Hey Donna and Jürgen. I don't know of any accessible games for Mac in the App
Store but have you tried RS Games? It's a bunch of pretty good games. You can
download it from rsgames.org
Shawn
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John,
ALthough a fresh install has its advantages, I have found very few problems
upgrading. Most problems upgrading have been the result of an application. Not
everyone wants to go through the nuke and pave option. An upgrade is more
likely to be successful when your system is already in a sta
Option-enter in fact will insert a return, so there is the solution. :)
On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> I haven't tried this app but the usual Mac convention is to use option+enter
> to add a new line instead of doing some action.
>
> CB
>
> On 2/18/12 7:30 PM, Eric Caron w
Hi Mike,
Can you tell me what Motion does that navigon doesn't? I have never used
either one but I have Navigon on my phone. What makes Motion worth the
upgrade. I'm moving to another neighborhood in a few weeks and I would love to
have a GPS app that would prove helpful. Could you give me
Hi Jurgen,
Thanks. I have lots of games on my iPhone, and yes, Papa Sangre was a great
one. I was just on my Mac at the moment, and it occurred to me that it would
be nice to have a game to play.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:15 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote:
> Hi Donna,
>
> an interesting
Universal access, I'm sorry but I'm not sure exactly what that is? Could you
explain what that is and how to get to it please. All I know is that when I am
sitting on growl and I use command , it goes straight to the OS 10 preferences
and if I use the VO m command for the apple menu to go to p
Hi Shawn,
I hadn't heard of these. thanks, I'll try them out!
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 4:34 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
> Hey Donna and Jürgen. I don't know of any accessible games for Mac in the App
> Store but have you tried RS Games? It's a bunch of pretty good games. You can
> down
Hi.
I do not know, why apple has not included new drivers and also some corrections
in braille in the last update for the mac, it is very disappointing. I think
Brailliant will be supported in the next IOS update. I think we will see that
in martz. Please send apple a mail about your problem, i
Cool.
But why would anyone want to put a empty line in a text message? That sounds
a bit much. If I was sighted, and reading a text on a phone like that, it
would definitely make me scratch my head. lol. But to each their own. :)
Ricardo Walker
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Hi.
I had that problem too. I figured out to add the display in bluetooth on the
mac, and then add it again in VoiceOver, that solved the problem.
Best regards Annie.
Den Feb 14, 2012 kl. 6:53 PM skrev Teresa Cochran:
> Hi, all,
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this one? Ever since I upgraded t
Hi Jennifer!
Well hope this is useful!
Open the main menu with either vo+m or control+f2 then when sitting on the
Apple menu scroll down to system pref's and vo+space or return!
In the next window you will have to just arrow once to the preference pain and
interact with it!
And in there is lots o
lol,
Who writes or, calls a company telling them they do not have to fix a problem.
That would be a bit, well, over the top, no?
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 18, 2012, at 2:04 PM, David Tanner wrote:
> That is not acceptable.
Hi.
I have tried for half a year to get that to work, even with a USB printer it is
not possible to solve that problem, I have also tried in VMWare, with the same
result. It seems as if the printer needs a driver.
If any of you have a solution, so that the brailleprinter will work in windows
i
Hi Christer.
Ok you are wright.
But I will have to inform you about the possibility to change the VoiceOver
speaking, on my mac the only thing that I can move to another sound device are
the sound effects. But I have just figured out what has been wrong, I am using
accapellas Heather and Mette
Have you tried using the generic text only printer driver? That should work
under your virtual windows.
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Interesting that Acapela voices don't work propperly. How about the nuance
voices do they work as promised?
/Krister
19 feb 2012 kl. 14:09 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen:
> Hi Christer.
>
> Ok you are wright.
>
> But I will have to inform you about the possibility to change the VoiceOver
> speaking
May i suggest a funny game?
Bop it, from electronic arts
or zany touch
they are funny coordination games
to play them, it is needed to turn voiceover off.
Bopit has an interactive demo tuttorial inside it, that helps you to learn
gestures and movement
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Hi Elena,
I hadn't heard about these games for the Mac. But they're fun, I've played
Zaney Touch on my iphone. thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:10 AM, elena brescacin wrote:
> May i suggest a funny game?
> Bop it, from electronic arts
> or zany touch
> they are f
I had it connected before I turned it on.
Matthew
On Feb 18, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Best thing is to have the monitor connected before the Mac is powered on
> since the detect process seems to happen at bootup. I think it might be a
> cold boot thing so you might nee
When I try to use the arrows with VO to navigate the preference pains and then
click on other it doesn't click on the correct thing even though I interact
with it. I am not sure what I'm doing wrong. I checked out universal access
and that didn't seem to get me what I needed either. Should I
Hi Christer.
