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Malware Bytes tray application Problem Fixed
Mike B. <mb69mach1@...>
Hi
All,
This invisible
screen issue has been fixed in the latest MWB update! The download link is
below:
Unzip & run
this update over your installed version, reboot, & that damn MWB Tray
Application / invisible screen to sighted people screen is gone!
YAY! LOL
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree.
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Re: Cassette Recorders
Allen West
tThanks All for all the responses. I did see the $20 tape player on
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Amazon. I was not sure about the recording quality. My friend is just learning to use a computer. In so far as cost, he says that that is no issue. I will see him on Saturday. I will give him some suggestions based on a few I saw here. Thanks Allen
On 12/11/17, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...> wrote:
I forget the name of it. But I got a USB tape player off of amazon for $20.
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Re: J18.4354 Update Download Links + What's New
Jeffrey Schwartz
Michael, Seems that the only significant issue in this update is that it is said to have OCR capabilities for reading pdf documents and those scanned in or introduced by Pearl, which vfo seems to be getting rid of at the fastest possible rate. Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:00 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] J18.4354 Update Download Links + What's New
Hi All,
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J18.4354 Update Download Links + What's New
Mike B. <mb69mach1@...>
Hi All,
An update for Jaws 18 was released today as well. Below are the download links + what's new in this release, which isn't much of an update: 32 Bit: http://jaws18.vfo.digital/4534TYNN63/J18.0.4534enu-x86.exe 64 Bit: http://jaws18.vfo.digital/4534TYNN63/J18.0.4534enu-x64.exe Enhancements in JAWS 18.0.4534 (December 2017) This update addresses a couple issues that were discovered shortly after the release of the December 2017 update. list of 2 items . Resolved an issue where the Password field on the Windows 10 logon screen was being announced multiple times. . Addressed an issue where JAWS was speaking on the login screen even when configured not to start at logon. list end Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree.
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J2018.1712.10 Update Direct Download Links + What's New
Mike B. <mb69mach1@...>
Hi All,
Here's todays J2018 update download links & what's new in this release: 32 Bit: http://jaws2018.vfo.digital/171210AXV34T/J2018.1712.10enu-x86.exe 64 Bit: http://jaws2018.vfo.digital/171210AXV34T/J2018.1712.10enu-x64.exe Enhancements in JAWS 2018.1712.10 (December 2017) The following is a list of improvements made between the initial JAWS 2018 release and the December 2017 update. Screen Shade for Additional Privacy For additional privacy, use the JAWS Screen Shade to prevent others from seeing what you are typing or reading by turning the screen black. This feature is available in Windows 10 and Windows 8. To turn on the Screen Shade, press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by the PRINTSCREEN key, or triple tap with three fingers on a touch screen. Alternatively, Screen Shade can be toggled on or off using Quick Settings (INSERT+V). Once enabled, the contents of your screen can no longer be seen. The Screen Shade remains active until toggled back off, or JAWS is restarted. Screen Shade can also be turned off by doing a right mouse click. Note: Screen Shade is strictly a privacy feature and will not increase the battery life on a laptop or tablet. Additionally, Screen Shade is only available when JAWS is running by itself. It cannot be used when running Fusion, or when running JAWS together with ZoomText or MAGic. Speech On Demand Speech On Demand is a feature that allows you to limit the amount of JAWS speech you hear as you navigate windows and documents or perform other actions using hot keys. By default, when using Speech On Demand, JAWS only announces actions that are associated with a limited set of hot keys. In addition, mouse echo and typing echo are still available, which allows JAWS to read text that you point to with the mouse pointer and speak characters and words as you type. You can quickly toggle between Speech On Demand and full speech using a convenient layered command, or even make Speech On Demand the default speech mode when JAWS starts. For JAWS users who rely heavily on Braille or for users of Fusion that can see well enough to use the screen for tracking focus, too much speech can be overwhelming while navigating using the keyboard and mouse. However, users still want to be able to use speech to read once they have moved to a location on the screen, or just checking a Window Title, column heading in a table or spread sheet, or even reading the time from the System tray. In both these situations, Speech On Demand can be very helpful. You will find that switching applications with ALT+TAB or using ARROW keys to move through a document are silenced. Speech is only triggered when using a limited set of reading commands such as speaking the current character, word, line, paragraph, or doing a Say All. Layered commands to toggle the feature: list of 2 items . Press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by S to toggle the speech mode between Full Speech and either Speech On Demand (the default) or Mute speech. Focus braille display users can also press RIGHT SHIFT+M (DOTS 1-3-4) to toggle between Speech On Demand and Full Speech. . Press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by SHIFT+S while Full Speech is disabled to toggle between Speech On Demand and Mute speech. list end By default, JAWS always returns to Full Speech when restarted after these keystrokes have been used. To make permanent changes to the default settings, do the following: list of 10 items 1. Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. 2. If you want changes to only apply to a particular application, select it from the Application list. Otherwise, press CTRL+SHIFT+D to load the default settings file. 3. In the tree view, expand the Speech Options group. 4. Press the SPACEBAR on Speech Mode to change the default choice between Less Speech or Full Speech. Full Speech is selected by default. 