It might be best to inquire on the Blind Programming list, don't know 
the exact address.  This way there would be a variety of people who 
might be able to help, not just one individual.

Dave

At 10:59 AM 4/1/2008, Ray Campbell wrote:
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Good, John [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:21 AM
>To: Ray Campbell
>Subject: Perhaps you may be able to assist with my problem.
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>Hello Mr. Campbell,
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>     I spoke to you about a year ago about a JFW problem I was having and
>you solved my problem.  Perhaps you can help with the below problem,
>however, I think  it is more complex.
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>     I sent Jamal Mazrui the owner of the www.empowermentzone.com
><http://www.empowermentzone.com/>  web site the following e-mail, but
>have had no response.  Perhaps, you may know something in this area.
>Please read and let me know.  One more thing, I was on the Grab Bag Site
>and tried clicking the contact button for the page and received an
>error.  That's why I e-mailed Mr. Mazrui at the address listed on his
>web site.
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>      Thanks, John Good
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>Hello Mr. Mazrui,
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>My name is John Good and I am blind and I am an   old mainframe
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>programmer at the City of Pittsburgh.  I am being asked by my management
>to begin to work on .NET applications that are being developed here at
>the City of Pittsburgh.  I have been assigned to a .NET project called
>ISAT which is a system for self assessed taxes that I developed on the
>main frame in the 1980's and have been since ported to a server.  It is
>now being rewritten under .NET software.
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>      I have been to the Grab Bag site.  I am nervous about all this new
>software.  I have been reading some manuals I've down loaded off the new
>programming site and am reading 2 manuals for .NET, a kick Start of .NET
>programming and COBOL and VB.NET for mainframe programmers.  It is very
>daunting.  I am several years from retirement and do not wish to be
>unemployed so I am making a real effort to make this work.  If
>accessibility issues are a concern with Visual Studio, it may be
>impossible for me to be successful.  I do not expect to have much
>assistance here at work in making this work.  I wish to minimize any
>accessibility issues that might be minimized.  That is why I am writing
>to you.  I have seen your name periodically in some blind lists I belong
>to and believe you to be very knowledgeable.  In addition, your name was
>prominently mentioned in the Grab Bag site.  I went to the Empowerment
>zone web site and read your biography and resume.  It is very
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>impressive.
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>      I have received a list of software that I will need to install on
>my PC in order to work on the project.  I have pasted a copy below.  AS
>I stated, I have been to the Grab Bag site and see many down loads that
>seem promising, however I do not wish to make a mistake in what I need
>to down load to make this all work.  To give you a little more info, I
>have a 1 Gig IBM compatible PC running Windows XP Pro, Service pack 2. I
>am also running JFW 9.0.552U.  I also, have JFW versions 7 and 8 loaded
>on my machine if an older version is needed to work with Visual Studio
>2005.  My question to you, can you advise me on whether or not this will
>be workable for me from an accessibility aspect and if so can you advise
>me on which down loads from the Grab Bag site and or other
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>sites I need to make this all accessible?   Which version of JFW should
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>I be using with Visual Studio?  Which editor at the Grab Bag site is
>best suited for Visual Studio? Is a more current version of Visual
>Studio than 2005 more accessible and if so, are there scripts for later
>versions? If you are too busy or do not wish to help for one reason or
>another, can you help by providing a name and e-mail address or phone
>number to someone who might be helpful?
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>       Thank you for your time,
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>        John Good
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>    Here is the software I need to load on my PC in order to work on the
>new .NET project.
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>The following are the software requirements for development on the ISAT
>project.  This is from memory due to the city deleting older e-mails so
>if there are any problems we can work through them.
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>Thanks,
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>Chris
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>1.  Visual Studio 2005
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>2.  Guidance Automation Extensions
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c0a394c0-5eeb-4
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>7c4-9f7b-71e51866a7ed&displaylang=en
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>3.  Smart Client Software Factory
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2b6a10f9-8410-4
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>f13-ad53-05a202fbdb63&displaylang=en
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>4.  Team Explorer (this download as an .imp file so another piece of
>software is needed to extract the files)
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>http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/ (free trial software to extract the
>.img file)
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>http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/a/d/2ad44873-8ccb-4a1b-9c0d-232
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>24b3ba34c/VSTFClient.img
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>5.  Visual Studio Service Pack 1
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BB4A75AB-E2D4-4
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>C96-B39D-37BAF6B5B1DC&displaylang=en
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>6.  Web Service Software Factory
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>There is a new version of this out.  I would hold off on this until your
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