Re: transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

yyes i do it all the time. i use air drop, when you drop it on your mac, check on your download folder. > Il giorno 15 mar 2016, alle ore 04:40, Ray Foret jr > ha scritto: > > Suppose so but haven’t really tried it. Drop box seems to be the best way so > far as I know it may be the only way.

Re: transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

Suppose so but haven’t really tried it. Drop box seems to be the best way so far as I know it may be the only way. 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

It was really helpful that you posted that you had seen it. Otherwise I probably would never have known it was there, since all I ever heard after getting info was VO saying Info. So thanks for putting me on the right path. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:23 PM, E.T. wrote: > > I noti

Re: transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

Can you do it through iCloud? > On Mar 14, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > You gotta put it in to Drop Box firs. Then, you can take it from Drop box to > your Mac. > > HTH. > > > Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in > > Sincerely,

Re: tagging people on Facebook using VO on OS 10

thanks, that is what i was doing but it did not work last week. > On 15 Mar 2016, at 12:09 PM, Abdullah Ibrahim Olivares > wrote: > > In the status field, I just insert the @ character, plus part of the person’s > name. If it’s enough to be the first result, then I just press enter. If not > t

Re: transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

You gotta put it in to Drop Box firs. Then, you can take it from Drop box to your Mac. HTH. 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! >

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

George, Amazing, huh George, how the question morphed from iOS to OS X. And you learned something new today. Or did you? (smiles) From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 3/14/2016 4:11 PM, Basioli Geor

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

I noticed that too but ran out of time to further test so glad you got it. Just now went back in to see if that info window would hide again, and it did. Strange. But so much information there. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the

Re: tagging people on Facebook using VO on OS 10

In the status field, I just insert the @ character, plus part of the person’s name. If it’s enough to be the first result, then I just press enter. If not then I press down arrow to see the suggestions, and then press enter. > On Jum. II 5, 1437 AH, at 9:01 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > he

tagging people on Facebook using VO on OS 10

hey all, i'm wondering about the ways people on here tag people in facebook posts using VO and OS 10? there was a way i used but it seems not to work now, you had to go on the main site and turn quicknav off and do it that way but now it does not seem to be working. do any of these mac facebook

Re: converting mp4 videos to mp3 audio only

I’ve also discovered that VLC can convert files from video to audio. Chris > On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:27 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > i use media.io you upload the file then download it as an mp3. been very > happy with it, max > On Mar 13, 2016, at 9:03 PM, Chris Moore wr

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Hi Grant, Yes, the labels, or I should say the descriptions, do show up on my phone. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 6:54 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hey Donna, > > Are you able to read these labels on your iPhone? I too use the OS X Photos > app, but none of the labels carry over to my iPhone so

Re: VLC accessibility

Ok guys, I got it working. Once I copied the VLC.app file to the /Applications folder, everything seems to be working. I oroginally tried running the app from the /Volumes folder. The latest version is 2.2.2 from the videoland website. Chris > On Mar 14, 2016, at 5:12 PM, 'Adrian Leong' via Ma

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Haven't had a chance to look yet. I'll report back. :) Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 6:54 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hey Donna, > > Are you able to read these labels on your iPhone? I too use the OS X Photos > app, but none of the labels carry over to my iPhone so I'm only able to tell > which album

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Well, that's the beauty of the Mac/IOS system. It'd be nice to be able to do it right on the phone, but lacking that, at least there's a way to do it on the Mac. Oh, and one more thing. To bring up the Window Chooser, it's actually V-F2 twice. I left out that you needed to press it twice in

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Hey Donna, Are you able to read these labels on your iPhone? I too use the OS X Photos app, but none of the labels carry over to my iPhone so I'm only able to tell which album I'm browsing. It's becoming a significant issue for me. Cheers, Grant Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:57 P

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

well the thing was didn’tthis start on how to do this on a iPhone, and now it is how to do and doing on it a mac? > On Mar 14, 2016, at 16:00 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Thanks for this! So simple, yet so elusive! > > Caitlyn > >> On Mar 14, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Thanks for this! So simple, yet so elusive! Caitlyn > On Mar 14, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > Based on ET's description, it may be that all of you won't have this problem, > but I'm posting just in case. For me, when I tried to get info on the photo, > the info win

transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

Once you scan a book is it possible to transfer that file to your mac? If it is possible how do you do it? Marie Lyons -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel t

Re: figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Thank you Donna! Vaughn On 3/14/16, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > Based on ET's description, it may be that all of you won't have this > problem, but I'm posting just in case. For me, when I tried to get info on > the photo, the info window was hidden. So I had to select it with Window > Ch

figured out how to add a title to a photo or vid

Hi all, Based on ET's description, it may be that all of you won't have this problem, but I'm posting just in case. For me, when I tried to get info on the photo, the info window was hidden. So I had to select it with Window Chooser, CVO-F2. Once I did that, I saw the same thing he described

