[accesscomp] Fw: Three Online tech webinars and how to send large files via email, Dan's tips for september 9 2013
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:42:42 -0700
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From: dan Thompson
To: dan Thompson
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 6:28 AM
Subject: Three Online tech webinars and how to send large files via email,
Dan's tips for september 9 2013
Today I have four tips. The first for are from "Flying Blind" weekly
newsletter. These first three are regarding some what I think are very
significant topics for blind and low vision computer users.
They are also quite applicable for everyday sighted computer users.
The fourth tip addresses how to send large files through email.
I. Three signficant Online tech webinars:
1. The BTBL Computer Club in Michigan will be holding a demo of the
soon-to-be-released BARD
App for iOS, and you can listen in via computer using the Talking Commmunities
program. The session
will run from GMT 14:30-16:30 on Saturday 21 September. To connect, use this
link:
http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs417aa6694fed
2. Learn about Prodigi: The groundbreaking, touch-controlled 2-in-1 Personal
Vision Assistant from
Humanware on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 10 September at 00:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
3. SBB BART Group will present a three-part webinar series on electronic
document accessibility,
Accessible Documents in the Enterprise - PDF, Office and Beyond. The 45-minute
sessions will take
place on Thursdays 12 and 19 September and 3 October starting at 18:00 GMT:
https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/webinars.php#Documents_series
*II. How to Send Large Files Over Email:
http://www.howtogeek.com/171328/how-to-send-large-files-over-email/
Many email servers refuse to accept email attachments over 10MB in size. While
attachment sizes haven't kept up with the times, there are other easy ways to
send someone large files over email.
If you're using Gmail or Outlook.com, your email service will automatically
give you a helping hand and suggest alternatives. If you're using a desktop
email client or another service, you may need to know about these tricks
yourself.
What's the Maximum Size of an Email Attachment?
In theory, there's no limit to the amount of data you can attach to an email.
Email standards don't specify any sort of size limit. In practice, most email
servers enforce their own size limits.
In general, when attaching files to an email, you can be reasonably sure that
up to 10MB of attachments are okay. Some email servers may have smaller limits,
but 10MB is generally the standard.
Gmail allows you to attach up to 25MB to a single email, but this is only
guaranteed to work if you're emailing other Gmail users. As soon as the email
leaves Gmail's servers, it could be rejected by another email server. Many
servers are configured to not accept more than 10MB of attachments.
It's not even as simple as looking at the maximum attachment size of the
service you use and the service you're emailing - emails often travel over
several mail transfer agents when they're sent, so you may have your attachment
rejected by a server along the way if you attach too much data.
You should also bear in mind that email attachments are generally MIME encoded,
which increases their size by about 33%. So 10MB of files on your disk will
become about 13MB of data when attached to an email.
Use a Cloud Storage Service
By far the simplest option would be storing the file - or files - you want to
share in a cloud storage service like Dropbox, Google Drive, or SkyDrive. You
could then share the file with someone and inform them that the file is shared
over email. They could click a link and download the file directly to their
computer.
If you use Gmail or Outlook.com, you'll find that Google and Microsoft have
integrated Google Drive and SkyDrive into their respective email services. Just
click the Google Drive or SkyDrive button when sending an email and you'll be
able to share a file via email. Gmail and Outlook will walk you through
choosing a file that already exists in your cloud storage drive or uploading a
new file.
If you use something like Dropbox, you can share the file from the cloud
storage service's website. For example,
1. From the keyboard using a screenreader:
. Locate the file.
b. Press the application key or press shift plus f10.
c. select Share link if you use Dropbox.
2. Using a mouse;
a. right-click a file on Dropbox's website.
b. select Share link if you use Dropbox.
This is the option many email providers are pushing us towards - if you try to
attach a large file in Gmail or Outlook.com, you'll be prompted to upload it to
Google Drive or SkyDrive first.
Create and Send Multi-Part Archives
Do you need to upload a very large file to store online or email to a friend?
Unfortunately, whether you're emailing a file or using online storage sites
like SkyDrive, there's a limit on the size of files you can use. Here's how to
get around the limits.
If you're looking for a more traditional, do-it-yourself method, you can opt to
split the file up into smaller parts. For example, if you had a 50MB file you
wanted to email, you could use a file compression program like 7-Zip to create
an archive containing that file, splitting the archive into five 10MB pieces.
You cn find 7-Zip at this link.
http://www.7-zip.org/
1/ When reaching the URL above, and using a screnreader, press the letter h
once and you are placed on the "7-zip" heading.
2. Arrow to the "download" link and press enter.
3. Press alt plus s for save.
4. Navigate to where you wish to save the file and press alt plus the letter s
again. You will hear a brief ding when the download is finished.
If using a mouse, click on the URL shown above. Then locate the same "
"7-zip" heading. Move down to "download" and click on save.
Move to where you wish to save the file and click on save again.
You could then attach all the 10MB portions to separate emails. The recipient
would have to download each attachment and use a file extraction program to
extract the larger, complete file from the separate archives.
This traditional method still works as well as it always did. However, it can
be fairly cumbersome. Many people would be confused by the separate attachments
and wouldn't enjoy jumping through hoops to reassemble them. If you're not sure
whether your recipient will know how to do this, it's probably better to choose
an easier method.
Use a Large-File Sending Service
Last week, we published a list of websites for sharing photos with friends and
family. You can red this article at the link provided below.
The Best Free Programs and Online Services for Sending and Sharing Large Files
article is found here.
http://www.howtogeek.com/133761/the-best-free-programs-and-online-services-for-sending-and-sharing-large-files/
In response to the difficulty of sending large file attachments over email, a
large number of large-file-sending services have sprung up online. These
services allow you to upload a file and give you a link. You can then paste
that link into an email and the recipient can click the link and download the
file.
These services have to make money somehow, and they may do it by displaying
ads, limiting the maximum file size available to free users, or demanding a
subscription fee. We've covered the many online services for sending and
sharing large files before.
Such options work fine, but you may prefer using a cloud storage service
instead. When you use one of these services, you're entrusting it with your
files - that works okay if your files aren't particularly sensitive, but
you'll probably want to shy away from uploading sensitive data to a free
service you haven't heard of before. Of course, you could encrypt the files
before uploading them - but that would add additional hassle for the
recipient, too.
wetransfer
Many email services also block potentially dangerous file types , like .EXE
files, because they could contain malware. If you used the services above
instead, you'd be able to send links to such files without them being blocked.
Verse and thought of the week
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the
schemes of the devil. (ESV)
Thought: The Whole Armor of God
Ephesians tells us we're in a conflict with the devil. It's not a battle of
flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil. God has provided us with
protective armor, but we must put on the whole armor in order to stand against
the devil. If we're only using part of our armor, we will likely fall prey to
the enemy's schemes.
If you're falling down more than you're standing firm in the faith, perhaps you
need to learn how to put on the full armor of God. For a clear and biblical
explanation of the whole armor of God, check out this article.
http://www.gotquestions.org/full-armor-of-God.html
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