MS-Outlook2007 "reply to all command" and Window-Eyes

Q: I am using Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes V7.5. when I need to Reply
to All in MS-Outlook email using the WE hotkey CTRL\+SHIFT+R, this key
combination does not work because it conflicts with Window-Eyes "Read All"
command.  What can I do to solve this problem?

A: MS-Outlook 2007 has an alternative hotkey for the standard "reply to all"
hotkey, and this is ALT+L, it works the same as CTRL+SHIFT+R.

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We wish to inform our esteemed clientele, that the FITA offices will be closed
on Wednesday 11th April because of Staff Development Activities.

We will be open for business on 12th April 2012.

Switch Access for iPad

Switch4Apps allows you to operate switch accessible software with up to four
switches and, uniquely, swap to a simple switch accessible mode for your
music.Switch4Apps defaults to SPACE and ENTER for most titles and "1" and "3"
for some American software but twenty other switch commands can be selected in
any combination.

Contributed by: Leone Sciberras

Dear all,,
What makes life easier for one, could make life more difficult for
others.
Not all men are created to be mouse users.
Some cannot see the screen, some have difficulties navigating with
the mouse.
When you create a web site, turn your mouse upside down. Better
yet, unplug it, just to make sure...
Then navigate the site with the keyboard only. If you can get to
all the information, and you can access all functionalities, you
made life so much easier for many people.
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If you have an application and you want to know how to use it by
keyboard, please look at these resources:

http://www.allhotkeys.com/

Hon Dr. Chris Said Visits the Foundation for IT Accessibility


On Friday 4th May, Hon. Dr. Chris Said, Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the
Family visited the offices of the Foundation for Information Technology
Accessibility (FITA).  During the visit, Hon Said was given a brief overview of
key services and initiatives for which FITA is responsible.

Mr. Stanley M. Debono, CEO of FITA, together with FITA's dedicated team of
employees, talked about some of the salient areas and overarching principles
guiding FITA's activities.  Different employees in charge of ICT training,
software development and ICT accessibility certification described some of the
hurdles encountered and achievements brought about through their daily work. 
Mr. Debono identified the promotion of the Maltese language, education, work and
empowerment as the binding principles extending across each of these services
and initiatives.

The event was also attended by Mr. John Gatt, Permanent Secretary, MITC and Mr.
Joseph M. Camilleri, Chairman, KNPD who are both members of FITA's Board of
Administrators. Mr. Camilleri stressed the important role played by FITA in
networking across both government entities and industry, to bring about a
holistic ICT empowerment solution comprising ICT training, technology and access
to information and services.

Dr. Said congratulated FITA's staff on the work being carried out and
highlighted the importance of ensuring that commercial entities are made aware
of the quality improvements that can be brought about by ensuring ICT
accessibility for all.  After being shown a demo of the ERDF114 Maltese Speech
Synthesiser, Dr Said remarked that it is very important that the multitude of
stakeholders, who may benefit from and employ this technology across different
ICT products, get to know about it and appreciate its potential in addressing
accessibility and reading difficulties.

The ERDF114 Maltese Speech Synthesis is part-financed by the European Union
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with a co-financing rate of 85% EU
Funds and 15% National Funds.


For more information about FITA and its activities you may contact Mr. Stanley
M. Debono 2599-2048 or email stanley.debono@...

Here's a handy tip if you want to take advantage of new Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
operating systems accessibility features.

When you boot up the phone for the first time and reach the Getting Started
page, put your finger on the top left corner of the screen and draw a clockwise
square. Doing so will activate all of the accessibility features and take you
directly into a tutorial on how to use them.

Scrolling pages now not only annunciates the page count, but also produces a
sound varying pitch which decreases/increases when browsing page counts
scrolling across lists of icons. It requires patience to get accustomed to, but
Androide seems to be on the right track.

Albeit requiring knowhow and proper customisation, it is increasingly possible
to customise the latest mobile phones to suite most users' needs.  With an ever
growing range of cusomisable home page software (Android application launchers),
it is up to the user to select what interface he or she prefers and how to best
use it.

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white background). The variable magnification enables the user to zoom in and
out as required. With quick installation by plugging the MonoMouse-Zoom into any
regular television and pressing the large blue button, the magnifier is ready to
be used and the television becomes a powerful low vision aid. The television
will automatically switch to the correct channel for using the MonoMouse-Zoom,
and will automatically revert to the same channel once the MonoMouse-Zoom is
switched off. This feature is unique to our SCART products.


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Office in Charge of Web Accessibility Audits and ICT Training
Malta Information Technology Accessibility (FITA)
Gattard House. National Road, Blata Il-Bajda HMR 9010
Email: michael.micallef@...
Office: +356 2599 2343
Mob: +356 79421278
URL: http://www.fitamalta.eu
FITA: http://www.fitamalta.eu

Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility (Malta)

MITA Public Seminar

The Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) through the eSkills Alliance and
MEUSAC is organising a public seminar on eSkills for Employment and Growth.

