RE: perplexing outlook attachment, Window-Eyes Knowledge Base Article

2017-02-04 Thread Ted Larson via Talk
Rebecca:
Thanks for your reply.  I will look into this.  Since you saw Rod's reply, I
will paste below what I replied back to him.  Regards:  Ted Larson
Rod:  
 I started doing what you suggested.  First, within the body of the email
that was sent to me with the attachment that I wanted to read, I did
control-alt-A.  When nothing happened, I got out of the body and just
highlighted the message in question.  Then I did control-alt-A to see if
this would make a difference.  This time, the search query came up.  Tabbing
or down arrowing, I passed by the following:  submit  search, current
mailbox, the email item I just had highlighted, all, and then an unread
button.  Anyway, thanks for your attempt to help.  Regards:  Ted Larson

-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+ted.larson=yahoo@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Rebecca Lineberger via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 3:55 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List 
Subject: perplexing outlook attachment, Window-Eyes Knowledge Base Article

In addition to Rod's suggestion, here's an article written by Jeremy Curry
several years ago.  I assume it applies to later versions of Microsoft
Office as well.
Rebecca
 Here's the link, with the text below.

 
 
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB2049 
 
 
 
 GWKB2049 - Exit Protected View In Microsoft Office 
 
 
 
 Author:
 
 
 
 Jeremy Curry
 
 
 
 Date Added
 
 
 
 : 12/02/2013
 
 
 
 Last Modified
 
 
 
 : 12/02/2013
 
 
 
 When a document is in Protected View, you will not be able to read or edit
 
 the document.  When this happens, you will hear "Protected View" announced
 
 after the file name.  Documents will open in Protected View if Office 2010
 
 or 2013 determine that the file originated from the internet or a
 
 potentially unsafe location (such as a shared folder on your local network
 
 or an email attachment).  To exit Protected View, perform the following
 
 steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press F6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.Tab to the Enable Editing button
 
 
 
 3.Press Enter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 If you find that the above steps are not working for you, there is an
 
 alternate way to exit Protected View.  To use this method, perform the
 
 following steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press Alt
 
 
 
 2.Press F to open the File button
 
 
 
 3.Press I to focus the Info tab
 
 
 
 4.Press E to activate the Enable Editing button
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 You will then exit Protected View and you can begin working with the
 
 document.  For a video tutorial on how to turn off Protected View, please
 
 visit
http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Permanently Disable Protected View
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 It is possible to completely turn off Protected View, so that you do not
 
 need to turn it off on a per document basis.  To permanently disable
 
 Protected View, perform the following steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press Alt-F to open the File button
 
 
 
 2.Press T to open Options
 
 
 
 3.Down Arrow to Trust Center
 
 
 
 4.Press Alt-T to activate the Trust Center Settings button
 
 
 
 5.Down Arrow to Protected View
 
 
 
 6.Tab to the Enable Protected View for files originating from the
 
 Internet check box
 
 
 
 7.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 8.Tab to the Enable Protected View for files located in potentially
 
 unsafe locations check box
 
 
 
 9.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 10.Tab to the Enable Protected View for Outlook attachments check box
 
 
 
 11.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 12.Tab to the OK button
 
 
 
 13.Press Enter and the Trust Center dialog will close
 
 
 
 14.Tab to the OK button
 
 
 
   15.Press Enter and the Word Options dialog will close
 


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From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+drlineberger=embarqmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Rod Hutton via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 3:34 PM
To: Ted Larson; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: RE: perplexing outlook attachment

Hi Ted,

Rather than Alt-7, Control-Alt-A brings up a dialog for saving attachments.
Protected view denotes a document originating on the web.
You can designate it as unprotected by viewing its properties in the folder
where you saved it.
Within the properties dialog, find a control named unblock, activate this,
and then tab to Ok to save the setting.

