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Adrian Spratt
I recently came across a list of Google search suggestions that ought to
save JAWS users from getting agitated every time Research It breaks down, as it invariably does. Below is a list of search functions that I've just tested. I am based in the US, so some suggestions will be different for versions of Google in other countries. For example, we in the US will need to add a state or country after the place name "London," but users of Google.co.uk won't when searching for the capital. Unlike Research It, google isn't US-centric. 1. To find the weather in a particular location, type the city's name followed by the word "weather." Thus: san francisco weather Note. I avoid using uppercase when doing Google searches. the first Google result lists today's conditions and those for the days upcoming. Here are the terms I entered to find out the weather in Prague, Czech Republic: prague czech weather 2. Time works in much the same way. Type the location followed by the word "time" (not in quotations). Thus: san francisco time 3. For a word's definition, type the word "definition" followed by a colon and immediately by the word in question. Thus: definition:arbitrary An advantage google has is that if you misspell a word, it automatically offers a correction. 4. For currency conversion, the crucial word is "in." Beyond that, Google is flexible. I obtained conversions for the following search terms: $1 in sterling 1 eur in usd These are just two examples. 5. Google will perform math operations, thus saving you from having to open a calculator. The article gave as an example a sine problem. For my test, I typed the following in the search field: (2+3)*5 Google promptly reported the correct answer, 25. 6. As for sports, the article's author is based in India, and the examples he gave involved cricket. Through a bit of tweaking, I tested Google's ability to produce baseball results. The terms baseball scores produced all of yesterday's results. It's morning here, so today's games haven't been played. Note. The list of results I got begins with one result from Monday, April 23. A glitch, but a tiny one. 7. I know from past experience that entering just the tracking number of a UPS shipment in the google search field will provide the information I need, although I add "ups" as a second term to make sure. This list is hardly exhaustive. Other simple searches for other functions can be interpolated from these examples. Conclusion, and relevancy to this JAWS list: FS should divert its resources from Research It to applications needed for the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120425/33fbfbbc/attachment.html> |
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Soronel Haetir
I've pretty much thought that RS was a piece of trash since it was
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added to jaws. I would have much rather they had done the OCR bit versions earlier than they did rather than spend any effort on RS. There are simply so many alternatives to what RS does that it's almost a "what's the point?" sort of thing. On 4/25/12, Adrian Spratt <Adrian@...> wrote:
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
A couple more:
Google will also look up the latest quote for a stock symbol, and convert between imperial and metric. -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
I sent Adrian's message on to FS. Perhaps a few others should as well, once we add more easy google search examples to the list.
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Adrian,
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Bravo! And I see that Chris Smart made you famous (or infamous) in the eyes of FS. Amazing what tools we have out there, just waiting for someone dedicated to discover, organize, and share. Thanks. I may have to switch my default home page to Google instead of Yahoo. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@...> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 08:14 Subject: Is Research It really necessary? I recently came across a list of Google search suggestions that ought to save JAWS users from getting agitated every time Research It breaks down, as it invariably does. Below is a list of search functions that I've just tested. I am based in the US, so some suggestions will be different for versions of Google in other countries. For example, we in the US will need to add a state or country after the place name "London," but users of Google.co.uk won't when searching for the capital. Unlike Research It, google isn't US-centric. 1. To find the weather in a particular location, type the city's name followed by the word "weather." Thus: san francisco weather Note. I avoid using uppercase when doing Google searches. the first Google result lists today's conditions and those for the days upcoming. Here are the terms I entered to find out the weather in Prague, Czech Republic: prague czech weather 2. Time works in much the same way. Type the location followed by the word "time" (not in quotations). Thus: san francisco time 3. For a word's definition, type the word "definition" followed by a colon and immediately by the word in question. Thus: definition:arbitrary An advantage google has is that if you misspell a word, it automatically offers a correction. 4. For currency conversion, the crucial word is "in." Beyond that, Google is flexible. I obtained conversions for the following search terms: $1 in sterling 1 eur in usd These are just two examples. 5. Google will perform math operations, thus saving you from having to open a calculator. The article gave as an example a sine problem. For my test, I typed the following in the search field: (2+3)*5 Google promptly reported the correct answer, 25. 6. As for sports, the article's author is based in India, and the examples he gave involved cricket. Through a bit of tweaking, I tested Google's ability to produce baseball results. The terms baseball scores produced all of yesterday's results. It's morning here, so today's games haven't been played. Note. The list of results I got begins with one result from Monday, April 23. A glitch, but a tiny one. 7. I know from past experience that entering just the tracking number of a UPS shipment in the google search field will provide the information I need, although I add "ups" as a second term to make sure. This list is hardly exhaustive. Other simple searches for other functions can be interpolated from these examples. Conclusion, and relevancy to this JAWS list: FS should divert its resources from Research It to applications needed for the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120425/33fbfbbc/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
