When you plug it in it should automatically show something on the display. Mine said Battery Charging. To get it to show you what's appearing on your computer though, press one of the cursor routing buttons. The two rows above your display. This works fine for me.
On 05/10/2011, Becky Knaub <becnc...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Do Focus 40 Blue braille displays work with the MAC? > If they do as I think they do Could anyone tell me how to make My MBP detect > the display when its plugged in the USB port? It won't detect the display > either way ad I have tried everything I can think of. > Since I really need the display to work so I can edit my papers for school I > would appreciate if anyone could help. > > Second Is it possible to play ogg files on the mac and if so what version of > the software would I need to get for an MBP with Lion on it? > > Thanks , > > > > Becky > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 10:41 AM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> Selecting in safari [11 Updates] >> THank you, Esther [1 Update] >> The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac computer. this >> time it's about Sendspace. [2 Updates] >> Question about Conversation View in YoruFukurou [1 Update] >> update on searching mailbox for specific messages in lion [1 Update] >> ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store! [1 Update] >> Voice Over And Safari [2 Updates] >> Option-click [1 Update] >> accessing instant message while in a voice chat in skype [1 Update] >> Am I a Member of this group? [3 Updates] >> I can't download anything all of a sudden [1 Update] >> Topic: Selecting in safari >> Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:06AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hey all. >> I have important information on a facebook message and I need to select >> everything from it. For some reason however, this isn't seeming possible >> and I'm frustrated about it. If anyone could give me a hand with this >> please let me know. Thanks. >> >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:24AM -0400 ^ >> >> The way I've found to do it is: >> 1. Interact with the text and move to the start of the desired selection. >> 2. Hit vo-enter. >> 3. Use normal commands to move from the start to the end of the selection. >> 4. Hit vo-enter again, then cmd-c to copy. >> >> There's probably an easier way, but that is all I could find on Google >> when I tried selecting the other day. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:33AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hi Alex, I just tried, and VO didn't speak anything when I was selecting >> things. Then I hit command C and it didn't work. Not sure why though. >> Thanks for the response. >> >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> On 2011-10-05, at 8:24 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> >> Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:35AM -0400 ^ >> >> Did you interact with the text? I also got no speech and nothing >> selected, but it was because I hadn't interacted with what I wanted to >> copy. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:39AM -0400 ^ >> >> Yep, interacted with the text, it said selecting, then I selected what I >> wanted to, and hit VO enter and hit command c and it dinged at me. >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> On 2011-10-05, at 8:35 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> >> Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:44AM -0400 ^ >> >> Once you interact, press vo-enter before selecting, then use normal >> navigation (not holding down shift) to move to the end and hit >> vo-enter again. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> Matthew Campbell <wrestling.ch...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:49AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hey Matt. >> One thing that you might want to try is this. >> First, get VO to where the text is you want to copy >> Then, press VO shift C to copy the last phrase to the clipboard. >> Finally, go to text edit or where ever and paste >> Just keep doing that over and over until you have all that you want. It's >> kind of annoying way to do it but... >> One thing to keep in mind is that when VO reads text in safari, it's >> reading paragraph by paragraph. >> HTH. >> >> On 2011-10-05, at 8:33 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >> >> Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:54AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hey, that worked. Thanks for that. Kind of sucks that you can't just do >> select all and copy. Ah well. >> >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> On 2011-10-05, at 8:49 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >> >> Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:55AM -0400 ^ >> >> What about vo-shift-a? I seem to recall that copying the chunk of text >> last spoken, not just the phrase. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> Matthew Campbell <wrestling.ch...@gmail.com> Oct 05 10:08AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hi. >> According to the keyboard help, VO shift A only slects it. However, I've >> never tried it before. >> >> On 2011-10-05, at 8:55 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> >> "Søren Jensen" <s...@coolfortheblind.dk> Oct 05 04:17PM +0200 ^ >> >> Hi. >> >> You can do the following which might work: >> Use the latest version of webkit. >> 1: Find the text you wanna copy >> 2: press Vo command f5 >> 3: press Vo command shift space to hold down the mouse button >> 4: Hold down shift and press the down arrow to select the text you want. >> 6: Press command c to copy >> 7. Press Vo command shift space again to release the mouse button. >> Hope that will work for you. >> Best regards: >> Søren Jensen >> Mail & MSN: >> s...@coolfortheblind.dk >> Website: >> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >> >> Den 05/10/2011 kl. 16.08 skrev Matthew Campbell: >> >> >> Topic: THank you, Esther >> Allison Manzino <gwennac...