Re: [Blind-Computing] Outlook Express Tool bar partially disappeared

2011-03-21 Thread Jacob Kruger
Make sure window is maximised - sounds to me like it has somehow sort of relocated itsself a bit off screen so that only top left corner is appearing on screen, and this is somehow blocking your screen readers interpret\ation/rendition of things like menu systems, formatting (unread messages ap

Re: [Blind-Computing] Outlook Express Tool bar partially disappeared

2011-03-21 Thread Niamh
no, I am bewildered. Niamh - Original Message - From: "Kenny Johnson" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 2:05 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Outlook Express Tool bar partially disappeared i dont have outlook express on this pc but i can check tomorrow. have you got it fixed yet

Re: [Blind-Computing] Outlook Express Tool bar partially disappeared

2011-03-21 Thread Kenny Johnson
i dont have outlook express on this pc but i can check tomorrow. have you got it fixed yet? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread Kenny Johnson
I installed a demo of "system access" today and it is really good. i would not say its awesome because there are a lot of things that could be done better. but it is really good! On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Bob J. wrote: > Kenny, > > Sounds like you have identified a major niche market! He

[Blind-Computing] Outlook Express Tool bar partially disappeared

2011-03-21 Thread Niamh
The outlook Express tool bar will only show me file and edit the rest is gone. also it no longer identifies unread messages. What have I done? NIAMH For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: bli

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread Niamh
Hi Martina many thanks really helpful. Niamh - Original Message - From: "Martina Letochová" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal Hi! Textpal is still available at this link: http://www.empowermentzone.com/palsetup.exe However, it

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread Bob J.
Kenny, Sounds like you have identified a major niche market! Here is a real opportunity for you to jump in and make a financial killing! Good luck! Bob - Original Message - From: "Kenny Johnson" To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind co

Re: [Blind-Computing] removing window live essential 2011 on win7

2011-03-21 Thread Lennie
Hi Cornell and Don, Thanks for getting back to me. I am still wondering if I need window live sync on my window7 laptop? Would it be safe to uninstall it? Please excuse me for not really understanding the purpose of this program. I still don't know what it is supposed to do. I don't know if

Re: [Blind-Computing] wlm spell checker crashes

2011-03-21 Thread Lenny McHugh
Thanks; that gave me access however it did not allow me to fix the problem. A tip on the net instructed one to uncheck reply in input language and then select English. Made those changes did spell check on this message and it crashed. -Original Message- From: Janie Degenshein Sent: S

[Blind-Computing] NEW WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIAL, A BIT CONCERNED

2011-03-21 Thread John Justice
Group, I see a lot of people trying to dump the latest version of Windows Live Mail. Is there something wrong with that new version from the standpoint of a blind user? I was considering taking a look at it but now, I am definitely hesitating. Can someone tell me if they have had trouble with it?

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread John Justice
Brad, take my word for it, it isn't anywhere near as good as they'd like to think it is. Oh, don't get me wrong. It's a great program but it's difficult to use and because of that, it can be frustrating. I'll bet there's someone on this list who can make it jump through hoops but I have tried at w

Re: [Blind-Computing] wlm spell checker crashes

2011-03-21 Thread Janie Degenshein
Try control shift o which is a multi page area using control tab several times will bring up the options once there just tab through and tab down to okay Keep Smiling, Janie Degenshein Access Tech Consultant Facilitator of ECHO Co-host of OTBS On The Bright Side www.thruoureyes.org/brightside.

Re: [Blind-Computing] Firefox and filling in links

2011-03-21 Thread Dan Rossi
Mike, Hmm, not sure. I don't have the same behavior. I can type a URL without the http and it works. I can't remember if there was some setting I had to change to do that or not. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081 For a

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread Negoslav Sabev
In addition, Jamal Mazrui removed it from the site, because some antivirus software recognized it as a threat even though it is not obviously. Negoslav - Original Message - From: "David Ferrin" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextP

Re: [Blind-Computing] Firefox and filling in links

2011-03-21 Thread Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
Hi Dan; With IE, if I typed, www.blahblah.com, & pressed enter, IE would take me to the website. When I do the same thing with Firefox, nothing happens unless I put the, http://, in front, then press enter. Thank you very much for the, control + Enter, keystroke. It's been so long since I've

Re: [Blind-Computing] Firefox and filling in links

2011-03-21 Thread Dan Rossi
Mike, Just like in Internet Explorer, you can just type the body of the URL and hit control-enter and it will put the http://www and the dot com in for you. So, to go to the jaws-users web site, just type jaws-users and hit control-enter -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University.

