Fatal Initialization Error Problem Solved
A moment or two ago, I wrote to express concerns about a fatal initialization error I had experience. I wondered at the end of that message whether my extracted file had been corrupted. Indeed that was the problem. I re-extracted the file, and all is well. With much relief, Nolan Sent from my iPhone ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Fatal Initialization Error
Greetings, I was forced to strip my PC back to the molecular level this week, which meant that I needed to re-install Window-Eyes 9.4. Tech support was extra-mile fantastic in providing me with a downloadable link today. In my attempt to install the program, however, I encountered almost immediately a "fatal initialization error." I have never encountered this when running Window-Eyes installations before. While Narrator is better than it used to be, I am still might delete struggling with it compared to Window-Eyes. I realize I could install JAWS or even NVDA. But I really would rather rebuild this machine with Window-Eyes working properly. There is so much to do and I have projects that are piling up with ugly deadlines beyond believe. If anyone has any thoughts on how I can resolve this "fatal initialization error," I am pleading for help! Incidentally, narrator had been exited at the time I opened the set up file which I extracted to a folder. In other words, I had extracted the zip folder, and I ran the set up program from that folder. I wonder if my zip extraction is somehow corrupted? Warmest regards and hoping for help, Nolan Sent from my iPhone ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
A Little Morality tale: It's Not Always Microsoft's Fault!
So last night, I did my little Internet radio thing on the Legend, and I noticed that the Station Playlist app for Window-eyes was running but not working. I blamed the failure on a recent Windows 10 update, presuming that the update had erased all my key bindings or had taken over keystrokes that were once used by the Station Playlist app. I grumbled and groused about Windows 10 updates to my poor beleaguered listeners off and on, convinced that the fault was surely Microsoft’s. When I came off the air, I dug a little deeper into the Window-eyes environment and found that for whatever reason, GW Toolkit wasn’t running at all. That would explain in a big way why there were no working keystrokes in the Station Playlist app. With no small amount of chagrin and plenty of dip for that crow I was gagging down, I ran GW Toolkit, reopened Station Playlist, brought up a list as if I were about to be on the air, chewed another beak or two of that nasty crow, and proceeded to watch as Jeff Bishop’s scripts worked flawlessly—all my keystrokes were back and in good working order. I share this hopefully as an attempt at brightening your day just a bit. If you, too, have made a similar mistake of not checking the status of GW Toolkit, finding it easier instead to blame Microsoft, you need to know you’re not alone in that. And just so you know, crow meat that comes from Washington state is no more appetizing than the same unfortunate dish from anywhere else. :-) Double check your GW Toolkit status, my friends, before you despair of ever seeing your app’s keystrokes work well again. I have to admit to being rather stunned that Toolkit wasn’t running. I don’t remember killing it for any reason. Here’s hoping it comes up and runs automatically from now on. Nolan, who is somewhat humbled and chastened by his experience, and who doesn’t recommend crow regardless of the dip recipe you have or whether it comes from Washington state or wherever! Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: OT: opticbook 3600 scanner
Almost hesitant to ask the question, since you doubtless already have this in hand, but you do remember that you must connect the scanner prior to installing the drivers, right? That’s counterintuitive to how things generally work. I installed a 3600 last night, and it works perfectly in Win 10 with Kurzweil 14.08. Nolan Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Sound Forge Pro 11 ap released.
This is hugely impressive. I’ve owned 11 for a long time, and I never quite got motivated to upgrade from 10. I think you’ve given me reasons to do that. Congratulations on the work done on this; it can’t have been easy, and it wasn’t trivial I’m sure. Regards, Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Casualty?
I apologize for the clutter. Looks like the problem lies with my exchange server. Regards, Nolan Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Casualty?
