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Starting NVDA or Narrator from command prompt or power shell?
by Jen Bottom 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Hi everyone, I am still on my quest to be able to set up a Windows Box with Vagrant, that is provisioned with NVDA and that will provide some sort of speech output once the provisioner has run. I have now managed to get the provisioner to run on a Windows10 box, after messing about with 'winrm' for a while. This script installs the NVDA package using 'choco'. I don't think it's the latest but better than nothing. However NVDA does not automatically start once the package is installed. Note currently I don't have access to a physical box running Windows that I can test stuff out on. I am looking for a way to start either NVDA or Narrator from the command prompt or power shell, so I can at least get some feedback. I have tried going to the VM GUI and using the NVDA short cut key as a quick work-around, but nothing seemed to happen. Also as I am being lazy and not building my own Vagrant box, a quick way to enable Audio if it is disabled is appreciated. I think it is available on the box I have, but I may play with different Windows boxes in the future. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Jen!

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Windows Subsystem for Linux: copying/pasting accessibly in the terminal
by Jason White 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

The Windows Subsystem for Linux doesn't provide keyboard commands for copying or pasting text into its terminal, which is not the same as the PowerShell console (for example, it supports full terminal emulations for ncurses applications). See the GitHub issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/235 I hope this is prioritized and fixed. Meanwhile, does anyone here have a work-around?

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] [program-l] Re: Code compare - I have found a solution
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hello, Yes, I did try your suggestion. However it did not work for me. Perhaps I did not set it up correctly, but I was not able to easily identify the changes, and switch between the two windows. Maybe I will try it again when I have some time. Thank you, Chamandeep Singh Grover Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Jul 2017, at 19:09, Rodney Haynie <RodneyH(a)InfoMC.com> wrote: > > Hmmm, maybe I will load this up in the future and give it a whirl. But did you actually try Win Merge that I suggested. There are keystrokes for all of the comparison and merge actions. The keystrokes are listed in the Help menu very accessible for screen readers. > When changing between code windows, the lines remain in sync. > I use my screen reader's (JAWS) font color keystrokes to identify the beginning and end of a large block of modified code, (when I have it set to display non-modified lines). > As I merge in the changes, from left to right, or right to left, depending on what I want, the count of changes decrease. I know this by telling my screen reader to read the status bar. > It sounds like Win Merge will do all you want, including staying in sync between code windows. But if you already tried it and something else was a hold back, then sorry. I just wanted to make sure you saw my response to your post a while back. > Take care. > Rodney > > -----Original Message----- > From: program-l-bounce(a)freelists.org [mailto:program-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Chamandeep Singh Grover > Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 12:17 PM > To: program-l <program-l(a)freelists.org>; Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [program-l] Code compare - I have found a solution > > Hi All, > Some time back I wrote on this list to ask whether there was an accessible solution for comparing code in visual studio. Well, now I think I have found something that works quite well. The best i've seen so far to be honest. > The comparison tool is called Code compare. > https://www.devart.com/codecompare/ > Once set up, you can move between the source and target files using control 1 and control 2. move to the next and previous differences with alt + up/down arrows. > and replace content from one file to other by using alt + left/right arrow keys. > The only thing that doesn't automatically happen for screen readers is when you switch to the other window, the line numbers are not in sync. > So you have to ensure you find the correct matching lines by doing the same number of next difference keystrokes on both sides. > > Please give this a go and let everyone know your findings. > I am very excited about this as resolving conflicts has been a major blocker to my work on almost a daily basis. > > Hope this helps. > > Kind regards, > Chamandeep Singh Grover > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:program-l-request@freelists.org?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** program-l-request(a)freelists.org > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:program-l-request@freelists.org?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** program-l-request(a)freelists.org with the Subject:- faq > ¢Wš½ëazX¬µÉbrJ'¶¢šg‰«^—'è–Z0Šx%Šy&j)m¢šè‚¶¦–·ª¹ë-~·ž–+-²Šà²æãyËnžË›±Êâmâ¶¬–)äv‡¬žÜ(®Kaz{Ö¦zËëh¦º ©¥ê®zË_ç¥ŠËl¢¸Ø§¶’¹¸ÞrÙbër¥ë§²æìr¸›xZ+¢Ø^®X¬µÊ&™©Ý²Ëœ…«/iÆŠ‰æ¡×œ–'$¢{az)¦yØšµér~‰e£§‚X§’f¢–Ú)®ˆ+jikz«ž²×ëyéb²Û(®.n7œµöª¢»Ö¦zËëh¦º ©¥ê®zË_ç¥ŠËl¢¸0ŠØm…ä®n7œµöª

