I grew up in England and between the ages of 7 and 17, attended schools for the
blind where maths was taught, but the only science was biology, which didn’t
interest me at the time. I would have preferred to learn physics.
I finished my secondary education in a mainstream school and specialised i
Hello Chris,
Wow! I am so glad that the Mac version of the app is so awesome.
Okay, since the OS X version allows for audio entries, perhaps I'll pick it up,
also.
Thanks for the feedback.
Mark
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegr
Hello Chris,
It's funny that you asked about being able to attach audio to entries as I was
wondering the same thing, just last night, before posting about the app
(smile).
What I do, at this time, at least, is to use the dictation feature to help
streamline my entries.
If you discover a wa
The youtube app on your phone will let you subscribe.
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 12:48 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>
> I have the Youtube app on my phone so is this the one from Google? Also add
> display only does it if I’m using Jaws and that’s at work. At home because I
> use a Mac, I don’t get
Simon:
Thanks for your message.
Slack has created a #a11y organization, and they seem to be making things
better. I’ll post one of the messages I got from the team a few hours ago:
"Hi Michael,
Thanks for coming back to me. Yes, there is an existing team that the
accessibility community has creat
Donna,
I am seeing current studies which are demonstrating that younger girls actually
tend to have greater STEM aptitude compared with boys. Something changes for
most of them by the time they complete secondary school. This is the subject of
several current research studies.
David Chittenden
I used the information in an interview today, and one of the panelists said he
noticed the same thing. I shifted the interview to a brief speculation on why
this might be (I enjoy briefly redirecting interviews). The concensus of the
panel was that the number continues being used because it is g
It'll do that job well, and likely have power left over to handle some other
tasks too.
Good luck.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jul 11, 2016, at 21:20, Scott Granados wrote:
I was thinking of picking one up to run a protools setup as well as video
editing.
I like the id
Donna, it amazes me how similar our histories are. My childhood has a lot of
parallels to yours. My mother and father had me at about the same time frame.
My father had just come back from Vietnam serving as a marine and my mother
graduated college with an Art degree. I’m not sure if it was
I was thinking of picking one up to run a protools setup as well as video
editing.
I like the idea of a round case.:) Also that’s a ton of cores you can load up
in that thing.
Thanks I suspected they were very good, nice to hear from sone with first hand
experience.
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:
Hey Scott,
First let me say that on a very fundamental level I agree with your post. But
...
As a kid, I somehow sort of absorbed the fact that because I was blind, math
and the sciences weren't for me. And this despite the fact that my dad was a
computer guy, who spent lots of time and ener
Hey Scott,
First let me say that on a very fundamental level I agree with your post. But
...
As a kid, I somehow sort of absorbed the fact that because I was blind, math
and the sciences weren't for me. And this despite the fact that my dad was a
computer guy, who spent lots of time and ener
Scott,
MacPro it is. I have three at various locations within our School District, a
few older X-Serves and some good old Mac Minis all running as OS X Servers and
I liked the MacPro so much, I got one for home as well. It's a 2009 model, so
doesn't have the oomph that the newer cylindrical o
Hi Tim, by mac pro do you mean a Macbook pro or a real mac pro desktop. I’ve
been thinking about getting a mac pro desktop but (power work station might be
a better word for it) but I haven’t met anyone who’s used one. If you’re using
the later, any impressions?
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 5:32 P
Awesome, ben! That's great! Get it? Great, state, eight? OK, now I'm being a
ditz! LOL! ROFL!
BTW, for those with hearing losses, I have some myself, so I know where you're
probably going. Look at that word! I didn't say I'm be a... what you may
think! I said. I said ditz! d i t z! not!
Hi David, you know, I’ve heard that 70% number for ever, even pre 1995. I hope
you’re right though, I’d love to see that number drop meaningfully.
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 5:24 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
>
> Actually, those stats are from a study which is about 18 years old. Even
> worse, howe
So here’s my problem with the article.