I assume this list is dead, since I’ve not received any mail from it in several days? Just testing. Nolan Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: sound forge
I’m using Sound Forge 10 nearly every day for different tasks, and it works wonderfully for me with WE in Windows 10. Nolan Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University, Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 150 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
RE: Can't Read Information in Outlook Fields
Well, Steve, once again you've come to my rescue. I wish I hadn't been so impulsive in flinging reason and common sense to oblivion and doing a re-install of 9.3x then upgrading to 9.4. Ah, well, that just means I get to go on an app scavenger hunt--not as fun perhaps as an Easter egg hunt, but achievable easily enough. The repair of that video driver solved both the Outlook problem and my mouse dinging problem. The mouse keys work again--hugely helpful for Sound Forge and a host of other programs. So please accept my fervent gratitude for a fix that was so quick and easy. Gratefully, Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
RE: Can't Read Information in Outlook Fields
Hi, Thanks for your reply. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with sleep mode or screen saver. I've turned all of that off in my power plan, so I don't ever have to come out of sleep mode. Screen redraws don't seem to help either. I just don't get it; it works perfectly in JAWS 17 and the latest NVDA. There's clearly some setting somewhere that's changed, and I can't figure it out. Before I reinstalled the entire program last night, I had re-installed the factory sets, hoping that would fix things. Regards, Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
RE: Can't Read Information in Outlook Fields
You asked whether the 2010 set files are loading; it appears so. The other thing that happens is my mouse keys just ding when I tap them no matter what's open. I can do Control+Shift+B to rotor among the movement possibilities, but those keys make no difference; the mouse keys just ding no matter. Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Can't Read Information in Outlook Fields
Office 2010, WE 9.4, Windows 10/64: If I attempt to write in the subject line of an outgoing email, I can't hear any of that information when I try to look at it with the arrow keys or to read the entire line with Control+Numberpad 5. In a moment of mindless rage last night, I uninstalled we 9.4, installed 9.3, then immediately upgraded back to 9.4. No satisfaction. It is with some trepidation that I note that NVDA and JAWS 17 read information in those fields; any thoughts? Also, no matter what I do, I can't get Control+Numberpad 5 to spell the entire line when I tap it twice. Has that feature disappeared? Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Can't Even Read the Dots, Let Alone Connect Them (HumanWare)
So I've fought this for weeks including three calls to HumanWare and one to AI Squared, and I can't fix it. Here's the environment: Windows 10/64, Window-Eyes 9.3, HumanWare Brailliant BI32 connected via USB. I can't get Window-Eyes to communicate with the display unless I invoke the display's OpenBraille protocol, which is wobbly at best, because it doesn't allow the unit to charge properly, but that's not why I'm writing. The problem is, no matter how I set the horizontal controls, whenever I pan the display, I miss several words in the line. Yes, I do have scrolling options set to enable whole word. Yes, I've tried both display length and specify line length in horizontal scrolling options, all to no satisfaction. Today, I rebuilt my Window-Eyes profile, which accomplished nothing. I've moved the display from a hub and plugged it into the PC directly; no change. I was on hold with HumanWare for nearly an hour, then I got bounced to a recording that said I had to leave a message. Is anyone on this list using these Brailliant displays with win 10 and WE? If so, are you able to pan without word loss? Are you forced to use the OpenBraille protocol? Here's the most amusing part: Today, I installed the HumanWare USB driver from its tools program; it set the display to virtual port Com6. Again, Window-Eyes wouldn't work with it. Not only can I not pan, but the display goes blank when WE originally opens, then returns to the HumanWare menu rather than receiving data from WE. But the most twisted part of this is that NVDA works perfectly with it. I didn't even have to tell NVDA which port to look for. Panning in NVDA is perfect; no words missed. You'll be doing me a tremendous favor by not writing something snarky back to me like, "what's your problem, fool? Why not just use NVDA?" Because I prefer to use Window-Eyes whenever and wherever possible. This is one of those maddening problems where you can't even get any pleasure from having someone remote into the machine, since they can't see the performance of the display. Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
RE: HumanWare Brailliant BI 32 won't work with WE 9.3 and Win 10 Pro
Yes, installed the USB driver, then the firmware; didn't bother with the JAWS 10 or later driver--didn't think that was relevant. Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
HumanWare Brailliant BI 32 won't work with WE 9.3 and Win 10 Pro
I just hooked up a Brailliant BI 32 running firmware 2.1.00. Under Windows 10, it claims that the brailliant is on com4. Accordingly, I told Window-Eyes 9.3 to look for it on com4. When I hit the activate button, the display goes blank as if it intends to work, then it goes back to the Brailliant main screen. I've restarted both the PC and Window-Eyes to no avail. Any other ideas? Nolan ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Webinar and tutorial topics - feedback requested
Obviously, I'm a month behind in my email here, but if the call for prospective webinar topics remains viable, I'd love to see something regarding the interaction of Window-Eyes and The Windows 10 equivalent of Siri. What can she do? Are there areas wherein Window-Eyes may conflict with her ability to do specific things? Etc. Nolan Sent from my iPad > ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: station playlist
I have to tell you, as a long-time user of Jeff Bishop’s Station Playlist App, I’m convinced there’s nothing out there on Earth that’s better! That app single-handedly takes a process that can sometimes be dicey at best and turns it into a fun-filled experience where you’re very much in the driver’s seat and at the top of your game. The braille display support is absolutely second to none, and the stability is magnificent. Now in the spirit of full disclosure, I admit to a genuine sense of appreciation and respect for the app developer, and he has been kind enough to take advice from me from time to time about the app—advice which he implemented to my extreme satisfaction. I’m not here to in any way cast a negative aspersion on Brian’s outstanding JAWS scripts, but if you’re concerned that by making the switch, you will somehow lower your digital standard of living, so to speak, you need not be concerned at all. What you will find is an app that does a magnificent job. Nolan The Ohio State University Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 154 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 http://ada.osu.edu ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Question About Audible
My experience is it doesn’t matter whether you’re signed in. You get the impression that the screen reader is reading only portions of the page, and I’ve found that to be true with Safari as well as WE 9. Nolan Nolan Crabb, Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University Office of the ADA Coordinator/Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hale Hall, 154 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 15, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 535-7174 crabb...@osu.edu ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
