Re: you will upgrade!!lol

2015-08-08 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I don't see being forced unless you need to. You may decide to change when there's hardware that only the new OS can use. You might decide to switch when a program which requires the OS comes out. Otherwise, as long as your hardware works and your software doesn't need upgrading and you can k

Re: Screen Reader History

2015-08-08 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
My first was a CP/M computer made by guys out in Minnesota. I still have it. Can't bring myself to dump it. My first screen reader was made by someone on this very list, David Duran. It was on a 5-1/4 inch floppy. I used to play a game called Oubliette with it. One of the best things about

Re: Windows 10 is working better than I expected

2015-07-31 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I can't agree at all. Unless MS is bringing in WE people and consulting with them, there's no way in the world it should or will be easier for WE people to write code so a program's accessible. This increasingly inaccessible stuff started with Google from most of what I've been hearing and th

Re: outlook express

2015-07-20 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Have no idea what smoothly means, But it's working here well enough for me and I'm running Win 7 64-bit. The only issue involved is to run with the mail files in a directory to which you have access. You will have to change the storage directory to do that. Rules are working fine. The only o

Kindle For PC

2015-07-11 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I had a mail problem this morning and may not have received any messages for me on this topic. Please resend. Sorry. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared.

Re: kindle for pc

2015-07-10 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I have the PC version and Never use it. If you have an iPhone, get that version. Better yet, try BookShare first. Good luck. - Original Message - From: "Tom Fairhurst via Talk" To: "talk viaGW" Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 11:30 PM Subject: kindle for pc It looks like the goons

Re: sapi5 eloquence now available

2015-07-09 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
How do you get Narrator to use it? Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Josh K via Talk" To: "Joseph Norton" ; "'Sunshine'" ; "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'" Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 12:27 PM Subject: Re: sapi5 eloquence now available this synthesizer not only works with window

Re: Love it if someone on the list could send me a Webvisum invitation

2015-06-25 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Same here. - Original Message - From: "Rod Hutton via Talk" To: "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'" Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:01 AM Subject: Love it if someone on the list could send me a Webvisum invitation Hi, I know I've written only a couple of days ago, but I would still

Re: Nero 2015

2015-06-18 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Mind you though, I only use the Burning Rom part of it. I don't use Nero Express, or Recode, or any of that part of the bundle. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Gary Petraccaro via Talk" To: "Window-Eyes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:34 P

Nero 2015

2015-06-17 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Is it completely unusable with WE? Is there a way to get past the splash screen? Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, vis

Re: re-malware

2015-06-15 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I sure can't. Unless I have the wrong version and I got mine from ninite.com, all I get are buttons I can hit enter on and none of them say anything at all. In fact, for all I know, I might be pressing enter on the same button. Reviewing the screen doesn't help and the mouse left or right cl

Malware

2015-06-14 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
What's the status of Malware Bytes? Is it still inaccessible? If so, what's a good alternative for Windows 9.1? Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squar

Re: What is this? And What can be done?

2015-06-10 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
What causes me irritation is that nobody considers that it's not the WE people's fault, but, rather a change in page design that's just not accessible. There are pages that neither WE nor NVDA can handle and it's not the fault of either developer. - Original Message - From: "Kevin Hu

Internet Explorer and Amazon

2015-06-04 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
If this has been discussed, my appologies. But, I tried to access Amazon's site including their accessibility site with MSIE11 and WE 9.1. I found it problematic if I hit tab and expectecd to go to a new link, and the cursor keys were almost useless. I don't remember this being the case not t

Web Page Creation

2015-05-03 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I want to create accessible pages using WE and Windows7 64-bit. What's good software for this and where do I learn about accessible design? Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily

abacus24-7.com

2015-04-23 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
This page says there are buttons for credit card checkout but I can't find them. I turned on graphics and still no go. www.abacus24-7.com Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily re

Windows 7 64-bit and Adding Disk Drive

2015-04-18 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Says it all. I tried doing it the way MS said to and I can't figure it out. How do I do it with WE. Suggesting sources for the explanation would be fine. Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and d

Adobe Reader

2015-04-11 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I've been trying to download Adobe Reader and having all kinds of hell with combo boxes. I constantly have to tab back and forth just to find out what down arrow has just selected in the categories of operating system and version. The language works with e for english. Then I eventually downl

Graphics

2015-04-08 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
I'm using a program called Rufus. You can get it to make a bootable USB drive from an ISO file. At one point you have to pick the file to use and that graphic is not spoken by WE. How do I find it if it can be found? Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions

New Drive Issue

2015-03-16 Thread Gary Petraccaro via Talk
Running Win7 64-bit and WE 9.1. How do I prepare and format a new drive? I haven't done so in long enough that I've forgot and all the instructions seem to be either graphical or not WE related. Thanks. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this ema