Voice Access vs Voice Typing: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
If you’ve ever tried using your voice in Windows, you might have noticed there are two tools that sound similar […]
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Celebrating 5 years in Business!
Celebrating 5 years in Business! Five years ago today, Web Friendly Help was officially open for business! As most inventions
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Optimizing Windows for Assistive Tech Users – Practical Tips to Improve Efficiency and Accessibility
In this article, I will explain many settings that I tweak to enhance the usability and accessibility of Windows for
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RIM Versus JAWS Tandem and NVDA Remote
Pneuma Solutions has just released Remote incident manager. What is it? This is a software package that allows you to
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What to do if You Can No Longer Use GMail with Your Favorite Program or Device
Due to Google’s increased security, you may find yourself unable to send email with your program of choice. If
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Hearthstone: How Blind Players Can Get In and Out of Trouble in Stormwind
The last game I blogged about was Sryth, a fun browser-based game. Today I’m writing about Hearthstone, thanks to a
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Resources for Whenever Accessibility Goes Belly up
Who ya gonna call when you need accessibility help? Hopefully me at: 567-234-0078. I offer paid support, but if you
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The Importance of Designing for Accessibility
Designing for Accessibility Note: the content below has been gathered from several websites and has been edited for clarity. The
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52 Reasons to use the Jetpack Toolkit
Today I’d like to introduce you to the Jetpack. If you have ever used WordPress.com for your blog, you will
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Bring Back the Classic WordPress Editor
Sometimes You Just Need a Classic—car, burger, or in this case, a WordPress editor. I won’t go on a diatribe
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Excel with Microsoft Excel
Today I’d like to take some time to walk you through working with spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. Many of the
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Calliope: A New Media Player Designed for the Blind
Ever since Winamp stopped “whipping the lama’s ass”, blind and visually impaired people worldwide have been in crisis to find
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Locate Deals with Microsoft Edge
The below information was taken from a Microsoft Blog. I have added comments at the end that should help screen
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Jam for Jaws: What is it?
The following info is taken from Doug Lee’s page. He writes several utilities and add-ons for JAWS and NVDA. I
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Stop. Hey, What’s That Sound?
Apple has come up with a new trick to help people who don’t hear very well identify sounds around them.
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Zoom Accessibility Enhancements for NVDA
Hello everyone. I would like to introduce you to a new NVDA add-on. It’s called Zoom enhancements for NVDA. In
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WFH, One Year Later
Today marks the one year official anniversary of Web Friendly Help LLC. You’ll want to follow the links throughout as
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Write with Your Voice: Use Microsoft Dictation on your PC
Before we dive in, I want to first get a few things out of the way. While dictation is very
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Windows 10 Gets Text Cursor, Magnifier, and Screen Reader Improvements
It looks like the latest version of windows 10 will be making its way to your computer after May/June 2020.
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What Can You Do in a Zoom Meeting?
What Can You Do in a Zoom Meeting? First off, if you missed my other two articles on Zoom meetings,
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How to Host Your Zoom Meeting
If you haven’t read the article on joining a Zoom meeting, you may want to do that first, just so
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Joining Zoom Meetings
Working at Web Friendly Help, I have been able to walk people through getting started with zoom meetings. So, with
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A Dot Before New?
.New is a domain extension exclusively for performing new actions online: any act that leads to creation can have a
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The Corona Conundrum: Your mission, get through it with your sanity intact
While I’ve noticed a huge increase in the people that I help work from home (WFH, LOL), I am also
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Use NVDA and Windows Magnifier Together
While it was possible to use the Windows Magnifier along with NVDA in the past, the problem was that you
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From iPhone to Android,: a Week of Interesting Experiences
First off, I am blind and have no light perception. Also, because each Android phone is different, and even the
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Take Notes in Audio and Text at the Same Time with Google Recorder
Google research is working on several things that I believe can have significant impact in the lives of a blind
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The Gift of Audio Description
If anyone got this two or more times I apologize. I’m having some difficulty with email at the moment. Thanks
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Use Lookout To Explore Your Surroundings
Before we dive into all of the features of this amazing app, I would like to let you know that
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Trim the Fat From Those Ads with a Few Tips
We all hate ads, right? Unless you work for an ad’s agency… Uh, you may want to stop reading now.
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Productivity with JAWS PlaceMarkers
Today I want to showcase another great feature of JAWS called PlaceMarkers. If you think of a physical Place marker
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Featured NVDA Add-on: TextNav
There are a lot of very talented and creative people out there creating awesome add-ons for the NVDA screen reader.
