Hi. It’s me, ya know, the silent one? Back in May when we did our audio blitz, I promised that I would put up a description of the bus platforms and what bus pulls into them. I said I would have it done by the end of the weekend. Um, yeah, about that. Finally, last …
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Some Handy Plugins To Increase The Functionality Of NVDA
If you’re a screenreader user running Windows and you don’t know what NVDA is, you really should learn all about it. This goes double if you’re stuck running an older version of JAWS, need to do something that requires technology newer than what you have and you don’t want to pay a gazillion freakin dollars …
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Massive Yahoo Email Server Fail Made An Angry Thunderbird!
Yesterday morning, I got a rather nasty surprise. Early in the morning, I was happily able to send mail. Then at about 10 or so, I tried to send a reply to a message on a mailing list and got the following rather unhelpful error message. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server …
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Food Basics, Now with Screenreader Accessible Flyers!
A long time back, Carin mentioned the lack of an accessible Food Basics flyer and how it would be awesome if they had one because we buy a lot of our groceries there. For a while we put this thought out of our heads because they said if something was done it would be well …
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Get On The Right Bus, Gus, Make A Route Plan, Stan
This information has been updated to reflect the September 2 2012 changes. Second update: I think I fixed all my gaps, errors and booboos. Am working on figuring out where the community bus fits into this mish mash o goodness. Also. Guelph Transit said they’ll be putting up a text version of the bus layout …
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Password Haystack Calculator
Have you ever wondered just how long it would take someone to crack your passwords for your email, online logins, etc. if they were just guessing all combinations of letters and numbers? Well, here’s a calculator that can give you an idea. It looks like it’s by the Shields up guy, so I might believe …
You Don’t Have A Virus, But This Scam Is Spreading Like One
This happened last Monday, and I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since in the hopes that it might help someone else. The phone rang, and the caller ID said number unknown, but I decided to pick it up anyway. It then rang in my ear. Auto-dialer fail! Then, a heavily accented voice started …
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TTC and Wheel-Trans Accessibility Fail!
Holy hell. I just read an article in Accessibility News about one person’s nightmares with the TTC, Via, and wheelchairs. Good god. I hope that maybe a couple of things this person did in this article might help someone else who is trying to travel this season. This person is one determined individual. the fact …
Be Careful Of Alternative Flash Player Updater 1.0.0.3
Edit: It appears the programmer isn’t so bad. It is a problem between the layout of the dialog and screenreaders. See this post. Although I stand by what I said in a general sense, forcing software on folks is not what he’s all about. For once, I’m very happy to say I was wrong. Why …
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Meetup Meets My Rage Again
Remember last September when I was talking about Meetup? Well, nothing has really changed, except I have a new reason for Meetup to piss me off. I have limped along for a year dealing with their half accessible interface. I cannot choose a Meetup place by choosing from my venues because the options to choose …