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Citrix
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

I need a few suggestions to get accessible connections to machines over Citrix. I've tried using RDP but the RDP windows aren't accessible. I get into the VM and the keys aren't passed through. I cant configure the RDP options to fix this because.... The RDP application isn't accessible. What's going on? Any ideas? I have a call in 3 hours from now and I'm badly stuck. They need answers and I cant access their servers.

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help modding espeak
by Josh K 29 Mar '15

29 Mar '15

hey anyone on here want to join me in modifying espeak to sound more like the jaws voice, eloquence? -- follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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Zenoss
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hi all, I've just had an interview for a role where part of my responsibilities will be dealing with Zenoss. Does anyone have any experience of its accessibility in terms of viewing alerts & general administration? They have a free version for personal use which I'll play with in due course but I was wondering if anyone uses their enterprise product. Regarding monitoring in general: the environment I'll hopefully be working in has a huge wall of monitors that gives an overview of the infrastructure & displays alerts when appropriate. The manager was (understandably) skeptical about how I'd be able to view alerts & the other output that Zenoss generates. I told him that I would most likely just use a Windows client or similar instead of using the wall. Does anyone do something similar? I notice that Zenoss has an API so if it makes the difference between me getting a job and not I'll just write something myself; he seems quite open to creative solutions to problems so there is some hope. Thanks, Ben.

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Zenoss
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hi all, I've just had an interview for a role where part of my responsibilities will be dealing with Zenoss. Does anyone have any experience of its accessibility in terms of viewing alerts & general administration? They have a free version for personal use which I'll play with in due course but I was wondering if anyone uses their enterprise product. Regarding monitoring in general: the environment I'll hopefully be working in has a huge wall of monitors that gives an overview of the infrastructure & displays alerts when appropriate. The manager was (understandably) skeptical about how I'd be able to view alerts & the other output that Zenoss generates. I told him that I would most likely just use a Windows client or similar instead of using the wall. Does anyone do something similar? I notice that Zenoss has an API so if it makes the difference between me getting a job and not I'll just write something myself; he seems quite open to creative solutions to problems so there is some hope. Thanks, Ben.

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sql 2014
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Have any of you used SQL 2014 yet? IF so, what's the accessibility like? I need access to the usual things. 1. Can I read the results of updates and inserts. 2. Can I read the result grid view from a select? 3. Can I read the job viewer results? 4. Can I start a job at a specific test? 5. Can I create users and logins? 6. Can I modify agents such as the Email service?

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www.blind-sysadmins.com
by John G Heim 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

Is www.blind-sysadmins.com gone for good? If the people who were involved in that are still on this list, we could put that stuff on www.iavit.org instead. We could also re-register blind-sysadmins.com and point it to www.iavit.org. The IAVIT web site is on a ubuntu virtual server that we admin ourselves so we can set up anything that apache can do. -- John Heim, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu, skype:john.g.heim

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Anyone using Sametime on a Mac?
by Scott Granados 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

Hi, so I’ve recently taken a new job and the company uses Sametime for messaging. I have used this before a long time ago but am having accessibility issues now where I can’t read what was sent to me. Has anyone used this package, especially on a Mac and have any ideas for things to adjust? I have enabled the accessibility features under preferences with no luck. Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks Scott

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installing windows 8.1 with speech
by David Mehler 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

Hello, Is there a way to get 8.1 installed with speech? I'm needing to do it on a physical drive not a virtual machine to test an issue with VMware. Thanks. Dave.

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at prime software
by Josh K 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

hey this at prime software will be out in october. i think its worth a look. they just gotta add OCR and website internet ability to better recognise inaccessible stuff on websites yet. the link is. http://www.vict-consultancy.co.uk/content/atprime.html pass ;this on to everyone you know. it will change the way we use windows! at prime is an accessibility optomiser, showing many invisible controls to the screen reader user making them visible, renameable and more. -- follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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installing windows 8.1 with speech
by David Mehler 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

Hello, Is there a way to get 8.1 installed with speech? I'm needing to do it on a physical drive not a virtual machine to test an issue with VMware. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access
by Chris Smart 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

