Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
No they haven’t, at least it’s not in the list of voices in VoiceOver Utility. > On 11 Oct 2016, at 03:13, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Am I correct in my assumption that in Sierra we didn't get access with > Voiceover to the male and female American Siri voices? I know there was talk

Re: Equivalent of the three finger scrol

2016-10-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
Oo, I get this as well, but the screen also scrolls up or down. For the sake of Hannah an upcoming new mac user, mission control is really a visual thing as far as I understand, as it allows you to “peak” at windows that are currently open in any application. Do any VoiceOver users on here use m

Solved scroll issue

2016-10-10 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi there folks, Ok, a bit of getting mad enough had me looking at solutions for the sighted, and, yes, you guessed it. Issue solved. System Preferences > TrackPad and uncheck Mission Control. Issue over! Scrolling works like a champ. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my Macbook Pro C

Re: Equivalent of the three finger scrol

2016-10-10 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi again, My trackpad commander is on, but when I do a three finger scroll up, I get the mission control. Is there anything I can or should do about this? I often need to scroll to places in the middle of a blog post for example, in Mars Edit, or a long document in iText express. Warm regards

Spamfilters.

2016-10-10 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Is there any good free or payed spamfilters for mac mail? I have began to get a lot of sex spam and i really hate it. If i did know the ip adress they’re coming from i guess i could use the hosts file in /etc but i can not get the ip adress of a mail? Thanks. /A -- The following information

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
Yes. After doing the clean install and putting Infovox voices back, I selected the desired voices, Samantha is the only one who is a no show. Hmmm, I went back in and made Samantha the default and now she is in the rotor. Strange as I did not have to do this with the Infovox voices. Now

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread John Panarese
No, I thought so too, but they are not listed in the master table of voices. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STOR

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Am I correct in my assumption that in Sierra we didn't get access with Voiceover to the male and female American Siri voices? I know there was talk about them possibly including them like they did starting in iOS 9, but as far as I can tell, they didn't actually do it on the OSX side, as we thou

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread John Panarese
I just looked here and she is in my rotor, though all of the way towards the bottom mixed with other languages. Does she show up in VO Utility when you use the popup menu for default voice? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind

Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
I have several voices selected in VO Utility and all but one show up in the speech rotor. That one is Samantha. What's keeping her out of sight? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
I see the problem now. The version on the app store is a year old. No wonder. The app on the Amazon site was just updated last month. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/10/2016 2:08 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote: Hello, Interact with your boo

Re: Equivalent of the three finger scrol

2016-10-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Depends on a couple of factors, but either a 1 finger or three finger swipe should do this depending on if trackpad commander is on. One difference between Mac and IOS though is that you need to make sure you are interacting at the appropriate level before trying to scroll. There is also the VO

Please Join Me in Requesting that the iOS 7-Eleven Mobile App be Made VoiceOver Accessible

2016-10-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, The 7-Eleven Mobile app now offers quite a few discounts on purchases when one joins 7 Rewards, which is a free rewards program. I also like the app because, as is the case with more and more apps, it is compatible with Apple Wallet; this means that you can create a Wallet pass so

Re: an Uber question

2016-10-10 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, I haven't done an uber trip with multiple stops like you describe but I have done a trip with 1 or 2 stops. If you look at your uber receipt you will notice there is a breakdown of what portion of the trip was the base charge, distance, waiting etc. I have asked uber drivers to wait while I

Re: an Uber question

2016-10-10 Thread Phil Halton
As far as I know, there is no way to do that through the app. I was going to suggest that you work it out with the driver, but since they get paid on a trip basis i.e. the computed distance that you enter into the app, there's no way to do the payment part properly. They don't take cash. The onl

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
I missed that one but just now installed the app downloaded from Amazon. Its slightly better but the registration process was no easier. I think I will use the Send Feedback option on the help menu on a daily basis, Might work? Its interesting that the app from the app store does not wor

an Uber question

2016-10-10 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli Hi guys: I’ve only used Uber to go from point A, to point B. My question is can you use Uber to run several different errands at once without having to call for multiple trips? If so, how can you do this in the app, then find the Uber

