Re: Nvda and Vocalizer: how to buy just one Voice
Walmir Schultz <wsautodidata@...>
Hi,
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I live in Brazil and the obstacle for using Vocalizer is the price. I understand that software developing has a cost, but, living in a country where most of the blind don't have even a job, think that the cost is very high. maybe, by offering one or two voices free of charge might be a good idea. Em 14/04/2018 14:46, Rui Fontes escreveu:
You also can buy online on our webpage, www.vocalizer-nvda.com.
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Re: Chrome's interface was: RE: [nvda] any one on here use f123 chrome extention?
Walmir Schultz <wsautodidata@...>
Hi, What I like in Firefox is the bookmarks panel. As my bookmarks are all organized in logical groups, I can browse sites in a sequence. For example, I have a Daily folder and can navigate all the sites, in order, simply by going to the bookmark panel and going to the next bookmark with a simple stroke in the down arrow key. Using Chrome to navigate in the order I want is very time
consuming. Em 14/04/2018 21:13, Gene escreveu:
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Re: Is this a possible bug in nvda??
Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
It happens about 1 time in three, and its obvious now that when it occurs its because nvda does not get time to close at log out always, so one assumes its still running when you restart but crippled. This could be the same issue I've mentioned about updates not always starting after an install in nvda.
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Interesting. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io" <bglists=blueyonder.co.uk@groups.io> To: <nvda@groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 11:23 AM Subject: [nvda] Is this a possible bug in nvda?? Just now I noticed that the context menus had stopped reading as often can happen on exiting a misbehaving bit of software, but that is not the thrust of this.
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Is this a possible bug in nvda??
Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
Just now I noticed that the context menus had stopped reading as often can happen on exiting a misbehaving bit of software, but that is not the thrust of this.
I'm using windows 7 and I decided to log off then log in to me again as this usually fixes the problem. Having done this though I then found that I could not bring up the nvda menu. The only way for fixing this was to restart nvda. The nvda did not terminate it just was closed forcible as one could see in the log. Then restart again. I've since tried this several times logging off then on again with exactly the same results. I'm using windows 7 64 and nvda latest master version as installed copy. This reminded me of the old xp issue of it thinking an nvda window was there and hence decide not to do anything. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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Re: Instructions for Attachments in GMail?
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Er, yes maybe maybe not...:-)
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From: "zahra" <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] Instructions for Attachments in GMail? hi.
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Re: Instructions for Attachments in GMail?
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PS why are you using such an old version of nvda?
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From: "David Russell" <david.sonofhashem@gmail.com> To: "nvda" <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:22 AM Subject: [nvda] Instructions for Attachments in GMail? Hello NVDA Users,
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Re: Instructions for Attachments in GMail?
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To be honest, I hated the gmail even standard interface from the attaches standpoint. I enabled pop3 on the account and used my old Outlook Express and then I can just save the doc off or set it to open in the program of my choice without getting bogged down with google proprietary mumb jumbo.
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From: "David Russell" <david.sonofhashem@gmail.com> To: "nvda" <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:22 AM Subject: [nvda] Instructions for Attachments in GMail? Hello NVDA Users,
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Re: Lenovo computers wunning Win10 and NVDA
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Its about time Seeing AI was put out for android phones I feel. ahem.