http://www.google.com/help/features.html
for yet more easy things to find through Google. Note the sports scores item. At 12:44 PM 4/25/2012, you wrote: Adrian,-------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonboy13@...>
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Google can answer just about any question if you type it into the search box. It might not be by Google, but the results will bring up the best results. Just click on the first or second result and you have it! Example: Why is the sky blue? http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html How do you say dance in Italian http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl=it&sa=X&ei=jDGYT84GxJmJAvnk7NMP&ved=0CCoQrgYwAA# The only question I haven't been able to find an answer to is: Can I buy a laptop without a screen For some reason no one seems to be asking that question anywhere in the world... And if that's a dumb question: What color are Dorothy's red shoes http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_were_Dorothy's_slippers_in_'The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz' So any research function is mitigated by Google's superior searching power. What's the meaning of life? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life 4+9-100000000*2.48485921+0.000001*3^5(2*5.09876)-(5.0129) https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=837&bih=443&q=4%2B9-100000000*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&oq=4%2B9-100000000*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...20649.20838.0.21686.2.2.0.0.0.0.183.342.0j2.2.0.Q6z3iZmw3jw Sooo, unless research it is better than Google calculator or Microsoft calculator, I think it's totally useless. I've never found a need to use it. Thank you, Brandon Keith Biggs -----Original Message-----
From: Farfar,Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:44 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Adrian, Bravo! And I see that Chris Smart made you famous (or infamous) in the eyes of FS. Amazing what tools we have out there, just waiting for someone dedicated to discover, organize, and share. Thanks. I may have to switch my default home page to Google instead of Yahoo. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@...> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 08:14 Subject: Is Research It really necessary? I recently came across a list of Google search suggestions that ought to save JAWS users from getting agitated every time Research It breaks down, as it invariably does. Below is a list of search functions that I've just tested. I am based in the US, so some suggestions will be different for versions of Google in other countries. For example, we in the US will need to add a state or country after the place name "London," but users of Google.co.uk won't when searching for the capital. Unlike Research It, google isn't US-centric. 1. To find the weather in a particular location, type the city's name followed by the word "weather." Thus: san francisco weather Note. I avoid using uppercase when doing Google searches. the first Google result lists today's conditions and those for the days upcoming. Here are the terms I entered to find out the weather in Prague, Czech Republic: prague czech weather 2. Time works in much the same way. Type the location followed by the word "time" (not in quotations). Thus: san francisco time 3. For a word's definition, type the word "definition" followed by a colon and immediately by the word in question. Thus: definition:arbitrary An advantage google has is that if you misspell a word, it automatically offers a correction. 4. For currency conversion, the crucial word is "in." Beyond that, Google is flexible. I obtained conversions for the following search terms: $1 in sterling 1 eur in usd These are just two examples. 5. Google will perform math operations, thus saving you from having to open a calculator. The article gave as an example a sine problem. For my test, I typed the following in the search field: (2+3)*5 Google promptly reported the correct answer, 25. 6. As for sports, the article's author is based in India, and the examples he gave involved cricket. Through a bit of tweaking, I tested Google's ability to produce baseball results. The terms baseball scores produced all of yesterday's results. It's morning here, so today's games haven't been played. Note. The list of results I got begins with one result from Monday, April 23. A glitch, but a tiny one. 7. I know from past experience that entering just the tracking number of a UPS shipment in the google search field will provide the information I need, although I add "ups" as a second term to make sure. This list is hardly exhaustive. Other simple searches for other functions can be interpolated from these examples. Conclusion, and relevancy to this JAWS list: FS should divert its resources from Research It to applications needed for the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120425/33fbfbbc/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Dave...
