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Reviewing the top line of the window in Windows Terminal
by Jason White 14 May '22

14 May '22

In Windows Terminal (running Windows 11, build 22000.613), with either JAWS or NVDA as the screen reader, the screen reader’s command to move the review cursor to the top of the window doesn’t always work as expected. If I clear the screen, or if I’m using some terminal application over ssh that does so, move to top of window does exactly that. However, if I run a PowerShell or Linux shell command that involves a pager (e.g., “man intro” in Linux or “get-help gci -full” in PowerShell), the results are different. After pressing Space one or more times to move through consecutive screens in the pager, the screen reader’s move to top of window command takes the review cursor at least to the first “page” in the pager – if not further back in my command history. I suspect there’s a scroll-back buffer maintaining the session history and that “top of window” is being taken as the start of the scroll-back buffer. The Mac OS terminal has exactly this issue – except that, on the Mac, there’s a “move to visible beginning” command in VoiceOver which is supposed to take you to the top of what is on screen, discounting the scroll-back. Admittedly, it doesn’t always work reliably. However, in Windows Terminal, it’s interesting that going to the top of the window actually works if a screen clear operation has recently been issued – or so it appears. Is there a way to move a review cursor in Windows Terminal to the actual first line currently displayed? Note that the GNOME and MATE terminals under Linux are the most accessible implementation that I’ve found in a graphical environment. In that case, moving the review cursor in Orca to the top of the window works, but I can also use keyboard commands in the terminal (Shift-Page-UP and Shift-Page-Down) to move through the scroll-back history.

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Accessible tool in Windows to recover Word files from flash storage
by Justin Romack 12 May '22

12 May '22

A colleague deleted some very important Word docson a flash drive and all of the top hits on Google turn of file recovery apps that seem very dodgey - and not at all accessible. Do y'all have a tool you would recommend for this task? Best, J Sent from my iPhone (and most likely transcribed by Siri)

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JFW 2022 with Win11 Notepad
by Andrew Hodgson 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Hi. Anyone using Notepad from Win11 (it's the one that works with dark mode) with JFW 2022? I'm noticing a few oddities with this. Firstly when reading using the arrow keys when I hit the bottom line of the document it seems to read out the prior line if that is blank. My files usually end with a blank line so I get this quite a bit. When using alt+letter to get into a menu it doesn't always seem to take. For example I quite often do alt+F then S to save the document even though that is not the quickest shortcut. I am finding the document doesn't always save then when I quit out so have to be careful. I get the same behaviour when doing searches using alt+E and F, my search term then types into the main text. Thanks. Andrew.

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Re: Microsoft Teams: Are there some accessibility tips and tricks?
by Ryan Shugart 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Hi: If you are a JAWS user, I recommend Doug Lee’s scripts for Microsoft Teams<https://dlee.org/teams/>. I use these myself and they are helpful, there are commands that help you move around the interface quickly. They will supplement but not replace Vispero’s scripts. There are also some scripts by Bryan Hartgen, but those are not free and I have never used them so can’t speak to them. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at> Reply-To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 10:51 PM To: "blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft Teams: Are there some accessibility tips and tricks? Hi all, We just started with MS Teams over here. Anyone knows some accessibility tips and tricks which might be interesting? Or any other tips and tricks i might find useful? Greetings and thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ 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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Microsoft Ability Summit 2022
by Ryan Shugart 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Hi all: Apologies if this is inappropriate for the list but I wanted to do a quick call out that registration is open for Microsoft’s 2022 Ability Summit. Quite a few people on here use Microsoft products as part of their job so I figured there would be some interest. The summit is on May 10TH from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM pacific daylight time. The summit is free and open to anyone with an interest in Microsoft’s accessibility journey. You can go here to learn more<http://abilitysummit2022.eventcore.com/>. Thanks. Ryan

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Microsoft Teams: Are there some accessibility tips and tricks?
by Eigeldinger Simon 07 Apr '22

07 Apr '22

Hi all, We just started with MS Teams over here. Anyone knows some accessibility tips and tricks which might be interesting? Or any other tips and tricks i might find useful? Greetings and thanks, Simon

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Free or cheap cloud based monitoring tools
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Hi. Anyone had experience with cloud based monitoring tools? I'm looking for something that can ping a health endpoint on a web server and if we get an error back it alerts me. I had done something similar from my own machine a while ago but want something cloud based like Pingdom, Pagerduty etc. Preferably free or low cost. Thanks. Andrew.

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OT: Braille for IT?
by John G. Heim 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

I am working on a program that takes a string of text and generates a 3D printer file that prints the text in braille. I'm using liblouis to generate the ASCII braille and it generated, ",,x" for the string "IT". Like in the title, "IT Manager", it made the IT be a double capital sign and then the letter x. Yes, an x all by itself is the word "it". But is that shortcut legitimate braille for an acronym? If I was doing it by hand, I'd have done the double cap sign and then the letters i and t. PS: As a proof of concept, I'm trying to make a plaque for my manager's office door, if I can. I thought she'd get a kick out of it. -- ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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duo mobile admin panel
by Kathryn Jedynak 05 Feb '22

05 Feb '22

Hello everyone: In the duo mobile admin panel when a user has multiple phones listed you can move the one they want to use to the top of the list. Is there a way to do this with a screen reader? The only way I found is to do it with the mouse. Please let me know if there is an accessible way to perform this task. Thanks, Kathryn

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Professional qualifications
by Andrew Hodgson 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Hi. Just wondering if anyone has done professional qualifications lately where you have been able to take tests from home reliably with a screen reader? I have heard good things about the Salesforce exams though havendon't want to take those myself. I have potentially given up on doing any more Microsoft exams due to not being able to find a test centre who can accommodate my reader requirements, looking to see if other exams may be easier to do from home. Thanks. Andrew.

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