I have a tip for when unwanted content is playing ads so loud you cannot
hear your screenreader.
Basically I turn Narrator on with windows Return.
This instantly ducks all the volume on your computer including any ads
and even your screenreader but you can still clearly hear and use
Narrator to navigate any dialogue such as closing windows or navigating
Taskbar etc. It still works with Jaws running in the backgound for example.
As soon as I have identified and turned the annoying unwanted sound off
I close Narrator again with windows return and go back to my normal
screenreader again.
In theory NVDA has an automatic audio ducking feature which should also
do this but I have personally found it only works with Sapi 5 Voices and
not the Eloquence Sapi 4 variety of voices.
David Griffith
On 24/07/2016 22:54, Clive Lever (Redacted sender clive.lever for DMARC)
wrote:
Hi Jackie,
I understand that, but some of the video clips of Ads which are thrust at you by some of these sites are so loud, that you’d have to do this by rote, as, when they play, you ain’t gonna hear your speech say ‘Do You Want To Close all tabs’…or anything else for that matter.
So if I must pick up a file from Sendspace, I do it through Google Chrome.
Best,
Clive
*From:*access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jackie Brown
*Sent:* Sunday, July 24, 2016 9:04 PM
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Sendspace
Hi Clive
Agreed, but what you do is close the page, and tab once when prompted “Do you want to close all tabs or the current tab?” It is the current tab you want to get rid of! I turn off Smartscreen because it drives me mad when I want to save a file.
Kind Regards,
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*From:*access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Clive Lever (Redacted sender "clive.lever" for DMARC)
*Sent:* 24 July 2016 16:11
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Sendspace
Hi all,
It just shows that though Sendspace is popular with many of us, it’s not the most secure file transfer facility out there. Turn SmartScreen Filter off to get your files, but be prepared to be taken to more betting sites and online casinos than you would want. Note also, that some of them play some amazingly loud and long adverts on how you too could be a millionaire. These could be hard to silence, as they are louder than most other sounds that play on PC’s including your screenreader.
Best,
Clive
*From:*access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Alexander Shannon (Redacted sender "alexander.shannon" for DMARC)
*Sent:* Sunday, July 24, 2016 3:03 PM
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Sendspace
Hi Andrew,
Some friends were having either the same problem you describe, or something very similar some time ago, so I did a bit of Googling then, and came up with the following information which may be of use to you now.
At the time I googled turning off smart Screen filter, and came up with the following link:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/bypass-smartscreen-filter-ie-edge
Admittedly it doesn't directly talk about turning the feature off, but it does suggest a way to bypass it if you know the download is safe, so may be of help
Alexander Shannon
