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Re: Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or all-in-ones besides windows Media Player?
Gene
I didn't know you can get it there. I would
think that a Ninite download wouldn't do that but I don't know that.
Others may know. I do know that the portable version doesn't try to
install anything that is unwanted.
Gene
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From: Pamela Dominguez
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or
all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? Does that happen with CDEX even if you get it from ninite.com?
Pam.
From: Gene
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or
all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? I haven't used the XP version of Media Player and I
don't know if it is any different than the Windows 7 version. But the
Windows 7 rips and burns well. As with Microsoft programs of this sort in
general, those that come with Windows and are intendede for the user who doesn't
want more than a basic program, the program does what it does well but if you
want more advanced features, you will have to use other programs.
I haven't seen much in the way of answers to this
question so I'll say that CDEX is a popular ripping program. But if you
use it, get the portable version. The installed version will place
unwanted programs on your system unless you find the uncheck options during
install which are inaccessible with screen-readers in general. You may see
them with System Access or System Access to Go.
I've heard of burning programs but I do very little
burning and I haven't tried any of them. I'm not recommending this one but
it’s a name I remember. Any Burn. I don't know if it places unwanted
software on your machine but if its free, as with most free programs these days,
it probably does. So you might not want to play with it until there is
discussion from others about how easy it is to tell it not to do so, if it
does.
Gene
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From: Sharon S
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or
all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? So far I haven't needed to burn anything so can't say what windows media player is like for that. From Shaz. Canberra, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:26 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? Hi, In your opinion, which would you say is the most accessible CD burner, ripper or all-in-ones software besides Windows Media Player, or is Windows Media Player the one to use in Windows 10 with narrator or NvDA? Thanks for any input, -- Is it hard to communicate, even with hearing aids? Visit http://www.cochlearamericas.com
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Re: iPhone update?
David Mehler
Hi,
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Thanks, I don't think so, and even if that happened taking this third hand contextually from our conversation this person seems like they know how to unload/reload voiceover and manipulate volume. Thanks. DAve.
On 4/1/19, Barb O'Connor <broconnor1972@comcast.net> wrote:
First of all, I don’t think there was any r update that made voiceover
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Re: Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7?
Gene
That is evidence for what I said, that people who
have problems with ribbons, generally haven't received adequate instruction or
training.
I hope what I sent will be helpful. Don't
worry about upper and lower ribbon when you hear it. The upper ribbon is
the categories, home, view, similar to menu categories. the lower ribbon
is the part of the ribbon that displays the items in these categories, such as
items in the view category.
Once ribbons are explained, you will likely not
find them difficult to understand. It may take some time to get used
to them but that's different than just not understanding them.
Gene
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From: joanne
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows
7? use ribbons. The menus just look so hard to understand, and then I'll hear things like upper ribbon and lower ribbon, etc. and I feel lost and not sure which column I need. I'm just one of those who has always used the list views and traditional menus, and I don't feel like this has been explained thoroughly to me. You're a good instructor, I know, because your posts are so thoughtful and helpful. You're most likely doing a great job explaining them to your clients. I just haven't really hit on an explanation that makes sense. I even use the old windows live mail because the newer ones had ribbons and it looked so hard to navigate. That's really it. Maybe it's some kind of visual thing I can't wrap my mind around. But I'm open and have pretty much taught myself computer. If anyone can explain these things and even why it had to be changed to ribbons in the first place, I'll try them. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@...> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 11:35 AM To: <main@techtalk.groups.io> Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7? > Hi all, > > I'm just curious. What is it about ribbons you don't understand? I'm > asking as a trainer because I may need to help somebody some day who > doesn't understand ribbons. I want to know how to minimize the > misunderstanding. I want to know how to explain ribbons so that anyone > can understand. Why don't you understand them? I'm asking as a serious > question. > > As a person who is blind, the appearance of the ribbons can't be what's > throwing you. To a screen reader they just sound like menus except that > you navigate them in a different way. > > I'm not saying that you must use ribbons, I'm just interested in why you > don't like or understand them. Jaws has virtual ribbons if you find that > helpful as well, though I'd really like to understand your problem. Would > you be willing to help a trainer to understand your thinking? > > Ann P. > > > > Original message: >> I've never understood ribbons and there are a couple free ribbon >> disablers >> online. I think the one I have is Ribbon Disabler but not sure if that's >> the >> exact name. But they're available for those of us who understand the >> traditional menus. > > >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@...