Re: A wording mistake I made in the message about Microphones
Gene
I've seen them referred to as computer microphones. I haven't seen any other way of referring to them.
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Gene
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From: Sharon Hooley Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 8:05 AM To: Techtalk Subject: [TechTalk] A wording mistake I made in the message about Microphones Okay, I just want to clarify the subject. I'm not referring to a headset with microphone; only a mic that you can connect via a jack that's like those of headphones. My bad,
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Re: headphone style microphone?
Mike B
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You would want a microphone powered with or using
a 3.5mm male plug if I'm understanding your question correctly.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers!
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From: Sharon Hooley
To: Techtalk
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 6:02 AM
Subject: [TechTalk] headphone style microphone? I'm using one of those little sound cards that has a jack for a microphone as well as one for headphones. What would you call this kind of mic, so I know what to search for and buy. Thanks,
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A wording mistake I made in the message about Microphones
Sharon Hooley
Okay, I just want to clarify the subject. I'm not referring to a headset with microphone; only a mic that you can connect via a jack that's like those of headphones.
My bad,
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headphone style microphone?
Sharon Hooley
Hi,
I'm using one of those little sound cards that has a jack for a microphone as well as one for headphones. What would you call this kind of mic, so I know what to search for and buy. Thanks,
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Free linux server admin course.
Norman
Hello.
Given the recent interest in linux i thought i'd share this free linux admin course. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/igvf3y/commandlinesysadmin_course_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Accessibility shouldn't be a problem here as all the programs they are using work with nvda. This is not a course for those that use linux on there desktops. This is a course for those who want to run linux servers on digital ocean or amazon aws. Reasons for doing this would be if you want to run your own cloud storage system, email server, host a website, etc. Thanks.
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Almost read, but Thunderbird needs a tweak
Nancy Hill
win10, jaws 20, TB 78ish.
Every time I get an email, Thunderbird plays a sound and makes an announcement. Where can I go to adjust/turn off that kind of announcement? Thanking you in advance, Nancy
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Re: regarding NVDA configurationsprifles
Quentin Christensen
Once you have a profile activated, either manually, or triggered by an app, any changes you make while in that profile (while in the app in the case of triggered profiles) are saved in the profile itself rather than the "normal" profile. So, firstly, make sure you are in the profile you think you are in before making the change. To have NVDA report text formatting while reading is in NVDA's "Document Formatting" settings. Press NVDA+control+d to open that page of the settings directly. Also, if you are interested in the NVDA group that Mike mentioned, the address is: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Kind regards Quentin.
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This week on Eyes On Success: Digital Accessibility
blueskies11
This week’s episode of Eyes On Success is: 2035 Digital Accessibility (Aug. 26, 2020)
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Re: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
Gene
Even if it hadn't been pointed out, down arrowing a line or two would have revealed a line with no content but that didn't say blank, because it isn't. The next line would have been the new message. That is with ;punctuation turned off. if punctuation were set at a high enough level, of course, you would hear the hyphen. Sometimes, if someone bottom posts and there is only one message above it, very early in a thread, I down arrow very quickly through the quoted material. Often, there is a blank line between the qquoted material and the new message. I'm not saying people should bottom post. I'm saying that looking around will often disclose patterns or markers of some sort that make navigation easier.
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Gene
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From: Ann Parsons Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:39 PM To: main@techtalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? Evening all, Well, if I knowed you was comin', I'd a-baked a cake. Just this simple piece of knowledge makes all the difference in the world. I can now look for the hyphen! Thank you for explaining your method in what I thought was madness. <smiling> Ann P. Original message: On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 11:50 AM, Ann Parsons wrote: It is difficult for screen reader users to find where the current post starts. - -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on. ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com-- 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: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
Ann Parsons
Evening all,
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Well, if I knowed you was comin', I'd a-baked a cake. Just this simple piece of knowledge makes all the difference in the world. I can now look for the hyphen! Thank you for explaining your method in what I thought was madness. <smiling> Ann P. Original message:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 11:50 AM, Ann Parsons wrote: It is difficult for screen reader users to find where the current post starts. - -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on. ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com --
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: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
Ann Parsons
Hi all,
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Brian, it is certainly your right to post as you will. Just be aware that you may not be reaching as many people as you want because your style of writing is difficult to read. I've made a polite request, and been refused, 'nough said. Ann P. Original message:
Ann, This simple answer is deal, or put me on ignore. I am not obligated to post in a style that you find acceptable, but that I do. The request you made has been made, off and on, by various people and my response is the same. I find it far more nightmarish on long topics such as this one to try to ferret out who most are replying to or what they're replying to. As I said, I have no intention of including context-setting material, at the top, when it serves my purpose to do so. That is my right, and my style. Brian -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on. ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com --
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: What are we missing access to in Zoom?
