July 2016 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Facebook groups
by Jad Wauthier 03 Jun '17

03 Jun '17

I have created two Facebook groups. the first is Tech Makers. My objective with this group is to provide a convenient medium for people who are technology creators to discuss relevant topics and get feedback from peers. I hope that anyone who is interested in collaborating about tech topics will join and add others who might be interested in participating. The other group is Project Connect. the goal for this group is to provide a convenient medium for developers, admins, and others to discuss and share ideas about their projects. Sometimes, you have a project you are excited about, but you don't know how to get others on board with it. Other times, you might want some side project to work on, but you're not sure of what things other people are doing. I hope that people will join this group and share their ideas and possibly connect with others. -- Jad Wauthier | Problem Solver Phone: 512.290.3494 Fax: 512.367.5925 It's all in the perception.

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Hello !!!!!
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Is anybody listening ? The last two emails I have posted do not appear to have been circulated. Please explain. Thanks, Paul

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Mcafee SIEM and EPO
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Folks Has anyone any experience using Mcafee SIEM and / or EPO ? SIEM is a security manager, and EPO is an e-policy orchestrator. In particular, are they accessible ? I have no useful sight. Experience using JAWS / NVDA and orca. Interview coming up next week, with a company that uses these products. All input much appreciated. Thanks, Paul

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Hello !!!!!
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Is anybody listening ? The last two emails I have posted do not appear to have been circulated. Please explain. Thanks, Paul

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Mcafee SIEM and EPO
by Paul O'Rahilly 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Hello Folks Has anyone any experience using Mcafee SIEM and / or EPO ? SIEM is a security manager, and EPO is an e-policy orchestrator. In particular, are they accessible ? I have no useful sight. Experience using JAWS / NVDA and orca. Interview coming up next week, with a company that uses these products. All input much appreciated. Thanks, Paul

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Accessibility in the work place
by Billy Irwin 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

Guys, I've had to write a report based on my job that I referenced earlier. Here is a very rough draft but I wanted to get this out to my fellow SysAdmins. Beginning on June 20th, 2016, I started an internship with VC3 Inc. who provides Information Technology services for various local governments and private companies in the Southeast U.S. These services include but are not limited to Virtual Desktop Interfaces and Physical Systems Administration. The internship promised to end with full time employment as a Systems Engineer with their South Carolina Team. This position was exactly what I was looking for long term. This position was responsible for Server Administration, Network Administration and Design for over 200 different agencies over 3 or so states. Unfortunatley, when I started the postion, accessibility became to be a large barrier in completing my dutires. I first started out by training in the First Call Resolution Team that is responsible for taking the initial calls from customers with their various technical issues like resetting passwords and creating user accounts. While in this team, I was t training on the billing and ticketing system known as ConnectWise. I found this software completely inaccessibile to JAWS and Zoomtext. I spent several days trying to use different techniques that I thought would work in order to allow me full access to this fotware. Eventually, I I found and App for the Apple IOS and tried it with no success. One application would allow for limited access to some features and the other wouldn't. While working through those issues I was introduced to another application called Labtech which is responsible for remotely administering all systems maintained by VC3. This software too was very inaccessible and was virtually useless to me. As before, I began experimenting with it's settings and with no luck again, found myself really struggling to do anything productive. During all this, I reached out to the software vendor along side VC3. At the end of the internship, we were unable to get the software vendor to see how important this issue is for my employment. The only good thing that came from this internship is networking with other individuals that are in my field. They were able to see that I am well versed in my field of Information Technology. Sadly at this time, I am unable to recommend others to attempt employment at VC3 who have a visual impairment.

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Accessibility in the work place
by Billy Irwin 22 Jul '16

22 Jul '16

Guys, I've had to write a report based on my job that I referenced earlier. Here is a very rough draft but I wanted to get this out to my fellow SysAdmins. Beginning on June 20th, 2016, I started an internship with VC3 Inc. who provides Information Technology services for various local governments and private companies in the Southeast U.S. These services include but are not limited to Virtual Desktop Interfaces and Physical Systems Administration. The internship promised to end with full time employment as a Systems Engineer with their South Carolina Team. This position was exactly what I was looking for long term. This position was responsible for Server Administration, Network Administration and Design for over 200 different agencies over 3 or so states. Unfortunatley, when I started the postion, accessibility became to be a large barrier in completing my dutires. I first started out by training in the First Call Resolution Team that is responsible for taking the initial calls from customers with their various technical issues like resetting passwords and creating user accounts. While in this team, I was t training on the billing and ticketing system known as ConnectWise. I found this software completely inaccessibile to JAWS and Zoomtext. I spent several days trying to use different techniques that I thought would work in order to allow me full access to this fotware. Eventually, I I found and App for the Apple IOS and tried it with no success. One application would allow for limited access to some features and the other wouldn't. While working through those issues I was introduced to another application called Labtech which is responsible for remotely administering all systems maintained by VC3. This software too was very inaccessible and was virtually useless to me. As before, I began experimenting with it's settings and with no luck again, found myself really struggling to do anything productive. During all this, I reached out to the software vendor along side VC3. At the end of the internship, we were unable to get the software vendor to see how important this issue is for my employment. The only good thing that came from this internship is networking with other individuals that are in my field. They were able to see that I am well versed in my field of Information Technology. Sadly at this time, I am unable to recommend others to attempt employment at VC3 who have a visual impairment.

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Accessible Nas solutions?
by Mobeen Iqbal 22 Jul '16

22 Jul '16

Hello Everyone. Please forgive the cross posting. I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the following. I'm thinking of purchasing a nas solution for my home so users files are backed up in real time. Ideally, I'd like a solution where all files are stored locally i.e to internal hard drives, and you can install a dropbox stile app on each computer and specify folders to automatically back up. QNAP, Synology, Netgear, DLink and Buffalo all seem to be manufacturing Nas solutions. I've tried Synology in the past and wasn't a huge fan of their web interface. You couldn't do a lot with it at all which is a real shame as the devices have a lot of functionality. My primary concern is web interface accessibility. It would be nice to have a manufacturer that provides a decent web interface and that take accessibility seriously to the point that they're not breaking things every 2 minutes. I could build my own but i've then got the concern of how reliable the real time backup apps are in a home made solution. So, in short does anyone have any thoughts on which devices you've found to be accessible/reliable? iOS and android access is not essential. What web interfaces have you been able to access with screen readers? I look forward to your thoughts. Many thanks in advance for all comments, I'll do my best to respond but may not respond to everyone individually. All the best, Mo.

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Working for Apple
by Barry Toner 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Hi, I am due to start a job with a company he is contracted happening scenes in customer services on 1 August. I was wondering, if any of you are familiar with apples internal software? And heart accessible or not it is with voice-over. I believe there is a chat software is called Avalon Thanks, Barry. Sent from my iPhone

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Anyone has compiled version of nvda remote server for windows?
by Mario Perčinić 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

Hey guys. Some of you on the list are probably familiar with this package available on github: https://github.com/Technow-es/NVDARemoteServer basically it is multi platform nvda remote server which can be run on on windows, linux and mac as well. Does anyone have last version of the program compiled for windows? Thanks. -- Mario Percinic Accessibility consultant mario.percinic(a)gmail.com Skype: acousticman Twitter: @MarioPercinic GSM: +385922630259

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