Re: apple beta discussion group created!

I honestly question the legitimacy of this list if I have to wade through such childish content. This list is becoming an embarrassment to the blind Apple-using community. > On Aug 3, 2015, at 7:52 AM, Aleeha Dudley wrote: > > Excuse you… Some of us don't have time to sit around and constantl

performing an option click on a control?

Hi all, Has anybody ever been able to make option-click work on a control with voiceover using the trackpad without having to turn off voiceover? I’m trying to option-click the “check for update” button in iTunes. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

Piping sound to another device?

Hi there, I’ve got an 11 Inch Mid 2013 Macbook air, and I’ve got a set of speakers plugged in to the headphone jack that I normally use for computer sound. I also have a very nice hi-fi receiver that I’d like to use. Is it possible that I would be able to pipe the voiceover sound though the h

Re: Crashplan Accessibility

I’ve tried crash plan, and I find that back blaze works better. -- 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.

Does iCloud still work if connected to a VPN?

Hi all, I’m using private internet access vpn: http://www.piavpn.com on the iPhone, and so far I have to say it’s been the most stable vpn that I’ve used thus far. If the iOS device is connected to vpn, and it is locked, does it still backup to iCloud? By the way, Insta

Re: Help with getmacapps.com.

Hi there, I pasted the commands in my terminal and it appeared to work, but I never saw the apps show up in my /applications folder > On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Ok. > Then i go for another sollution. > Wonder how those who got it to work did. > /A >> 25 mar 20

Re: hide my ass vpn

I would never use hide my ass VPN. They do log your web traffic. > On Mar 21, 2015, at 10:31 AM, wayne coles wrote: > > hello the hma vpn sounds good but on the site where is the download link > please > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacV

Re: vpn services

Yes it does, but use a different VPN client then the one they give you. Their VPN client is an excessible. Personally I think thatNord VPN is a better experience. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2015, at 12:13 PM, jeff `greene wrote: > > Hi, To continue with this tread has anybody tried VPN

Re: office 2016 preview

I did, and it is not accessible. you can’t edit documents in the document payne. We’re left out in the cold again. > On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > > Has anyone tried the new office 2016 preview released today? > > I’m going to try and install it in a few minutes. > >

Re: Trading up for my MBP

You must not have gotten your air from Apple then? > On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Faisal ali wrote: > > I got my late 2013 MBP with 16 gigs of ram. I think I could’ve added up to 32. >> On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Justin Mann mailto:w9...@me.com>> >> wrote: >&g

Re: Trading up for my MBP

How did you get 16 GB, the ram is soldered on to the logic board. > On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > I do all my audio editing on my 11-inch Air. I upgraded it to an I7 and have > 16GB of RAM so it's not a stock model, but it's very fast and responsive. > Jonathan Mosen > Mo

Using automator with voiceover?

Hi all, Does anybody have any tips for using Automator with voiceover? I can navigate to the actions table, but I’m a bit confused as to how to drag and drop things from the action library in to the work flow that I’d like to create. In my workflow, I’d like to be able to get photos attached

keyboard shortcuts for safari extensions?

Hi Folks, I’ve installed multiple Safari extensions, and I can see their respective buttons in Safari’s toolbar. If I would like to have a keyboard shortcut to enable any of these extensions do i need to create my own under system preferences, or do most Safari extensions come with their own k

getting fantastical to sync with iCloud?

Hi all, How do you get fantastical to enter your events in to your calendar, and then have them sync with iCloud? In other words, I want to enter an event in fantastical, and then be able to see that event on my calendar from my iPhone. That is possible right? Thanks, Justin -- You received

Re: Brailiant and Yosemite

Are you noticing the issue whether or not you use USB or bluetooth? > On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > > Hi, yes, I am having that same issue. It sees the display, but doesn't > connect to the mac. > Frustrating. > > Matt Dierckens > Assistive Technology Specialist > Macint

Re: Accessible Security System

Hi Sarah, Yes I do, it's calledIpfob. And it is reasonably accessible, there are a few unlabeled buttons, but you can figure that out pretty well. I hope this helps, let me know if I can give you any further information. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wr

Knfbreader on the iPhone 6 vs the 6+?

