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2017-10-04 Thread CHUCK REICHEL 
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Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Michael Busboom 
Hello everyone,

Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes „clunky.“

I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF file 
and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I haven’t 
used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to find them.  
Can someone point me to such a service?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Mary Otten 
Hi Mike,
I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be following 
this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to high Sierra and 
still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you found improvement?
Mary


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> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
> „clunky.“
> 
> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
> file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
> haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
> find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mike
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Michael Busboom 
Hello, Mary,

No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.

One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.

There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or TXT 
files and e-mail them back to you.

Cheers,

Mike

> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be following 
> this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to high Sierra 
> and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you found 
> improvement?
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>> „clunky.“
>> 
>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
>> file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
>> haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
>> find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Georgina Joyce 
Hello,

There is a way of converting a .pdf file to a text file via an Apple Script. 
When you have a .pdf file you simply VO+Shift+M and select convert to text and 
the text file appears where you selected it to be placed when setting up the 
script. I can’t find the details immediately and I have to go. But it’s a very 
simple procedure. I will look tomorrow if no-one can find it for you. Unless 
you are insistent upon having a web based solution. Let me know.

Regards,

Gena



Why not?

Michael Hingson 2011




> On 4 Oct 2017, at 17:28, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello, Mary,
> 
> No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
> 
> One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
> braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
> 
> There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
> TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
>> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
>> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you 
>> found improvement?
>> Mary
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>>> „clunky.“
>>> 
>>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
>>> file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
>>> haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
>>> find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Christine Grassman 
Quite often, if one goes into the file menu, there is a “save as other” option. 
This allows you to save the pdf as a Word file, rtf file, plain text, etc.
If the particular file does not  have this option, you can send the file as an 
attachment to
conv...@robobraille.org 
Put in the subject line the type of file you are converting from and what you 
would like it converted to. For example:
pdf to rtf
Good luck.
Christine


> On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Georgina Joyce  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> There is a way of converting a .pdf file to a text file via an Apple Script. 
> When you have a .pdf file you simply VO+Shift+M and select convert to text 
> and the text file appears where you selected it to be placed when setting up 
> the script. I can’t find the details immediately and I have to go. But it’s a 
> very simple procedure. I will look tomorrow if no-one can find it for you. 
> Unless you are insistent upon having a web based solution. Let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gena
> 
> 
> 
> Why not?
> 
> Michael Hingson 2011
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 17:28, Michael Busboom > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, Mary,
>> 
>> No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
>> 
>> One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
>> braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
>> 
>> There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
>> TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
>>> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
>>> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you 
>>> found improvement?
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello everyone,
 
 Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
 „clunky.“
 
 I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
 file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
 haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
 find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
 
 Thanks in advance,
 
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Anne Robertson 
Hello Mike,

Have you tried just selecting all the text in the PDF document with Cmd-a and 
pasting it into a TextEdit document? You can do this with just two shortcuts if 
you’ve activated the service New TextEdit window containing selection.

Cheers,

Anne



> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:28, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello, Mary,
> 
> No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
> 
> One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
> braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
> 
> There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
> TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
>> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
>> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you 
>> found improvement?
>> Mary
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>>> „clunky.“
>>> 
>>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
>>> file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
>>> haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
>>> find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
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RE: Test

2017-10-04 Thread M. Taylor 
Hello Chuck,

You're coming through, loud and clear.  (smile)

Mark

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Test
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Sharing a folder between my windows 7 and my mac

2017-10-04 Thread Ramy Moustafa 
Hi all:

i need to share a folder between my windows and my mac.
in windows 7, i made all steps, and i’m sure that it’s visible on the network, 
because i signed from my wife’s windows laptop, but on mac, i can not see the 
folder at all.
I hit Control+k, i found my PC name, i hit connect, i didn’t set a password, so 
i wrote guest. but i failed to connect, so
what’s wrong here?