hmm ok thanks for that. At 12:03 PM 3/11/2015, you wrote: >Chris, it's my understanding they do in fact have such status in >Australia. Whether or not a donation to an Australian charity is >tax-deductible outside the country is a question I can't answer. I >don't believe it is in the States, for example. > >On 3/11/15, Chris Smart <csmart8(a)cogeco.ca> wrote: > > Does NV Access have registered charitable status anywhere? > > I was thinking of drafting a letter seeking > > donations and sending it to a friend of mine who > > is high up in one of the banks here in Canada, > > and also to a friend who does coaching for large > > businesses. i.e. the only two really wealthy > > people I can think of. But, either of them would > > probably only donate if they could get a tax receit for it. > > > > > > At 06:39 AM 3/11/2015, you wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I've also donated. If you donate just $100 you > >>get to be on the Beta team. Well worth > >>it! It's a cleeshay but compared to products > >>before it, this could be a real game changer. > >> > >>Barry. > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Blind-sysadmins > >>[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] > >>On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh > >>Sent: 11 March 2015 09:11 > >>To: Blind sysadmins list > >>Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access > >> > >>I just want to add again that I have used a very > >>very early version of this and the > >>responsiveness, flexability and stability of > >>this is just absolutely fantastic. I will be contributing. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Blind-sysadmins > >>[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] > >>On Behalf Of Fermin, German > >>Sent: 11 March 2015 00:37 > >>To: Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org) > >>Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access > >> > >>Thought some would be interested in this very > >>important and monumental thing. I will be contributing tomorrow. > >> > >> > >> > >>Begin forward message: > >> > >> > >>NVDA Remote Access > >>Hi guys, it's Christopher Toth, one of the > >>developers of the NVDA Remote project. I'm > >>writing to you because you signed up to our > >>mailing list to be notified about our crowdfunding campaign. > >>I'm incredibly excited to let you know that > >>we're ready to go! The campaign launches today, and we need your help! > >> > >>NVDA Remote promises to be one of the most > >>incredible pieces of access technology we've > >>seen in the blindness world for a long time. We > >>know how we are going to build it. We have > >>cleared our schedules, and are ready to devote > >>the time and effort necessary to create this awesome project. > >>All we need now is the funding! > >> > >>Check out our campaign on Indiegogo, and please contribute what you can! > >>http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 > >> > >>We also need your help to spread the word. The > >>more people that learn about NVDA Remote, the > >>greater chance we have to reach our goal, so > >>please let your friends know, and ask them to chip in. > >> > >>We have created a few awesome perks to make our > >>campaign more exciting, including early access > >>to a beta list, as we're eager to get feedback > >>on what we're working on, so be sure to check those out! > >> > >>If you'd like to hear the NVDA Remote Access > >>prototype in action, have a listen to one of these demos: > >>http://NVDARemote.com/demos/NVDARemote.mp3 > >>http://NVDARemote.com/demos/SeroTalk.mp3 > >>http://NVDARemote.com/demos/CAVICast.mp3 > >> > >>Again, that link to our campaign is > >>http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 > >> > >>Thank you, and have an awesome day! > >> > >>- Christopher Toth > >> > >>NVDA Remote Access > >> > >> > >>This email was sent to > >>hermanfermin(a)gmail.com > >>why did I get this? > >>unsubscribe from this list > >>update subscription preferences > >>Accessible Apps · 2306 W Berry Ave · Littleton, CO 80120 · USA > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Blind-sysadmins mailing list > >>Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > >>https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Blind-sysadmins mailing list > >>Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > >>https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Blind-sysadmins mailing list > >>Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > >>https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > > https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > > > >-- >Jackie McBride >Author of the Upcoming Book >"Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe's Guide to Creating a Website" >www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite >Jaws Scripting training >www.screenreaderscripting.com > >_______________________________________________ >Blind-sysadmins mailing list >Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access
by Chris Smart 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Does NV Access have registered charitable status anywhere? I was thinking of drafting a letter seeking donations and sending it to a friend of mine who is high up in one of the banks here in Canada, and also to a friend who does coaching for large businesses. i.e. the only two really wealthy people I can think of. But, either of them would probably only donate if they could get a tax receit for it. At 06:39 AM 3/11/2015, you wrote: >Hi, > >I've also donated. If you donate just $100 you >get to be on the Beta team. Well worth >it! It's a cleeshay but compared to products >before it, this could be a real game changer. > >Barry. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Blind-sysadmins >[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] >On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh >Sent: 11 March 2015 09:11 >To: Blind sysadmins list >Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access > >I just want to add again that I have used a very >very early version of this and the >responsiveness, flexability and stability of >this is just absolutely fantastic. I will be contributing. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Blind-sysadmins >[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] >On Behalf Of Fermin, German >Sent: 11 March 2015 00:37 >To: Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org) >Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA Remote Access > >Thought some would be interested in this very >important and monumental thing. I will be contributing tomorrow. > > > >Begin forward message: > > >NVDA Remote Access >Hi guys, it's Christopher Toth, one of the >developers of the NVDA Remote project. I'm >writing to you because you signed up to our >mailing list to be notified about our crowdfunding campaign. >I'm incredibly excited to let you know that >we're ready to go! The campaign launches today, and we need your help! > >NVDA Remote promises to be one of the most >incredible pieces of access technology we've >seen in the blindness world for a long time. We >know how we are going to build it. We have >cleared our schedules, and are ready to devote >the time and effort necessary to create this awesome project. >All we need now is the funding! > >Check out our campaign on Indiegogo, and please contribute what you can! >http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 > >We also need your help to spread the word. The >more people that learn about NVDA Remote, the >greater chance we have to reach our goal, so >please let your friends know, and ask them to chip in. > >We have created a few awesome perks to make our >campaign more exciting, including early access >to a beta list, as we're eager to get feedback >on what we're working on, so be sure to check those out! > >If you'd like to hear the NVDA Remote Access >prototype in action, have a listen to one of these demos: >http://NVDARemote.com/demos/NVDARemote.mp3 >http://NVDARemote.com/demos/SeroTalk.mp3 >http://NVDARemote.com/demos/CAVICast.mp3 > >Again, that link to our campaign is >http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 > >Thank you, and have an awesome day! > >- Christopher Toth > >NVDA Remote Access > > >This email was sent to >hermanfermin(a)gmail.com >why did I get this? >unsubscribe from this list >update subscription preferences >Accessible Apps · 2306 W Berry Ave · Littleton, CO 80120 · USA > > >_______________________________________________ >Blind-sysadmins mailing list >Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > >_______________________________________________ >Blind-sysadmins mailing list >Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > >_______________________________________________ >Blind-sysadmins mailing list >Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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boot next tool
by Corey Knapp 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hi everyone, A while back someone posted a link to download a tool called boot next that would let you chose the boot device on a UEFI system can someone please send me the actual program I tried registering on the site several times but I never receive an email conformation thanks so much. Corey