Hth,

Rod

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From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf
Of Ted Larson via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:10 PM
To: t...@window-eyes.com
Subject: perplexing outlook attachment

Dear List:

I am using Microsoft office outlook 2016 on my windows ten computer.  I
received an email saying it had an attachment.  When I hit the alt-7 it said
attachment not found.  In the process of forwarding it to my wife to see if
the attachment would show up on her computer, I did the control-F to set up
forwarding and as I tabbed past t

perplexing outlook attachment, Window-Eyes Knowledge Base Article

2017-02-04 Thread Rebecca Lineberger via Talk
In addition to Rod's suggestion, here's an article written by Jeremy Curry
several years ago.  I assume it applies to later versions of Microsoft
Office as well.
Rebecca
 Here's the link, with the text below.

 
 
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB2049 
 
 
 
 GWKB2049 - Exit Protected View In Microsoft Office 
 
 
 
 Author:
 
 
 
 Jeremy Curry
 
 
 
 Date Added
 
 
 
 : 12/02/2013
 
 
 
 Last Modified
 
 
 
 : 12/02/2013
 
 
 
 When a document is in Protected View, you will not be able to read or edit
 
 the document.  When this happens, you will hear "Protected View" announced
 
 after the file name.  Documents will open in Protected View if Office 2010
 
 or 2013 determine that the file originated from the internet or a
 
 potentially unsafe location (such as a shared folder on your local network
 
 or an email attachment).  To exit Protected View, perform the following
 
 steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press F6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.Tab to the Enable Editing button
 
 
 
 3.Press Enter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 If you find that the above steps are not working for you, there is an
 
 alternate way to exit Protected View.  To use this method, perform the
 
 following steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press Alt
 
 
 
 2.Press F to open the File button
 
 
 
 3.Press I to focus the Info tab
 
 
 
 4.Press E to activate the Enable Editing button
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 You will then exit Protected View and you can begin working with the
 
 document.  For a video tutorial on how to turn off Protected View, please
 
 visit 
http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/ 
. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Permanently Disable Protected View
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 It is possible to completely turn off Protected View, so that you do not
 
 need to turn it off on a per document basis.  To permanently disable
 
 Protected View, perform the following steps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1.Press Alt-F to open the File button
 
 
 
 2.Press T to open Options
 
 
 
 3.Down Arrow to Trust Center
 
 
 
 4.Press Alt-T to activate the Trust Center Settings button
 
 
 
 5.Down Arrow to Protected View
 
 
 
 6.Tab to the Enable Protected View for files originating from the
 
 Internet check box
 
 
 
 7.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 8.Tab to the Enable Protected View for files located in potentially
 
 unsafe locations check box
 
 
 
 9.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 10.Tab to the Enable Protected View for Outlook attachments check box
 
 
 
 11.Press Space to uncheck the box
 
 
 
 12.Tab to the OK button
 
 
 
 13.Press Enter and the Trust Center dialog will close
 
 
 
 14.Tab to the OK button
 
 
 
   15.Press Enter and the Word Options dialog will close
 


-Original Message-
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+drlineberger=embarqmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Rod Hutton via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 3:34 PM
To: Ted Larson; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: RE: perplexing outlook attachment

Hi Ted,

Rather than Alt-7, Control-Alt-A brings up a dialog for saving attachments.
Protected view denotes a document originating on the web.
You can designate it as unprotected by viewing its properties in the folder
where you saved it.
Within the properties dialog, find a control named unblock, activate this,
and then tab to Ok to save the setting.

Hth,

Rod

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From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf
Of Ted Larson via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:10 PM
To: t...@window-eyes.com
Subject: perplexing outlook attachment

Dear List:

I am using Microsoft office outlook 2016 on my windows ten computer.  I
received an email saying it had an attachment.  When I hit the alt-7 it said
attachment not found.  In the process of forwarding it to my wife to see if
the attachment would show up on her computer, I did the control-F to set up
forwarding and as I tabbed past the subject, it listwed the attachment and
it said to use alt-down arrow to open the options menu selected button.  By
doing that, I got into the context menu and I arrowed down to open and then
I hit enter there.  It opened the document saying it was in protected view.
I was able to read the document with no trouble.  My question is, why did my
initial alt-7 say there were no attachments and what do I need to know about
protected view?  Thanks for any clarification.  Regards:  Ted Larson

