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OT: Adjusting My Stereotypes
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 22 May '14

22 May '14

Greetings Media, movies and popular television programs have helped shape my opinions of various places, Texas being one of them. We have a company in Winnipeg, Ambutech, who make mobility canes. As well as the common institutional white mobility canes they allow people to choose their own colours. Hey go figure, actually giving people a choice, but I digress. When I was speaking with one of their sales reps, one of their popular colours is pink. And the place that orders the most amount of pink coloured mobility canes is Texas. This has me revaluating the stereotypes I have formed with respect to that U. S. state. Vic Pereira Shared Services Canada/Integrated Network Services | Services partagés Canada/Services Intégrés de Réseau 400-400 St. Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca 204-983-0653 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

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spinrite accessibility
by David Mehler 22 May '14

22 May '14

Hello, Does anyone have a version of spinrite that will talk? I'm needing to run it on a drive that I'm really hoping is not failing, but the system has been making some unpleasant noises. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 21 May '14

21 May '14

I will not be able to join you, however if you are successful in getting MS Project, Windows Server, MS Publisher and SharePoint to be more accessible I might have to add you to my Christmas card mailing list. Thank you for taking this on. It is an amazing gesture on your part. Vic Pereira Shared Services Canada/Integrated Network Services | Services partagés Canada/Services Intégrés de Réseau 400-400 St. Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca 204-983-0653 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: May-20-14 6:32 PM To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 21 May '14

21 May '14

Now now Ryan, don't put up the barriers before doing anything. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Vic Pereira Shared Services Canada/Integrated Network Services | Services partagés Canada/Services Intégrés de Réseau 400-400 St. Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca 204-983-0653 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Shugart Sent: May-20-14 9:19 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi Katherine: While I admire your spirit, I'm not too sure how far that's going to get you. I've talked with the accessibility helpdesk at Microsoft, and beyond the basics of Windows and Office, they really don't know too much more about other Microsoft products at this point. It wouldn't hurt to voice your concerns, of course, but I highly doubt they'll know where to go with all of them. I've been working with our TAM and the accessibility person from the System Center/InTune team for the past few months, and its slow, but I think we're getting somewhere at least with SCCM. What I'd recommend you do is write up very specific ways to reproduce every accessibility issue you can, make sure they're reproducible, include what you expect to happen and what actually happens, then open support tickets with Microsoft. Make sure they're not screen reader issues, but genuine Microsoft issues, and my experience is Microsoft will file them as bugs. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 5:32 PM To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 21 May '14

21 May '14

Now now Ryan, don't put up the barriers before doing anything. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Vic Pereira Shared Services Canada/Integrated Network Services | Services partagés Canada/Services Intégrés de Réseau 400-400 St. Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca 204-983-0653 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Shugart Sent: May-20-14 9:19 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi Katherine: While I admire your spirit, I'm not too sure how far that's going to get you. I've talked with the accessibility helpdesk at Microsoft, and beyond the basics of Windows and Office, they really don't know too much more about other Microsoft products at this point. It wouldn't hurt to voice your concerns, of course, but I highly doubt they'll know where to go with all of them. I've been working with our TAM and the accessibility person from the System Center/InTune team for the past few months, and its slow, but I think we're getting somewhere at least with SCCM. What I'd recommend you do is write up very specific ways to reproduce every accessibility issue you can, make sure they're reproducible, include what you expect to happen and what actually happens, then open support tickets with Microsoft. Make sure they're not screen reader issues, but genuine Microsoft issues, and my experience is Microsoft will file them as bugs. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 5:32 PM To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 21 May '14

21 May '14

I will not be able to join you, however if you are successful in getting MS Project, Windows Server, MS Publisher and SharePoint to be more accessible I might have to add you to my Christmas card mailing list. Thank you for taking this on. It is an amazing gesture on your part. Vic Pereira Shared Services Canada/Integrated Network Services | Services partagés Canada/Services Intégrés de Réseau 400-400 St. Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca 204-983-0653 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: May-20-14 6:32 PM To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility? Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by Katherine Moss 21 May '14

21 May '14

Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me?

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Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by Katherine Moss 20 May '14

20 May '14

Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me?

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Team viewer accessibility with screen readers
by vikas＠techvision.net.in 20 May '14

20 May '14

Hello members, TeamViewer supports to JAWS and NVDA. The things that you have to do: 1. If you have to use JAWS with TeamViewer, your system should have to install windows7 on the both the machines. (windows XP I am not sure). 2. Then rest steps are same. 3. With NVDA. Just download the NVDA addin which supports to TeamViewer. That will help you to access the machine via TeamViewer. I am attaching the Addin of NVDA for your reference. To install an add-on, go to the NVDA tools menu, then select manage add-ons. Then select install, navigate to the location where you saved the downloaded add-on and choose the add-on package you wish to install. Alternatively, if you installed 2012.3 or later on your computer, using file manager of your choice, navigate to the location where you stored the add-on, then press ENTER on the nvda-addon file you wish to install. Once you press Open or press ENTER on the add-on file, NVDA will ask if you really wish to install the add-on. As the functionality of add-ons is unrestricted inside NVDA, which in theory could include accessing your personal data or even the entire system if NVDA is an installed copy, it is very important to only install add-ons from sources you trust. Once the add-on is installed, NVDA must be restarted for the add-on to start running. With best regards, Vikas Waghmare, System Administrator, NAMV, Skype:vikas.waghmare1

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if you think your week has sucked
by Ryan Shugart 19 May '14

19 May '14

So, if you think your week as a systems admin has sucked, be glad you're not this SCCM administrator: http://it.emory.edu/windows7-incident/ You need to read from the bottom up to get the idea of what happened, but I can say this is an easy mistake to make. Ryan

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