[access-uk] Announcement, jaws scripts for EaseReader

Hi

Just to say that, for anyone who has the EaseReader DAISY player from
Dolphin, I have put some free JAWS scripts up on our site for people to =
go
and grab. The help file is there as well  so you can see the features.
Enjoy!

URL:
http://www.tandt-consultancy.com/freescripts.html

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf =
Of
PossAble Consultancy
Sent: 18 July 2004 15:38
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sight village review 2

Hi Gary,
Quick question, the Bat Cane, originally one significant issue was that =
you
had to be walking fairly slowly for it to work, is that still the case?  =
I'm
a bit of a bull in a china shop merchant...

Barry G
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Gary Robinson
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:08 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Sight village review 2


      Hi all,
  I was at Sight village on Tuesday so I'll chip in with some of what I =
saw
  and heard.
  firstly like Ray I have mixed feelings about the venue.  There were =
open
  spaces but where it mattered there was still the usual scrum around =
the
  stands which were cramped.  I must admit even my guide found it =
difficult
to
  find out which stand was which.
  I arrived very early on the tuesday and managed to meet with several
people
  outside the normal stand area to get the latest information/demo.
  So here goes...
  Jaws, I had a long chat with Eric Damery and sat in on one of the two
  presentations which like the Window eyes one were I thought on the low =
key
  side especially for Eric.
  The hard facts, Jaws 5.1 (free) will be released at the beginning of
August
  all things being equal.  Interestingly though Eric was using a beta =
Jaws 6
  for his demo, this is expected in sept/october pretty much as usual.  =
The
  much trumpeted internet authorised version will ship to new users at =
this
  stage.
  New features, well not really, Eric spoke and emonstrated very =
effectively
  the use of HTML place markers(they came in in Jaws 5) you can get Jaws =
to
  automatically speak lines of interest on an HTML page or "virtualise" =
i.e
  put the line into a virtual buffer you can read at will. In 5.1 you =
will
be
  able to export the place markers you have set up for web pages
  and give them to a fellow Jaws user to make a particular site or HTML
  application more user friendly,  this isn't affected by screen colour =
or
resolution settings.=20
  I spent most of my time talking to Eric
  about Citrix access, which is also coming last quarter this year, but =
I
  suspect this will be of limited interest to listers so I will not =
cover it
  here.
  Ultracane, also known as  the bat cane or ultrasonic long cane I along
with many
  others saw it last year in prototype form, but now it's here for real.
The
  current production version has a much better formed handle and very =
clear
  vibrating pins, one giving feedback from the upward pointing bean and =
the
  other from the front/downward pointing beam.  I tried it out within =
the
  somewhat hostile environment of the exhibition hall and was pleasantly
  surprised at just how effective it was.  You can adjust the range =
acording
  to how cluttered the environment you are working within is and I was =
able
to
  clearly pick out the door opening in a wall from several metres away =
as
well
  as people and most usefully overhanging objects.  The downside is that =
it
is
  nearly =A3400 not cheap by any standard.
  Mobile phones, by chance I happened to be at the same hotel as =
Thorsten
from
  Talks so we had a chat over breakfast about some of the issues on =
choosing
a
  phone.  It only served to confirm my view that the Talks screen reader
  approach is by far the best.  I understand that WAP browser access is
there
  (in beta at the moment) however you will need a phone with sufficient
phone
  memory(thats not the memory card which you can replace/upgrade but the =
RAM
  within the phone itself.  If I've remembered correctly the 3650 has =
8Mb,
the
  6600 16Mb and the new 7610(which I saw on Steve's stand) a whopping =
64Mb.
  The latter is one very nice phone but expensive.  Talking of
Steve(Computer
  room services) he gave me a demo of using Wayfinder(I was amazed how =
small
  it is) to plan a route using Talks on a 6600 as the read out device.
  Daisy players, I went along to the RNIB room (it's like In Touch, you =
feel
  you should in case you miss somethingbut afterwards you wonder why you
did).
  They had 3 of the "over sized bap" style portable DAISY players, the =
VIBE
  from visuaid I think which was almost identical to my Panasonic =
portable
cd
  apart from a slight oblong molding on one side, the Easy Daisy, which =
has
  large buttons and the Scholar.  The latter were both significantly =
larger
  than the Vibe and unlike it you could not charge your rechargeable
batteries
  in situ (they were also more expensive).
  My personal favourite at the exhibition,  the Maestro, a tiny PDA =
based on
one of the HP IPAQ
  units.  It's barely larger than a pack of 20 cigarettes but very
impressive.
  They also have a Braille/Perkins style keyboard for it, which uses =
Blue
  tooth or you could use a standard QWERTy mini folding keyboard.  It's =
not
  yet available expect to see it around last quarter of this year, price =
not
  yet fixed but possibly around =A3800 ish.  Interestingly I was told =
that
once
  it comes out the Trekker will be based on this PDA as opposed to it's
  current larger unit.  I could go on about this unit i want one, it =
just
  feels right, the speech was good and of course it runs mainstream
Microsoft
  Windows Ce applications.
  If anyone wants to know more I'll try and rack my brains for more
  information.
  Gary
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