The demand for eSkills has been growing rapidly in the last decade. Indeed it is
envisaged that by 2015 90% of all jobs in Europe will require some set of
eSkills whatever the service or service sector. Nevertheless a number of eSkills
shortages, gaps, mismatches as well as a persistent digital divide are affecting
productivity growth, competitiveness, innovation, employment and social cohesion
in Europe. Malta, like other EU Member States, needs to secure a sufficient
professional eSkills base and to enable its citizens to strengthen their eSkills
in a process of effective lifelong learning.

During this seminar, a number of speakers will highlight the relevance of
eSkills across Europe, including Malta. There will be two workshops which will
tackle Lifelong learning in ICT, and the Industry's perspective and employment
opportunities arising from eSkills. The workshops will provide a platform to
discuss the challenges and benefits arising from a strong eSkills base in Malta.
This discussion will be helpful for policy-related discussions and formulations.

Registration and a copy of the programme can be obtained by contacting
info.meusac@... by not later than Tuesday, 5th June 2012.

Refreshments will be served during the workshops.
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Local News -- 14 June 2012 -- 13:10CEST

Many disabled and reduced mobility air travellers still face problems of
unjustified refusals and other unfair demands when attempting to travel,
according to the European Commission.
As thousands of disabled Paralympians and spectators prepare to travel to London
for the 2012 Olympic Games, the Commission has published guidelines to clarify
their rights when travelling by air.

Vice-President Siim Kallas, European Commissioner responsible for Transport,
said: "Dealing with disability in life is a tough enough challenge: things
shouldn't get even tougher when you arrive at the airport".

The guidelines cover travellers at all EU airports and the operations of EU
carriers anywhere in the world. They also cover non-EU carriers within or
leaving Europe.

The aim is to clarify existing EU rules on passenger rights for disabled people
and people with reduced mobility travelling by air (EC Regulation 1107/2006).
They deal with problems in 22 areas on access to air travel without
discrimination.

The key concerns are:

Pre-notification
In order to allow service providers (airports or airlines) to arrange the
required assistance, it is essential that disabled persons and persons with
reduced mobility notify their needs at least 48 hours before the published time
of departure.

Unjustified refusals
Passengers report recurring problems with refusals and inconsistent requirements
for medical certificates and for passengers to be accompanied.

• Medical certificates: The guidelines clarify that medical certificates should,
as a norm, not be required for those with a stable condition – for example blind
people or those confined to wheelchairs.

• Accompanying persons: The guidelines clarify that if you are self-reliant, the
norm is that you should not be required to be accompanied, except where there
are specific safety requirements of which you should be advised.

Problems with medical and mobility equipment
• Mobility equipment: The guidelines underline that disabled passengers and
passengers with reduced mobility are allowed to have two pieces of mobility
equipment transported for free. A passenger using an electric wheelchair is
obliged to notify the carrier at least 48 hours in advance. The guidelines
further underline that recognised guide and assistance dogs shall travel within
the cabin subject to appropriate prior notice. As for any passenger, sports
equipment which is not mobility equipment is covered by the airlines' general
rules on luggage.

• Oxygen on-board: Passengers needing to travel with oxygen must pre-notify in
advance. The guidelines clarify that it is for the airline to determine whether
passengers can bring their own oxygen and there is no requirement on an airline
to provide oxygen. However, this information must be made clearly available by
the airline.

Commenting on the new guidelines, Vice President Siim Kallas said, "My message
to disabled passengers is: if you want an easier journey, tell them in advance
that you are coming."

"And to the airlines and airport operators I would say, 'Disabled and reduced
mobility passengers will usually need your assistance. These guidelines are
there to help you, in helping them.'"

Mr Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum, said:
"Quality assistance is very important for persons with disabilities and it is
positively addressed into the interpretative guidelines. The European Commission
chose a balanced approach and therefore manages to protect the interest of
passengers with disabilities as well as passengers with reduced mobility in a
proportionate manner."

Xavier Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of the International Paralympic
Committee, the organisers of the Paralympic Games, said: "We welcome the
publication of these guidelines and hope airports and airlines across Europe
take note immediately."

"Just like the many passengers with a disability who fly on a daily basis, our
athletes regularly experience unnecessary problems travelling through airports
and with airlines. This should not be the case when we are striving for equality
in society.

"This summer, 4,200 athletes will be travelling to London for the biggest ever
Paralympic Games. The experience they have travelling on airlines and through
airports could shape how they view the success of the Games regardless of their
athletic performance."

Mr. Davey Winder is a person with a visual impaired whom in this feature explain
how he adapted his PC when his eye sight deteriorated.

