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JAWS 18 crashes more often than not on 32 bit
by Katherine M. Moss 25 May '17

25 May '17

Hey all, Thought I'd mention this, for it's been impacting my job performance on a negative level and was wondering whether or not you might have anything to say about it. I've noticed that JAWS 18 crashes all the time, hence causing me to miss calls; there is no rime or reason for this; it just happens. I have a few other things open, yet with my personal laptops, both running 64 bits, I don't have these same issues at all. It's only my aging work computer. My work device is an HP EliteBook 8300. My personal laptops are a dell Latitude E6540 and a latitude D630, and neither of them give me these issues. I'm curious what I can do to keep the crashes to a minimal level to ensure that my performance doesn't degrade further? Work device is running Windows 7 32 bit and my laptops run 10 enterprise. I run a couple of nonstandard things for between calls, though that's no different than anyone else around here. I've tried to isolate the problem to a particular application and I can't.

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Wireless N card recommendation
by David Mehler 25 May '17

25 May '17

Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for a new USB wireless card. It's got to be n compatible and can operate in both the 2.4 and 5 GHZ bands so it can connect to any network. Currently the two nano USB adapters have only 2.4 GHZ radios. Please let me know any recommendations and how you've found the cards you use and if you'd purchase them again? Thanks. Dave.

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FW: [IAVIT-Talk] Coolest Job Opening Ever
by Sean Murphy 24 May '17

24 May '17

FYI, in case anyone is interested. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.iavit.org] On Behalf Of John G Heim Sent: Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:00 AM To: talk(a)iavit.org; linux(a)iavit.org Subject: [IAVIT-Talk] Coolest Job Opening Ever The Icecube Project, which is an international group of physicis trying to capture neutrinos is looking for a linux systems admin. The job is at the University Of Wisconsin-Madison. I'm at the Math Department there. Generally, working for a university is a great thing for a disabled person. And the University Of Wisconsin is one of the best in terms of it's commitment to diversity. https://wipac.wisc.edu/careers/linux-system-administrator _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk(a)lists.iavit.org http://lists.iavit.org/listinfo/talk

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G Suite
by Anatoliy Shudrya 23 May '17

23 May '17

Managing G-suite, which browser plus screen reader do you prefer? I always must shuffle between NVDA and JAWS to get some things done and not always remember which browser to start with. Once I get to groups, permissions, things get hazy and only then I start thinking of a different browser. How do you manage to get around g suite admin panel, cloud printer panel? Regards, Anatoliy

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G Suite
by Anatoliy Shudrya 23 May '17

23 May '17

Managing G-suite, which browser plus screen reader do you prefer? I always must shuffle between NVDA and JAWS to get some things done and not always remember which browser to start with. Once I get to groups, permissions, things get hazy and only then I start thinking of a different browser. How do you manage to get around g suite admin panel, cloud printer panel? Regards, Anatoliy

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Cisco any connect on the Mac
by Scott Granados 17 May '17

17 May '17

So I’m trying to use a new version of the Cisco any connect to verify to a VPN on a Mac. When I enter my name and password and hit continue the field shows up as answer and answer (twice), there’s a continue button and it will take secure input. I tried entering in the entrust generated pin but it didn’t work and that menu returned. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you

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keeping the official free PBX distro up to date
by Mobeen Iqbal 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi Everyone. I'm about to perform a fresh install of the official free PBX distro from freepbx.org. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how I can keep the system up to date? I have never used cent OS before, i've used either debian or arch in the past. The online documentation seems to indicate that you can run scripts, but says they must be run in order. I'm assuming the first time I install all the updates will be pulled in automatically, but how can I maintain the system after that? Or shall I just keep free PBX up to date and leave the base install as is? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers, Mo.