> >> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 7:00 AM >> To: <main@techtalk.groups.io> >> Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7? > >>> Hi all, > >>> Bill, just use f12 when done writing your file and save it in .txt >>> format. >>> F12 brings you to your good, old, familiar save-as dialog. Tab once to >>> get to the combo box for your file formats. Wordpad's default is .rtf, >>> which is also fine and will be readable by any computer. > >>> As for the ribbons, my best advice is to bite the bullet and learn to >>> use >>> them. It's not hard at all if you remember that the ribbons are merely >>> the combination of the menu bar and the toolbars in Word. Moreover, >>> there >>> are keyboard commands for most ribbon options. In addition, all the >>> keyboard commands that you know and love like ctrl-s and so on still >>> work, >>> even in win10. > >>> It's not arcane, unlearnable, or incomprehensible. It's just a new >>> menu. >>> They just packaged the same old stuff in a different box. > >>> Ann P. > >>> Original message: >>>> I would like to write a small .txt file for my list members. Help! >>>> Help the ribbon! I want Wordpad the .txt format. >>>> Thanks. >>>> Please join me at > > >>>> MemoriesOfDaysGoneBy+subscribe@groups.io > > >>>> Bill R Johnson > > > >>> -- >>> Ann K. Parsons >>> Portal Tutoring >>> EMAIL: akp@... >>> Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/ >>> Portal Tutoring web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >>> Skype: Putertutor > >>> "All that is gold does not glitter, >>> Not all those who wander are lost." > > > > >> > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@... > Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/ > Portal Tutoring web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info > Skype: Putertutor > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > > >
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Re: Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7?
Pamela Dominguez
You hit the nail on the head. It's not the seeing of them, but it was the navigation of them, which, to me, since I'm totally blind, is my seeing of them. That's my two cents on the matter. I use them, and I have gotten more used to them, since I've had them since 2011, but I like menus much better. Pam.
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From: Ann Parsons Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 11:35 AM To: main@techtalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7? Hi all, I'm just curious. What is it about ribbons you don't understand? I'm asking as a trainer because I may need to help somebody some day who doesn't understand ribbons. I want to know how to minimize the misunderstanding. I want to know how to explain ribbons so that anyone can understand. Why don't you understand them? I'm asking as a serious question. As a person who is blind, the appearance of the ribbons can't be what's throwing you. To a screen reader they just sound like menus except that you navigate them in a different way. I'm not saying that you must use ribbons, I'm just interested in why you don't like or understand them. Jaws has virtual ribbons if you find that helpful as well, though I'd really like to understand your problem. Would you be willing to help a trainer to understand your thinking? Ann P. Original message: I've never understood ribbons and there are a couple free ribbon disablers -------------------------------------------------- Hi all, Bill, just use f12 when done writing your file and save it in .txt format. As for the ribbons, my best advice is to bite the bullet and learn to use It's not arcane, unlearnable, or incomprehensible. It's just a new menu. Ann P. Original message:I would like to write a small .txt file for my list members. Help! MemoriesOfDaysGoneBy+subscribe@groups.io Bill R Johnson -- "All that is gold does not glitter, -- Ann K. Parsons Portal Tutoring EMAIL: akp@sero.email Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/ Portal Tutoring web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost."
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Re: Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7?
Pamela Dominguez
A lot of the book players use ribbon-type configurations in their
settings. You mostly left and right arrow instead of up and down arrow, or
do a similar thing with the number pad. The booksense worked more like the
old computer menu structure. Pam.
From: Gene
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows
7? You don't have the old menu structure. You
have a structure that shows things as menus but not the old structure. You
won't see file, edit, etc. and the interface is not as efficient as using
real ribbons.
I think the main reason people have problems with
ribbons is that they aren't taught them properly or don't see good explanatory
material. And this causes a lot of people to spread the impression that
ribbons are a terrrible system and are hard to learn.
I am presenting, after my signature, a short
tutorial I did on ribbons. Please don't prejudge ribbons until you work
with and practice what you learn from this tutorial.
Also, I can't find it now, but I saw an article
describing in detail why the virtual menus from JAWS are inferior to working
with real ribbons. If I can find it, and a number of Internet searches
haven't turned it up, I'll send it in another article.
Gene
I'll provide a brief tutorial based on what I wrote
years ago of how to work with ribbons.
I've added a little to it here.
