Hello, I have been using Becky as my email client. But because of security
upgrades with my ISP, which is Comcast, I am probably going to have to
switch to a newer email program. Can someone recommend a speech friendly
email client for windows 10? Thanks for any help.
Butch
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Jane, if I remember correctly, wineyes 9.2 is the earliest version of WE
that works with windows 10. Wineyes 9.1 and below does not work with win
10. That's why I too had to make the move to jaws.
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Hello, can anyone recommend an email list for blind I pad users. I am
seriously considering getting an Ipad and need all the help I can get.
If anyone on this list has any suggestions, they would be greatly
appreciated. For example, can a blind person set up an Ipad out of the
box, or would I need
Thank you, Orlando, now I feel much better about tackling this reinstall.
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Hello, I am using a laptop that already has windows 10 running on it,
but I want to do a clean install of windows 10 on it. Can I do this
using narrator, or will I need sighted assistance? Any info and
recommendations are greatly appreciated.
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Hello, I have never used outlook. Is there a free outlook email client I
can download and install on my harddrive? Or, do I have to by MS office
or use outlook with a 365 subscription? If I can download the program
without the office suite, please tell me where or send me the link. Any
help is appr
Peter, can you post the info on how to subscribe to the NVDA list? Also,
does it have a lot of traffic, saymore than fifty messages per day? Thank
you much.
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Jim, windows E will open it foryou, but if you know the drive letter of
a particular drive you want to explore, I found what works even better
is typing windows r to open the run dialog and then typing the drive
letter followed by a colon and press enter. I should mention that I have
Jaws on my win
Hello, can anyone tell me how to create folders on the favorites menu in
tappinradio?
It's been so long since I have done it that I can't
remember how to do it, and I couldn't find a setting or option that
would allow me to create one. Thanks very much.
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If any one is interested, FS, is now selling open book for $125, it's a
special sale or something. I bought a copy last week. Oh, and you have
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There is no link to download the older versions, but if you want to
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Don, the just checking program is a small program that helps you keep
your check book balanced. Its like an electronic check book registry
that lets you fill in what checks you have written and whatever
other transactions you made too. it does the math for you. Evidently,
though, the newer version
Hello, GW Micro used to recommend a small program called, just checking.
Does anyone know the name of the company that made that program, or its
web address? I couldn't find it online. Thanks.
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Yes, Robert, jarte is exactly that, a speech friendly word processor
that is leaner than MS word but more powerful than word pad. I also don't
care for MS word because of its size and because it uses the ribbon.
Jarte is free but has a paid version for, I think, 19.95. If you try
jarte, I recommend
Hello, does anyone know of a tutorial for Jarte? I am trying to set tabs
and find it a mystery. For example, I set the tab stop to 0.5 inches,
but when I press the tab key, the status line says that the cursor has moved
only
one column. If there are any jarte users out there, please help.
Butch
Same here, Butch, it won't remember my password either, but at least it
logs in with no problems, so I won't complain.
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Hello, in wineyes and in jaws, there is a hotkey to bring up the
elements dialog box, displaying all links, etcetera, on a web page, for
example in jaws insert f7 brings it up. I have searched in narrator,
using windows 10, and I couldn't find a key to do this. If there is one,
would someone please
Hello, I have a win 10 laptop and a win 7 laptop and tested mlb game day
audio on both. I get the games on win 10 machine in chrome, IE, and even
MS edge, but in edge I use the elements dialog to navigate links and
even navigating it is painfully slow.
In win 7, I get the games in chrome 7, but I
Hello, I'm using becky email and now all of a sudden in one of my mail
boxes, I can't delete any messages in the list. I am wondering if I
accidently changed a setting that prevents me from deleting messages. If
anyone knows where such a setting is, or what the problem might be, I
would appreciate
Well, in chrome when I press enter on an item that should show a list of
links to download files, nothing happens. No list of links appears below
the original link. It acts like a dead link. But when I go to the same
page in IE and try the same procedure, all the download links appear
below the ori
I am running jaws 2019 with the latest update and sometimes have to use
IE because Jaws won't perform the same actions in chrome. I don't know
if the problem is with jaws or chrome, but that's why it's good to have
two or more browsers.
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Hello, NLS used to record Smart Computing Magazine, but stopped in 2013.
Does anyone know where similar magazines about computing are available
in audio format? Thanks for any help.
Butch
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Dennis, approximately how much traffic is on the echoing email list? I
am interested in subscribing, but don't want to get overly swamped with
email messages. Thanks.
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Tom, I went back to pop3, although I had to make some other security
changes which I finally figured out, and what do you know, my in box
reappeared just like magic. Oh, this crazy world of technology. Thanks
to you and all for your suggestions.
