What Does the Voiceover cursor Look Like as Shown in the Visuals?

2014-03-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hik, all, I sometimes have trouble with cursor tracking when my sighted husband is looking at the screen and using the trackpad. I have the mouse pointer following the VO cursor. I didn't have the visual VO cursor enabled, and he couldn't find the mouse pointer at times, even when I routed it.

Re: Notifications Arriving in Big Bunches Every few Days

2014-03-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
That could very well be. I limited its CPU usage, but don't remember off-hand what percentage. 25% seems to stick in my head. Teresa “Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”—Richard P. Feynman On Mar 9, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Wonder if SETI, as a high CPU

Calendar Problems Worsen With Latest Security update For Moutain Lion?

2014-03-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I am not sure if if I need to report this to accessibility at Apple. I use to be able to input my appointments in the native calendar app in Mountain Lion. I am able to select the date and open the inspector to begin the process of adding an appointment. Here is where I begin to h

Wire Headset With Mic On Mac Air Or Other Solutions For Dragon?

2014-03-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello There, This is a separate thread, but a follow up to the Dragon question vs. the native dictation features on the mac I have a wired headset with a microphone, which was bundled with Dragon Naturally Speaking for my PC. Since the Mac Air has a single headphone jack that is duel in nature

Re: internet keeps disconnecting

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
The two shouldn't have any impact on each other as they are different radio frequencies and different chip sets inside the computer running them. I have a Mac Mini on wifi with a bluetooth keyboard and it works fine. I did have trouble getting dropped from my WiFi one time when I 'upgraded' to

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-09 Thread Alex Hall
Yes I did. A question to Dragon users: can you navigate? In Windows, for instance, you can say "press button" or "move up four" or "press tab". Can Dragon on the mac do this kind of thing, or is it restricted to dictation only? On Mar 9, 2014, at 10:18 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Did you all

Re: joining mp3 files

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
If you don't mind hacking around with unix, the Sox package will do this just fine. CB On 3/9/14 11:30 AM, Shannon Dyer wrote: Hello. I'm looking for something that can join several small mp3 files into one large file. Does anyone know of such a program that is accessible with VO? Any help

Re: deleting multiple files in one go

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
Select all and then command-delete, or are you saying the AVIs are mixed in with their MP3 versions? CB On 3/9/14 10:34 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: Hi guys, I have a large directory of AVI files that I converted into mp3, but for some reason the AVI files are still there. How can I delete them

Re: Notifications Arriving in Big Bunches Every few Days

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
Wonder if SETI, as a high CPU app, is interfering with notifications? CB On 3/9/14 2:14 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Right, if you hadn't turned on your computer in a few days, it would be logical for notifications to pile up. in my case, though, I leave mine on at all times for cloud computing s

Re: Audio Recorder  Version 3.2 (322) need basic audio recorder recommendations

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm still on OSX 10.8. Does Audio Recorder die on Mavericks? That would be too bad as I like its simple UI and that it usually just works. I guess there's always making audio recordings with Quicktime. CB On 3/9/14 2:30 PM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: Hi List, Is there a basic audio recorder like "A

Re: Number of messages in a conversation

2014-03-09 Thread Andrew Head
Great, Would you please be so kind to outline the steps used to accomplish this? How did you locate the columns on the track pad and how did you realise you could move them, and what was the gesture used? On 7 Mar 2014, at 9:49 pm, Jim Gatteys wrote: > I physically moved them from my track pa

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
Did you allow access to the accessibility features of your computer? In security settings, select privacy, then Accessibility, and check Dragon Dictate. This fixed it for me. On Mar 9, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Thanks. I'm not even talking about training, though - I cannot dictate >

EBay bidding

2014-03-09 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! Does anybody bid on EBay? I noticed the other night that there is an area which is updated. The time area where it shows how much time is left on the bid. It is so active it makes it difficult to use voiceover on the site. It doesn't always do it, just a few hours before the bidding

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-09 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks. I'm not even talking about training, though - I cannot dictate anything. I cannot see how to start or pause dictation, access settings, or anything else. My understanding was that the trial is a time-limited version of the full program, so in theory I should have full access to all featu

Bootcamp and upgrading OSX

2014-03-09 Thread Janine Smith
I am considering putting bootcamp on my mac running 10.9.2. I would be installing windows 8.1. I was wondering what happens to the bootcamp partition when Apple puts out a new operating system for the mac. I have read reports that bootcamp doesn't work properly after an upgrade. After the upgrad