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RSAT and NVDA
by Simon Eigeldinger 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi all, Anyone is using RSAT (Remote Access Server Tools) with NVDA? I guess NVDA doesn't like it when i open that with a different account than the user it is running. so you open that as admin and with a different user but in my normal user environment who is just local admin. the interface is there but list boxes and treeviews seem to contain elements but they are not announced. a list box for example is just announced with that: list: list entry: 1 of 20. and when you scroll down it just says: list entry, list entry, list entry. Anyone knows that issue? Can i fix that somewhere o do i need to change the account to that this tool is needed to run as? running it as a different user would not need me to change the account every time i want to use the tools. Greetings, Simon --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Google cloud printing "Printers offline"
by Anatoliy Shudrya 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hello everyone on the list, Does anybody know of a best practice for google cloud printing? We have a print server on win 2012 r2, and google cloud printing routs all print jobs from cloud printers to our physical server. Because many of our printers are "classic printers." For the most part it works O.K. but very often we get all printers offline and our end users are pretty much fed-up with this because I am not always onsite and sometimes it takes me several hours to login remotely, fire up chrome, log in to cloud printing and reset printers to get them back online. I always keep chrome open and logged in with dedicated account for GCP but do to unforeseen events I get logged out quite often. I have tried to setup GCP service on the server, but no luck, I get an error that the service cannot be started and all fails. I know this is not accessibility issue but I know there is many great experts on the list that maybe someone can suggest something to a struggling GCP admin. Thank you Anatoliy

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Google cloud printing "Printers offline"
by Anatoliy Shudrya 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hello everyone on the list, Does anybody know of a best practice for google cloud printing? We have a print server on win 2012 r2, and google cloud printing routs all print jobs from cloud printers to our physical server. Because many of our printers are "classic printers." For the most part it works O.K. but very often we get all printers offline and our end users are pretty much fed-up with this because I am not always onsite and sometimes it takes me several hours to login remotely, fire up chrome, log in to cloud printing and reset printers to get them back online. I always keep chrome open and logged in with dedicated account for GCP but do to unforeseen events I get logged out quite often. I have tried to setup GCP service on the server, but no luck, I get an error that the service cannot be started and all fails. I know this is not accessibility issue but I know there is many great experts on the list that maybe someone can suggest something to a struggling GCP admin. Thank you Anatoliy

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MalwareBites
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 16 May '17

16 May '17

I found with Java Access Bridge enabled and Window-Eyes MalWareBites was somewhat useable. Not perfect, but I managed to get it going and scanning and removing whatever it found. It is possible to save a report and read it with Notepad. Vic Pereira Project Manager, Intra-Building Networks Real Property Projects | Networks and End-Users Branch Shared Services Canada | Government of Canada vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca | Tel: 204-781-5046 Gestionnaire de Projet, Réseau Intra-Immeubles Projets biens immobiliers | Direction générale des Réseaux et utilisateurs finaux Services partagés Canada | Gouvernement du Canada vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca | Tél: 204-781-5046

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Skype for business/Microsoft link
by Zameer Mahomed 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hi Listers, I have a few questions regarding skype for business, help would be much appreciated please. Which screenreader is recommended for use with skype for business? is it possible to continue a conversation that has already started? I find that I have to manually find the person I want to chat to and choose send IM. Choosing continue conversation, does not open the conversation window. Is there a keyboard shortcut to answer calls? Also, is it possible to have conversation windows open up for each chat? Any help would be much appreciated. Kind Regards

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JFW and exchange mailbox admin UI?
by Zameer Mahomed 14 May '17

14 May '17

Hi listers, I'm facing a situation where I am not able to view mailbox details for now with Jaws 18 running windows 10 and Internet explorer. The company uses exchange mailbox admin (not sure the exact naming as I am new to all this stuff) However, it is web-based and seems to be accessible. What happens is, I search for a user, click on it, go to mailbox features, but when I try to go to mail flow, its as though JFW crashes Internet explorer. With google chrome, the page automaticly closes. Does anyone know a solution to be able to manage exchange mailboxes effectively with JFW? Apologies for the newbe questions, just got an opportunity to experience the workplace and these are some of the problems I am running in to. Your help would be much appreciated. Kind Regards