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Thanks, Mike, but this isn't the problem. My main folder is open, and
when I arrow down it goes straight to the out box folder, with no in box
in between. When I tab over to where the list of messages should be, it
says, Becky's quick memo. You can use this area as a free memo. I can't
find a way t
Hello, using the becky email client, I had to change my server settings
from pop3 to I M A P. Now, however, my in box has disappeared. It just isn't
showing
up in the list of folders. Can someone tell me how to find my in box?
Thank you much.
Butch
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Using Jaws 2018, I went into settings center and typed, "lost focus,"
and got no matches. When I typed just the word, "focus," I got one match
saying, "track focus." Is this the setting that will stop Jaws from
saying lost focus? If not, what does, track focus, do? Thanks.
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Hello, I keep getting a message that wants to update something on my
laptop. The message pops up and gives me these choices, "Let's get back
on track. Restart now. Wait an hour."
If anything else is in the dialog, Jaws won't read it, so I have no idea
where this message is coming from. Does anyone
That's the problem. Alt f doesn't work, nor alt f4 when I want to close
the program.
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Hello, This just started in google chrome, when I press alt to activate
the menu bar, nothing happens. Also, when I press alt plus f4 to close
the program, nothing happens. Does anyone have any idea of how I can get
these keys to work again. All help is appreciated.
Butch
Hello, when I download a book share book in daisy audio format and copy
it to a cartridge to play with the NLS advanced player, the book plays
fine. However, when I put the NLS player into book shelf mode and
navigate from book to book, the book share book titles are not read. Has
anyone else had t
Hello, I have a digital book player from NLS, but I would like to get a
commercial one. Can anyone recommend a good, sterdy, player for not
more than 400 dollars? All help is appreciated.
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Hello, using calculator in win 10, I press shift 8 to multiply, or slash
to divide, but jaws says nothing. These keys are set to speak in the key
label manager. Anyone else have this problem, or any suggestions? Thank
you much.
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Martin, you are correct in saying that the speak top bottom setting in
Jaws is sort of like the one in wineyes. It is not equivalent, but I
guess its the closest it will get. For example, as you pointed out, it
doesn't work in windows explorer, or file explorer in win 10.
Butch
Found it, thank you Tom. Now, do you or anyone on the list know if Jaws
has an equivalent, speak top bottom, setting?
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Hello, can anyone tell me where to find the window eyes setting that
tells you when you are at the top or bottom of a list of items. I think
the setting is called top bottom index, but I'm not sure. Thank you much.
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Thank you, Luciano.
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Hello, the other day someone posted the address to join the NVDA email
list. I accidently deleted it. Will you please resend the info to join
that list? Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks.
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Rod, how does voice over compare with jaws and window eyes? And are
there audio books or tutorials available to help learn the mac OS? Thank
you much.
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Rod, once fire fox is installed, how do we keep it from upgrading itself?
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I have one more question about file explorer. There are two settings,
one is quick access, and the other is this pc. Which one functions more
like the old windows explorer? If neither does, then what is the
difference between the two, and which is more speech friendly? Thank you
much.
Butch
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Thank you, Rod, for such an helpful explanation. I will go in and make
the changes.
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Hello, using win 10 and Jaws, when I open a folder in file explorer, the
highlight is in the middle of the list instead of at the top. Then as I
am arrowing through the list, the highlight will jump around on me. I
have never experienced anything like this. Is there a setting I need to
change? Is t
Hello, thank you to all for your help. In case anyone else is still
using word 2007, home and student version, here's what I found. Control,
shift, left and right arrow keys moves from group to group. The
exception is if you are in an edit box. First you have to tab out of the
edit box, then you ca
Hello, In word 2007, I know that tab and shift tab will move from item
to item within a group on the ribbon, but I forgot the hotkey that will
move you from group to group, instead of having to tab through all the
items in one group to reach another group. If anyone knows the hotkey to
move group t
Thank you, Carol. I got the book. Now maybe I can learn some of the
things that were not in earlier versions of windows. Starting with win 7,
the only part of the start menu I really use is the edit box. The rest
is too cumbersome, even just to find a program, especially in win 10.
That's why I sti
Carol, which book from bard are you refering to? Like you, I'm searching
for books and tutorials to help me learn win 10.
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I got my jaws 2018 disk a couple of weeks ago, and I did not have to
call them. It just came. You may want to call them to see what's going
on.
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Hello, anyone know how to join the knfb reader mailing list? I tried to
join from the web page, but the link was dead. Also, can you read text
in knfb reader with the arrow keys, like you can in a word processor.
