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Tables in M365
by Kieran Little 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hi All, I can’t find the original thread to this, but I had a reply from the enterprise disability answer desk on this issue. “CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi @Kieran Little<mailto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk>, Thank you for contacting the Microsoft enterprise Disability Answer Desk. Engineering team is already aware of the issue, and they are currently working to resolve it. We will keep you informed of any progress made. In the meantime, we recommend that you try using the Firefox browser as a workaround. Based on our testing, this issue doesn't seem to occur in Firefox. For reference we have created a tracking ticket for this issue Accessibility 205512<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.azure…>. You won’t have access to the link, but the number will help you and our team to track the issue to resolution.  Thank you. Devaki “ Kieran Little Support Officer Cyber Security Team Information Services Northumberland County Council Call me<callto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Send me an instant message<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=kieran.little@northumberland.g…> Mobile: 07966325130 Email: Kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk<mailto:Kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council Stay Home]

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MSDN subscription
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

Hi. Is anyone here funding their own MSDN subscription? I am thinking of doing this and potentially using it for my Office365 tenant. I did have an MSDN subscription through the company but due to a recent takeover we have lost the benefit. Would be interested to see what others are doing for funding this. Thanks. Andrew.

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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hi. Its likely that whatever lockdowns you have you will have the same issue with another partition manager tool as I expect they use similar methods to resize the volumes. If you explain the lockdowns you have done it may help but try the tool I mentioned at www.lsoft.net first. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 10:41 PM To: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access Yes you can resize, but with the lock downs we have in place only if we're booted to p e so that is the issue. On 4/5/2023 1:03 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > To be honest I thought you could resize the system volume using Diskpart, Diskpart is what is used as the backend to the volume GUI tool in Disk Manager. Internet searches seem to confirm this. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason White via Blind-sysadmins > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:48 PM > To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > Cc: Jason White <jason(a)jasonjgw.net> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > > On 4/4/23 05:57, Isaac wrote: >> I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and >> we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another >> tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it >> off of the drive in curtain scenarios. >> > If you were asking about Linux, I would suggest GNU Parted, which also has some capacity to resize NTFS filesystems, according to a quick Web search. > > However, I'm less familiar with the Windows offerings. The partition > management tool included in Windows (the one with the graphical > interface) can resize NTFS filesystems as well. That's how I freed space on my laptop's drive in order to install Linux alongside the existing Windows installation. > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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partition tool with access
by Isaac 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point?

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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

In which case give Lsoft partition manager a try www.lsoft.net. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:06 PM To: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access Yes, I can shrink and extend from win p e but need to be able to do this in the windows environment. On 4/4/2023 12:21 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > Can you modify the volume size if you boot to a Windows setup environment? I think I've done that before. Its been a long time since I needed to modify a partition. > > I've had good luck with the software from www.lsoft.net but not used the partition manager. I have the Data Studio suite which includes most of their products. > > Thanks. > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:58 AM > To: Mailing list for blind system administrators > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>; Andrew Hodgson > <andrew(a)hodgson.io> > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it off of the drive in curtain scenarios. > > On 4/4/2023 4:07 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: >> Hi. >> >> What's wrong with Diskpart? If you need a specific feature or use case it would be helpful. >> >> Andrew. >> >> Andrew. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:55 AM >> To: Mailing list for blind system administrators >> <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access >> >> >> Sorry, I should have said besides the diskpart tool. >> >> On 4/3/2023 3:17 PM, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins wrote: >>> I looked it up, and, under Windows, it’s called Diskpart. Apparently, it’s text-based, hence it should be entirely accessible. >>> There are also PowerShell commands available. >>> >>>> On Apr 3, 2023, at 15:28, Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >>>> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >>> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Hi. Can you modify the volume size if you boot to a Windows setup environment? I think I've done that before. Its been a long time since I needed to modify a partition. I've had good luck with the software from www.lsoft.net but not used the partition manager. I have the Data Studio suite which includes most of their products. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:58 AM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>; Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it off of the drive in curtain scenarios. On 4/4/2023 4:07 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > What's wrong with Diskpart? If you need a specific feature or use case it would be helpful. > > Andrew. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:55 AM > To: Mailing list for blind system administrators > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > > Sorry, I should have said besides the diskpart tool. > > On 4/3/2023 3:17 PM, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins wrote: >> I looked it up, and, under Windows, it’s called Diskpart. Apparently, it’s text-based, hence it should be entirely accessible. >> There are also PowerShell commands available. >> >>> On Apr 3, 2023, at 15:28, Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >>> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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PRTG
by Billy Irwin 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Hi All, It is great to be back on the list. I have some news for all of you looking for a NMS solution. PRTG by Paessler is getting a GUI makeover and will be WCAG compliant with their new interface. I've been testing it in my production environment with much success. The GUI isn't complete by no means, but it is a great step in the right direction. They have committed to making their solution complaint. The interface is still in alpha. You can download their demo and work with it and send them feedback if you are interested. I will also add that they added WCAG to their public roadmap as well.. Best, Billy L. Irwin Sr. Cyber Security / Network Engineer County Government