Interesting. Since I use Yahoo Search, I tried several of these and got the
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same results. So I don't need to switch, I just need to learn and explore. Very nice. ResearchIt? What ResearchIt? We don't got no ResearchIt! We don't need no stinkin' ResearchIt! Vamanos! Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Smart" <csmart8@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:01 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? http://www.google.com/help/features.html for yet more easy things to find through Google. Note the sports scores item. At 12:44 PM 4/25/2012, you wrote: Adrian,-------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Soronel Haetir
I've tried finding a laptop without a screen as well, also pretty much
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without success On 4/25/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonboy13@...> wrote:
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Dave...
Brandon,
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w/r your question on buying a laptop without a screen...if you are posing a serious question and not just toying with Google, it occurs to me that a laptop without a screen would be one without a cover. If you're wanting to cut down on power consumption you do have the alternative to turn down the brightness, turn off Wi-Fi, and other things like Bluetooth. And if you want longer operation, you can with some models like Dell purchase battery packs with more cells for greater capacity, and with Dell, even additional battery "slices" to insert/affix to increase even more. Not all models, however. The Dell Latitude D6xx series have a media slot that you can use for a CD/DVD or remove it and add another battery. The E6520 I'm using has a slice battery you can connect to the docking area for additional life. I can get over 10 hours with Wi-Fi and normal screen brightness with the 9-cell battery and the additional slice. Enough for a full day's work while flying to Europe. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:40 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Hello, Google can answer just about any question if you type it into the search box. It might not be by Google, but the results will bring up the best results. Just click on the first or second result and you have it! Example: Why is the sky blue? http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html How do you say dance in Italian http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl=it&sa=X&ei=jDGYT84GxJmJAvnk7NMP&ved=0CCoQrgYwAA# The only question I haven't been able to find an answer to is: Can I buy a laptop without a screen For some reason no one seems to be asking that question anywhere in the world... And if that's a dumb question: What color are Dorothy's red shoes http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_were_Dorothy's_slippers_in_'The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz' So any research function is mitigated by Google's superior searching power. What's the meaning of life? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life 4+9-100000000*2.48485921+0.000001*3^5(2*5.09876)-(5.0129) https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=837&bih=443&q=4%2B9-100000000*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&oq=4%2B9-100000000*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...20649.20838.0.21686.2.2.0.0.0.0.183.342.0j2.2.0.Q6z3iZmw3jw Sooo, unless research it is better than Google calculator or Microsoft calculator, I think it's totally useless. I've never found a need to use it. Thank you, Brandon Keith Biggs -----Original Message----- From: Farfar,Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:44 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Adrian, Bravo! And I see that Chris Smart made you famous (or infamous) in the eyes of FS. Amazing what tools we have out there, just waiting for someone dedicated to discover, organize, and share. Thanks. I may have to switch my default home page to Google instead of Yahoo. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@...> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 08:14 Subject: Is Research It really necessary? I recently came across a list of Google search suggestions that ought to save JAWS users from getting agitated every time Research It breaks down, as it invariably does. Below is a list of search functions that I've just tested. I am based in the US, so some suggestions will be different for versions of Google in other countries. For example, we in the US will need to add a state or country after the place name "London," but users of Google.co.uk won't when searching for the capital. Unlike Research It, google isn't US-centric. 1. To find the weather in a particular location, type the city's name followed by the word "weather." Thus: san francisco weather Note. I avoid using uppercase when doing Google searches. the first Google result lists today's conditions and those for the days upcoming. Here are the terms I entered to find out the weather in Prague, Czech Republic: prague czech weather 2. Time works in much the same way. Type the location followed by the word "time" (not in quotations). Thus: san francisco time 3. For a word's definition, type the word "definition" followed by a colon and immediately by the word in question. Thus: definition:arbitrary An advantage google has is that if you misspell a word, it automatically offers a correction. 