Re: Lost the pound sign
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Brian's Mail list account wrote:
This is a £ ie pound sign and this is a # ie hash or number sign.Er, while you're not wrong that the pounds sterling sign is referred to as the pound sign, the symbol used at the start of a hashtag, often referred to as a number sign, is also referred to, and not infrequently, as the pound sign [programmers tend to do this a lot, as do people in telecommunications]. I do not believe the issue is with the pounds sterling symbol, but because the original poster was used to hearing # announced as "pound sign" and it's now being announced as "number." I also just tried changing my keyboard from English, US, to English UK (UK Keyboard) and it is making no difference whatsoever in how # is being pronounced (number) or £ is being pronounced (pounds sterling) while it does change what gets typed when SHIFT+Number Row 2 is pressed. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dehmel
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Re: possible eloquence solution
Rui Fontes
/Sorry, but /Vocalizer from NVDA allows you to create an activated copy on your portable NVDA...
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Rui Fontes Às 18:07 de 18/07/2018, Richard Wells escreveu:
The other major issue for me with using Authorized Eloquence is accessing NVDA Portable. If Eloquence is the default synthesizer in the portable NVDA, it won't speak on an unlicensed machine. This also goes for Nuance high-quality voices.
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Re: Questions About Internet Explorer
JM Casey <crystallogic@...>
If you want, you can even just delete them through file explorer, as I believe iE saves items by default in a subfolder of your documents.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris via Groups.Io
Sent: July 18, 2018 1:04 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Questions About Internet Explorer
Try a right click on the website in the favourites menu and select delete
From: Ibrahim Ajayi
Hello: Please I'll like to find out how I can remove saved websites from the favorites menu of IE. I cannot find any option to remove it in the add to favoirtes dialog box. So, how can I go about removing this unwanted websites. Secondly, how can I find or access the history menu on IE. Unlike what you have on firefox, where you have a history menu just before bookmarks, there is no such thing on IE. I am made to understand that there is a history menu on IE. Please where can I find or access it. Kind regards. Ibrahim.
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Re: possible eloquence solution
Richard Wells
The other major issue for me with using Authorized Eloquence is accessing NVDA Portable. If Eloquence is the default synthesizer in the portable NVDA, it won't speak on an unlicensed machine. This also goes for Nuance high-quality voices.
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On 7/18/2018 3:23 AM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
My issue and my only issue with product activation licences in general is the fact that depending how they are constructed ie eloquence, that you have to deactivate it on each major update, thats fine in reality however because there is a 6 month basically new os update it gets a bit well annoying there should be a way to assign a licence to your machine or in the case of win10 an account or something.
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Re: Questions About Internet Explorer
Thank you very much for your prompt response. It is indeed
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comprehensive and detailed. I can't thank you enough. Kind regards. Ibrahim
On 7/18/18, Ethan <ethan8768@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Ibrahim,
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
Sky Mundell
No they don’t care at all.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:06 AM To: Nvda List Subject: Re: [nvda] VFO not complimentary about NVDA
I brought that up at the jobs I work for and they just say either use jaws or don’t work for us. It’s not fair really. And the blindness organizations don’t really care anyway. They are just there for the money, or lck thereof. On Jul 18, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Sky Mundell <skyt@...> wrote:
Yes there are deliberate lies going on with those blind organisations about alternative products. What they fail to take into account is that there are cutbacks going on in education, employment, and funding can only go so far. Not only that, but when the cutbacks begin to bite, these organisations will be forced to seek out cheaper things such as NVDA. At that point, they may go with NVDA. What also surprises me is that VFO hasn't even put up their prices yet! I have just listened to the latest issue of Techtalk from the RNIB in
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
I brought that up at the jobs I work for and they just say either use jaws or don’t work for us. It’s not fair really. And the blindness organizations don’t really care anyway. They are just there for the money, or lck thereof.
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Re: Questions About Internet Explorer
Chris
Try a right click on the website in the favourites menu and select delete
From: Ibrahim Ajayi
Sent: 18 July 2018 18:02 To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Questions About Internet Explorer
Hello: Please I'll like to find out how I can remove saved websites from the favorites menu of IE. I cannot find any option to remove it in the add to favoirtes dialog box. So, how can I go about removing this unwanted websites. Secondly, how can I find or access the history menu on IE. Unlike what you have on firefox, where you have a history menu just before bookmarks, there is no such thing on IE. I am made to understand that there is a history menu on IE. Please where can I find or access it. Kind regards. Ibrahim.
