this problem applys to most programs that use graphics. when you have the
program running and have to reload w e the message status will not speak
until you reload the program.
wlm does this too.;
-Original Message-
From: M and L Dorn via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:45 PM
To
Hi all
Ok I will jump in here and say Remote Assistance needs to be much easier to use
without the hassle of forwarding ports at both ends. When Remote Assistance was
introduced in Window-Eyes 7.5, it was very easy to use. Now, thanks to a later
update to the 7.5 series which updated Remote Ass
Here are my ideas/requests for possible Window-Eyes enhancements.
1. The ability to run Window-Eyes completely off of a thumb drive
without the need to install drivers onto the host system. (If this is
already possible, please let me know.
2. An offline dictionary with thesaurus. I realize that
Can you be morespecific -- what does not work for you in Abbyy
finereader -- I have 12, so I can only test that.
Micallef Michael at FITA via Talk wrote:
> Ahhh! This email remind me something. Please better support for Abby-fine
> reader V11 and V12 respectively.
>
> -Original Message
If you use the alternate help request you do not need to forward any
ports, its left to the helper to do that.
christopher hallsworth via Talk wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Ok I will jump in here and say Remote Assistance needs to be much easier to
> use without the hassle of forwarding ports at both en
As I'm adding a fifth suggestion to my initial list, does this mean I'm
pleading the fifth?
Seriously, I totally agree with this request about support for
LibreOffice. I realize that AI Squared is partnering with Microsoft. I
realize that Microsoft Office is a major Microsoft product and, for
Hi,
We need step by step examples of web pages, text you are trying to select etc.
Because the code used in the f8 method will be pretty much the same code when
shift selection is brought back, in a specific situation if f8 fails, shift
selection will most likely fail.
So please send step by ste
Hello Jeremy:
What a wonderfully open-ended question you have asked. As a person new to
WE, recently migrating from Zoom Text, I cannot comment on how past features
are different in the current version. I can only dream of what would make my
life easier with assistive technology such as Window Eye
Hello Jeremy,
Thanks for asking. My top three requests for Window-eyes will be:
1. Make it rock solid once again just like before without crashing or
losing speech so often.
2. The ability to switch language on the fly just like using iphone or
ipad with IOS.
3. To access the content of inte
Have you tried Window-eyes with Jarte? If you Google it, you may find
it serves your needs.
Elizabeth
At 03:37 AM 5/29/2015, you wrote:
As I'm adding a fifth suggestion to my initial list, does this mean
I'm pleading the fifth?
Seriously, I totally agree with this request about support for
You did not mention JARTE. Have you tried using it as a Word
Processor alternative to MS Word?
Elizabeth
At 02:54 AM 5/29/2015, you wrote:
Hi Jeremy,
My wish list include:
1. Better support for Mozilla products especially Thunderbird Mail
(basically mouse navigation)
2. the ability to imp
hi
I got a copy of talking dosbox that outputs its speech through a screen
reader controller client NVDA controller client, it also has windows3.1
and text assist and window eyes 1.0 demo. My problem is that when i type
cd\windows
then i type
werun.bat
windows and window eyes loads but windo
I love Jarte, myself. It works faster, more intuitively, and cleaner than
Word I bought a copy of Jarte plus and haven't really looked any further for
a rich text editor.
Now if only we could have an accessible epub editor...
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From: "Elizabeth via Talk"
To: "Micalle
If I remember correctly, f8 goes back to the dos days. Pam.
-Original Message-
From: Don H via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 7:24 PM
To: Elizabeth ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Seeking Your Input
I actually find the F8 way of selecting text is just as good or better
t
Agreed. Keep F8 and if you feel you need to, add the shift arrow selection
back on.
-Original Message-
From: Talk
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Behalf Of Keith Hinton via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 6:46 PM
To: Barbara; Window-Eyes Discussion
In what program?
-Original Message-
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+fenderwal=sbcglobal@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis Long via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 3:56 PM
To: Jeremy Curry; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Seeking Your Input
one more alt down arrow t
Matthew,
Try this. With a Word document open, press F6. Press it two or three times.
