I've attempted to do a google search and also search the FS website and the
Focus 40 Blue manual. I've found no instructions for updating firmware. I have
had this problem for over a year, and I'm reasonably sure others have, too. I
think it would be great to post the instructions for firmware
Downloadable Focus 40 Blue Update
This firmware update for the Focus 40 Blue addresses an issue which arose
after a recent release of Apple's OSX operating system that affects Braille
output
from an Apple computer over USB.
How to Download and Install the Update
Note: Windows is requi
Hi,
I think this is pretty subjective. Sure, the things you mention are bugs but,
it depends on the person if they are major or not. In regards to word
processing, since the voiceover team to my knowledge don't make pages or text
edit, it would be more up to those people to work with the Voic
Thank you so very much. Much appreciated!
Teresa
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I called Freedom Scientific and they sent me a link to get the latest version.
It doesn't appear to be readily available on their site for some reason.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Kolby wrote:
> Hello Scott,
> I have a focus 40 blue running firmware version 4.53. How do I go about
> updating
Just a heads up to let you know that chrome 18 is out, and if you have 17
installed, it will automatically update without asking.
A few notes on this new release:
1-now entering a text field is much more obvious, as voice over announces with
that clickety sound.
2-the tabs work in a much more f
Hello All,
Thank you so much for the reply to my request for assistance on the Focus 40
Blue.
Does anyone know the URL for the online user guide for Lion?
I have the URL for the iOS guide which is:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/index.html
but for the life of me, cannot locate th
Hello Ioana,
You can turn header info on for a specific message by using key-combo:
Command+Shift+h. Please note that this is a toggle.
Mark
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Sent: Thursday, March
Hello Ioana,
In the current version of Apple Mail the Reply status is not read by
VoiceOver in non-classic view.
This is a bug that has been reported and documented to Apple.
Hopefully, this will be addressed before the release of Mountain Lion.
Mark
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co
Hello Jenny,
There is no special trick to replying to only one person on a list.
Please keep in mind that how this will be done will depend greatly upon how
the Mailing List is configured said configuration being done by the Mailing
List owner.
In the case of the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries lis
Hi Moses,
Thank you for the episode number of the Freedom Scientific podcast that
deals with Focus 40 Blue.
I will listen to it.
Mark
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 201
Hello Kristyn,
I just unboxed it and I believe that it says that I am running version 4.57.
By the way, is there a table of Braille commands that I can get that will
give me all of the Mac recognized commands for Braille displays?
I have such a list for my iOS device, already.
mark
-Orig
Hello Scott,
I am currently running 4.57 but I would appreciate it a great deal if you
would list the steps in order to upgrade the firmware for the Focus 40 Blue.
Thank you,
Mark
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I believe if you go in to the VO F8 braille, help on the Mac there is a list of
commands for each individual braille display.
If not, I'll look on the web it and send.
Kawal.
On 30 Mar 2012, at 11:33 AM, "M. Taylor" wrote:
> Hello Kristyn,
>
> I just unboxed it and I believe that it says th
Thank you, Scott.
Mark
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 12:38 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Focus40Blue Firmware update 4.57
Downloadable Focus 40 Blue Update
Thi
I went looking for Google Chrome and also searched for Chrome in the App Store
and could not find it. How does one obtain the Chrome browser? Thanks.
Les
On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:30 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
> Just a heads up to let you know that chrome 18 is out, and if you have 17
> insta
What is the latest version then?
Den 30-03-2012 11:26, David McLean skrev:
I called Freedom Scientific and they sent me a link to get the latest version.
It doesn't appear to be readily available on their site for some reason.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Kolby wrote:
Hello Scott,
I have
The latest firmware version for the Focus 40 Blue Braille display is 4.57.
Mark
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:10 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject
is there an easier to get info on a command in terminal. the man pages read,
but in a broken fashion that makes finding the relevant information
frustratingly difficult. the page won't read every line when the down arrow is
depressed. this forces me to interact in word mode to find out what was
The thing that I find annoying in chrome is, you can't jump to links found in
tables. You have to actually navigate with VO plus arrow keys to get to these
links. On certain sites, I've noticed chunks of text are just missing as well.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2t
Hi folks, I haven't used the wired Apple keyboard with num pad in years. I was
wondering, does it have an FN key? If so, where? I ask because I use the f1,
f2, keys etc as standard function keys. So I need the FN key to do thins like
adjust volume.
TIA.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletotheco
The FN Key is located in the grouping of keys between the keyboard and the
Numpad. It is the key in the middle row, far left.
Kev
On Mar 30, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi folks, I haven't used the wired Apple keyboard with num pad in years. I
> was wondering, does it have an FN
Hope this is OK.
Kawal.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Gucukoglu, Kawal"
> Date: 30 March 2012 01:02:46 PM GMT+01:00
> To: Kawal Gucukoglu
> Subject: Using Braille Displays with Mac Computers.
>
> Chapter 10. Using Braille Displays
> This chapter provides information about using refreshab
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Gucukoglu, Kawal"
> Date: 30 March 2012 01:46:16 PM GMT+01:00
> To: Kawal Gucukoglu
> Subject: Command and Gestures.
>
> Appendix A. Commands and Gestures
> This appendix lists VoiceOver commands and gestures, organized into
> categories.
> General commands
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Gucukoglu, Kawal"
> Date: 30 March 2012 01:54:05 PM GMT+01:00
> To: Kawal Gucukoglu
> Subject: Updated commands for the I phone.
>
> Support for wireless braille displays in iOS 5
> iPad, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch (3rd generation or
> l
I'm having a serious brain freeze this morning. Is there a way to change the
audible books so that they are mp3 so that they can be played on another device?