Re: Booting Mac in Safe MOde

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yes, if you are referring to the special partition you go in to using cmd+r after powering on, yes, Voice Over WILL work. Press the power button and then emidiately press cmd+r and wait for about one minute then press cmd+F5. Voice Over will sstart and you can do what you need to do. Now, if

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-09 Thread Maurice Mines
That afternoon, now then reading this message again you installed a trial of Dragon. Unfortunately the trial and the full version do not behave the same. For instance I don't know if in the trial if you can make many adjustments. Two in the flow version however once the product i

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread Phil Halton
Hello Cathrine, I encountered the same problem of getting stuck in the combo box. I found a way to do the remapping of any key in the "to" combo box to the grave accent key. Here's what needs to be done. 1) VO to the first shift check box and park the mouse on it by pressing VO+command+ F5.

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
As I said, I did it, so clearly it is possible. Without launching the thing and making a new set I don't have the step by step instructions, but you don't bother with any of the edits, you simply arrow down the lists till you get to the key you want, and things like insert are in the special cat

Re: Booting Mac in Safe MOde

2014-03-09 Thread Jessica
no, it won't. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 9, 2014, at 7:17 PM, Deb Lewis wrote: > > Hi: > I've been researching my previously reported issue with sites not working > correctly in sAfari. It's a known issue predating Mavricks. I need to boot > into safe mode and then just reboot normally. Bef

Booting Mac in Safe MOde

2014-03-09 Thread Deb Lewis
Hi: I've been researching my previously reported issue with sites not working correctly in sAfari. It's a known issue predating Mavricks. I need to boot into safe mode and then just reboot normally. Before I do, I have to change a couple of things in safari. NO problem. Will vO work in safe mode

Re: protools with voiceover?

2014-03-09 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Brooke, Pro tools 11.1 with Mavericks works quite well. If you have the budget go for it! :) Chuck CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 GUFFAWING :) In GOD I Trust On Mar 9, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Brooke Jostad wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying t

Re: Unable to rEgister Accounts after upgrading Mavricks

2014-03-09 Thread Deb Lewis
I don't think that's the case here because the page does refresh. I've seen places where the VO problem with clicking a button link does occur but that looks very different from this one. On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Only one thing comes to mind, and I doubt this possibili

Re: Unable to rEgister Accounts after upgrading Mavricks

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Only one thing comes to mind, and I doubt this possibility. Ever since Lion came out, sometimes, Voice Over fails to react properly to VO+space. What sites are you having issues with? Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constant

Unable to rEgister Accounts after upgrading Mavricks

2014-03-09 Thread Deb Lewis
Hi: I did the Mavericks upgrade for security a couple weeks ago. Since that time I've tried to register information on two new accounts with companies and no success either time. In both cases the companies say their sites are working properly. I've made no changes in my safari settings. I don'

Re: Another Amadeus question

2014-03-09 Thread Apple boy
Right ok, cheers, will look into this. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 09/03/2014 20:42, Ray Foret Jr wrote: The trick is to go in to the preferences menu and select pitch and speed, you will find an individual slider for pitch and another for speed. You

protools with voiceover?

2014-03-09 Thread Brooke Jostad
Hi all, I am trying to figure out to what extent protools is accessible with voiceover. Any thoughts and experience would be grately appreciated. Brooke -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r

Re: Another Amadeus question

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The trick is to go in to the preferences menu and select pitch and speed, you will find an individual slider for pitch and another for speed. You will notice that 50% is the normal setting while 100% is double and 0% is half. Next to each slider, there is a text box with which you can much mo

Fwd: Instructions for remapping keys using VMware Fusion 4/5

2014-03-09 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. I have been reading some of the threads re VM Fusion and I sent a set of instructions to a friend some time ago but did not send it to the Macvisionary list. So for all of those who seem to have problems with Fusion, I'm sending this to the list. Please note, this will work regardless

Another Amadeus question

2014-03-09 Thread Apple boy
How does one change the pitch as well as the speed? I looked at change pitch or speed but can't have both it looks like. Using Amadeus Pro. -- Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisio

Re: Capitalone 360 app

2014-03-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I wrote them, but received the basic reply. On Mar 9, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Yolanda wrote: > Nope is not accessible in windows or osx. > > On 3/9/2014 11:31 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >> Wow! That is ridiculous! Thank you for the help. I cannot transfer via there >> web site b/c it isn't accessib

