Miriam,
My lap top has NVDA, and I used it, two years ago. Voice was fine,
worked as well as JAWS, but then I got busy and forgot how to use it.
A friend who teaches computers said he'd "walk me through it". But as
far as keeping current, I can't answer. There's a great deal of
information on the internet, and Dean Martineau has also told me I can
call on him for help. But I am slow to abandon JAWS. My public story
is that I am being cautious, but I think it's called Old Age.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/20/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
How did you learn how to use NVDA? Does it have a feature so that someone
can help you remotely if something goes wrong and you need help from a blind
tech person to fix it? Does it stay current with all the websites from which
we get articles?
Why can't your little chapter have telephone meetings? That's what all the
blind folks did before Zoom. I don't know exactly how it works, but there's
a phone number and a code. It seems like older folks could manage that.
Miriam
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:44 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: repeating problem
Miriam,
I have received several messages which you noted you could not get posted to
the list. I didn't count them, but at least three have come through. I
seem to be having a similar problem, but thought it was because I'm still
using Windows 7, and JAWS 17. I quit using Mozilla Firefox and use google
chrome. Even so, sometimes spellcheck works and other times it does not.
The same with my email addresses.
Sometimes I enter the first part of an email, and when I hit tab the address
is completed. Other times I am forced to enter the entire address. I
suspect it's long past time for me to upgrade. But I plan to use NVDA and
let JAWS go to the trash bin. I have paid a lot of money beginning with the
$1,000 initial cost, and the annual upgrades that cost at least a collective
$1,000 additional money, just to stay current and to do what I was doing all
along. But I can still do my articles for a couple of publications, and do
my email on Blind Democracy, WCB and ACB lists. I also have a small
personal list for our Jefferson County Council(JCCB) group. That's about
all that's keeping us together, probably until next year. I seem to be the
driving force in the JCCB, holding down both the vice presidency and the
secretary office. Cathy is treasurer. She's sitting on a bit over $3,000
in our chapter bank account. Withdrawals take two officers signatures.
Right here in our little ten by ten office we have three officers. If we
close down the JCCB, the members vote where to send the effects of the
chapter. If we wait long enough Cathy and I could well have the most votes.
Under pre-COVID-19 days a cruise would have sounded fine. But in today's
world, especially under the "leadership" of Donald Trump, we'll probably
vote it to our state WCB chapter. Cathy and I organized this chapter in
1996. I hate to be the one to close it down, but probably for the safety of
our members we need to bring JCCB to an end, with the assurance that once it
becomes safe for older folks to meet together, we would reactivate the
Chapter.
That's number two on my list for today. First I need to draft a tribute to
Berl Colley, one of our most active WCB members, who died earlier this year.
I've been selected to write the tribute since I am one of the last "old
timers" who knew Berl. Sort of scary.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/19/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yesterday and today, I have been unable to send certain articles to
this list. I can't forward the email in which they appear, nor can I
copy the articles to a new email and send them. I've sent copies to
Roger and Carl, but I don't know if they've received them. I don't
know if the problem is that my provider won't allow the emails to
leave because it thinks they contain viruses or whether it's Free
Lists that won't accept them. It would be helpful if Roger would
communicate with me about this issue and tell me if he's received the
articles that I sent privately. If he has, then we know it's Free
Lists that won't accept them. If he hasn't, then it must be my
provider that won't send them.
Miriam