4. For currency conversion, the crucial word is "in." Beyond that, Google is flexible. I obtained conversions for the following search terms: $1 in sterling 1 eur in usd These are just two examples. 5. Google will perform math operations, thus saving you from having to open a calculator. The article gave as an example a sine problem. For my test, I typed the following in the search field: (2+3)*5 Google promptly reported the correct answer, 25. 6. As for sports, the article's author is based in India, and the examples he gave involved cricket. Through a bit of tweaking, I tested Google's ability to produce baseball results. The terms baseball scores produced all of yesterday's results. It's morning here, so today's games haven't been played. Note. The list of results I got begins with one result from Monday, April 23. A glitch, but a tiny one. 7. I know from past experience that entering just the tracking number of a UPS shipment in the google search field will provide the information I need, although I add "ups" as a second term to make sure. This list is hardly exhaustive. Other simple searches for other functions can be interpolated from these examples. Conclusion, and relevancy to this JAWS list: FS should divert its resources from Research It to applications needed for the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Soronel Haetir
I want to get rid of the screen for reasons of weight far more than
reasons of battery life at this point. Adding more batteries or turning the screen down don't really solve that problem. I am actually somewhat surprised that there doesn't seem to be a thin battery powered computer with built-in keyboard that the manufacturer expects to be used with an external display, which would basically be a laptop without a screen. Unfortunately, given how tablets seem to be the push of the future I do not expect portable accessibility to improve over the near to medium term. On 4/25/12, Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation <dgcarlson@...> wrote: Brandon, -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@... |
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Adrian Spratt
I wonder if any of HumanWare's products would serve Brandon's needs.
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From: jfw-bounces@... [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 4:00 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Brandon, w/r your question on buying a laptop without a screen...if you are posing a serious question and not just toying with Google, it occurs to me that a laptop without a screen would be one without a cover. If you're wanting to cut down on power consumption you do have the alternative to turn down the brightness, turn off Wi-Fi, and other things like Bluetooth. And if you want longer operation, you can with some models like Dell purchase battery packs with more cells for greater capacity, and with Dell, even additional battery "slices" to insert/affix to increase even more. Not all models, however. The Dell Latitude D6xx series have a media slot that you can use for a CD/DVD or remove it and add another battery. The E6520 I'm using has a slice battery you can connect to the docking area for additional life. I can get over 10 hours with Wi-Fi and normal screen brightness with the 9-cell battery and the additional slice. Enough for a full day's work while flying to Europe. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:40 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Hello, Google can answer just about any question if you type it into the search box. It might not be by Google, but the results will bring up the best results. Just click on the first or second result and you have it! Example: Why is the sky blue? http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html How do you say dance in Italian http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl =it&sa=X&ei=jDGYT84GxJmJAvnk7NMP&ved=0CCoQrgYwAA# The only question I haven't been able to find an answer to is: Can I buy a laptop without a screen For some reason no one seems to be asking that question anywhere in the world... And if that's a dumb question: What color are Dorothy's red shoes http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_were_Dorothy's_slippers_in_'The_Wonderf ul_Wizard_of_Oz' So any research function is mitigated by Google's superior searching power. What's the meaning of life? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life 4+9-100000000*2.48485921+0.000001*3^5(2*5.09876)-(5.0129) https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=837&bih=443&q=4%2B9-100000000*2.4848 5921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&oq=4%2B9-1000000 00*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&aq=f&aq i=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...20649.20838.0.21686.2.2.0.0.0.0.183.342.0j2.2. 