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From: "Jessica D" <jldail13@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] Lenovo computers wunning Win10 and NVDA Hi, I don’t have any experience with that brand of computer, but I just updated my HP pivillian notebook from Windows 7 to windows 10. I used seeing AI throughout the entire process. Thanks, Jessica Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Lisa P Geibel Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:51 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Lenovo computers wunning Win10 and NVDA Hi, Forgive me for this post looking like it does, but I have to do email with my iPhone and I'm not as good with that as I am with the computer. Ours just died tis morning and we're going to try to get a new one as soon as we can. We're currently looking at a Lenovo, but this will be the first computer my husband and I have bought solo and are going to try to set it up with little to no sighted assistance as that would cost more. I know it can and has been done by other blind people, but I don't know if this particular brand has been done. Should this be doable using Narrarator then NVDA or do these computers have some sort of funky screen that must be gotten through by a sighted person like a few years ago with some? It will have Windows 10 on it if that helps any? Thanks for any help and wish us luck. We're thinking of getting it from Best Buy. Sent from Lisa's iPhone6 On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Brian Vogel <britechguy@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:30 am, Gene wrote: I don't use IMAP so I can't compare. But without more information, the assumption that everyone should use IMAP shouldn't be made. Yes, Gene, it can be made if one is setting up a new account. There is absolutely no advantage of POP unless you have constant need to access very old e-mail messages and are very frequently not connected to the internet. And that's whether or not one is using multiple devices or not. IMAP keeps all messages, and folders you may create for categorizing them, on the e-mail server and I don't know of a single data center that doesn't have far better backup plans than any individual could have. This also saves the nightmare of having to export and import e-mail messages if one changes computers or adds another computer or mobile device from which one now wishes to access mail. Even if one is setting up one's existing account, that has been using POP, it's better to set it up as IMAP in the new e-mail client and transfer all of your existing mail over to the server using your current client to do so. It's all well documented in this article: https://www.msoutlook.info/question/634 IMAP has come to supplant POP almost entirely, and for good reasons. I would never suggest setting up a new account as POP because most people these days do want to have the ability to access the same account or accounts from multiple devices and, even if they don't, the convenience of being able to abandon one e-mail client for another and just set up their account in another and everything is "automagically" there. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1709, Build 16299 (dot level on request - it changes too often to keep in signature) The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~ Niels Bohr
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Re: help, can't get balloon about Win 10 back!
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Never10 is the one i used, its a toggle once installed.
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From: "zahra" <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] help, can't get balloon about Win 10 back! hi.
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Re: help, can't get balloon about Win 10 back!
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I'd not say 7 is slow. I think we need to know if its always been slow or has slowed, and then discuss why. In my experience when i did dip my toe in the 10 water, a machine which was slow on xp or 7 was equally slow on 10!
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Not always of course, but it depends on the reason for the slowness, ie processor throttling lack of ram or hard disc fragmentation. often fitting an ssd in a machine seems to miraculously speed it up! Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Jessica D" <jldail13@gmail.com> To: "NVDA users list" <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Cc: "Jaws user list" <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 6:10 PM Subject: [nvda] help, can't get balloon about Win 10 back! Hi, I have a windows 7 laptop, with both Jaws 16, and NVDA 2018.1.1 on it This morning, when I booted the system, I got a message in the corner of my screen, which said, "get windows 10" so I clicked it, and supposedly, reserved my copy. note: at that time, I wasn't connected to wifi, but apparently it still worked. I wish I could get that balloon back, now that I'm connected just to make sure. Windows 7 is very slow. What can I do? Sorry for cross-posting but I felt that was best, since I have both screen-readers installed, although, Jaws is unlicensed. Thanks for any help you can provide. Thanks, Jessica
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Re: Email clients
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Not all web site driven systems offering imap are created equal, is all I'd say here.
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From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <ishe@chinyoka.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Therein lies the advantage of IMAP: messages are not permanently deleted
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Re: Email clients
James AUSTIN
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IMAP not supporting automatic sorting might explain why my rules work only intermittently and then only on UNIX-based systems not on Thunderbird. I miss OE but really like Thunderbird. Best wishes James
On 16/04/2018 10:42, Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io wrote:
Ho ho. Two things.
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Re: Email clients
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Its interesting that on virgin, i can set up pop 3 rules to delete from server and never see idiot email but if I enable imap as well I do still see stuff deleted from the pop3 server as they seem tohave different stores neither talking to the other. In some cases one form has delivered email to me hours before the other has as well, so its probably a very common issue as there are a lot of servers who are using the same platform that virgin does it seems. However their web interface is rubbish.
