[nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Thu Jan 6 00:41:30 UTC 2011


Yup!  Or you could get your Technian amateur radio license and buy one of those cheap talking handhelds from China! (grin)

Mike


On Jan 5, 2011, at 16:31, "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Wow...Genie.  Had it not been for Genie, I don't know that we would have
> become friends before my first NFB convention.  Takes ya back, eh?
> 
> So, we go from Genie to Facebook to Skype.  Wowzer.
> 
> Oh yeah, you have an IPhone.  We can use the Walky Talky app for
> communication.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:26 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
> 
> Gracious me!  Wonder if GEnie still exists?  It got sorta spendy toward the
> end of my tenure.  Loved the Aladin MessyDos software client, though.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 16:16, "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hey, for all I know, he might still be using that Genie account he and I
>> first communicated with some time ago!
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Joe Orozco
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:13 PM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>> 
>> Oh, don't knock the Freeman dinosaur.  He does, after all, have an iPhone,
>> and I just about had to check my e-mail thrice to make sure JAWS wasn't
>> pulling junk out of its virtual...
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 7:05 PM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>> 
>> Hmmm, when's Mike going to even consider getting on Facebook?  
>> That would
>> blow his mind as well.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:02 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>> 
>> Ya got a point there, Judge!  We're not even allowed to Telnet 
>> or SSH out.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 15:49, "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yeah, but most people aren't working in nationally secure environments
>> like
>>> you either. LOL
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up 
>> their sleeves,
>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:30 PM
>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>>> 
>>> Not ours.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 15:21, "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Don't be silly.  More offices are relying on instant messaging to
>>>> communicate.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up 
>>> their sleeves,
>>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:54 PM
>>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>>> Cc: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; National Association of Blind 
>>>> Students mailing list; List for teachers and trainers of 
>>>> adaptive technology; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>>>> 
>>>> Hey!  You might have to -- gasp -- call your friend on the phone! <g>
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 13:24, "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just installed Windows Live yesterday, so I'm running that 
>>>> particular
>>>>> version.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm also running JFW 10.0.1139.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What has now been happening is that my friend types something 
>>>> in, and JAWS
>>>>> will read it the first time but when I try to use my jaws 
>>>> cursor or other
>>>>> commands, I can't get it to read anything but graphics and 
>>>> the menu bar.
>>>>> It's annoying.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cherryl
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 11:59 AM
>>>>> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology; 
>>>> 'NFB in Computer
>>>>> Science Mailing List'; blindtlk at nfbnet.org; 'National 
>>>> Association of Blind
>>>>> Students mailing list'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Jim.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am also running Windows Vista with Jaws 10 and Windows 
>>>> Live.  I am having 
>>>>> no issue, mine is working well, so I have a couple questions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1.  What version of Windows live are you running?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2.  What version of Jaws 10 are you using?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3.  Did you go into control panel and turn off user accounts? 
>>>> This can 
>>>>> cause lots of problems with Jaws and other external programs 
>>>> if left on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I look forward to your response.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have an excellent day.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cherryl
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
>>>>> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" 
>>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>; "'List for 
>>>>> teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'" 
>>>> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>; 
>>>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; "'National Association of Blind 
>>>> Students mailing 
>>>>> list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 11:17 AM
>>>>> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Windows Live Messenger
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am needing to use Windows Live Messenger very soon.  I've 
>>>> loaded it on 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> my Vista machine with JAWS 10.  I know.I know, I need to 
>>>> upgrade, and will
>>>>>> do that in a while.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyway, when trying to use it with someone, I couldn't get 
>>>> JAWS to read 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> messages that I was typing or the messages that my friend 
>>>> was typing to 
>>>>>> me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I used to use it on a Netbook computer with Windows XP and 
>>>> JAWS 10, but
>>>>>> something's different here.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do I need specific scripts or certain commands to use it?  
>>>> It's kind of
>>>>>> necessary.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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