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Handling Kindle Books On The Mac This guide is not designed to assist the braking of copyright law. Users must take responsibility for their own actions and conscience. It is not for the faint hearterd either. Difficulty = medium to hard. Download the following: Kindle for Mac (This is

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi there, The booklist in Kindle for mac is totally unusable as far as I know. If there is an accessible version, please let me know. I have the one from the Appstore. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my Macbook Pro Contact: Phone: Private: +27 (0)60 525 9181 For technical support w

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Interact with your book list and you should be able to VO through your books. VO + space on one. Then look at the status on the file menu. If you’ve opened your book VO will tell you that it is greyed. If not select it from the menu. If you look at the menu again you will see below the o

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
Gena, I'm sorry I decided to tackle this one. (smiles) After a struggle I got the registration done. But I cannot be sure I actually have my book on the Mac. The only part of the Kindle app that speaks is the toolbar and title bar. I think you stated where the Kindle content is in the l

Equivalent of the three finger scrol

2016-10-10 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi there folks, I had to scroll down a rather crapy website this morning, and at that moment wished I was using either the phone or iPad. Are there an equivalent to the 3 finger scroll found on the phone for the Mac? If so, assistance would be very much appreciated. Thanks so long. Warm regard

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
And what does this have to do with removing dock items? > On 10 Oct 2016, at 16:09, Scott Berry wrote: > > I also notice that when the iPhone gets to 0 percent it tends to fade out > even on the iPhone 5’s which is what I have. > > >> On Oct 9, 2016, at 7:32 AM, E.T. wrote: >> >> Easy, Sele

Re: Problems filling out a website using Safari on the Mac or on my phone

2016-10-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I'm wondering if this has something to do with Flash. If you have Flash installed, check in your System Prefs, in the Flash pane under the Storage tab. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 10, 2016, at 10:34, Mary Otten wrote: I am trying to fill out a website, and I hav

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

2016-10-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Use the reset option in voiceover utility? If that doesn't work, you could look at permissions of com.apple.VoiceOver4 directory under Preferences under ~/Library Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 10, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Brian Hansen wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > Well, no luck on this end.

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread David Griffith
I am not on my Mac at the moment but from memory you need to select a an option that says something like Show in Finder and rename it from there. David Griffith On 10/10/2016 10:01, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi Donna, Thanks for that, worked great, Any ideas on how to rename objects on the doc

Problems filling out a website using Safari on the Mac or on my phone

2016-10-10 Thread Mary Otten
I am trying to fill out a website, and I have tried it on the Mac and on my phone. The website is telling me that I don't have cookies enabled and I don't have a local storage enabled. In my Safari settings preferences, I have cookies enabled quote for websites I visit". That is the choice. The

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

2016-10-10 Thread Brian Hansen
Hi Anne, Well, no luck on this end. I even tried restoring the VO default settings, and reset the PRAM a second time. The settings definitely aren’t sticking, and I’m currently stuck in the high-verbosity setting even though the VO Utility shows it set to low. Anything else I can try, beside

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread Scott Berry
I also notice that when the iPhone gets to 0 percent it tends to fade out even on the iPhone 5’s which is what I have. > On Oct 9, 2016, at 7:32 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Easy, Select the app, vo shift m, select options then enter on remove from > dock. Don't forget that the context menu is almos

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread Donna Goodin
That I do not know, simon. Glad you were able to remove the items you needed to remove. Cheers, Donna > On Oct 10, 2016, at 4:01 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Thanks for that, worked great, > Any ideas on how to rename objects on the dock? > > The machine I’m setting up has bot

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
How about putting the microsoft folders on the doc instead of each application? Only other solution i can think is to rename the applications. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 10, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Chris and others, > > Thanks for the info, > It was much app

RE: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Chris and others, Thanks for the info, It was much appreciated and allowed me to remove everything from the dock and reset it up with the required items needed for this project. Cheers, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna, Thanks for that, worked great, Any ideas on how to rename objects on the dock? The machine I’m setting up has both office 2011 and office 2016 on it and we need to differentiate between the two versions. Cheers, Simon F From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries