[gui-talk] what content do I need on my machine?
Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
Sat Oct 16 17:14:10 UTC 2010
Hi gang sorry but already beat you to it. Successful signed up and
downloaded Skype/ setup file is holding until I determine that either I have a
microphone built in to the computer or I can get one. Looking forward to
it.
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1. FW: Seeking Accessible Content Developers (Joel Zimba)
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3. Fwd: IVONA Accessibility Package (Steve Pattison)
4. what content do I need on my machine? (Kenlawrence124 at aol.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:02:18 -0500
From: "Joel Zimba" <jzimba at mdtap.org> (by way of David Andrews
<dandrews at visi.com>)
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org,
Subject: [gui-talk] FW: Seeking Accessible Content Developers
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Hello:
The Maryland Technology Assistance Program is compiling a directory
of developers who build accessible websites. We are frequently
asked, by many organizations for references to individuals or
companies that are competent in developing websites that comply with
web accessibility standards such as Section 508 of the federal
Rehabilitation Act, or, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
established by W3c.
If you are a developer, or if you know of one, please e-mail contact
information to:
<mailto:webaccess at mdtap.org>webaccess at mdtap.org. Please include as
much information as possible, such as: name, address, phone, e-mail,
homepage URL, related certifications and examples of previous projects.
As this type of work can be done from anywhere, feel free to contact
us regardless of geographic location. We also welcome organizations
of any size, from individuals to companies with large development
teams. Some indication of the size of project you are ready to take
on will help to more quickly connect you with the proper customer,
but is not required.
We are a State of Maryland agency so will not be charging for our
directory, nor will we be advertising or promoting any specific service.
Our goal is to create a resource which will be useful to anyone. If
you have ideas or suggestions, please let us know. Also, please
forward this e-mail to any interested party, including other mailing lists.
Sincerely,
Joel Zimba
Access Content Coordinator
MD Technology Assistance Program
<mailto:jzimba at mdtap.org>jzimba at mdtap.org
(410) 554-9276
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Hello:
The Maryland Technology Assistance Program is compiling a directory
of developers who build accessible websites. We are frequently
asked, by many organizations for references to individuals or
companies that are competent in developing websites that comply with
web accessibility standards such as Section 508 of the federal
Rehabilitation Act, or, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
established by W3c.
If you are a developer, or if you know of one, please e-mail contact
information to:
<mailto:webaccess at mdtap.org>webaccess at mdtap.org. Please include as
much information as possible, such as: name, address, phone, e-mail,
homepage URL, related certifications and examples of previous projects.
As this type of work can be done from anywhere, feel free to contact
us regardless of geographic location. We also welcome organizations
of any size, from individuals to companies with large development
teams. Some indication of the size of project you are ready to take
on will help to more quickly connect you with the proper customer,
but is not required.
We are a State of Maryland agency so will not be charging for our
directory, nor will we be advertising or promoting any specific service.
Our goal is to create a resource which will be useful to anyone. If
you have ideas or suggestions, please let us know. Also, please
forward this e-mail to any interested party, including other mailing lists.
Sincerely,
Joel Zimba
Joel Zimba
MD Technology Assistance Program
Accessible Content Coordinator
(410) 554-9276
jzimba at mdtap.org
2301 Argonne Dr.
Baltimore, MD 21218
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:43:29 +1100
From: Steve Pattison <srp at internode.on.net>
To: Access L <access-l at access-l.com>, CUG Members
<Members at bcacug.org>, VIP-L <vip-l at freelists.org>
Cc: GW Info <gw-info at gwmicro.com>, PC Audio <pc-audio at pc-audio.org>
Subject: [gui-talk] Skype Version 5.0.0.152 is now Available
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Hi all,
The current beta cycle for Skype has ended and Skype version 5.0.0.152
is now available. One place where you can download it from is at
www.skype.com. It works well with Window-eyes and probably other screen
readers as well. Here are the changes and bug fixes in this version:
Calling
Removed post call experience
Contact list
Added an option to disable avatar pictures in contact list.
Fixed issues:
Accessibility
Accessibility in Call Phones tab was not properly supported.
Accessibility was not fully supported in Call View.
It was not possible to accept or reject a contact request via keyboard.
Labels in Add people widget were not visible to Jaws.
Audio
When the user redialed within 10 seconds the audio was sometimes silent.
Browser plugin
During Skype update it was impossible to change language for Skype browser
plugin.
Skype browser plugin was wrongly interpreting US vanity numbers that exceed
11 digits.
Sometimes the browser plugin dropdown menu was shown in the wrong place on
the screen.
Call phones
Call Phones tab showed wrong information about subscriptions when user did
not have
reccurring payments enabled.
Call to invalid number message was not cleared.
Calling rates under subscriptions were sometimes not correctly shown.
Header area in call phones tab sometimes showed some messages in text
format instead
of graphical.