Hi al, Anybody that is using the Knfb reader on the iPhone 6, are you still having the same issue as some of us had on the 6+ with it being sluggish? Also, has anybody noticed any difference with the optical image stabilization effecting picture quality? -- You received this message becaus

Re: how to send a screenshot

Hi there, If you press the sleep/wake button, and the home button simultaneously it will take the screenshot, and put it in your camera roll. If you need to make a screen-cast quicktime will let you do that quite accessibly on the Mac. HTH, Justin > On Sep 13, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Joe Quinn wrot

Re: playing computer audio to an airplay system?

y Hadder wrote: > > Hello, > > You need airfoil. https://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/. > > On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've just purchased an airplay system the bows and wilkins z2, and so far so > good. I'd like to

playing computer audio to an airplay system?

Hi all, I’ve just purchased an airplay system the bows and wilkins z2, and so far so good. I’d like to have any audio that I stream from Safari go out to that speaker via air play is that possible? I know that if I had a bluetooth speaker it would be possible for me to change my sound prefere

Re: Check Book Pro

Hi there, Where can one find this checkbook pro? > On Aug 25, 2014, at 3:03 AM, Janine Smith wrote: > > Another question please, if you don't mind for those of you that are using > Check Book Pro. I am trying to work through the help documentation that comes > with the programme. It is set out

Re: tip: reading 'mastering the macintosh with vo' ON THE MAC

I'm sure if any of you guys were to email the author, you would certainly accommodate you.emailed him several times and he's been very responsive. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2014, at 6:50 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > > thanks for the tip. > > Just curious, what sorts of problems are you

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

Once you get the file created, you will want to shrink it down to size in the file/export menu so that it is manageable. If possible choose the option for iOS/Apple Tv. On Jul 31, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Well, thanks, that seems to have worked. I never would have guessed at those

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

I think that tim, has found the ticket, and did a better job of describing what to do than I did. I will point out that you will want to export the files to something smaller so that they are viewable on Apple Tv you can find these options under the file menu. if you just send the native recor

Re: F/s Mid 2013 11 Inch Macbook air

splay. Let me know > Kliphton > > ~iMessage,Email&FaceTime-Audio~ m.kliph...@gmail.com > > ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > > ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 > > "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >

F/s Mid 2013 11 Inch Macbook air

Hi Folks, I have for sale here an 11 Inch Macbook air that is fully loaded and is in Mint condition. The machine works great, I just need something with more processing power. What is included: 1 Macbook air with 8Gb of ram, and 512 GB SSD, and 1.7 GHZ I7 2. Two wall chargers used to power the

Re: Apple - iMovie Outreach [17775463]

Hi there, You should not go and pawn this issue off on somebody else. Use this opportunity to give Apple feedback from your perspective of using iMovie, because your perspective is different than anybody else's. Regardless of your expertise with voiceover, your perspective of iMovie’s acces

Re: Express VPN -

you both. I don't travel frequently, but when I do, I'd like to use vpn > while on public wifi. > > Traci > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I use a VPN called Private Internet Access: >> http://www.priva

Re: Express VPN -

Hi there, I use a VPN called Private Internet Access: http://www.privateinternetaccess.com It works well, is totally accessible on the mac, and has a very simple interface. I've never had them go off line, and honestly it just works, there is no connection logging, and so far I've gotten very c

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

>> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Justin Mann wrote: >>> >>> HI all, >>> >>> Are there any particular settings that you should use with voiceover so >>> that working in terminal is more practical?

using voiceover in terminal?

HI all, Are there any particular settings that you should use with voiceover so that working in terminal is more practical? I need to work with the command line, change some settings in some text files in my raspberry Pi, so any help you can give would be appreciated, Thanks, Justin -- You r

How to make Nvda better using Vmware?

Hi there, Does anybody have any tricks to make Vmware work better under a virtualized environment on the Mac, Is there any keyboard mapping that I should do? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gro

Re: using the super drive with Vmware, and windows?

low. HTH > Kliphton > > ~iMessage,Email&FaceTime-Audio~ m.kliph...@gmail.com > > ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > > ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 > > "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > On

using the super drive with Vmware, and windows?

