WHAT’S NEW WITH WINDOW-EYES
Presenter # 1
Clarence
Whaley
GW Micro
725 Airport North office Park
Phone: 615-383-6248
Fax: 615-269-5288
Email: Clarence@gwmicro.com
GW
Micro has raised the bar for accessibility with many new and exciting
opportunities for people with disabilities. The internet has proven to be an
outstanding tool for people who are blind. However, the access has pretty much
been limited to Microsoft’s internet explorer. Now, GWMicro coupled with the
cooperation of Mozilla now offers exceptional support for the very popular
FireFox web browser. During this session we will show you how smoothly this
program works and the speed with which pages load and the ease of moving
through pages. Also we will explore the various safeguards built in to FireFox
and the housekeeping features of FireFox. We will show how pages that took
minutes to load in the past now load in a matter of seconds. Through
cooperation between Mozilla and GW Micro even •more internet opportunities
are available.
We
will also examine the brand new menu structure in Window-Eyes. GW Micro is ever
mindful of making Window-Eyes the most user friendly screen reader available
and have totally redone the Window-Eyes control panel.
Settings are now much easier to understand and use and we will look at how easy
it is to change settings, change hotkeys and much more.
Now
there is no longer a need to worry about key conflicts with other applications,
and we will show how easily a keystroke or hotkey can be redefined. In a matter
of seconds that conflict can be gone thus allowing such programs as Window-Eyes
and ZoomText to work together seamlessly.
Many
of us now enjoy the ability to chat in realtime with our friends and coworkers
around the world. With MSN Messenger it is now possible to do so in
either text or voice and to have the incoming conversation read automatically.
We will show a live conversation in both text and voice.
Also
we will discuss and demonstrate using Window-Eyes with a Braille display and
how easily displays can be switched. Also, how input to such programs as
Microsoft Word can be done from your Braille notetaker.
We will show how the braille user can write in
grade two Braille and the Word document will see it as regular typing. We will
also show how Braille enables the user to see the formatting of the document
and much more. Often it is necessary to read complicated numbers, addresses
etc. and Braille is the perfect way to get this vital information.
We
continue to work with companies to convince them to help make their software
more accessible. During this session we will demonstrate some of these
successes and talk about plans for future ventures. For example such companies
as skype and more.
Stability is always our main goal, and we want Window-Eyes to be just like your monitor and always work. We will look at our error reporting system and show how it stren9thens Window-Eyes more and more each day. We will also look at new and exciting features coming down the road including the ability to tell Window-Eyes what sound card to use and thus allowing for even more flexibility. Microsoft office, FireFox and more are just the beginning of the exciting changes to Window-Eyes.