Good deal. It really alleviated a lot of frustration for me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Stolze
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 9:14 AM
To: blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Issue with Pasting Text
David and Deon,
I also disabled my touch pad because it was frustrating me because it was
throwing me all over the place.
Christina
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From: blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 7:19 AM
To: blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Issue with Pasting Text
Deon, this has happened to me as well. Two jobs ago, I was given a
laptop to use at work and I was constantly getting frustrated when I
would discover that text I had written often wound up in the wrong place
in the document. As I didn't care for the keyboard I bought a standard
keyboard and that solved the problem. Yes, disabling the touchpad would
also work.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
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On 4/8/2016 7:15 AM, Deon Lyons wrote:
I have had issues with my laptop and the touch pad. These big mitts of
mine can get me into trouble, so I disabled the touch pad, seeing as
how I never use it anyway. Unintentionally swiping across the pad can
get you into a lot of unwanted issues. JMO.
dp
-----Original Message----- From: David Goldfield
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 6:50 AM
To: blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Issue with Pasting Text
Lillian,
It's hard for me to pin down a solution to the problem without being
able to dialog with your friend to obtain more information. Does the
user use a laptop or a desktop? I ask because it's sometimes an issue
when your hand brushes against the laptop's trackpad, which might cause
the location of the cursor to shift, thereby pasting text in the wrong
location. I don't think changing fonts prior to pasting the text would
have anything to do with this issue. As for Window-Eyes being silent
during pasting that shouldn't happen, although I've occasionally seen
screen readers appearing to be silent when a large block of text is
being pasted but it's usually a second or two. I tend to doubt this is
the problem but, again, being able to dialog with your friend would be
helpful. I'm not saying she should join this list for that reason but
has she posed this problem on other tech-related lists? Also,
Window-Eyes is now up to version 9.4 and, if it's possible, I recommend
aht your friend consider upgrading.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
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On 4/5/2016 11:08 PM, nascarlill1 wrote:
Hi, David;
Sorry my concern isn't about this subject. However, I'm trying to send
a message to the list and it refuses to be sent. I don't know what is
preventing it from being sent. The email is in regard to a friend
having an issue with her Microsoft Word. She changes fonts and does
this sometimes before and other times after copying and pasting a
corrected piece. Sometimes the paste takes and appears where she wants
it and other times it doesn't. Also her Window Eyes stops talking to
her during this procedure. She is hoping someone on this list can give
her some good suggestions as to how to correct the problem. She's
running Windows 7 and version 8.4 of W.E. Hopefully, someone can
figure out what is causing this problem. I believe her version of Word
is either seven or ten. Thanks again and I most humbly apologize for
writing about this problem in a non-related message but my Outlook
isn't allowing me to send the message directly to this list. I haven't
the foggiest notion why that's happening. Hopefully, that'll correct
itself in time. If not, I may need to get in touch with the Ms help
desk. This just started a few minutes ago. Maybe you have an idea how
to resolve my problem. Thanks. Take care.
Lillian Way
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To: "Blind-Philly-Comp" <blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 7:38 PM
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Facebook's Photo Identification Technology
Just got this forwarded message and wanted to pass this along.
To learn more, visit: https://code.facebook.com/posts/457605107772545.
Automatic Alternative Text Product Launch
Photos on Facebook
Every day, people share more than 2 billion photos across Facebook,
Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. That's a lot of photos!
While visual content provides a fun and expressive way for people to
communicate online, consuming and creating it poses challenges for
people who are blind or severely visually impaired. As a result, some
people may feel frustrated and excluded because they cannot fully
participate in the conversations around photos that take place on
Facebook.
Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected. This
means that we want everyone to have equal access to connect with
others. Worldwide, more than 39 million people are blind, and over
246 million have a severe visual impairment. As Facebook becomes an
increasingly visual experience, we hope our new automatic alternative
text technology will help the blind community experience Facebook the
same way others enjoy it.
What is automatic alternative text?