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RE: perplexing outlook attachment

2017-02-04 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Ted,

Rather than Alt-7, Control-Alt-A brings up a dialog for saving attachments.
Protected view denotes a document originating on the web.
You can designate it as unprotected by viewing its properties in the folder 
where you saved it.
Within the properties dialog, find a control named unblock, activate this, and 
then tab to Ok to save the setting.

Hth,

Rod

-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] 
On Behalf Of Ted Larson via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:10 PM
To: t...@window-eyes.com
Subject: perplexing outlook attachment

Dear List:

I am using Microsoft office outlook 2016 on my windows ten computer.  I
received an email saying it had an attachment.  When I hit the alt-7 it said
attachment not found.  In the process of forwarding it to my wife to see if
the attachment would show up on her computer, I did the control-F to set up
forwarding and as I tabbed past the subject, it listwed the attachment and
it said to use alt-down arrow to open the options menu selected button.  By
doing that, I got into the context menu and I arrowed down to open and then
I hit enter there.  It opened the document saying it was in protected view.
I was able to read the document with no trouble.  My question is, why did my
initial alt-7 say there were no attachments and what do I need to know about
protected view?  Thanks for any clarification.  Regards:  Ted Larson

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RE: WinEyes and licensing

2017-02-04 Thread John Farley via Talk
David,

I was merely commenting on the history of how Window-Eyes was distributed a
number of years ago. 

I cannot make any comment at all regarding how Window-Eyes is currently
being distributed.

I was responding to the subject line of the e-mail.


Regards, John

Tel: +44 (0) 1442 259243
Mob: +44 (0) 7815 056076



-Original Message-
From: David [mailto:trailerda...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 5:32 PM
To: john_far...@btinternet.com; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'; 'Loy';
'Pamela Dominguez'
Subject: Re: WinEyes and licensing

Apparently, GW and their licensing deals quite differently from one 
place to the other.


Locally, Yes we can install WE in a locale version, on how many 
computers we want. But should I decide to go for an English version, I 
am under restrictions of something like three or five computers. Believe 
me, I have discussed this with the local dealer, and even took the whole 
issue directly to Doug, questioning why you in the UK can run unlimited 
installations of the English version, and in one of your neighboring 
countries, we are all the sudden restricted on the very same version. 
And, yes we too are well aware of all what a Copyright means.


I am not going to argue their rights to restrict. I just wonder why they 
restrict the paid version, whereas I am free to download as many copies 
of the screen reader I ever desire, in ANY of the supported languages, 
if I go for the free version. If I, in my local area want to

 BUY

an English version, I am under restrictions. Do I want the very same 
English, fully working version, and I download the

 FREE

version, hey now I have no further restrictions from the manufacturer. 
That is where my logic ends.


Go ahead, restrict the users, but do so all over the board. And at 
least, if you want to restrict, why only restrict the paid version, 
leaving the free version unrestricted? Doesn't that encourage the user 
to go for the free version?


And all you said about copyright, does make sense. Except from the fact 
that people in all coutries, can get the unrestricted versions for free, 
only if you pay, you likely will be messing with the Copyright, so let's 
have you restricted. Smile. I just don't get the logic in that. OK then, 
it is not of the biggest issues either, only I wonder if that will 
encourage people in such areas to keep paying. And that was my real 
initial point, that we might see less people paying, and eventually that 
might lead to the fall of the development's priority, on behalf of the 
screen reader.


The best thing, like I stated, would have been if they simply made one 
big and multi-lingual version, leaving the users the chance of deciding 
which installation or functionality will be most suitable for her at any 
time. First they have given all language-specific versions away for free 
the last few years, I am not sure wherein the show-stopper would be, in 
making it all combined into one and same license. After all, many other 
pieces of software are released in multi-lingual versions. And even when 
tied to one language, your license would typically be equal, no matter 
which language you decide to run.


