I did press command f5 4 times and it worked. Though I appreciate the
suggestion, why is this occurring?
On 2013-02-21, at 7:22 PM, Barry Abbott wrote:
> I lucked in by checking this thread as I too have been experiencing this
> problem. Will definitely give Ricardo's suggestion a try next time
Anne, I did it. I bought VueScan and I had previously gotten Abby Fine Reader
Express. I just have one question here, I think. When I was setting things up,
I never got the pop up button for Abby Fine Reader, which is on my computer.
However, when I went to Abby Fine Reader by hand, the scan tha
I lucked in by checking this thread as I too have been experiencing this
problem. Will definitely give Ricardo's suggestion a try next time it happens.
on My iMac. My MacBook Air also seems to sometimes freeze at the Login screen
and I can't put in my Name or Password. I may have to go to the ap
it works really well.
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well, I got through installation and it solved one on paypal.com which was good
but I do think that tax act may be overly secure for privacy reasons.
On 2013-02-21, at 6:20 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> I'm sure there are some they may not be able to "fix". I think there are
> reasons why though I
I have the same problem and I need to log in on my computer and that is
very difficult without VoiceOver working. I get pretty frustrated so I
appreciate knowing I am not the only one out here.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> Well, What do you know - it worked. Thanks.
>
I unfortunately hadn't e-mailed them a second time about the one for my job,
but will try that one again. I've tried the "search for captchas on this
page," option only for it to do nothing.
I then tried to cancel Rumola for this page, which did nothing apparently,
because the option never di
If you are trying to access a pdf in safari and aren't getting results that are
readable, try this:
(1)Go to the pdf in safari. Check your window with vo-f2 and/or check the
address you are in and make sure it really is the pdf you are in and not some
kind of viewer for the pdf instead. I'm thi
Hi there
I did get Louis to work On a text file going to boil. I could not get it to
work going the other way. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing. In my case, I
guess I better wait for Duxberry.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:04 PM, "Henry D. Hollithron" wrote:
> Good Day:
>
I'm sure there are some they may not be able to "fix". I think there are
reasons why though I don't know them all. It didn't work on taxact but I
thought there might have been some added security blocking that. Also I was
able to register with skype using it but a friend of mine doesn't get capt
I don't know, I'm not much op a podcaster. I know there's a "buy" link on the
site, so see if it's listed there.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2013, at 20:52, Stacey Robinson wrote:
> How much does it cost?
> I didn't see that on the site, but I'm going to try it anyway.
> On Feb 21, 2013, at
Hi,
Similar to what Cheryl is saying here, if it is saying HTML Content, I'm
guessing that it is attempting to open the PDF from within Safari. Usually,
Preview handles this fine as well. Not as much control but if the PDF is
properly setup, then it is read properly from within Safari. Excep
How much does it cost?
I didn't see that on the site, but I'm going to try it anyway.
On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just found this on Twitter:
> http://q-continuum.net/qcast/
> It is a podcatcher designed to be completely accessible. Not only can you
> play podcast
Have you had this weird issue with Rumola not finding captchas on pages when
they are, in fact there? I have that issue with the site that my job runs, and
had the same issue with safelink wireless, when I went there out of curiosity
to find out what their service was like, considering the fact
In defence of braille blaster, it's only been a going concern for a year and a
half. They're trying to support three operating systems. They had no funding
at all lat time I was in touch with the project. And, most of their user base
and contributing developers are using windows as a primary
Empty html content? Is this a pdf file on your computer or something in safari
you are trying to read? Maybe this is a different kind of file and I'm showing
my ignorance, but when I open a pdf file I see the text and/or the text area is
blank. I don't usually see html content but I suppose ther
I've done all this, and it just sits there and says "empty html content," and
in the end, I just get frustrated and close the page, considering the fact that
it never goes anywhere, just sits there and says the same thing, so have no
idea as to what to do at this point.
On Feb 21, 2013, at 11:33
So, is there a, well, stable and featurefull braille program out there then?
