Hello Tony, Thanks alot for this info. I was trying to load a virtual airline flight, but with no success. So now, I hope it will work! Many thanks, Christian On 2012-03-30 at 00:32 Tony wrote: >Hi Captains > > > >I'll assume that you've signed up for IYP VA, and have read the >documentation. > > > >I hope the following helps you load up a flight and endure the sarcasm and >bad jokes of the Lead Flight executive, my wife is cabin crew in real life, >it seems that nothing changes in the virtual world either. > > > >Anyway, I use IYP with JAWS: > > > >1. Launch your flight simulator. > >2. Load a flight, or get an aircraft running, any flight or aircraft >will do. > >3. Once it has loaded, launch IYP. > >4. Wait for Michelle to do her thing. > >5. When she's ready to do your bidding say "Open VA panel", I >pronounce the letters separately, "Open V A Panel". > >6. Michelle should announce that the simulator has been minimised , >and the jolly old VA panel should have focus. > >7. You could try activating virtual cursor at this point, or browse >mode in Window eyes, a way that consistently works for me though is to >ALT+TAB away from the IYP program, then ALT+TAB back to it. What you want >is >virtual cursor or browse mode active with the VA Panel in focus. > >8. Now navigate tables as you would do normally in order to browse >the >flights on offer. If you are able to fly it, you'll see a link in the last >column labelled as available. > >9. Click the available link which corresponds to the flight you want. > >10. Up will pop a screen, I'm a bit forgetful at this point, there is a >link which says something like click to proceed, but it is >self-explanatory. > >11. So click that link. > >12. If you're on track, Michelle will say something about installing the >flight. > >13. Wait for her to do her thing. > >14. When she's done what she needs to, she'll let you know, and give you >some instructions about loading the flight. > >15. Say "Close V A Panel". > >16. Michelle should say that the simulator has been restored, you may >have >to alt tab to it. > >17. When you get to it, the flight or aircraft you originally loaded will >be chugging or whining away, depends on what you loaded I guess. > >18. You'll load the flight using the FSX menus, don't attempt to load >using the free flight dialogue, or by double clicking the flight file. > >o Hold down the alt key and press F, you won't hear anything other than >that chugging or whining aircraft, don't worry. > >o Press L, the load a saved flight dialogue should pop up. > >19. Now select and load the IYP flight as you normally would which will >have magically appeared in your flight list if all has worked, if it >hasn't, >crying might be an option, I prefer to shout and swear in such cases >though. > >20. Michelle will tell you that some kind of synchronisation is taking >place, then that your flight plan is being filed, be patient whilst she >once >again does her thing, eventually she'll wish you a nice flight, at which >point you're set. > >21. Flights appear to start in spot view, something which I only cottoned >on to second time round, which is why poor Jordan had to suffer my >questions >about sound, so if you don't want to fly on the outside of your aircraft, >say "cockpit view". > >22. Michelle will count down to departure, kick off your checklists as >normal, when she says, and follow Michelle's advice thereafter. > > > >Good luck. > > > > >Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist >//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots >To post a message to the list, send a message to >bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the >subject of your message. >For other options such as digest, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of >your message. Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots To post a message to the list, send a message to bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the subject of your message. For other options such as digest, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of your message.