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NVDA Remote Access
by Fermin, German 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Thought some would be interested in this very important and monumental thing. I will be contributing tomorrow. Begin forward message: NVDA Remote Access Hi guys, it's Christopher Toth, one of the developers of the NVDA Remote project. I'm writing to you because you signed up to our mailing list to be notified about our crowdfunding campaign. I'm incredibly excited to let you know that we're ready to go! The campaign launches today, and we need your help! NVDA Remote promises to be one of the most incredible pieces of access technology we've seen in the blindness world for a long time. We know how we are going to build it. We have cleared our schedules, and are ready to devote the time and effort necessary to create this awesome project. All we need now is the funding! Check out our campaign on Indiegogo, and please contribute what you can! http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 We also need your help to spread the word. The more people that learn about NVDA Remote, the greater chance we have to reach our goal, so please let your friends know, and ask them to chip in. We have created a few awesome perks to make our campaign more exciting, including early access to a beta list, as we're eager to get feedback on what we're working on, so be sure to check those out! If you'd like to hear the NVDA Remote Access prototype in action, have a listen to one of these demos: http://NVDARemote.com/demos/NVDARemote.mp3 http://NVDARemote.com/demos/SeroTalk.mp3 http://NVDARemote.com/demos/CAVICast.mp3 Again, that link to our campaign is http://igg.me/p/nvda-remote-access/x/9193299 Thank you, and have an awesome day! - Christopher Toth NVDA Remote Access This email was sent to hermanfermin(a)gmail.com why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Accessible Apps · 2306 W Berry Ave · Littleton, CO 80120 · USA

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server newby
by Negoslav Sabev 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hello, I am absolute beginner in system administration, no programming background, ziro administration experience. As of now, I don't visit courses or look for admin job, just wanting to get some knowledge and experience. I have a VPS with windows server 2012 R2 setup,no additional server groups or servers to manage. I use screen readers. Is there a book or reading matherial for a newbie like me you can recommend? Best regards, Negoslav

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server newby
by Negoslav Sabev 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hello, I am absolute beginner in system administration, no programming background, ziro administration experience. As of now, I don't visit courses or look for admin job, just wanting to get some knowledge and experience. I have a VPS with windows server 2012 R2 setup,no additional server groups or servers to manage. I use screen readers. Is there a book or reading matherial for a newbie like me you can recommend? Best regards, Negoslav

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HIPPA, high trust, and accessibility
by Ryan Shugart 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hi all: I may be moving jobs soon, a Windows systems engineer at a regional health care provider. My current environment is unregulated, so the only security practices we follow, for better or worse, are our own. Obviously since this new environment would be a health care provider, they have HIPPA and high trust and other compliance things to worry about. My question to you, has this posed any accessibility challenges and how did you work around them, AKA making adaptive technology work in such a restricted environment? We’re talking screen readers here specifically. Thanks. Ryan

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Really crappy morning.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Jaws has just caused two production servers to reboot. I've been using these servers every day from Monday to Friday for the past two years. Jaws 14 is what's been running. I have never updated because getting time to reboot these servers is very difficult. Now they've just gone down during a payment run! Wow this is really bad luck. Has anyone encountered this before? I'm running Jaws16 on the local PC. I'm writing this while waiting on the second server to come back up with every crossable part of my body crossed. If it doesn't come up, I will have to go to a data center which is an hour away to figure out what's gone wrong.