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Scheme through Documents and Web Pages with Speech and Sound Schemes
If you missed Brad Dunse’s article on Text Analyzer, I recommend you check it out either before or after you
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Taking a Look at Text Analyzer Inside Jaws
Today I have a guest who will be writing an article for you about a feature in Jaws called text
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Make Your Windows Computer Come to Life with Sounds
Normally when you get a windows-based PC, it comes with a few generic sounds that are automatically assigned to certain
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Record Voice Memos for Free on Your iDevice
The built-in Voice Memos app can make it quick and easy for you to record audio. Because this app comes
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Send Your Recordings to Dropbox Automatically
Every so often I will get a request for something like, “Isn’t there a way to quickly easily put my
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How To Convert Your DVDs to Audio Quickly and Easily
Convert your DVD to Audio Easily Many times, when you want to convert DVD to audio, the software involved
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Apple Card: The Card That Pays When You Use It
Before I dive into what the Apple Card is, I want to make it clear what it is not. The
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Read Graphics with a Screen Reader? Say What?
There are many times where a screen reader user will just choose to ignore graphics. It is great when a
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Tame Your Tech Without the Headache!
Throughout my 20 plus years of providing access technology training and troubleshooting, I have noticed a few things that people
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It’s Always a Great Day for Starbucks
It’s Always a Great Day for Starbucks Guest post by Judy Mathews Thanks to my beloved husband for allowing
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5 Steps to Quickly Install or Update Software in Windows Using Ninite
Whenever you setup a new windows computer, you always need to install software. Now you can save yourself hours with
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Learn to Rip and Burn with AnyBurn… CDs/DVDs not Required
At first glance you might think AnyBurn is just used for burning CDs. After reading this article you may want
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Send in the Food with Instacart
In days past, the only way you could shop as a blind/visually impaired individual was to go with someone, or
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Create Professional Documents Quickly with Office Templates
I want to start this article by asking you to use your imagination. Maybe you’re in your home office, or
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My Hurricane Tracker Pro
Today I’m continuing the series of articles on weather. Instead of focusing on websites, today I’ll be zooming in on
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Weather on the Web
If you find yourself in need of weather information that is easy to read, this article will give you three
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Three Thunderbird Add-ons that will Boost Your Productivity
First off, I’d like to thank Marcio, AKA Starboy, for suggesting a few of these add-ons, and for suggesting the
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Three Firefox Add-ons that will Boost Your Productivity
First off, I’d like to thank Marcio, AKA Starboy, for suggesting a few of these add-ons, and for suggesting the
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Read Books Simply with Your Dolphin and the EasyReader App
Whenever I’m not on my laptop and need to read an eBook, I generally use either Kindle or EasyReader. Today
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Pontes Media Downloader: Convert Online Videos With Ease
There are hundreds of programs, websites, and apps designed to help you download or convert online videos, including on YouTube,
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Sryth: Funny Name… Great Game!
I’m sure you can relate to getting lost in a really good book or TV series that really draws you
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Create References in Record time in Microsoft Word
Do you find yourself needing to create APA citations for your college papers? I personally find this process a little
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Wanderu Who? Travel Cheap Via Bus, Train, or Ferry
If you missed my article on finding flights via Google’s flight finder, you should check it out. Today, I’ll be
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Let Google Help You Fly
Finding a flight these days can be difficult when you use access technology. Many times, when you do find a
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Bang your Way to Knowledge With the Duck: The Search Engine That Doesn’t Track You
If you missed the article on 10 reasons to use the duck search engine, or the one on configuring duck
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Ready… Set… Duck Duck Go!
If you missed the article on 10 reasons to use the duck search engine, I highly recommend you go back
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10 Reasons to Use a Duck as Your Main Search Engine
This post has actually been taken from the Duck Duck Go blog. The very brief intro is that this is
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More than 25 Keyboard Shortcuts to Control YouTube
YouTube is used for entertainment, news, and education these days. However simply clicking or tabbing your way through you tube
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Your Walkthrough on Getting Signed Up for Bookshare
After posting articles on reading ePub books in the Edge browser, and reading books with QRead, I have received a
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QRead: Bring Your eBook Reading to the Next Level
If you missed the article about reading ePub books in Microsoft Edge, I highly recommend checking it out. Today I’m
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Become a Master of the Windows Magnifier
The Windows Magnifier allows you to magnify items on the screen. It is part of the ease of access settings
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How You Can Use Narrator to Download the Screen Reader of Your Choice
What do you do once you have setup your computer? Before you can truly begin to use it, you may
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Welcome to NVDA: What You Need to Know to Get Started Fast!
When you install NVDA for the first time, you will be shown the “Welcome to NVDA” dialog box. This box
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Put the Jaws Startup Wizard to Work for You!
The Jaws screen reader has a vast number of settings. Rather than chugging through all settings in Jaws what I
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Setup your computer with Magnification or a Screen Reader
So you have a new computer that you need to get up and running? Let’s do it together. This guide
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Do the Movies Your Way with the Actiview App
Today, I’d like to showcase an app that is changing the lives of movie goers everywhere. The app is called
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HP Spectre Review: A laptop that runs well, and feels great to use!
I’ve tried at least 2 or 3 laptops before settling on a laptop that works for me. As I have