I think it’s fantastic what this young lady is doing, I absolutely support her
efforts. I also am thrilled that apple hired someone from our community for
the design side. I’m also happy Google does the same now and there’s
discussion of teaching childre
Don't worry guys, no need to keep saying please send to me. With the utmost
respect, That's only gonna clutter the list with unnecessary messages. I
promise I will send publicly to all of you on the list if I come up with more
of these. You have my word, cross my heart, and you know me. I do
Chris, these are masterful! had I known these back in 2011, I may have
gotten through the beginner stages even that much faster. I add one more
though:
Vo+F8, find your state.
Ben
On 7/11/2016 18:59, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
If anyone can think of any more of these, then let me know
Yes, please send it to me also.
Thanks,
Sharon H.
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 8:05 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>That’s pretty cool, Chris. I’ve had clients that these type son things
> really help. Please send me your final list if you wouldn’t mind.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Di
First, the number in front of the CPU is basically meaningless. The gigahertz
number is just the frequency of the master clock. There used to be a time
where this had some meaning. Chips were similar and one with a faster clock
rate should in theory compute faster but that isn’t really the ca
Sure! As things progress, I'll send more of them to the list, if I think of
any. I ask any of you all on the list to do the same, if you think of any.
---
Christopher Gilland
JAWS Certified, 2016.
Training Instructor.
clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.
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That’s pretty cool, Chris. I’ve had clients that these type son things
really help. Please send me your final list if you wouldn’t mind.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERT
If anyone can think of any more of these, then let me know, and I'll add them
to the list. I however just sent the first handout to the students who will be
attending the first Voiceover training class tomorrow. Basically, it's a list
of a few mnumonics that throughout the corse, we'll be refe
Yes, not sure how much the CPU speed number really means these days. It
seems that with the airs being in the 1.5 ghz range, are they really faster
than something, say, like an old 2008 Mac Book that had around a 2.3 or 2.4
gig chip? I know we have more cores and hyperthreading now, but if we di
This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22Wow! This
is incredible! Thanks for sharing.
---
Christopher Gilland
JAWS Certified, 2016.
Training Instructor.
clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.
- Original Message -
From: Jonathan C. Cohn
To: Macvisi
In my last message, I mentioned using arrow keys to navigate the games list. I
am using a bluetooth keyboard. If you are using the Siri Remote, swiping left
and right, or up and down should have the same effect. Sorry for any confusion.
Les
--
The following information is important for all
Crash plan can be set up to do this and it’s free unless you want the online
backup feature. It is pretty accessible as far as I can remember. I am using
it but it is one of those things you only open if you need it. I have a couple
of complaints about it though. You can’t get at it from the
Hi,
I agree totally with your assessment here. Although, regarding the MacPro, I
installed a SSD into Bay 1 of mine, created a fusion drive between it and a 1
TB spinner in Bay 2 and knocked it up to 16 GB of RAM. It runs quite well with
El Capitan now.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, A
Actually, those stats are from a study which is about 18 years old. Even worse,
however, is the stats about unemployment of the blind. Those stats, often sited
in studies across the board, come from a study published in 1995 or 1997 (I
would need to look it up again for the exact date). The most
Nothing new here, Apple is just better at keeping consumers out of their
widgets now then back in the Mac Plus days. They figured out that most
people could pick up a long T15 Torx screwdriver without much trouble
but getting things unsoldered without burning the board is a different
thing. The
Interesting stats they mention about correlation between braille
literacy and employment. I just had an iOS developer reach out to me who
said WWDC had a heavy emphasis on accessibility this year. I've never
been so I can't compare. I hope that's true. Nothing but good can come
from more develo
Yes, they say a couple things about braille.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
> On 12 Jul 2016, at 06:29, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
>
> Well, this is interesting story. I don't believe they mention anything about
> braille. Bu
Thanks for posting the article!