5. Press the SPACEBAR on Less Speech Options to change the default choice between Mute Speech or Speech On Demand. Speech On Demand is selected by default. 6. Expand the Speech On Demand Options group. 7. If you do not want any reading hot keys to speak with Speech On Demand active, use the SPACEBAR to clear the Allow Reading Commands check box. Reading commands are spoken by default. 8. If JAWS Mouse Echo is enabled and you want to hear text as you move the mouse with Speech On Demand active, use the SPACEBAR to select the Allow Mouse Echo checkbox. This checkbox is cleared by default. 9. If JAWS Typing Echo is set to Characters, Words, or Characters and Words and you want to hear what you are typing with Speech On Demand active, use the SPACEBAR to select the Allow Typing Echo check box. This checkbox is cleared by default. 10. Choose OK to save your changes and close Settings Center. list end See the What's New topic in the JAWS Help for a complete list of the preset designated reading commands available in Speech On Demand. JAWS list of 13 items . When JAWS is configured to start at the login screen and after logon, addressed an issue in the Windows 10 Fall Creators' update where JAWS was not working as expected if the "Use my sign in info to automatically finish setting up my device after update or restart" option is enabled. . Resolved an issue where the Password field on the Windows 10 logon screen was being announced multiple times. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was blocking the Windows shut down in the Fall Creators' update. . If Smart Navigation is set to Controls or Controls and Tables, which offers a more efficient way to navigate in web-based applications by treating most controls as a single unit when navigating by character or word, headings are no longer treated as a single navigation unit. This allows you to review the contents of the heading using LEFT or RIGHT ARROW and CTRL+LEFT or CTRL+RIGHT ARROW as well as select text just like in paragraphs. Smart Navigation is off by default and can be configured through the Startup Wizard located in the JAWS Help menu, or toggled using the layered command INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by X. . JAWS no longer says "cell" when reading the current line in a table with Smart Navigation set to Controls or Controls and Tables. You will now hear a slight pause to indicate a cell break. . Addressed a customer reported issue with the USPS Tracking Research It Lookup source not displaying results for a tracking number as expected. . Due to major changes with the WebMD website, the Health search on WebMD Research It lookup source has been removed as it can no longer search and retreive results from this service. . Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+A twice quickly in the Windows 10 File Explorer was not displaying the contents of the address bar in the Virtual Viewer as expected. . Resolved issues with JAWS not reading correctly in a Windows 10 Command Prompt window. . JAWS now announces the All Day check box when creating a new appointment in the Windows 10 calendar. . Resolved multiple issues with using JAWS with the Windows 10 Calculator in the Fall Creators' update. . If a Korean Vocalizer Expressive Voice is installed, resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not automatically switching to the Korean voice on a web page containing Korean content. . Addressed issues with a couple Research It lookup sources in the French version of JAWS not displaying results as expected. list end Kindle for PC list of 1 items . Amazon Kindle books can contain links to other parts of the book or to other content on the web. JAWS now indicates when text is a link and allows you to press ENTER or the SPACEBAR to activate the link. list end Microsoft Office list of 6 items . Addressed an issue where JAWS was not announcing auto-complete information when typing email addresses in the Windows 10 Fall Creators' update of Outlook 365. . When typing a name in the header fields of a message in Outlook 365, JAWS now plays a sound to indicate when the auto-complete list opens and closes. While the list is open, UP and DOWN ARROW navigates the auto-complete suggestions and pressing INSERT+UP ARROW now reads the currrently selected name and email address. . When using DOWN ARROW to move through a Word document containing graphics, addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was not always consistently indicating when focus moved to a graphic. . When using AutoSum in Excel 365, addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was not automatically reading the default range when pressing ALT+EQUALS. . If the virtual ribbon is active, resolved a customer reported issue where various split buttons were not being displayed when navigating Office ribbons. . Resolved an issue in Outlook 365 when in the "To:" field and trying to type in addresses for your message. list end Web Browsers list of 9 items . Continued improvements to JAWS performance with Edge. These include addressing issues with JAWS not always indicating headings and links on various pages as well as adding support for automatically announcing notifications such as when you download a file. . If you switch to the JAWS application window from Edge, resolved a customer reported issue where you could not access any JAWS options. . Addressed an issue with JAWS losing the current position on a web page in Chrome when switching to another application and then back. . Addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was not reading as expected when navigating a parrticular ARIA menu. . JAWS no longer incorrectly turns on Forms Mode when a toggle button is activated, even if Forms Mode is set to Manual. . When selecting and copying text from a web page in Internet Explorer for pasting into another application, resolved an issue where the wrong text was sometimes being pasted. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not identifying combo boxes as expected in Chrome. . Resolved an issue in Chrome where JAWS was saying "clickable" even on areas of a page that did not contain links. . Resolved a customer reported issue with a web page that displays math content using role="math" not being displayed correctly in braille. list end Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree.