Automatic alternative text, or automatic alt text, is a new
development that generates a description of a photo using
advancements in object recognition technology. People using screen
readers on iOS devices will hear a list of items a photo may contain
as they swipe past photos on Facebook. Before today, people using
screen readers would only hear the name of the person who shared the
photo, followed by the term photo when they came upon an image in
News Feed. Now we can offer a richer description of what's in a photo
thanks to automatic alt text. For instance, someone could now hear,
Image may contain three people, smiling, outdoors.
While this technology is still nascent, tapping its current
capabilities to describe photos is a huge step toward providing our
visually impaired community the same benefits and enjoyment that
everyone else gets from photos.
We are testing this feature first on iOS screen readers set to
English, but we plan to add this functionality to other languages and
platforms soon.
Try it yourself
You can try this technology for yourself. On an iOS device, enable
VoiceOver by asking Siri to turn on VoiceOver, or by tapping on
Settings
> General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. Once enabled, you can open the
Facebook app and swipe to scroll through your News Feed or a profile.
When you swipe past a photo, you'll hear this technology tell you
some of the items the photo may contain.
AI-Powered tech
Facebook's object recognition technology processes images uploaded to
Facebook and our family of apps. The technology is based on a neural
network that has billions of parameters and is trained with millions
of examples. Each advancement in object recognition technology means
that the Facebook Accessibility team will be able to make technology
even more accessible for more people.
What objects are recognized?
We have started by identifying objects that are commonly shared on
Facebook. Here are some of the items that can be identified by our
system:
Transportation words: Car, Boat, Airplane, Bicycle, Train, Road,
Motorcycle, Bus
Nature words: Outdoor, Mountain, Tree, Snow, Sky, Ocean, Water,
Beach, Wave, Sun, Grass
Sports words: Tennis, Swimming, Stadium, Basketball, Baseball, Golf
Food words: Ice Cream, Sushi, Pizza, Dessert, Coffee
Words that help describe someone's appearance: Baby, Eyeglasses,
Beard, Smiling, Jewelry, Shoes
And, of course, Selfie!
Getting it right
We don't want to make mistakes that create a negative experience for
the very people we're hoping to help. We are careful to only include
items where we believe there is a high degree of precision and
accuracy. We are committed to building and iterating on this
technology so we can expand our photo descriptions.
The Backstory
The idea for an automatic photo captioning system came from
interviews with people in our community who have visual impairments.
They told us what it was like when their friends shared photos on
Facebook, and we decided to improve this experience. The Core Data
Science team initiated this project, but quickly gained support from
a wide range of teams and organizations within Facebook, including
the Facebook Accessibility team, the Applied Machine Learning team,
the User Experience Research team, and iOS engineering.
Facebook's Accessibility Team
The Facebook Accessibility team began five years ago to help make
Facebook's existing products usable by everyone. Now the team also
works on new products specifical
ly for people with disabilities. Automatic alt text is part of our
effort to improve Facebook for people with blindness and vision loss,
but the team has made progress in helping people with other
disabilities including providing closed captions to help people who
are deaf or hearing impaired, and ensuring Facebook can be used by
people with limited mobility who use eye-tracking devices.
Facebook is also committed to making improvements that help the whole
field of tech accessibility. We created the Accessibility Toolkit, a
public resource covering best practices for designing and
implementing an accessibility program. React, Facebook's open source
front-end framework for building web and mobile products, supports
accessibility, and Facebook is a contributor to the Accessibile Rich
Internet Application (ARIA) standard.
For more information about the Accessibility Team, please visit:
facebook.com/accessibility
Matt King, Accessibility Specialist
Matt King lost his vision as a sophomore electrical engineering
student at the University of Notre Dame. Thus began a life-long focus
on making technology accessible to everyone. He spent 25 years at IBM
combining his passion for technology and accessibility before joining
the Facebook team last year. Now, Matt works on products like
automatic alternative text, and he helps advance industry standards
for accessibility as a W3C editor and ARIA Authoring Practices task
force chair. As a three-time Paralympian with a world record in
tandem track cycling, Matt is passionate about sharing his message
that disability is not a reason for expecting less from life or from
one another.
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