Yes they work, I have not thought that the problem could be in the accapella
voices. I will try to figure out why. My problem with the voices from nuance is
that they are going up and down in pitch all the time, therefore I continued to
use Mette and Heather. That was a mistake i
sorry for the misunderstanding
these games are for iDevices
I do not know any game for macbook, I am looking for them either
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It's much easier to enter addresses on the motion app, just type it, no need to
use 2 or 3 different screens to do this, also I think motion is a bit faster.
On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Can you tell me what Motion does that navigon doesn't? I have never us
Hi,
My nuance voices also go up and down in pitch. Although it's a bit annoying at
times, i can live with it, however i want to know, out of curiosity, do your
nuance danish voice have trouble pronouncing certain letter as you type them?
My Swedish voices have problems pronouncing some letters s
Thanks, Elena. I wondered how the gestures would have been implemented on the
Mac. :)
Best,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:31 AM, elena brescacin wrote:
> sorry for the misunderstanding
> these games are for iDevices
> I do not know any game for macbook, I am looking for them either
>
> --
> Yo
Hi all.
Just updated to the new version of VLC Media Player.
First of all, it's got a new rather iTunes like interface with a table of
sources on the left, and a bunch of unlabelled buttons on the right.
The buttons can be dealt with if you label them you're self. They've all got
help tags and it
It would be cool if you could use the trackpad on the Macbooks to play one of
these games.
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote:
> Thanks, Elena. I wondered how the gestures would have been i
I assumed that's what they did when I thought she was talking about the Mac.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> It would be cool if you could use the trackpad on the Macbooks to play one of
> these games.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> rica...@appletothecore.info
> Twitte
hi everyone,
i wanted to reply to the individuals for who wanted to transfer n.l.s. books
from their s.d. cards onto their mac's. could you just go to the app store and
download i-book application onto your mac and then just get your books from
there or even use blio! as a back up. would that b
Hi.
I have also problems with some danish letters the 3 last æ ø and å. I have also
reported these bugs to apple, but they have not solved the problems yet.
Best regards Annie.
Den Feb 19, 2012 kl. 5:18 PM skrev Krister Ekstrom:
> Hi,
> My nuance voices also go up and down in pitch. Although
Hello folks,
I am curious if anyone has been successful at changing other sounds in apple
mail?
I have changed the default new mail notification, but I want to change the
swoosh sent mail sound to something else. I have the .aiff file, but not sure
how to go about replacing the original sent ma
hi everyone,
i have used for the past 2 and a half years an apple wireless keyboard with my
i[phone 3.g.s. and my new i-phone 4.s. which i truly do love at the moment etc.
i also have a case with it and it is a hard cover case. i also have a wallet
size case that has a clip on it so i can clip
hi everyone,
i wanted to know if you could use a romeo embosser on the mac with duxbury?
thansk a log for your help.
sincerely, chenelle
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Well, you can't use it with duxbury, but you should be able to use it with
louis as long as it has serial or bluetooth. It's been so long since I've seen
a romeo that I don't know whether it still has serial or not.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
Currently on ebony promos: Ebony consulting on android ac
Hi Scott,
I've heard mixed reviews. Obviously, if you don't want to go through the
whole nine yards, then that is fine. In a lot of cases, I have heard this has
been all right.
However, in other cases, I have read and heard about a lot of different
issues. Yes, it's often related to t
True, I never actually thought of that.
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John,
I could not agree more. It is absolutely critical to backup and run updates on
all of your software before upgrading. Failing to do so may result in all sorts
of problems.
On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:06 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> I've heard mixed reviews. Obviously, if you don'
Thanks for the information. It's proper total is motion GPS correct? Does it
have the capability of telling you where you are or is it just something you
can just type in an address and have it give you turn by turn directions only?
I'm moving to a new neighborhood and would like to be able to
Hi.
I've looked briefly on VLC 2.0 and it seems really awesome. I wander if text tv
is accessible through the program? I just saw that option briefly in the
menubar. There seems to be a lot of things to explore.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
s...@coolfortheblind.dk
Website:
http://www.co
Hi All,
In the just published Tech Doctor podcast, Robert Carter and Allison Mervis
discuss mainstream versus specialized technology, Allison's experience with an
Android tablet and jail breaking iOS devices.
As always, the podcast is available at
http://www.dr-carter.com
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Il giorno 19/feb/2012, alle ore 17:35, Ricardo Walker ha scritto:
> It would be cool if you could use the trackpad on the Macbooks to play one of
> these games.
