Re: what do you fear of?
I'm not afraid of dying because I believe that this life on Earth is not all there is. Does that mean I believe in the afterlife many religeons believe in? No, I simply believe that when we die, we are simply done with these physical bodies and are moving on.I fear
Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
Hey, Dark.Don't feel alone in not finding things to do with your Echo, Ieven with all the skills I have available to me here in the United States, I only have two that are actually what I'd call useful and one of those, weather, came preloaded. The
Re: accessible app to take picture for online profile like Facebook
That will depend on the specific iPhone model.If I recall what I've heard correctly, on the iPhone 5s the back facing camera is 8 megapixels while the front facing camera is only 1.5 megapixels. On the iPhone SE the back
Re: accessible app to take picture for online profile like Facebook
You are right. I keep getting them mixed up.To my mind, front facing means just that, the camera is facing forward as you look at the device's display. Or put another way, the back facing camera is on the display side of
Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
Actually I think the Echo has been available for two years with it's smaller brothers Dot and Tap arriving about a year later.
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Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
Thanks, Dark!I just substituted .com for the .co.uik, creating http://alexa.amazon.com, and it worked. No browser crash, so things are looking up! (Big Grin)
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Re: accessible app to take picture for online profile like Facebook
Let me try it...It works here, I'm using the front facing camera. It's possible that the face feedback is a feature you have to turn on. It may also be a feature that was introduced in iOS 10.I'm using an 64 GB iPhone SE.
Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
I'm going to post this question in a separate message because just adding it to my previous message doesn't seem to be getting any results.Does anyone know the URL for the Amazon Alexa web site that I can use as an alternative to the iOS app?The iOS
Re: accessible app to take picture for online profile like Facebook
If I recall correctly, in iOS 10 the camera app will give you feedback about any faces in the picture, how much of the picture it takes up, and possibly where in the picture it is. So have you tried just taking a selfie
Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
I don't know either. I don't have the Echo anymore, I returned it. I'll just keep an eye on the iOS app, it it's rating goes up to something I'm a bit more comfortable with, I'll buy it again.
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Re: amazon echo, would you recommend it?
I tried the web app and all it did was crash my browser. Maybe I have something going on with my browser, but still, something with the web site itself has to be quite off for it to do that, especially when it's the only web site I have problems
Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
As hard as this might be for you to believe, there are some people that actually do like JAWS and prefer it to NVDA.I know, because I'm one of them.
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Specifically, how do you take possession of a folder. There have been times where Windows has asked me if I wanted to take possession of some folder, but I have never figured out how to invoke it on demand.And where did you get the SAPI Eloquence you're
Re: Registry errors when installing some programs. Any ideas?
Yay! That's good news!
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Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
@cwFreedom Scientific rarely replies on the same day, and here in the United States, most businesses like Freedom Scientific are closed on week ends. So you'll more than likely get an answer on Monday or Tuesday.And for what its worth,
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
And that is why, as much as I'd love to ditch the Themedia DRM, I will keep using the protected version. So far, fingers crossed, it hasn't crashed or done anything unhealthy to my system.In fact, besides the DRM, the only bad thing I can say about it is the time
Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
Well, I hope that made you feel better. But whether you realize it or not, if they wanted to, they could find out exactly who you are in a matter of hours or less. Not very bright if you ask me.
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Re: Registry errors when installing some programs. Any ideas?
Assuming these older programs use the Microsoft Installer, we can be reasonably sure the install media is OK because the Microsoft Installer always does a checksum verification of the install media before it begins the install
Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
I know what you mean about software licenses. I have a perfectly good copy of Zoom Text in its original box that I can no longer use because I now have to use a screen reader (JAWS), and it would be nice to pass Zoom Text on to some one
Re: A FSCast contest for Free upgrade
Hey, that's cool. Even though I may be abandoning JAWS if version 19 is just more of the same old BS Freedom Scientific has been dumping on us since version 17. I sure as heck won't say no to a SMA extension.Yeah, I saw your other thread.
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Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
I know what you mean about software licenses. I have a perfectly good copy of Zoom Text in its original box that I can no longer use because I now have to use a screen reader (JAWS), and it would be nice to pass Zoom Text on to some one
Re: A question about moving a FS product into my name
Unfortunately software licenses are notoriously not transferable, but, you could always call or email VFO and ask them. Considering that the products were originally purchased for you they may not have a problem with it.
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Re: A FSCast contest for Free upgrade
What do you get if you are already up to date?
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Things may have changed in the years since I last had to get a refund through PayPal. Back then if the vendor can show that what you paid for was in fact delivered, you could not get a refund. If that is true then all Code Factory has to do is prove they sent you
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Things may have changed in the years since I last had to get a refund through PayPal. Back then if the vendor can show that what you paid for was in fact delivered, you could not get a refund. If that is true then all Code Factory has to do is prove they sent you
Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
Even if everyone who was blind pledged never to have children, not all blindness is hereditary. So it would be a fruitless jesture.
