It's a rebranded version of Windows Explorer introduced in Windows 8 and
8.1. It uses the ribbon instead of menus and toolbars.
On 01/08/2015 23:13, Chris Skarstad via Talk wrote:
Hi
Ok, i'm still running Windows 7. I don't mean to sound silly, but is
file explorer something new in Windows 10
I also started during the 90s when vocal-eyes was the king of dos,
wordperfect let's see, are we talking about diskettes here? lol
This is really back from the past
regards
Thomas N. Chan
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What program are you in when you get the extra punctuation/
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of mcleod stinnett via Talk
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2015 4:58 AM
To: talk
Subject: can't turn off punctuation
to ma
Try the Window-eyes user interface setts.
Chris
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On Behalf Of net bat via Talk
Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:29 AM
To: via Talk
Subject: w e silent dialogs.
w e 9.2 with windows 10 pro
d
How are you getting to the desktop?
Try Windows-d.
Chris
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Josh K via Talk
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2015 9:36 PM
To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: review cursor in wi
Hi,
Edge is not accessible. You can either use Internet Explorer, Firefox or
Chrome to get an accessible web browser on Windows 10.
I just tried directory Opus and unless I'm missing a configuration setting,
nothing reads. Menus or the file lists.
I do know Xplorer2 works quite well with Wind
Hi all.
I want to thank Chris for the instructions to get rid of the Windows
password. I now can have Windows 10 boot directly to the desktop. It takes
a while to get there, but eventually it does. Cortana works great!
Just for your information, and thanks again, Chris.
Kevin Minor,
Hi. Earlier this morning I heard the progress bar indicator giving
percentages of a program downloading in the background. I was trying to
figure out which program was installed by accessing the programs and
features list in the Windows 8.1 control panel. Well, I was trying to
uninstall unnecess
What is Total Commander?
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+kriegler=nycap.rr@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Reeva Webb via Talk
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 5:37 PM
To: Don H; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: first impressions of Win 10
I'm not on windo
Hi Again,
The Block search feature for Breaking News is ready. The upload will be
by the end of the day, but review takes a day, so probably you will not see
it until Tuesday.
The new feature of Breaking News is the ability to set each web page on
the Main Tree view settings list with a
Hey, Mike.
You should be able to redefine it, yes. Control-Shift-question mark is the
program help hot key, located in miscellaneous of the hot keys tree view
node. It's the second press of the letter p. It's set to global.
hth,
Lou N.
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What are the advantages to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10?
Pastor Gil
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I wouldn't yet. If windows7 is working for you stick with it.
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On Behalf Of Pastor Gil Pries via Talk
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 11:27 AM
To: t...@window-eyes.com
Subject: Why Upgrade
Wh
i use windows m.
follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
On 8/2/2015 5:49 AM, Chris Grabowski wrote:
How are you getting to the desktop?
Try Windows-d.
Chris
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Josh K via Talk
Se
I started out with artic vision, and for a short time, I had a computer that
I was supposed to get if I got a job that had vocal eyes on it. But I was
so used to the Artic that I didn't like the vocal eyes. Yes, diskettes, the
five inch soft ones and the 3.5-inch ones. Somewhere, I still have
The 9.2 readme says that reading with the physical mouse in IE 11
"has been improved." Does this mean that reading with the physical
mouse with 9.2 in IE 11 is about as good as reading with the physical
mouse in IE 8 has been?
I do a lot of web page reading with the physical mouse and don't wa
So I got my new 9.2 c d. But when I press t to play the tutorial It
doesn't work. How ever I got 9.2 installed.
But if the option to play the tutorial is there why won't it work?
On 8/2/2015 5:21 AM, Chris Grabowski via Talk wrote:
Hi,
Edge is not accessible. You can either use Internet Expl
LOL I remember those big floppy disks. Allthe wa from the Apple 2E up util
about Windows 95 or so, or maybe that was 3.1.
Focus your powers and prepare for buttle.
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From: Pamela Dominguez via Talk
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 10:17 AM
To: Thomas N. Chan ; Window-Ey
I am using Window Eyes 8.4, Windows 2010, Internet Explorer 10 and Outlook
2010.. Whenever I write an email and send it immediately, Window Eyes stops
speaking. This is quite annoying, since I have to reboot my computer to make
it speak again. Is there anything I can do to make whatever is causing
Where did you get this from?
How much did you pay for it?
Is it a fully functioning version?
Thanks and blessings!