Wow!! That's great there's a really passionate young blind engineer working at
Apple doing awesome work. I had no idea there were would be so many innovations
for accessibility this fall with enhancing VoiceOver features. That's great!
Thanks for sharing this.
Ka
Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for sharing this. :)
Looks like Jordyn is going to be a fantastic "DESIGN engineer"!
>
Talk soon
On Jul 11, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> Well, this is interesting story. I don't believe they mention anything about
> braille. But at least it shows there are
Well, this is interesting story. I don't believe they mention anything about
braille. But at least it shows there are people at Apple working on
accessibility.
http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/apple-innovation-blind-engineer/#RihiKu145Oqr
This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world
Tim and others, what about something like superdooper?
You could also do this with a network drive and a script in cron but that is
probably outside the scope of this list.
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Time Machine may still work. If you tell it to exclude
OK, thank you for the link. I'll go have a look.
---
Christopher Gilland
JAWS Certified, 2016.
Training Instructor.
clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.
- Original Message -
From: "Tim Kilburn"
To:
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: This Is a Great App for Jour
I haven't quite gotten that far yet. This is definitely something I'd also
like to know, if someone can help us both out.
---
Christopher Gilland
JAWS Certified, 2016.
Training Instructor.
clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.
- Original Message -
From: "Kimber Gardner"
To:
S
Tim,
Oh, you better believe! I put a review in there! I made it very very clear
that this app is incredible!
---
Christopher Gilland
JAWS Certified, 2016.
Training Instructor.
clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.
- Original Message -
From: "Tim Kilburn"
To:
Sent: Monday, J
You are probably right and since I use CCC, a task can be created to
do just what Traci wants.
From E.T.'s Keyboard...
Are We Alone in the Universe?
ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 7/11/2016 8:49 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
I believe that it may be difficult to create a workflow in Automator
Hi,
I believe that it may be difficult to create a workflow in Automator that would
accomplish this. Someone could correct me, but it's stock workflows are not
designed for this sort of solution.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jul 11, 2016, at 09:42, E.T. wrote:
I have
Hi,
Time Machine may still work. If you tell it to exclude the /Applications
folder, the system folder and the Library folder, it will bring up a warning
about whether you wish to exclude some System files or all of them. If you
choose all of them, then you can significantly reduce the backup
I have not used it but Automator cones ti mind. Its in your
Applications folder.
From E.T.'s Keyboard...
Are We Alone in the Universe?
ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 7/11/2016 8:35 AM, Traci Duncan wrote:
Yes, I plan on using a 32GB USB drive. It’s tiny, so if I want to have it with
me, I
Yes, I plan on using a 32GB USB drive. It’s tiny, so if I want to have it with
me, I have my most important folders from my Mac. I’m not clear if Time
Machine is my best solution for backing up/syncing half a dozen folders/files.
Thanks,
Traci
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 8:32 AM, Kimber Gardner
>
Hi,
Sounds like you're doing things right. Visit
https://marinersoftware.deskpro.com/kb/articles/introduction-to-journal-entry-transfer-syncing-macjournal-for-iphone
for their explanation about things.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jul 11, 2016, at 08:58, Kimber Gardner w
How about an external drive or cloud storage?
On 7/11/16, Traci Duncan wrote:
> Is there a good back up/sync solution if I only want to back up a handful of
> items? For example, I want to back up music, photos, a folder inside
> documents, and a couple protected DMG folders. The DMG folders in
Is there a good back up/sync solution if I only want to back up a handful of
items? For example, I want to back up music, photos, a folder inside
documents, and a couple protected DMG folders. The DMG folders inside
documents often change and update, they are works in progress.
>From my Googl
I just submitted a good review and a 5 star rating on the app store
for this app.
But I have a question. I can't seem to figure out how to sync across
devices. I have the app on my iPhone and iPad, both are on the same
wifi but I don't see either device available for syncing. What am I
missing?
