I have noticed that you have expressed a desire to work strictly in a DOS
environment. Is this just from a matter of level of comfort or from a
particular application that requires DOS? I am not even sure if Microsoft
sells or supports a stand-alone DOS anymore. I do not think they have for
hello
recently i downloaded 2 programs from the jaws users website
and i have no idea on how to use them
i can find no documentation on how to get started and to use the programs
and i wondered if anyone has these and can help
the programs are
1 personal reminders
2 burn at once
and there
Hi all
I mannage to install win7 on my laptop with a lot of frustration and find
it slow.
Also I find windows live mail even worse when I try to move messages into my
old folders. I also cannot get to my old folders by pressing the first
letter.
Can any one please help or direct me to help
Hi Don,
I won't be using the Microsoft version, but rather, a modern one
called Enhanced DR-DOS.
http://drdosprojects.de
It has far more capabilities than the MS version, including a
multitasker and memory manager, and is still being updated to keep it
current. There is also alot of software
Hi there,
I wrote this in response to a personal e-mail sent to me the other
night and then shared it with the Blind Computer Users list but forgot
to send it here. But after today's discussion, it occurred to me that
some of you are curious about it as well.
I'll add this before starting.
If your difinitions are not up to date or if you haven't scanned for a
long time, MSI will set a message in your system tray indicating that
your machine is not protected. I am sorry i can not giv the exact terms
used to indicate so since i am using a french version of the software.
Hope that
Hi
I am not sure if there is a dos based scanner on the market. right now.
That may be some thing a person would have to research.
God bless,
Mark
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Hi
I have been having fantastic success using the scanning software that
came bundled with my HP scanner. Once I figured out how to use it OCR has
been a breeze. It is vista and windows 7 compatible.
God bless,
Mark
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I'm not looking for a new scanner. I just want a scanner and
software recommendation so that I can go to Ebay or a vintage
computing site and buy it knowing that it's accessible and compatible
with what I need.
Gods bless you too,
Eleni
On 7/22/10, mark Torgerson torgersonena...@gmail.com
Thanks, but as I've said, I'm looking for a DOS-compatible scanner
and program. I already have one for XP and know where to find cheaper
(under $100) but still accessible ones for that os and can post them
here if anyone's interested.
Eleni
On 7/22/10, Eleni Vamvakari magkis...@gmail.com
Hi
Any idea what the software is, please so I can make sure it is with the
scanner I buy
Graham
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Subject: Re:
I am a little confused. Do you already have a scanner with Dr-DOS
compatible drivers orr not? If so, what is the model and manufacturer? If
not, I agree that HP provides the best support for non Windows drivers. I
know that they support Linux and Mac as well as Windows. I am not sure
To Don: No, I'm still waiting to get the computer and install the
system on it and I'm looking for a software and scanner recommendation
because I don't know what to use. I've heard of HP Scanjets, but
there are many varieties, and I want to get the last one made for DOS
so that I can have the
Using Jaws 11 and XP home. I know I must have inadvertently hit something so
it says expanded on each email. I looked in the file menus and can't find a
way to stop this from happening. Is there a hot key or another menu I'm not
finding to deal with this? Thanks.
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Hi Eleni,
All the hp scanners on the market today that I am aware of are able to
use the free program called HP Document Scan. Once configured this program
will scan and do OCR on any document. Most of the documents I scan using
this program end up with close to 100% accuracy. The trick
As I said in the subject, this is a Windows question, since I don't
have a Greek synth for DOS and doubt this would even be possible.
I have some books with Greek and English on the same page. When I
try to scan the pages with Cicero, I can only scan one language at a
time. So if I'm on
Well, that answer was really directed towards the windows users on
here and not me, but thanks for saying hi and I'm glad you gave them
the information they needed. As for me, I want a flatbed and not a
document scanner, so if anyone knows of one of those, please let me
know. I highly doubt
Hi Joanne;
1. While in OE, Press alt + V for the view menu.
2. Press enter on current view submenu.
3. Arrow up to Group Messages by Conversation and make sure that this
checkbox is unchecked. If it is checked, press enter to uncheckit.
