Re: Macc and Voice over

2015-12-04 Thread Barry Abbott
hello Sylvester. You start VoiceOver by pressing "command plus F5" Command is the key closest to the space Bar. If command F5 doesn't work then press FN plus Command plus F5. To the left of the space bar going from left to right are the FN, control, Option, and Command keys. The "Vo" or Voiceo

Chrome Busy

2015-09-28 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello all. I have an iMac late 2009 with Eue Site camera. When using Google chrome it is constantly going to "chrome busy" and I have to force quit the app. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app but the same thing keeps happening. I have not yet installed the ChromeVox extension. Any idea

Re: Where is ICloud Drive on I O S 9?

2015-09-17 Thread Barry Abbott
Check each of your pages. Mine landed on page 2 and I then moved it into my Cloud Drives folder. Hope this helps. Barry > On Sep 17, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > People say that ICloud drive is now on the home screen of I O S. Where > though? > > I definitely don

Re: Hourly Precipitation on the Watch

2015-06-01 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello. I get "It sure looks like it is going to rain." Then "Halifax, hourly precipitation" than an unlabelled button. I have the 42mm stainless steel with the leather loop strap. Have this helps. Barry > On Jun 1, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi list, > > I have a 38mm

Re: I'm not disappointed but am looking forward.

2015-04-12 Thread Barry Abbott
neficial enough simply return it. Barry Abbott Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada > On Apr 11, 2015, at 6:15 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Hello, > > 1. Yes, Samphire glass is only on the Apple Watch, not the Apple Watch Sport. > > 2. The bands are purchased separately. Th

Re: Another family sharing question

2015-03-08 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi all. My question concerns Music Match. I have my wife set up u;under family sharing but she cannot seem to access our Music Match collection. Any suggestions? Thanks. Barry > On Mar 8, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Thanks, Chris. He's got it now. Thanks for the help. > Cheers,

Re: where to download google chrome on mac?

2015-02-18 Thread Barry Abbott
ownload can begin. I’ll try searching >> around the page to see if Safari and VO are seeing it, but here’s a link >> that may get you past that for now: >> >> https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/thankyou.html?platform=mac >> >> Later... >> >> Ti

Re: where to download google chrome on mac?

2015-02-17 Thread Barry Abbott
I have been having the same problem for months. I press return but the download of Chrome does not happen. In fact Safari goes nuts with the "busy ready" messages. I end up having to force quit safari. I had it on my iMac before. I seem to be experiencing the same issue on the Macbook Air as w

VMWare Fusion 7 and JAWS 16

2014-11-23 Thread Barry Abbott
ith JAWS 15. Thanks. Barry Abbott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group

Re: iCloud Drive

2014-11-02 Thread Barry Abbott
Thanks so much. Problem solved. Barry > On Nov 2, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Use [command] + [shift] + [i] to access iCloud Drive. After that, you can > paste folders into it just the same as any other finder window. > > Hth, > Jeff > >> On N

VMWare Fusion 7, Windows 8.1 and JAWS Starting after log on.

2014-11-02 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello everyone. The subject says it all. I have JAWS 16 set to Start up on the log on screen and after the log on I selected "always for this user. I have also tried the "all users option" In both instances JAWS will not restart after I have logged on to my Microsoft Account. I have to use a

iCloud Drive

2014-11-02 Thread Barry Abbott
I'm wondering if any of you are using the new features of iCloud Drive. I have it turned on in my preferences and it shows up on the side bar in finder. However, it doesn't appear to be as easily accessible as Dropbox from my home folder or from computer. I tried to copy a folder to it without

Opening PDF files in iBooks on a Mac

2014-10-21 Thread Barry Abbott
Well, I decided to attempt to open a Take Control PDF Book. Using "Command i" I first selected the file then pressed command+I changed my default choice from Docuscan Plus to iBooks and applied the changes to all PDF files. Yes, iBooks opens and Preview opens in the background. The actual file

Re: iBooks and pdf

2014-10-21 Thread Barry Abbott
Have you tried select ting a PDF file then pressing "command i"which gives you information about the file but you can also choose to associate the file with an app and continue tabbing to apply the change to all PDF files. For example, I have docuscan plus open my PDF files. I'm going to see if

Computer Renamed after upgrading to Yosemite

2014-10-21 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi all. For years My computer name has been "Barry's iMac. For some reason it now shows up as "Barry's iMac (7)" I have no ideas as to why or how this happened but just noticed the change today. I can't seem to change it back. I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite last week. Any ideas? For

VMWare Fusion

2014-10-05 Thread Barry Abbott
. Any ideas as to what could be causing the problem? Thanks Barry Abbott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionarie

Switching Between Windows8.1 and OSXMavericks in VMWare Fusion 7

2014-09-11 Thread Barry Abbott
keys will stop working in this instance. Any help would be appreciated . A very confused Fusion user. Thanks. Barry Abbott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails f

Re: sling player on osx

2014-07-10 Thread Barry Abbott
pps accessible out-of-the-box. I can say with certainty the iPhone definitely works if you are willing to take the time to label the buttons. Most of the time you can figure out these buttons from the existing labels. I do not use the DVR features. Hope this helps. Barry Abbott As of M

Still another VMWare Fusion Question

2014-03-30 Thread Barry Abbott
be greatly appreciated. Note I am using Windows 8.1 and VmWare Fusion 6. Thanks, Barry Abbott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisi

Re: Discmaker X for creating OS X bootable drives.