Numberpad on call phones was not displayed properly on low screen
resolutions.
Sometimes the rates lookup drop down list appeared in wrong place when
using Skype
in compact mode.
Call Quality Indicator
Call Quality Indicator did not warn user if he mutes microphone in Windows
settings.
Call Quality Indicator stated unknown connection speed.
Call restablishment message will remain on a call which appears to be
fine, though
available bandwidth is very low.
The call quality indicator sometimes incorrectly reported medium quality
when in
fact the video call was in high definition.
Call transfer
Call transfer to a phone number not in contact list did not work.
Video was not transmitted after call transfer.
Call view
Occasionally the call view had white boxes instead of texts.
Calling
In rare occasions Skype crashed after changing microphone.
Contact List
Creating a Skype Out contact from recently dialled numbers was
malfunctioning.
There were some text formatting errors in Recents list.
Contact search
Avatar picture was not displayed in Public profile view.
Sometimes, Add contacts buttons text was only partially visible.
User search, based on e-mail and phone number, did not display partial
results if
full matches were present.
File Sending
On rare cases file receiver saw a erroneous message ?The file isn?t
available?.
File transfer
Skype sometimes stopped responding when accepting File Transfer in group
conversation.
Group video call
Message box that appears so users can activate a free trial remained even
after trial
is activated.
Often when adding a third participant to a video call the host was not
notified about
the need to activate a free trial in order to use group video calling.
Placing a group video call with no free trial appears to other
participants as missed
conversation.
Video could sometimes freeze for some participants on Group video calls.
Localization
There was no support for languages read right to left in profile view.
Login/Logout
Skype opened in focus if Skype was set to autostart.
Miscellaneous
Skype sometimes crashed when switching Windows user under Windows 7.
Skype was starting as maximized during autostart process.
When opening main menu Skype asked user to install Flash player if user
did not have
it previously installed.
Screen sharing
During screen sharing, the shared area may be partially cropped when
resizing it.
Netbooks with Mobile Intel? 915GM/GMS
,910GML Express Graphics Chipset and Windows 7 sometimes had problems when
receiving
large screen sharing resolutions beyond 1322 ? 823.
Receiving a large resolution screen share could have artefacts on screen.
When receiving screen sharing from Skype for Mac version 2.8, sometimes
the screen
does not load on the 5.0 side.
Skype Access
The Skype Access connection display did not pop-up correctly when trying
to connect
to supported hotspot after starting Skype up.
Skype Home
In some cases, avatar pictures were missing from Skype Home feed.
Occasionally mood message update displays may be disrupted when the
network connection
is momentarily lost.
Skype Home is not scaling very well to small and big window
Sometimes there was a connection error when trying to open account panel
from client
alert in Skype Home.
Un-sent mood message updates within Skype Home will not be saved when
navigating
away from Skype Home.
Video
Clicking on the web camera settings may cause Skype to crash.
In rare cases users video may not start correctly when using Logitech
webcam pro
9000.
In rare cases, video may not be received by the other party even if the
local preview
is working correctly
Skype crashed if user quit Skype during an active call.
Skype may not work properly with virtual cameras
Switching between USB camera and HP Virtual webcam locks the camera
The call receiver may not see HQ logo on their side during HQ call
The receiver may not see HQ logo in the local preview while the receiver
sees the
logo on his side.
The Skype video snapshots feature is not working on Windows XP SP3.
This version of Skype (5.0) has increased CPU
usage which may effect video quality on some computers.
Under some circumstances upon ending a Skype Video call the webcam can
still be capturing
video even though it is no-longer in use.
Video call picture quality was sometimes lower than expected in good
conditions.
Video calls may not work with virtual machines.
Video calls on a secondary display causes higher CPU
load compared to usage on the primary display.
Video may stop if you lock and unlock your computer while on a call
Video might freeze in calls with H.264 devices.
Video in mood
DailyMotion videos which have been added to a mood message are not being
displayed
to other contacts.
Voicemail
Calls go to Voicemail for offline users even if they have disabled it from
Options.
Message that display?s ?Item has been deleted from conversation history.?
sometimes
appeared after sending Voicemail. Voicemail itself will be sent without
problems.
Regards Steve
Email: srp at internode.on.net
MSN Messenger: internetuser383 at hotmail.com
Skype: steve1963
Twitter: steve9782
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:44:54 +1100
From: Steve Pattison <srp at internode.on.net>
To: Access L <access-l at access-l.com>, CUG Members <Members at bcacug.org>
Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: IVONA Accessibility Package
Message-ID: <20101016144453.94FA.225DF185 at internode.on.net>
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Prices in this message are in US dollars. -Steve.
From: Susan Thompson susan at sthompson.net
To: VIP-L vip-l at freelists.org
Hi all,
after the information from the original email I'm forwarding, I've
pasted some of the informational text from the page at the link
referenced in the message.
