Re: help with new pages?

Yah, you do that in the formatter. Just poke around and you’ll find it. Just change it to whatever you want and start typing. Good luck. On Nov 7, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: Hi. correction it now seems to be working. the laptop I use at tafe doesn’t seem to like Helvet

Two Skype questions

In Mount Lion (10.85) , how does a Skype 6.9 user: 1. hone 8662223456 and then enter the code 1098765432109 and then my 4Digit PIN? 2. Have interact with my Blackberry Bold 9700 to phone my voice mail at 6046181188 and enter my 4 digit passcode and enter any other numbers needed? Thank you. An

Re: locating hardware stats

You man the status of your Mac? For info on your hard drive, just select it and then do a command-I to get info. Somewhere in the general section are stats on Capacity and Available. You can find out how much RAM is in your machine by poking around in About This Mac under the apple menu. VO-M t

Re: locating hardware stats

Have a look in the About item in the Apple Menu. The basics are there, and there’s more information if you click the buttons in that initial dialog. For disk info, I’d check in Disk Utility - it may be overkill, but you’ll find everything you ever wanted to know about your disks in there. On Nov

locating hardware stats

Hi, I’m looking at installing Fusion 6, but before I do anything, I’d like to get some idea of the hardware status such as available memory, disc space etc. I’m sure it’s there somewhere, but can’t seem to locate it. I’m getting pretty comfortable with the Imac now, but still have a lot to l

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

Yes, I seem to recall those same numbers. But how do you actually activate it? Nothing’s happening automatically, unless Voiceover is unable to see the inserted text for some reason? On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > I understand why its not free, you get 10 free solutions, a

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

yes, it does rely on humans. However, for the cost, it is an effective solution for us on the mac. -eric On Nov 7, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > But, doesn’t that cost? And, also, doesn’t it rely on humans the way that > Solona did? > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with f

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

I can understand paying for it, whether it uses humans or computers. The question remains, though: how do I actually *use* the thing? On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:10 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: > you should not have to pay for a servis like this. it should be free > On 8 Nov 2013, at 2:00 pm, Alex Hall

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

I understand why its not free, you get 10 free solutions, and then its $0.99 for 99 solutions I believe. Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com Assistive Technology Trainer IOS and Macintosh User support Windsor area On 2013-11-07, at 10:10 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: > you should not have t

Re: help with vmware

Hi, Using it here with no problems. JMT though. Matthew On Nov 7, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > hi all, anyone who can tell me if using fusion 5 under mavericks is a > go, or not? > thanks sandi > > > On 8/16/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: >> what i like about fusion is

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

you should not have to pay for a servis like this. it should be free On 8 Nov 2013, at 2:00 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > Well, if it costs, I see nowhere to enter any payment information. If it > should start working, I haven’t gotten my captcha yet, and the page has been > open for over an hour. > O

Re: Some Questions About Fusion 6

Some of it depends on what your Mac has and how much of it you hand over to vmware when you set up the virtual machine. I think XP can run pretty well on 1GB RAM so if you have a 4GB Mac that should be fine. VMWare will take its overhead and you'll still have space for OSX to do it's thing. If

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

Well, if it costs, I see nowhere to enter any payment information. If it should start working, I haven’t gotten my captcha yet, and the page has been open for over an hour. On Nov 7, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > But, doesn’t that cost? And, also, doesn’t it rely on humans the way th

Re: Anybody using Thunderbird with Mountain Lion?

Thunderbird, like Firefox, is not accessible due to an ago old spat between Mozilla and Apple over accessibility APIs, which you can look up in the archives of this mailing list. Just for the fun of it I tried Thunderbird with voiceover just in case something has changed and all I could access

Anybody using Thunderbird with Mountain Lion?

