Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Exactly, no need to be unpleasant. Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 10 Jun 2015, at 10:27 am, The Believer wrote: > > Is there a reason to not be respectful of one's opinion? Can we not > disagree on points without being childish and disagreeable? It serves no > purpose to ta

Re: el capitan

Hi Ricardo, Thanks for confirming. Looking forward to downloading. Regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 9 Jun 2015, at 8:58 am, Ricardo Walker wrote: > > Hello, > > They will be available in the public beta program in July. > > hth >> On Jun 8, 2015, at 6:49 PM, sada

BlindSquare V3.00 is out.

Hi all, Blind Square a great application for navigation on the iOS platform has received a significant update. The highlight in this release include supporting iBecons Apples implementation of indoor mapping. Here's the change log: NEW: BlindSquare now supports BlindSquare BPS (Beacon Pos

Re: Learning the Mac from a sighted perspective?

Hi Alex, Try the following resource. It sounds like it might fit the bill. Direct link to the iBookstore for this book is: 100 Things Every Mac User Should Know by Macworld Editors Https://itun.es/au/V2rOz.l. Best, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 6 Jun 2015, at 10:28 am

Re: apple mail questions

Thanks Alex. Will send them an email outlining my concerns. Here's a patch release addresses this particular issue. Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 6 Jun 2015, at 1:54 am, Alex Hall wrote: > > Yes, in Mavericks and below VoiceOver would read the filename, as I recall. > Cer

Re: How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App | OSXDaily

Facebook needs a dedicated Messenger client for the Mac. I shall try this solution when I am back at the office, but something tells me it's not going to work. Surprisingly Adium is still functioning on my computer somewhat. Regards Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 5 Jun 201

Re: PDF Pen Pro was Re: iWork accessibility on the Mac.

Thanks all for the recommendations. Will download the trial of PDF Pen. It's AU$159 in my Mac App Store however the software wil no doubt be useful in the classroom. Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 3 Jun 2015, at 5:17 am, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > I agree, even though we can

Re: Can't Connect to Facebook with Third Party Apps on the Mac

Shawn, Would certainly appreciate the info. Have a good one, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 1 Jun 2015, at 10:26 am, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi. I just found out from a friend of mine that he uses Jabber to connect to > Facebook with Adium. If he tells me how I can do th

Re: How to view email messages individually on the Mac.

Thank you very much Matthew! Everything is working to my satisfaction now. You're help has been exemplary. Have yourself a pleasant afternoon, Sadam Ahmed LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/pub/sadam-ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 23 May 2015, at 4:53 am, Matthew Dierckens wr

Re: How to view email messages individually on the Mac.

Hi Trevor, Totally my mistake. It's nearly 5 AM here in Australia. Definitely time to go to sleep. Once again thank you for you're help. Sadam Ahmed LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/pub/sadam-ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 23 May 2015, at 4:38 am, trevor wrote: > > If y

Re: getting started guide with veryoiceover for 10.10

Grant, Thanks for providing Joe with the correct link! I guess I haven't looked closely enough when I posted my initial URL. ( Very observant). With kind regards, Sadam Http://SadamAhmed.com Sent from my iPhone > On 2 May 2015, at 4:58 pm, Grant Hardy wrote: > > The guide for OS

Re: getting started guide with veryoiceover for 10.10

Hello David Tanner, Whilst the guide does mention 10.6. The Basic concepts of how to use VO can most certainly be applied to Mac OS X Yosemite. Where there's deviation between operating systems the AppleVis website can be consulted. Sadam Ahmed Blog: Http://SadamAhmed.com Sent from

Re: getting started guide with veryoiceover for 10.10

Hi Joe, The following URL maybe of assistance: https://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/. Sadam Ahmed website: Http://SadamAhmed.com Sent from my iPhone > On 2 May 2015, at 11:27 am, Joe Quinn wrote: > > I mean where you can read it on a non mac device > > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: More Nisus writer questions.

Hi David, Thanks for the precise instructions. I'm sure this will be of immense importance. Thanks once again for your exemplary support and quick response! Sadam Ahmed Website: Http://SadamAhmed.com Sent from my iPhone > On 1 May 2015, at 10:19 pm, David Griffith wrote: > > I a

Open office for the Mac.

Hi all, I am wondering how accessible the current Version of open Office is for the Mac? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Sadam. Sent from my iPhone. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Re: Am I crazy or is the iPhone Facebook app totally messed up?

Hi Donna, Sure even I found the keystrokes useful. Particularly as I utilise Facebook from my Mac these days. I definitely concur with your opinion that they need a more consistent interface. For a couple of months the Facebook application was perfect. Then they changed something in the

Re: Am I crazy or is the iPhone Facebook app totally messed up?

Facebook is definitely messed up. They keep changing the damn layout of the news feed! I tend to use M.facebook.com for now. They seriously need to get on top of this nonsense. Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 26 Apr 2015, at 11:35 am, Donna Goodin wrote: >

Re: Niseis Writer Pro questions.