Gene
I know well that a program may be very useable even if some aspects of it aren't accessible. Those aspects may be useable by different means, sudch as using the JAWS cursor, screen review in NVEDA, or the touch cursor, object navigation in NVDA. Or those aspects may be acdcessible in ways people generally don't know, such as not being able to see the lights on a modem but being able to see the same information using the modem's web page interface. I may have written my qqquestion in a way that made it seem that I thought some of the program is inaccessible. I didn't mean to do so. I meant to ask if the parts I couldn't find really couldn't be worked with or if there was something I didn't know about how to get access to them. In a later message, I asked if it might be because I don't have an account and one or two answers said that that is the case.
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I know from my use of Zoom that it is very useable and accessible in terms of using it in meetings. I didn't know if things like settings and help, which I can't get to no matter what methods I try, were inaccessible or if there was some other reason I couldn't get to them. That is what I meant to ask and I now know that if I had an account, I could get to them. Gene
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From: Norma A. Boge Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:24 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] What are we missing access to in Zoom? The ACB used Zoom exclusively for its national conference. Highly unlikely a large portion is inaccessible to screen reader users. Just because you can't find something in a program doesn't mean the program has accessibility issues. ion The -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 6:22 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] What are we missing access to in Zoom? Although Zoom is generally useable, from the comments of a sighted friend and from what I've seen in help files and looking around the interface, it appears that there is a whole pane of Zoom we have no access to. I think we have access to the left pane, with all the controls and fields users can tab around to, but I've tried all sorts of navigation methods and one or two keyboard commands and I can't see, as far as I can tell, anything in the right pane. the right pane may include a settings opttion, a help option, and perhaps other things. What are we missing and is it important enough to contact the Zoom development or accessibility, whoever is in charge of such things, team about? Gene
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Re: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
chris judge
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: August 25, 2020 7:02 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
I'm a regular reader of Brian Vogel's posts on this as well as other lists. If he quoted several paragraphs of a person's message or even the entire message itself before posting a response I would agree that this would be problematic for some screen reader users. However, he usually just quotes one or two relevant sentences from the message to which he's responding followed by a hyphen. This is actually helpful as it can provide context as to the subject matter of his posts. If I've missed reading the original message but am curious about the topic this small quote gives me a good idea as to what, specifically, he's going to be writing about. If I'm responding to someone who may be asking several questions in one single message I will also quote each question, with my response below the question. There are several advantages to this method and I feel that this is also acceptable. There are definitely responsible and irresponsible ways to quote. Some are appropriate and can be very helpful. Others are unhelpful and are a waste of bandwidth. I feel that Brian's use of quoting is both responsible and more than acceptable.
David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist www.DavidGoldfield.org On 8/25/2020 12:08 PM, Brian Vogel wrote:
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Re: Chrome Newby
chris judge
Hi. Dean Martineau recently released a book called Get cracking with chrome. It's excellent. Personally I always purchase this type of material when it's released as they are usually a great learning resource. I also have a great deal of respect for folks who do this sort of thing and will support my fellow blinks whenever possible.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley Sent: August 25, 2020 1:45 PM To: Techtalk <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Subject: [TechTalk] Chrome Newby Hi, Is there an accessibility user guide for learning Google Chrome? Thanks,
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Re: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
David Goldfield <david.goldfield@...>
I'm a regular reader of Brian Vogel's posts on this as well as other lists. If he quoted several paragraphs of a person's message or even the entire message itself before posting a response I would agree that this would be problematic for some screen reader users. However, he usually just quotes one or two relevant sentences from the message to which he's responding followed by a hyphen. This is actually helpful as it can provide context as to the subject matter of his posts. If I've missed reading the original message but am curious about the topic this small quote gives me a good idea as to what, specifically, he's going to be writing about. If I'm responding to someone who may be asking several questions in one single message I will also quote each question, with my response below the question. There are several advantages to this method and I feel that this is also acceptable. There are definitely responsible and irresponsible ways to quote. Some are appropriate and can be very helpful. Others are unhelpful and are a waste of bandwidth. I feel that Brian's use of quoting is both responsible and more than acceptable.
David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist www.DavidGoldfield.org On 8/25/2020 12:08 PM, Brian Vogel
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 11:50 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
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Re: number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting?
