October 2023 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Losing focus in terminal all the time
by Andrew Hodgson 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Hi. Latest JFW and Windows 11 builds on multiple machines, I lose speech output in the terminal or command prompt when navigating to and from the window. What I mean by this is I am not hearing the output of commands or what I am typing into the window. This is really starting to stress me out now and I can't believe I am the only person experiencing it. Its been happening since the beginning of the year since a Windows update I think. Any suggestions? Thanks. Andrew.

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mac users?
by Ryan Shugart 25 Oct '23

25 Oct '23

Hi there: I know we have a few Mac users on this list so thought I’d reach out. If you are a Mac user and have access to Outlook for Mac, I’d really appreciate it if you could try out Outlook for Mac with VoiceOver and give any feedback you have, particularly on how the message list works. There are currently two versions of Outlook for Mac, the classic version and the new version. In the outlook menu in the menu bar, there is a menu item called just “outlook.” This is a checkable menu item and if you check it you’ll get the new Outlook for Mac, if its unchecked you’ll get the classic version. Right now you can switch between the two of them with no issues, so I’d incourage you to compare the message list between the two and let me know what you think. Thanks much. Ryan

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Ticket Systems like osTicket and OTRS
by Eigeldinger Simon 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hi all, At the moment I am looking for a new ticket system. Currently we are using a very old version of osTicket because of some accessibility issues. Which ticket system are you using in your daily work? And how accessible is it with screen readers? Is it free/open source? If not how much does it cost? Greetings and thanks to all who can write in, Simon

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