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Questions About Internet Explorer
Hello:
Please I'll like to find out how I can remove saved websites from the favorites menu of IE. I cannot find any option to remove it in the add to favoirtes dialog box. So, how can I go about removing this unwanted websites. Secondly, how can I find or access the history menu on IE. Unlike what you have on firefox, where you have a history menu just before bookmarks, there is no such thing on IE. I am made to understand that there is a history menu on IE. Please where can I find or access it. Kind regards. Ibrahim.
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Re: Lost the pound sign
Rui Fontes
?The problem is that NVDA have changed how the symbol is named...
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/The # sign is now read as Number... /To change that, iy is necessary go to NVDA menu, Preferences, Punctuation/symbol pronunciation... and change it there... Rui Fontes Às 17:42 de 18/07/2018, Chris via Groups.Io escreveu:
Hitting windows+spacebar will change keyboard language
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Re: Questions About Internet Explorer
Ethan
Hello Ibrahim,
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To remove a website from your favorites, in the favorites bar after pressing Alt+A, locate the favorite you would like to delete in the menu. Pressing the Delete key on your keyboard should delete the favorite from the list. With regards to Internet Explorer History, you can access this information by pressing control+H. This will show a tree view, where you can expand and collapse the items by using the right and left arrow keys. Using up and down arrows will allow you to view the websites in this expanded menu, or take you to other collapsed date categories. To open one of these websites, press the enter key. Alternatively, to return to the page you were on prior to opening the history, press control+H. Hope this helps, Ethan
On 7/18/18, Ibrahim Ajayi <kobisko@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello:
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
Hi all, To Brian: we need the link to that podcast please to we can verify assertions made here. Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sky Mundell
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:50 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] VFO not complimentary about NVDA
That’s great Devin!
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
The assistive tech department here teaches NVDA, and other low-cost solutions, although iPhone is still taught for blind people, but Android is used by many low-vision people.
On Jul 18, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Sky Mundell <skyt@...> wrote:
Yes there are deliberate lies going on with those blind organisations about alternative products. What they fail to take into account is that there are cutbacks going on in education, employment, and funding can only go so far. Not only that, but when the cutbacks begin to bite, these organisations will be forced to seek out cheaper things such as NVDA. At that point, they may go with NVDA. What also surprises me is that VFO hasn't even put up their prices yet! I have just listened to the latest issue of Techtalk from the RNIB in
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Questions About Internet Explorer
Hello:
Please I just want to know how to remove saved weebsites from my favorites menu. I can't find any option in the add to favorites dialog to remove them. So, how can I go about removing them. Secondly, how can one acess history on internet explorer. Unlike what you have in firefox, in which there is a history menu, there is nothing like that in IE. But I hear there is such a menu. Where can I find it. Or how can it be accessed. Kind regards. From Ibrahim.
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Questions About Internet Explorer
Hello:
Please I just want to know how to remove saved weebsites from my favorites menu. I can't find any option in the add to favorites dialog to remove them. So, how can I go about removing them. Secondly, how can one acess history on internet explorer. Unlike what you have in firefox, in which there is a history menu, there is nothing like that in IE. But I hear there is such a menu. Where can I find it. Or how can it be accessed. Kind regards. From Ibrahim.
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
Sky Mundell
That’s great Devin!
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:49 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] VFO not complimentary about NVDA
The assistive tech department here teaches NVDA, and other low-cost solutions, although iPhone is still taught for blind people, but Android is used by many low-vision people. On Jul 18, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Sky Mundell <skyt@...> wrote:
Yes there are deliberate lies going on with those blind organisations about alternative products. What they fail to take into account is that there are cutbacks going on in education, employment, and funding can only go so far. Not only that, but when the cutbacks begin to bite, these organisations will be forced to seek out cheaper things such as NVDA. At that point, they may go with NVDA. What also surprises me is that VFO hasn't even put up their prices yet! I have just listened to the latest issue of Techtalk from the RNIB in
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
Devin Prater
The assistive tech department here teaches NVDA, and other low-cost solutions, although iPhone is still taught for blind people, but Android is used by many low-vision people.
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Re: Lost the pound sign
Chris
Hitting windows+spacebar will change keyboard language
From: Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io
Sent: 18 July 2018 16:46 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Lost the pound sign
I'd not know how this could be changed accidentally. Would she be likely to have system restore on and be able to go back to a couple of days ago, or is it off in 10 by default. Even then, I'm not sure it has any effect on the installed keyboard language. i have had issues in the past with word deciding to use American english templates for documents for no good reason which really fouls up the spell checker big time!