0.Q6z3iZmw3jw Sooo, unless research it is better than Google calculator or Microsoft calculator, I think it's totally useless. I've never found a need to use it. Thank you, Brandon Keith Biggs -----Original Message----- From: Farfar,Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:44 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Adrian, Bravo! And I see that Chris Smart made you famous (or infamous) in the eyes of FS. Amazing what tools we have out there, just waiting for someone dedicated to discover, organize, and share. Thanks. I may have to switch my default home page to Google instead of Yahoo. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@...> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 08:14 Subject: Is Research It really necessary? I recently came across a list of Google search suggestions that ought to save JAWS users from getting agitated every time Research It breaks down, as it invariably does. Below is a list of search functions that I've just tested. I am based in the US, so some suggestions will be different for versions of Google in other countries. For example, we in the US will need to add a state or country after the place name "London," but users of Google.co.uk won't when searching for the capital. Unlike Research It, google isn't US-centric. 1. To find the weather in a particular location, type the city's name followed by the word "weather." Thus: san francisco weather Note. I avoid using uppercase when doing Google searches. the first Google result lists today's conditions and those for the days upcoming. Here are the terms I entered to find out the weather in Prague, Czech Republic: prague czech weather 2. Time works in much the same way. Type the location followed by the word "time" (not in quotations). Thus: san francisco time 3. For a word's definition, type the word "definition" followed by a colon and immediately by the word in question. Thus: definition:arbitrary An advantage google has is that if you misspell a word, it automatically offers a correction. 4. For currency conversion, the crucial word is "in." Beyond that, Google is flexible. I obtained conversions for the following search terms: $1 in sterling 1 eur in usd These are just two examples. 5. Google will perform math operations, thus saving you from having to open a calculator. The article gave as an example a sine problem. For my test, I typed the following in the search field: (2+3)*5 Google promptly reported the correct answer, 25. 6. As for sports, the article's author is based in India, and the examples he gave involved cricket. Through a bit of tweaking, I tested Google's ability to produce baseball results. The terms baseball scores produced all of yesterday's results. It's morning here, so today's games haven't been played. Note. The list of results I got begins with one result from Monday, April 23. A glitch, but a tiny one. 7. I know from past experience that entering just the tracking number of a UPS shipment in the google search field will provide the information I need, although I add "ups" as a second term to make sure. This list is hardly exhaustive. Other simple searches for other functions can be interpolated from these examples. Conclusion, and relevancy to this JAWS list: FS should divert its resources from Research It to applications needed for the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Soronel,
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I'm skeptical that there will ever be such a machine. Point is, that the mere fact of portability means that a sighted user will want to have some way to see the display away from the desk, and not having one just makes this a portable keyboard with a processor and memory -- and useless to the majority of computer purchasers. Now if there was a transmitter built in that would convert any display or glass surface within 5 feet of the device into a display, well then we have something phenomenal. Just think -- I'm standing near a storefront, and want to look up something. I face the window glass, and the glass becomes opaque enough to display what the handheld keyboard/computer is showing. Hey, a person wearing eyeglasses could have the image showing on the inside of their lens. What a concept, and that makes sense now. Not very useful to us, but perhaps the next logical step in portable computers. The cloud connects to the device and the image shows on a nearby surface. Apple, are you listening? Steve Jobs is talking to you from the cloud, and saying "Yes, Farfar has a great idea!" Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message -----
From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 13:36 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? I want to get rid of the screen for reasons of weight far more than reasons of battery life at this point. Adding more batteries or turning the screen down don't really solve that problem. I am actually somewhat surprised that there doesn't seem to be a thin battery powered computer with built-in keyboard that the manufacturer expects to be used with an external display, which would basically be a laptop without a screen. Unfortunately, given how tablets seem to be the push of the future I do not expect portable accessibility to improve over the near to medium term. On 4/25/12, Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation <dgcarlson@...> wrote: Brandon, -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@... _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
Hi Dave.