If you hear a pane that voices "Collect and Paste 2.0" then press
Control-Spacebar to close that pane.
Let me know if this helps.
-Original Message-
From: Richard Petty [mailto:richard.pe...@earthlink.n
I have no trouble with the f8 feature and really like it.
www.harmonicaworkshops.com
www.woodeneyemusic.com
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Hi Aisquaired,
Perhaps regarding this issue of f8 selection method. Personally I like it and
it is working fine in my case. But for those who are complaining and for those
who prefer the old method of text selection, is it possible for Aisquaired that
implement a user based choice which method
Personally, I really don't care how the sighted people do it. I care how
blind people do it.
Regards,
Alan
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This is what works for me. When I use the F8 feature, I locate the
beginning of what I want to copy and using my left/right arrow keys make
sure I'm on the first caractor of the first sentense. and then use the
down-darrow keys to get to the end of what I want to copy and make sure I'm
at the
I had no idea about this port forwarding even when talking to WE tech
support. It just wasn't working on my Vista machine when trying to get
assistance with tech support who was running on WE 7 or 8 at the time. This
was several months ago. I was using WE 9 and still, it wasn't working.
So I agree
Hi:
That's why I think efforts by AI Squared and other screen reader makers
should be to get their products to work with mainstream remote assistance
products like TeamViewer, LogMeInPro and others. These are the kinds of
products used by entities like Geek Squad, and if they were accessible from
Hi All:
Jeremy, a fourth suggestion. How about access to tools like CUITe Object
Recorder, used in automated testing development.
Ray Campbell
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Skype: ray650315
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I too would like to see the ability to use Jart. I use Jart 45 in screen
reader mode. I'm an awful speller but Jart lets me do spell check I would
like to access Jart 45 through Window-Eyes.
Regards,
Alan
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a j
Overall better stability and then...
1. Better mouse interaction with web apps in IE.
2. An auto OCR detection of .pdf documents that are scanned as images.
3. A way to use Remote Desktop with pc's without WE installed on them. Maybe
something like the mobile version of WE being run when log
I'm still using Jart 45. What's the latest version and what would I get
with Jart plus?
Regards,
Alan
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Hey, I would like to see Access return to Word Perfect. I once used
Word Perfect all the time, then about 15 years ago, had to switch
over to the Dark Side and use MS Word. I still use Word, but could
say that I still miss Word Perfect and the way it operated.
I know that MS Word is the domi
Yes, having a built in Dictionary and Thesaurus would be very
nice. I bought a Dictionary to use, and it works, but not all that
great, and I need to put the CD in the Drive all the time.
And as someone stated already, this would not be a Screen Reader
requirement, but having such a program
How about the ability to work with metro apps in windows 8.1 and later
such as the windows mail app. Matthew
On 5/28/2015 3:42 PM, Don H via Talk wrote:
Continue to improve WEB access. Support for touch screens for both
tablets and laptops.
On 5/28/2015 2:32 PM, Jeremy Curry via T
Is there a way to get WE to start at the top of a web page
automatically? Using WE 9.1 on a Win 8.1 system and IE 11
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Hi Nick,
You make me feel better. I am glad that there are at least 2 of us with
somewhat limited computer knowledge. Smile.
Paulette
-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+paulette=evickery@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Nick Sarames via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 28,
What hot key can you hit when Window Eyes stops talking, other than control
alt W, which doesn't work well anyway? I have to reboot frequently, because
WE just stops talking and there is nothing else to do.
Paulette
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+paulette=evickery@l
Rather than shutting down try control, Alt, delete then alt L will log you
off and back on.
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From: "Paulette Vickery via Talk"
To: "'Ray Campbell'" ; "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'"
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 12:12 PM
Subject: RE: Seeking Your Input
What hot key
Give me a break. Development on this program stopped how many years ago?
Sometimes it's just time to move on, and it isn't a question of there
not being alternatives.
Andy
-Original Message-
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+andrew.baracco=va@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of M and L
This is like the Eudora item. How long should an AT company be expected
to support old software? Sometimes it's just time to move on.