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+jac=neo.rr@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of john s via Talk
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 5:42 AM
To: Butch K; Win
Hi Kevin,
Tell me more about Cortana. What is she and what can she do well for blind
people? I know that she is really an it, but the name sounds like a she, so
I like to think of her as such. Smile.
Paulette
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+paulette=evickery@lists.
Cortana is what Siri is but on the Windows platform. Ask a question, she
will respond back. You get the idea.
On 02/08/2015 19:25, Paulette Vickery via Talk wrote:
Hi Kevin,
Tell me more about Cortana. What is she and what can she do well for blind
people? I know that she is really an it, but
The biggest advantage is that it is free. Just because you upgrade doesn't
mean that you have to use it. You can save your current Windows version,
delete Windows 10, put your old Windows version back on and continue using
it if you want to. After 1 year Windows 10 will have a price. Of course, I
d
Such memories, got my first Apple 2 e in 1983. Anyone remember file
talk? Got an ibm clone in 85 and ran screen talk with prokey.
73
Butch
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Wallace, ks.
On Sun, 2
Aug 2015, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote:
I started out with artic vision, and for a short time, I had a compu
Hi after the upgrade, go into settings > update and security > recovery
and choose to go back to your previous version, 8.1 being my previous
version. You have 30 days from the date of the upgrade to do this.
On 02/08/2015 19:40, Paulette Vickery via Talk wrote:
The biggest advantage is that i
Hi,
So Far, I've upgraded two computers, a desktop and laptop and have not
had a problem. The advantages of Windows 10 are better security and no
more worrying about keeping your computer up-to-date as Windows 10 is
supposed to update itself automatically.
Bob, K8LR, tinn...@charter.net
On
I recently (three months ago) purchased a new PC and the most recent
version (until now) of Window-eyes. Having the ability to reboot
Window-eyes with a key stroke (control-shift-w) and the ability to shut
down my computer by hitting the button on my CPU are invaluable to me.
Often, in the pa
As muc;h as we use our PC for watching videos, hulu, WWE network, you tube,
etc. By next spring it will be time to replace the pc anyway so, I’ll probally
wait till then to move to windows 10, by that time at least the major buggs
should be fixed. LOL.
Tony C.
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Hi,
Make sure you follow the steps at:
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB2044
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com]
On Behalf Of Paulette Vickery via Talk
Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 2:11 PM
To: 'net
Thanks Peter for passing on this tip to all of us.
I think that's a good suggestion (to automatically at least notify you that
a .set file is out of date, if not allow you to have it automatically
updated).
The reason it isn't just "done" is that someone might have spent a lot of
time modifying t
Hi paulette.
If you're familiar with Apple devices, Cortana is like Siri. You can ask it
different questions, and it will either answer them with its female voice,
which sounds quite good, or it will open a web page in your default browser
so you can read the information. One thing you can ask C
I got my first IBM clone (256K of RAM) at this time in 1985, and was running
Screen-Talk before Computer Aids Corporation added the Prokey macros. A SET
file was about 128 bytes long, and I edited some of them with Edlin for
better compatibility with my Votrax Personal Speech System. Many times
Thanks, I'll have a look at that.
Neville.
On 3/08/2015 6:30 AM, Chris Grabowski via Talk wrote:
Hi,
Make sure you follow the steps at:
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB2044
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From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.
Hi,
Yes the old screen readers. My first taste was the Radio Shack
synthesizer in which you had to do everything for speaking, for all was
phonetic.
I had a coworker make the interface and I wrote a dictionary using the
MSDos assembly language
Then when getting my first DOS computer
For me, Vocal-eyes 1.1 for DOS was the first DOS screen reader I ever
used back in 1990. I remember studying the recorded manual and thinking
that this was the most amazing piece of software.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
www.davidgoldfield.inf
Hey, Lou. I give up. Off and on, throughout the day, I have tried to get
the control-shift-question Key combination redefined and have had no luck.
I've uninstalled the 2013 sets, reinstalled them, and even uninstalled and
reinstalled the Office 2013 sets and the Outlook Enhanced app. I usually
In 1985 I bought a used IBM PC with the same 256 KB of memory and 2
double-sided floppy disk drives for only $3,000. I worked for the
National Park Service in Yosemite and a coworker of mine, Malcom
Holser, wrote a screen reader program for me to use with an Echo PC
serial synthesizer. Malcom c
Jeff,
Thank you for sharing that amazing piece of history. There are so many
products which we use on a daily basis and we know little about the
product's origins and its inventors. I believe that someone started an
assistive technology history wiki and your story should definitely be
submitte
Dear List,
How do I change the window class in window eyes?
the file XPlorer program by Zab Kat is saying list view when I arrow up
and down the file list.
