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Accessibility of linux
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

Hi all, I keep getting advised by other developers that Linux is a better platform to develop under compared to Windows. I wanted to explore options for how Linux is accessible and what is available? I've never used Linux so any advice on how things work and how to get setup would be appreciated. I would still like to use my windows machine for day to day work. But would like to have Linux either as a separate installation or a virtual machine. Thanks for any help you can give with this. Regards, Chamandeep Singh

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is itpro.tv accessible
by Troy Hergert 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I would like to start taking some of the courses up at Itpro.tv Has anyone used them before and are the courses, exercizes and tests accessible to screen readers? Thanks.

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is itpro.tv accessible
by Troy Hergert 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I would like to start taking some of the courses up at Itpro.tv Has anyone used them before and are the courses, exercizes and tests accessible to screen readers? Thanks.

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Anyone have an accessible DBAN clone?
by Steve Matzura 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Love the folks at BlancCo as I do, they're totally uncommunicative regarding accessibility concerns and issues. For instance, I'd love to incorporate NVDA into their boot stream so I can read and respond to the operation screens. HHas anyone tried doing this, or is there a better solution than DBan?

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Creating a custom Talking Win PE
by Christian 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Hi all, Since I know that some of you have done this, where can I find more information about creating a custom Talking Win PE build? Many thanks, Christian

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Android in a Windows Virtual Machine
by Steve Matzura 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Is it possible? If so, what development tools are there once inside?

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Script to read column headers in SQL management studio.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 31 Aug '14

31 Aug '14

Good morning, A problem that I've been having for far too long is reading column headers in sQL management studio. If I just opened the table and showed everything in it the column headers were spoken / Brailled however for a large table, that's very wasteful and also not particularly useful. I was given a tip during the week to use GetFocusRect so using this, I quickly wrote up the following scripts. Associate these with keys other than left and right or you will need to put a check in to ensure you are in the right control. I'm only thinking of this requirement as I'm writing this Email so I haven't done that yet. There are a few things I had to do to work around two problems. 1. I've had to turn speech off while I'm moving to the next cell. Even though NextCharacter shouldn't speak the next cell it rambles a bit. 2. I've had to put a pause in because the getFocusRect function was firing too quick and getting the previous rectangle. 3. I know I shouldn't be using SayString. Script SpeakNextColumnHeader () var int Left, int Right, int Top, int Bottom, string sText SpeechOff () NextCharacter () Pause () GetObjectRect(left,right,top,bottom,true,1) bottom =470 let sText = GetTextInRect(left,top,right,bottom,0,IgnoreColor,IgnoreColor,true) SpeechOn () SayString (sText) SayWord () EndScript Script SpeakPreviousColumnHeader () var int Left, int Right, int Top, int Bottom, string sText SpeechOff () PriorCharacter () Pause () GetObjectRect(left,right,top,bottom,true,1) bottom =470 let sText = GetTextInRect(left,top,right,bottom,0,IgnoreColor,IgnoreColor,true) SpeechOn () SayString (sText) SayWord () EndScript You'll need the usual includes for HJConst etc. Darragh

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Script to read column headers in SQL management studio.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 31 Aug '14

31 Aug '14

Good morning, A problem that I've been having for far too long is reading column headers in sQL management studio. If I just opened the table and showed everything in it the column headers were spoken / Brailled however for a large table, that's very wasteful and also not particularly useful. I was given a tip during the week to use GetFocusRect so using this, I quickly wrote up the following scripts. Associate these with keys other than left and right or you will need to put a check in to ensure you are in the right control. I'm only thinking of this requirement as I'm writing this Email so I haven't done that yet. There are a few things I had to do to work around two problems. 1. I've had to turn speech off while I'm moving to the next cell. Even though NextCharacter shouldn't speak the next cell it rambles a bit. 2. I've had to put a pause in because the getFocusRect function was firing too quick and getting the previous rectangle. 3. I know I shouldn't be using SayString. Script SpeakNextColumnHeader () var int Left, int Right, int Top, int Bottom, string sText SpeechOff () NextCharacter () Pause () GetObjectRect(left,right,top,bottom,true,1) bottom =470 let sText = GetTextInRect(left,top,right,bottom,0,IgnoreColor,IgnoreColor,true) SpeechOn () SayString (sText) SayWord () EndScript Script SpeakPreviousColumnHeader () var int Left, int Right, int Top, int Bottom, string sText SpeechOff () PriorCharacter () Pause () GetObjectRect(left,right,top,bottom,true,1) bottom =470 let sText = GetTextInRect(left,top,right,bottom,0,IgnoreColor,IgnoreColor,true) SpeechOn () SayString (sText) SayWord () EndScript You'll need the usual includes for HJConst etc. Darragh

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Hyper-V enhanced session mode.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Good afternoon, Using Hyper-V on a workstation has never appealed to me but I need to do it today. I was hoping to use enhanced session mode to divert audio, the clipboard etc to the host. Kind of the way exclusive mode works in VMware world I assume. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. Is it only exclusively for Windows 2008 guests or can it work on a Windows 7 guest? I've enabled it on the server, I've enabled guest features on the VM and the Remote Desktop service is running. Still, it's not available. I must be missing something. Any ideas? Thanks Darragh

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Hyper-V enhanced session mode.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Good afternoon, Using Hyper-V on a workstation has never appealed to me but I need to do it today. I was hoping to use enhanced session mode to divert audio, the clipboard etc to the host. Kind of the way exclusive mode works in VMware world I assume. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. Is it only exclusively for Windows 2008 guests or can it work on a Windows 7 guest? I've enabled it on the server, I've enabled guest features on the VM and the Remote Desktop service is running. Still, it's not available. I must be missing something. Any ideas? Thanks Darragh

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