I don't know how the organization of Windows has
changed in Windows 10 but this description should allow you to look through the
Windows ribbons, or any other ribbons, and see how things are organized.
First, I'll discuss a structure found in later
versions of Windows that you need to know about-- the split button.
One thing you will see as you look around ribbons and in other places in Windows are split buttons. A split button often allows you to see more options than just the default action. Let's take an example. Let's say you come across a split button that says shut down Windows. If you press enter on that button, Windows will shut down. That is the default action. Split buttons often show more options if you either right arrow while on the button or down arrow. As an example, if you are on the shut down split button, you can right arrow and a list of options will open. the items in the list include sleep, hibernate, restart, and others. You up or down arrow through the list or use the short cut commands you hear announced as you move through the list. the letter shortcuts often take actions without pressing enter so be careful when using them, just as you are in menus. So, let's review. You find a split button
that says shut down. If you press enter, the computer will shut down. If
you right arrow, other options may be displayed. Or if you down arrow,
other options may be displayed. A split button won't work with both
methods. One method, either right arrowing or down arrowing will do so if
it can be done with the button. Try both methods if you don't know which
one might work. If you are on a tool bar which extends across the screen
from left to right, down arrowing will open additional options. If you
think about this, it makes sense. If you are in a menu, down arrowing will
move you to the next item in the menu. So you right arrow on the split
button to cause it to display more options. In a tool bar that extends
across the screen from left to right, right arrowing will move you to the next
item in the tool bar. So you down arrow when on the split button to cause
it to display more options. But some tool bars run up and down the screen,
as menus do. And at times, you may not be sure which way a structure
extends on screen. So, as I said, if you are not sure or don't know, try
both methods of causing the split button to display more options. Often,
one of them will work. If you open the options a split button offers and don't
want to work with them, arrow in the opposite direction to move out of
them. For example, if you right arrowed to open more options, left
arrow.
Some split buttons don't do anything when you right arrow or down arrow. In that case, open them with alt down arrow. Then tab through the additional options. I've almost never worked in this way with split buttons but if you want to close a split button, try alt up arrow if you've used alt down arrow to open it. Now, to ribbons themselves.
Regarding ribbons, much of the complaining about
them is not warranted if you understand how they work and how to use short cut
commands effectively and efficiently. and I would strongly recommend
against using the JAWS virtual menus, no matter what the JAWS training material
says about ribbons being difficult to use. the training material is just
plain wrong and using virtual menus, you will be unnecessarily dependent on one
screen-reader. There are other disadvantages to using them which I won't
go into here.
Try looking at ribbons and doing what is described
below in wordpad. Everyone with Windows 7 has Wordpad on their
machine. Wordpad provides a good environment to look at and practice
working with ribbons.
The essence of working with ribbons is
this:
Press alt to move to the upper ribbon. You will probably be on an item that says home tab. Items on the upper ribbon are announced as tabs such as home tab, view tab, etc. To see what ribbons are available, right or left arrow repeatedly to move through the ribbons. Move in one direction to move through all of them, just as you would to move through all the menus. For this demonstration, just so we are all doing
the same thing, move with the right arrow. When you get back to where you
started, you can keep right arrowing to move through the items again, if you
wish. You can move through all the items as many times as you want. Or you
can move with the left arrow whenever you want to move in the opposite
direction.
Stop on view. Then start tabbing. You
will move through all items in what is called the lower ribbon that are in the
view ribbon.
In other words you tab to see the items in a ribbon
once you move to it. Tab moves you forward through the items, shift tab
moves you backword.
So tab and shift tab are used instead of up and down arrow. Many items in the lower ribbon are buttons.
Use either the space bar or enter to activate the button. You may find a button
that opens a menu and if you press enter or the space bar, you will then be in a
menu.
Each time you move to an item, you will hear the
short cut command to work with that item.
But JAWS has a bug and you often won't. To hear the short cut, use the command JAWS key tab. If you are using the default JAWS key, it is either insert. Try tabbing to an item in a Wordpad ribbon and
using the command insert tab. You will hear some extraneous
information. The last thing you will hear is the short cut sequence.
You can repeat the information by repeating the command as often as you
want.
Let's look at an item which is usually called the
application menu. Return to the main program window in wordpad by closing
the ribbons. You can either press escape repeatedly, if necessary, or you
can press alt once. Now, open the ribbons again with alt.