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Create NFC accessibly?
by Can Kırca 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Hello, Could you recommend a device and/or solution to write/read NFC tags? I've to create some NFC tags for our wireless system Thank you.

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Booting a CD or DVD from a running Linux system
by Steve Matzura 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

I have no possibility of accessing the BIOS on one of my machines--no screen (the system is hopelessly buried behind other equipment) and no one to read it even if I had one. This system booted from its DVD drive at one time, but now no longer does, and I don't know why. I can mount the DVD with the command: mount -t 9660 -o ro cdrom and show the filesystem with df, but if I reboot the system with the reboot command or turn it on from cold, seems like the DVD drive gets bypassed. I have also tried booting the system from a USB thumb drive suitably prepaired with Debian 11.6 by writing it with IMGBurn, and still no joy no matter which USB port I choose. Is there a way to force the CD/DVD drive to boot from maybe an installed boot manager package that I can install on my Debian 8 system so as to boot the Debian 11 DVD and regenerate my system?

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Serial port header block on mobo
by John G. Heim 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

I'm about to have a new PC built. So far, I have always been able to find a motherboard with a serial port header block. Does anybody know what incantation I can use while searching for a mobo with the serial header block? Searching for mobos with com1 has not worked. What is the technical name for that serial port on the mobo? -- John .G. Heim jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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o365 admin tables not working with screen readers
by Kelly Prescott 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

I could not find the original message to keep the thread, but I remember seeing a message on this list about the sudden failure of screen readers in tables on the Microsoft O365 admin site. https://admin.microsoft.com I figured this would get cleared up soon, but it has been a few weeks, and no screen reader, JAWS, NVDA, or Narrator will work with this content anymore. I did send a email to the enterprise accessibility answer desk at Microsoft, but no answer yet. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to get around this? This makes the site unusable to me and that is a significant part of my job. I have been able to use powershell for some things, but that takes time as I have to lookup commands for all the things I need to do. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Looking for a pentester
by David Mehler 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Hello, Any pentesters on this list? I feel like I'm chasing a shadow and I need to ask a few questions. Thanks. Dave.

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Accessibility, audio and speech support, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, System Rescue CD, running from a USB multiboot disk
by David Mehler 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

Hello, Is anyone running one, sum, or all of the above distros specifically from either a single bootable USB stick or a multiboot USB stick? If so, how did you get audio and speech going in each of the distros on the disk? Also, if your using a multiboot do you use shared caching or persistent storage so that OS settings persist across reboots? Thanks. Dave.

