I am sending two tips today. One for Tuesday and today's. Sorry for the
delay. As usual my ISP had different ideas yesterday than me,smile.
Fact of the day
Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth's magnetic field
Dogs Poop in Alignment with Earth's Magnetic Field.
Source: "36 facts about Dogs
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/80/abstract
Things to Ponder:
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Sweet meets are candy, but sweet breads, which aren't sweet, are meet.
GWKB2064 : Using the F8 Text Selection Method when in Browse using
Window-eyes screenreading software and NVD free screenreader's remote add on
update
Product: Window-Eyes
<http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/Browse/?product=Window-Eyes>
Author: Chris Grabowski
<http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/Browse/?author=Chris+Grabowsk
i>
Date Added: 06/23/2015
Last Modified: 06/23/2015
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Window-eyes version 9.0 has introduced a different way of selecting text
when in browse mode.
Use the following steps for selecting text.
1. When on the internet move the browse mode pointer to where you wish to
start selecting text.
2. Press F8 to mark the starting point.
3. Without holding the Shift Key down move to where you want the selection
to end.
4. Press F8 a second time. A dialog box comes up with four buttons, Copy
(plain text,) Copy (with formatting,) reset selection start and cancel.
Note: if you are using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Thunderbird
the copy (with formatting) button is not available
5. Tab to the button you would like and press enter. The text is marked
and copied to the clipboard.
6. Switch to the application you want to paste the text and press Control-V
to paste.
The copy (with formatting) button will copy the formatting of the text
including any images. You can paste the formatted text into Microsoft Word
or another word processor that supports formatted text.
Below you will find a link to an audio demonstration showing this copy
method in action:
http://getwindoweyes.com/support/files/UsingF8%20MethodOnline.mp3
1. *II. NV Access is happy to announce the availability of NVDA 2015.2,
the latest release of its award winning screen reading software.
Highlights of this release include the ability to read charts in Microsoft
Excel and support for reading and interactive navigation of mathematical
content.
With this release, NV Access continues to ensure that blind and vision
impaired people, regardless of their location, language or economic
situation, can gain access to computers, thus widening the possibilities for
education, employment and socialisation.
NV Access relies on financial support from organisations and users. Please
consider helping the Australian-based charity to continue lowering the
barriers to technology for blind and vision impaired people by becoming a
<http://www.nvaccess.org/donate> monthly donor.
At the link below.
http://www.nvaccess.org/donate/
To download a copy, please visit our Download page.
http://www.nvaccess.org/download/
If you have difficulty downloading the newest version, I will be glad to
share it via dropbox with anyone willing to share or join my dropbox or
share their's.
Welcome to NVDA Remote Access
NVDA Remote access will be a free add-on to NVDA which allows a user to
remotely control another machine. It does its part to reverse the trend of
blind unemployment by creating more job opportunities for tech
entrepreneurs, system administrators, rehabilitation specialists, and
educators.
Why do we need Remote Access?
NVDA Remote Access will give blind users the freedom to enjoy a number of
career and educational options. Blind Technical Support Professionals and
amateurs alike can Use NVDA Remote access to connect to their clients
computers remotely in real time and walk them through multi-step procedures
or teach them new applications, techniques and workflows. Educators can hear
what their students are doing on their computers and vice versa, providing a
perfect environment for hands-on training from afar. Whether in an office
down the hall or a data center on the other side of the globe, NVDA Remote
access will provide powerful, minimal latency access to the Windows desktop
via speech.
Audio Demonstrations
Listen to some podcasts where we demonstrate and discuss the current
prototype of NVDA Remote Access.
* You can listen to three audio demos of how to use the NVDA Remote at
the link below. If you find this difficult, I can put it in your dropbox.
* http://nvdaremote.com/
*
* The three demos are:
* Demo by Ricky Enger <http://nvdaremote.com/demos/NVDARemote.mp3>
* NVDA Remote CAVICast <http://nvdaremote.com/demos/CAVICast.mp3>
* SeroTalk demo <http://nvdaremote.com/demos/SeroTalk.mp3>
I find this add on very awesome and have personally used it.
Keep up to date
If you want to keep up to date with the project, Please join the mailing
list <http://nvdaremote.com/#mailinglist> .
By visiting the link below and then move to the first edit field by pressing
the letter f when using a screenreader.
Mouse users can just move their pointer to the first edit field of "email."
Finisht eh form.
Tab and enter in your first name.
Tab once and enter in hyour last name.
Tab to "subscribe" and hit enter or click the button.
You will be asked to click the link in a message sent to you to confirm your
subscription.
http://nvdaremote.com/#mailinglist
My name is dan
Robert Acosta, President
Helping Hands for the Blind
(818) 998-0044
www.helpinghands4theblind.org
