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Phone splitter boxes
by Andrew Hodgson 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hi. I am helping someone using an IP desk phone with an RJ9 port. They want to use a single headset with a microphone, but have the output from the phone come in through one ear and the output from the computer screen reader come in through the other. There used to be a box that did this, but they are no longer available. The user can't use a softphone for various reasons. I'm thinking a mixer may be the only option but does anyone have anything they've used recently for this purpose? Thanks. Andrew.

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Darkice and Orca
by John G. Heim 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

I have a icecast2/darkice server set up to stream input on the line-in on the sound card. So the stream is playing whatever is coming into the line-in on the sound card. The problem is that if I start darkice before I log in, I can't get any audio. The darkice stream works fine, I get no sound on my computer speakers. So then I can't log in at the console because orca cannot speak. Even if I log in remotely, I can't play sound files. There is no error message, I just get nothing. If I kill darkice, then everything returns to normal. I can start orca at the login screen and log in. Then if I restart darkice, everything continues to work. In otherwords, if I start darkice before accessing the sound device as a regular user, darkice seems to take over the entire device, even output. If I access the sound card before I start darkice, everything is fine. It must be some kind of permissions problem but darned if I can figure out what. I'm running Ubuntu noble/24.04.

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dectalk usb
by Isaac Brofman 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

Hi, does anyone know if there is a dectalk usb addon for nvda

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modern endpoint management training
by Fayre, Jason 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Hello, I'm being asked to investigate courses in Modern Endpoint Management. Does anyone know of any companies that are offering this that are accessible? Just want to make sure I don't need to use an inaccessible virtual machine. This is related to technologies such as Microsoft Intune. Jason Fayre Assistive Technology Specialist | Enterprise Endpoint Compute | Employee Technology Services | CIBC 81 Bay Street, 14th Floor Toronto ON, Canada, M5J 0E7 | Tel: (416) 412-2678 | jason.fayre(a)cibc.com<mailto:jason.fayre@cibc.com>

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Microsoft Intune Remote Help
by Fayre, Jason 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

Hi all, Does anyone know if the new Remote Help add-on for Intune is accessible? I'm seeing in the release notes that it may at one point have passed audio from the remote machine, but they might have removed that feature. Jason Fayre Assistive Technology Specialist | Enterprise Endpoint Compute | Employee Technology Services | CIBC 81 Bay Street, 14th Floor Toronto ON, Canada, M5J 0E7 | Tel: (416) 412-2678 | jason.fayre(a)cibc.com<mailto:jason.fayre@cibc.com>

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Unifi console
by Kieran Little 04 Oct '24

04 Oct '24

Hi, Does anyone have any tips for successfully getting around the unified network console? My issue seems to be in say, the list of networks (settings>networks), JFW sees it as a listbox, and turning of the virtual PC cursor etc doesn’t make any difference, and can’t read anything in it. NVDA sees it as a table but that table only has the first entry. It seems to be a view they like to use, as the list of WiFI networks is the same. I had a self-hosted controller also and that seems to be the same. I think the unified app is better, but I’d rather manage it via desktop. Thanks, Kieran

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remote support
by Ibraam Wahib 24 Sep '24

24 Sep '24

Hello dears Would you please, is anyDisk accessible to use with a screen-reader? Is it transfer sound in order to control machines remotely? If not, what're alternatives? mostly free solutions please. Thanks for your support.

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Again PBX offer
by Eigeldinger Simon 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

Hi all, We just received a new possible offer for a PBX. Anyone has experience or has used Alcatel OXE virtual PBX? Greetings, Simon

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Win 11: Always getting a temp profile on this laptop
by Eigeldinger Simon 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

a Hi all, It's me again. This time i should get a new computer. At the moment i am working on a Win 10 desktop PC (HP ProDesk 600 G3 Microtower). This machine will be replaced with a HP ProBook 460 G11 laptop running Win 11. We are using roaming profiles. Admin users have no problem loggging into this machine. When i login with my current user i get the following error: We can't sign into your account" and 'You've been signed in with a temporary profile So we restarted 5 times. We completely wiped the machine. This didn't help either. I also created a brand new user and tried to login as well. The same issue occurs. Then we restarted 5 times again. Nothing. Has soneone had this problem as well? Our Domaincontroller is a Windows 2016 Server. Greetings and thanks, Simon

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cisco pbx and non cisco sip devices
by Eigeldinger Simon 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Hi all, As i wrote a few months ago, we plan to get a cisco pbx running virtually. Does someone know if cisco pbx can work with other sip equipment from other vendors? Or are there problems when you are using non cisco devices? Greetings and thanks, Simon

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