Re: Capitalone 360 app

2014-03-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I tried it with windows with no luck. It's horrible now. On Mar 9, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Brent Harding wrote: > Last I used it, it worked OK in Windows. The thing with that transfers and > deposits link is that if you aren't looking for the options underneath it > after you click the link, one migh

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi again, Ok so I tried to remap keys in Fusion and can't get it to work. I get to a list of current mappings and press add. I'm then in a dialog where it seems I'm supposed to choose the key I want to press and then what I want it to map to. There are some checkboxes with all the modifier keys

Re: removing carriage returns in textedit

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When you want to insert special characters, often you can use the option key. So, try option return to enter the carriage return. Or, you can use option tab to enter a . HTH. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is the best w

Re: Audio Recorder  Version 3.2 (322) need basic audio recorder recommendations

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You might like Linein for that purpose. Linin is a free app that lets you actually listen to your inputs. To get it, go here: http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/ It's free and I don't know how any serious audio user on a Mac can do without it. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full acce

Re: mail columns all messed up now

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Preview pain is closed. 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 Mar 9, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Ilene if you turn the preview pane off then tha

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread Catherine Turner
Ok, will go the easy route first and try remapping from Fusion. Have you any idea why the caps lock works with NVDA? Seems odd as I wouldn't have thought what programs are running inside the VM would make a difference to whether osx passes through a key or not... Catherine On 3/9/14, Apple boy

Re: Capitalone 360 app

2014-03-09 Thread Brent Harding
Last I used it, it worked OK in Windows. The thing with that transfers and deposits link is that if you aren't looking for the options underneath it after you click the link, one might think it never activated. It remains yet to be seen how else Capitalone starts to change what we knew as INGDir

Re: bad files in mobile documents iCloud?

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When you are messing with permissions, it is good to have a copy of the original somewhere. That's why I wouldn't change the permissions or reset the permissions on the original. Later. Period. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 9, 2014, at 6:10 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Just thought of a qu

Re: Capitalone 360 app

2014-03-09 Thread Yolanda
Nope is not accessible in windows or osx. On 3/9/2014 11:31 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Wow! That is ridiculous! Thank you for the help. I cannot transfer via there web site b/c it isn't accessible. On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Yolanda wrote: Ok, this is how I have found to make it work. Wh

Re: removing carriage returns in textedit

2014-03-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it, but I simply selected the carriage return in a document and copied it. Then I could paste it into the search field. Hth, Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Mar 9, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > Hello, > This has probably been covered bef

removing carriage returns in textedit

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, This has probably been covered before, but I'm trying to remove the carriage returns from a text file in textedit. I would the search and replace function, but but how do I input the CR character? Thanks. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

youtube volume

2014-03-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I'm running the latest safari version using ML. In Safari, and in Firefox, the Youtube video volume keeps getting moved to 0. It works fine in Google Crome. I have to have a sighted person adjust it. Can we adjust it using VO? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Audio Recorder  Version 3.2 (322) need basic audio recorder recommendations

2014-03-09 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi List, Is there a basic audio recorder like "Audio Recorder Version 3.2 (322)" for mavericks available? I just need something to test out my startech usb sound device for in puts and outputs. Basically i want to test continuity for various audio ;ins and outs using that usb startech device. :

Re: Writing Reviews on Amazon

2014-03-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
Thanks, I didn't even notice this option. Found it. :) Brandon >> Visit my music blog at www.brandonolivares.com On Mar 9, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > You just have to select the link for the classic review page or to leave a > video review. That page will give you the radio butto

Re: Notifications Arriving in Big Bunches Every few Days

2014-03-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Right, if you hadn't turned on your computer in a few days, it would be logical for notifications to pile up. in my case, though, I leave mine on at all times for cloud computing stuff with sETI and other apps, and it still does it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Mar

Amadeus question

2014-03-09 Thread Jenine Stanley
I'm finishing up a project in amadeus Pro in which I have 3 separate files/documents and I want to turn them into 1 document by adding them together. I thought I could just go to the end of each file and append the next document but this is proving more difficult than I thought. Maybe I should d

Re: Writing Reviews on Amazon

2014-03-09 Thread Buddy Brannan
You just have to select the link for the classic review page or to leave a video review. That page will give you the radio buttons with the star ratings. On Mar 9, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Hello, > > I wanted to write a review on Amazon, but I noticed that it is inaccessible.