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SoftPhone Wave
by Ibraam Wahib 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

hello dears sorry if this off topic please, any experience about Accessibility of Wave SoftPhone from Grandstreem? as an aigent & supervisor in call center. appreciate your support / advice if another group specialized in such topics. feel free to eMail me directly to not desturbe members. thanks very much

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Replacing Chocolatey with Winget
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

Hi. Seriously looking at replacing my scripts to use Winget now instead of Chocolatey. I notice there is even a package for JFW 2023 as well as NVDA in Winget. Has anyone actually had experience with using these packages? May play over the weekend. Thanks. Andrew.

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UK suppliers of Windows IoT?
by Mobeen Iqbal 12 Feb '23

12 Feb '23

Hello Everyone. Does anyone know of any UK based suppliers of Windows 10 IoT enterprise? I've found plenty of people in the US supplying it, but no one really seems to be supplying anything other than server licenses in the UK. Very best wishes, Mo.

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Re: PRTG Network Monitor
by Ryan Shugart 11 Feb '23

11 Feb '23

Hi Billy: This is awesome, its always great when a company in the IT/admin space is deticating to accessibility. Could you by chance give us a link to the product? Thanks. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Billy Irwin <billy.irwin(a)outlook.com <mailto:billy.irwin@outlook.com>> Reply-To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org <mailto:blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org>> Date: Friday, February 10, 2023 at 4:59 PM To: "blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org <mailto:blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org>" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org <mailto:blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org>> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] PRTG Network Monitor Hi All, It is great to be back on the list. I have some news for all of you looking for a NMS solution. PRTG by Paessler is getting a GUI makeover and will be WCAG compliant with their new interface. I've been testing it in my production environment with much success. The GUI isn't complete by no means, but it is a great step in the right direction. They have committed to making their solution complaint. The interface is still in alpha. You can download their demo and work with it and send them feedback if you are interested. I will also add that they added WCAG to their public roadmap as well.. Best, Billy L. Irwin Sr. Cyber Security / Network Engineer County Government _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org <mailto:blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org <mailto:blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org>

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PRTG Network Monitor
by Billy Irwin 11 Feb '23

11 Feb '23

Hi All, It is great to be back on the list. I have some news for all of you looking for a NMS solution. PRTG by Paessler is getting a GUI makeover and will be WCAG compliant with their new interface. I've been testing it in my production environment with much success. The GUI isn't complete by no means, but it is a great step in the right direction. They have committed to making their solution complaint. The interface is still in alpha. You can download their demo and work with it and send them feedback if you are interested. I will also add that they added WCAG to their public roadmap as well.. Best, Billy L. Irwin Sr. Cyber Security / Network Engineer County Government

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Accessing Microsoft 365 mail from Linux
by Jason White 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

What is currently my best and most screen reader accessible option for working with Microsoft 365-hosted mail (Exchange Online) when running Linux? I’ve enabled IMAP and SMTP access in the Exchange Online configuration. It’s my Microsoft 365 subscription, which I recently upgraded to include e-mail, Microsoft Teams, etc., and intended for professional/career-related use. However, and for good reasons, Microsoft now requires the use of OAuth 2.0 authorization for both IMAP and SMTP connections. My options so far appear to be as follows. Mozilla Thunderbird, which I’m already using with my Linux-hosted IMAP account. Unfortunately, authentication in Microsoft 365 is currently an open bug which is being actively worked on by Mozilla, introduced in the most recent Thunderbird release. I expect this is my best option, and I can afford to wait a while for them to resolve the bug. Evolution: not very accessible with a screen reader, as I recall. DavMail: This is another possibility. It essentially accesses Microsoft servers and makes mail, contacts and calendar available locally via their respective protocols (IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV/CardDAV). I don’t know how reliably it works with Microsoft’s current authentication and authorization scheme, though. The outlook.office365.com <http://outlook.office365.com/> Web interface: probably workable, but not ideal - I would prefer to have both of my mail accounts in the same client. Comments welcome.