Start right arrowing until you get to the application menu. You will hear application menu and then something like button drop down grid. Never mind drop down grid. It's a description you don't have to worry about. The important things are that you are on a button and at the application menu. Press enter or the space bar to activate the button. Activating the button opens the menu. Start down arrowing. you will hear all the short cut commands necessary to open an item or take an action. When you got to the menu item, you heard alt f. When you open the menu and move through it, you will hear all the letters announced. for example, if you down arrow to save as, you will hear alt f a. that means that, when you are in the main program window, you open the menu as you always did, alt f, then type a. Alt f opens the menau and a then opens save as. Ribbon programs have one menu and you should look through it. Many important and common commands and interfaces such as options may be there. By options, I mean the kind of options interface you used to find in the tools menu. Now the we have seen the menu, let's look at the
ribbons structure some more.
To review, and add more information, as you have seen, you can move to the ribbon interface with alt. Then right and left arrow, just as you would move from menu to menu. You can also move to a ribbon using alt and a letter. So, alt h takes you to the home ribbon. Alt v takes you to the view ribbon, etc. Once you are on the ribbon you want to work with, tab to move forward through the items in a ribbon. Shift tab to move back through the items. So tab and shift tab are used instead of up and down arrow. Ribbons are divided into categories which you will hear announced as you tab. for example, in an e-mail program, a ribbon may have a category named respond. You may hear this announced as respond tool bar. As you tab, you will hear commands such as reply and forward in the respond category. When you hear a category announced, don't tab until you hear everything spoken. You will miss the first command in the category if you do. I'm talking about working with an unfamiliar ribbon. there are often many more commands and items in a ribbon than in a menu. So memorize command sequences for items you know you will use regularly. As I said, there are different categories in ribbons to help organize items. You can quickly jump from category to category in a ribbon to help you see if there is a category you want to look through. Move to a ribbon in Wordpad. For example, alt h for hhome or alt v for view. Then repeatedly issue the command control right arrow to move forward from category to category and control left arrow to move back. When you get to a category you want to hear the items in, start tabbing. Of course, you can shift tab to move back. Open a ribbon in Wordpad and tab through it to see
how it is organized by moving through it.
Then use control right arrow to move by category and tab to see what is in a category. Commands such as control o, control n, control s,
control r, etc. are mostly retained in programs
that use ribbons, though you won't hear them announced. If you don't already know them, you'll have to find them in ways such as by looking at a list of keyboard commands for the program. Such lists are often available in the help for the program. If you already know the commands from having used an older version of the program, most or perhaps even all of the commands you know will work.
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Re: iPhone update?
Barb O'Connor
First of all, I don’t think there was any r update that made voiceover unusable. I updated last week and everything is just fine. I have a couple questions however. Perhaps did your friend perhaps turn speech off with a three finger double tap or turn voiceover off with a triple click to the home button? Also the volume may have gotten turn down in which case voiceover would not be able to be heard. Just throwing that out there for you.
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On Apr 1, 2019, at 3:07 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
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Re: pay pal alternatives?
Kimsan <kimsansong@...>
Zell or venmo.
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On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:40 PM, joanne <grandma1323@...> wrote:
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Re: Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or all-in-ones besides windows Media Player?
Pamela Dominguez
Does that happen with CDEX even if you get it from ninite.com?
Pam.
From: Gene
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or
all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? I haven't used the XP version of Media Player and I
don't know if it is any different than the Windows 7 version. But the
Windows 7 rips and burns well. As with Microsoft programs of this sort in
general, those that come with Windows and are intendede for the user who doesn't
want more than a basic program, the program does what it does well but if you
want more advanced features, you will have to use other programs.
I haven't seen much in the way of answers to this
question so I'll say that CDEX is a popular ripping program. But if you
use it, get the portable version. The installed version will place
unwanted programs on your system unless you find the uncheck options during
install which are inaccessible with screen-readers in general. You may see
them with System Access or System Access to Go.
I've heard of burning programs but I do very little
burning and I haven't tried any of them. I'm not recommending this one but
it’s a name I remember. Any Burn. I don't know if it places unwanted
software on your machine but if its free, as with most free programs these days,
it probably does. So you might not want to play with it until there is
discussion from others about how easy it is to tell it not to do so, if it
does.
