Oh, I forgot to add, that I did indeed look at mac gourmet but it seemed as though lots of users did report that it was quite buggy and the importing of recips did not seem as robust as paprika nor did it seem constitant.
Thanks again, Christina On Jan 30, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Christina, > > Yes, the Mac version of Paprika is accessible. In fact there's a > review of Paprika on the Mac at the AppleVis site, and no review of > the iOS app there, even though the accessibility updates for the > versions for iPhone and iPad (there are separate apps for each), were > completed before they finished updating the Mac app. And the comment > in that review about wanting to set the app into text only mode > because you can't use VO to select recipes in the photo and text view > mode hasn't been true for several months. > > Yes, you can check off items in the grocery list as you use it. You > can check or uncheck any of the ingredients in a recipe when you > create your grocery list, and you can also add other items. Your > grocery list is viewable in three tabs: "al"l, "bought", and "to buy". > As you check off items, the lists in the different tabs gets updated. > You can email the list, but I don't think there's any standard export > format for your grocery list. > > I think the strongest point of Paprika is really the cloud syncing > with iOS devices. So it's perfectly possible to just get the iOS apps, > load any recipes you want on your iPhone, and use it to browse recipe > sties for new recipes you want to add, or input your own, without > getting the Mac version, as a number of iPhone users who use Windows > do. If other family members have the app, you can sync your meal > planning, groceries, etc. through the cloud account that comes with > the app. What's nice about the Mac app, is that the cloud syncing > between the Mac version of Paprika and the iOS versions works. There > are other good, mature, recipe apps for the Mac, such as MacGourmet, > and MacGournet even has an iOS app. But what I read in the reviews is > that many MacGourmet users complained that cloud syncing with their > iPhones didn't work, and so they moved to Paprika, which can import > recipe formats from other apps. > > The main reason I got the Mac version of Paprika, apart from the fact > that it was discounted to half price for "Black Friday" weekend, was > that I didn't want to add recipes that were already on my computer by > having to connect my iPhone and use iTunes sync. > > You might want to read through the user guides at the Paprika support > site if you have questions. Here's the link to the guide for the > iPhone: > http://www.paprikaapp.com/help/iphone/ > And here's the URL for the Paprika User Guide for the Mac: > http://www.paprikaapp.com/help/mac/ > > You can review the link for "groceries" on those pages if you want to > learn more about creating and using grocery lists. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jan 30, 8:36 am, Christina <blindmaclo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am referring to the recipe manager app, Paprika, for iPhone, iPad, and >> Mac. I understand that the iOS apps are accessible with VO. Is the mac >> version of Paprika VO accessible? >> >> My other question is about the grocery list feature of this app. Can the >> grocery list be checked off as you use it? Can the grocery list be exported. >> Currently my family uses Grocery IQ for grocery lists because it sync's >> across our devices and any changes any of us make updates everyone's list. >> >> Thanks so much, >> Christina > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