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Hi folks, I tried adding labels to my photos on the iPhone but, unlike the Mac, there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this. I'm talking labeling the actual photo, not the Voiceover label for it. Just my observation. Kindly, Vaughn On 3/14/16, Donna Goodin wrote: > I'm assuming you're in the P

Re: sheild for USB cable into MacBook Pro

USB is USB so you should be able to swap with a printer cable without issues. Of course there are different qualities of cables and some have more problems than others. You might also have a ground loop. Are both the mixer and the computer powered from the same circuit? Never heard of noise com

Re: VLC accessibility

cool what is the west version of vlc? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators dire

Re: VLC accessibility

Hi there! I use vlc every day for my radio programs. It works great on the mac and I recently updated to the latest version. Not sure why this is happening to you. You may want to uninstall the application completely and reinstall it again to see if it solves your problem. Nektarios. > On 1

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

I'm assuming you're in the Photos app when you're doing this? Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > When I press CMD-I, VO says Info, I see controls for stepping the frame > forward and backward, playing and pausing, and stuff like that, but nothing > that would i

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

When I press CMD-I, VO says Info, I see controls for stepping the frame forward and backward, playing and pausing, and stuff like that, but nothing that would indicate I can edit the title. Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 3:32 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Select the photo then do a Get Info on it. First o

Re: ibooks storage?

Wow, thanks, Ann! Caitlyn > On Mar 14, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Caitlyn, > Here’s where to find your iBooks: > ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/ > > > Unfortunately, the names are not meaningful and the file type is epub. > > Cheers,

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Select the photo then do a Get Info on it. First option I saw was "Add a title". From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 3/14/2016 1:24 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi ET, They are in Photos, but I don't s

Re: Using Raspberry Pi as media server for Apple TV?

You could also just share the volume over NFS or SMB and treat it as literal remote drive. I would like to know more about how the pie experiment goes so I hope you post your findings to the list. I’ve been thinking of ordering one of these to play with but haven’t yet. > On Mar 14, 2016, at

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Hi ET, They are in Photos, but I don't see any way to edit the title or add a description. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 3:18 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Donna, > I think about it, your photos would be in the Mac Photos app in the My > Photo Stream most likely. Some time ago, I was looking for

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Donna, I think about it, your photos would be in the Mac Photos app in the My Photo Stream most likely. Some time ago, I was looking for mine in iTunes and went to the Mac's app and found them there. Once you find the photo or photos you want to rename, it should work. From E.T.'s Keyboard

particularly inaccessible web pages?

I am giving a talk tomorrow about inaccessible web pages. Does anybody have any pages that are particularly difficult to access that I can show? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of thi

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Hi Mark, thanks. I don't have a PC on which to rename photos, so I'll be trying to do it in iTunes on my Mac. It will be interesting, I have never done much with photos in iTunes before. I'll report back to the list on how it goes. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:29 PM, M. Taylor wrote

Re: Using Raspberry Pi as media server for Apple TV?

I've never heard of this, one, but there's also one called tonido that was popular and which I plan to use for my own such server. I don't have an apple tv and I don't know wheter there is a tonido app for the apple tv, but even if there is, you may need to update to the latest apple tv to get

Re: ibooks storage?

Hello Caitlyn, Here’s where to find your iBooks: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/ Unfortunately, the names are not meaningful and the file type is epub. Cheers, Anne -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. I

RE: Mac Calendar & iCloud

Hello Marc, Were you able to get this problem resolved? Have you, in fact, stopped using the family sharing feature/calendar to see if that resolves the issue? You know, a couple of years ago, I experienced the same problem only it happened on my iPhone instead of my Mac. If memory serves

RE: Apple's response re renaming photos

Hello Donna, I only just began following this thread but my experience is that if I want VoiceOver to announce the name/description of any photo in my Photo Library, I must first copy the photo to my PC, then, name the photo or give it a description from within its properties area. I think I u

Re: VLC accessibility

Thanks guys, I’m running the latest version 2.2.2 on el capitan. The program keeps crashing before I can do much with it. I did get VO to talk. Perhaps there will be a fix soon! Chris > On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > > I use an older version that works well with OS X Lion.

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Hi Kate, ET explained why the labels don't sync. If you do the two-finger double tap, your just giving it a new VO label, not actually renaming the photo. Your approach would probably work, but I'm also going to play around with renaming them in iTunes. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:3

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

I guess the other way to do this would be to up/download the photo or video to your computer one by one, so you know what they are, and then rename them on the mac. Also, the custom labels using the double tap with two fingers don’t seem to synch over devices here. so if I label a pic or vid o

Re: VLC accessibility

I use an older version that works well with OS X Lion. Its fully accessible on my machine. what version and OS version are you running? -eric On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone used VLC on the mac? I just tried it, and voiceOver was silent. > > Chris > > -

Re: VLC accessibility

Yes, very accessible. Not sure why VO was silent for you. It works great here. Brian > On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > Has anyone used VLC on the mac? I just tried it, and voiceOver was silent. > > Chris > > -- > The following information is important for all me

VLC accessibility

Hello, Has anyone used VLC on the mac? I just tried it, and voiceOver was silent. Chris -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inapprop

Re: iGrill thermometers accessability

please post a review once you get it up and running. Chris > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Thanks, I just ordered one from their website. I've never heard of a T guys > before, but it looks like a great place. Thanks again > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Mar 14, 2016,

ibooks storage?

Hi, Does anybody know where ibooks puts the books on your mac? I need to find the actual folder where ibooks stores my books. Thanks, Caitlyn -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: iGrill thermometers accessability

Thanks, I just ordered one from their website. I've never heard of a T guys before, but it looks like a great place. Thanks again Sent from my IPhone > On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > The AT guys sell the iGrill thermometer so I know it is workable with > VoiceOver. JJ

Attn Wordpress.com users: Sudden seeming inaccessibility of support s

This is for anyone who is currently using wordpress.com . In the past, I have emailed supp...@wordpress.comc and despite sometimes having to wait for a few days, I always received direct assistance. Now, however, I receive an automated resp

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

Oh! Thanks! Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:15 AM, E.T. wrote: > > What you are doing with the double tap and hold to rename files, app names > etc., ONLY renames the Voiceover label. If you want to change the actual > label, you need to do it in iTunes. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancie

Re: Apple's response re renaming photos

What you are doing with the double tap and hold to rename files, app names etc., ONLY renames the Voiceover label. If you want to change the actual label, you need to do it in iTunes. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. Wha

Re: creating shortcuts

HI Tracy, The tutorial was indeed excellent but if you’re using El Capitan, the moving mailboxes doesn’t work any longer. See my post on what does seem to work. Giant thanks to Alex for putting together the tutorial though as there are tons of things in it that do still work. Jenine Stanley dr

Apple's response re renaming photos

Hi all, Well, sounds like at this point there isn't a good way to do this. I assume by custom labels Apple means the two-finger double tap, though if anyone knows differently please let us all know. Their response is below. Cheers, Donna Thank you for your email. At this time, Custom Labels

Moving mailboxes to Favorites bar

Thanks to list help I did try the method outlined in the article on AppleVis. Apparently that doesn’t work any longer but doing a simple drag and drop seems to work. Here are the steps if you’re like me and can never remember how to drag and drop. 1. Interact with the mailboxes tab and arrow d

Re: creating shortcuts

That tutorial was excellent! I was not aware of the shortcut to move a message to a favorite mailbox. That’ll come in handy. Thank you, Traci > On Mar 13, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > Oh wow, that’s exactly what I was looking to do. Thanks much and I’m now > going to listen t

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Ok, are you referring to intellitalk, that I think was a word processor program, that had extremely normal-sounding speech, but was slow as ever? I loved that as opposed to prowords, that worked with the echo, and so did one of my classmates, so it was kind of a battle over it, and the only dra

Re: mars edit

i've used it on blogger and if you play around with the menus you will notice references to type pad. hope that helps, max On Mar 14, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Carter Temm wrote: > Hi all, > I recently purchased the Marsedit app to work on my wordpress blogs. > Now, I am wondering if wordpress is there

mars edit

Hi all, I recently purchased the Marsedit app to work on my wordpress blogs. Now, I am wondering if wordpress is there only supported type of blog. Have any of you on this list used it for another blogging platform? thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visio

Re: shooting video with the iPhone camera?

Thanks, David. Starting with the camera first makes total sense. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 13, 2016, at 2:46 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > When I do video interviews, I first use the camera to line the person up in > the frame via their head. I place the phone 6 to 10 feet away in a tripod to >

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got Macintosh computers for the sales staff in 94-95 there was already the ability to give spoken commands and get responses. And in fact if you remember from the Steve Jobs movie even the first Macintosh ad MacSpeech which neve

Re: iGrill thermometers accessability

The AT guys sell the iGrill thermometer so I know it is workable with VoiceOver. JJ also provides excellent support for the things he sells. And if you buy from them you are supporting a blind entrepreneur. > On Mar 13, 2016, at 20:55, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Beyond grilling, I’m curious if an