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Really crappy morning.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Jaws has just caused two production servers to reboot. I've been using these servers every day from Monday to Friday for the past two years. Jaws 14 is what's been running. I have never updated because getting time to reboot these servers is very difficult. Now they've just gone down during a payment run! Wow this is really bad luck. Has anyone encountered this before? I'm running Jaws16 on the local PC. I'm writing this while waiting on the second server to come back up with every crossable part of my body crossed. If it doesn't come up, I will have to go to a data center which is an hour away to figure out what's gone wrong.

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Question about using Cisco's Packet Tracer on AnY OS with ANY screenreader
by Megan Bening 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Hi all, Has anyone found an accessible way to get Packet Tracer to read out? I have a group project for college and I (and another visually impaired person who is also in the class) have been using old hardware Cisco routers, which has been working well until now. However, we are in a position where a group of us is supposed to collaborate on configuring a virtual network, consisting of 6 routers, through Packet Tracer, and we only have access to 4. We’re put in a position where the needed modifications are detrimental to the learning process of the rest of the group, as the assignment needs to be heavily modified to include only the 4 routers we have access to. The options seem to be for me to not work with a group and do everything myself, which I feel is a little over ambitious as the project scope was meant to include 4 people, or using a system we don’t have access to and getting a fellow group member to read screen output. Has anyone had experience using this and getting it to read out on Windows, Linux, or Mac? From what I’ve read DynaMIPS would work well, but doesn’t interface to Packet Tracer and requires more Linux configuration knowledge to set up than I currently have. Thoughts, anyone? Thanks so much for taking the time to read! Megan

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Vmware Workstation9 on windows7 host not grabbing keyboard input
by David Mehler 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has seen the issue where at least Vmware Workstation9 is not sending keyboard input properly to a guest? This is on a Windows7 host system, and at first I thought the issue was strictly limited to Windows 7 host with a screen reader, and windows x guest also with a screen reader running. In those circumstances doing a control g on the vm, or going to the vm menu and selecting grab input, certain keys are not passed, for example the numpad keys appear to interact with both screen readers with a sluggishness on the guest side. As I said I thought this was at first a windows issue, I just booted a Linux guest vm and tried it, wanting to do some builds, just out of curiousity I hit the numpad the host screen reader responded which it should not have done. I've uninstalled and reinstalled vmware workstation, googled and found several items on the net indicating a windows update might be responsible for this and removed the ones indicated I can provide the articles if needed but none of it has fixed the problem. Any assistance appreciated, my windows vms are useless since I can't get them to remote in and the Linux ones I have to access by a local ssh client. Thanks. Dave.

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Vmware Workstation9 on windows7 host not grabbing keyboard input
by David Mehler 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has seen the issue where at least Vmware Workstation9 is not sending keyboard input properly to a guest? This is on a Windows7 host system, and at first I thought the issue was strictly limited to Windows 7 host with a screen reader, and windows x guest also with a screen reader running. In those circumstances doing a control g on the vm, or going to the vm menu and selecting grab input, certain keys are not passed, for example the numpad keys appear to interact with both screen readers with a sluggishness on the guest side. As I said I thought this was at first a windows issue, I just booted a Linux guest vm and tried it, wanting to do some builds, just out of curiousity I hit the numpad the host screen reader responded which it should not have done. I've uninstalled and reinstalled vmware workstation, googled and found several items on the net indicating a windows update might be responsible for this and removed the ones indicated I can provide the articles if needed but none of it has fixed the problem. Any assistance appreciated, my windows vms are useless since I can't get them to remote in and the Linux ones I have to access by a local ssh client. Thanks. Dave.

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Holiday management.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Hello, Do any of you use any decent tools for managing holidays in your team? I need something that will do the following: 1. Let me record sick leave. 2. Let me schedule annual leave. 3. Warn me if I've scheduled annual leave at a time when someone else is on annual leave. 4. If it would tell me a week in advance when someone is on leave it would be fantastic. 5. .net based would also be preferable. Any suggestions? Regards Darragh

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Holiday management.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Hello, Do any of you use any decent tools for managing holidays in your team? I need something that will do the following: 1. Let me record sick leave. 2. Let me schedule annual leave. 3. Warn me if I've scheduled annual leave at a time when someone else is on annual leave. 4. If it would tell me a week in advance when someone is on leave it would be fantastic. 5. .net based would also be preferable. Any suggestions? Regards Darragh

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Computer inventory software
by Michał Dziwisz 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hi, can somebody recommend any solution that is accessible? Soft can be free or paid, ofcourse if free then better. :) -- Best regards, Michał

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