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Window-Eyes 7.2 remote installation on a Windows 'Server 2008 R2 system
by Armin Moradi 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hello, i have a V-Server, running Windows Server 2008 R2. I want to administrate the server via remotedesktop connection. How i install Window-Eyes, that i can establish an remote desktop connection and my window-Eyes speech of the client will read the information on the screen on the server? I mean a terminal server installation. How i can do this? Regards Armin Moradi

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PowerShell for Mac.
by Jen Bottom 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Hi, I thought some people on this list may be interested to know, that it is now possible to install PowerShell on MacOS and Linux. I only found this out today, the instructions for Mac are here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-azurermps-maclinu… I am now starting to see the power of working with Asure using this. I'm guessing it will be very useful for setting up test environments on Asure, if that's ever something I need to do. Best, Jen.

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Ripping DVS from a DVD
by John G Heim 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Does anybody know anything about ripping the audio descriptions (DVS) from a DVD? I am not even sure movies come with DVS. I want to listen to the "Lord Of the Rings" movies and it turns out that it is cheaper to buy the DVDs than it is to download them. If I can figure out a way to rip the aDVS track, I figure I can listen to it while my family watches the movie. They don't have to be bothered with those descriptions. -- -- John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; sip://jheim@sip.linphone.org

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SDR - Software Defined radio.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Hello, I'm sorry. This is off topic but If there's a bunch of people who might be able to answer this it's you. I'm looking for a SDR, Software Defined Radio that is fully accessible. Well, as fully accessible as needed for most tasks anyway. Price range is about 3000 Euro. Don't want to go above that though. I'd like it to support 70c, 2m, 4m, and standard HF bands, 18m, 21m etc. Decent output would be reat as well. About 50w on 2m and at least 100w on HF. I primarily use windows but if the UI is more accessible in Linux that's fine too. Connection over Cat5 would be preferable. Alternatively, if you know of a SDR that's less than 3000 that could be made fully accessible to either Jaws or NVDA through scripting, I would be interested / happy to pay a scripter to do this. Thanks Darragh EI8IZ

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working with a mac
by Isaac 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Hi, I want to install bootcamp, but there is no audio support at the installation prompts, if I integrate the drivers do you guys think it will work? Also, is there a good mac list, I use audio programs and want to see if there accessible on the mac? Thanks: Isaac

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using slack with Jaws
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Hi, A few weeks ago I asked about Skype for business and thank you to all those who responded, but there has now been a change and we are moving to Slack. My immediate thoughts about it is that although it is accessible, it is not very usable. There is a lot going on and too much clutter. I would be interested to hear any tips/advice on how other people get around it? Many thanks for your advice. Kind regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Foreign language speech synthesis
by Fernando Botelho 23 Jun '18

23 Jun '18

Hi everyone, I am part of a team developing a way to bring low-cost computing to blind kids in developing countries. One of our challenges is working with non-Western languages and alphabets for use in Africa. Right now we are working on Arabic and I was hoping to find a blind person who spoke that language and is based in the US. If you are blind and use computers in Arabic or know someone who does, please get in touch with me by e-mailing: fernando(a)f123.org Thanks, Fernando

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hexadecimal in braille?
by Samuel Barnes 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

How is hex indicated in braille? Constantly having to escape strings of digits and letters with the number and letter signs sounds super bulky. I know 8 dot braille uses dropped numbers, but that would make letters and digits harder to discern.

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OT: coding partner
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

Hi, I have a very good friend in India who wishes to advance his programming skills. He is looking for someone who can work with him on a project, where they both learn together or for him to receive some mentoring in this area. He is a very quick learner and has been learning for several years, so has a good understanding of basic programming concepts. What he needs is a point in the right direction and to work with someone. He is happy to adapt to any language, but has a lot of experience in python and would like to work developing web or desktop applications. I would love to work with him, but my work and personal commitments unfortunately do not allow this consistently. Communication with him will only be via email or text chat. You must not be a complete beginner. If there is someone who is perhaps in the same position and needs a partner to work with, or if you are good at teaching programming and how to use frameworks, please llet me know and I will put you in touch. Thank you, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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MBAM
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

Has anyone experience with using MBAM with SCCM? Might want to pick your brains. There's plenty of documentation out for SCCM 2012 but very little for SCCM 2016. Also the UI for the configuration wizard isn't great. Form fields don't read very nicely. Why must all these teams in Microsoft reinvent the wheel? What was wrong with edit fields? Why did they feel the need to mess with a perfectly good standard? Surely they had better things to do with their time? Then the documentation. It's not so bad I suppose. But I'm giving it a domain account. Why can't it just provision the database and then the right permissions ofr that database. Why do I need to create the accounts then create the permissions that are needed on the database before the database is created. Seems like a waste of time for me. Given that even I could run up some code that creates a database then associates a domain account with that database while giving it just the permissions it is going to need. It seems like lazy development in my opinion. Sorry. I'm ranting. I read the MS documentation on why this is going to save me problems down the line and though to myself, why not. I'll quickly add this to my SCCM server. I didn't think I was going to have so many hoops to jump through. Anyone want to chime in? I'd be interested in your experiences with MBAM. Do I have much more of this messing to look forward to? Currently waiting on yet more validation on a configuration wizard. Darragh Daunted but not defeated by the Drudge of daily fighting with enterprise tech to make it do what I want.

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