[Blind-Computing] Jaws's Chrom accessibility

2010-09-16 Thread soner
Hello dear listers, I'm a user waiting for the chrom accessibility for a long time probably as many other users as well, yet in Jaws 12, though i expected an implementation, Chrom accessibility has not arrived yet. If not confidential, could Mr. Damary or a staff from FS in the list share with u

Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter

2010-09-16 Thread yvonne oliver
what is byteshifter. ?what does it do, and how does it work Yvonne - Original Message - From: "Ishe Chinyoka" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter Hi, Sure it is free. The author's homepage is http://home.comcast.net/~dabbink/dabb

Re: [Blind-Computing] Jaws's Chrom accessibility

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
The fact is that program is not designed with accessibility in mind, so there is virtually nothing a screen reader developer can do with it at the present time. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. - Original Messa

[Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread yvonne oliver
hello does anyone know where i can download a calendar program for windows xp the ability to input entry information would be preferred but not essential failing that does xp already have a calendar program? i know webbie has something similar but i want something specifically for xp thank you Yvo

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread Rick Justice
Hi Yvonne, Check the site directory at: www.blind-computing.com HTH, Rick Justice - Original Message - From: "yvonne oliver" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:45 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] calender program hello does anyone know where i can download a calendar program for

[Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Mich
Hi all. I am looking for a program to keep track of my money and how much I spend. I know there is money talks from afb but I am not sure if that is the right program that I want to use. what I am looking for is something that will keep track of my money and how much I spend a month and then tel

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread Gerald Levy
The accessible Calendar that is part of the WebbIE package is simple and straightforward and allows you to input appointments and reminders up to two years in advance. And since it was designed for blind users, it is JAWS friendly. http://www.webbie.org.uk/calendar.htm Gerald - Origi

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my moneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
First off there are no longer any free such programs available. Money talks is certainly a good option, and probably the best option as there is even a mailing list to support it. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. -

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Alan & Terrie Robbins
Mitch, Do you have Excel? If so, I've found it just as easy to make your own spreadsheet for this purpose. Very powerful and JAWS friendly Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of Mich Sent: Thursday, S

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of mymoney and how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Mich
Hi al. no I don't have excell I have ms word I have found excell verry comfuzing and not that easy to use with jaws. from Mich. - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my moneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread yvonne oliver
hi when i was fully sighted there was a very powerful program called Microsoft money at the time it had not been long with internet banking use i presume it is more powerful now that is of course if it is still available however does anyone know if Microsoft money is compatible with scree

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of mymoneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
Not compatible at all, sorry. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. - Original Message - From: "yvonne oliver" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my moneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Russ Breitenstein
Mitch Money Talks will certainly give you what you want. I've been using it for several years and wouldn't be without it. You can download a trial version from APH at aph.org and try it out. I believe the trial version allows 50 transactions which hopefully will be enough for one month's activi

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread Maria Campbell
I was looking for something to set appointments, and found the Personal Reminder program on the programs page works quite well. Sunny Day Maria Campbell lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net When the power of love is stronger than the love of power then the world will know peace. On 9/16/2010 8:07 AM, R

[Blind-Computing] Mozilla Tunderbird

2010-09-16 Thread Maria Campbell
How do I get JAWS to stop saying X Western in this program? Thanks.-- Sunny Day Maria Campbell lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net When the power of love is stronger than the love of power then the world will know peace. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-use

Re: [Blind-Computing] memo to the list

2010-09-16 Thread nancyanddel
I agree that this is a great list. I am old, 72 and i don't mind the old talk at all. Thanks for a great list. Nan - Original Message - From: "Kim Kelly" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] memo to the list I am going to agree with this la

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of mymoneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Francis E. Khan
How much does Money Talks cost? - Original Message - From: "David Ferrin" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of mymoneyand how mutch I spend. First off there are no longer any free such programs availabl

