RE: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
And Ray, I must say it does seem more possible for sighted people to look down on us blind people than it is for us blind people to look down on each other, I tried looking down on myself but couldn't see anything. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvis

RE: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hell, that's crazy, I'm blind and don't have all the answers, But I'm not going to sit on my ass and watch the world go by without trying to take part in it. Go hard or go home. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: Windows vs Mac (was: new skype interface)

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yes Alex and Donna, I fully agree, I have to work with windows server based environments including powershell So using windows is the only way to do this with out getting major issues. PS doesn’t seem to work through terminal connections From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionari

RE: upgrade/activation of iPhone X one of the worst I've ever had

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
Your a lot more trusting than I am. Good one donna, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2017 12:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: upgrade/activation o

RE: new skype interface

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
I use it at home and work and I'm currently trying to find away to RDP from my phone to my servers and get audio through the connection, Not something that's yet been made work by anyone. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O

RE: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Simon Fogarty
I have sighted work colleagues coming to me to ask how to do things on both phones tablets and computers and that includes our Mac support speciallists But then I also have clients that question how I work if I can’t see a screen or a keyboard. I’ve started telling people that I use osmosus F

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Here here, Ray. +1000 to that. > 5 dec. 2017 kl. 19:57 skrev Raymond Foret Jr : > > Just being truthful blast it. I am getting sick and tired of whiny blind > people complaining we can’t do this or that when, if they would just bother > to properly inform themselves, they would see otherwise.

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread E.T.
Ray I do not disagree with you BUT. If its too hot in the kitchen for you, get out. We ARE here to assist one another, not to cut them down. We may all have things in common, bit we are all different. So when one of those whiny blind folk bother to ask for help, they came to the right place.

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Just being truthful blast it. I am getting sick and tired of whiny blind people complaining we can’t do this or that when, if they would just bother to properly inform themselves, they would see otherwise. Is it any wonder that the sighted look down on us so much? Sent from the only computer

Helping Student at University of Toronto with Research on Apps and Dining Out

2017-12-05 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi happy listers, A student at the University of Toronto is doing research on assistive tech apps and dining out. could you take a few minutes to fill out his SurveyMonkey survey by Friday, Dec 8? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q5W6PFD This should work in the Survey monkey app. Thanks, Kevi

iPhone X Review, Test Results - Consumer Reports

2017-12-05 Thread M. Taylor
CR's Final iPhone X Test Results: Top-Scoring Camera and Display But Also Some Flaws Apple shoppers face a tough choice between this phone and the iPhone 8 The iPhone X is an innovative device with a fantastic camera and beautiful display, but other phones are tougher and can operate longer on a ch

How to share your wi-fi password in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, iMore

2017-12-05 Thread M. Taylor
How to share your wi-fi password in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra By Mike Matthews5 Dec 2017 We recently had a bunch of kids come over to the house for my daughter's birthday party. And being teenagers, they didn't come alone. They brought two things: 1. Something in their pocket: An iPhone.

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread E.T.
Perhaps its some blind people who don't have all the answers and go to those who are there to offer tech support. Why blame them for being helpful? Why waste your time being so critical? It serves no purpose. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of

Re: Info about youtube downloader

2017-12-05 Thread dan d.
Youtube-dl can be gotten here: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ It is also available from macports. It can download audio or video from most web sources not just youtube. It can extract the audio only from videos. On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Devin Prater wrote: > Youtube-dl, from Home-brew, is acce

Re: A few questions about using braille displays to browse the web

2017-12-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, You can use the cursor routing keys on most displays to perform the default action for any object associated with that cell. So, if you have three dock icons or a row of three or four links, press one of the cursor routing keys associated with the link or icon you want and it should activ

Re: Windows vs Mac (was: new skype interface)

2017-12-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Nicely stated, Alex. I agree with all points, including Windows having some advantages in web browsing. Cheers, donna > On Dec 5, 2017, at 5:48 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Since we're all chiming in, here's my two cents. > > I use macOS and iOS at home, iOS more often since I can use it at work

Windows vs Mac (was: new skype interface)

2017-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
Since we're all chiming in, here's my two cents. I use macOS and iOS at home, iOS more often since I can use it at work, too. For work, I use Windows 10 with NVDA. Both have their strengths; Windows can be better at web browsing for some applications, macOS is more stable and simpler to navigat

Re: new skype interface

2017-12-05 Thread Donna Goodin
I have to use Windows 10 at work, and I absolutely hate it. Just my $.02. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 5, 2017, at 1:43 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > There is a bit of to much interacting with stuff on mac but i guess this is > the way things works. > Windows 10 is something i would like to tr

Re: upgrade/activation of iPhone X one of the worst I've ever had

2017-12-05 Thread Donna Goodin
If I'm in a place where I'm worried about that, I just lock the phone. The advantage is that if I'm just at home or someplace where I'm not worried, I don't have to lock. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 4, 2017, at 11:10 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > I'm not that trusting, > I close mine

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Simon is correct. I too set up my iPhone X with no sighted assistance what so ever. Could it be that some stupid individual or individuals out there are trying to make us blind people think that a blind person cannot set up an iPhone X? Dare I speculate that some blind people are trying to ma

Re: New IPhone X and Setup.

2017-12-05 Thread alia robinson
Mine was having issues, and hubby, sons etc were pulling it out of my hands to help. I finally said let me deal with this, googled it, and found my error was because the cable I was using wasn’t good enough, got the cable that shipped with the unit and all was well, totally blind from birth. My

Re: OMG! Texting is 25 years old - CNET

2017-12-05 Thread lenron brown
I must agree. I would rather text in most cases. I mean there are some people it's just wonderful to talk to but texting is always great. Especially when I want to just go back and look at a message. On 12/5/17, sandi sørensen wrote: > I am not surprised, why say it , if you can type it? > I reme