Hi, Is there Anybody using Thunderbird with Mountain Lion? I want to know if its accessible before installing it. Thanks, Rob You can leave me a voice mail or fax at 206-426-3505 "God is good all the time, & All the time God is good" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

But, doesn’t that cost? And, also, doesn’t it rely on humans the way that Solona did? Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Nov 7, 2013, at 6:37 PM, Alex Hall

Re: Safari 7

I have LastPass, too, and noticed this issue. Basically, Safari seems to work much better in full screen mode. The LastPass menu doesn’t seem to show up. You might try the show or hide LastPass option in the view menu in Safari as well. HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Nov 7,

Import Export Tools

In Windows I used Thunderbird and an extension called Import Export Tools. voiceOver does not work very well with Thunderbird for Mac. So, is their a Import Export Tools extension for Mail in Nountain Lion? Angus MacKinnon Written using a 27Inch iMac -- You received this message because you ar

Re: Safari 7

Hi, thanks for your reply. However earlier today before installing Safari7 I did not have this problem. So must be Safari7 problem. Max On 8 Nov 2013, at 12:35 pm, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: > Hi. I am having refreshing issues on some sites as well. I wonder if it’s > the the site or safa

Re: Some Questions About Fusion 6

Hi Wayne. Unfortunately I’m not as lucky as you are. I’m using XP. Anyway, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 6. Don’t know what my friend was talking about though. It seems to be stable, no crashes or slow downs. Maybe he was trying to run it under ML. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Boo

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

Are there any other text boxes to fill in on the page? It usually starts working whenever I start filling in the form. Greg Aikens, M. Ed. Teacher of students who are blind and visually impaired Cobb County School District gpaik...@gmail.com On Nov 7, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I

Re: Apple releases fix for OS X Mavericks Gmail bugs to customers

What mailbox issue is that? Some bugs certainly remain, and it will be a few days before I can know of sure what is fixed and what is not, but if I can test the problem you’re having I will. On Nov 7, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > What about the mail box issue? > On Nov 7, 2013,

Re: help with new pages?

Hi. correction it now seems to be working. the laptop I use at tafe doesn’t seem to like Helvetica though. Is there a way I can sett a default font to something the laptop likes? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.

Re: help with new pages?

Hi. if I interact with the button I get a ding sound like when the wrong key is pressed. I seem to be getting 11 point helvedica no matter which paragraph style I select. thanks. Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com skype bubbygirl1972 twitter same as sky

Re: Apple releases fix for OS X Mavericks Gmail bugs to customers

What about the mail box issue? On Nov 7, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > And it works much better. My badge is normal (finally), and I don’t know for > sure, but it seems like the preview pane setting now sticks. In fact, > messages seem to read more normally now, like they did in 10.8. Wh

Re: Safari 7

Hi. I am having refreshing issues on some sites as well. I wonder if it’s the the site or safari though as it’s not happening everywhere. I wonder if there is a setting to tell the page not to refresh? Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.

iMessages?

HI. Ever since I updated to mavericks I cannot message certain people who have iPhones. the messages app says that person is not registered as an iPhone user or something. I know these people have iPhones for a fact. One of them doesn’t have iOS 7 as they only have a 3 gs but the other peopl

Safari 7

Hello, well today I updated OSX. All is going ok as far as I can tell except for Safari7. I am trying to read a blog on a newspaper site. As I am reading the various sections VO jumps up to my Lastpass menu at the top of the screen. I then must tab Across all the tabs to get back to the web page

Re: help with new pages?

Hi again, I feel I need to clarify something I said. When I say to interact with the button, I mean the paragraph styles button. On Nov 7, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Hi Maria, Selecting the style as you say you are doing does change the text style. Check the font style with vo-

?anyone else noticing some list mail ending up in gmail's spam folder

I have been noticing of late that a fair number of list emails (from several lists) are ending up in my spam folder on gmail. This, even after I put those lists in my contact list and checked them as "white list" items. This keeps happening and it seems that gmail isn't exactly paying attention.

Re: help with new pages?

Hi Maria, Selecting the style as you say you are doing does change the text style. Check the font style with vo-t. If it really isn’t different than body text, try selecting it then go back in the formatter and select a style. That should do it. You can verify this with vo-t, or you can int

Re: my whats app group is up and running

HI. how accessible is whats app? Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 8 Nov 2013, at 11:15 am, ramy moustafa wrote: > Hi all: > finally my whatsapp group for all apple blind users is running. and we are > welcome any nnew members. > this chat group is for immediate help if so

Re: Solving captures on a mac?

