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accessible Speedtest
by Troy Hergert 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi, Has anyone found an accessible speedtest site to measure your Internet bandwidth and speed. I'm not having luck with speedtest.net. Tried JAWS and Window-eyes. Anyone know of something accessible? Thanks.

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accessible Speedtest
by Troy Hergert 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi, Has anyone found an accessible speedtest site to measure your Internet bandwidth and speed. I'm not having luck with speedtest.net. Tried JAWS and Window-eyes. Anyone know of something accessible? Thanks.

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Wetting up Windows VMs with Vagrant boxes.
by Jen Bottom 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hi all, Now and then I need access to Windows VMs, for testing customer stuff, or sometimes for evaluating different solutions to an accessibility problem I am having at work, with our ever growing horrible tool set :) I just found that there are Windows boxes for Vagrant here: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?provider=virtualbox&q=windows&sort… I am installing one now. Just wondering if anyone else has used these boxes and has any tips for provisioning them with NVDA etc. I was planning to install something like LinuxTools or Chocolaty on them/it, then use 'wget' or similar to download NVDA. I am assuming that NVDA has an installer that can be run from the command line, but I have never investigated this. Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Jen.

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some good news around System Center Configuration Manager
by Ryan Shugart 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hi: For those of you who have access to the Configuration Manager tech previews, download the 1512 build and give it a go with a screen reader. Microsoft has fixed the issue where quite a few of the list views throughout the product are inaccessible in that a screen reader doesn’t announce anything when using the arrow keys. All the list views I have tried work properly although there may be some that are still broken, I obviously couldn’t test in production. However, I did look at the screens that were causing the most issues in production and know those are fixed. Microsoft says they’ll be working on the ribbon next, although I can’t say when this work will be completed, so keep watching the tech previews. Ryan

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Assessing staff technical skill level
by Troy Hergert 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

As IT Manager, I have been asked to conduct an assessment of our staffs technical skill level. I need to come up with a way to assess their core computer skill level, then make recommendations as to what training they would need. Have any of you found any tools that would help assess your staffs technical skill level?

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Wetting up Windows VMs with Vagrant boxes.
by Jen Bottom 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi all, Now and then I need access to Windows VMs, for testing customer stuff, or sometimes for evaluating different solutions to an accessibility problem I am having at work, with our ever growing horrible tool set :) I just found that there are Windows boxes for Vagrant here: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?provider=virtualbox&q=windows&sort… I am installing one now. Just wondering if anyone else has used these boxes and has any tips for provisioning them with NVDA etc. I was planning to install something like LinuxTools or Chocolaty on them/it, then use 'wget' or similar to download NVDA. I am assuming that NVDA has an installer that can be run from the command line, but I have never investigated this. Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Jen.

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UK ISP Static IP tip
by Barry Toner 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi, I signed up to www.plus.net<http://www.plus.net> the other week and we went live in the house on Monday. The staff so far seem to be quite techy and are all UK based. I thought this wasn't happening anymore with the shortage of IPv4 addresses , but for a one of off £5 charge I was able to get a static IP of them. Remember back in the day when you could get one for free? Still though, I was quite pleased with this. Useful to know, if any of you need a static IP for home or work stuff. Barry

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UK ISP Static IP tip
by Barry Toner 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi, I signed up to www.plus.net<http://www.plus.net> the other week and we went live in the house on Monday. The staff so far seem to be quite techy and are all UK based. I thought this wasn't happening anymore with the shortage of IPv4 addresses , but for a one of off £5 charge I was able to get a static IP of them. Remember back in the day when you could get one for free? Still though, I was quite pleased with this. Useful to know, if any of you need a static IP for home or work stuff. Barry

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Assessing staff technical skill level
by Troy Hergert 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

As IT Manager, I have been asked to conduct an assessment of our staffs technical skill level. I need to come up with a way to assess their core computer skill level, then make recommendations as to what training they would need. Have any of you found any tools that would help assess your staffs technical skill level?

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RDS, Remote App, and Window-Eyes
by Katherine Moss 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hello all, A few questions. I know that some of this at least is addressed in the AISquared knowledge base, but it seems that either I or they are missing something. I'm attempting to run Window-Eyes 9.2 remotely on a server, for administration for one, and I've enabled virtual channel, and then when I go into the Window-Eyes settings to set up the Virtual Terminal services voice, it never actually activates and my settings always tend to revert back to the default. I hit activate on Virtual Terminal Services for Remote desktop, and at that moment, Window-Eyes stops speaking ... so there's sort of a caveat there isn't there? Anyway ... onto my second question. We're trying to set up remote app (my friend says he's got it working for his Active Directory site), and I'm wondering whether anyone has gotten Remote App working with Window-Eyes? (the KB article does not discuss it specifically when referring to Terminal Services, only to ZenWorks Presentation server ...) But I'd assume the procedures for configuration are the same whether referring to remote app or to VDI? Thanks for input and suggestions, guys!

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