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
There's a list of keys, so you pick it from the list On 9 Mar 2014, at 18:02, Phil Halton wrote: > Thanks David, I understand all that, but how exactly do you do the remapping > do you have to press and insert key at some point? In other words, how do you > specify the insert key to fusion so

Writing Reviews on Amazon

2014-03-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, I wanted to write a review on Amazon, but I noticed that it is inaccessible. It says to click the stars to rate the product, but the only text Voiceover reads is "Clear." Does anyone know how to get around this? Brandon Visit my music blog at www.brandonolivares.com -- You received th

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks David, I understand all that, but how exactly do you do the remapping do you have to press and insert key at some point? In other words, how do you specify the insert key to fusion so it knows to remap to that if there is no insert key to press on the keyboard. Do you understand my questi

Re: mail columns all messed up now

2014-03-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Ilene if you turn the preview pane off then that first column will tell you unread or replied or the status in classic view of mail. You have to close the preview pane to get this status read to you as I believe with the preview pane open every time you go to a message it is considered as read s

Re: Still Some Pretty Severe Bugs in Mavericks

2014-03-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Ricardo, Thanks. Fortunately the sound outage hasn't happened in a few days after a few restarts. I guess until I can do the clean install I just have to restart the computer every time it starts to get sluggish. Fortunately it has been a few days with no issues except for my Logitech k760

Re: Fantasy Baseball on the iPhone?

2014-03-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Mike, I am a big fantasy baseball guy. Love it as I find it's the best way to still connect to the game that I love. I am happy to report that I have had a dialogue going with Yahoo's fantasy app developers and they are hard at work improving VoiceOver compatibility with the app. I have bee

Re: Notifications Arriving in Big Bunches Every few Days

2014-03-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Teresa, I do have this happen if I haven’t turned on my Mac Air in a few days as soon as I turn it on I get days old notifications being read to me. Yes, kind of strange. On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:27 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I thought notifications were supposed to go to all the devices you h

Re: Capitalone 360 app

2014-03-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Wow! That is ridiculous! Thank you for the help. I cannot transfer via there web site b/c it isn't accessible. On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Yolanda wrote: > Ok, this is how I have found to make it work. When you have the screen up > with the from and to buttons, do the to button first. The iss

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread Apple boy
This is just so awesome! I honestly thought you absolutely needed Sharp Keys in order to use Windows on mac properly with screen readers. Now I see Fusion alone can do this, I will take the easy way out and use the remap settings in Fusion. Although I'm coming in late to this thread, I'd like t

joining mp3 files

2014-03-09 Thread Shannon Dyer
Hello. I'm looking for something that can join several small mp3 files into one large file. Does anyone know of such a program that is accessible with VO? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shannon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-09 Thread Alex Hall
I'd love to know what you did then. I installed a trial of Dragon a few weeks ago, opened it up, and Voiceover hardly even saw that a window was there. I could configure nothing, there were no instructions, nothing. Yes, I enabled it in my security settings. As to screen navigation, I know some

deleting multiple files in one go

2014-03-09 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi guys, I have a large directory of AVI files that I converted into mp3, but for some reason the AVI files are still there. How can I delete them all at once? thanks. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 -- You received this

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
Hi, You are mapping a windows key to a Mac key, so the insert key comes from Windows, and you map it to a key on your Mac keyboard. You go into fusion settings with command-e, find the keyboard tab, and add the two mappings. The effect is that when in Fusion, your Mac key of choice is turned in

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread Phil Halton
You're exactly right, OSX doesn't pass the caps lock key to the windows VM. The workaround is to remap another key on the keyboard to act as a caps lock or insert key. Many people remap the grave accent key (above the left tab key and below the escape key) to caps lock. This can be done several

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread Phil Halton
david, can you be specific? For example, there is no insert key on a MacBookAir, or any of the portable keyboards, so how do you map an "insert" key that doesn't exist? If you read my message carefully, you'll see that the procedure I am using, or thinking about using. Is this how its done? Spec

how to take out an app from a lounchpad folder

2014-03-09 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello all! I was working with a student and we created some folder in launchpad b accident. can somebody help us please to take out the apps from that folders with VoiceOver, or how can we return to the default order of launchpad? Thanks for your ideas. Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 -

Re: bad files in mobile documents iCloud?

2014-03-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Just thought of a question. Why would I want first to move that documents folder to the desk top? 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 Mar 8, 2014, at 10:05 P