The Desert Skies

Now that Graffiti is installed and working I am switching web hosting providers to save some money.  Here is hoping all goes well.

Google finally gave me Imap for my Gmail account.  It is quite nice and performance so far seems decent enough.  More to report later on this though as I move my email list traffic over to it.

Media Contact Caroline Ragot, Marketing Manager, marketing@codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L., +34-93-733-7066, www.codefactory.es The First Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones is Now Available! Code Factory releases the public beta of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones. The product provides unparalleled flexibility, supports an extraordinary range of devices, and includes font and graphics smoothing Terrassa, Barcelona, October 17 th , 2007 In yet another step towards universal access to mobile phones, Code Factory today announced the release of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Smartphones...

Media Contact Caroline Ragot, Marketing Manager, marketing@codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L., +34-93-733-7066, www.codefactory.es Code Factory Releases Public Beta of Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones Version 2.0 Highlights include new user-centered licensing, increased responsiveness, and over 50 new features and enhancements. Terrassa, Barcelona, October 17 th , 2007 Code Factory, the world leader in mobile access solutions for the visually impaired, announced today that a public beta of Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphone has been released and is available for download. Version...

Everyone should try out the new CALL411 service from Microsoft (800-CALL-411). I think it is the best out of all the other free options out there.

I often do not post personal requests for assistance on my blog, but this time I need your help. The University of Arizona is beginning do-diligence work to determine if we will move to implementing PeopleSoft for all systems within the University (including Student systems, HR, and more). I have heard conflicting information as to the current state of accessibility of PeopleSoft products. If anyone who watches or reads the blog has any feedback in reference to this, I would certainly appreciate your assistance. I am interested in this from both an end-user and as a maintainer/developer of PeopleSoft...

I love it when upgrades go well. For those of you on CS2007, have you noticed a snappier performance improvement after upgrading to CS2007.1?

I want to sincerely thank the members of the CS team (Ben and Keyvan Nayyeri) for assisting me in resolving an issue with the tag links on the blog. The world is now a happy place on the blog again.

If you have a compatible player, then here is your chance to test the new digital talking book NLS program. Here is the link to get started.

After completing an installation of Office 2007 Enterprise at the office I went into Outlook Express to check email. I responded to an email and spell checked it. Every word was wrong, even though they were spelled correctly. This made me go looking. I found that OE was set to use the French spell checker. Doing some investigation found a KB article about the issue. It suggests that one find a third party utility to replace spell checking capabilities in Outlook Express. Here is a piece of freeware to accomplish it. I found information on this blog about the software....