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track ofmymoney and how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Francis E. Khan
Excel is a beautiful program and if you really want to use it, Freedom Scientific has a number of tapes which are great for learning how to work with the program. After listening to the tapes you can do amortization schedules, budgets and other spreadsheets. Don't allow the program to intimid

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track ofmymoneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
If memory serves around $40 American. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. - Original Message - From: "Francis E. Khan" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] looking fo

[Blind-Computing] Serious Problems with Youtube

2010-09-16 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
I wrote about this in July but figured that I'd write again, since I have another problem as well. As some of you may remember, I'm having a very frustrating problem with Youtube. I created my account by signing in with a GMail address that I now rarely check. I wanted to switch my Youtube account

Re: [Blind-Computing] Mozilla Tunderbird

2010-09-16 Thread Øyvind Lode
Hi: When Thunderbird has focus open the configuration manager. Then Set Options -> text processing and uncheck Detect languages and Generalize dialect. Press Enter or tab to the OK button and press Enter or space bar. Save changes and exit Configuration Manager. You may want to do this in the

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track ofmymoneyand how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, I have one of Freedom's tutorials on excel and it's really great. It's amazing what you can do with excel. Not too long ago I started a music log of all the CD's I have. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "Francis E. Khan" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:35 AM Sub

[Blind-Computing] outlook express anoying message

2010-09-16 Thread Anna Vimini
hi, for that annoying message you are getting after you close outlook express just press the okay button and it will not come up again for a while until at least 100 days. hope thhis helps anna For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] memo to the list

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, David, You three guys do such a beautiful job running this list. I've learned so much from everyone on here and I hope I've done my part in contributing to the list. As far as old, I think we can all learn from each other no matter what age we are. Some of the best friends I've had durin

Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter

2010-09-16 Thread Ishe Chinyoka
Just a program to shift bits in a file by a certain offset. Well, it is often used by programmers to encode certain files for correct reading by other programs. Some files in ASCII text format cannot be executed correctly by certain programs, so they needs to be shifted by given offsets. The b

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Mitch, Freedom Scientific has a great tutorial on excel on cassettes and a practice diskette. It costs quite a bit of money but I thinkit's well worth the investment if you want to learn it. Hadley School for the Blind also has a course called Using Excel. I took it and it's a really great

[Blind-Computing] windows 7 and mail client

2010-09-16 Thread Candy Lowe
I have just upgraded to windows 7 home premium from vista home premium. So far, so good. I am wondering about my e-mail. I understand that outlook express does not work with windows 7. If I am correct, I understand that windows live mail works well with jaws. If so, do I have to download th

[Blind-Computing] importing my address book

2010-09-16 Thread heather kd5cbl
Okay, I figured it out, the .csv address file I think is a outlook address file. So is there away to import the addresses from Microsoft outlook to outlook express? I don't really like outlook. Thanks Heather For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Lennie
Mich, As several listers mentioned, Excel is the way to go. It is not really hard to learn it and set up your financial information. I have done just that. I have a spread sheet with my budget, one listing all the bills for the month, another one keeping track of my checking account, one for

Re: [Blind-Computing] Mozilla Tunderbird

2010-09-16 Thread Maria Campbell
Thank you kindly. Sunny Day Maria Campbell lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net When the power of love is stronger than the love of power then the world will know peace. On 9/16/2010 11:23 AM, Øyvind Lode wrote: Hi: When Thunderbird has focus open the configuration manager. Then Set Options -> text pro

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Gerald, I have web IE on my computer. I didn't think to look for the calendar. Is it in the accessible programs? Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "Gerald Levy" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program The accessible

Re: [Blind-Computing] memo to the list

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
We plan on continuing normal operations unless something changes unexpectedly, but I wouldn't worry about it at this time. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. - Original Message - From: "ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA"

Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter

2010-09-16 Thread David Ferrin
I spent some time this morning coding the HTML file and was planning on posting it to the server. I checked out the home page and he doesn't mention any restrictions on such things. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too.