Actually, don't Google have glasses for sale that display things now? I heard something about that on the news recently. That's all we need, another reason for distracted people to not see us coming on the sidewalk. *LOL* But I agree with you. Go to Dell or Compaq and say "hey, you really should make something with no visual display". Good luck with that. Wasn't there a machine like this built for blind folks back in the 1990's, called David? I seem to remember something like that existing at one time. If you ask me, we've never had more access than we do now. Don't want a blind-specific note taker from Freedom Scientific, HumanWare, Hims, etc. you can use an iPhone or iPad right out of the box. Connect a Blutooth keyboard to an iPhone and you have a heck of a lot in your pocket, not to mention Blutooth braille displays. -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Not to mention those times where you're working on an important document and
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for whatever reason Jaws isn't responding or there's some sort of other issue with the computer where Narrator or NVDA isn't goiing to help and just randomly closing windows and pressing buttons is not what you want to do. My old Toshiba laptop's screen gave out about 2 weeks before I was able to get my new Windows 7 system and instead of forking out the $200.00 or so I was quoted to replace the screen, I went without the screen. It worked fine since I have no use for it, but there were times where my sighted wife was pressed up against the laptop screen with a flash light trying to make out whatever error message or some other diagnostic text she could. There were some stressful times in deed and even though I in theory didn't need the screen, it sure is helpful to have one for just those occasions. -----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounces@... [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:48 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Soronel, I'm skeptical that there will ever be such a machine. Point is, that the mere fact of portability means that a sighted user will want to have some way to see the display away from the desk, and not having one just makes this a portable keyboard with a processor and memory -- and useless to the majority of computer purchasers. Now if there was a transmitter built in that would convert any display or glass surface within 5 feet of the device into a display, well then we have something phenomenal. Just think -- I'm standing near a storefront, and want to look up something. I face the window glass, and the glass becomes opaque enough to display what the handheld keyboard/computer is showing. Hey, a person wearing eyeglasses could have the image showing on the inside of their lens. What a concept, and that makes sense now. Not very useful to us, but perhaps the next logical step in portable computers. The cloud connects to the device and the image shows on a nearby surface. Apple, are you listening? Steve Jobs is talking to you from the cloud, and saying "Yes, Farfar has a great idea!" Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 13:36 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? I want to get rid of the screen for reasons of weight far more than reasons of battery life at this point. Adding more batteries or turning the screen down don't really solve that problem. I am actually somewhat surprised that there doesn't seem to be a thin battery powered computer with built-in keyboard that the manufacturer expects to be used with an external display, which would basically be a laptop without a screen. Unfortunately, given how tablets seem to be the push of the future I do not expect portable accessibility to improve over the near to medium term. On 4/25/12, Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation <dgcarlson@...> wrote: Brandon,http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl =it&sa=X&ei=jDGYT84GxJmJAvnk7NMP&ved=0CCoQrgYwAA# http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_were_Dorothy's_slippers_in_'The_Wonderf ul_Wizard_of_Oz' https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=837&bih=443&q=4%2B9-100000000*2.4848 5921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&oq=4%2B9-1000000 00*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&aq=f&aq i=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...20649.20838.0.21686.2.2.0.0.0.0.183.342.0j2.2. 0.Q6z3iZmw3jw <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201204 25/33fbfbbc/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@... _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonboy13@...>
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The Human wear products and FS products are not laptops by any stretch of the imagination. Perhaps when you can download programs and drivers on the cloud then run them on those note-takers you can call them Laptops. But frankly I only get a fraction of the functionality I get from a laptop on any Note taker. Perhaps a phone will be better, but again, it only has 2 gigs of ram if that and I really like my speed. My screen costs a huge amount, adds to the weight and requires all kinds of stuff that I just don't want to give. I once gave a speech on how useless and how many negative things happen when you have a computer screen, including the fact that so many people get tendinitis from using the mouse and not moving their hands around the keyboard like we do. The only rebuttal sighted people were able to come up with was: "But I like my screen..." If I was Spock I'd say there was a serious problem with putting screens on every computer! And it's because of screens that we don't have as much accessibility. The screen is the source of most computer evils! :O :P Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -----Original Message-----