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Re: disabling Cortana
Steve Matzura
From my favorite PC magazine - https://www.pcworld.com/article/2949759/windows/killing-cortana-how-to-disable-windows-10s-info-hungry-digital-assistant.html
On 12/12/2017 7:45 PM, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
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disabling Cortana
Jeffrey Schwartz
My new version of office has this useless feature. If one says Hey, Cortana a voice is activated supposedly to answer questions. It is good for time and weather, but useless for anything else. At times when I’m typing, it hears jaws and goes into action disrupting what I’m doing and often taking me to the internet. It’s a real pain to get out of it and back to my original document. Any suggestions appreciated. Jeff
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Need Help with Filters in T-Bird
Steve Matzura
I am trying to set up filter rules in Thunderbird and have a question. I created a folder as a subfolder of the top-level folder for the email address for which I want filters applied. Next, I found a message that I want to filter into the newly created folder. Next, I opened the Filters dialog on the Tools menu and pressed New. All the questions in the dialog made sense until I came to the combo box for moving the filtered message to the new folder. The drop-down list contained only top-level email address folders, not the one I just created. How do I choose that new folder? A follow-on question: Did I create the filter folder in the wrong place? In other words, should that new folder have been created under Local Folders, not the top-level folder for the email address?
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Re: Cassette Recorders
Gene
So you have a machine to play the recordings and
they are all single track recordings, as I understand matters. Are you
using a desktop or a laptop computer? If you are using a laptop, you may
have to buy an external sound card. Then you will need a recording
program. It sounds as though MP3 Direct Cut would be good for what you are
doing. and, if you don't have one, you will need a patch cord to connect
the recorder, from its earphone jack to the sound card.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: iram shabbir
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders i have purchased my own 4 track tape. by a p h. i
live in pakistan so it is not provided by n l s. my notes are in cacets i want
to degitalize them.
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Re: Starting up Windows in Target Disk Mode
Blaster
I'm not a MAC user, so I can't help you with the first part of your
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question, However, You can download Carlos's talking Windows 10 PE installer to help you with reinstalling windows 10 without sighted assistance. HTH, Blaster
On 12/12/17, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:
Hi,
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Is there a start up sound for sound for JAWS or a way to enable one?
Sent from my iPhone hi guys,
I was just wondering does anybody know if there is anyway to enable a start up sound for jaws? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ashley
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Re: Cassette Recorders
iram shabbir
i have purchased my own 4 track tape. by a p h. i
live in pakistan so it is not provided by n l s. my notes are in cacets i want
to degitalize them.
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Starting up Windows in Target Disk Mode
Sharon Hooley
Hi,
I'm trying to go back to Windows 10 via Bootcamp target disk mode. On my Macbook Air, apparently still in El Capitan. I've given up on VMWARE Fusion, cleaned up with Clean My Mac 3. Now, what I remember from before is that, after I unlock to make the change and restart it in target disk mode, I press the left arrow key and then press enter. It seems that nothing happens. Am I missing something, or do I need to reinstall Windows from my flash drive? If so, is there a way I can do this accessibly, or will I need sighted help? Thanks, Sharon H.
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Re: Cassette Recorders
Gene
The question says that the person has four track
tapes but he/she didn't specify what is meant. The most likely meaning is
that they are tapes recorded by a library for the blind. We don't know
what library service it is and whether the library of Congress format is
used. We can give general directions for recording tapes but without
knowing more, we can't specifically address the format well. And we don't
know if the tapes are recorded at the standard speed or at 15/16, as Library of
Congress tapes are.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Schwartz
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders Gene
Yes, you mentioned four track tapes and I thought that you were referring to those once used by the NLS. Jeff From: main@TechTalk.groups.io
[mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene
Are you talking about library books recorded on four separate tracks?