Finally, what formats can you save files in. Thank you
much.
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Rod, I checked out the page, and the message I got for windows 10
drivers is below. I may get a new scanner, maybe a canoscan lide 210,
but still shopping. Thanks for your help.
There is no driver for the OS Version you selected. The driver may be
included in your OS or you may not need a driver.
Thank you, Rod. It is a Cano scan lide 60. I hope you have more success
finding the drivers than I did.
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Hello, I tried to find device drivers for my scanner on the canon web
page, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I did, however, find the
drivers on a page called, driverscape.com, has anyone heard of
driverscape.com, and is it safe? Thanks.
Butch
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Tom, since you have had success with the knfb reader, please let me know
what camera you are using? Please include brand and model and where I
can purchase one? Thank you much.
Butch
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Hello, do you have Kevin's phone number? I would like to talk to him,
without having to subscribe to another list. Thanks.
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Hello, I just downloaded the knfb reader. Now I am looking for
recommendations for a camera to use with it. Is there much difference
between the ziggi cam and the hover cam, and what about the price? I
hear one cost about 400 and the other about 100. Is the difference in
cost worth it? And where ca
I also got my jaws 2018 disk a few days ago. Will do the upgrade next
week. This is my first time upgrading jaws. If anyone has already done
it, is there anything to beware of, or is it straight forward? Thanks.
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Marvin, I have been typing for forty years, but that doesn't make me
infallible. Humans still can make a mistake. No one is infallible.
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Hello, jaws says star, star, star, when I type in a password. Does
anyone know how to change this so that jaws will say what is actually
being typed. I like to hear the actual characters, so I know I am typing
the password correctly. Thanks.
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Using Jaws, when I press insert tab, or insert up arrow on the first
folder in a list, I hear 1 of 23. If I move to the last item in the same
list, I hear 24 of 24, and this happens whether the show all folders
option is checked or not. If anyone knows jaws well enough to explain
this puzzle, pleas
Got it. Thank you, Olusegun.
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Hello, in wineyes the hotkey to bring up a box with all the links on a
web page is insert plus tab, can someone tell me the equivalent hotkey
in both NVDA and JAWS? Thank you much.
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Hello, when a row of text on a web page is separated and positioned
downward, line after line, instead of straight across. is there a way to
read it as a single line straight across? Do I need to enter table mode?
If so, please tell me the Jaws hotkey, as I am still learning Jaws. All
help is appre
David, please let me know what the NVDA keyboard command is to route the
mouse to the focused object is, and also the command to read the line
under the mouse? thank you much.
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Hello, after win 10 updated itself, it left my laptop rearranged. Does
anyone know how to make changes to the start menu, or how to set it back
to its defaults? For example, from the search box, I used to up arrow
twice to get to the power settings menu where I could shut down the
computer, or put
Hello, I went through the skills for the echo, but didn't find anyway to
listen to nfl games on the amazon echo. If anyone knows if this can even
be done, please let me know? Thanks for any help.
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Dennis, I have heard of tune in premium, but never tune in pro. How much does
pro cost?
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Hello, does anyone know of a speech friendly reverse phone look up web
page?
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Hello, every time I turn on my windows 10 laptop, a message pops up
asking me to review my privacy settings, so I can get ready for the next
update. Then there is a button that says, review settings, that I am
supposed to click so it can save my privacy settings and the upgrade can
start. I have no
Dave, will you contact me off list, and I'll give you an update.
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Butch, please excuse my ignorance. Is the echo a stand alone device, or
do you need a phone or tablet to use it? Did you need sighted assistance
to set it up, or is it something a blind person can set up and use out
of the box without assistance? Once you buy the hardware, do you pay
amizon a month
Hello, using google chrome, I found that listening to baseball games using
the MLB game day audio player is very inconsistent. For example, the
player will say it is downloading the audio stream, then it says it is
now playing the game I selected, but there is no audio. In other words,
it does ever
Hello, anyone know the easiest way to read books on book share? For
example, will they play on the NLS player or another external device? Is
book share speech friendly, especially with jaws? I have other questions,
but will ask them off the list if anyone has experience with book share
and wants to
Robin, press insert plus f2, then from the list, open settings center. Once
there, make sure you have the default option selected in the list above
the edit box, then tab back down to the edit box and type, label. From
the choices, press spacebar. A dialog will open with a list of over 80
keys you
Hello, anyone know if jaws has a hotkey that will tell you what line you
are on in a web page? I would like to get an idea of where I am on the
page. For example, line 32 of 244. There must be a way to at least find
out if you are at the top, middle, or bottom of the page. Any help is
appreciated.