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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Anders Holmberg 
Hi!
Robobraille.org is quite self-instructive.
I think you can send a mail also attaching the pdf to conv...@robobraille.org 
and in the subject-line type rtf or whatever format you want it converted to.
/A

> 4 okt. 2017 kl. 18:28 skrev Michael Busboom :
> 
> Hello, Mary,
> 
> No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
> 
> One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
> braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
> 
> There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
> TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
>> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
>> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you 
>> found improvement?
>> Mary
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>>> „clunky.“
>>> 
>>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a PDF 
>>> file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is that I 
>>> haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten where to 
>>> find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Mike
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Mary Otten 
If a PDF file has tables, is that formatting retain in Robo braille if you 
convert to say RTF? Or word?
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 4, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Christine Grassman  
> wrote:
> 
> Quite often, if one goes into the file menu, there is a “save as other” 
> option. This allows you to save the pdf as a Word file, rtf file, plain text, 
> etc.
> If the particular file does not  have this option, you can send the file as 
> an attachment to
> conv...@robobraille.org
> Put in the subject line the type of file you are converting from and what you 
> would like it converted to. For example:
> pdf to rtf
> Good luck.
> Christine
> 
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Georgina Joyce  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> There is a way of converting a .pdf file to a text file via an Apple Script. 
>> When you have a .pdf file you simply VO+Shift+M and select convert to text 
>> and the text file appears where you selected it to be placed when setting up 
>> the script. I can’t find the details immediately and I have to go. But it’s 
>> a very simple procedure. I will look tomorrow if no-one can find it for you. 
>> Unless you are insistent upon having a web based solution. Let me know.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Gena
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Why not?
>> 
>> Michael Hingson 2011
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct 2017, at 17:28, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello, Mary,
>>> 
>>> No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
>>> 
>>> One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them on 
>>> braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
>>> 
>>> There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
>>> TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
 On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  wrote:
 
 Hi Mike,
 I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
 following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
 high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have you 
 found improvement?
 Mary
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
> „clunky.“
> 
> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a 
> PDF file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is 
> that I haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten 
> where to find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mike
> 
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Ramy Moustafa 
Hi all:

Is there an app to open the PDF files on mac?
when i open any pdf, i get the preview . is this an app?

> On Oct 4, 2017, at 9:53 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> If a PDF file has tables, is that formatting retain in Robo braille if you 
> convert to say RTF? Or word?
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Christine Grassman  > wrote:
> 
>> Quite often, if one goes into the file menu, there is a “save as other” 
>> option. This allows you to save the pdf as a Word file, rtf file, plain 
>> text, etc.
>> If the particular file does not  have this option, you can send the file as 
>> an attachment to
>> conv...@robobraille.org 
>> Put in the subject line the type of file you are converting from and what 
>> you would like it converted to. For example:
>> pdf to rtf
>> Good luck.
>> Christine
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Georgina Joyce >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> There is a way of converting a .pdf file to a text file via an Apple 
>>> Script. When you have a .pdf file you simply VO+Shift+M and select convert 
>>> to text and the text file appears where you selected it to be placed when 
>>> setting up the script. I can’t find the details immediately and I have to 
>>> go. But it’s a very simple procedure. I will look tomorrow if no-one can 
>>> find it for you. Unless you are insistent upon having a web based solution. 
>>> Let me know.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Gena
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why not?
>>> 
>>> Michael Hingson 2011
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 4 Oct 2017, at 17:28, Michael Busboom >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello, Mary,
 
 No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
 
 One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them 
 on braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
 
 There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
 TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Mike
 
> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  > wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have 
> you found improvement?
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>> „clunky.“
>> 
>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a 
>> PDF file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is 
>> that I haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten 
>> where to find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
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Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

2017-10-04 Thread Tim Kilburn 
Hi,

Preview is the stock app on a Mac for reading pdf documents.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Oct 4, 2017, at 14:11, Ramy Moustafa  wrote:

Hi all:

Is there an app to open the PDF files on mac?
when i open any pdf, i get the preview . is this an app?