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Code compare - I have found a solution
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hi All, Some time back I wrote on this list to ask whether there was an accessible solution for comparing code in visual studio. Well, now I think I have found something that works quite well. The best i've seen so far to be honest. The comparison tool is called Code compare. https://www.devart.com/codecompare/ Once set up, you can move between the source and target files using control 1 and control 2. move to the next and previous differences with alt + up/down arrows. and replace content from one file to other by using alt + left/right arrow keys. The only thing that doesn't automatically happen for screen readers is when you switch to the other window, the line numbers are not in sync. So you have to ensure you find the correct matching lines by doing the same number of next difference keystrokes on both sides. Please give this a go and let everyone know your findings. I am very excited about this as resolving conflicts has been a major blocker to my work on almost a daily basis. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Code compare - I have found a solution
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hi All, Some time back I wrote on this list to ask whether there was an accessible solution for comparing code in visual studio. Well, now I think I have found something that works quite well. The best i've seen so far to be honest. The comparison tool is called Code compare. https://www.devart.com/codecompare/ Once set up, you can move between the source and target files using control 1 and control 2. move to the next and previous differences with alt + up/down arrows. and replace content from one file to other by using alt + left/right arrow keys. The only thing that doesn't automatically happen for screen readers is when you switch to the other window, the line numbers are not in sync. So you have to ensure you find the correct matching lines by doing the same number of next difference keystrokes on both sides. Please give this a go and let everyone know your findings. I am very excited about this as resolving conflicts has been a major blocker to my work on almost a daily basis. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Starting NVDA or Narrator from command prompt or power shell?
by Jen Bottom 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hi everyone, I am still on my quest to be able to set up a Windows Box with Vagrant, that is provisioned with NVDA and that will provide some sort of speech output once the provisioner has run. I have now managed to get the provisioner to run on a Windows10 box, after messing about with 'winrm' for a while. This script installs the NVDA package using 'choco'. I don't think it's the latest but better than nothing. However NVDA does not automatically start once the package is installed. Note currently I don't have access to a physical box running Windows that I can test stuff out on. I am looking for a way to start either NVDA or Narrator from the command prompt or power shell, so I can at least get some feedback. I have tried going to the VM GUI and using the NVDA short cut key as a quick work-around, but nothing seemed to happen. Also as I am being lazy and not building my own Vagrant box, a quick way to enable Audio if it is disabled is appreciated. I think it is available on the box I have, but I may play with different Windows boxes in the future. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Jen!

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Protection against malware on a new Windows 10 system
by Jason White 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

As noted previously on this list, I recently purchased a new laptop, which is intended to run both Linux and Windows. On the Windows side, I need to guard against viruses and other forms of malware. Whatever solution I put in place has to be accessible with a screen reader. I have some system administration experience (with my own machines and, occasionally, helping others - almost entirely under Linux), so I'll take the obvious precautions - keeping the system and applications up to date, only installing software from reputable sources, etc. In other words, I won't make the obvious mistakes that people who don't know any better tend to make. Currently, Windows Defender is running by default. In the reviews I've read, it has been criticized for its virus detection accuracy, but those reviews aren't necessarily recent. What are others doing and recommending at the moment?

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Screen sharing question
by Christian 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Hi, I want to share my computer screen, especially one program window with a sighted person. However, since I don't know him that well, I want only to share the screen and so he does not have the ability to control it. Is Teamviewer The best solution do you think if you set up limitations in it? Many thanks, Christian

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letsencrypt
by David Mehler 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Hello, Does anyone have experience with letsencrypt on a unix-based system and an apache web server? I'm using the acme-client and trying to get certificates, now one run worked for one of my domains, the other reports a bad exit status. I'd appreciate any help, I'm rather frustrated. Thanks. Dave.

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letsencrypt
by David Mehler 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Hello, Does anyone have experience with letsencrypt on a unix-based system and an apache web server? I'm using the acme-client and trying to get certificates, now one run worked for one of my domains, the other reports a bad exit status. I'd appreciate any help, I'm rather frustrated. Thanks. Dave.

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