@gmail.com> Oct 05 09:48AM -0400 ^ >> >> Hi Esther, >> >> Thank you for your helpful post about my query with Itunes. I really >> appreciate all your help and instructions. It worked like a charm. Have a >> great day. >> >> Allison >> >> My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! >> >> Topic: The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac >> computer. this time it's about Sendspace. >> Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Oct 05 07:55AM -0400 ^ >> >> Thanks for the cmd-shift-g command, that will really make a difference! >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> Oct 05 11:40PM +1000 ^ >> >> Hi David >> >> As another new user to the Mac I can certainly understand your >> frustration. The Safari busy busy thing is seriously annoying. Stronger >> words would, of course, be called for if we weren't in polite company :) >> >> As for Finder, at first I called it Loser as I couldn't use it to find a >> thing. Now however after about 3 weeks it seems completely fine and I can >> be just as efficient in it as on Win 7 / XP. I pretty much ignore the side >> bar. It can be useful however the key board shortcuts seem quicker to me. >> As someone else has said try using column view. Command+3 will get you >> into this view. When in this view you can navigate through folders in a >> standard tree structure. You need to make sure you have quick nab off. The >> up & down arrows will take through the folders at a given level and the >> left and right arrows can be used to collapse and expand folders. Combine >> this with some keyboard shortcuts and all is good, at least in my opinion. >> Command+shift+C will take you to the top computer level where you can see >> the various drives and network. >> Command+shift+H will take you to your home folder, i.e., inside the users >> folder. >> Command+shift+A will take you to your Applications folder. >> Command+Option+L will take you into your downloads folder. I'm not sure >> but maybe this is supposed to be the exception that proves the rule :) >> Command+shift+O will take you to your documents >> Command+shift+D will go to your desktop. >> >> There are of course others as well. >> >> anyway I hope this helps a bit. You certainly aren't alone with your >> frustrations. I am still glad I have windows at work where I need to get >> work done. >> So far I haven't found Safari on the Mac as good as it is on IOS, >> especially on the iPad where I think it is fantastic. Then again I got my >> iPad 1 on the day it was first released and I have only been using OSX for >> a few weeks. >> >> Good luck >> Garth >> >> On 05/10/2011, at 6:32 AM, David Eagle wrote: >> >> >> Topic: Question about Conversation View in YoruFukurou >> Robert Carter <nc5rn...@gmail.com> Oct 05 08:22AM -0500 ^ >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> You can fix this problem by clicking the zoom button. >> >> Robert Carter >> On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Marc Workman wrote: >> >> >> Topic: update on searching mailbox for specific messages in lion >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Oct 05 03:09PM +0200 ^ >> >> Hi Ioana, >> >> I'm using Apple mail on Lion in the new look, classic view off. I tried >> the suggestion, but when on the message table, without any interacting, it >> won't work. Each key press of the search text sends a bang from the >> speakers. Could it be that you are reading mail in classic view? >> >> Regarding the work around: I didn't know about that feature but if you are >> looking for specific messages it's not too big a deal to temporarily turn >> on classic view. Thanks for the idea. I'm hoping that outside classic >> view, there's a solution as well. I tried moving the mouse over to the >> message table, but that doesn't seem to make a difference either. I think >> I'll drop accessibil...@apple.com a line about it. >> Paul. >> On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:39 AM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: >> >> >> Topic: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store! >> Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> Oct 05 10:39PM +1000 ^ >> >> Hi Kevin >> >> Thanks for the instructions for deleting the extension prior to >> reinstalling from the web store. It worked perfectly. Do I understand >> correctly that one benefit of changing to the web store version is that >> the extension will auto update in the same way that Chrome does? >> >> Garth >> >> On 05/10/2011, at 12:06 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: >> >> >> Topic: Voice Over And Safari >> Michael Dailey <mpd...@gmail.com> Oct 05 07:19AM -0400 ^ >> >> I am using Lion on an iMac. >> >> How do I get Voice Over not to start reading everything on a page, and >> just move along when I TAB? >> >> The VO curser starts jumping all over the screen, and I can't figure out >> how to get it back to where I want it. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike >> >> David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> Oct 05 01:31PM +0100 ^ >> >> I think lyon can amend this behaviour by going to the Voiceover Utility >> settings navigating down to web and then pressing tab to get to >> tab settings. Vo right until you ghet to page loading and then uncheck the >> section which gets Voiceover to automatically read web pages. On 5 Oct >> 2011, at 12:19, Michael Dailey wrote: >> >> >> Topic: Option-click >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Oct 05 02:28PM +0200 ^ >> >> Hi Austin and Christer, >> Option clicking and control clicking something, can indeed be done using >> the trackpad, and it isn't a problem for voiceover users, although it is, >> with some other screen readers. >> 1. With the vo cursor, find the element that you want to option or control >> click on. >> 2. Now, tell voiceover to get the mouse pointer over to this spot on the >> screen, using command vo f5. vo is the same as control option. So, the >> complete command to get the mouse pointer to where your voiceover cursor >> is, is to hold down 3 keys, being option, control and command, and then >> pressing f5. >> 3. Once the mouse is there, Perform the control, or the option click, as >> follows. First hold down either option or control, depending on what you >> need, and then press on the lower left corner of the trackpad to make the >> click happen. >> >> If a sighted user wants to click on something, they do it with the mouse >> button. The left one, in windows. To do the same thing in voiceover, with >> the voiceover cursor on an object, we can hit vo space to perform the >> normal click. However, voiceover does not have a built-in command for an >> option click or a control click. That is why we need to do the same thing >> as a sighted user would, rather than having a dedicated voiceover command >> for it. Bring the mouse pointer to the spot, hold control or option, and >> while holding it, click the mouse, or the trackpad. >> On Oct 5, 2011, at 6:54 AM, Austin Seraphin wrote: >> >> >> Topic: accessing instant message while in a voice chat in skype >> "Vítor Oliveira" <vitoroliveira2...@gmail.com> Oct 05 01:08PM +0100 ^ >> >> Hi: To do it more easily, press vo plus J. The first time you do it you >> jump to sidebar tab, the second you will jump to html content. Just >> interact with it and press vo plus end to go to the last line. To return >> to the editing area, just press vo plus J again. Regards. >> >> >> Vítor Oliveira >> vitoroliveira2...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> A 05/10/2011, às 11:24, Patrick Neazer escreveu: >> >> >> Topic: Am I a Member of this group? >> Michael Dailey <mpd...@gmail.com> Oct 05 07:31AM -0400 ^ >> >> I went to the discussion page, and it said I could not post because I was >> not a member. >> >> I am getting email updates daily, I filled out the application. Am I >> suppose to log in somewhere? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike Dailey >> >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Oct 05 01:54PM +0200 ^ >> >> Michael Dailey, >> Yes you seem to be a member. 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