The thing I liked about Louis is that I could make files that had math in them,
and it would turn it to Nemath code, I couldn't get it to do much though, it
just wouldn't create the braille file after a few tries with i
Good Day:
Indeed. This program appears to be quite prone to crashing. I realise
that it is open-source and thus not meant to be perfect, but I don't think it's
yet ready for stable use. The exception thrown by the program that you copied
below occurs, I think, when it pops up a dialog
Some scanners can be used with Abbyy alone and some need another alternative
for scanning such as vuescan.
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On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Adrienne Sinclair
Hello Anne and thanks
It seems that Readiris is currently available for 69 Euros from the developers,
while Abbyy is GBP 69.99 from the App Store. I don't know the current
conversion rate, but that's a wee bit cheaper.
I had been given the impression that people had to get Vuescan as well as
Hello, all. I'm learning html and web creation. Is filezilla accessible with
voice over? It did state it is usable on Mac but I don't want to download it
unless it's accessible. Thanks.
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Okay, and here's what I get when I try and launch it from terminal:
ror
at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessCont
Hi again guys
Could somebody tell me what the legal situation is of me sending Mark a copy of
Louis off list? That is, can this program be shared back-and-forth or not? I
never really knew.
I was able to get Louis to translate the braille edge manual to grade 2 braille
with no problem. I haven't
Good Day:
For whatever reason, you need to run this program from the terminal. If
you are comfortable with this, then the command is
java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar
where should be the path to the jar. You can simplify
your life by either being in the directory where the jar can be f
I can vouch for mac gourmet here. Works great, is accessible, and has an iOs
sidekick too, if you're into that. Also, sous chef is nice and accessible and
likewise has an i OS counterpart to go with the Mac component.
Caitlyn
On 2013-02-21, at 4:24 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Take a
Yes, Alex's is more thorough than mine was. I thought you might have already
tried resetting but we all know the adage about never assuming anything!
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Try the steps at this link:
http://lifehacker.com/5848640/how-do-i-fix-my-bricked-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch
Hopefully that works. As you probably know, interrupting a firmware update is
pretty much the worst thing you can do to an iOS device, at least the worst
thing not involving heights or liq
Hmm. Okay, I got the zip file, installed Java RunTime, and opened
Brailleblaster.jar … and got this:
The Java JAR file “brailleblaster.jar” could not be launched.
Not very helpful.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
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• My h
Sorry, Mark. You're right. I thought about that later. That's what I get for
not paying good enough attention. However, one could edit a grade 2 file that
way.
I just downloaded Brailleblaster, and I'm trying to decide what to do,
especially after the problem poor apple had this week and the u
Well, if it isn't really bricked this should work I think.
First, you are supposed to make sure the phone is off which I suppose it is if
it isn't working at all but make sure.
Hold down the home button and while continuing to hold it down, plug it into
the computer. Continue to hold it down un
As the subject states, I've bricked my wife's iPhone 4. She had been
complaining of it playing up so this morning when she told me,
"It's fully crashed"
I did a sleep/home hard reset on the device. Only later did she tell me that
she was in the middle of an update to iOS 6.1.2.
Those missing 5
Gigi:
What I have are novella and novel length text files or RTF files on my Mac,
that I want translated into Grade II Braille so I can work with them on the
Edge. I don't think TextEdit is going to work for manual translation of "and,"
to "&" and so on. *grin*
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
•
Hi,
Take a look at this link:
https://www.marinersoftware.com/products/macgourmet/
Their software is usually very accessible.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-02-21, at 1:31 PM, Agent086b wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am looking for a program to keep recipes on the Mac. We us
Hi, It's www.brailleblaster.org.
Best,
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Hey Mark
There's another thing you can do, and it should work fine, although it would
involve your Mac. You could edit a braille file in TextEdit. TextEdit will
accept brf, braille, or txt files. The first time you would be asked what
program you wanted. Then, if you were editing a braille file,
Thanks, GGigi. I've tried changing the file name also. I figured the
translation was being done by VoiceOver, thus the need for some sort of
translator thing.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
• MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
• My home page:
• http://
all I can find on the Brailleblaster project page is its specs. Where is the
actually sour app for this project?