2014-01-06 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello Daniel. I'm trying it as we speak and I get the message DiscMaker x has no windows. It says that it works with Mavericks and I have already installed Mavericks but want to completely erase my iMac's Drive and do a clean install as my folder structure is a mess. I have just tried redownloa

Re: 1 password podcasts

2013-10-28 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Graham. Try the techdoctor podcast by Dr. Robert Carter. I think it was around September 2012. Hope this helps. Barry On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Graham Roby wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone point me to where I might find any podcasts on using 1 password > with VoiceOver? > > I looked on ap

Re: Losing VO after sleep

2013-02-21 Thread Barry Abbott
I lucked in by checking this thread as I too have been experiencing this problem. Will definitely give Ricardo's suggestion a try next time it happens. on My iMac. My MacBook Air also seems to sometimes freeze at the Login screen and I can't put in my Name or Password. I may have to go to the ap

Re: Jumping to the next mail in a conversation

2012-11-30 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Donald. I simply interact with the message column then interact with the message table. I have quick nave always turned on in mail. I press my right arrow to go from message to message. I hit enter and then right arrow to read the message - if in a thread of messages I just hit the right

Re: Another Braille question was Question for all the braille users who read braille using their macs and braille displays.

2012-09-21 Thread Barry Abbott
I am using a Focus 40BT and I assign a "close Window" command to chord-12456" but whenever I go to use it I get an error that the close window command is not available in this mode press escape to exit. I have looked at all the preset commands and those I have created myself so is there somet

Re: Updating firmware on a Bose Sound Link.

2012-06-09 Thread Barry Abbott
I had to get sighted help. Barry On 2012-06-09, at 4:48 AM, shamelessfang...@gmail.com wrote: > Good morning all, > > Subject says it all really. I'm doing this from a Mac, and am curious as to > whether or not anyone else has been successful. Language screen comes up as > all unknowns, though

Re: New iMac User

2012-02-27 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Christine. Congrats on the iMac. It's a fine machine. Two places to check out would be a series of podcasts by Mike Arigo on Blind Cool Tech. www.blindcooltech.com. Although Mike's Podcast mostly deal with the previous Snow Leopard system many things are still relevant. Also David Woodbridge

Re: weird problem with braille display

2012-02-24 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Gigi. I've not had that problem. I have the Focus 40 BT. I am having issues deleting characters on my Mac Book Air but it works fine on my iMac. I'm going to explore this problem over the week-end. Barry On 2012-02-24, at 9:54 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:xHi guys. > Before I write Apple abo

Re: fn key on the full sized keyboard

2012-02-21 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Eric. Just to the left of the number pad is a pack of 9 keys. The FN key is the second one up on the left. On 2012-02-21, at 7:22 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > That's where it is on a portable keyboard, but not on the full size. The > bottom row of the full size has duel alt, control, and opti

Re: Managing Documents and Folders

2012-02-09 Thread Barry Abbott
If you are using Lion first copy the file with 'command+c' then move to the new folder and press 'command+option+v' the file should no longer be in the original folder. Barry On 2012-02-09, at 2:37 PM, Marc wrote: > In my documents folder, I would like to create new folders. I figured > out ho

Re: Google Chrome tutorial was off topic

2011-11-29 Thread Barry Abbott
Smith wrote: > Hello where can I get the tutorial at on chome and the like with speech? > I am joining late on the thread > thanks > Hank > On 11/27/2011 9:23 AM, Barry Abbott wrote: >> You can also use the entertainment portion of samnet if you install google >> chrom

Re: off topic

2011-11-27 Thread Barry Abbott
You can also use the entertainment portion of samnet if you install google chrome with the chromevox speech extension. It is a new thing and you will need to get used to using google chrome. there have been a lot of posts on the list about google chrome. When using it turn VO off. Also the chro

Re: How to use the Money Reader on I Phone?

2011-09-30 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi. Yesterday I tested the money reader on Canadian 5 10 20 and 50 dollar bills and all read fine. The only thing I noticed was that sometimes Money Reader took a 5 to 10 second delay before reading. I think that this is due to where I am positioning the phone so I am still playing around wit

Re: free me account to search my iphone

2010-11-28 Thread Barry Abbott
I too have been having the same problem and plan to write Apple Accessibility . Barry On 2010-11-28, at 8:18 AM, William Windels wrote: > Hello all, > > since version 4.2, there is a free option to use the , "where is my > iphone"service. > I have registered william.wind...@telenet.be for this

Re: VO mute hot keys

2010-10-28 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello Julie. I have had this problem where VO was muted and it did not matter whether it was checked or unchecked in the VoiceOver utility panel. When I would bring up VoiceOver with "command+F5" it would say "VoiceOver on speech off." Well, it turned out that I had to turn it back on with my Tr

Re: quicknav

2010-10-12 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi. Use the left-right arrow keys together to toggle quick nav On on or off. Barry2010-10-12, at 7:27 AM, joseph wrote: > hi list > > i turned quicknav off by mistake. i pressed left and down arrow to > turn it back on but it didn't work. how to turn it back on please? > > best > > -- > Yo

Re: trackpad gesture that mutes speech in voiceover

2010-09-15 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi it's a three finger double tap to mute VoiceOver. The triple three finger tap toggles the screen curtain on or off. Barry. On 2010-09-13, at 8:43 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I think it's a 3 finger triple tap that does it. > On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Yesterday, whil

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-31 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello all. There is a DAISY reader program called ReadHear Mac that I use for reading bookshare books. You can try before you buy. But it is a little pricy. USF $119 if memory serves me correctly. http://www.gh-accessibility.com/products/readhear_mac Barry AbbottOn 2010-08-28, at 2:21 AM, Raf