Thank You,
Rob
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When in advance settings in power settings, I pressed space bar to
uncheck require password on wake-up, WE9.2 says unchecked but nothing
changed: i.e., the boxed was still checked. This was confirmed with
sighted help.
Is this bug?
Many thanks,
Manny
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Good Luck, Manny
please help me r
And now Doug and Dan are with their third company together. I remember
that I really wanted a Sounding Board from Computer Aids Corporation
which Dan designed. For a short time I was sad when I learned that CA
had closed down. Doug and Dan got GW Micro rolling and the first thing
I did whe
Hi Chip,
Yeah, I thought about that too, but perhaps somethings can be updated
automatically without loosing the user's preferences.
Peter
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From: Chip Orange [mailto:chip.ora...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 4:37 PM
To: 'Peter Duran'; 'Window-Eyes Discussio
I remember the very first computer I had was an apple 2GS which had only one
meg, and I had talking writer and apple works. Then IBM came along, and I
had ASAP, which was a good start, but when ASAW came out, aw man, it was
like pulling teeth! Window-Eyes finally came out, and ah finally, a breat
Hi!
Yes, the good old days when you did things from the bare bones.
I had written my screen reader program back in 1990 after taking one
course in MASM Macro Assembly at a local 2 year school.
My father read a little of a book called the "MSDos Bible"
I studied the interrupts for
I don't know but windows 8 and 8.1 there is a big advantage to update as
those version of windows 8 are the reasons why enterprise did not update in
the first place.so I am one of those who has windows 8.1 on two laptop
machines an plans to update as soon as I can when I get the notification
from
When I got the computer that was my first one not bought by the Commission,
it had window bridge. I never really learned how to use it propperly. Then
somebody let me use their window eyes, and then I bought it. pam.
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From: Charles Short via Talk
Sent: Sunday, Aug
I learned Dos WordPerfect for my job in 1988. My first computer was a laptop
from Computer Aids Corporation. It has ScreenTalk One of the first loaded on
it ready to go. One of the first programs I installed on it was WordPerfect.
I even read through a DOS manual with an Optacon. I bought my fir
I first started with a word progessor program written by William Brunot for
his blind wif in 1985. Soon I learned about VideoVoice wirtten by a blind
Programmer, Deborah Norling. Before long I discovered Chuck Hallenbeck's
Provox which I was using until 2013 when my Toshiba laptop died. However,
i swear i turned off math under punctuation. i unplugged the system
for a day, re booted, took a long time. went to settings, math was
on, turned it off and all is well. under mouse, the second choice is
chosen by default. i left it their.
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Rob,
Press ins-r when in the Xplorer window and choose focused window. Ins-r
is the reclass hotkey.
In Xplorer you have two windows with an folder window. You can switch
between the windows with tab. Maybe you have to reclass the other
folder-window too.
Regards, Marten
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:07
Hi all
Over the weekend, I created a virtual machine with an evaluation of
Vmware Workstation 11 with Windows 10 as both host and guest. I thought
to try the "Reset This PC" feature in the guest. Well this is where the
subject comes in! With absolutely no installation media in either host
or g
I'd love to upgrade, if they'd rule it out to me. LOL!
Chris.
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From: "Chris via Talk"
To: "Window-Eyes Discussion List"
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 2:28 AM
Subject: Windows 10 just keeps getting better!
Hi all
Over the weekend, I created a virtual machine wi
Well if you want to update now try the Media Creation Tool and use the
upgrade this PC option.
On 03/08/2015 03:26, gary melconian via Talk wrote:
I don't know but windows 8 and 8.1 there is a big advantage to update as
those version of windows 8 are the reasons why enterprise did not update i
If you want it go to the Microsoft and download the media creator an then
from their you can go about it. but be warned ccreate a back up of your
windows 8.1 recovery just to be on the safe side and irecommend youget a
flash drive probably about 16 or 32GB as they are fairly cheap at any store.
but
So, how did you solve the problem of WindowEyes keys bleeding through to
the host -- this is so annoying that I am not sure about using vmware
anymore, although I really do like it, otherwise.
Chris via Talk wrote:
> Hi all
> Over the weekend, I created a virtual machine with an evaluation of
>
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