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From: "Gene" <gsasner@ripco.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients If you set up a machine with an IMAP account and another e-mail program on that machine or another is already using POP3 and is automatically deleting messages from the server, there will be little or nothing to download in the program using IMAP at the outset because the other program will have been removing messages as that program downloads them. So you will still have to import messages from your other program if you want them in the new one even if you set up an IMAP account. Also, for people who don't use more than one device, computer or whatever, to download e-mail, I don't know if IMAP is as convenient. I don't use IMAP so I can't compare. But without more information, the assumption that everyone should use IMAP shouldn't be made. You didn't say everyone should use IMAP, but often in such discussions, that is the impression given by the exchange of messages. I'm saying that unless this is demonstrated, it shouldn't be assumed by readers. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Vogel Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:30 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Thunderbird has not been, in my experience, slow. It is also configurable "out the wazoo" so you can eliminate seeing the vast majority of the defaults you don't want to see if you look up how to turn them off. When I've been installing Thunderbird for my blind and VI clients I do not set up the calendar feature, Lightning, unless they say they actually use an electronic calendar. Also, if at all possible, when setting up e-mail accounts these days, one should always use IMAP access. This eliminates the need to import messages entirely when a new e-mail client is set up, since that happens all on its own after the client syncs with the server. It's also worth considering using your e-mail provider's webmail interface, too. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1709, Build 16299 (dot level on request - it changes too often to keep in signature) The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~ Niels Bohr
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Re: Email clients
Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
Ho ho. Two things.
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1 Imap does not support automatic sorting of emal on the users machine 2 webmail puts the design of the user interface beyond your control. Never a good thing for a vital communication tool. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Brian Vogel" <britechguy@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Thunderbird has not been, in my experience, slow. It is also configurable "out the wazoo" so you can eliminate seeing the vast majority of the defaults you don't want to see if you look up how to turn them off. When I've been installing Thunderbird for my blind and VI clients I do not set up the calendar feature, Lightning, unless they say they actually use an electronic calendar. Also, if at all possible, when setting up e-mail accounts these days, one should always use IMAP access. This eliminates the need to import messages entirely when a new e-mail client is set up, since that happens all on its own after the client syncs with the server. It's also worth considering using your e-mail provider's webmail interface, too. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1709, Build 16299 (dot level on request - it changes too often to keep in signature) * * *The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.* * But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another* * profound truth.* * ~ * *Niels Bohr*
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Re: Email clients
Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
In theory it should not have to be that way with interfaces in my view. There is absolutely not real reason why Microsoft should not offer other interfaces to make windows look like many earlier versions or anything else, its just a shell or skin in the end.
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I really don't understand why this is not done, it might increase early adoption of new versions. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Damien Garwood" <damien@dcpendleton.plus.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Hi, I would be interested to have the menu version as well, if you have it. I’ve never quite got my head around ribbons and so have never been able to really look into what it can do. Just goes to show that what you learned in IT classes at school 20 years ago soon turns out to be completely pointless and thus a total waste of time and energy. But hey ho. Such is life. Everything must experience change, I guess. Cheers. Damien. From: Gene Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 4:05 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients It may be possible that installing Drop Box caused this problem but it's unlikely. You can try the following: You can reinstall Windows Live Mail but you will need a full installer since Microsoft no longer provides one. I don't know if you can just run the installer or if you have to remove Windows Live Mail first. You can try either way you want. I'll assume you are using the ribbon version and I'll send you a download link for that. If you are using the older menu version, let us know. Instead of reinstalling the program, you may wish to run a system restore point from before the problem started first, and see if that corrects it. The download