I’ve installed this extension, and I’m currently focused on an edit box into which the solution to a captcha is supposed to go. What do I do? According to Safari’s extensions preferences, there are no settings to configure, so do I just wait? Is there a keystroke I need to use? Any help would be

Re: web visum

I've noticed that as well. I've never tried the latest, but with the versions that were somewhat accessible, I couldn't even get the checkboxes I'd changed the settings changed for to stay the way I put them, so when I tried to install webvisum, I think I pretty much had no idea if I'd even got

my whats app group is up and running

Hi all: finally my whatsapp group for all apple blind users is running. and we are welcome any nnew members. this chat group is for immediate help if something happened with any users in any apple product. iphone ipad, mac os etc. if anyone is interested to share us: must speak english. must

RE: Some Questions About Fusion 6

Hi I am running win 7 with vm fusion 5 and have no trouble connecting to the internet and I am on mavericks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn furness Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:25

help with new pages?

Hi. am wondering if anyone has had a chance to play with the new pages. It does seem a lot more accessible and responsive on my system. I have some questions though. Can anyone explain to me how to create a heading? I can highlight something and stop interacting with the document and see th

Re: working with automater

Yep, cmd-up or down still moves actions. Thanks for the tip! On Nov 7, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Nic, > I think you can reorder the actions in your Automator workflow if you > interact with the workflow, move focus to an action that you want to move, > and then use Command-Up Arrow o

Deleting custom labels on buttons?

Hi all, Is there anyway I can erase custom labels I've made for buttons and different apps? There is now an iBooks update, and I want to clear the labels I put on the iBooks buttons to see if any are labeled by default. Thanks. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com

Re: Apple releases fix for OS X Mavericks Gmail bugs to customers

And it works much better. My badge is normal (finally), and I don’t know for sure, but it seems like the preview pane setting now sticks. In fact, messages seem to read more normally now, like they did in 10.8. What have others experienced on that front? I’m using standard view, not classic. On

Re: OCR action in Automator?

Thanks, I just wasn’t sure if the OCR action was new in OS10.9, or if Prizmo or some other app had added it. For the record, you can call scripts from workflows, giving you the best of both worlds, though I haven’t played with all of this enough to say for sure how that works. On Nov 7, 2013, at

Re: Pages for Mavericks: modifying date

Thank you Anne, this is very useful! Best Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 07/11/2013, a las 22:58, Anne Robertson escribió: > Hello everyone, > > We’ve worked out how to change the date format in Pages. Instructions below. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > Highlight the date and time. Brin

Re: working with automater

Hi Nic, I think you can reorder the actions in your Automator workflow if you interact with the workflow, move focus to an action that you want to move, and then use Command-Up Arrow or Command-Down Arrow to reorder that action in the workflow. That's what worked for several versions of Mac OS

Pages for Mavericks: modifying date

Hello everyone, We’ve worked out how to change the date format in Pages. Instructions below. Cheers, Anne Highlight the date and time. Bring the mouse and do VO-Shift-Space. You’ll hear the current date followed by “Pop up button”. Click this button to get a menu giving various forms of the d

OCR action in Automator?

Hello Alex, Automator, like AppleScript, requires the developer to build in support for actions or scripts. So Automator actions for functions that are not built into the operating system, like OCR functions, are installed when you loaded the application (e.g., Prizmo). Not all developers acti

Apple releases fix for OS X Mavericks Gmail bugs to customers

Apple has released a Mail Update for Mavericks that is designed to resolve many of the bugs that users of the OSX Mavericks Mail application have experienced since launch. Mail Update for Mavericks includes improvements to general stability and compatibility with Gmail, including the followi

Re: Some Questions About Fusion 6

Hi Kate. Yes, Windows XP says that it’s sharing the same internet connection. As for the ram thing, of course it would run fast for you because you have 16 gigs. Like I said, this standard MacBook can only have 4 gigs in it so is it worth upgrading to 6? I did read something a few weeks ago that

Re: Some Questions About Fusion 6

Hi sean, I have fusion 6 here and it runs fast for me. I do have a ton of ram, though-I maxed out my i mac at 16 g of ram. As far as your xp not connecting to the internet in fusion 5, have you made sure that your vm is sharing your internet connection? Cait On Nov 7, 2013, at 3:07 PM, BBS w

Some Questions About Fusion 6

Hi all. I’m having a bit of a problem here. When I use Windows XP in Fusion 5, it won’t connect to the internet. Therefore, that tells me that I might be forced into upgrading to Fusion 6. I do have some concerns about that though. I heard something from a friend of mine that he tried using Fusi

Looking for an accessible TapeMeasure for iPhone five iOS 7.0.3

I need to measure doorways and things, as my Amy will be coming home with wheelchair and walker soon, and we need to make sure there is clearance. I downloaded an app called, aptly TapeMeasure. However, all I see on the screen are places where I can shake to change from inches to centimeters. I