Brian
bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Stone" <antony.stone@...> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Lost the pound sign
> It sounds like your computer has switched from thinking it has a UK > keyboard > layout (which has a pound sign on shift-3) to a US layout (which has a > hash > symbol on shift-3, and is often read as "number"). > > To confirm this, what do you get by pressing shift-2? > > A UK layout will give you double quote marks; a US layout will give you an > "at" sign. > > > Antony. > > On Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 16:18:29, Sakina wrote: > >> Dear Gene and friends, >> Thank you for your help regarding adding new email address in my people >> app. I am sorry for I am not too clever and am still trying to figure it >> out. Sadly, I do not have many addresses and therefore would be happy >> doing it manually. For now I am cutting and pasting the address in the to >> field. >> Now today please I have lost my pound sign in my word document. I always >> used to press shift key and press number 3 for the pound sign. Now when I >> press shift key and number 3 it keeps saying number. >> I do not know what I must have pressed accidently on the key board as I >> am one hundred % user of keyboard and do not know what to do. I will >> greatly appreciate any help. >> Always thanking you all >> Sakina > > -- > If you were ploughing a field, which would you rather use - two strong > oxen or > 1024 chickens? > > - Seymour Cray, pioneer of supercomputing > > Please reply to the > list; > please *don't* CC > me. > > >
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Re: Lost the pound sign
Chris
Ok try this
Windows key+spacebar
This should switch the keyboard language to uk English, which I believe you wanted
From: Sakina
Sent: 18 July 2018 15:42 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Lost the pound sign
Friend, For 7 years I have been using the same keyboard. It I am sure is not US keyboard. Since last night, it always did the proper action. When I just want letter 3 it gave and still gives letter 3 And used to with shift key give me # pound sign But now when I need pound sign instead it says number. Sakina Letter 3 by itself.
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From: Chris via Groups.Io
That’s odd, mine says pound sign as it should I guess you are using US keyboard layout rather than the UK keyboard
From: Ian Blackburn
When the computer says the word number in that situation it means the pound sign
Dear Gene and friends, Thank you for your help regarding adding new email address in my people app. I am sorry for I am not too clever and am still trying to figure it out. Sadly, I do not have many addresses and therefore would be happy doing it manually. For now I am cutting and pasting the address in the to field. Now today please I have lost my pound sign in my word document. I always used to press shift key and press number 3 for the pound sign. Now when I press shift key and number 3 it keeps saying number. I do not know what I must have pressed accidently on the key board as I am one hundred % user of keyboard and do not know what to do. I will greatly appreciate any help. Always thanking you all Sakina
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
Sky Mundell
Yes there are deliberate lies going on with those blind organisations about alternative products. What they fail to take into account is that there are cutbacks going on in education, employment, and funding can only go so far. Not only that, but when the cutbacks begin to bite, these organisations will be forced to seek out cheaper things such as NVDA. At that point, they may go with NVDA. What also surprises me is that VFO hasn't even put up their prices yet!
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of mikolaj holysz Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:21 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] VFO not complimentary about NVDA Same thing happens over here, in POland. Altix, the local distributor of JAWS, has recently released a series of articles about Jamie leaving NV Access for Mozilla even though he did this a long time ago and about all the features NVDA doesn't have and JAWS does. I've even heart accounts of people who were told by altix representatives that NVDA is dangerous to their computers and that it might fry their motherboards, though I don't know if those who retold the story were speaking the truth or merely exaggerating. This seems like pressure from Freedom Scientific to promote JAWS. W dniu 2018-07-18 o 17:33, Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io pisze: I have just listened to the latest issue of Techtalk from the RNIB in
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Re: VFO not complimentary about NVDA
bob jutzi <jutzi1@...>
I've used NVDA over two years and can't be happier with it. It's extremely snappy and supports what I use very well. The screen review modes do take some adjusting to but well worth it as it beats throwing down $100 for upgrades. This doesn't sound like much but it is if you aren't employed and have other home expenses.
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Nice job NV!
On 7/18/2018 12:03 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
Oh come on. I’ve not ben using freedom rash tiva's products now for 8 years and I’m quite happy with it. I do talk to employers though and they say I either use jaws or nothing at all, they don’t want to install nvda on their systems. I explain what it is, and even my services here don’t want to deal with nvda even though i’ve brought it up. They don’t like open source. I wish that people would quit using freedom trash tiva’s stuff and switch to nvda, it is over all the best experience and getting better on a daily basis.On Jul 18, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io <bglists=blueyonder.co.uk@groups.io> wrote:
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