chris judge
I was only referring to zoom. I haven't use the other clients so have no
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idea as to what features they have. Chris Judge
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez Sent: August 25, 2020 7:21 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? Yes, but since I use other things like free conference call and google meet, I have been told by several people that they don't have the raise your hand feature. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: chris judge Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 2:53 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? I host meetings using zoom all the time, and I rarely have my video on. I would recommend anyone interested in doing any serious hosting get the professional zoom scripts from Brian Hartgen as they really do enhance the accessibility of zoom. While focused on the participants list you can scroll through the names. Jaws will indicate who has their hand raised. -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Sent: August 24, 2020 3:28 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? If you mean that the host has to have his video on, that mayn be. But it isn't clear what you meanor what you were told. The command is available to phone users so if what you were told means anything, it must mean that the host must be connected visually. I don't know if hosts can connect without using a visual connection but I would think it would be rare, if it can be done. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Dominguez Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:16 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? I'm told the raise the hand thing only works on something that's video. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:06 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? We don't know why. As I said, what sense does it make for a company to design a system where phone users are at a disadvantage? There are, doubtless, a lot of people who join meetings by phone for various reasons. Also, there is a raise the hand command that you can do by phone. It is my understanding that if a host mutes the whole room, you can unmute yourself and talk. However, perhaps there is a way that the host can mute everyone where he has to recognize anyone who wishes to speak, requiring that a hand be raised. Perhaps we will get more information. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Dominguez Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 11:48 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? There is an unmute because it works when you mute yourself. There have been people who have tried to unmute them selves, and finally, they either called back or got unmuted and said they were trying to get heard, and we didn't hear them for minutes and minutes. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 11:52 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? I don't know anything about how much the person knows or how reliable he is in what he says about technical matters. Also, if someone tells me something that is likely to be illogical, I'm skeptical. In this case, what you were told appears to be illogical. Why would there be an unmute command if you can't unmute yourself? It might be objected that the command only works by phone if you mute yourself but that would be a completely illogical design. Of course, somethimes a program is illogically designed but that isn't the usual case. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Dominguez Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 10:35 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? The command is star 6. But when I was in the class on Friday, the guy said he didn't want to mute everybody, because if he did that, we couldn't unmute ourselves. So, he kept saying that somebody was making noise and that person should mute themselves. Star 6 is a toggle. I had never before heard that if the head person mutes everybody, only that person can unmute people, so that was a surprise to me. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 11:24 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? There is a specifric command for ;phone users to unmute themselves. And I think they can do so, just as they can with a computer. I don't know that because I haven't specifically searched for answers to the question but that is by far the likely state of things. Why would the designers place phone users at a disadvantage? Gene -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Dominguez Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 9:56 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? That's if you are using a computer. The calls I have made are on the phone, and what we use, which is google meet, it seems that if the person in charge mutes everybody, that person is the only one who can unmute somebody. At least, that's what he told us. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 11:11 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? I'm not sure what would happen if too many people tried to talk at once. The best thing to do might be to mute everyone, you can do that as the host, then have people unmute themselves to talk and mute themselves after they do. I haven't used this feature, but pressing and holding the space bar is supposed to unmute someone when they are muted and then releasing it would mute them again. So people shouldn't have to keep unmuting and muting themselves, just press the space bar to talk. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Hooley Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 8:54 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] number of people acceptable to keep everyone unmuted during a meeting? Hi, How many participants, do you think, would be too much to keep everyone unmuted during the entire meeting? In my case, I have six siblings and 18 nieces and nephews with their families. I wish everyone could come in at once for conversation as if in person.. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks, Is it hard to communicate, even with hearing aids? Visit www.CochlearAmericas.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com
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Re: Question Regarding Accessibility of Creating Surveys on Surveymonkey
Rayn Darren
HI David,
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To my knowledge, Survey Monkey isn't accessible beyond basic surveys. Google forms however is. HTH, Sarah
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of David Goldfield Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:10 PM To: techtalk@groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Question Regarding Accessibility of Creating Surveys on Surveymonkey Hello. I have been asked how accessible the Surveymonkey.com Web site is with screen readers as far as creating surveys. I can create very simple surveys but I have so far been unable to figure out how to create multiple choice questions with controls such as radio buttons. I'm trying to figure out if there are settings that I just have not gotten to yet or if the site just isn't accessible. -- David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist www.DavidGoldfield.org
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Re: Problem with MP3 Tag
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
Nancy,
While I have no idea how the columns may have come to be hidden, my suggestion would be that you open the view menu, customize columns option (ALT+V, C) and then look in the dialog to see which checkboxes are checked as far as visibility of columns goes. I don't believe I ever changed the defaults, and the checked columns are Filename, Path, Title, Artist, Album Artist, Composer, Album, Track, Comment, Codec, Bitrate, Frequency, Length, Modified. I don't really need a number of these to be shown, so will probably uncheck some of them myself. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on. ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com
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Problem with MP3 Tag
Nancy Shackelford
Suddenly, only thing showing is the list of files and no fields. What
may have happened, and what can I do about it? Think i have latest update and using N V D A and Windows 10. Thanks, Nanccce -- Nancy Shackelford --Walk On Faith And Trust In Love - Michael Reid--
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Re: What are we missing access to in Zoom?
Norma A. Boge
The ACB used Zoom exclusively for its national conference. Highly unlikely a
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large portion is inaccessible to screen reader users. Just because you can't find something in a program doesn't mean the program has accessibility issues. ion The
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 6:22 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] What are we missing access to in Zoom? Although Zoom is generally useable, from the comments of a sighted friend and from what I've seen in help files and looking around the interface, it appears that there is a whole pane of Zoom we have no access to. I think we have access to the left pane, with all the controls and fields users can tab around to, but I've tried all sorts of navigation methods and one or two keyboard commands and I can't see, as far as I can tell, anything in the right pane. the right pane may include a settings opttion, a help option, and perhaps other things. What are we missing and is it important enough to contact the Zoom development or accessibility, whoever is in charge of such things, team about? Gene
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