Test Drive an Orbits Reader Display Anyone? I Don't think so

Hello Everyone, Today, I went to the exhibit hall at the 2019 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference here in southern California. Among other goals, I was interested in test driving a few Braille displays for use with my iOS devices. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at the A.P.H. booth and dis

Apple's March 25 Event, WWDC Dates Announced, iPad and AirPods Rumors - MacRumors

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Re: Printing Text Message

Hi, Actually, going to your Mac is easier than that. Simply open up the Messages app, navigate to the message thread you wish to print, then either cmd-p, or up to the File menu and down to Print. You can choose to print it to paper on your printer or to pdf through the Print dialog. Yes, as

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Oops, forgot the link for the youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ&feature=youtu.be > On 15 Mar 2019, at 11:53 am, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Yes, I’ve heard people refer to space as a quiet place, , but there

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hi Petrus, It's not really sound per say, but signals that can be interpreted as sounds if they were to be in an environment that allowed for it. Just so you are aware, you can be on the beta list by applying below, if you haven't already: https://astreos.oseyeris.com

Re: Using Preview

Hi, You're welcome. Don't worry about it, you're not a dope. We all have brain farts at times, and we just need a nudge to get us back on track. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 14, 2019, at 16:36, Sandy Finley wrote: T

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Yes, I’ve heard people refer to space as a quiet place, , but there is a lot more to hear out there than most people think. I remember hearing a recording of Juno entering Jupiters magnetosphere. And I’ve even heard a audio interpretation of space Junk. I look forward to hearing about the deve

Save and edit PDFs on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the Books app - Apple Support

Save and edit PDFs on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the Books app With Apple Books, you can store and mark up PDFs and more. You can add PDFs to your Apple Books Library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, then access your files on any of your other devices using iCloud Drive. Learn

Whats App

Hello all, I installed Whats App on my iPhone this morning, so you can imagine I haven’t used it yet. But it looks pretty straight forward. If I like it I might grab the App for the Mac as well? But I had a look in the App Store on the Mac and there seems to be a few choices, some free and some

Re: accessible scanner software?

Thanks, I will try that one. May, Baby J and little Snowman www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca > On Mar 14, 2019, at 8:24 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Abbyy FineReader Pro does a fine job. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hi Louie, Thanks for the kind words, there's a lot more coming in this new version I'm crunching to push for the end of month. The radio signal you hear actually comes from a movie called Contact, with Jodie Foster. It's an interpretation of the book by Carl Sagan. it's an epic scene, when she

Re: accessible scanner software?

Abbyy FineReader Pro does a fine job. 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 3/14/2019 5:12 PM, May Anderson wrote: Good evening. Is there any scanner software that works great with the mac? I nee to s

accessible scanner software?

Good evening. Is there any scanner software that works great with the mac? I nee to switch to my mac for scanning documents so need to know what's out there to use, smiles. Thanks in advance. May, Baby J and little Snowman www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca -- The following informatio

Re: Printing Text Message

My best advice were the two screen shoot the text messages or go to your Mac and copy and paste the whole iMessage into Pages and then you can print that, I had to do it with a legal matter with a guy who is been attacking me. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2019, at 3:07 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVis

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Speaking of wood is that radio conversation we here in Astreos right now? Also is there a way of using it to listen to unclassifiable objects? It’s a pretty fun little app and I’m enjoying it! Thank you for making it! Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/m

Re: Using Preview

Tim, OK, I feel like a dope, but you are right. Why I never thought of interacting with it I am not sure, but it works. Duh! I know about the scanned documents. I knew that the ones I was struggling with were not scanned. Thanks for solving my problem. Sandy Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 1

Printing Text Message

In iOS 12 how does one print a text message? My printer supports AirPrint. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. I

Re: Some queries re what settings I should check having upgraded to a new IPhone?