Hi again Jason, Thanks for providing the terminal command. I'm wondering if there's a direct keystroke to get VO to announce the word count when using Nisus Writer Pro? Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 26 Apr 2015, at 2:56 am, Jason White wrote: > > sadam ahm

Re: Niseis Writer Pro questions.

Hi Jason, Thank you ever so much for you're help with this query. In situations where I need to be precise with my word count when composing lengthy essays this information will be very handy. Thanks once again. Have yourself a wonderful day! Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iP

Re: PDF Pen reader for the Mac.

Hello Gigi, Thanks for your comprehensive feedback regarding PDF pen pro. Have yourself a wonderful day! Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 25 Apr 2015, at 1:06 am, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi again. > I forgot to say that it has a very fast image OCR on it. If

Re: Eloquence for the Mac.

Anders, Thanks for your diligence. Hopefully all these reports generate a positive outcome. Enjoy the rest of your day. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 21 Apr 2015, at 6:14 am, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I’ve written to them to get the espeak

Re: iCloud drive, is it accessable

Greetings Stacy, ICloud Drive is totally accessible. It's integrated with Finder. For your information as well as anyone else who is interested the below link is a podcast by David Woodbridge on this topic. URL: http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/using-icloud-drive-in-yosemite-with-voiceo

Re: VoiceOver training

Fair enough. I'll check it out later hopefully the server will be up by then. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 20 Apr 2015, at 4:52 am, Christopher Hallsworth > wrote: > > It's correct. There clearly is a server problem at their end. I double > checke

Re: VoiceOver training

Hello Chris, You may want to recheck your URL. After I clicked on the link I got a " 500 page not found error". Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 20 Apr 2015, at 4:40 am, Christopher Hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here is something else I am go

Re: Well, I did it, Pre-ordered the Apple watch!

Thanks for clearing that up Jonathan. That's disappointing as I am a big believer in being as productive as possible. I will get one eventually just not in the initial phase. Let the early adopters work out the bugs for the rest of us. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPh

Re: Eloquence for the Mac.

When I tried it was quite early. At that stage I believe the software was designated Alpha. My friend who runs it says it works well except for the odd freezing and stability issues. I've been meaning to put it back on my system but just haven't gotten around to doing it what with univer

Re: How do I go about installing Microsoft Office on to my Mac?

Yes it is. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 18 Apr 2015, at 6:31 am, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Is Microsoft Office accessible for the I phone now too? > On 17 Apr 2015, at 07:43, sadamahmed1...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Eleanor, > > You can access the p

Re: How do I go about installing Microsoft Office on to my Mac?

Hi Eleanor, You can access the preview at the below link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=523849. Once it's downloaded open the file and proceed with the regular software installation. Then open word and use your screen reader commands to check for updates. Relaunch word from th

Re: Eloquence for the Mac.

The file is at: http://allinaccess.com/software/ Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 17 Apr 2015, at 11:28 am, Debbie April Yuille > wrote: > > How would you go about running eloquence on the Mac? I wasn't aware that was > possible. > > Debbie > > Sent

Re: Help please! My MacBook is not turning on

Hi Ezzie, Please see this support article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204267. If the issues persist it might be worth taking it into an Apple store so that a genius can have a look. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 17 Apr 2015, at 8:50 am, Ezz

Eloquence for the Mac.

I know there are ways of running the above synthesiser on a Mac. But it's horribly unstable. Putting aside the Infovox voices are there any text to speech products that can be used on OS X that rival eloquence for responsiveness? Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -

Office 365.

Thinking of purchasing an Ofice 365 subscription. Do the new improvements relating to VO extend to 365? Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

I collaborate with a lot of professors for my assignments who insist on using Windows. It'll be inordinately liberating to be able to use word! Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:59 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Naam. Naam

Re: iOS 8.3 Accessibility bugfix list

Maybe it's just me but it seems like The lower quality voices have been messed up in this update. Compact Daniel doesn't sound as good as he did prior to the update. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Apr 2015, at 4:08 am, Scott Davert wrote: > > I ag

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

It will be interesting to see whether they maintain accessibility right through to the final release. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:36 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Acording to what he says, it is. I'm incredibly incred

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

Thanks Chris for these instructions. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:29 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > You are! You gotta do like George said. > > I'm uploading the preview to my public Dropbox for you guys now to make it

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

Downloading it now. Hopefully it's reasonably usable. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:26 am, Piotr Machacz wrote: > > Maybe Microsoft hasn’t updated their main downloads. If that’s the case, you > can update inside any of the office

Mail drop in OS X Yosemite.

Greetings to all, Has anyone used or have experience with the Mail Drop feature introduced in Yosemite? As usual thanks for any help provided. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ma

Re: Google Drive for Mac.

Very funny. If you're going to make stupid remarks Why don't you leave it to other people to answer the question. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 15 Apr 2015, at 3:59 am, george b wrote: > > What is the name of the app? Is it "hi all" > > -Origi

Google Drive for Mac.

Hi all, Wondering if the above app is accessible with VO? Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- -- 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, s