-----Original Message-----
IVONA Accessibility Package
Good day all:
I am not associated with this company but thought that their offer
could be of interest for some blind people regarding its price and
quality of the synthetic voice.
Poland is celebrating blind people from all over the world. In
celebration of White Cane Day in Poland, the organization that develops,
delivers and supports IVONA Text To Speech is introducing IVONA
Accessibility Package for worldwide sale. For the duration of next week,
all who purchase this package online using the promotion code: 2B8LW3
will receive a $10 or 6 Euro discount.
>From their promo:
"IVONA really makes a difference in creating a digital experience for
everyone. Our comprehensive and reliable solutions provide comfortable
access to computer and Internet resources to the visually impaired.
IVONA Accessibility Package offers:
- Award-winning, high-quality Text-To-Speech voices.
- High intelligibility (speech can be accelerated up to four times with no
loss of quality).
- NVDA screenreader (IVONA - preconfigured) included.
- Rapid responsiveness."
The packages are immediately available at a fraction of the price of
competing products. From the sale of each IVONA Accessibility Package,
$5 is dedicated to supporting the organization developing a free NVDA
screen reader. To learn more about this package and make a purchase
please visit the following links: www.ivona.com/accessibility and
www.ivona.com/article.php?set_lang=us&aid=402&cid=3
Some text pasted by me from the above page follows:
IVONA Accessibility Package helps the blind and visually impaired
people
IVONA really makes a difference in creating a digital experience for
everyone. We are proud to present the cutting-edge Accessibility Package.
This comprehensive and reliable solutions provide comfortable access to
computer and Internet resources to the visually impaired. At a fraction
of the price of competing products IVONA Accessibility Package offers:
award-winning, highest-quality Text-To-Speech voices, high intelligibility
(speech can be accelerated up to four times without losing the quality),
rapid responsiveness, NVDA screenreader (IVONA - preconfigured) and
IVONA Reader.
IVONA Accessibility Package "For visually impaired people a computer
with a Text-To-Speech solution is the only way to access the Web
resources, quick communication and normal work opportunities" , says
Lukasz Osowski, CEO at IVONA Text-To-Speech. - "IVONA Accessibility
Package, which we introduce for sale worldwide, is also a breakthrough
because of the price, an order of magnitude lower than other solutions.
Our mission is to help blind people, regardless of place of residence."
The IVONA Accessibility Packages include TTS voices developed with
BrightVoiceT Technology (British English or American English) and the
IVONA Reader (text reader) which makes it easier to actively access the
Web, listen to the books' contents and individually create audiobooks.
All IVONA TTS voices offer 22 kHz sound sampling frequency quality and
the SAPI5 standard. For additional information on the IVONA Text-to-Speech
technology for the blind and visually impaired please visit
www.ivona.com/accessibility
.
"The package includes also the special NVDA program designated for
reading computer screen content (screenreader), currently one of the
world's best solutions of that type." - says Lukasz Osowski. - "Moreover
we support the development of NVDA screenreader project, by making a
special donation from every IVONA accessibility package that we sell". As
a result of BrightVoice Technology being applied to the newest IVONA
Voices, the sound of the spoken words, whether a single sentence or an
entire book, is exceptionally natural and fluent, as if being read by a
real person. New IVONA 2 release can intelligently interpret addresses,
dates, numerals, abbreviations, accents in words, sentence intonation, as
well as intonations in virtually any complex linguistic phenomena,
along with the precise manner of audio/speech conversion.
About IVONAR Text-To-Speech
IVONA is widely recognized and awarded as the highest-quality, most
natural-sounding TTS system in the world. The IVONA suite of products
includes a wide range of specialty TTS solutions for business,
telecommunications,
SaaS, mobile, and home use. Among its most notable innovations, IVONA
developed a Rapid Voice Development technology which is able to generate
custom branded voices for use in IVONA TTS in under 60 days. In support
of its long-standing commitment to accessibility, the Company works
closely with Royal National Institute for Blind and DAISY Consortium , the
largest organizations supporting blind and visually impaired people in
the world.
Regards Steve
Email: srp at internode.on.net
MSN Messenger: internetuser383 at hotmail.com
Skype: steve1963
Twitter: steve9782
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:39:38 EDT
From: Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [gui-talk] what content do I need on my machine?
Message-ID: <ab229.484be7c2.39eaf70a at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hi list members. Ken here I just tried to go to Skype to download but
not
install it. clicking from Kim Komando's sitesite I got a message saying
Internet explorer can't display the page because something needed to see
it
isn't on the machine. When I hit search online for a progrma to see it I
got an error error as if the website didn't even exist. What isn't on my
machine that can't read _www.skype,.com_ (http://www.skype,.com) I
wouldn't
have installed it just downloaded it. any ideas what program I need to
view and download skype?
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