From: Cristobal Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:00 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Is Research It really necessary? Not to mention those times where you're working on an important document and for whatever reason Jaws isn't responding or there's some sort of other issue with the computer where Narrator or NVDA isn't goiing to help and just randomly closing windows and pressing buttons is not what you want to do. My old Toshiba laptop's screen gave out about 2 weeks before I was able to get my new Windows 7 system and instead of forking out the $200.00 or so I was quoted to replace the screen, I went without the screen. It worked fine since I have no use for it, but there were times where my sighted wife was pressed up against the laptop screen with a flash light trying to make out whatever error message or some other diagnostic text she could. There were some stressful times in deed and even though I in theory didn't need the screen, it sure is helpful to have one for just those occasions. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@... [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:48 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Soronel, I'm skeptical that there will ever be such a machine. Point is, that the mere fact of portability means that a sighted user will want to have some way to see the display away from the desk, and not having one just makes this a portable keyboard with a processor and memory -- and useless to the majority of computer purchasers. Now if there was a transmitter built in that would convert any display or glass surface within 5 feet of the device into a display, well then we have something phenomenal. Just think -- I'm standing near a storefront, and want to look up something. I face the window glass, and the glass becomes opaque enough to display what the handheld keyboard/computer is showing. Hey, a person wearing eyeglasses could have the image showing on the inside of their lens. What a concept, and that makes sense now. Not very useful to us, but perhaps the next logical step in portable computers. The cloud connects to the device and the image shows on a nearby surface. Apple, are you listening? Steve Jobs is talking to you from the cloud, and saying "Yes, Farfar has a great idea!" Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 13:36 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? I want to get rid of the screen for reasons of weight far more than reasons of battery life at this point. Adding more batteries or turning the screen down don't really solve that problem. I am actually somewhat surprised that there doesn't seem to be a thin battery powered computer with built-in keyboard that the manufacturer expects to be used with an external display, which would basically be a laptop without a screen. Unfortunately, given how tablets seem to be the push of the future I do not expect portable accessibility to improve over the near to medium term. On 4/25/12, Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation <dgcarlson@...> wrote: Brandon,http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl =it&sa=X&ei=jDGYT84GxJmJAvnk7NMP&ved=0CCoQrgYwAA# http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_were_Dorothy's_slippers_in_'The_Wonderf ul_Wizard_of_Oz' https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=837&bih=443&q=4%2B9-100000000*2.4848 5921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&oq=4%2B9-1000000 00*2.48485921%2B0.000001*3+square+root+5%282*5.09876%29-%285.0129%29&aq=f&aq i=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...20649.20838.0.21686.2.2.0.0.0.0.183.342.0j2.2. 0.Q6z3iZmw3jw <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201204 25/33fbfbbc/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@... _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
At 05:52 PM 4/25/2012, Brandon Said:
The only rebuttal sighted people were able to come up with was: "But I like my screen..."And you like your speech output. Do sighted people need it? Not really. I honestly don't know what your point is here. If I was Spock I'd say there was a serious problem with putting screens on every computer!You're part of a small minority who may not need a screen most of the time. But lucky for the sighted majority, you aren't making decisions that affect computing trends. And it's because of screens that we don't have as much accessibility. The screen is the source of most computer evils! :O :PNo, inattention to or ignorance of accessibility concerns on the part of software developers cause our problems. Sorry for a bad pun, but I think your thinking on this is miopic. -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
Hey Brandon, why not develop your screenless laptop? The parts all exist out there and are used in the mainstream laptops.. just find someone to build them for you - maybe call it the BlindBook.