Andy
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From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+andrew.baracco=va@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of James Roberts via Talk
Sent: Thursday, M
Hi Rick.
You might want to see if aisquared is still doing the lease to own
program. I am not for sure but it would not hurt to ask.
Matthew
On 5/29/2015 6:18 AM, Rick Blair via Talk wrote:
Hello Jeremy:
What a wonderfully open-ended question you have asked. As a person new to
WE, recent
hi, please kindly make window-eyes able to read flash and images. now a days
most of the web sides are using flash and window-eyes is not able to support
that programme and I have difficulties browsing and doing things on that
type of web side. thanks
- Original Message -
From: "Jeremy
What would be cool is if the user could have the choice to use the
standard text-selection method or the f8 method. From an earlier email
I read, it sounds like the regular text-selection method *will* be back,
we just don't know when.
Sometimes it works for me, sometimes not.
On 5/28/2015
hi thanks! I totally agree with your points. I really hope that this can be
fix soonest. thanks
- Original Message -
From: "Ray Campbell via Talk"
To: "'Jeremy Curry'" ; "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'"
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 4:18 AM
Subject: RE: Seeking Your Input
Hello Jeremy:
Bravo! Well said! The thing I miss most about Word Perfect is the ability to
do a backward search. Now why didn't MS Word do that?
Paulette
-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+paulette=evickery@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Dave via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015
Can I ask why some people prefer the original way of selecting text as
opposed to f8 (all things being equal)?
-Original Message-
From: Chris Skarstad via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 12:48 PM
To: Keith Hinton ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Seeking Your Input
What would
Hi Nick:
I'm an expert user, but prefer the standard way of selecting as opposed to
the F8 method as that's how it's done in every other program outside of web
browsing programs like IE.
Ray Campbell
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Skype: ray650315
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Twitter: @packerbackerray
This Remind Me Where tutorial (#2) finishes up covering advanced searching
options and more things to be done with getting directions. You can find it
at:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11745142/rmw_tutorial2.htm
You won't believe how well you can learn to navigate your neighborhood, you
So why are you even here on this list Andy if you feel like that?
I'll never understand people who stick around simply to complain.
Just so you know ... no, development has never stopped, and the constant
stream of long "read me" files with each release is more than proof enough.
In addition, the
My apologies Andy ... I only read the subject and jumped to a conclusion
about what was being discussed; didn't read all the way down!.
Sorry again,
Chip
-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+lists3717=comcast@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W via Ta
Hello listers,
Im running the latest version of Skype and Skype enhance updated an hour
ago. The hotkeys for reading messages, as well as the toggle between the
messages and the text area doesnt work at all. I even used the bypass
hotkey without success. Any advice would be appreciated.
I would suspect this is partly because it is a standard way of selecting
text in Windows applications. If you use more than one screen reader,
you have to remember that you have to use a different selection method
with Window Eyes.
Andy
-Original Message-
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+
i would like to see some way for w e to move focus to the edit box from the
too field when replying to a message with wlm 2012.
you know how many times i have replied to a message to find out i was in the
to field and have to cut and paste my message to the edit box where it was
suppose to go in
Andy's pegged it; the new way is easier, but it's different from how we have
to do it (even in WE) in other places in Windows.
Chip
-Original Message-
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+lists3717=comcast@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29
i seldom have to reboot. sometimes i have to wait 20 seconds before w e will
reload.
another option is to create a batch file and a desktop icon with a shortcut
to the batch file.
in the batch file use the w e command switch /k
use note pad to create the batch file file name.bat
and use this com
because aisquared is starting to look more like jaws. where most if not all
of the normal windows commands are being hidden from the user.
instead of letting the user learn the normal windows commands which have
been about the same through all versions of windows since i have been useing
a compu
You folks have provided set files et al for QuickBook
I use Quicken and each yearly iteration has changes, I suppose. Would you
please develop a generic Quicken set file et al that would identify buttons,
scroll up/down symbols, and meanings of list elements under the Reports menu
item (I just
Hello.
I would like to see Window-eyes read text better in firefox.
Ever since the new browse mode, reading text in firefox has been some
what of a chore.