[Blind-Computing] Firefox and filling in links

2011-03-21 Thread Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
Hi All; In FireFox 3.6, is there something that I can check that will automatically put the, http://, in front of a link if I just type, www.blah.com? If there is, where do I find it? Thanks much, take care. Mike For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread Kenny Johnson
Thanks for the replies. I saw the product System Access Standalone but they dont have any videos or demos to show how well it works. I sent them an email and hope to hear back. I would like to see this program in action. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Don Marang wrote: > Many of the probl

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
Thank you, I did not know that little fact. David Ferrin I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal TextPal is no longer maintained by the developer (Jamal Mazru

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread for...@lode.is
TextPal is no longer maintained by the developer (Jamal Mazrui). I guess that link will never come back on www.empowermentzone.com. Link to edSharp instead. edSharp is actively maintained and a great text editor. http://www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe -Original Message- From: blind-co

Re: [Blind-Computing] DVD disks and Image For Windows

2011-03-21 Thread NLG
Thanks. Is there one brand you prefer over another or are they pretty much the same? - Original Message - From: "David Ferrin" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] DVD disks and Image For Windows I normally use DVD minus R disks myself as DVDRW

Re: [Blind-Computing] DVD disks and Image For Windows

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
I've had good luck with either Fuji or Sony disks. I had a bad experience with Memorex where most of the disks on the spindle were bad when I opened the package. David Ferrin I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap. - Original Message - From: "NLG" To: Sent: Monday, March 21,

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
That is the link I have encoded on my web page and it is not working at this time. David Ferrin I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap. - Original Message - From: "Martina Letochová" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread Martina Letochová
Hi! Textpal is still available at this link: http://www.empowermentzone.com/palsetup.exe However, it hasn't been updated for ages. There is another similar text editor by the same author that's still updated time after time - EdSharp: http://www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe HTH Martina --

Re: [Blind-Computing] DVD disks and Image For Windows

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
I normally use DVD minus R disks myself as DVDRW disks are not good for such purposes except for demonstration like you just heard. They hold around 4.7 GB. I just placed IFW on my windows 7 system version 2.61 or something like that and that version really has some ability to compress data as i

[Blind-Computing] DVD disks and Image For Windows

2011-03-21 Thread NLG
After listening to the audio tutorials at jaws-users.com/audio/ on the program "Image For Windows" produced by Terabyte unlimited, I decided to purchase the program. My question is; what are the capacitys of the different DVD disks and which should I purchase for burning the image file on to?

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread Niamh
Thank you david. I find the pages a great help. Sorry about tetxpal i found it a very useful tool. Niamh - Original Message - From: "David Ferrin" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal I'll check it out shortly. David Ferrin o

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
For some reason the author has pulled it probably for only a short time but I can't be sure as he is quite good about leaving things updated regularly. If he doesn't put it back I'll have to pull the link unfortunately, sorry. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another d

Re: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread David Ferrin
I'll check it out shortly. 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: "Niamh" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal I need to re

Re: [Blind-Computing] Keyword browsing.

2011-03-21 Thread Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
Hi Dan; Thank you very much for the advice. Firefox 3.6, it is. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Keyword browsing. Mike, I am using FF 3.6. I kno

[Blind-Computing] relocating TextPal

2011-03-21 Thread Niamh
I need to relocate textpal. On the programs page I am getting a message that the file is empty. Any suggestions welcome. Niamh For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: blind-computing

Re: [Blind-Computing] removing window live essential 2011 on win7

2011-03-21 Thread Don Marang
I heard that Live Sync was the new combination of the Live Mesh storage and the old Sync project. I preferred the old Live Mesh features. Although I used it so little that I don't even remember what they dropped. Don Marang Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinux.org.uk There is just

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread Kenny Johnson
dragon naturally speaking premium can open some programs via voice command then type etc. so all they need to do is program some of the major sites into that same technology. On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Dan Rossi wrote: > Kenny, > > Ah, I see. What you are looking for is an artificial i

Re: [Blind-Computing] removing window live essential 2011 on win7

2011-03-21 Thread Cornell Ligon
Lenny, WL Sync allows a windows live user to sync their computers and/or devices. I haven't used the program, but if I remember correctly, it also allows one to back up 25 gb of files as well via cloud network for accessing from any computer. Best Regards, Cornell > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011

Re: [Blind-Computing] new to blind computing and searching

2011-03-21 Thread Don Marang
Many of the problems around this technology is the complexity of the vocabulary desired. The less commands you want to recognize, the better the accuracy. From a practical standpoint I always had problems with Dragon while taking dictation or recognizing commands and controlling the computer