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Android Tools - Autodesk ForceEffect

Bring engineering to the point of the problem with Autodesk® ForceEffect™, a
mobile engineering app for simulating design concepts in the field or in the
office. Unlike the traditional approach of using paper, pencil, and a calculator
to develop equations for design options, Autodesk ForceEffect does all the
simulation and engineering calculations for you right on your mobile device,
helping you to quickly and easily simulate design options during the concept
phase to determine the viability of a design.

Fast—Real-time solving capabilities and immediate feedback on the simulation
performance. Print, email, or view a results report on any HTML-enabled browser
or mobile device.

Easy—Intuitive interaction for drawing, constraining, and simulating concepts.
Simply tap objects to select, and then move, rotate, and scale.

Complete—Solutions for both statically determinate and over-constrained or
indeterminate problems.

Integrated—Easy workflow continuation into CAD with industry-standard export
capabilities via DXF™ files and email for file sharing.


The Autodesk ForceEffect engineering app is ideal for static systems analysis
using free body diagrams:
•Freehand sketching of elements and construction lines with snaps, constraints,
and inferencing
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•Break element at joints
•Create supports (fixed, grounded, sliding)
•Create loads (known, unknown, distributed) and moments
•Add weight to individual elements
•Compute reaction forces and moments for equilibrium and over-constrained
systems
•Toggle forces to show force vector components
•Results reporting with picture, results, all equations
•Save and load files from Autodesk 360
•In app tutorials

Recent changes:
• Improved support for devices with smaller displays
• Fixed glitch where ForceEffect became a recognized e-mail client
• Improved stability when accessing Autodesk 360 while on Android 2.2 platform

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Date:  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:42:22 -0400
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July AccessWorld Is Now Available!

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Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss

Untitled Document *The July issue of /AccessWorld/
<http://www.afb.org/accessworld> is now available on our website.*
This issue features:

# Editor's Page: Back to School
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130701>
# New Product Announcement: AccessNote: AFB's New Notetaker for Your iOS
Device, by Darren Burton and Ricky Kirkendall
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130702>
The AFB Tech lab is excited to announce that AFB will soon be releasing
AccessNote, a notetaker for your iPhone or other iOS device. AFB Tech,
in conjunction with FloCo Apps, LLC, has designed what is expected to be
a groundbreaking productivity tool for people with vision loss, and
developers plan for its launch at the App Store later this summer.
# Transforming Lives for People with Low Vision: An Evaluation of the
Transformer, a Computer Compatible Electronic Magnifier from Enhanced
Vision, by Lee Huffman <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130703>
An evaluation of the portable, full-feature Transformer electronic
magnifier from Enhanced Vision.
# Product Evaluation: Insignia Narrator, the Only Fully Accessible HD
Radio on the Market, by Deborah Kendrick
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130704>
The Insignia Narrator is a great product at a great price that will
appeal to many consumers and has the advantage of being completely
accessible "out of the box."
# Richard Oehm: Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Inventor of a DTV Radio for
the Blind, by Deborah Kendrick
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130705>
If you're only interested in the audio portion of digital television
broadcasts and are looking for a simple, affordable solution, the Oehm
Electronics DTV radio is an innovative and unique solution.
# What You See Is What You Feel: Getting in Touch with Haptic Technology
from eTouchSciences, by Tara Annis
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130706>
Can haptic technology help teach STEM concepts in the classroom? The
answer is: yes. This article explores new computer applications from
eTouchSciences.
# Series: Removing the Stress from iOS: A Blueprint for Incorporating
Touchscreen Products Into the Classroom, Workplace, and Community Part
III, Success With iOS: iOS and E-books, An Alternative Means of Reading,
by Larry Lewis <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130707>
An overview of the current scope of searching for, downloading, and
reading books on your iOS device, and offers some perspective on iOS
book reading.
# Siri Substitutes: If You Don't Have Siri, There Are Other Options, by
Janet Ingber <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130708>
For very little money, it's possible to get several apps that, combined,
can execute many of Siri's functions. Each app has its own advantages
and disadvantages.
# An Evaluation of Two Cell Phone Accessibility Websites: Access Wireless
and FCC Clearinghouse, by Tara Annis
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130709>
An analysis of Access Wireless and FCC Clearinghouse.
# All for One and One for All: The Use of "All-in-One" Multifunctional
Document Centers by People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision, by Jaclyn
Packer, Ph.D. and Morgan Blubaugh
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130710>
A survey that is the first part of a larger project to gather
information on the accessibility of Multifunctional Document Centers for
users who are blind or visually impaired.
# Hands-On Access at Baruch College: A Model for Linking Technology and
Service, by Karen Luxton Gourgey, Gus Chalkias, and Mary Brady
<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130711>
Since 1978, the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) at
Baruch College has been empowering people with vision loss through the
teaching of digital and access technology. In 2010, the Center began
work on a model to formalize the relationship between technology and
service by creating the Assistive Technology Demo Center.
# Letters to the Editor <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130712>
# /AccessWorld/ News <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130713>


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