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Windows machines, new nagware
by David Mehler 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hello, Is there any new "nagware" out lately like in the last week or so? Nagware is what I call those virus fakes that pop up and read out with a tts "Your computer is infected, call this number etc etc etc". I've got a machine that has it, it was a low priority until that owner got another machine infected, which is a high priority. Things we've tried, this is on win10 1607, Windows defender, Malware bytes (version unknown), (is v3 really accessible last time I tried it no joy), and a disk cleanup giving emphasis to deleting the temporary files. Also, a ccleaner. The issue is nothing is detecting this malware, not defender or malware bytes, and cleaning the temporary files didn't stop it. Browser used, firefox, (version unknown). Last item one machine user was visiting the site www.watchfree.to I also replaced the system's hosts file with one specifically designed to block a lot of ad sites, can't remember where I got it from, no joy. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Windows machines, new nagware
by David Mehler 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hello, Is there any new "nagware" out lately like in the last week or so? Nagware is what I call those virus fakes that pop up and read out with a tts "Your computer is infected, call this number etc etc etc". I've got a machine that has it, it was a low priority until that owner got another machine infected, which is a high priority. Things we've tried, this is on win10 1607, Windows defender, Malware bytes (version unknown), (is v3 really accessible last time I tried it no joy), and a disk cleanup giving emphasis to deleting the temporary files. Also, a ccleaner. The issue is nothing is detecting this malware, not defender or malware bytes, and cleaning the temporary files didn't stop it. Browser used, firefox, (version unknown). Last item one machine user was visiting the site www.watchfree.to I also replaced the system's hosts file with one specifically designed to block a lot of ad sites, can't remember where I got it from, no joy. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Icecast - displaying more meta details.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 10 May '17

10 May '17

Hello, I've asked this question on the Icecast list but no one responded. Icecast doesn't seem to expose the album title through the status.xslt file. Has anyone here had experience with extending the schema of this file to include this data? Also, do you have any suggestions as to how I can have ID3 version 2 tags read correctly? Thanks Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Websites: Personal: www.digitaldarragh.com<http://www.digitaldarragh.com> Professional: www.computersupportservices.ie<http://www.computersupportservices.ie> Music: www.ceol.fm<http://www.ceol.fm>

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Icecast - displaying more meta details.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 10 May '17

10 May '17

Hello, I've asked this question on the Icecast list but no one responded. Icecast doesn't seem to expose the album title through the status.xslt file. Has anyone here had experience with extending the schema of this file to include this data? Also, do you have any suggestions as to how I can have ID3 version 2 tags read correctly? Thanks Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Websites: Personal: www.digitaldarragh.com<http://www.digitaldarragh.com> Professional: www.computersupportservices.ie<http://www.computersupportservices.ie> Music: www.ceol.fm<http://www.ceol.fm>

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access portal
by Ibraam Wahib 04 May '17

04 May '17

dears which software and information needed to access work portal (intranet) from outside of network? all vpn programs i saw let me change my country but not give me other obtions. is it need licence or could find free one. awaiting your advice. thanks

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piping password hashes in to a mysql command
by David Mehler 03 May '17

03 May '17

Hello, I'm doing a database upgrade. I am increasing some columns and adding a password hash. What I'm wanting to do is increase one column from a varchar(128) to a varchar(150) I've tried: alter table table_name set column_name varchar(150) didn't work, can anyone spot my sql error? I'm using SecureCRT to access the server. What I'm wanting to do is take the output of this command: dovecot pw -s SHA512-CRYPT which gives me a nice lovely password and use that in an sql create or update statement. My question how do you get that command output in to the create or update commands? On windows I would select the information copy to clipboard and paste. I do not believe I have that choice here. Thanks. Dave.

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Seeking information about the accessibility of shoretel phone and computer system
by Sam 02 May '17

02 May '17

Hi everyone, My name is Sam. I was recommended to join this list by Catherine, thank you! I am volunteering at an emotional support hotline in Chicago IL that uses the shoretel unified communication system I think it's called. Basically the phone and computer are connected. The organization has never had a blind volunteer before so is hesitant about being sure I can independently use the technology. A lot of what we would do on calls envolves transferring, calling another number while on a call with someone, conference call and I think that's it. I have not had any experience with this system before. It's taken me forever to find anyone who's blind who could talk with me about it. Catherine has been extremely helpful and also recommended this list for more information. Basically am curious how well a screen reader would work in doing the above tasks and in general with the program. I use NVDA and am totally blind. Also I would need a headset with one ear for the phone and one for the computer and would like to know the best way to get one that's inexpensive as possible and that would work with any computer or phone at the organization, all wor stations are the same so I guess that doesn't matter. But just making sure I get the right one basically. I have contacted the Chicago lighthouse as I know lighthouse programs use them. Have not heard back, will be contacting other lighthouse programs. Hoping someone on here has experience to share. Thank you Sam --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Pentesting tools, experiences with accessibility thereof
by Chris Turner 02 May '17