Gene
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From: Sharon S
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or
all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? So far I haven't needed to burn anything so can't say what windows media player is like for that. From Shaz. Canberra, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:26 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Most Accessible CD Burner, ripper, or all-in-ones besides windows Media Player? Hi, In your opinion, which would you say is the most accessible CD burner, ripper or all-in-ones software besides Windows Media Player, or is Windows Media Player the one to use in Windows 10 with narrator or NvDA? Thanks for any input, -- Is it hard to communicate, even with hearing aids? Visit http://www.cochlearamericas.com
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Re: I phone questions
Monte Single
Did you see Curtis's last message to Carolyn. He stated how to place a call with a voice command
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What I am talking about is called a "voice command" It has nothing to do with screenreaders or Siri I have a Samsung rugby, it is a flip phone. I can give voice commands for several things like, Check battery, Check time, Signal strength, New message etc. These voice commands were on many brands and models of phone before Siri existed. My aim is to use an I phone without a paid data package. I can do this by using my wifi at home and free public spots.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of janet gross Sent: April-01-19 1:55 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] I phone questions HI Monte, You can't just pick up the phone and tell it to call......... that is not going to happen. If you wanted to do that, you could press the power button on the right side of the phone to alert Siri, and just tell her to call a name in your contacts, or just tell her to dial......... Now, if you have Siri enabled on the lock screen, you can just say, hey Siri call........ or just say dial, and read out the number to her. Although, if you find out any different, please let me know. I use Siri for all I can. Monte, you need to understand voiceover is the screen reader on the iPhone in which it reads what is on the screen, just like JAWS is the screen reader on our computers. Either screen reader will not follow voice commands. Oh sure, you can make a phone call without using Siri, you would need to go in to your contacts, and search for the name of the person who you want to call, and you can double tap on it, and I think the call will go through, although, I haven't used this method in over 4 years though. Now, if I'm wrong please someone chime in here. Apple Accessibility Help Line in the US 877-204-3930. I Hope this helps. Janet -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Monte Single Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 8:55 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] I phone questions No, I do want to use voiceover. I don't want to use Siri, much. That's it. What is the apple accessibility number? Thanks, Monte -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shelly Kane Sent: April-01-19 12:30 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] I phone questions The only thing that I know about this subject of Siri, is that in settings, you can actually turn Siri off so you don't have to deal with her. Me personally, she is my personal assistant and I could never do that. The bottom line is that I think what Monte is saying is that he doesn't want to use Siri at all and if that's the case, he should just turn her off. I think you have to go to Siri settings and there is something in that section. Monte, you could also call Apple Accessibility and they will be able to show you how to turn Siri off. This is what I am getting from all of these messages that he doesn't want voice over or Siri on at all. Shelly On 3/31/2019 8:17 PM, janet gross wrote: Hi Carolyn,
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Re: I phone questions
Curtis Delzer
I don't believe that any audio command to any iDevice can be made without their response system, Siri, because of it's need for getting data to the outside world and receiving an answer.
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On 3/31/2019 5:02 PM, janet gross wrote:
Hi Curtis,
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Re: pay pal alternatives?
Victor
Hello: I would like an answer to this question as well. Do these alternatives work well with the iPhone and the iPad? Thank you, Victor
On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:40 PM, joanne <grandma1323@...> wrote:
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iPhone update?
David Mehler
Hello,
Got a friend, with a friend who has an iPhone. Is there an Apple update that is recent, like last week, that must be got or it kills voiceover? If so, any information on how to get this as apparently this iPhone now is unusable via voiceover until this update is applied. Thanks. Dave.
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Re: I phone questions
Loy <loyrg2845@...>
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You can go to contacts and there you can
use voice over to find the person to call and then locate the button to call the
contact. No way You can give voice over a command.
