[Blindtlk] /Monopoly

[Debbie Wunder]

Hi Mike, don't be to hard on yourself, you are not alone!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly


> Mike, I hate to sound like a complete idiot, but this is part of the 
> problem, my ignorance.  I hate to admit it in this group, but I don't even 
> no what a URL is, so I can't tell you.  God I hate looking stupid like 
> this, but this is part of the frustration.  Everyone else seems to know 
> this stuff, I feel like I'm from the dark ages.  Is this a 64 bit machine? 
> I think so.  I know this version of JAWS is 64 bits.  All I know is that 
> with my old clunker of a machine and XP, it was so much easier to do some 
> of this stuff.  I have been struggling ever since I got this thing.
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike Freeman
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:12 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>
> Mark:
>
> I can't help you on the game but if you'll give me a URL, I'll see if I 
> can download it.
>
> Don't be so hasty to vilify windows 7. There are a few features that are 
> different and, therefore, take some getting used to by an inveterate XP 
> aficionado. However, there are some features in Windows 7 that are very 
> handy. It may not be Windows 7 at all: is your machine a 64-bit machine? 
> Do you know if the Monopoly game will work on 64-bit systems?
>
> Let's put our thinking caps on.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mark Tardif
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 6:39 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>
> Hello, friends,
>
> I’m going to “lower the boom”, so to speak.  Any of you familiar with Jim 
> Kitchen and his text to speech games?  Those of you on these lists who 
> have heard me whining about Windows 7 and how limited I think it is and 
> are sick and tired of it, please feel free to tweet me out if there is a 
> tweet filter.  Jim Kitchen has wonderful free games, including my all-time 
> favorite, monopoly.  Yes, I am probably addicted.  Anyway, I have been 
> trying and trying to download it properly and I have become convinced that 
> it is not workable with Windows 7.  Of course it is possible that my 
> settings are off, which would be nothing new with this machine, I suppose 
> that’s what you get when you purchase a computer at Wal-Mart.  When I try 
> to unzip files, I get weird messages such as “can’t create an output file 
> and it doesn’t work.  I challenge anyone to tell me that this is workable. 
> Don’t mind my tone, I’m just frustrated that the idiots at Microsoft 
> inadvertently limited us this way.  So, do you have any ideas, and if not, 
> does anyone know of a talking speech-friendly monopoly game?  Also, does 
> anyone know how to get autocomplete on Windows live mail.  Thank you, 
> before my JAWS runs out.
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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