Re: e: McTwit 2.0 released
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:44:50 -0400 (EDT)
Currently, you have to install it on at least one machine. You can then
copy all files in the McTwit program folder onto a thum brive, and then
run McTwitPortable.bat from there -- connected to any computer.
Jamal
On Sat, 27
Jun 2009, Alex Hall wrote:
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:41:35 -0400
> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, GUISpeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: e: McTwit 2.0 released
>
> So you are saying it is not an install? That is, you can run it
> right from a thumb drive on any computer and not have to install
> it on the host machine?
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: GUISpeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:28:32 -0400 (EDT)
> >Subject: McTwit 2.0 released
>
> >http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.exe
>
> >McTwit is a powerful, accessible client on Windows for the
> popular
> >networking site twitter.com. As reported widely, Twitter has
> been key to
> >the sharing of breaking news by citizens, themselves (e.g.,
> communication
> >by Iranians about human rights). McTwit offers nearly
> comprehensive
> >access to Twitter capabilities, which are provided, not through a
> generic
> >web browser interface, but through a dedicated Windows dialog
> that is
> >completely accessible with screen reader programs used by blind
> people
> >today. We can thereby participate fully in a popular
> communications
> >medium, and benefit equally from a leading networking technology!
>
> >Since the last major announcement about McTwit, it has gained
> many
> >improvements from collaborative efforts. As the author, I am
> glad to work
> >with anyone interested in developing an extension that implements
> >additional features. Two leading script developers for the most
> popular
> >screen readers have developed extensions that are now distributed
> with
> >McTwit, as well as available separately. Jeff Bishop has
> developed
> >scripts for Window-Eyes users, available at
> >https://www.gwmicro.com/Script_Central/Scripts/Script_Details/?sc
> riptid=1244
>
> >Brian Hartgen has developed scripts for JAWS users, available at
> >http://hartgen.org
>
> >Recently, the blind community has also produced several audio
> >presentations about new media, Twitter, and McTwit. A piece by
> Erin Edgar
> >introduces Twitter from a blindness perspective at
> >http://BlindCoolTech.com
>
> >He also appeared on ACB Radio at
> >http://www2.acbradio.org/mainmenu/shows.php
>
> >Michael Lauf podcasted on accessible Twitter tools at
> >http://serotalk.com/podcasts/TechChat016.mp3
>
> >Jonathan Mosen organized a panel on Twitter tools from a JAWS
> perspective
> >at
> >http://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/fscast030-may200
> 9.asp
>
> >Rich Cavallaro did an Accessible World training on Twitter at
> >http://accessibleworld.org/category/site-categories/tek-talk-arch
> ives
>
> >Mika Pyyhkala made a presentation on new media to blind computer
> users at
> >http://www.vibug.org/audio/vbg0609-c.mp3
>
> >Feature enhancements in McTwit 2.0 include the following.
> Managed tweets
> >that you bookmark as favorites. Review a chain of reply tweets.
> >Temporarily save and then restore a list of items. Determine
> whether
> >someone is following another person on Twitter. Forward a tweet
> in an
> >email message. Select priority tweets based on criteria you
> specify.
> >Exclude junk tweets based on other criteria. Update your Twitter
> profile.
>
> >Users report that McTwit is working with JAWS, System Access, and
> >Window-Eyes on both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows --
> including XP,
> >Vista and Windows 7. Reports also confirm that McTwit runs on a
> portable
> >media device. McTwit and its script extensions may be
> conveniently
> >updated from the software, itself.
>
> >The free, friendly, and portable nature of McTwit can play a
> useful role
> >at the upcoming conventions of the American Council of the Blind
> and
> >National Federation of the Blind. Let me suggest the "hash tags"
> #ACBCon
> >and #NFBCon to help connect conversations about these events!
>
> >Jamal
> >Twitter screen name: JamalMazrui
>
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