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Re: I phone questions
Janet
HI Monte,
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You can't just pick up the phone and tell it to call......... that is not going to happen. If you wanted to do that, you could press the power button on the right side of the phone to alert Siri, and just tell her to call a name in your contacts, or just tell her to dial......... Now, if you have Siri enabled on the lock screen, you can just say, hey Siri call........ or just say dial, and read out the number to her. Although, if you find out any different, please let me know. I use Siri for all I can. Monte, you need to understand voiceover is the screen reader on the iPhone in which it reads what is on the screen, just like JAWS is the screen reader on our computers. Either screen reader will not follow voice commands. Oh sure, you can make a phone call without using Siri, you would need to go in to your contacts, and search for the name of the person who you want to call, and you can double tap on it, and I think the call will go through, although, I haven't used this method in over 4 years though. Now, if I'm wrong please someone chime in here. Apple Accessibility Help Line in the US 877-204-3930. I Hope this helps. Janet
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Monte Single Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 8:55 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] I phone questions No, I do want to use voiceover. I don't want to use Siri, much. That's it. What is the apple accessibility number? Thanks, Monte -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shelly Kane Sent: April-01-19 12:30 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] I phone questions The only thing that I know about this subject of Siri, is that in settings, you can actually turn Siri off so you don't have to deal with her. Me personally, she is my personal assistant and I could never do that. The bottom line is that I think what Monte is saying is that he doesn't want to use Siri at all and if that's the case, he should just turn her off. I think you have to go to Siri settings and there is something in that section. Monte, you could also call Apple Accessibility and they will be able to show you how to turn Siri off. This is what I am getting from all of these messages that he doesn't want voice over or Siri on at all. Shelly On 3/31/2019 8:17 PM, janet gross wrote: Hi Carolyn,
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Re: Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7?
joanne
Hi Ann. I actually wish I had a trainer who could show me in-depth how to use ribbons. The menus just look so hard to understand, and then I'll hear things like upper ribbon and lower ribbon, etc. and I feel lost and not sure which column I need. I'm just one of those who has always used the list views and traditional menus, and I don't feel like this has been explained thoroughly to me. You're a good instructor, I know, because your posts are so thoughtful and helpful. You're most likely doing a great job explaining them to your clients. I just haven't really hit on an explanation that makes sense. I even use the old windows live mail because the newer ones had ribbons and it looked so hard to navigate.
That's really it. Maybe it's some kind of visual thing I can't wrap my mind around. But I'm open and have pretty much taught myself computer. If anyone can explain these things and even why it had to be changed to ribbons in the first place, I'll try them. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@sero.email> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 11:35 AM To: <main@techtalk.groups.io> Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Can I get rid of the ribbon with Windows 7? Hi all,
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Re: i phone questions
Curtis Delzer
I just hold down the home button and after the tone I just say "call Carolyn." :)
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On 3/31/2019 3:21 PM, Carolyn Arnold wrote:
Curtis, do you just unlock your screen and say call, or do
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pay pal alternatives?
joanne
My friend is locked out of her pay pal account, and
we actually have been wanting to find alternatives anyway. Using jaws and
windows 7, can someone recommend a pretty straightforward
alternative?
Thanks.
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Re: Windows Twitter App Options
TWBlue is a good option.
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Since I've been out of Twitter for a while now, I don't know if it's still being developed. I hope so. You may tri it. It's free, though you can donate if you want. https://twblue.es Em 01/04/2019 14:37, Joe Orozco disse:
Hi, on the PC, what accessible Twitter apps are folks using? I used to use Chicken Nugget but understand the developers may have abandoned work on it. Are there any other similar alternatives that allow one to use virtual keyboards from anywhere in the Windows environment? Thanks in advance, Joe
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Windows Twitter App Options
Joe Orozco
Hi, on the PC, what accessible Twitter apps are folks using? I used to
use Chicken Nugget but understand the developers may have abandoned work on it. Are there any other similar alternatives that allow one to use virtual keyboards from anywhere in the Windows environment? Thanks in advance, Joe
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Re: Portable NLS players besides a Smart Phone
Janet
Hi Ann,
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I'm just wondering who you are talking to in this message? Janet
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ann Parsons Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 7:31 PM To: main@techtalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Portable NLS players besides a Smart Phone Hi all, Well now, either you haven't been blind long or some idiot has convinced you that exploring an item with your hands is wrong. Probably given you some nonsense about not touching things because people don't do that. How the Hell are you supposed to learn about your world if you don't explore it with your hands, both hands. Now, I'm not advocating far out stuff like feeling people's faces, but I most certainly am advocating for exploring an object or your environment thoroughly with your hands. Start at the top and work down. Don't be afraid to get dusty or dirty. Sometimes it can be gross, but someone's eyes see those same things. Unless you live in a desert, you can always wash your hands. No touching of hot things or getting in the way of power tools, please. <smiling> The next time you use your DTBM, feel the entire top of it. The seal is right there. It's round, and it's raised. There's a design in the center and lettering around the edges. You'll find it, you can't miss it. The same seal is on the cases too. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons Portal Tutoring EMAIL: akp@sero.email Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/ Portal Tutoring web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost."
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