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
• MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
• My home page:
• http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
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Erik, how do you get Brailleblaster?
Regards,
Gigi
On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:33 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:
> Either louis or brailleblaster should do this. I'd go brailleblaster at this
> point I think. Louis is a dead horse.
>
> Best,
>
> Erik Burggraaf
> Follow my series of articles about
Hi there.
The Braille Edge 40 accepts text files and braille files that end in brf and
brl. I have sent an rtf file to it by changing the extension on Mac first. Then
I took out the coding, and it worked fine.
Child
Whatever the extension is is whatever the Braille Edge thinks it is. It doesn'
Either louis or brailleblaster should do this. I'd go brailleblaster at this
point I think. Louis is a dead horse.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the
ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
Ebony Con
Hello all,
I am looking for a program to keep recipes on the Mac. We used Cookbook Wizard
on the PC. I am looking for a program that will import Meal master or HTML
format so I can export all the recipes we have. I really am not looking for
online storage , so that is not a requirement.
Thanks
I have a lot of longer writing projects that are in either text or RTF files on
my Mac. I can transfer them over to the Braille Edge 40 via the SD card and
sneaker-net, but when I open them on the Edge, they're grade 1 Braille. I'd
like to read them in grade II and edit them more precisely, but
Hello Adrienne,
I really wouldn't recommend ReadIris. It's too expensive for what it does, and
ABBYY FineReader does the job much better.
The last time I tried ReadIris it was version 12 and it OCR'd my double-page
scans in the wrong order, a problem I've never had with ABBYY FineReader.
Cheer
As those of you know with this logitech keyboard, you can pair it with 3
devices. I was in the wrong device, and hit a keystroke that locked my screen
for me. If you hit the function key, with the escape key while using your
iPhone's profile, it will lock the screen for you. Pretty handy, th
Hello
Does anyone have any experience of Readiris 14? Is it accessible with VO? I've
tried emailing the company, but have not heard back from them on the issue.
Regards
Adrienne
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for this. I was trying to remember how to do the memory clear thing as
you described below and then JP furnished the article he did and refreshed my
memory about Onyx the app and I went and got it again as I had the older
version for leopard. That fixed both problems so it was h
yep, and I've done that about three times now. In fact, it was the first thing
I did. Not sure why it didn't fix things up. I've also rebooted a few times as
well. *shrug* lol, oh, well, no matter, things are humming along now.
Sometimes you just have to get another wrench.
Cait
On 2013-02-
Hey, JP, thanks a whole bunch!! This helped a lot! It also reminded me about
Onyx, which I'd forgotten completely about. I went and got that again, and I
also got trash it. Between those two apps, both my little problems are now
gone!
yay!
Amazing what a little cleaning can do, eh?
Caitlyn
Hi, Downloading it now.
Matthew
On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just found this on Twitter:
> http://q-continuum.net/qcast/
> It is a podcatcher designed to be completely accessible. Not only can you
> play podcasts and subscribe to feeds, but you can also adjust t
Yes it does; so did solona.
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On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> Don't that service use humans to do the captcha thingy?
>
>
> Sent from
There's always repair permissions in Disk Utility which often times
clears up weirdnesses.
CB
On 2/21/13 9:47 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Kate,
I'd try a few things first before going with the drastic reinstall.
First, try copying one of those files to your Desktop, then see if
you can renam
Don't that service use humans to do the captcha thingy?
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Okay, two things.
>
> (1) Did you quit safari and start it again?
> (2) Do y
Okay, two things.
(1) Did you quit safari and start it again?
(2) Do you see the extension name in your toolbar in safari.