02 May '17

HI all. I've been reading a couple of books on pentesting, IT security in generl, have a virtual test environment, using Kali linux. From an accessability PoV, asking for any tips / experiences / pitfalls with using some of the main tools mentioned in the reading material I've got. I'm a screen reader user and typically SSH into Kali from the Windows host. (espeakup is broken at the moment.) I know Berp Suite isn't accessible. How do you find Nessus? I've got it installed and tried a basic scan. I can't make much sense of the table of results or see how to get details. Maybe I'm misunderstanding it or missing a button with JAWS. I'm accessing it via Firefox. I'm fine at picking my way through learning the command line tools. Using metasploit framework, so far. I got into this as interested in networking and security. I suspect it might be one of those things I can only get so far with then be at a significant disadvantage due to accessability and speed. Well and my brain maybe too... :D Anyway thoughts welcome. Cheers. Chris Turner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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piping password hashes in to a mysql command
by David Mehler 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

Hello, I'm doing a database upgrade. I am increasing some columns and adding a password hash. What I'm wanting to do is increase one column from a varchar(128) to a varchar(150) I've tried: alter table table_name set column_name varchar(150) didn't work, can anyone spot my sql error? I'm using SecureCRT to access the server. What I'm wanting to do is take the output of this command: dovecot pw -s SHA512-CRYPT which gives me a nice lovely password and use that in an sql create or update statement. My question how do you get that command output in to the create or update commands? On windows I would select the information copy to clipboard and paste. I do not believe I have that choice here. Thanks. Dave.

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Roundcube and screen readers?
by David Mehler 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Hello, Has anyone used the webmail program roundcube with a screen reader? If so, did you find accessibility problems? Thanks. Dave.

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help with Accessibility or alternatives for some cisco apps?
by Zameer Mahomed 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Hi listers. I'd like to know if anybody has come in to contact with and possibly have a workaround regarding accessibility , or has found alternative applications for the following cisco products? cisco IP communicator: no accessibility at all with JFW, NVDA, or supernova. cisco jabber: App is useable to some extent but definitely needs more work for ease of use. Cisco Unified Attendant Console I've had a very breif moment with these apps as we were trying to help someone get setup using a switchboard that the company has. Any help or alternatives for these apps would be much appreciated. I just want to say a thank you to all members on this list for helping each other. I really don't know where else to ask. Kind Regards

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Looking for a reliable way to generate Windows VMs for testing.q
by Jen Bottom 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Hi everyone, I know this seems to come up quite a lot in various forms, but I haven't yet found a solution that works well for me and I'm not actually a Windows person much of the time. Background: I work in tech support and do everything currently from first to third line. I'm mainly on Mac and Linux, but some times I need to test GUI apps on Windows. Also there is now a drive to make one of our products more accessible, starting with NVDA/Jaws on Windows. I therefore want a way to be able to reliably spin up Windows VMs for testing that is as fast as possible. At present I would be happy with only Windows10, if accessibility makes this an easier process than older versions. The ultimate would be to have the ability to spin up VMs from Win7 to Win10, with NVDA running. I am happy to use pre-built Vagrant boxes, to save on build time if that is possible. What I have tried so far: I did some experiments with Vagrant and Packer, but this took a very long time and I never really got to the state of getting NVDA installed and running. I then tried with some of the pre-build Windows boxes. The plan was to install chocolaty, then use it to install NVDA. I could not do this over SSH, because the power shell scripts would not run. I tried switching to using RDP, but still could not get the scripts to automatically run, because they were not getting transferred to the box. This may be because my knowledge of Vagrant is lacking. Questions: Is it possible to provision a pre-built Windows box with Chocolaty and then NVDA, using a power shell script that is placed on the machine when the Vagrant script runs for the first time? If not, then is using something like Puppet or Chef the way to go? Or, is the way to get what I want to build the boxes from scratch using Packer? Not sure if this matters but I have found VirtualBox accessibility on the MAc to be really really lacking, so am planning to get the Vagrant Plugin for VMWare, so I can actually access my machines GUI once they are built and working. Thanks in advance for any advice. Jen.

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