link is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ofa66y48zgxnet/wnewlsetup-all.exe?dl=1 Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Damien Garwood Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 9:12 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Email clients Hi there, Ten minutes in the life of seemingly old fashioned Damien, using Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail: * Check emails. * Install Dropbox. * Realise that it’s turned into a pile of sludgy sluggish inaccessible mess. * Uninstall Dropbox. * Attempt to check emails. * Receive a message that WLDCore.dll is missing. So in that ten minutes, the only significant thing was to install and uninstall Dropbox, leading me to think that Dropbox somehow corrupted it. I'll save that rant for my rants folder. I then nonchalantly uninstall, and launch the Windows Live Essentials installer expecting to be able to repair it. Of course, it doesn’t budge. Only then, do I find out that WLM has been discontinued, seemingly with nothing to replace it for Windows 7 users. Another rant for my rants folder. I wouldn’t be particularly bothered. I wouldn't say that WLM is the best client I've ever used. In fact, every client I've used up to now could do with some accessibility tips. Even so, despite its shortcomings, WLM was the next best thing to OE and so I’ve been using that for the past four or five years. This puts me in a real dilemma. I’m only able to write this email now, thanks to System Restore (A feature I swore I would never use thanks to its abilities to mess things up). As a result, I highly feel that I need to get a replacement client, hopefully something a little less sporadic in its development and life/support cycles. However, I can’t find a basic, accessible client that: 1. Is free of unnecessary outright bloated clutter, 2. Is fully accessible, responsive and comprehensible, and 3. Is able to import WLM folders and messages. Here are the three that I have heard apparently work well, and my experiences: 1. OEClassic Since I liked Outlook Express, and since I have heard a lot about OEClassic on this list, I thought it would make sense to first try that one. However I was disappointed. When tabbing through the main window, I had no idea what was what (the controls seemed to be unlabelled or labelled incorrectly), and some even said “Unknown”. And that’s even before I touched any settings. 2. Pegasus While Pegasus was the first email client I was ever introduced to, that was nearly 20 years ago, and using a different screen reader. Similar to OEClassic, I found several “Unknown” controls, not to mention the old rich-text-based help system used in the Windows 98 days. 3. Thunderbird Thunderbird was the only option of the three to allow me to set up a mailbox before use, and even that was a nightmare, simply because it was determined to persuade me to use encrypted channels. Also, while it does seem to be the most accessible of the three in terms of navigation, it also seems full of unnecessary clutter (different tabs, toolbars, calendars and news feeds, half of which I’ll never use). Also can’t get my head around the fact that its window makes heavy use of HTML – I’m used to seeing a good old listbox, pressing enter on a message, and reading it. Finally, WLM seems to be absent from import options of all three. I see frequent mention of Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Mail, Thunderbird...But not Windows Live. At this point, I've no idea what my next step is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Damien.
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Re: Email clients
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I cannot understand why this add on has not been put into the main app modules in nvda to be honest. I think one thing that tbird missed out on was emulating the shortcuts of OE as an option.
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From: "Damien Garwood" <damien@dcpendleton.plus.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Hi, You need an addon for repositioning columns? Wow. Usually something like that would come as an option within the application itself (Explorer, OE etc). Considering how flexible and versatile Mozilla applications generally are, that surprises me to no end. Would you say Thunderbird was the best client? If so then I’ll give it more than just the perfunctory glance. Like I say, it does seem the most accessible when it comes to finding and navigating controls. Also, how would I go about importing my WLM stuff over? Cheers. Damien. From: Ron Canazzi Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:40 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Email clients Hi Damien, If you use Thunderbird, a lot of the extraneous stuff can be turned off under tools/options. In addition, NVDA works much better with Thunderbird than does JAWS. Also, there is an add on for Thunderbird and Firefox for NVDA that allows among other things, the re positioning of columns in Thunderbird. This is very convenient for those of us who wish to have the Sender's name first rather than the default subject line first in the columns as they are read when you move up/down a list of received messages. On 4/15/2018 10:12 AM, Damien Garwood wrote: Hi there, Ten minutes in the life of seemingly old fashioned Damien, using Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail: * Check emails. * Install Dropbox. * Realise that it’s turned into a pile of sludgy sluggish inaccessible mess. * Uninstall Dropbox. * Attempt to check emails. * Receive a message that WLDCore.dll is missing. So in