> On Oct 4, 2017, at 9:53 PM, Mary Otten  > wrote:
> 
> If a PDF file has tables, is that formatting retain in Robo braille if you 
> convert to say RTF? Or word?
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Christine Grassman  > wrote:
> 
>> Quite often, if one goes into the file menu, there is a “save as other” 
>> option. This allows you to save the pdf as a Word file, rtf file, plain 
>> text, etc.
>> If the particular file does not  have this option, you can send the file as 
>> an attachment to
>> conv...@robobraille.org 
>> Put in the subject line the type of file you are converting from and what 
>> you would like it converted to. For example:
>> pdf to rtf
>> Good luck.
>> Christine
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Georgina Joyce >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> There is a way of converting a .pdf file to a text file via an Apple 
>>> Script. When you have a .pdf file you simply VO+Shift+M and select convert 
>>> to text and the text file appears where you selected it to be placed when 
>>> setting up the script. I can’t find the details immediately and I have to 
>>> go. But it’s a very simple procedure. I will look tomorrow if no-one can 
>>> find it for you. Unless you are insistent upon having a web based solution. 
>>> Let me know.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Gena
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why not?
>>> 
>>> Michael Hingson 2011
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 4 Oct 2017, at 17:28, Michael Busboom >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello, Mary,
 
 No, I haven’t upgraded to High Siera yet.
 
 One reason I need PDFs in a different format is that I want to read them 
 on braille displays that don’t interface all that well with the Mac.
 
 There used to be web-based services that would convert your PDFs to RTF or 
 TXT files and e-mail them back to you.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Mike
 
> On 4 Oct 2017, at 18:13, Mary Otten  > wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I can't answer your question about the services, although I will be 
> following this thread with interest. I'm curious if you have upgraded to 
> high Sierra and still find a PDF reading to be as bad as ever. Or have 
> you found improvement?
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Although I can read many PDFs on the Mac, I find the process sometimes 
>> „clunky.“
>> 
>> I know that there are services out there that allow you to send them a 
>> PDF file and they will email an RTF version back to you.  My problem is 
>> that I haven’t used any of these services in years, and I have forgotten 
>> where to find them.  Can someone point me to such a service?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
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Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

2017-10-04 Thread kary johns 
hi all,
I updated to high Sierra, and now I can’t seam to spell check in pages
using command :. It just says checking document and nothing else.
It  also won’t read what text I’m selecting, Has anyone else seen this
since updating?
I use both things constantly for work and study, so it’s a bit of a
deal breaker for me.
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Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

2017-10-04 Thread Tim Kilburn 
Hi,

Yes, the selecting in Pages as been mentioned here since the update.  Send it 
in to Apple Accessibility anyway to add your voice to the need for it to be 
addressed as soon as possible.

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On Oct 4, 2017, at 18:22, kary johns  wrote:

hi all,
I updated to high Sierra, and now I can’t seam to spell check in pages
using command :. It just says checking document and nothing else.
It  also won’t read what text I’m selecting, Has anyone else seen this
since updating?
I use both things constantly for work and study, so it’s a bit of a
deal breaker for me.
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Activating Context Menu

2017-10-04 Thread Sharon Hooley 
Hi,

I’d like a reminder, please.  How do you activate the context menu when it’s 
something I can’t access in any other way?

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Re: Activating Context Menu

2017-10-04 Thread Alex Hall 
The command is vo-shift-m.

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Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

2017-10-04 Thread Gabe Griffith 
Hi,

I'm not so sure it has to do with the OS update as with a Pages update. I 
updated pages a couple of weeks ago and now can't select text for editing.

Gabe

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> Hi,
> 
> Yes, the selecting in Pages as been mentioned here since the update.  Send it 
> in to Apple Accessibility anyway to add your voice to the need for it to be 
> addressed as soon as possible.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 18:22, kary johns  wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> I updated to high Sierra, and now I can’t seam to spell check in pages
> using command :. It just says checking document and nothing else.
> It  also won’t read what text I’m selecting, Has anyone else seen this
> since updating?
> I use both things constantly for work and study, so it’s a bit of a
> deal breaker for me.
> Kerri.
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Pixel Buds translates voice, but it's not the first - CNET

2017-10-04 Thread M. Taylor 
Hello All,

I am posting the following article because it includes Apple products.

