[nabs-l] window eyes commands

Fri Jun 10 21:26:36 UTC 2011

Substantially less mechanical, yes.

Joseph

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:48:57AM -0600, Kirt Manwaring wrote:
>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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