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Microsoft certification exam accommodations survey
by Ryan Shugart 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hi all: Earlier I had posted to this group about a survey Microsoft was running regarding accommodation's for certification exams. This survey had been scheduled to end on 12/16, however the date has been extended until 12/31. If anyone is interested, you can take the survey here<https://forms.office.com/r/XY7S7JgKL6>. My apologies for the late notice of the extension, I have been on vacation for the past few weeks. If there are any accessibility issues taking the survey, please reach out to the Enterprise Disability Answer Desk<mailto:edad@microsoft.com> for assistance. Thanks a lot. Ryan Ryan Shugart Senior Program Manager, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262

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Certification Exam
by gbobo＠woh.rr.com 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Hello All, I passed my Security+ exam yesterday. The exam was not accessible, so I had to use a reader/recorder. I got lucky and the reader was really good. Overall, my experience with the testing center was very good. I had the exam room to myself. The actual test was very shitty. It began with 4 performance based questions I found very frustrating, some of the questions were so long that I had to have the questions read over and over. The reader even thought the questions were very long and unfair in some cases because I had to memorize the scenario while trying to pick the answer. At one point the question was so long, the reader and I agreed that it gave us headaches. My experience with the reader was good and I lucked out with a good one. I hope accessibility for tests will get better because there are more coming up in my future. Greg B.

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Test mail from new instance
by Andrew Hodgson 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Hi. Testing mail from new larger VPS as I want to run a Mastodan instance from the same machine. A few things may be off as the Mailman now uses a different backend so I can share stuff with the Mastadon instance. Thanks. Andrew.

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study around Microsoft exam acomidations
by Ryan Shugart 18 Nov '22

18 Nov '22

Hi: I wanted to mention this to the list as there has been some interest. I am personally not connected with the team running this study but it is being done in partnership with a team at Microsoft. If you have taken a Microsoft exam with or without accommodations in the past 3 years, you may be interested in participating in this study<https://accessibilityuserresearchcollective.org/study-128a-microsoft-accomm…> regarding the accommodations process around Microsoft certification and licensure exams. Thanks. Ryan Ryan Shugart Senior Program Manager, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262

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Chrome took out my history and bookmarks
by David Mehler 06 Nov '22

06 Nov '22

Hello, I'm not sure if I'm more upset with the week I've had or the chrome topping I got last evening. Chrome did a purge of unused profiles, it smoked *all* of my site history that I've visited (that's very annoying but minor), it also *smoked* entirely my *complete* list of bookmarks, they are gone. I'd like to get them back. Currently I'm not using Chrome and won't until this is settled, but Edge which I do not like. Some things I've read say it can't be done once Chrome does this autopurge, I don't know why it felt the need to destroy years of bookmarks, I'd like them back. I do not have chrome automatically logging in to a google account. Any advice welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: Accessing Windows PE environment
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Nov '22

06 Nov '22

Hi. The problem I have isn't so much getting NVDA started but getting any usable audio. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac Brofman <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: 03 November 2022 15:50 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>; Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Accessing Windows PE environment Hi, you might try shift f 10 when the image has booted, then navigate with the command prompt to get to the directory and start nvda. With sighted help the first time you could also envoke notepad and use it like your opening a file and see what drives windows has made to find the nvda directory. On 11/3/2022 9:42 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > I've never managed to get this working on anything other than the Windows setup image. This includes the WinRE recovery environment you can boot into from your machine. > > Let us know if you get it working. > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jason.fayre(a)cibc.com <jason.fayre(a)cibc.com> > Sent: 03 November 2022 14:25 > To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessing Windows PE environment > > Hi all, > I posted this a few weeks ago, but don't think it went through for some reason. > At my company, we use a Windows PE USB key to start the process of building a new Windows machine. I thought that Narrator was included in Windows PE, but I'm discovering that it isn't. > Has anyone been able to get NVDA running on Windows PE? I know this was done years ago, but that was with a Windows 7 PE image. > I'm going to take a crack at integrating NVDA, but wondered if anyone has experience with this. > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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