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: iram shabbir Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders
i have 4 track tape kindly guide me how to digitize the casits. regards
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Re: turntables or Cassette Recorders
Gene
I've read some reviews but I'm not
particularly knowledgeable in the area. It appears to me that many are
ceramic. Do a Google search for something like turntables for digitizing
records review and see what you find. You will probably find individual
reviews of products and general surveys. My impression is that most of
these units are poor quality.
Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Traxler
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:23 PM
Subject: [TechTalk] turntables or Cassette
Recorders seems like we're talking mostly about turntables
even though the subject says Cassette
Recorders.
My wondering is: in those USB turntables you
can buy now-a-days, is the cartrage one of ceramic or magnetic. I've seen
some at very good prices but I don't want one with a ceramic
cartrage.
Howard
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Re: Cassette Recorders
Jeffrey Schwartz
Gene
Yes, you mentioned four track tapes and I thought that you were referring to those once used by the NLS. Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:20 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders
Are you talking about library books recorded on four separate tracks?
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: iram shabbir Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders
i have 4 track tape kindly guide me how to digitize the casits. regards
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Re: turntables or Cassette Recorders
Byron Stephens
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Most of these cheap specials you find are the viny
shredders aka saramic cartriges. You get some that are diamond but those are few
and far between in that range for stuff out today, unless you go very pricey
like a pro-ject carbon that needs an external preamp.
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Re: TIME TO LIGHT UP?
Blaster
I just had the chance to hook up a Philips HUE bridge and a couple of
smart light bulbs and it works very well. This of course was in Apple and Alexa land, but I think they have an android and google version. The phone is only needed to assign an identity to each found smart bulb. I named one Living Room and another Hallway. Then I linked it to Amazon alexa using the Philips phone app. I then had to accept the link on the amazon side and that was it. Now they can say "alexa turn on or off the living room light". or "dim the living room light by 25%". The phone app also allows for remote control of the lights, so you can check to see if you forgot to turn them off, or have them turn on before you get back home. This will totally do what you want, I hope they have an android equivalent. HTH, Blaster On 12/12/17, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. <ukekearuaro@...> wrote: Hello All:
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turntables or Cassette Recorders
Howard Traxler <howard@...>
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seems like we're talking mostly about turntables
even though the subject says Cassette
Recorders.
My wondering is: in those USB turntables you
can buy now-a-days, is the cartrage one of ceramic or magnetic. I've seen
some at very good prices but I don't want one with a ceramic
cartrage.
Howard
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Re: Cassette Recorders
Jeffrey Schwartz
The new breed of turntables have a low mass arm which rides gently on the vinyl. Some are otherwise rather heavy for the stability of the unit. Some folks place their turntables on very heavy “boards” for stability and sometimes folks also use four cushioned unitsone in each corner to further stabilize the turntable. We’ve come a long way since the time when some people taped a nickel to the end of the arm so that it would go through the scratches. By the way, the NLS Library for the blind has not used four track cassettes for many years. They now use digital “disks”. The best way to use their books is to download them from a web site, Bard, and transfer them to a book reader, I use a Victor from humanware. They site has every book as opposed to the library which often has the best books out.
Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:19 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders
Not necessarily. From what I've read, most of the USB equipment meant for digitizing records is of low quality. But it doesn't matter if a turntable is built like a tank for reasons I'll discuss. Also, low mass tone arms, which came into wide use later than the turntables you are discussing gave far better sound than many or perhaps most of the older turntables. I don't know if this is true, but I would think that in the early eighties, you could spend a lot of money for a very good tone arm and get that kind of sound. But the cost would have been far more than most stereo listeners would have wanted to pay. I would get something with a low mass tone arm unless I could get some sort of audiofile turntable with that kind of expensive arm. I've had the kind of built like a tank turntables with the typical arms used then, and my records sounded dramatically better with a low mass tone arm with a turntable that wasn't built like a tank. Also, you don't need the same kind of very heavy construction you did back then for the same level of accuracy of speed. Technology to cause motors to run very accurately became low priced enough to use in reasonably good turntables and in better quality ones, of course. So you didn't need nearly as heavy turntable platters. .
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cassette Recorders
I never get USB anything for turntables. You'd be better off getting a vintage deck from the 70's to the early 80's up to around 1982 when they were still built like tanks.
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