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Re: needing help with "this computer" please
Matt
You can more than likely just go to the flash drive but don't open it and
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then use your app key and then click on properties and then read the info . Matt.from.florida@gmail.com
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From: Bill Koppelmann [mailto:billmeister@samobile.net] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:54 PM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] needing help with "this computer" please Hi Everyone, I'm a windows 10 user, and when I had my old computer when I went in to "this computer" on the desktop, each drive or sd card or what have you would tell you how much room it had left, this one doesn't do that, and I'm wondering how I can get it to do that so I can know how much room I have on my flash drives so I don't over fill them, unless that's not as much of a problem as I think it is, I'd like to know that one too. thanks, bill K.
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needing help with "this computer" please
Bill K <billmeister@...>
Hi Everyone,
I'm a windows 10 user, and when I had my old computer when I went in to "this computer" on the desktop, each drive or sd card or what have you would tell you how much room it had left, this one doesn't do that, and I'm wondering how I can get it to do that so I can know how much room I have on my flash drives so I don't over fill them, unless that's not as much of a problem as I think it is, I'd like to know that one too. thanks, bill K.
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Re: Speaking of braille displays
Flor Lynch
The Focus 14 Blue comes with a cover that has a shoulder- or neckstrap, vvelcro openings, and one can leave it with the cover over it, and pull the cover back or fold it over itself in back, when using it. Sometimes I feel that the 14 is a little to 'squashed close', i.e., one would sometimes like there to be more space between its keys.
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From: Aidan Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 7:35 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Speaking of braille displays I think the best displays now is the focus and the brailliant displays. They are stable, don't brake for nothing, and the braille is quality and chrispt. The only thing I don't like about the focus is that its so small from back to frunt that its very easy to slip it or touch where the buttons are and you cannot get a good grip on it. So that is why I just use it on a table and don't take it with me around when on the phone. I don't know about the brailliant design, so I hope that is better. On 15/12/2015, Pamela Dominguez <geodom@optonline.net> wrote: I’m using an Alva Braille Controller. Really, the only thing I like about -- Facebook: m.facebook.com/aidan.maher92 Skype: andries4451 Twitter: smarttalk7 Audioboo: www.audioboo.com/DjSpotlight
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Re: Speaking of braille displays
Flor Lynch
Hi,
I would think that that, at least in good part, depends on what you
envision as your main use for it. Do you want a ‘standalone’ braille note-taker,
or a refreshable braille display that will work with other ‘smart’ technology.
Or you may want something that has a bit of both? (The note-takers tend to be a
bit more expensive, and may not be updated easily or as frequently as one might
wish.)
From: Norman
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Speaking of braille
displays Hi. I'll be watching this thread closely because I've been considering getting one for a while already . Oppinions on what to get anyone?? On December 14, 2015 7:30:12 PM EST, Robin Frost
<robini71@...> wrote:
-- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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Re: Task Manager
Monica Jones
Yes, thanks bunches, that’s what I was looking for. I got to it the long
way around.
Control Shift Escape
Monni, the
coffee gal Twitter, @Monni52 Facebook, Monica Rose Jones
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Re: fire fox
Monica Jones
Oh, lol, remember, I said correct me. I had read it in the help file too but thought it said sixtee. I should have checked before I wrote that. I will next time.
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From: Carlos Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:51 PM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] fire fox Hi Monica, Support for XP ended with JAWS 15, not 16. From the JAWS 16 help file: JAWS 16 Discontinues Support of Windows XP Microsoft discontinued support for the Windows XP operating system in April of 2014, 13 plus years after its initial release. Based on this decision, we have decided to discontinue the on-going development and testing for Windows XP as of JAWS 16. Starting with the initial release of JAWS 16, it will only install on computers running Windows Vista or higher. For all of our customers who may continue to maintain a Windows XP computer, you can download the current JAWS 15 release, along with earlier versions of JAWS, from our archive download pages on the Freedom Scientific Web site. These earlier versions will remain available for our customers in the future as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Jones" <coffeegal57@att.net> To: <TechTalk@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] fire fox No, if I understand correctly, you can still use sixteen, but they stopped support for XP with that version. Monni, the coffee gal Twitter, @Monni52 Facebook, Monica Rose Jones
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Re: Speaking of braille displays
Flor Lynch
I've got two Focus braille displays; the 40 Blue (Classic) and the Focus 14
BT, both with Perkins-style keyboard entry. Each of them can be used with either
the computer or the iPhone (or the Android phone). I got the 14 because it was
on sale at the time, the price reduced by 20% from normal; and because then I
was also thinking of buying an iPhone-and I knew that such a display would be
put to good use with it. I was granted the Focus40 Blue, and liked its great
JAWS compatibility and the ease with which one could read books/magazines
through it.
From: Victor
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Speaking of braille
displays I'm using the Focus Braille display from Freedom Scientific. I like
it because it has 40 cells, a Perkins style keyboard and it's pretty
small. However, I think it's time to clean the Braille cells as a couple
of them don't always come up all the way.