T
Home sharing only works on devices connected to the same network, not the
internet. This is why ATV calls this “Computers” with a brief description
regarding home sharing.
> On 11 Jul 2016, at 08:53, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>
> I know the atv has home sharing but will that work between different
Hi Chris,
MacJournal has been accessible since way back in the mid 00's. Mariner
Software has a huge commitment to accessibility and this is not an accident at
all. There are also other apps under their umbrella that are very accessible
as well, although I haven't visited them for quite a bit
Simon,
No, Home Sharing doesn't work between different locations. But, if the video
media has been purchased through iTunes, then it is accessible to anyone using
that same Apple ID no matter where they are. Similarly, with Apple Music or
iTunes Match, where music media is stored in the Cloud
A TB SSD would probably be a bit thick althoughI suppose you can wire the chips
in any physical configuration you want. It’s not like the old IBM 990K where
you had to have non 90 degree turns in the wiring so the electrons wouldn’t
over heat at the turns and cause to much thermal noise.
Bigge
Thanks for the pointer, I will go ahead and do this. Love the Applevis
resources.
Thank you
> On Jul 10, 2016, at 7:32 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote:
>
> If you are interested in subscribing to the apple beta discussion group you
> can subscribe to the following address.
> apple-beta-discussio
I personally would rather some sort of RSA or DH scheme for encryption but
braille ain’t a bad idea.:) Especially for communicating in the clear. To
easy to translate though but if memory serves didn’t braille come from a
military code originally?
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Simon Fogarty
Mark? Bro? Wen you find a duzy, Man! You! really! find a duzy! I just took
a very hard chance. The app in the mac app store on the OSX side is 30
bucks, but oh! sweet! Lord! is it accessible, and worth every single penny
of it!
This, by far! and away has gotta be the best Journal app I thin
Mark,
I need to play with this app a bit, but you might have very well just hit on
a goldmine! I cannot tell you how long I have been looking for a journal
app to keep a private diary. I won't go into it, but I have a lot of things
in my life which really need to be worked through, some with
I know the atv has home sharing but will that work between different locations?
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
Sent: Monday, 11 July 2016 2:46 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: S
Hi ET,
Interesting thought on the BRL file for storing passwords,
I can honestly say that if you did that and I got hold of the file or a
printed list of passwords written in braille I'd still be reading it in 6
months.
It's not that I can't read braille but I just don’t' do it enough to re
I Have a 1tb fusion drive in my mac mini at work and that's along side 16 gig
ram,
It's quick when starting up and ok with file location or saving but I find it
gets clunky after a while with everything I'm installing and removing etc.
I haven't updated that machine to el capitan so it could
Hi Tim,
Interesting concept.
Might have to have a look at this on an old machine I have access to.
Cheers.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
Sent: Monday, 11 July 2016 3:41 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
Hey Scot,
I started this question / thread,
So I’ll call it as a mistake and apologies to mark & Cara as well as the list.
But just to note that if everyone on the list had installed the 10 public beta
on to their iPhones or iPads, and people had questions, the NDA of a public
beta would mean no
Yeahscott,
My perfect machine would be an 11inch mac book air with I7 quad core processor
and at least 32 gig ram with a 1tb ssd harddrive.
I like the size of the machine, the work time is great and the size is easy to
fit in a bag if I'm mobile.
But I can't run the things I really want to run
Hi Scott,
Just simply less stress with bootcamp than in a vm either virtual box or vm
fusion.
I do use virtual box for our machiens at work only because it’s a free vm
system, some of my colleagues use parallels as a preference but they are
sighted so don’t have the issues of voiceover with pa
Hi Michael,
Thanks for this, I will definitely be looking into this.
We’ve just started using slack at work for our messaging system as it’s not
hosted locally therefore if systems go down we can still communicate with our
teams nationwide.
I have only been able to get it to work somewhat acce
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