that ten minutes, the only significant thing was to install and uninstall Dropbox, leading me to think that Dropbox somehow corrupted it. I'll save that rant for my rants folder. I then nonchalantly uninstall, and launch the Windows Live Essentials installer expecting to be able to repair it. Of course, it doesn’t budge. Only then, do I find out that WLM has been discontinued, seemingly with nothing to replace it for Windows 7 users. Another rant for my rants folder. I wouldn’t be particularly bothered. I wouldn't say that WLM is the best client I've ever used. In fact, every client I've used up to now could do with some accessibility tips. Even so, despite its shortcomings, WLM was the next best thing to OE and so I’ve been using that for the past four or five years. This puts me in a real dilemma. I’m only able to write this email now, thanks to System Restore (A feature I swore I would never use thanks to its abilities to mess things up). As a result, I highly feel that I need to get a replacement client, hopefully something a little less sporadic in its development and life/support cycles. However, I can’t find a basic, accessible client that: 1. Is free of unnecessary outright bloated clutter, 2. Is fully accessible, responsive and comprehensible, and 3. Is able to import WLM folders and messages. Here are the three that I have heard apparently work well, and my experiences: 1. OEClassic Since I liked Outlook Express, and since I have heard a lot about OEClassic on this list, I thought it would make sense to first try that one. However I was disappointed. When tabbing through the main window, I had no idea what was what (the controls seemed to be unlabelled or labelled incorrectly), and some even said “Unknown”. And that’s even before I touched any settings. 2. Pegasus While Pegasus was the first email client I was ever introduced to, that was nearly 20 years ago, and using a different screen reader. Similar to OEClassic, I found several “Unknown” controls, not to mention the old rich-text-based help system used in the Windows 98 days. 3. Thunderbird Thunderbird was the only option of the three to allow me to set up a mailbox before use, and even that was a nightmare, simply because it was determined to persuade me to use encrypted channels. Also, while it does seem to be the most accessible of the three in terms of navigation, it also seems full of unnecessary clutter (different tabs, toolbars, calendars and news feeds, half of which I’ll never use). Also can’t get my head around the fact that its window makes heavy use of HTML – I’m used to seeing a good old listbox, pressing enter on a message, and reading it. Finally, WLM seems to be absent from import options of all three. I see frequent mention of Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Mail, Thunderbird...But not Windows Live. At this point, I've no idea what my next step is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Damien. -- They Ask Me If I'm Happy; I say Yes. They ask: "How Happy are You?" I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
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Re: Email clients
Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...>
Well I an no doubt
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you keep getting called dinosaurs, for not using email on a smart phone, everyone does this now they all say to me, nobody uses email on a computer any more! To this I say bah humbug, and have been using Outlook Express tweaked version for some years in Windows 7 wi5th no problems. it also gives me access to newsgroups, which surprisingly are still alive out there, and has easy to configure message rules so I can have multiple email lists coming in, each sorted via pop3 to a different folder with no user input plus of course I can have both Imap and pop3 of the same account which lets me see spam folders in some isps emails. I did try the providers web interfaces and while these can work well, you are at the mercy of web designers who are sadists. By that I mean that you tumble out of bed one day and find the whole user interface has been 'improved' to such an extent you have no idea what to do with it. I'm just glad that OE is still supported by nvda and works well. I did not like Live mail as it kept falling over and could not support identities which allows me to effectively keep different parts of my online life apart and not see them till I decide to see that part. Unfortunately, although the patch works on windows 10, whenever windows does a complete update, it trashes things it does not like including oe, and one has to restore it again, taking up valuable time. In your issues with Dropbox, I have to say I've had no issues with the latest systems indeed on windows 7, it seems to be faster generally. I do not use it on line only offline though, as if I wanted an on line storage system I'd not be using dropbox as its far too snazzy. Pandering to the sighted again. So unfortunately since you now have wlm, you are a bit stuffed as I do not think you can back convert to OE format. What you can do though is find a copy of the stand alone installer and not the stub as they put out latterly. It was a shame that internet mail and news in 7 was not made accessible as it would have been nice. There is of course Outlook itself, but once again its like buying a combine harvester just cos you want a tractor. Besides If I had ten pounds for everyone who has had aggro with the 2016 incarnation, I'd be living in style with servants by now. So rant over, but I basically agree, where are the very easy to use, non html based simple reliable email and news clients that blind people can use. Maybe somebody needs to write one. