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can ryan contact me off list
by Marvin Hunkin 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Hi. Can ryan contact me off list. I just read his blog about his journey to Microsoft. Will schm or any accessible help me with my issue. Don't have head set, just speakers, when I launch a windows 2012 , 2016, 2019. No audio. Just hear caps lock on and off when I go to then host audio with my real tech speakers, so hear that, but windows narrator does not come on. Will window-eyes help me out. Or is there any scripts, did try the Sc config audiosrv start= auto and it does not turn audio on. So have tried that. Did try Dev Man View, but did enable audio and did save it as the same name for my speakers. So is there any way to turn on audio, except having to have sighted help. Has ryan ever ran into this issue. Running windows 10 2009 pro. Got 8 gb ram, and allocating 4 gb for vms, for my networking course. Had to get sighted help to do a whole bunch of vms, for windows 2019 , and this was my trainers versions and he gave me the keys for this. And now using windows server 2012 r2, and running into the same issue. If I go with my default audio. Windows narrator does not come on. Just got a standard ear bud heaphones. Don't have a head set. Any ideas. Have tried googling and trying a whole bunch of things, and don't want to have to rely on sighted help all the time. Have contacted enterprise disability and in Australia and waiting for a reply have tried to do things and get it to work. So any scripts. Think the last version of window eyes works with windows 10. But not sure, maybe 2004. Got 20 h 2 or 2009. And got a intel I 7 3 2.3 quad core or duel core up to 6 cores ghz processor, 500 gb solid state drive and a Samsung 2 inch solid state drive external drive 512 gb. So any ideas. This is stupid. Either a oversight with accessibility for Microsoft or they have deleiberatley done this so not to have extra resources. Any ideas and please be civil, no snide reamrks or be sarcastic. Have been polite to you guys. And have not rambed. Just explained my situation as best as possible. This is stupid. Know how to install windows 10 without sighted help and able to run windows narrator. Cannot do this in server. So, will the scm or a terminal by pass this. Any ideas. Do have putty. Marvin..

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windows server
by Marvin Hunkin 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Hi. Is there a batch file to turn it on inside vm ware player. This is stupid. Did get the Net Start AudioEndpointBuilder and got beeps. But narrator would not turn on then tried net start audiosrv. But would not turn on. What am I doing wrong. The vm ware tools in the vm, would not install. Any ideas. Frustrating. Just want to turn on the audio. Or do I need sighted help. This is so frustrating. Marvin.

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server core
by Marvin Hunkin 19 Dec '20

19 Dec '20

Hi no have not used it yet. Maybe may need to use that in my next networking course. Just using the gui windows server and server manager with nvda and windows narrator. Don't have a jaws remote licence but will purchase one next year. Thanks.

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enable audio windows server
by Marvin Hunkin 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Hi totally blind using jaws, nvda, windows narrator. Able to do this in vm ware player, able to get narrator on the initial install screen. But when it reboots, no audio, and did try the Sc.config audiosrv start= auto. Does not turn it on. So is there a script or a way to turn on audio, when you are blind. Have you done that with windows server 2012 r2, 2016, 2019, and have you played with the insider version of server 2020, and if so, have they addressed this issue, some way to detect when a screen reader is running, then enable audio. So annoying. Marvin.

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server core and accessibility
by Ryan Shugart 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Hi everyone: I wanted to throw a question out to those of you who regularly work with Windows servers. When setting up a new server, do you go for server core or the full desktop experience? Are your reasons accessibility based at all, AKA would you use server core more if you could run a screen reader directly on the server, even built in AT such as Narrator? If you need to use servers running Server Core in your job, how do you do so today and what are your concerns around this method? Is remote access through tools like Powershell, server manager, Windows Admin center enough for day to day use or is not having normal console access an issue? Do you use Emergency Management Services<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-comm…> to get serial console access or is that approach you’d take if you needed it? Thanks a lot for your help. Ryan

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Re: Virtual machine access.
by Ryan Shugart 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Unfortunately, Hyper-V on the desktop still presents some challenges. Namely at this point, there is no audio passthrough during the initial install phase so getting an OS up and running is still a challenge. I recommend sticking with Workstation for the immediate future. Thanks. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Darragh Ó Héiligh <d(a)digitaldarragh.com> Reply-To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 7:59 PM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Virtual machine access. Thanks Ryan, What about HyperV? I'm very happy with moving over to HyperV for this if it has improved. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Shugart <rshugart(a)ryanshugart.com> Sent: Saturday 12 December 2020 07:12 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Virtual machine access. Hi: I haven't used VMWare Workstation in a number of years, but back when I used it I didn't have any problems. I don't know if things have changed since though. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Darragh Ó Héiligh <d(a)digitaldarragh.com> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 7:17 AM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Virtual machine access. Hello, I probably know the answer to this before I even ask it. Bu ton the off chance something changed in the past year, How is Jaws with VMware workstation? Specifically, while using a laptop, am I going to be able to pass through the capslock, insert and control keys to the guest VM? Or every time I press the caps lock key, is the local running instance of Jaws going to tell me the capslock is enabled? 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Virtual machine access.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 13 Dec '20

13 Dec '20

Hello, I probably know the answer to this before I even ask it. Bu ton the off chance something changed in the past year, How is Jaws with VMware workstation? Specifically, while using a laptop, am I going to be able to pass through the capslock, insert and control keys to the guest VM? Or every time I press the caps lock key, is the local running instance of Jaws going to tell me the capslock is enabled? Thanks

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Software KVM
by Andrew Hodgson 12 Dec '20

12 Dec '20

Hi, Has anyone tried a software KVM for using the same keyboard and mouse on 2 machines with the host and client machines both using JFW? My company have blocked using personal devices from connecting to some services so I need to use my laptop for all work stuff from now on. I want to use the keyboard and mouse from my desktop on the laptop so I don't have to keep switching keyboards, but worried about JFW issues using it this way. Anyone tried this? Thanks. Andrew.

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Office 365 scripts or plugins
by Fernando Botelho 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Hi everyone, Work is bringing me back to windows after 12 years or so on Linux, and it is a process just as painful as it was to move in the other direction, so far. There are some nice surprises, such as improvements to the accessibility of Office. One desktop application on Office 365 which is still giving me trouble, is Teams. It seems as difficult with Jaws as it is with NVDA, so I am wondering if anybody has scripts or plugins to recommend, as I am starting to suspect that the problem might be between the keyboard and the chair! Thanks, Fernando

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Lastpass.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Hello, Is anyone using Lastpass? I find the web UI to be really clunky. Also adding new items is not accessible as the drop downs aren't accessible to me. There are chrome plugins but these just dump you back to the web UI after logging in. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Performing, Promoting and Sharing traditional Irish music Performance: www.darraghpipes.ie<http://www.darraghpipes.ie> Music at the Gate: www.musicatthegate.ie<http://www.musicatthegate.ie> Ceol FM: www.ceol.fm<http://www.ceol.fm> Tel: 00353(0)877670464 Email: darragh(a)ceol.fm

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