Hi all, Has anybody had any experience using the superdrive in a virtual environment with windows? I've got a piece of radio programing software that I need to install that is on a cd. When I connect the super drive up to the Usb port on my mac, It is recognized, but only as a dvd drive. Any

Re: running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

g the 1.7 I7 with 8 Gb of ram. Thanks, On Jul 10, 2014, at 5:38 AM, Tristan wrote: > Hi Justin, > You need an ISO image of Windows to load up a VM. You can find these > from sites such as Digital River, just make sure you buy a key first. > > > On 7/10/14, Justin Mann wrote:

running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

Hi all, I've got some software that I am trying to run that is pretty nitch, and requires the use of windows, so I am trying to install windows on to a virtual machine on my mac using VMware fusion . I've figured out how to create the Vm, but how to you install windows in to the area where the

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

Hi there, Yes, but it is not nearly as good. You can use iMessage, and setup a screenshare with the person's User ID, and you can hear the audio from the other computer's speakers. It's slow, but it will work. On Jul 4, 2014, at 6:11 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > For those that don't know, Tandom is

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

Hi there, Where do you get the app? On Jul 5, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > hi, no you don't exactly use it with voiceover, you use speak, the > reason is that speak is faster if you fly a f16 at 800 knots you will > want a speech that is ... fast. really fast. > It is not where

Where are Vo crash logs located?

Hi Everyone, Can some one tell me where crash logs are located for VO, is it ~/Library/Preferences/Logs/Crashreports? I've been looking for them, and I think I'm probably not looking in the right place. Thanks, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacV

Re: dev previw

Hi there, When you refer to Psx Yosemite, are you talking about the operating system, or is this something else? On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Krysti .Power wrote: > did anyone get the email about the public beta for the download of PS X > Yosemite > > -- > You received this message because

Re: changing the speakers that voiceover uses?

HI all, Having said all of this, I've just installed SOundflower is there a way using that I could re route the output on a Macbook air? On May 27, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Justin Mann wrote: > I have the Bose companion 2 speakers, and they do plug in to the headphone > jack of my

Re: changing the speakers that voiceover uses?

#x27;t achieve this. > If they were USB or nbluetooth, then you can. > > Matt Dierckens > Macintosh Trainer > Blind Access Training > www.blindaccesstraining.com > 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 > > > > > On May 27, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Justin Mann wrote: > > &

changing the speakers that voiceover uses?

Hi all, I've just gotten a pair of Bose speakers that I'm connecting to the headphone port of my laptop. I'd like to have voiceover continue to play through my laptop speakers, and other sound like audio from the web, and computer audio play through these external speakers. Is that possible?

Re: The age old question of which braille display to get

gt; > Aimee > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 23, 2014, at 10:51 PM, Justin Mann wrote: >> >> Hi Amy, >> >> Another braille display that I would consider is the alva BC640. It has all >> the features that you've been looking for, but will a

Re: Safari Interaction Issue in Mavericks

What is the difference in using groups or the dom? I'm pretty comfortable using VO, but I've not figured out what the advantage is with either mode? On Feb 23, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > This appears to be more of a problem if your VO settings for web are set to > grouping rat

Re: The age old question of which braille display to get

Hi Amy, Another braille display that I would consider is the alva BC640. It has all the features that you've been looking for, but will also work with two devices. I use an alva with my iPhone, and it also works with the Mac as well. On Feb 23, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Aimee Harwood wrote: > Hell

configuring growl with VO?

Hi there, I've just installed growl, and so far so good. I've figured out if you change the default display option to "speech" then voiceover will speak any notifications that are sent to growl. The question that I have is can I change the notification voice that is used in os10 so that it's

configuring growl with VO?

Hi there, I've just installed growl, and so far so good. I've figured out if you change the default display option to "speech" then voiceover will speak any notifications that are sent to growl. The question that I have is can I change the notification voice that is used in os10 so that it's

Re: control no longer stops speech in Mavericks?

e the issue, Control > stopped my speech instantly without fail. So, it's not an issue for me that > would ever cause me to go through the effort of a total clean install. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 31, 2014, at 7:01 AM,

Re: control no longer stops speech in Mavericks?