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Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
How ironic. Glaucoma causes more preventable blindness than any other disease, yet there are some forms of glaucoma where blindness can't be prevented.At least I am thankful for the sighted years I had, some people don't even get that much. And I am thankful
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
My brother had a similar problem with two sound devices where he only wanted one to be used because he had no way to use the other.I told him to disable rather than uninstall the drivers because Windows will just keep reinstalling the removed drivers.He said that
Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
I never said that they don't care about color. They do, just like sighted people do. For example, unless they want to look like a crazy person or a clown, they need to be aware of what color the clothes they are putting on are so that they can be sure that they
Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
@fatihYeah, Things got pretty dark for me during those years when I went from very usable 20/60 vision down to legally blind where they tested my vision with hand motions.I remember thinking that if I had to be blind, that maybe it would have been better if I
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I would guess that most older audio hardware works too. The NVDA installed in the Windows PE works fine on my nine year old Dell laptop.
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I would guess that most older audio hardware works too. Narrator works fine on my nine year old Dell laptop.
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Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
At least I can be thankful I had vision for most of my life so I have my memories. Other than the words, those who have never had vision have no concept of what color is. On the other hand, you can't miss what you've never had either.
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Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
When I was diagnosed with glaucoma, the doctor told me that it was common for people who have cateracts at birth to develop glaucoma later in life. He also said that at present with wasn't known whether the glaucoma is a result of having the surgery or whether
Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
I was born with cateracts, which wasn't discovered until I was a year old. Since your sense of vision isn't fully developed at birth, it's very important that any problems be addressed as soon as possible to allow vision to develop normally. By the time they
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@jaybirdI don't know what's going on there, I do know that I was able to recover a lost activation using the image restore method. It's possible that Themedia discovered that exploit and has now fixed it so it won't work anymore. All the more reason to get rid of
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Armadillo uses several public key encryption methods depending on the type and level of key you choose to use. Stronger systems resulted in longer keys.But in all kases the encryption template is the one part that only the developer should ever know. It is the
Re: I'm tired! Senior managers want to come and be held accountable!
I personally think that a permanent ban for cheating is appropriate. All cheating does is ruin the game for all the other players, so if the threat of a permanent ban isn't enough to discourage you from cheating, I'm
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
That's why I was thinking of BGT. There are other development tools that do the same thing, most will work only if you tell Armadillo to leave any data after the program alone, some will still work if you only use minimal protection of the data after the program,
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I'm wondering if we shouldn't ask one of the moderators to move all these messages about Armadillo to it's own thread so we can let the Eloquence thread go back on topic.Consider that Armadillo was never written with any kind of assistive technology in mind. So if
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
My apologies, I coded the link description and the url backwards, so you were seeing the actual address and trying to go to the description. It's fixed now.
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
For anyone that wants to play around with it, here are both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the classic Armadillo version 8.60. This is the last version before the classic user interface was disabled in favor of the new Software Passport user interface written in
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
For anyone that wants to play around with it, here are both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the classic Armadillo version 8.60. This is the last version before the classic user interface was disabled in favor of the new Software Passport user interface written in
Re: Looking for free downloadable described tv shows.
Try these:Discriptive videos vault 1Discriptive videos vault 2Discriptive videos vault 3jeff tdrealms com Described MoviesUnlike the Movie Vault, these pages list TV show episodes individually instead of by the season as the Vault does.
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@flackersDepending on how they are set up they, Avangate, might also provide activation services. Digital River provided an entire suite of ecommerce services from the online store to the shopping cart to payment processing to activation services. Or they are like
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@TrajectoryIt probably was, I've always been visually impaired throughout my whole life, but until 2010 when I started losing my vision, my vision was good enough that my primary form of transportation was my bicycle, and reading mainstream books wasn't an
Re: A serious situation
All I can say is, LOL!
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@TrajectoryYou got me curious, so I looked up that employment contract and found that any hold that contract had on me expired two years after my employment ends, which was in 2012, so it hasn't been in effect for almost three years.With that said, I can answer
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@TrajectoryNo, I don't mind you asking, but unfortunately, non disclosure and non compete agreements were part of the employment agreement I signed when I took the job. They are probably all expired by now but I'd rather not take that chance and end up being sued,
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
My apologies, but unfortunately, non disclosure and non compete agreements were part of the employment agreement I signed when I took the job. They are probably all expired by now but I'd rather not take that chance and end up being sued, so I will not discuss who
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
I agree with defender, if it's really important to you, quit making excuses about working 70 hours and make some time to work with and learn what it is to have to rely on a screen reader. It doesn't matter which one, they
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@david_solomon1OK, by their messages, I couldn't tell what method they were using, I guess I missed it. It does seem kind of strange that whether you get a reply seems to be randomly hit or miss.It's interesting that they are using Themedia for their DRM. I
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Are any of you using the contact us link and fillinf out the contact us form instead of using the help desk system. I first tried using the help desk system and got nowhere, then earlier this week I tried using the contact us form and got a result the following
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Are any of you using the contact us link and fillinf out the contact us form instead of using the help desk system. I first tried using the help desk system and got nowhere, then earlier this week I tried using the contact us form and got a result the following
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
If you really want to walk a mile in our shoes, turn off your monitor while trying out a screen reader.Even then it's not quite the same because you know you can always turn the monitor back on, we don't get that
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
@bradIf my memory is correct, the student program was rolled out at about the same time VFO released JAWS 18.@magurp244No, the 90 day license isn't a lease to own program like the student program. The 90 day license is
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
@flackersWhen did you use the contact form? It took a bit more than 24 hours before I got a response
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Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
First off, NVDA's scripting language is Python because that's what NVDA is written in. No, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that, Python is a very capable language.JAWS has a very capable scripting language
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Yeah, you're probably right.OmniPage, Nuance's OCR program used to be a really great program, so when the people at the Lighthouse recommended that I use it with Microsoft Word to read my mail, I went and bought a copy. What a mistake!Besides SSI Disability
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Since Eloquence is a Nuance product, I wonder if everybody with problems complained to Nuance, if they would tell the people at Code Factory to get off their lazy asses and help their customers or risk losing the right to sell Eloquence?
