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Certificates with Pearson VUE
by Jakub Lukowicz 22 Dec '25

22 Dec '25

Hello, I'd like to take one of AWS certificates with Pearson VUE as provider. As a blind person I need some accomodations and I'm wondering if you have any experience with that. I read some information about what Pearson can provide and I'm going to contact them soon. I'm thinking about the following topics: I'd like to take this test online so I need to use NVDA with headphones. Is it allowed given that they run checks on my computer before exam to look for any unauthorized software. I know that they have their own browser to run those tests and I'd like to know if it's accessible for screen readers and whether I could test it before. I'm from Poland and I have documents confirming my disability in polish so do I need to translate them and provide to Pearson to prove that I'm blind. Lastly how this proctoring works? I know that they assign someone to watch me during the exam but are they aware that I'm using accomodations like headphones and screen reader? If you have any knowledge about above topics or any other suggestion please share. Best regards Jakub

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Windows Server 2022 core accessible?
by Armin Moradi 19 Dec '25

19 Dec '25

Hello, i have a task, where i should install a dhcp server with windows server core. I have sugcessfully installed windows Server 2022 core, but, i coult not enable audioservice. I coult only work with the NVDA OCR with in VMware, but that is not so nice. Can i as blind person work with windows server core? Regards Armin Moradi

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Proxmox for the blind
by Armin Moradi 15 Dec '25

15 Dec '25

Hello, i have a homeserver from supermicro. I using VMware 8 in the free version, i thinking about to order a dell T330 server as used hardware. My idear is, that i build an raid controller in. The latest VMware version is supported is version 6.5, i thinking about to use proxmox. Questions: 1. how accessible is proxmox it self? 2. When i install a windows machine, can i enable sound to hear, what is going on? Regards Armin Moradi

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Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage
by Eigeldinger Simon 11 Dec '25

11 Dec '25

Hi all, We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well. I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list. Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉 Any recommendations are appreciated. Greetings and thanks, Simon

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wsl, audio graphical setup
by David Mehler 02 Dec '25

02 Dec '25

Hello, Is anyone using WSL on a win10 or win11 system? If so are you using the graphical interface with audio? I've read much but the process of getting GUI audio and console audio seems convoluted, and I'm wanting to run a graphical environment in one of my WSL instances. Which graphical environment, desktop, window manager, etc is most orca-accessibly friendly? Is either speech-dispatcher or pulseaudio a viable option for console and/or GUI audio output? On the windows host side is either RDP or VNC network-accessible? Thanks. Dave. -- Sent with Thunderbird

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kvm consoles
by mattias jonsson 28 Nov '25

28 Nov '25

why are kvm consoles a piece of shit for blind users? it is near inaccessible at least dell idrac

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Reporting issues with Windows 11 and Surface Laptop installation media
by Andrew Hodgson 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25

Hi. I wish to report a couple of issues, one isn't disability related but was wondering if you would be able to forward it to the correct department anyhow. Windows 11 media with no Narrator: I built Windows 11 installation media on 01/11 using the Media Creation tool and this didn't seem to contain Narrator. I have seen a number of other blind people reporting this issue. Is there any update on when this may get solved? Surface recovery media not bootable: I wanted to recover a surface laptop 4 using the latest factory image. The latest image I downloaded was: SurfaceLaptop4-Intel_BMR_172010_2025.819.10821033.zip I downloaded this on 11/11. The media doesn't seem to be bootable after writing it to a blank USB drive formatted in FAT32. I got round this in the end by downloading the recovery image for Windows 11 23H2 and booting from that. When it had booted into the recovery environment, I swapped the drive with the one containing the newer recovery image and was successfully able to recover the surface. I realise these recovery images don't contain Narrator but wanted to report this issue anyway. Thanks. Andrew.

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Win11 fresh install with narrator?
by David Mehler 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25

Hello, Has anyone done a win11 fresh install with narrator speech? I just made a win11 installation iso and booted it tried to load narrator just like in the win10 installation process, and I didn't get narrator speech during the win11 process. Suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave. -- Sent with Thunderbird

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windows server 2022 hyper-v
by mattias jonsson 02 Nov '25

02 Nov '25

are there any form of web interface for it?

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TrueNAS SCALE an Accessible Install?
by David Mehler 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

Hello, I am wanting to set up a home NAS. Currently I have some hardware I can purpose to this, a bit older but within specs. Later I plan to go all new components but right now I need to get something. Is anyone using TrueNAS SCALE? If so is the installation process speech-accessible or can an existing iso be modified to make it speech-accessible? Once installed how accessible is the web UI from other machines, in my case Windows using NVDA or perhaps Android using Talkback? If this route is not viable any other routes to setup a home NAS appreciated. Thanks. Dave. -- Sent with Thunderbird

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