So for those of you who are experiencing this issue, what kind of configuration do you have? Hardware, external keyboards etc? On Jan 31, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > So for those of you getting this issue, Is this after performing an update to > Mavericks, or is this when u

Re: control no longer stops speech in Mavericks?

ontrol. Previously, that would stop speech immediately. Now, sometimes it > does, sometimes it doesn't. And sometimes you get double-speech, which > speaks to Tim's theory that it's a buffering problem. > Cheers, > Donna > On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:59 AM, Justin Mann wrote

Re: control no longer stops speech in Mavericks?

Hi there, Can someone provide me any steps to reproduce this issue? I'd like to see this in action, as I'm not having the problem. On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Wow, thanks for the advice, but no way! :) That's the only problem I'm > having since upgrading, so definitely

Re: A question with Pages exporting to word documents

HI Daniel, That issue is fixed in the newest version of pages. In fact the export option is now a submenu and word is one of it's options. On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi all, > with the recent update to pages, I wanted to know, for those who have updated > to the late

Re: Frustrating accessibility day

How does TurboTax 2012? Work? I downloaded that from the Mac App Store this year, considering using that for my taxes. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi guys > Well, because I found out that the braille tax information on the IRS website > was stil

Re: using templates in pages?

in Pages. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 27 Jan 2014, at 16:43, Justin Mann wrote: > >> HI all, >> >> What is the best way to deal with templates in pages using voiceover? I >> find that I’m eating stuck in the placeholder text. >&g

Re: using templates in pages?

he time for me? > Jessica > jldai...@gmail.com > > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > >> HI all, >> >> What is the best way to deal with templates in pages using voiceover? I >> find that I'm eating stuck in the placeholder

using templates in pages?

HI all, What is the best way to deal with templates in pages using voiceover? I find that I’m eating stuck in the placeholder text. -- 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: Mac Minis needing monitors: another thing to add to the pile

There is a little utility that is available called no sleep that will add some kernel extensions that allow the Macs to operate without a monitor. On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:43 AM, April Brown wrote: > I've actually tuned my tv monitor off and just used the computer. > > On Sunday, January 26, 201

Using vo with Apple Remote desktop?

HI listers, I’m curious, has anybody used Apple Remote Desktop to administer any kind of Mac-based server? I’m sure that you can start voiceover on the remote machine, but How would you get the audio to come out on your local machine? I’m assuming that you’d have to stop voiceover on the loca

Re: keynote questions

Hi there, How do you view slides that are in presentation mode on keynote? So what if I’ve been sent a presentation that I want to view, how do I do this without having to interact with the table of slides and then moving back to the layout area? This seems a bit time consuming. On Jan 26,

logitech bluetooth keyboard that works with three devices?

Hi everyone, I understand that there is a logitech keyboard that can be paired with three devices, so say an iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV. Does anybody know what the name of this keyboard is? Thanks Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Looks like Windows is also heading toward full screen reader built in

Hi Robin, Window-eyes will not work with WIndows-rt, and I’m not sure that it will work well on the surface albeit, it will probably try. I think you’re right in that Narrator will probably be merged with window-eyes, but most of this is largely speculation. On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Robi

Re: Latest Keynote update enables working in a "slideshow" mode

How do you go about working with keynote in a slide show presentation? On Jan 24, 2014, at 1:32 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Woot woot! That's awesome! Thanks for sharing! I know I shouldn't increase > list traffic unnecessarily like this but that's just such great news I had > to... Let's ju

Re: Preported new VO support on iCloud-based iWork suite

Hi Alex, The voiceover support is indeed there. You have to interact with an html content area after you’ve decided to create the document. The VO support is not perfect, as there is a bit of a delay when editing a document, but it does work at the very least adequate enough so that one can e

using the mail pilot app?

Hi Everyohe, Has anybody had any experience using the mail pilot app that is available in the App store? It seems to be reasonably accessible, but does appear to have a few quirks, for instance to view received messages, you have to VO-j to an html content area, and then interact with a frame0