Hi, Answers below: Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 14, 2019, at 15:20, 'Eleanor Roberts' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all I’m hoping someone can assist me with this. I’ve just upgraded to an IPhone 8. The shop transf

Some queries re what settings I should check having upgraded to a new IPhone?

Hi all I’m hoping someone can assist me with this. I’ve just upgraded to an IPhone 8. The shop transferred my sim card, and most things seem to have come across ok. However, I’m just after any advice as to what settings people think I should/it’s important to check on my new phone to make sure

Re: Passwords in Safari problem

oops. I gave the incorrect key combo. appologies. > On Mar 14, 2019, at 6:42 AM, Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > > To cause this to happen, shift+CMD+a. > > > Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: > > Sincerely, > > The constantly barefooted Ray > >> On Ma

Re: Passwords in Safari problem

try pressing control-shift-A when you get into the username field. when I do that it fills in both username and password if they've been stored. > On Mar 14, 2019, at 5:00 AM, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having a problem with Safari not filling in passwords

Re: Using Preview

Hi, I haven't upgraded my version of PDFPen Pro in a while, but I expect that it would work fine. I've worked with version 6 and 7 and both were very accessible, had built-in OCR, and worked well both building and filling in forms. The developer had an excellent attitude towards accessibility

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hi! Yes its fantastic what you do. Sadly i haven’t had time to test as much as i wanted. Now i have a new Iphone and can test it from now on. /A > 13 mars 2019 kl. 03:01 skrev Yuma Decaux : > > Hi everyone, > > I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to > support t

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

Hi, That's worth a try. Officially, according to Apple, those units only accept 8 GB of RAM, although EveryMac.com says that they'll take 16 GB. Since you still have the older RAM, it's an excellent troubleshooting step. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)

Re: Using Preview

Good opportunity to ask. How’s PDF Pin Pro for accessibility and would it help her? Also, how bout filling out PDF forms with it? Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: Sincerely, The constantly barefooted Ray > On Mar 14, 2019, at 10:47 AM, 'Tim Kilb

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

MBP 13 inch 2012. Intel Core i7 2.9GHz 64bit. 16gig ram from Crucial (as is the SSD). I may have someone come over and swap the original 8gigs back in and test. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true?

Re: Text Messages on iPhone

Found it. Somehow one of the email accounts got unchecked in the Messages app settings. Screenshot successful. 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 3/14/2019 6:16 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

Hi, 4 to 10% is nothing. I have things taking 95% and don't have the choppiness issue. Your CPU processes things simultaneously and sequentially sharing the load as tasks are required. You can have a fast processor, but fewer cores, a fast SSD, but slow bus speed between the SSD and the CPU.

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

No surprise. the top two processes are... com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd and Voiceover. The top one was taking anywhere from 4 to 10 percent of CPU. Is there a way to optimize this? As noted earlier, I notice this only when I actually execute a VO command. From E.T.'s Keyboard...

Re: Using Preview

I will try interacting with one and see if it helps. I thought I tried that, but perhaps I did not. Will let you know if I have more questions. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2019, at 11:47 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > What sort of problems are you having? Us

Re: Using Preview

Hi, What sort of problems are you having? Usually, you interact with the Document area, then if the document is multiple pages, it will announce the page number that has focus. Interact with that page then use VO-down arrow to read through the document. It should automatically change to the

Using Preview

I am on the Board of Directors of our Home Owners Association and, as a result, am suddenly inundated with pdf documents. I am having a difficult time reading themCan someone who uses Preview either give me an explanation or refer me to some documentation? Thank you. Sandy Finley Sent fro

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

Hi, Try going into the Activity Monitor and seeing what's at the top of the list. Note which process is using up CPU resources. I wouldn't suggest quitting the process yet, but take a look to see what might be messing with your system. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgroun

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

Simon, I may have spoken too soon. Seems you and I are the only ones. It happened a lot in the Finder, but mostly when I run an app. It almost always happens, at random, when I press a VO command. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in

Re: Text Messages on iPhone

There is a chance I did kill it while trying to take a screenshot and send it to printer. Sometimes things are just too easy huh. 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 3/14/2019 6:16 AM, 'Tim Kilburn'

Re: Passwords in Safari problem

Hi, I use arrow keys instead. When VO announces "Auto Fill menu", press the down arrow and VO will announce the name or the number of bullets for the password. Arrow again if you have multiple accounts for that site, otherwise, press return. In some cases the return will automatically fill t

Re: spell-checker weirdness in High Sierra?