Should I - for instance - want to run Windows itself in German, even if 
I was located in the North-Americas, I would be entitled the exact same 
rights and restrictions as if I was running an English version. 
Microsoft - to all my knowledge - does not give me one set of rules for 
a Spanish version of Windows, and if I happen to live outside Spain, 
another set of rules. Or, if I want to run in french, even if my area is 
mostly running Italian, Microsoft would not get far if they posed a 
drastic reduction in my rights.


If they want to go International, and apparently they do, then they 
might want to revise some of the ways they deal with the linguistic 
issues. What's more, did they develop one multi-lingual version, it 
could have saved them a load of extra work on every new release. every 
user could get one and same version, so they did not have to make 
specific packages for every locality. When they released version 9.5.4, 
they even ended up in a situation, where they released the locale 
version over here, with some of the files in English. That caused some 
issues, which they had to fix. Now, had they only one worldwide version, 
such would not have been an issue at all.


One way it could have been done, is that you would get the license for 
the software, and then install a Main Core. Then you would download a 
set of files, holding the language-specific files. Or, these could have 
been packed on the installation DVD, did you go for a hard-copy 
installation. If you only use one language, your installation would only 
hold the files for that language. for those who use five languages, it 
would mean a few extra KBytes of disk space, as the installation would 
include a few extra files. In modern technology, that means nothing.


Far as I am aware, and p

Re: WinEyes and licensing

2017-02-04 Thread David via Talk
Apparently, GW and their licensing deals quite differently from one 
place to the other.


Locally, Yes we can install WE in a locale version, on how many 
computers we want. But should I decide to go for an English version, I 
am under restrictions of something like three or five computers. Believe 
me, I have discussed this with the local dealer, and even took the whole 
issue directly to Doug, questioning why you in the UK can run unlimited 
installations of the English version, and in one of your neighboring 
countries, we are all the sudden restricted on the very same version. 
And, yes we too are well aware of all what a Copyright means.


I am not going to argue their rights to restrict. I just wonder why they 
restrict the paid version, whereas I am free to download as many copies 
of the screen reader I ever desire, in ANY of the supported languages, 
if I go for the free version. If I, in my local area want to

 BUY

an English version, I am under restrictions. Do I want the very same 
English, fully working version, and I download the

 FREE

version, hey now I have no further restrictions from the manufacturer. 
That is where my logic ends.


Go ahead, restrict the users, but do so all over the board. And at 
least, if you want to restrict, why only restrict the paid version, 
leaving the free version unrestricted? Doesn't that encourage the user 
to go for the free version?


And all you said about copyright, does make sense. Except from the fact 
that people in all coutries, can get the unrestricted versions for free, 
only if you pay, you likely will be messing with the Copyright, so let's 
have you restricted. Smile. I just don't get the logic in that. OK then, 
it is not of the biggest issues either, only I wonder if that will 
encourage people in such areas to keep paying. And that was my real 
initial point, that we might see less people paying, and eventually that 
might lead to the fall of the development's priority, on behalf of the 
screen reader.


The best thing, like I stated, would have been if they simply made one 
big and multi-lingual version, leaving the users the chance of deciding 
which installation or functionality will be most suitable for her at any 
time. First they have given all language-specific versions away for free 
the last few years, I am not sure wherein the show-stopper would be, in 
making it all combined into one and same license. After all, many other 
pieces of software are released in multi-lingual versions. And even when 
tied to one language, your license would typically be equal, no matter 
which language you decide to run.


Should I - for instance - want to run Windows itself in German, even if 
I was located in the North-Americas, I would be entitled the exact same 
rights and restrictions as if I was running an English version. 
Microsoft - to all my knowledge - does not give me one set of rules for 
a Spanish version of Windows, and if I happen to live outside Spain, 
another set of rules. Or, if I want to run in french, even if my area is 
mostly running Italian, Microsoft would not get far if they posed a 
drastic reduction in my rights.