Pressing enter will uncheck it and take you out of the
HI All;
Running XPSP3 Home Jaws10 latest. After opening Taskbar properties and
the Notification customize list I
arrowed down through the list and noticed that I have program titles/names
in the list that are not installed on the computer anymore. Also, I have
program names that have more
Thanks for the info. There are a few non US products there I had not yet
heard of before. I will check them out and save this message.
Sorry, I do not know how to help any further at this point. Good luck.
Don Marang
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From: Eleni Vamvakari
Hi Graham,
The scanning software I am having the best success with is called HP
Document Scan. If you buy a HP Scanner the HP Document Scan should be one of
the programs that install with the drivers on the original disk. Just make
sure to choose the install all software options. Then look
Here's an old help message I saved from a friend, does this answer your
question?
Here's what you can do. There is an XP home utility called msconfigthat
will let you see a listing of all the items that your computer loads in at
start up. Care needs to be exercised that you not uncheck anything
As I said in the subject, this is a Windows question, since I don't
have a Greek synth for DOS and doubt this would even be possible.
I have some books with Greek and English on the same page. When I
try to scan the pages with Cicero, I can only scan one language at a
time. So if I'm on
Hi Mike,
In order to remove obsolete or dupicate entries from the XP system tray
notification area, you must clear the notification area cache. It's kind of
tricky, and I have never tried it myself, but if you want to give it a shot
, follow these steps very carefully:
- Clearing the
No,no, that's not what Mike wants to do. He wants to remove obsolete and
duplicate entries from the system tray notification area, which requires
clearing the notification area cache. I provided step-by-step instructions
for performing this in my previous message.
Gerald
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Try Abbyy Fine Reader. It recognises almost a thousand languages: and I was
pleasantly surprised to find that my vernacular language, Shona, which is
spoken only here in Zimbabwe and nowhere else, is there. So when I scan a
page, I can scan any English or Shona page without any problem. The
How do I identify the blocks of text if I don't know what they say?
Also, one of the books is a dictionary, so I'd pretty much need to
change every other word. I wouldn't know the corresponding Greek
ones, which is why I'm scanning it in the first place. I mean nothing
against you, so please
Hi Matt Gerald;
Matt; The information you have given is great and a definite keeper but, I
want to remove these duplicate multiple entries from the computer, and not
just turn them off.
Gerald; This is what I am looking for! I thought it would be a whole lot
easier but, if this is what I
Some good stuff here for sure.
David Ferrin
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To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Removing entries from the system tray
Hi Mike,
In
i have two computers. One is a desktop with XPsp3 and I use OE. The other is
a laptop with Vista and Outlook. Is it possible, without networking the two
together, to put my OE addressbook into Outlook?
I do have a little flash drive if that would make this work. Thanks, Karen
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a little flash drive if that would make this work. Thanks, Karen
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Glad this is what you're looking for. Please let us know if these
instructions worked. Just remember that there are two parts to this
procedure. First, you clear the notification cache using CCleaner. That's
the easy part. Secondly you must also delete the running Explorer
executable
Hi Gerald;
You, hope I don't screw things up?! LOL
I am sure as hell hoping the same thing. If the list gets any questions
from me about doing a system restore or about reformatting my harddrive, you
will know for damn sure I screwed things up! LOL
Keep your fingers and toes crossed. Thanks
Okay… Internet time. I'll start this post with regular dial-up
questions. I'm pretty sure that I don't want a shell account, unless
I want to experiment with my Apple IIGS and Proterm, but that's for
another thread. So that leaves me with ppp. and slip. What's the
difference between these
Here are a few embosser questions. I figured it's best to ask them
at once instead of creating separate topics. I have a Macbook running
Snow Leopard, an though I rarely use it, feel free to consider it,
along with DOS and Windows XP, when answering these. The only thing I
don't know is if it
Those are impressive options for a free bundled scanner software. I never
got anything that good with previous HP scanners. Is this a recent addition
or perhaps only provided with high end scanners?
Don Marang
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