Michael, after opening properties, press insert plus minus on the numpad
to move the mouse inside the dialog, then press page up to move mouse to
the top, then use numpad 2 to read down line by line. HTH
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Hello, does anyone know what the jaws hotkey is to read the status line
in a program? For example, in wineyes it is control insert s, but I
can't find what it is in jaws. Thanks for any help.
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Hello, I know the keys to set the top left and bottom right of a frame
in jaws, but I came across a hotkey that, I guess, would use the active
or focused window as a whole as a frame, but I can't remember what it is.
If anyone knows what this key is please let me know. Thanks.
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Dave, I agree. I tried wineyes 9.1 on an XP machine and then took it off
and reinstalled 8.4. Version 9.1 just didn't work that good for me.
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Hello, I tried to download tapin radio from their home page, but it is
so confusing, I was going in circles. Does anyone know where I can download
tapin radio besides raimersoft's home page? Does anyone know what
version works best with jaws on a windows 10 machine? All help is
appreciated.
Butch
Thomas, VFO asked if I wanted to purchase a SMA, and at $120 I did so,
but that had nothing to do with getting my license sent. BTW, that SMA
is for two upgrades,, only $60 per upgrade. Not bad.
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I first called VFO on tuesday and requested my license. On Friday about
6:30 I called VFO again, and the rep said VFO had some technical
problems earlier in the week. She sent my license while I was still on
the phone with her. You may want to call again if you have been waiting
for more than a day
Hello, I am getting a new laptop and know nothing about windows 10. Can
someone tell me how speech friendly windows 10 is in general, and
especially with jaws? Is there a certain version or edition of win 10 I
should look for? Any help and recommendations are appreciated. Thanks.
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Hello, can someone tell me the correct size of the jaws 18 installation
file? I have downloaded it three times and each file is much different
in size. Plus, I got a mac afee site warning saying that file contains
viruses or dangerous content. I proceeded anyway, hoping it was a false
positive. tha
Russ, what is the difference between an I pad and a mini I pad? Is one
just smaller, or are there also technical differences? And what about
the cost? Thanks.
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Rod, I am fairly new to NVDA. Are there instructions on how to use the
mouse cursor functionality after I install it? For example, what keys to
use? Also, will this add on work with NVDA 16.2? Thank you much.
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Hello, in wineyes I know that we can bring up a dialog box listing all
the links and other elements on a web page. Does NVDA have the same
feature? If so, please tell me the hotkey, as I am preparing for the
future. Just in case something drastic happens.
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Does anyone know the settings that need to be changed to make becky more
speech friendly? Or, the KB number would help too, if there is an
article for setting up becky to work with wineyes. Thanks.
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Hello, I want to receive the messages from this list at a different
address. Is there a way to change my address for this list, or do I have
to unsubscribe and then resubscribe with my new address? If so, can
someone tell me how to unsubscribe and resubscribe? It has been so long
that I don't remem
Hello, can someone tell me what some of the main features in wineyes
are that NVDA does not have? For example, does NVDA have an invisible
cursor? Can you use the mouse pointer to read through a document? Also,
is there a way to get a list of NVDA hotkeys without installing the
program? All help is
Hello, I own win-eyes 9.1, retail version. How much would it cost for me
to upgrade to the latest version? Also, if I purchase another SMA and
wineyes goes off the market, will I receive a prorated refund? Thanks
very much.
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Pam, bookmarks in chrome are the same as favorites in IE, except you
access them a little differently. Press alt, then arrow down once or
twice to get into the list, then press B, and that will open your
bookmarks menu where you can choose what you want to do. BTW, I have had
no problems with the s
Hello, if anyone knows if digital radios are configurable by the blind,
would you contact me off list and tell me what I would need to set one
up? I thought I heard that some company put out an HD radio that a blind
person could configure, but I don't know anymore about it. Thanks.
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Hello, I have an ebook with an .ACSM extension. Can someone recommend a
speech friendly way to read it? Thanks.
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Hello, if I open wineyes help and choose about wineyes, I sometimes find
a line that says, video driver unattached. I have to unload and then
restart wineyes to get the video driver to load. Can I repair this once
and for all by running the wineyes setup? If so, can someone explain how
it is done?
Martha, the setting I think you are looking for is on the mail box menu.
Press alt, then M, then L.
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Hello, until a couple days ago, I would tab from the message list to a
message in Becky, and wineyes would read it. Now when I tab to the
message window, wineyes says, vertical, vertical, edit box. I can't even
arrow up and down through the message. All I get is blank blank. I know
there is text th
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