Re: help with vmware

hi all, anyone who can tell me if using fusion 5 under mavericks is a go, or not? thanks sandi On 8/16/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > what i like about fusion is actually that i can have the mac do its > thing in windows, totally secured from the rest of the computers > files. > Sure we can sca

Re: my iMac won't stay connected to internet

> > Actually, that was the old name... In Mavericks, it is now called "System > Information" and it can be found in your Utilities folder or by clicking > the "More Info" button in "About This Mac..." HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. > > On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:32:27 AM UTC-10, agent086b wrote: > he

Re: Working with Spreadsheets

Sorry, VO jumped again and I pressed the spacebar which activated the Send button. *** Things have changed a bit with Google’s new look so I’m not totally positive on how it will behave in Snow Leopard with Safari 5.*. I’ll give some basic ideas though: • Go to the Drive link or press the O

Re: Working with Spreadsheets

Hi, Things have changed a bit with Google’s new look so I’m not totally positive on how it will behave in Snow Leopard with Safari 5.*. I’ll give some basic ideas though: • Go to the Drive link or press the Open My Google Drive link. This will take you to the main Google Drive page which list

Re: Working with Spreadsheets

Hey Tim, Thanks for the lead. I just setup my google drive. I'm now trying to figure out how to move the google doc which I have opened in Safari to the Google drive. How do I move the google doc into my drive? You're also right about the file menu within the Google doc in safari. I've explor

Re: Working with Spreadsheets

Hi, Sorry, VO focus in Mavericks Mail is jumpy lately and it’s jumping to the Send button often while typing. So, as soon as I hit the spacebar, things get sent. In any case, I’ll try to finish this message again. The Google Spreadsheets have some oddities when using Safari. I usually move

Re: Working with Spreadsheets

Hi, The Google Spreadsheets have some oddities when using Safari. I sully move the shared spreadsheet into my Google Drive, then open it from the Finder. When you do this, keyboard focus will usually be brought to cell A1 Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 7, 2013, at 7:26 AM, Ibrahe

Re: web visum

It’s Control+F6, but, I tried that and it does not work. IN fact, honestly, I had such a time with it that I just pretty much gave up. I figured that if I could sedt hot keys of my own for it, I might could squeeze by, but, no go. Firefox is still not ready for prime time, in fact, the latest

Re: selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

Right, however, as I found out, curser tracking MUST be off for this to work. In Mountain Lion, this was not necessary, but, under the new way, it is. Also, if curser tracking is on, you don’t get told if items are selected or not, at least, I don’t. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with

web visum

Hi: What is the command to solve the captcha using web visum on the Mac? -- 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...@googlegroup

Re: Voice Ava

The usual way: go to the voiceover utility, select the speech item in the categories table, go to voices, then the default voice pop-up button. Press space on that to open it, then go all the way to the bottom, to customize. Activate that, and a new screen will appear, with a table of voices to

Re: selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

Hi! OK unless I'm missing something in the new way after pressing VO+Command+Enter to select a item you should use VO+Enter on each item! HTH Colin On 7 Nov 2013, at 13:50, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > So, in short, to select noncontiguously, you would still interact with the > list view table then t

Working with Spreadsheets

Hi all, Does anyone have any advice to how I can work with spreadsheets on a mac? I am working with a group which has a spreadsheet shared through googledocs and I'm using voiceover with safari to view the doc. I'm unsure though how to edit the cells within the spreadsheet as it displays in saf

Re: Voice Ava

So, where do you get this voice from? thanks, Cait On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Angelo wrote: > she does good, the only thing she miss pronounces some words oddly enough > like VIPs she says vips, of course we can always ad a custom dic for those > words… > Angelo > a.rock...@gmail.com > >

Re: selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

So, in short, to select noncontiguously, you would still interact with the list view table then to move down file by file, you use VO+up or down? When I do it that way, Pressing VO+F6 always tells me “one item selected”. Am I doing something wrong here? I ask because under SN, L and ML, I I’

Re: selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

Thank you... Sorry for steping up like this but it was precisely yesterday that I was trying the VO Command space keystroke and didn't work. 2013/11/7, Henry D. Hollithron : > Good Day: > > The VO-command-space keystroke has simply been changed to > VO-command-return. Other than that, the p