Hope that helps,
Victor
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Re: Task Manager
Carlos
Control Shift Escape
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Task Manager
Monica Jones
I have
drawn a blank on the keystroke that takes me to the task manager in Win7. Any
help is appreciated.
Monni, the
coffee gal Twitter, @Monni52 Facebook, Monica Rose Jones
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Re: fire fox
Carlos
Hi Monica,
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Support for XP ended with JAWS 15, not 16. From the JAWS 16 help file: JAWS 16 Discontinues Support of Windows XP Microsoft discontinued support for the Windows XP operating system in April of 2014, 13 plus years after its initial release. Based on this decision, we have decided to discontinue the on-going development and testing for Windows XP as of JAWS 16. Starting with the initial release of JAWS 16, it will only install on computers running Windows Vista or higher. For all of our customers who may continue to maintain a Windows XP computer, you can download the current JAWS 15 release, along with earlier versions of JAWS, from our archive download pages on the Freedom Scientific Web site. These earlier versions will remain available for our customers in the future as well.
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From: "Monica Jones" <coffeegal57@att.net> To: <TechTalk@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] fire fox No, if I understand correctly, you can still use sixteen, but they stopped support for XP with that version.
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Re: fire fox
Monica Jones
No, if I understand correctly, you can still use sixteen, but they stopped support for XP with that version.
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From: Pat Seed Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 3:52 PM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] fire fox Hi Donna, The highest or latest version of JAWS that you can use on XP is Version 15. I am glad to hear that someone else is using XP besides myself. I cannot afford to move up right now. Blessings and All the Very Best, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <donnamarie1947@roadrunner.com> To: <TechTalk@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] fire fox on this p c I am using jaws 11 but I have them all keep up my s m a but don Monni, the coffee gal Twitter, @Monni52 Facebook, Monica Rose Jones
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Re: Speaking of braille displays
Victor
I'm using the Focus Braille display from Freedom Scientific. I like it because it has 40 cells, a Perkins style keyboard and it's pretty small. However, I think it's time to clean the Braille cells as a couple of them don't always come up all the way. Hope that helps, Victor Sent from my iPad
On Dec 14, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Robin Frost <robini71@...> wrote:
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Re: Getting to know a Samsung Galaxy S5
Flor Lynch
To bring this story to a close - for now:
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A new Google account was created for my (deafblind) brother and added in to the Samsung Galaxy S5; and BrailleBack was installed. And, whereas it paired successfully with my Focus14, it didn't recognise his BrailleConnect 12 (from HumanWare). (A forum post indicated that it might work well with BrailleTTTY, but the reported results of that were that it was very buggy.) Thanks for your answers.
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From: Øyvind Lode Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:26 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Getting to know a Samsung Galaxy S5 Ok, it seems you first need to sign in on an Android device and open the play store app to activate it for use with the store. On 16 December 2015 at 22:11, Flor Lynch <florlync@iol.ie> wrote: Here is what I'm getting:
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Re: Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast!
#article
Christina Stolze
Thank you very much for this.
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From: Matt [mailto:matt.from.florida@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:05 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast! Yes here is the links below. It is not direct links but the site to go to sign up. The first one is for the Bard book reviews and the other is to the Bard list. http://db-review.net/mailman/listinfo/db-review_db-review.net http://www.bardtalk.com/discussion_lists.php the last link also give other list related to the Bard site. Matt.from.florida@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: Christina Stolze [mailto:christinastolze@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:16 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast! Mat, Do you have the information to subscribe to the BARD list and the BARD book review list? Thank you in advance Christina -----Original Message----- From: Matt [mailto:matt.from.florida@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:17 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast! Yes they are not updating IE11 anymore. I sure they are still doing security patches to it. As it is still on W10 and hope it stays there till Edge is working as good if not better before they do away with IE11. Matt.from.florida@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: Rajmund [mailto:brajmund2000@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:09 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast! Hello, But, IE, will eventually, also go away, as MS have stopped making new versions. I think the only one that's supported is IE11? ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt <matt.from.florida@gmail.com> To: TechTalk@groups.io Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:20 am Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Warning! Don't Upgrade to Firefox 43 So Fast! with IE. You have to pay for it but it is not bad.. I cannot remember the name of it. Does anyone have the name of the application? absence of sighted help, read on. A few Firefox users on this and other lists who have updated to the recently-released Firefox 43 have reported that the Webvisum add-on no longer works. This is because Mozilla, in its infinite wisdom decided for security reasons to block unsigned add-ons like Webvisum starting with Firefox 43. Another list member (Ron Canazzi,I think), provided steps for getting Webvisum to work with Firefox 43. But it turns out that this is only a temporary work around, as it will be disabled or unflagged in Firefox 44 and eventually, in Firefox ESR, as well. This means that starting with Firefox 44, Webvisum will no longer work, no matter what you try, unless the developers decide to sign it and submit it to Mozilla for scrutiny, which is highly unlikely because they abandoned support for it years ago, and no longer even respond to email inquiries. So if you have an older version of Firefox with a working version of Webvisum, do not, repeat, do not update to Firefox 43 or else you may discover that Webvisum no longer works unless you apply the work around provided by Ron Canazzi, which, in any event, will only work temporarily until Firefox 44 is released. As long as you do not update to Firefox 43, Webvisum should still work. The problem comes if you try to install Webvisum for the first time with Firefox 43 or any other version, for that matter. Because Webvisum is unsigned, it will not work, and unless the developers resume support for it, which is unlikely, it will remain unsigned. Unfortunately, there is no other alternative to Webvisum for solving image captchas except for Rumola which is a paid service that has received mixed reports about its effectiveness at solving captchas successfully. For more informationabout the blocking of unsigned add-ons like Webvisum and other third-party Firefox add-ons that many of us depend on , check out this article from the GHacks Technology News site: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/12/16/what-you-do-when-firefox-disables-installed -add-ons/. Sent from a Braille Sense
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Re: Inexpensive speakers
Cristóbal
There are a myriad of options, but I do know that Amazon's having a Gold Box deal with a bunch of Logitech accessories today. Among them, speakers. I don’t' recall exactly what kind, but I think they were 2.1 channel this or that. Anyway, give it a look if you're interested.