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread Gerald Levy
The calendar program should be listed under Accessible programs. If it isn't listed, then you probably have an old version of WebbIE and should download the latest version which includes the calendar program. Gerald . - Original Message - From: "ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA" To: Sent: Th

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Gerald, I did find the calendar. Thanks. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "Gerald Levy" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program The calendar program should be listed under Accessible programs. If it isn't listed, t

[Blind-Computing] The accessible calendar

2010-09-16 Thread Francis E. Khan
What is the name of the website where I can download the accessible calendar? I thought it was www.webbie.org and even when I substituted the *.org for *.com, I couldn't access anything. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] The accessible calendar

2010-09-16 Thread Martina Letochová
Hi, the site is http://www.webbie.org.uk Martina -- From: "Francis E. Khan" Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:50 PM To: "Blind Computing" Subject: [Blind-Computing] The accessible calendar What is the name of the website where I can download t

Re: [Blind-Computing] The accessible calendar

2010-09-16 Thread Francis E. Khan
Thanks for the information. In addition to listening to my computer, I was also listening to a program from the BBC World Service stream from the United Kingdom. - Original Message - From: "Martina Letochová" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computin

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread yvonne oliver
hello i downloaded the personal reminders program from the jaws users site but i could never get it to work i removed it and even to this day whenever i start the computer i get a message saying "personal reminders cannot find language file and will close" i cant find the file that needs removin

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
Did you try a wife,I'm not sure if she'll be jaws friendly or not. Just messing with you. At time we need a joke. PEACE John Carvalho With Gumbo Seeing Eye Guide Personal email; n1...@verizon.net Skype; john.carvalho82 - Original Message - From: "Mich" To: "blind-computing @jaws-u

[Blind-Computing] Windows Explorer not responding

2010-09-16 Thread Graham Smith
Hi Jaws 12, windows 7 I am getting a problem in Explorer. When I open a folder and start arrowing down through the files Jaws stops and when I alt tab back I am told the folder name and that it is not responding, pressing Alt f4 gives me options to wait for program to respond or quit prog

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track ofmymoneyand how much I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread Don Marang
I just use Excel spreadsheets to keep track of my checking accounts. I have developed a check spreadsheet that calculates everything and makes it easy to balance my checkbook. It is not automatically filled in. I would rather manually enter transactions and then match against the bank each mo

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my moneyand how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, John, That was a good one! Hahahahahahahahahaha. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "JOHN O CARVALHO" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my moneyand how mutch I spend. Did you try a wife,I'm

Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Yvonne, Web IE has a callendar in it. I haven't tried it out yet but it's supposed to be really easy to use. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "yvonne oliver" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] calender program hello i downloa

Re: [Blind-Computing] looking for a program to keep track of my money and how mutch I spend.

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Mitch, The neat thing about the tuttorial I have is that it has a practice diskette with files for you to practice with. You can follow along with the practice diskette while you're listening to the cassettes. Like I said in an earlier post, it does cost quite a bit of money but it's well

Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, Ish, I was wondering what this program was. Thanks very much for the explanation. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "Ishe Chinyoka" To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] ByteShifter Just a program to shift bits in a file by a certai

Re: [Blind-Computing] importing addresses

2010-09-16 Thread Mike & Barbara Arcadia
Hi heather; First , I have never tried importing an address book with a " .CSB " file extension. So, I will give you the steps to import & export the address book in " .WAB " format. " WAB " stands for Windows Address Book. To export your address book; 1. While in Outlook Express press contro

[Blind-Computing] opening the radio in web IE

2010-09-16 Thread ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Hi, everyone, I wanted to check out the radio that's in web IE but I can't get it to open. I hit enter on it like you would in other programs but nothing happened. Is there a certain way to open the radio so you can select a station? Any help will be very graciously accepted and appreciated. M