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Technology Tutorial: Attaching files to emails in Thunderbird

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This tutorial has been written by our Technical Support Officer Paul Traynor. First type up your article in the normal way. If you are using office then write up the document and “Save it” into the documents folder on your computer. Now open up “Thunderbird”. When Thunderbird opens now open up a “new blank email”. …Read More about Technology Tutorial: Attaching files to emails in Thunderbird

Technology Podcast Episode 63: August 2017

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This month: We tell you how you can still participate in our up-coming seminar with VFO, even if you didn’t manage to get a ticket to attend the event. Amie Hynes Fitzpatrick is here to talk about the recently launched ViaOpta suite of apps, from Novartis. NCBI’s Junior MasterChef group bring us a very special …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 63: August 2017

Tutorial: Using the Google Chrome Browser with JAWS or NVDA

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This tutorial has been written by Mr. David Moore and done with the latest update of Google Chrome. I will also use JAWS 18 and NVDA 2017.2 for this tutorial, because they both work the same in Chrome. Finally, I will use Windows 10 Creators Update latest public build. I will assume that you have …Read More about Tutorial: Using the Google Chrome Browser with JAWS or NVDA

Virtual Technology Club Thursday 20th July

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Join us from 7pm on Thursday 20th July for NCBI’s next virtual technology club. On the night we’ll be joined by Brian Hartgen from Hartgen Consultancy. Brian has been a trainer in assistive technology for 23 years and will be online to talk about a range of popular screen reading products available from Hartgen Consultancy such …Read More about Virtual Technology Club Thursday 20th July

Virtual Technology Club Podcast: Be My Eyes!

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Welcome to our June Virtual Technology Club podcast.   This month we are joined by Alexander Hauerslev Jensen, from the very popular service Be My Eyes. Regular contributor Gerry Shanahan tells us all about his Audacity course and gives us instructions on how we can download the files needed to get started. If you have …Read More about Virtual Technology Club Podcast: Be My Eyes!

Announcing Freedom Scientific in Dublin with Summer specials!

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We are delighted once again to be hosting Freedom Scientific, part of the VFO Group at our headquarters in Dublin on August 9th. Come along and meet Eric Damery, vice president of software product management, who will be discussing the following topics. VFO and overall plans for software products Update on migration for Window-Eyes users …Read More about Announcing Freedom Scientific in Dublin with Summer specials!

VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CLUB THURSDAY 22ND JUNE

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NCBI is delighted to announce details of its next virtual technology club session, which will be taking place on Thursday June 22nd at 7:00 pm. On the night we’ll be joined by Alexander Jensen, Community Director of the internationally acclaimed Be My Eyes iPhone app that is connecting people with impaired vision to a vast …Read More about VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CLUB THURSDAY 22ND JUNE

Technology Podcast Episode 61: June 2017

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  This month: Darragh Ó Héiligh joins Stuart to talk about significant accessibility enhancements in Windows Narrator which are particularly evident as part of the most recent Creators update. Darragh has written about this subject on his blog. Stuart demonstrates the Dot Watch, the world’s first ever Braille smart watch. Sharon Lyons is here for …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 61: June 2017

A Guide to Getting started with Narrator

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Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows 10. This guide describes how to use Narrator with the Windows 10 Creators Update on desktop PCs, providing you with enough info to start exploring Windows, using apps, and browsing the web. It’s written for those who use a screen reader regularly. Download the Get started with Narrator Guide

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