If they want to go International, and apparently they do, then they 
might want to revise some of the ways they deal with the linguistic 
issues. What's more, did they develop one multi-lingual version, it 
could have saved them a load of extra work on every new release. every 
user could get one and same version, so they did not have to make 
specific packages for every locality. When they released version 9.5.4, 
they even ended up in a situation, where they released the locale 
version over here, with some of the files in English. That caused some 
issues, which they had to fix. Now, had they only one worldwide version, 
such would not have been an issue at all.


One way it could have been done, is that you would get the license for 
the software, and then install a Main Core. Then you would download a 
set of files, holding the language-specific files. Or, these could have 
been packed on the installation DVD, did you go for a hard-copy 
installation. If you only use one language, your installation would only 
hold the files for that language. for those who use five languages, it 
would mean a few extra KBytes of disk space, as the installation would 
include a few extra files. In modern technology, that means nothing.


Far as I am aware, and please correct me should I be wrong, NVDA for one 
comes in a multi-lingual version. My former screen reader - Blindows, 
now taken over by Baum - was in a multi-lingual version. Do I want to 
run a well-reputed software like Malwarebytes, it is in Multi-Lingual 
version. I can get my Anti-Virus in any of its supported languages, with 
no differences in rights and restrictions. Even certain versions of 
Windows, used to come in multi-lingual versions, with no differences in 
rights, no matter which language I chose to install or activate at any 
given time.

perplexing outlook attachment

2017-02-04 Thread Ted Larson via Talk
Dear List:

I am using Microsoft office outlook 2016 on my windows ten computer.  I
received an email saying it had an attachment.  When I hit the alt-7 it said
attachment not found.  In the process of forwarding it to my wife to see if
the attachment would show up on her computer, I did the control-F to set up
forwarding and as I tabbed past the subject, it listwed the attachment and
it said to use alt-down arrow to open the options menu selected button.  By
doing that, I got into the context menu and I arrowed down to open and then
I hit enter there.  It opened the document saying it was in protected view.
I was able to read the document with no trouble.  My question is, why did my
initial alt-7 say there were no attachments and what do I need to know about
protected view?  Thanks for any clarification.  Regards:  Ted Larson

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Re: punctuation spoken in emails and on firefox

2017-02-04 Thread Brenda via Talk

Hi Rod


Thank you for your quick reply.  Have lots to do today but will sit down 
and learn to use this app soon.  I wish I had asked this when I was 
doing medical transcription as it would have been handy.



An offshoot of this question is - will App Central continue to be 
updated and managed?



thanks again,


Brenda


On 2/3/2017 9:23 PM, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote:

Pardon me, Brenda, the hot key is Insert-Accent, not Control-Accent for 
toggling punctuation after installing Toggle Punctuation and More 1.72, 
available here:

http://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Apps/App_Details/?scriptid=1276

Best,

Rod

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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] 
On Behalf Of Rod Hutton via Talk
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 9:20 PM
To: bjn...@windstream.net; Window-Eyes Discussion List 

Subject: RE: punctuation spoken in emails and on firefox

Hi Brenda,

You can change punctuation from the Screen node within the WE control panel, 
but I've found the easiest solution is to use the hot key Control-Accent, but 
this is available only after installing the following app:

http://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Apps/App_Details/?scriptid=1276

hth,

Rod

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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] 
On Behalf Of Brenda via Talk
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 8:25 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List 
Subject: punctuation spoken in emails and on firefox

Hi List


When I type and read emails or read an article in a web page punctuation
is spoken i.e. the words"comma", "period" "quotation" etc are read.


what do I have to change so I don't hear punctuation marks spoken when I
read a document?  I don't want to do too much trial and error.