If so, instead of pressing the "register" link, press the "create one here"
link to the right of where it says that although rumola is installed you have
to login. Then th
Thanks, Shawn, for that tip about keeping the better Alex voice when you get a
Mac running ML. I am still using Snow Leopard, so will definitely need to copy
out that speech file when I get a new Mac. I really like the SL Alex.
mary
Mary Otten
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Hi all,
I just found this on Twitter:
http://q-continuum.net/qcast/
It is a podcatcher designed to be completely accessible. Not only can you play
podcasts and subscribe to feeds, but you can also adjust the playback speed,
perfect for quickly getting through podcasts. It also saves your exact pl
Hello, Cheryl:
Thanks for this link, I did install it but when I attempt to register, I
receive a message that says "plea install extension first"
On 2013-02-20, at 9:24 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> http://skipinput.com/bps/install.html
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Hello everyone,
I have been having somewhat of a minor issue as of late.
When typing text and pressinging VO-L, which will read me the current line,
voiceover will not do so.
I have to move focus away from the text area, then place focus back on the text
area, so voiceover will announce the text
Hi all,
I'm trying to set up a google calendar to be shared among a group of people so
we can all see the same weekly schedule. We can't use Apple because I'm the
only one in the group with an iPhone and/or mac, but everyone of us has a
google account. The on-topic portion of my post: will this
I agree with your Hmmm. I played with things some more by opening a PDF
document with QuickLook and did find it less than useful. I'm not sure why
you're getting a menu when using your arrow keys. For me, if I simply use
arrow keys without the VO keys, then it changes pages within the PDF doc
I would welcome suggestions on how to easily transfer Word Documents to an
Ipod, typically agendas and minutes in a fashion that I can edit them.
I installed Quickoffice as I was told this was accessible but it turns out that
this is only true for the IPad version.
I have installed document 2fre
This link will help. There are a few methods. Not hard, just a pain.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2025381/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-the-trash-won-t-empty.html
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> Hello,
> For who is playing blind memory, I have troubles with the game.
> It works fine to start and I can play the game but when I make a mistake in
> the sequences of gestures, I hear the sound of a wrong gesture and nothing
> more.
> I mean: I don't hear my result.
> I haven,t asked assi
Well, What do you know - it worked. Thanks.
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To:
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Subject: Re: Losing VO after sleep
Hi,
Its pressing VO F5 quickly. I think its like a reset in a way.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
T
Hi Kate,
I'd try a few things first before going with the drastic reinstall. First, try
copying one of those files to your Desktop, then see if you can rename it
there. This will help to determine if it is an OS issue or simply something
with the external HD. Second, try restarting your comp
Hi.
I have been using my Mini with the sound coming out of an old set of
speakers with a headset size jack. The speakers work fine, I can connect
them to my Stream and the sound is fine. But starting this morning the Mini
doesn't seem to want to accept them. The sound will work from the built-in
Hi Tim,
Yep, it's on an external drive, but it's formatted mac extended journal.
I'm getting some other weird stuff happening now, though, like not being able
to empty the trash with an error code of -50 and just wonder if they are
somehow related. I really don't want to reinstall the OS, which
Hi,
Ok, now this is really weird. when I try to empty my trash, I'm getting a
message saying that an unknown error occurred and an ok button. The error code
is -50. when I googled this, I came up with something about using the terminal
to empty the trash, but I don't have experience using the
Hi all,
I haven't used the nuance voices except for foreign languages. For my English
voice I use Victoria, and I've found that to be a very good choice for me.
Just something to try for those of you who, like me, don't care for Alex.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Mary Otten wro
Hey it's me again, I forgot one thing. Alex and Mary, I found out that if you
have a copy of Snow Leopard, you can copy the better-sounding Alex voice and
use it on Mountain Lion. I recently downgraded because I only had Fusion 3 but
had to upgrade again to ML because I had too much problems wit
Okay guys, what is the best google / RSS reader client for the Mac?
The few I have tried haven't been that great. I don't care if it's paid or
free. I just want something accessible and efficient.
Garth
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Hey everyone. The Nuance voices are tolerable, but I wouldn't use them all the
time. As for Acapela, I've lost interest of them because their voices, as I've
said, don't sound as good as they used to. They took away too much from the
voices. I like how I was able to get someone on here hooked on
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