[nabs-l] window eyes commands

Fri Jun 10 16:48:57 UTC 2011

Joseph,
  I only just yesterday connected the dots and realized that the
iphone and victor stream have the same synthesizer, lol!  And I don't
really mind Samantha on the iPhone, is she really a lot better on a
full computer?

On 6/10/11, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> My first exposure to Mobile Samantha was on the Victor Stream.  She
> still grates on my nerves on the iPhone, and I prefer the mobile
> version of Tom.
>
> I do prefer full version of Samantha, though.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 06:33:29PM -0700, Carly Mihalakis wrote:
>>
>>
>>Samantha, sounds right.
>>Has anyone observed that, blind dudes tend to be drawn to Samantha
>>and other female nararrators, while females tend to prefer Paul who
>>has always been my personal favorite back in the days when I used the
>>standalone OpenBook machine. I use K now. I  prefer to listen with
>>perfect Paul!
>>Car:
>>>I think the voice Over lady is Samantha.
>>>
>>>
>>>On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Kirt Manwaring wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jorge,
>>>>  I mean like Fred, Paul, Harry, Georgina or whatever her name is...I
>>>> much prefer Reed myself.  *smile*  Oh-and someone should give the
>>>> voiceover lady a name.  I like her, too.
>>>>
>>>> On 6/9/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>> I didn't understand apple's synthesizer; back when I was first
>>>learning the
>>>>> computer they had the Apple computer at school. It was harder to
>>>understand.
>>>>> Eeek. Jaws is clearer with eloquence.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Kirt Manwaring
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 6:48 PM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] window eyes commands
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashley,
>>>>>  You think decktalk's robotic?  Listen to the old Apple speech
>>>>> synthesizers...I'll show you robotic!  *grin*
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/9/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>> dec talk sounds too robotic!  Its annoying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Chris Nusbaum
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:55 PM
>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] window eyes commands
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well that's good, Dectalk is annoying.  But the Dectalk archive
>>>>>> songs are pretty funny, especially its battles with Eloquence.
>>>>>> Maybe you could check on GW Micro's site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Date sent: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:22:30 -0400
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] window eyes commands
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am getting a temporary job and I was informed I have to use
>>>>>> Window  Eyes, WE, and I am used to jaws.
>>>>>> At least I can change it to elloquence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So does anyone have a list of commands for it, the reading
>>>>>> commands I mean.
>>>>>> I need commands for things like read to end of screen; in jaws
>>>>>> that is insert down arrow.  Also read next/previous word, current
>>>>>> line, current sentence, next/previous paragraph would help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How are the internet commands different? I know that you move
>>>>>> through menus with the same arrows and hit enter on your menu
>>>>>> choice, just as with jaws; that is a keyboard thing, not a screen
>>>>>> reader thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I heard you still have to turn on forms mode in We, where as jaws
>>>>>> you do not.  Are the hot keys the same, or are some the same.
>>>>>> Some of the hot keys for internet for jaws are:
>>>>>> insert f7: links list.
>>>>>> insert f5: headings list
>>>>>> Insert f9: frames list
>>>>>> H: headings
>>>>>> C: combo box
>>>>>> R: radio button
>>>>>> B: button
>>>>>> In jaws you can also custom label links and I think that command
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> Control insert tab.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any tips.
>>>>>> Ashley
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