Re: Orbit Reader 20 Plus

2020-05-16 Thread Ryan Mann
I got this Orbit 20 a few weeks ago. I've been using it with my iPhone and it has been working pretty well. I just got the original instead of the plus. I didn't feel like I needed the alarm and calculator. The calculator I can just ask SIRI the answers I need for math problems. The alarm

Re: Writible CDs and DVDs

2020-05-16 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Absolutely’, met wife and I use bluetooth and our phones in the car, but as I’m burning these CDs for a work colleague of mine and she doesn’t think she has bluetooth or USB in her car I figured CDs were the way to go. She might have Bluetooth but as she parks about a 1klm away from work so she

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Well done for giving Safari a go, I just can’t get my head around it but I will teach myself one day. I tend to use Safari on the iPhone as I find this much easier. Oh, and I haven’t got a windows computer so can’t use that for the net. I know one has to interact with safari when doing things an

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Shirley Healy
You are all so helpful! Thanks very much! I do appreciate all the experience of more advanced users! shirley - Original Message - From: Raymond Foret Jr To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 11:07 AM Subject: Re: commands for navigating the web Ca

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Shirley Healy
I certainly will explore the vo utility ann! Thanks! I think I'll enjoy exploring it! shirley - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 2:39 PM Subject: Re: commands for navigating

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Shirley Healy
Awesome! Will take a look at it then! I am a newby to the mac! but so far I love it! shirley - Original Message - From: Phil Halton To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 2:40 PM Subject: Re: commands for navigating the web Have you read any of the

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Shirley Healy
Lol Brad! I loved your end line! I will check out the vo help then! Thanks! shirley - Original Message - From: Brad Snyder To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:14 PM Subject: Re: commands for navigating the web Actually, the correct command for

Orbit Reader 20 Plus

2020-05-16 Thread richring
Has anyone on this list had any experience with this Braille display? Any thoughts or observations would be welcome! -- 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

Re: apologies WAAAAAY OT

2020-05-16 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey Tim, Thank you, this is super helpful. I’m wondering if I initially had trouble because I was trying to use the VO keys. The editing that I have to do is so minimal, that at least for now, I don’t think I’ll bother with ChromeVox, but I appreciate the tip. Thank you very much for this. Ch

Re: Disabling popup blocker on MaccBook

2020-05-16 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Michael, I’d like to verify that he actually set the site to be “Allowed”. So, following the same procedure of first going to the site that is causing the problem, then press cmd-comma to open up Safari Prefs, selecting the Web-Sites tab, then selecting Pop-Ups from the table, then going to

Re: apologies WAAAAAY OT

2020-05-16 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, On a Mac, when opening a Google Sheet, wait for it to totally load. Once loaded, do not use VO keys, and just use your up/down/right/left arrows to navigate withinin the sheet. After loading, your cursor is normally place in cell A1, and depending on your VO settings, the contents o

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Brad Snyder
Actually, the correct command for navigating by headings is VO + CMD + H.. Navigate by links using VO + CMD + L.. You can add the SHIFT key to navigate in reverse order. You can turn on Keyboard Help using VO + K, and then using VO + CMD press various letters and learn what they do while navigat

Re: Books on OS X not syncing all purchases

2020-05-16 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Did you check Books preferences? There are some sync related items in there. a glitch in my email client. Seems to affect this email group more than others. 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

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
Have you read any of the copious help information that comes built-in to voice over? You’ll find the answer to every question you can never have about voice over it right in there. You can access the voiceover help by pressing vo plus the letter H. I believe the user manual option at the top of

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Shirley, You open the web rotor by pressing VO-u. The rotor is like a series of drop-down menus, each listing all the items of a particular type such as links, headings, form controls etc. To find commands, press VO-h-h and you’ll have the full list of VoiceOver commands. If you want to fi

Re: Books on OS X not syncing all purchases

2020-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
I’m running the latest Catalina. By the way, for some reason I got three copies of your message. Two of them were directed into my folder for the Macvisionaries list, and a third went directly to my personal Gmail inbox. I don’t know what’s going on with that. Sent from my IPhone > On May 15,

Re: Disabling popup blocker on MaccBook

2020-05-16 Thread Michael Busboom
Dear Tim, First off, I would like to thank you for responding to my query of yesterday so quickly. You almost always answer questions promptly and succinctly. I immediately forwarded your suggestion to my close friend and got the following response this morning: > Dear Mike! > No, this sugge

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Can’t give you all of them but here are some. Navigate heading by heading, use Vo+H. Click on a link, use VO+space. Navigate to next text area, N. For many more commands, use VO+K and in the keyboard help mode, use VO plus various letter keys to discover what they let you do. Get out of keybo

commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Shirley Healy
how do I navigate the web ona mac? what are the most useful commands, for reading the text of websites, going to a link, like moving to it, and is the rotar better to use than just navigating the site without it? if so how do you turn it on? shirley -- This email has been checked for viruses b