Mark

Pixel Buds translates voice, but it's not the first - CNET
CNET News - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 3:02 PM
Pixel Buds translates voice, but it's not the first - CNET
 
These suckers look a lot better than those headsets at the UN.
James Martin/CNET 
By some estimates, there are as many as 7,000 languages on the planet and
many of us just speak one of them. 
That's led to a cottage industry of Hollywood dream-technology like the
babel fish from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," or the always-there
computers on "Star Trek."
In the real world, we've fallen a bit short of that promise. There're plenty
of ways to learn another language, such as through programs like Rosetta
Stone, Muzzy and many others. But technology that can do all that work for
us has always seemed just out of reach.
That is, until Wednesday when Google unveiled its $159 Pixel Buds, a pair of
wireless headphones coming in November that work with its new Pixel 2 phones
to provide real-time translation of up to 40 languages.
"It's like having a personal translator by your side," said Juston Payne,
product manager for Google's hardware team, during the company's fall
hardware announcement event in San Francisco. "We're letting you connect
with the world around you in a more natural way."
While Google may be the best example of this technology yet (look out for
CNET's review to know for sure), it's not the first. Here are some other
companies that have attempted to bring us to real-time translation nirvana.
 
Now Playing: Watch this: Pixel Buds translate languages in real time 
1:52 
Skype
There are a lot of apps out there, but Skype deserves a special mention. The
Microsoft-owned chat and calling service has a free real-time translation
feature built right in.
Quartz did a test a couple years ago, before it was widely available, and
feature was less than stellar. VC Daily, a video conferencing tech blog,
tried it a year later and said it's still best to wait. "Hopefully, the
lost-in-translation bugs will eventually become scarce enough to even allow
us to share an international sing-along," the site wrote.
 
Now Playing: Watch this: Skype Translator breaks through the language
barrier 
2:57 
Bragi
This company got attention for offering up a competitor to Apple's AirPods
wireless headphones back when it wasn't yet clear they were a hit. The
company's now offering a pair of headphones called the Dash Pro, which are a
smarter update with features like a built-in music player and health
tracking. It also works with iTranslate, one of the most popular translation
apps out there (aside from Google Translate, of course).
 
Bragi's headphones want to be the alternative to Apple's AirPods.
Bragi 
Lingmo
This tool from Australia promises to translate up to eight languages "within
3-5 seconds." It's an earpiece, and not a slick pair of headphones like
Google's Pixel Buds. But it's still way better than those ugly things
ambassadors wear at the UN.
It costs $279, and orders are due to be shipped in December.
 
The Translate One2One promises a great deal in a small package.
Lingmo 
The Pilot
These in-ear headphones from Waverly Labs were shown off back in February as
part of a crowdfunding campaign promising translation similar to Google's
Pixel Buds. The trick with this one though is each person wears one of the
two earbuds, and then an app in between sends the information to the
internet, where it's translated and sent back to your ear.
The company's products cost $249 for a preorder and $299 after they go on
sale. It's due to be released soon.
 
The Waverly Labs Pilot earpiece can translate language in real-time with
minimal lag.
Waverly Labs 
WT2
Similar to the Pilot, WT2 asks people to put a headphone in their ear, then
convince someone else to wear the corresponding one in theirs, in order to
make everything work. It too requires an app.
The device is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter for $149 and expected to
ship in January.
 
It's a neat idea, if you can convince someone to put germy headphones in
their ear to talk to you.
WT2 
The Ili
This translator comes in the form of a stick, basically the length of a
pencil and the width of pack of gum. You talk into the device, and then it
broadcasts the translated response. The person responds back into the
device, and it broadcasts the response. It may seem a little less elegant
than other options, but it promises to work without an internet connection.
That's a huge plus when traveling.
It costs $249, with shipments expected to begin next month.
 
The Ili translator promises it all in the palm of your hand, instead of in
your ear.
Ili 
Tech Enabled: CNET chronicles tech's role in providing new kinds of
accessibility.
Batteries Not Included: The CNET team reminds us why tech is cool.

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-first/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

2017-10-04 Thread Anne Robertson 
Hello Kary,

I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be 
addressed quickly. As for the spell check with Cmd-colon, it’s working normally 
for me.

Cheers,

Anne



> On 5 Oct 2017, at 02:22, kary johns  wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> I updated to high Sierra, and now I can’t seam to spell check in pages
> using command :. It just says checking document and nothing else.
> It  also won’t read what text I’m selecting, Has anyone else seen this
> since updating?
> I use both things constantly for work and study, so it’s a bit of a
> deal breaker for me.
> Kerri.
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