Thanks

brenda

W-E 9.5.4, win7, Thunderbird & Firefox

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RE: WinEyes and licensing

2017-02-04 Thread John Farley via Talk
David,

North America and most of Europe, including the UK can run Window-Eyes
without authentication on each occasion that the version being used is
correctly licenced. That is, without a dongle or other mechanical means of
licence authentication. This may also be the case in Australia and New
Zealand, but I am not too sure of that. There may be a Knowledge Base item
which details where this applies.

This was done originally as there are many parts of the world outside of the
North American continent where software piracy, or euphemistically software
sharing, is rife. 

Software producers, not just GW-Micro, follow such a practice in order to
protect their income stream, which is a perfectly valid think to do.

As far as the accent of the speech is concerned I have most of my speech
output set to use UK English, although I need to accept the use of an
American accent for the Window-Eyes elements of the speech output. 
Like the UK the USA has many localised accents in use in pronouncing the
spoken word.
Most people can accept the use of such localised accents.

The real difference in the use of English between our two continents is the
simplified spelling of many words used in the USA as opposed to that being
used in the UK, where the spellings originated from (smile).



Regards, John

Tel: +44 (0) 1442 259243
Mob: +44 (0) 7815 056076



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From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+john_farley=btinternet@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of David via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 12:30 AM
To: Loy; Window-Eyes Discussion List; Pamela Dominguez
Subject: Re: WinEyes and licensing

Nope. All messages, menus and so forth, will be in ONE, and only ONE 
language. The voices are there only to let you read other languages.


Yet, say you have turned on Eloquence french, due to you mainly working 
with French documents and websites. If your WinEyes is installed under 
an English license, all the WinEyes produced messages, will be send as 
English phrases to a French synthesizer. Try for a moment yourself, and 
see what it all will sound like.


You don't think there are all that many phrases, so it can't be that 
much of an issue? Well, try to scroll down a website. All the screen 
reader produced messages like:

 Link,

 Paragraph,

 Combobox,

 Editbox,

 Read-Only,

and so forth, are send in the language of your screen reader 
installation, no matter which language is supported by your currently 
chosen voice.


Or, try it under your favorite Email program. The phrases like:

 Read,

 Unread,

 Attachment,

And so on, again are send in the language of your installation. Try to 
listen too a Spanish voice, or an Italian one, pronounce the English 
phrases. Judge for yourself.


Been the trouble with WE for all times, that they never understood 
people could have more than one language, and would need to switch 
several times in a day. Hey all you Canadians, you would at least know 
what it means to read more than one language.


Greatest thing would be if they could release a multi-lingual license - 
holding all supported languages. And now, if they then could let it even 
be set to switch automatically to the language supported by the 
currently active synth, they would have done a great job. But all my 
requests for such features, have been met with loads of excuses and 
words about being unable, due to licensing and worries of piracy. Not 
sure what would make such a multi-lingual version more vulnerable to 
piracy, but that is the explanation GW has been offering me for the last 
decade.


Well, just wanted to illustrate a point for you all. Other International 
and non-English users will know what i am talking about, and may be able 
to offer you more illustrative cases.


Yet, may I ask you who are all English-speaking users, how would you 
accept if I released a screen reader that gave all its menus and 
internal messages in German? So every time you browsed the net, or every 
time you pressed the Ctrl-Home in a text document, you got the phrases 
from the screen reader, with German text pronounced by your English 
voice? Here, let me save you all the hazzle. Simply let your current 
English voice read the following messages, and imagine your day being 
filled with this kind of working conditions. Then, you please come back 
and tell me how many of you would pay for the product. Smile.


nur-Lese,
Eingabefeld für den,
ungelesen,
Lesen,
Anlage,
Anfang des Dokuments,
Zeilenende.


On 2/4/2017 12:55 AM, Loy via Talk wrote:
> Window Eyes paid version comes  with synthesizers in  multi languages.
Don't know if the program is in other languages or not.
>- Original Message -
>From: Pamela Dominguez via Talk
>To: David ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
>Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 6:27 PM
>Subject: Re: WinEyes and licensing
>
>
>I didn't know we only get one language.  I was lead to believe that all
the
>languages were in