Right!
audio-games based on trackpad, on multi touch
it would be awesome! But I suppose there are not many developers interested! I
Ok, I have done the upgrade and everything seems to be working as it's suppose
to.
I do have a question though. Is there a way to get mail set back up so that it
only lets me look at the subject lines?
On 2012-02-19, at 12:06 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> I've heard mixed reviews.
Just switch to Classic View in Mail preferences from the View pane. That
will get Mail to act like it did in Snow Leopard. However, I would recommend
trying the new view and working with it.
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com
On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:48 PM, May McDonald wrote:
>
I'm sure you know about chess on your Mac. If not, you can find it in the
programs folder.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 19.02.2012 um 13:28 schrieb Goodin, Donna:
> Hi Jurgen,
>
> Thanks. I have lots of games on my iPhone, and yes, Papa Sangre was a great
> one. I was just on my Mac at the moment
Thanks. Guess I overlooked it when I was going through what things looked like
now.
Will take some getting use to.
On 2012-02-19, at 2:56 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>Just switch to Classic View in Mail preferences from the View pane. That
> will get Mail to act like it did in Snow Leopard.
Hi there,
I know this sounds dumb, but honestly, I completely forgot about chess. lol
Thanks for the reminder.
Best,
Donna
On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote:
> I'm sure you know about chess on your Mac. If not, you can find it in the
> programs folder.
>
> All the best
> Jürg
Well, believe it or not I have seen people tell a company that their
suggested solution for solving an accessibility problem with their software
really wasn't necessary because people could get along without any changes.
This gets done because the individual saying that usually doesn't have to
has anyone used the messages beta, I tried here, but, after composing, can't
figure out how to send the message, I know, I am quite ignorant here!
On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Apple has given us a sneak peek at Mountain Lion do out this summer. They
> ha
Hi. Ok, so if removing two macs will be a problem, does anyone know if Dropbox
became accessible as of yet? The last I heard about that, you needed sighted
help to install it onto your Mac. Is that still the case? I'm trying to help
her get Skype on her Mac but when she goes to Skype.com and tri
Hey guys. I've noticed that in the Messages beta Voiceover doesn't
automatically read messages that a person has typed. Has anyone found a work
around for this?
Shawn
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Dan Roy wrote:
> has anyone used the messages beta, I tried here, but, after composing, can't
> figure out how to send the message, I know, I am quite ignorant here!
>
>
> On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote
Ricardo,
I always put enter in my messages for blank lines just like an e-mail, but not
sure why!
Kawal.
On 19 Feb 2012, at 12:55 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Cool.
>
> But why would anyone want to put a empty line in a text message? That
> sounds a bit much. If I was sighted, and reading
It should. It's using the iChat interface. Look in settings under alerts
and make sure it is configured to do so. I have had no problems with alerts.
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com
On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
> Hey guys. I've noticed that in the Mess
Hey Jennifer and others. I just remembered that someone was having troubles
with Growl and that someone said that the preferences for it were in System
Preferences. If you have the latest version of growl, the preferences for it
are not in system prefs. To access Growl's preferences, go to your
I also reported the nuance pitch issue a while back. Another issue is that when
the mouse pointer is in the menus, pressing VO F5 does not report the item
under the mouse.
On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Hi,
> My nuance voices also go up and down in pitch. Although it's a
There is a screen that will tell you the address you are closest to, but it
will not announce up coming streets or places you pass, for that, the best app
is sendero look around I think. Motion will give you driving or walking
instructions very similar to what navigon offers, I think motion's in
Not sure if you had a better response yet, but try this
go to the login area of the 1password application, and place the cursor on the
login you want to open, and press option + command + Enter. This will open the
sign in link and fill in your information, on safari. It will not log you in,
but
Hello:
Does Motion GPS have maps for Europe available? Spain to be exact?
Thanks so much!
SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T.
MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE.
EN TWITTER: @macneticos
NUESTRO BLOG EN:
www.macneticus.blogspot.com
Y EL PODCAST EN:`
http://macneticos.libsyn.com
El 19/02/2012, a
can anyone send me the direct link to download message bata please?
best
On 19 Feb 2012, at 23:20, Brett C. wrote:
> To send your message, just press enter.
>
> BC
>
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Dan Roy wrote:
>
>> has anyone used the messages beta, I tried here, but, after composing, can't
Hi all,
I updated MenuTab yesterday, and it seems to be acting oddly now. I'm having a
hard time interacting with it via VO. First, I had to take it out of the auto
start in login, because that wasn't working for me. If you navigate away from
the app, I can't figure out how to get back over
change and if so can some body please tell me the new controls thanks in
advance
waynehello list has anybody had the latest update for chrome box and did there
controls
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Well, I guess I do it all. I do so my books, but I do read a lot of NLS books.