Hi, Tim, It seems to happen pretty often here, and I have yet to find an instance when there was actually an error. It's very annoying, because it is difficult to know when Spellchecker is actually catching an error, and when it's just pinging me for no reason.. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 13, 201

Re: Text Messages on iPhone

Hi, I've never seen a text disappear either. When you were viewing it, was it from within the Messages app, or on the Locked screen, or as Lois mentioned, a notification alert that popped up while you were busy doing other things on the phone? Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift P

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Yep, totally understand that feeling :) The first time I knew space was something I wanted to experience is when I was in Houston Texas and saw one of the booster rockets. And my parents purchased a miniature of it. I still remember how much it had inspired me. Later in life, when I was a 3D pr

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

To continue on this, SpaceX has an API that allows to follow most of its takeoffs and missions, which I will be putting into Astreos, as well as getting the ISS webcam stream when it's available. I am really looking forward to get the new features out after I clean up everything on this major v

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Yes, the zero g must be something really out there. I had done some sky diving blind, and the feeling of dropping out of the plane is very liberating and strange, terrifying and elating at the same time. > On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:29 pm, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Wouldn’t that be great, > > A

Re: Passwords in Safari problem

To cause this to happen, shift+CMD+a. Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: Sincerely, The constantly barefooted Ray > On Mar 14, 2019, at 5:00 AM, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having a problem with Safari not filli

Re: Passwords in Safari problem

Hello, You do know you can view the stored information? CMD comma will present you with a variety of options one of which is passwords. It will ask for your admin password. It puts the focus in an edit field where you can type part of the site you are looking for. e.g. If the Username, or URL c

Passwords in Safari problem

Hi, I'm having a problem with Safari not filling in passwords for me and wondering if anyone can help. There's a website asking me to log in which I thought I'd told Safari to remember the password for. But it's not already filled in. So I typed what I thought was the password in and then Safar

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hi ET, No it’s not nasa, Space x and virgin are both working on different things to take passengers in to space. Not right out to the space station or moon type altitudes but to the edge of space. The crafts to be used will be passenger craft somewhat like a standard airplane but able to cli

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Yeah Yuma, Having had sight and as a kid a telescope that I use to try and find the stars and planets with I do like the idea of all of this I can remember once when we drove back in to my town before the city lights came in to view the night sky was clear as anything and moving across it was

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hell sign me up, I need ajob. The one I have is dying be nieth me. I’m probably not smart enough but I’m smart ass enough. More to the point I’ll try just about anything From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Yuma Decaux Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2019 11:00 PM To: guillaumelebo...@

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Hi Yuma, I’ve not yet tried your app but I’m really impressed and open to what your doing. When your request for testers came out to the NZ blind folks I made it known what great work you were doing. I think this would be a great thing for anyone be they blind or old or differently abled. Gr

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

I don’t know that Nasa really has a say in the matter now days, Even they don’t put up their own craft, It’s more now about private enterprise. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Raymond Foret Jr Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2019 10:49 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subjec

RE: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

Wouldn’t that be great, A person in space unable to see everything Which I believe is pretty much what happens with current astronuts! I believe it’s just a big form of nothing but it would be cool to experience that out there and zero gravity must be bloody amazing to feel / not feel on the bo

Re: Text Messages on iPhone

Did you check your notifications to see if it possibly was a notification and not a text. I have never known a text to disappear. Just a thought. Take care, Lois Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2019, at 9:31 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I got a text today I wanted to print o