Re: Window-Eyes still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Don't give up on it yet!

2017-03-31 Thread David via Talk
Hey, that was new to me, but sure I can confirm the behavior in thunderbird. Funny. Guess this is the newest on the scientific stem. Blind people will comprehend twice as good, if the text is read out to them bottom and up. Just wonder why it does not read the words backward. I mean, first

pleaseHelp with SPL

2017-03-31 Thread Robert Byers via Talk
I am using Station Playlist latest version, latest WE. The SPL App most of the time says that it can't recognise the version of Windows. I am using Windows 7 64. Other times it will read some of the hot keys, and not others. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance. rob. On 4/1/2017

Re: Window-Eyes still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Don't give upon it yet!

2017-03-31 Thread Grant Metcalf via Talk
HMMM! Very interresting! Keep us posted on other discoveries! smile! Carol wrote:Hi Folks, You might find this interesting. I was reading an email just now by screen. I paged down and didn't hear where I left off, so paged up to pick up the rest of the text. It started reading at the last

RE: Blinking Images on My computer and How to Get Rid of Them

2017-03-31 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Matthew, Blinking images (most probably these are animations) are bound to use some processing resources. These could be disabled in the advanced settings of all browsers, but I have never had sufficient reason to do this. My concern would be to hamper the functioning of animations which are

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Jim via Talk
Hi there! Question, what is the source of your information about W.E. going away? I have seen nothing official from anyone regarding this issue and until I do, I will continue to believe that W.E. is ALIVE and KICKING! I am getting rather tire of seeing this same old topic being brought

Window-Eyes still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Don't give up on it yet!

2017-03-31 Thread Carol and Roger via Talk
Hi Folks, You might find this interesting. I was reading an email just now by screen. I paged down and didn't hear where I left off, so paged up to pick up the rest of the text. It started reading at the last point I had heard and read by line to the top of the email, from the place I had

RE: Blinking Images on My computer and How to Get Rid of Them

2017-03-31 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Matthew, Can they tell you which images are blinking, that is, are they on the desktop or in particular software? Thanks, Rod -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Chao via Talk Sent: Friday, March 31,

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Brenda via Talk
I too was hoping Window-Eyes would become a part of Microsoft. I'm wondering if the powers that be at Microsoft were not ready to deal with accessibility or maybe they thought they could do it themselves and didn't need GW Micro. Whatever the case, things are as they are. Whether it is

Blinking Images on My computer and How to Get Rid of Them

2017-03-31 Thread Matthew Chao via Talk
Hi, Folks. My significant other told me today that the images on my screen are blinking. Is there any way I can get rid of them? I also think it slows down the speech. Thanks in advance.--Matthew chao ___ Any views or opinions presented in this

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Vaughan Dodd via Talk
Pam: I was amongst those who believed that possibility - for whatever reason it hasn't happened. On 4/1/2017 3:22 AM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote: When they did the free office offer, I thought that was what was in the process of happening: Microsoft purchasing window eyes to

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Vaughan Dodd via Talk
I think the stability matter is definitely a consideration. My perspective is that we have to thank Microsoft and Windows for some of this. Also: JAWS has become so large, with lots of coplexities, that it sometyimes seems to me that things have been bolted on to it. At work, after a few

Re: Mozilla Firefox question

2017-03-31 Thread net bat via Talk
you want it to update. this is the only way you will get security patches. they are ingagrated into the browser. i think there is a setting in firefox to ask you to upgrade instead of doing it automatically. but i haven't found it yet. *** maybe your copy of w e needs to be upgraded? the

Re: Mozilla Firefox question

2017-03-31 Thread net bat via Talk
i don't remember it. grin. i just press escape to by pass it. but turn browse mode off and tab around until you get to this toool bar. -Original Message- From: Butch Bussen via Talk Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 9:23 AM To: Albert Sanchez ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re:

Re: Mozilla Firefox question

2017-03-31 Thread brice Mijares via Talk
I believe it's alt R and maybe tabbing is involved. On 3/31/2017 9:23 AM, Butch Bussen via Talk wrote: Speaking of firefox. How do I get to where it says this button to remember the password? It speaks it, but I don't know how to get there to tell it to remember. Thanks. 73 Butch

Re: Mozilla Firefox question

2017-03-31 Thread Butch Bussen via Talk
Speaking of firefox. How do I get to where it says this button to remember the password? It speaks it, but I don't know how to get there to tell it to remember. Thanks. 73 Butch WA0VJR Node 3148 Wallace, ks. ___ Any views or opinions presented

Mozilla Firefox question

2017-03-31 Thread Albert Sanchez via Talk
Hi List, How do I get Mozilla Firefox to stop updating itself automatically? Also, how do I get it to stop going to the add-ons page? Running Windows 7 and WE 9.0. Albert Sanchez ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Don H via Talk
If you think Window Eyes isn't going away I also have a nice bridge to sell you. It is called the Golden Gate and I will sell it real cheap. On 3/31/2017 12:59 AM, Dennis Long via Talk wrote: We don't know WE is going away. -Original Message- From: Talk

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Pamela Dominguez via Talk
When they did the free office offer, I thought that was what was in the process of happening: Microsoft purchasing window eyes to incorporate into windows, or, at least, making some kind of a deal with them. Pam. -Original Message- From: Don H via Talk Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Singing Sparrow via Talk
from what i heard from an employee from VFO window eyes developement and other resources will be drastically stopped the efforts will be going towards Jaws and Zoomtext On 3/31/2017 12:59 AM, Dennis Long via Talk wrote: We don't know WE is going away. -Original Message- From: Talk

Problem with ZT 11, WE and MSWord

2017-03-31 Thread Loy via Talk
Just upgraded my ZT to version 11, now MSWord will not respond when WE and ZT are running. This happens on 2 different computers. Support from ZT and MS has not figured out the problem. Has anyone else experienced this? May have to revert back to version 10.1 if AISquared will let me.

RE: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
Hi Vaughan, I really doubt that Window-Eyes really needs much tweaking anymore in order to stay current. Windows 10 isn't changing much. Best, Rod -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Vaughan Dodd via Talk

RE: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Steve Nutt via Talk
Hi Vaughan, To a point, I agree with you. However, I have been deliberately using JAWS 18 this week as opposed to Window-Eyes, and it is far less stable. So while it would be difficult to continue using Window-Eyes, should it not get updated, JAWS is really quite an unstable mess with some

Re: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Vaughan Dodd via Talk
It won't go away so long as people have copies. However: is it being developed? Is it ready for the numerous challenges as technology and access to it goes through a whole range of transformations and innovations? Vaughan. Vaughan. On 3/31/2017 6:59 PM, Dennis Long via Talk wrote: We

RE: orbit20 display and future of window eyes

2017-03-31 Thread Dennis Long via Talk
We don't know WE is going away. -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+dennisl1982=gmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Brenda via Talk Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:26 PM To: Sky Mundell; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: orbit20 display and future of