I always have. I guess us old folks just have a problem making changes
sometimes. I've been doing it since 1962, so who knows if I can make the change
completely.
I also like Whimbreel, although I haven't used i
I wish there were a Spider Solitare game available, unless someone knows
something I don't yet. I love playing that on my windows machine, and am
pretty much adicted to it, and would miss it when I have to part with it,
but I'm not wanting to put Windows on my macbook pro just to play Spider
S
R hi Jennifer
I ended up having to restart my computer. I guess I really should say that I
shut it down taking out all the windows. When I started my computer back up,
growl brought up the preferences when I call up the program. You might try that
and see if that helps. It did help mine. I still
True.
But there is no solution at this point. lol. So in essence, the person would
be calling and saying, you don't need to bother with something that doesn't
even exist. That would take incredible forethought IMO. But, I guess their
can be such a creature among us. :)
Ricardo Walker
rica..
Oh,
this is generally not done being there is a character limit with text messages.
Why waste a character on a blank line?
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> Ricardo,
>
> I always put
Hi,
in messages/preferences, go to alerts. Choose received messages from the pop
up and check speak an announcement.
hth
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
> Hey guys. I've noticed that
Hi,
If you already have dropbox on your machine, you can just drop skype in your
public folder and e-mail her the link.
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
> Hi. Ok, so if removing two macs
Hi!
How do I select text to be deleted or copied and pasted somewhere else
on the iphone or the ipad when using a apple bluetooth keyboard?
Also, how to switch keyboard layout, say I have English, Swedish and
Arabic, how to select the one I want to input with?
Thanks.
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Hi,
the text edit commands are the same as on the Mac. For example, command A to
select all, command C to copy, Command V to paste, etc.
To select different keyboard layouts, go to
settings/general/keyboard/international keyboards/add new keyboard.
hth
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.i
Sorry I can't help you with your problem but I need help urgently with
voiceover stopping speaking. I tried to pair a Motorola S305 with my MacBook
Pro and I turned the hardware Bluetooth on and now voiceover does not speak. I
need someone to tell me step by step on how to turn Bluetooth hardwar
Hmmm. In System Preferences > Displays at the very end of the dialog is
a button called Detect Displays. Try hitting that and maybe it will
notice your screen correctly.
CB
On 2/19/12 9:49 AM, matthew Dyer wrote:
I had it connected before I turned it on.
Matthew
On Feb 18, 2012, a
Sometimes its easier for stuff somebody might want to copy/paste to put
it on a line by itself, such as a link. That way I can just go to the
beginning of the link and then shift-down arrow to select everything to
the end of the line. Otherwise I have to pick out the stuff in the
middle of a st
This sounds very useful, but I have been unsuccessful getting it to work.
I want to get a caps-lock effect so I can tap multiple capital letters in a row.
When I am in touch typing mode, I touch the Shift key with one finger, keep my
finger in place, and then use another finger to tap twice. My
Hi.
I have found the setting in verbosity to turn off VO saying disclosure
triangle before each group of messages. But is there also a setting that will
turn off or shorten the three message conversation, two message conversation,
etc.? Thanks.
Bill
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Boy, I'd love to know this as well. I don't feel like I can zip through my mail
on the Mac.
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
> Hi.
> I have found the setting in verbosity to turn off VO saying disclosure
> triangle before each group of messages.
Hi Bill,
I'm only recently upgraded to Lion, so it's possible that I don't know what
you're talking about when you speak of the three-message conversation and the
two-message conversation. But if you are using Mail in Lion and not in the
Classic view, then there are check boxes in the Mail Pre
Hello Esther,
I believe he means in the new mail view, in the messages table, when a message
is a conversation. VO says 3 message conversation, meaning 3 messages inside
that thread.
I just played around further with my verbosity settings, and changed the speech
to low. Unfortunately, this o
Hi,
usually, when someone puts a link in a text, its separated from the rest of the
text automatically. At least thats how it is on the iPhone. as far as log type
entries, I guess. But I would assume one is more likely to send something like
that in an e-mail, not a text message. But like I
Hi,
Just triple tap the shift button. It will stay active until you double tap it
to turn it off.
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 20, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Jeffrey Wheatley wrote:
> This sounds very useful, but I have been unsucces
When I type in addresses in Navigon, I use Navigon Now which allows for typing
in addresses on one line and then launch Navigon from the Now App.
Les
On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> It's much easier to enter addresses on the motion app, just type it, no need
> to use 2 or 3 d
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