Sometimes a letter or even parts of words are simply chopped off from
the end of a line. And even sometimes, whole lines are hidden until I
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I have noticed lately that Window Eyes takes al lot longer to come on, when I
boot up my computer. This is a change that is recent and it isn't my computer,
which is pretty fast at starrt up. Any reason for this?
www.harmonicaworkshops.com
www.woodeneyemusic.
Hi,
I always press enter twice after f8 asks if I want to use plain text to make
sure it gets to the clipboard, and it works well.
Norene
-Original Message-
From: Alan J Paganelli via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:00 AM
To: Dave ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: F-8
You know there is a WordPerfect for windows, or there has been -- I
still use it occasionally.
Paulette Vickery via Talk wrote:
> Bravo! Well said! The thing I miss most about Word Perfect is the ability to
> do a backward search. Now why didn't MS Word do that?
>
> Paulette
>
> -Original
Why I like copying text the old way. For one thing, copying text the
old way is the way most programs use to copy text. You might call it
a Standard.
At 10:12 AM 5/29/2015, you wrote:
Can I ask why some people prefer the original way of selecting text
as opposed to f8 (all things being equa
Hi,
F8 actually works in word. You press f8, go to where you want to end selection
and press control-c.
No shift key required.
It is called extended selection.
Too bad it doesn't work in other applications.
Chris
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Hi,
I would like the ability to read the number of messages in my in-box like WE
used to read it.
Pastor Gil
-Original Message-
From: via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 12:38 PM
To: Paulette Vickery ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Seeking Your Input
You know there is
The main thing I want back is to be able to read the message conter in my
in-box in WLM like I used to.
Pastor Gil
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Andrew, if you don't like Eudora, that is your privilege. It still
works and many of us like it. Even though it is an orphan program,
it still out performs many email clients.
earlier, Baracco, Andrew W via Talk wrote:
Give me a break. Development on this program stopped how many years ago?
did you install a new antivirus? or did you change the way it scans? like
scanning the computer on startup? this could slow down the computer startup.
the drive may have some bad sectors and it is takeing longer for the
computer to read from the drive.
-Original Message-
From: Mike Rog
me too.
aisquared has said this would be fixed with a later version of w e.;
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From: Pastor Gil Pries via Talk
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 1:02 PM
To: cov...@ccs.covici.com ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Seeking Your Input
Hi,
I would like the ability to
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Sure does, and it's VERY EASY to use!
On a related note, I'd like to see more email clients suported other
than Outlook; it's so clumsy and kludgey. Isn't there something more
modern and better?--Matthew Chao.
At 04:26 PM 5/29/2015 -0400, you wrote:
Andrew, if you don't like Eudora, that is
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Hi Dave,
Curiosity made me google and find the current release of WordPerfect, made
by my fellow countrymen here in Canada, and here's a URL for their site:
http://bit.ly/1J9kZcc
It certainly looks like the product has changed quite a bit over the years,
and this makes me wonder if you're referr
Hi there Grroup!
It did take a bit of getting use to, but I find the F8 way of selecting
text is rather comfortable now. I would like to see GwMicro spend more
time on getting a screen reader that works well with 'Touch Screen'. I
would also like to see the numpad cursor keys work in Thunder
This is an excelent opportunity to once again request (now
with urgency) improvements to braille support. Secondly: improvements as to
how Window-Eyes operates in corporate environments. And thirdly: online
sales availability for those of us outside of the United States. Adding a
JAWS and especially NVDA are ahead of Window-Eyes in the use of iAccessible2
and UIA accessibility hooks. I would like to see as much support as possible
for these accessibility methods in the scripting language, in developer
documentation and example code. Programmers need really clear examples
First, I would like to know what is hogging the system, taking away
resources from the application I am working on.
Second, Sometimes a dialog box appears without telling me anything and then
disappears within a couple of seconds without a clue.
Third: It would be nice to have all words that win
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Yes, Window-Eyes needs to have better marketing of its products, especially
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Beh
Hi Chip,
I believe you misinterpreted what Andy was saying.
He meant that development on Eudora has stopped, and he recommended to the
person that they should move on and use a different email client.
