the eco-system. Would request someone like Vetri, who is in the Apple country and purchased a laptop recently, to tell us why he opted for one running Bill's latest (still-born ?) baby ? Thanks and rgds RS M: 098 472 76 126 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Today's Website
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