I'm not sure how much money we will save by not including the display, but who knows. You may have a niche market there, blind folks who want a laptop but who have some aversion to screens. I'm guessing you'd only save maybe $50 a unit removing the display and that this isn't an issue for most of us, but I might be totally wrong. Chris -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Chris Smart <csmart8@...>
Build Or Create Your Own Laptop Or Notebook Computer:
http://computershopper.com/feature/build-your-own-laptop You'll need to find a case that doesn't have two halves, one half being for the traditional display, but heck, you can get those manufactured overseas once you have some financial backing for this project, right? At 07:20 PM 4/25/2012, you wrote: Hey Brandon, why not develop your screenless laptop? The parts all exist out there and are used in the mainstream laptops.. just find someone to build them for you - maybe call it the BlindBook.-------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CTS-Mastering/139114066128698 Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt |
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Dave...
Brandon,
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I'm afraid that you sound like you have tunnel vision. Why would anyone with eyesight give up having a screen? It's impractical. That's the most efficient method they have for receiving information from the computer, via their eyes. Constraining them to a non-visual output format similar to what we use is just butting your head against common sense. Of course I wouldn't disagree that a laptop without a display would be lighter weight, less energy-consuming, and simpler, but the market for that device would be prohibitively small. Why not just purchase a cheap laptop yourself and remove the cover/display? I'm sure they can be removed somehow. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 14:52 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Hello, The Human wear products and FS products are not laptops by any stretch of the imagination. Perhaps when you can download programs and drivers on the cloud then run them on those note-takers you can call them Laptops. But frankly I only get a fraction of the functionality I get from a laptop on any Note taker. Perhaps a phone will be better, but again, it only has 2 gigs of ram if that and I really like my speed. My screen costs a huge amount, adds to the weight and requires all kinds of stuff that I just don't want to give. I once gave a speech on how useless and how many negative things happen when you have a computer screen, including the fact that so many people get tendinitis from using the mouse and not moving their hands around the keyboard like we do. The only rebuttal sighted people were able to come up with was: "But I like my screen..." If I was Spock I'd say there was a serious problem with putting screens on every computer! And it's because of screens that we don't have as much accessibility. The screen is the source of most computer evils! :O :P Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -----Original Message----- From: Cristobal Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:00 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Is Research It really necessary? Not to mention those times where you're working on an important document and for whatever reason Jaws isn't responding or there's some sort of other issue with the computer where Narrator or NVDA isn't goiing to help and just randomly closing windows and pressing buttons is not what you want to do. My old Toshiba laptop's screen gave out about 2 weeks before I was able to get my new Windows 7 system and instead of forking out the $200.00 or so I was quoted to replace the screen, I went without the screen. It worked fine since I have no use for it, but there were times where my sighted wife was pressed up against the laptop screen with a flash light trying to make out whatever error message or some other diagnostic text she could. There were some stressful times in deed and even though I in theory didn't need the screen, it sure is helpful to have one for just those occasions. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@... [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar, Thinking it's Time for a Long Vacation Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:48 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? Soronel, I'm skeptical that there will ever be such a machine. Point is, that the mere fact of portability means that a sighted user will want to have some way to see the display away from the desk, and not having one just makes this a portable keyboard with a processor and memory -- and useless to the majority of computer purchasers. Now if there was a transmitter built in that would convert any display or glass surface within 5 feet of the device into a display, well then we have something phenomenal. Just think -- I'm standing near a storefront, and want to look up something. I face the window glass, and the glass becomes opaque enough to display what the handheld keyboard/computer is showing. Hey, a person wearing eyeglasses could have the image showing on the inside of their lens. What a concept, and that makes sense now. Not very useful to us, but perhaps the next logical step in portable computers. The cloud connects to the device and the image shows on a nearby surface. Apple, are you listening? Steve Jobs is talking to you from the cloud, and saying "Yes, Farfar has a great idea!" Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 13:36 Subject: Re: Is Research It really necessary? I want to get rid of the screen for reasons of weight far more than reasons of battery life at this point. Adding more batteries or turning the screen down don't really solve that problem. I am actually somewhat surprised that there doesn't seem to be a thin battery powered computer with built-in keyboard that the manufacturer expects to be used with an external display, which would basically be a laptop without a screen. Unfortunately, given how tablets seem to be the push of the future I do not expect portable accessibility to improve over the near to medium term. 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