I do believe he could have stated his opinion a bit more softly.
All the best,
Rod
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Hi Paulette,
Actually, I just learned, since I previously had no need to do so before,
that you can choose the third tab in the search dialog and use the previous
and next search result, at least it works easily in MS Word 2010.
Like all these packages, you just have to hunt and learn the process.
I have to disagree with those who want the return of the old text selection
method when extracting text from web pages. I do believe that perhaps some
refinement is required to more accurately complete the f8 selection, but I
have fewer problems than others in this regard, as I braille display che
Ted,
Regarding your desire for a pronunciation dictionary? This isn't
possible. The speech synthesizers are completely independent of
Window-Eyes. They're made by other companies and they all have different
quirks. So there's no way for the folks at AI (or any other
screen-reader developers)
This is absolutely ridiculous. You're right about Jaws making users
think most of the Windows hot keys are Jaws keys. But Window-Eyes has
never done that.
Give me a list of the most if not all Windows keys that Window-Eyes is
hiding from us.
The "standard" selection keys are not employed in
I like the new way for selecting large amounts of text, but if I just
want to select a couple of words, I'd prefer to use the old/standard method.
On 5/29/2015 5:13 PM, Jim via Talk wrote:
Hi there Grroup!
It did take a bit of getting use to, but I find the F8 way of
selecting text is rather
Hello, I can't tell you how many times I've delbt with clients who think
control x, control c, and control v, etc are jaws commands when they are
windows commands. I had to tell them that these keys which I menshened are
windows so anyone can use them.
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From: Talk [mailto:
No problems with Outlook 2013 here.
Ray Campbell
ray153...@gmail.com
On May 29, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Matthew Chao via Talk
wrote:
> Sure does, and it's VERY EASY to use!
>
> On a related note, I'd like to see more email clients suported other than
> Outlook; it's so clumsy and kludgey. Isn't t
Not so, you could at least have exception dictionaries specific for each
synth, that should have been done ages ago. Also, a lot of them
automatically think something is an abreviation when it is not, so you
get some very strange things from some of them -- the actual ones escape
me at the moment
Hello all,
To those who say they are having crashing issues, I ask two questions:
1. What antivirus package are you running?
2. How much RAM does your machine have?
These are important questions as they can go to some of these issues. I was
running Vipre on my netbook which slowed down the syste
Not to mention leaving yourself vulnerable to nasty things due to use of old
software that's no logner supported.
Use at your own risk but don't' complain when bad things happen.
Karyn Campbell, karyn1...@gmail.com
In a message sen ton Friday May 29 by Andrew Baraco
This is like the Eudora it
How much longer must this topic go on? We must have had over a hundred
messages on this topic. Can't we move onto something else.
Smile
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Hello
Microsoft will release Office 2016 as a free software package this year,
probably when Windows 10 is released. It would be wonderful if full support
for Office 2016 were available. Then everybody could avail themselves of
free Window-Eyes and free Office 2016 as their educational and work
Hello Peter. I do agree with you. When Microsoft releases the free office
2016, people will at last have a free screen reader and they won't want to
spend out for anything anymore.
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Behalf Of Peter Dur
Free Office 2016?Is anything really Free?
OK, I am a bit frustrated due to WE 9.1 refusing to read, or track
much of anything on Classmates.com, or Ebay.com.
Closed down I.E. 11 twice, just to clear anything that may have been
messed up in I.E. but had the hardest time getting WE 9.1 to p
Will future versions of Window-Eyes work with Windows 10? The mouse keys
work well in Internet Explorer, but not as well in Firefox. .Why is that?
Thank you very much.
Best Regards
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True, we could have separate dictionaries for each synth. But we can't
define the language due to the way they work. Or we could and we'd be
complaining about the sluggishness of speech due to Window-Eyes having
to consult an entire dictionary every time it wants to push a single
word out to th
Wow! Where are they going to get the revenue then? *smile* anyway while I'm a
Mac junkie, I'm all for good progress on all platforms.
> On 30 May 2015, at 04:57, Peter Duran via Talk
> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Microsoft will release Office 2016 as a free software package this year,
> probably when
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