Thanks all, this has been really great.





From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Zolo
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:50 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: dell latitude 7490



Hey there, Juan, Brian Zolo here in Gahanna, Ohio, feel free to call me BZ,
grin1 The dell latitudes are good machines make sure that it's got 16 gigs
of ram as you'll not only get better performance from jaws but better
performance with your apps as well. Let me know if I can be of further
assistance, have a great day! BZ!



From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Juan Hernandez
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 6:42 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: dell latitude 7490



Hi All,



My new job wants to give me a laptop. Have any of you used the Dell
latitude 7490? Is this workable for us using screen readers? Any bad
things
when using this computer blind?



Best,



Juan

Hey there, Juan, Brian Zolo here in Gahanna, Ohio, feel free to call me BZ, grin1  The dell latitudes are good machines make sure that it’s got 16 gigs of ram as you’ll not only get better performance from jaws but better performance with your apps as well.  Let me know if I can be of further assistance, have a great day!  BZ!

Hi All,

My new job wants to give me a laptop.  Have any of you used the Dell latitude 7490? Is this workable for us using screen readers?  Any bad things when using this computer blind?

Best,

Juan  

Hi All,

My new job wants to give me a laptop.  Have any of you used the Dell latitude 7490? Is this workable for us using screen readers?  Any bad things when using this computer blind?

Best,

Juan  

I am not familiar with the platform you were speaking of. However, it would seem braille really would be a good tool. There's no time like the present to increase your Braille  skills. I was learning Nemeth braille while taking a college algebra/pre-calculus class I so know it can be scary. Just a suggestion and something to consider.

On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:06 PM, JM Casey <jmcasey@...> wrote:



Hey there.

 

A braille display would certainly help with both your #1 and your #2. But proficiencies can and do vary – I’d honestly do away with speech entirely if I could get away with it as I much prefer reading.

On Zoom, the chat window is quite easy to reach and read. Switching to that platform may yield better results accessibility-wise, but, understandable if your company doesn’tw ant to do it – there have been plenty of zoom hacks lately and other weird stuff happening and in a lot of ways it doesn’t seem like a great platform. Still, that need not really concern ayone except whoever is in charge of managing such things at your company.

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: June 22, 2021 04:57 PM
To: JFW List (jfw@groups.io) <jfw@groups.io>
Subject: thoughts on leading a meeting via web-conferenc

 

Hi,

I’d like to chew on a topic with you all on effectively leading virtual meetings.  Specifically, I’m trying to gauge if I’m being too hard on myself or if others have figured out good techniques to deal with the challenges I’m facing.  Here at my company we currently use Webex, although I’ve heard we may switch to Zoom soon.  I’m fine with joining meetings and can participate in meetings well enough.  Accessibility of Webex with JAWS is really lacking, but some of my questions may still exist if it worked better with JAWS or I was using Zoom.  here are my two main questions:

 

#1 Chat windows:

Larger meetings I’m on have really been using the chat function. JAWS will often catch chats while they come in, but this can also cover up what the presenter is saying.  I just figure  I will miss this aspect, which is only problematic if I want to ask a question and the presenter only allows chat questions.  If I’m leading the meeting, I specifically ask people to unmute to ask a question or I have a colleague read any questions that come in through chat.  It seems that juggling this, even if you can technically navigate to and read the chat windows with JAWs would still be really cumbersome.  Do any of  you have tips for managing chats during a meeting? 

 

#2 Sharing a presentation:

In a professional context, I often need to share a PowerPoint slide show.  For big meetings, I’ll usually have a colleague share the slides and advance them for me, allowing me to read my speaking points from a Word document. Is this what others do?  Are any of you successful in presenting slides and having JAWS read them at the same time so that you can be following along with what is on the slide you are currently presenting? IS this where a Braille display would work better than speech alone?  I’m not a proficient Braille reader, especially when nervous, so I don’t’ thin k Braille display is the answer for me, but curious to know if that does work for people.

 

I’m also curious to understand what sighted people see when video is on.  I was on a presentation  earlier today and could tell that a slide was on the screen, but wasn’t sure of the visual display of attendees and the speaker’s video, but I guess I’ll ask a friend or AIRA agent for that. I’m sure it varies based on settings. I just hope the camera angle was OK when it was my turn to talk. 

 

Using JAWS 2021, Office 365 and Windows 10.

 

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Hi All,

My new job wants to give me a laptop.  Have any of you used the Dell latitude 7490? Is this workable for us using screen readers?  Any bad things when using this computer blind?

Best,

Juan  

Hi All,

My new job wants to give me a laptop.  Have any of you used the Dell latitude 7490? Is this workable for us using screen readers?  Any bad things when using this computer blind?

Best,

Juan  



HI everyone,

 

I have been with Simple Bank, simple.com for the last few years and I just loved their accessibility.  They just got bought out by BBVA USA and their accessibility has gone down the drain hugely.

 

What online banks do you guys recommend that are accessible? And also have good service, and are just good banks?

 

Any advice is appreciated.

 

Best,

 

Juan

 

On 21/6/21 10:08 pm, Betsy Binney wrote:

Does anyone know if JAWS will work with the MySQL database program?  I need to use it for a project that I am working on.  If so does anyone know how to navigate it?  I need it to read the line numbers in the programming.

You should be able to run it from the command line. At least, that's how it works under Linux.

Also, MariaDB appears to be where most of the MySQL development is happening nowadays, and it may be preferable. I don't use either personally, but I know for sure that they're command line tools that you can run and enter your SQL queries.

Hi,

I’d like to chew on a topic with you all on effectively leading virtual meetings.  Specifically, I’m trying to gauge if I’m being too hard on myself or if others have figured out good techniques to deal with the challenges I’m facing.  Here at my company we currently use Webex, although I’ve heard we may switch to Zoom soon.  I’m fine with joining meetings and can participate in meetings well enough.  Accessibility of Webex with JAWS is really lacking, but some of my questions may still exist if it worked better with JAWS or I was using Zoom.  here are my two main questions:

#1 Chat windows:

Larger meetings I’m on have really been using the chat function. JAWS will often catch chats while they come in, but this can also cover up what the presenter is saying.  I just figure  I will miss this aspect, which is only problematic if I want to ask a question and the presenter only allows chat questions.  If I’m leading the meeting, I specifically ask people to unmute to ask a question or I have a colleague read any questions that come in through chat.  It seems that juggling this, even if you can technically navigate to and read the chat windows with JAWs would still be really cumbersome.  Do any of  you have tips for managing chats during a meeting? 

#2 Sharing a presentation:

In a professional context, I often need to share a PowerPoint slide show.  For big meetings, I’ll usually have a colleague share the slides and advance them for me, allowing me to read my speaking points from a Word document. Is this what others do?  Are any of you successful in presenting slides and having JAWS read them at the same time so that you can be following along with what is on the slide you are currently presenting? IS this where a Braille display would work better than speech alone?  I’m not a proficient Braille reader, especially when nervous, so I don’t’ thin k Braille display is the answer for me, but curious to know if that does work for people.

I’m also curious to understand what sighted people see when video is on.  I was on a presentation  earlier today and could tell that a slide was on the screen, but wasn’t sure of the visual display of attendees and the speaker’s video, but I guess I’ll ask a friend or AIRA agent for that. I’m sure it varies based on settings. I just hope the camera angle was OK when it was my turn to talk. 

Using JAWS 2021, Office 365 and Windows 10.

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Can somebody tell

Me  step by step instructions

On how to navigate using jaws on how to post a  message

Thanks roy

DeWayne