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From: Juanita Martin [mailto:jordmartin@suddenlink.net] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:06 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Inexpensive speakers I got an Amazon gift card for Chrismas and I’d like to get an inexpensive speaker system. I’d like it to be blue tooth, and solar powered and actually stereo: not just one big speaker. I would use it with my iPhone six S and maybe a computer to listen to books and music. The card has $100 on it but I’d add $50 if I had to. Any suggestions?
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Re: Fw: Instructions for enabling Rumola Light in IE
rex wisdom
I did but did not the order total
From: Matt [mailto:matt.from.florida@...]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 8:14 AM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Fw: Instructions for enabling Rumola Light in IE
It is not the extension links or add on links it is a bookmark link!
From: Gerald Levy [mailto:bwaylimited@...]
This is all well and good, but which Rumola link is Vic talking about? The one for Firefox? The one for Chrome? Or the one for safari? Or does it matter?
Gerald
From: Carlos Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 8:56 AM Subject: [TechTalk] Fw: Instructions for enabling Rumola Light in IE
Here are Vic Beckley's instructions for enabling Rumola Light in IE. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vic Beckley Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [BlindGeekZone] Web visume going to the way side andalternative to it
Here is what I did:
Navigate to the Rumola site.
Navigate to the second level 1 heading.
Tab to the Rumola link.
Bring up the context menu on the link and add it to your favorites.
Now in File Explorer copy the favorite to the Favorites Bar folder.
In View/Toolbars check the Favorites Bar if it isn’t already. Now you can get to it there.
Now find a page where you need to solve a CAPCHA.
Put focus in the CAPCHA edit box.
Press Alt-D to get into the address bar and tab until you hear Rumola and press enter.
Now press F6 to get back to the web page. I wasn’t focused in the CAPCHA edit box but had to tab back to it. The text appeared there very quickly. It wasn’t automatically spoken. I had to keep checking to see if it was there.
Note, these are just my initial impressions. There may be much better ways of accomplishing what I did, but this is what worked for me.
I hope this helps someone.
I like this because I am predominantly an IE user and couldn’t solve CAPCHA images in it before.
Best regards from Ohio,
Vic
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Re: The Blind-Ad list
Laz
That's *why* I said, quote Here's another good one. unquote
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On 12/17/15, Walt Smith <ka3lists@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, the list to which I want to subscribe; and the one from --
Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: laz@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
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Inexpensive speakers
Juanita Martin <jordmartin@...>
I got an Amazon gift card for Chrismas and I’d like to get an inexpensive speaker system. I’d like it to be blue tooth, and solar powered and actually stereo: not just one big speaker. I would use it with my iPhone six S and maybe a computer to listen to books and music. The card has $100 on it but I’d add $50 if I had to. Any suggestions?
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Re: Amazon
Carlos
Thanks Janet. You are all too kind, but I appreciate the positive feedback.
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From: "Janet Gross" <harvard-97@sbcglobal.net> To: <TechTalk@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Hi Olusegun,
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Re: The Blind-Ad list
Walt Smith
Unfortunately, the list to which I want to subscribe; and the one from which
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I received a return message telling me that I had to be approved; is *not* Blind-BST, but Blind-Ad. They are two different lists.
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From: Laz [mailto:laz@talkingmp3players.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:54 PM To: TechTalk@groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] The Blind-Ad list It's a buying and selling list for the blind. Here's another good one. Just send a blank email message to: blind-bst+subscribe@groups.io
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