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Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
Ok, I get what you are saying now.Unfortunately ibecause of the way Windows is designed, it's not likely there will ever be an accessibility library that will work for all situations. The reason is because developers have a
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Use the contact us form on their web site, that's how I got a response from them, though to be fair, my inquiry wasn't a request for tech support.Since A T Guys are just resellers, there may be little they can do in regards to the activation server, but they might
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
After seeing those disparaging remarks about Freedom Scientific, I just had to respond that I am a JAWS user and have been for over three years with no complaints at all. Yes, JAWS is expensive, but then so are most other
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
In a nutshell, the PE environment can be thought of as a very scaled down copy of Windows with only a few of the tools that normally come with it. And yes NVDA is installed and set up to start automatically. Once it's loaded, spend a few minutes exploring the
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
Ah yes! Although I didn't post any comments there, I have seen that thread and my personal thought was that if he wants to create a game that's enjoyable by both the sighted and the visually impaired, that's great! I just
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
That depends on who made your computer. Mine is a Dell Latitude laptop and one of the utilities dell makes available for some of their machines is a utility that runs in your browser as a web page that allows you to edit your BIOS settings. When you are done you
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
Where can I find information about this game you are developing?
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
It's just a copy of Windows running in the pre installation environment with NVDA installed to provide accessibility.You can either try searching these forums for "talking windows pe" or just get Brian Smart's versions at his web site
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
I used to be on the second floor of an apartment complex and can tell you that having to lug my groceries or anything else up those stairs was no fun. So when the grocery store next door closed, I moved to a new apartment
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
I agree, blindness itself isn't as bad as the limitations being blind can impose on me.I do, however, miss being able to see some things simply because they are beautiful to look at, a sunrise or sunset for example.As I go
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
That's true, and besides that, it's been shown that people who are over weight or don't get enough exercise often have more medical problems than just their handicap and their weight problem.While being blind isn't much fun
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
@daigoniteLOL! I remember that scene. And, no that won't happen to me, after long thought, I got a rowing machine to work out on so I could exercise both my upper and lower body. I spend about 45 minutes or so on it 3 or 4
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Right, using their tech support system is a joke because nobody ever replies. What I did that got a reply was to follow the contact us link and filled out the form it leads you to. Although that link might get you someone on their executive staff instead of
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
Unfortunately this won't help anyone who's out of activations, but here's a tip that can help preserve those precious activations.Once you have Eloquence installed and activated, use Backup & Restore to make an image of your drive to some external media big enough
Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
No, it's not your settings, it's my memory. I hit the email link, then promptly forgot and thought I was send a private message. So, my mistake, sorry.
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[ a-t ]flackersCheck your private messages.
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Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
To each his own, I'm not saying Dark was wrong for rejecting the wheelchair, I was just pointing out an alternative view instead of the disparaging one he presented.Call me lazy, but I much prefer being wheeled through the
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
Thank you!
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Re: CodeFactory Eloquence
I've bought a license for the Eloquence for Windows product several years ago from Computer Room Services, which is the same Code Factory product, and the only problem I've ever had with it is that there is a 15 to 30 second lag before a program that uses SAPI
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
I'm sorry but I don't understand most of what you are saying because I don't know what ux means.
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Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
Even here there are problems. Take for example Dark's experience with an airline bringing out a wheelchair for his blindness. Instead of objecting that the wheelchair was inappropriate, Did he consider that from the
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
@DarkThe reason they call us disabled is because they'd rather not have anything to do with us, so calling us disabled gives them an excuse to say that we can't do anything so they don't have to give us a job or provide
Re: I'm kind of concerned about the culture surrounding usability
In an ideal world, we shouldn't have to pass laws that try to mandate including every one regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, or ability. It would just be automatic that everyone is thought of when designing
Re: are you really a human?
That's pretty much the same as what this forum uses, "Say hello"
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