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Damien Garwood" <damien@dcpendleton.plus.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:12 PM Subject: [nvda] Email clients Hi there, Ten minutes in the life of seemingly old fashioned Damien, using Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail: * Check emails. * Install Dropbox. * Realise that it’s turned into a pile of sludgy sluggish inaccessible mess. * Uninstall Dropbox. * Attempt to check emails. * Receive a message that WLDCore.dll is missing. So in that ten minutes, the only significant thing was to install and uninstall Dropbox, leading me to think that Dropbox somehow corrupted it. I'll save that rant for my rants folder. I then nonchalantly uninstall, and launch the Windows Live Essentials installer expecting to be able to repair it. Of course, it doesn’t budge. Only then, do I find out that WLM has been discontinued, seemingly with nothing to replace it for Windows 7 users. Another rant for my rants folder. I wouldn’t be particularly bothered. I wouldn't say that WLM is the best client I've ever used. In fact, every client I've used up to now could do with some accessibility tips. Even so, despite its shortcomings, WLM was the next best thing to OE and so I’ve been using that for the past four or five years. This puts me in a real dilemma. I’m only able to write this email now, thanks to System Restore (A feature I swore I would never use thanks to its abilities to mess things up). As a result, I highly feel that I need to get a replacement client, hopefully something a little less sporadic in its development and life/support cycles. However, I can’t find a basic, accessible client that: 1. Is free of unnecessary outright bloated clutter, 2. Is fully accessible, responsive and comprehensible, and 3. Is able to import WLM folders and messages. Here are the three that I have heard apparently work well, and my experiences: 1. OEClassic Since I liked Outlook Express, and since I have heard a lot about OEClassic on this list, I thought it would make sense to first try that one. However I was disappointed. When tabbing through the main window, I had no idea what was what (the controls seemed to be unlabelled or labelled incorrectly), and some even said “Unknown”. And that’s even before I touched any settings. 2. Pegasus While Pegasus was the first email client I was ever introduced to, that was nearly 20 years ago, and using a different screen reader. Similar to OEClassic, I found several “Unknown” controls, not to mention the old rich-text-based help system used in the Windows 98 days. 3. Thunderbird Thunderbird was the only option of the three to allow me to set up a mailbox before use, and even that was a nightmare, simply because it was determined to persuade me to use encrypted channels. Also, while it does seem to be the most accessible of the three in terms of navigation, it also seems full of unnecessary clutter (different tabs, toolbars, calendars and news feeds, half of which I’ll never use). Also can’t get my head around the fact that its window makes heavy use of HTML – I’m used to seeing a good old listbox, pressing enter on a message, and reading it. Finally, WLM seems to be absent from import options of all three. I see frequent mention of Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Mail, Thunderbird...But not Windows Live. At this point, I've no idea what my next step is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Damien.
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Re: help, can't get balloon about Win 10 back!
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is there a method to desable automatic update to windows ten for windows 7 users? i have many friends who use windows seven. how about windows vista? is disabling automatic update also removes updating to windows ten?
On 4/16/18, Gene New Zealand <hurrikennyandopo@outlook.co.nz> wrote:
Hi --
By God, were I given all the seven heavens with all they contain in order that I may disobey God by depriving an ant from the husk of a grain of barley, I would not do it. imam ali
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Re: Instructions for Attachments in GMail?
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i use nvda version 2016 too! just find the link which says download or scan and download and save your file in your computer.
On 4/16/18, David Russell <david.sonofhashem@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello NVDA Users, --
By God, were I given all the seven heavens with all they contain in order that I may disobey God by depriving an ant from the husk of a grain of barley, I would not do it. imam ali
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Instructions for Attachments in GMail?
David Russell
Hello NVDA Users,
In 2013 or '14, Google made a major change in the way attachments are viewed in GMail. Or, such is the case on my computer using Windows Seven and now, a version of FireFox that doesn't take the latest data fixes that come down the pipe. Will NVDA Central, or whatever the site is called, offer one tutorials on how to open attachments in GMail with hot key commands, or can someone recommend another comparable site to get step-by-step commands? I am not a mouse user. I am using the 2016 version of NVDA and happy with it! I can View as HTML, but would like to view the actual attached RTF document as this is an edited manuscript for a book. Thanks in advance. -- David Russell david.sonofhashem@gmail.com
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