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Gucukoglu, Kawal"
> Date: 30 March 2012 02:11:07 PM GMT+01:00
> To: Kawal Gucukoglu
> Subject: THE REAL DOCUMENT THIS TIME.
>
> Common Braille commands for VoiceOver navigation
> Summary
> When using a Braille display with VoiceOver using iOS 4.1 or later, y
Hi,
No. Audible uses digital rights management (DRM). However, I have a
great program called Audio Book Converter, that converts Audible
books to MP3 for just this purpose. The first thing I do when I
download a new audible book, is to convert it so I can use it where
ever and whenever I w
Hello there,
It's funny you mention flash because one of my big questions is
browsing the web. I use sites like facebook, gmail, etc... on a
regular basis and was wondering how easy/difficult they are to use
with a Mac and VO -- I know facebook is a pain to navigate through
with jaws on my PC some
Thanks, I'll check that out. Definitely could come in handy.
On 2012-03-30, at 9:28 AM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No. Audible uses digital rights management (DRM). However, I have a great
> program called Audio Book Converter, that converts Audible books to MP3 for
> just this purpose.
Ah!
Thanks.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote:
> The FN Key is located in the grouping of keys between the keyboard and the
> Numpad. It is the key in the middle row, far left.
>
> Kev
This is an incredibly valuable thing, this document you posted. I have been
looking for these commands for ever. They also work on the back. I tested it.
Regards
GG
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Gucukogl
Hello.
I have just purchased the Slim Braille Pen, priced at £295 the cheapest
refreshable braille I have seen so far although I do have a Euro braille 40
which I use as well.
Just wish to know if anyone has used this either their mac or I phone?
All experiences are welcome.
Kawal.
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That's great GIGI glad I could assist. I'm still learning to use my braille
device with my Mac and now also soon with my braille slim Pen although that's
more for my I phone unless I do not like it then I'll sell it.
On 30 Mar 2012, at 04:11 PM, Gigi wrote:
> This is an incredibly valuable thi
That's interesting, Mark, as when I reply here with the gmail web
interface, it only puts the list address in the To: field and leaves
the Cc: field empty. I wonder if it depends some on the client being
used. Not sure about the reply all function in gmail; that would
probably stick the second ad
Not legally. You're not suppose to change the format of the audible files.
Mary Otten
motte...@gmail.com
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On 3/29/12, erik burggraaf wrote:
> I use calc to handle all my company accounts. I track receivables,
> expenses, hours worked, billed, collected and remaining. the open office
> word processer leaves a bit to be desired, but the spreadsheeting componant
> is really super.
Is this also true f
The Java version in OSX isn't horribly old. When I do
java -version
it says (among other things)
java version "1.6.0_29"
Which is Java SE 6 Update 29 which came out October 2011. There have
been two updates since in the fairly regular every-other-month releases.
Not sure how well things work
This was posted previously on the list to load up man pages using Preview:
man -t bash | open -a preview -f
Maybe that would do a better job. Of course you would replace bash with
whatever command you actually wanted man pages for. I found it was
somewhat readable with VO but sometimes jumped
Hi there
Does anybody out there know if there is a way to toggle on and off the display
of control characters question I don't want to global replace them out, because
it would mess up my file. However, I really need to be able to turn them on and
off if possible to make reading easier.
Regards
Hi Eric, Chris, and Others,
My suggestion for reading man pages for terminal commands is to download the
freeware program bwana:
http://bruji.com/bwana/
This program lets you use your browser to read man pages, and for the example
that Chris cited of reading the man page for "bash", you'd simpl
Unfortunately, a username and password is required to access the files.
Teresa
"On the other hand, there are different fingers."
On Mar 30, 2012, at 3:39 AM, M. Taylor wrote:
> Thank you, Scott.
>
> Mark
>
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O
How are frames read in Chrome now? There used to be a big problem with that.
Teresa
"On the other hand, there are different fingers."
On Mar 30, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> The thing that I find annoying in chrome is, you can't jump to links found in
> tables. You have to actuall
Hello, Les,
try this; http://www.google.com/chrome
HTH,
Teresa
"Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein
On Mar 30, 2012, at 4:03 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
> I went looking for Google Chrome and also searched for Chrome in the App
> Store and could not find it. How does
It might be necessary for folks to contact FS tech support individually. I just
did this.
Teresa
"On the other hand, there are different fingers."
On Mar 30, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> Unfortunately, a username and password is required to access the files.
>
> Teresa
>
> "On
HI there,
I tried to follow your instructions about deleting the list address from the to
field but I only have that one appearing so if deleted I am left with nothing.
Still the best way for me is to go to headers field and find the from field and
from the shortcut menu select reply to sender.
Hello,
I have turned message preview to none in view preferences. However, wen I vo
through the list of messages if they are not part of a conversation, the
messages are marked as read. Can I avoid this? It makes sifting through mail
confusing since often I am looking for urea messages and some
Howdy,
I wonder if anyone's got any ideas on this.
I have a bunch of contacts on my Mac. I guess over a couple of times trying to
get everything in sync, some had multiples. So, yesterday, I deleted the
multiples from my Mac.
Then I noticed a bunch of contacts were no longer on the iPhone.
Hi, Ioana,
In Mail Preferences, go to the View tab and press VO-space. Navigate to the
checkbox: "Mark all messages as read when opening a conversation." This is
assuming you have your messages grouped into conversations.
HTH,
Teresa
I'm a pantheist; I worship Pan.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:19 P
Hi,
Just got my Mac going again and am still very new to it. I'm not sure how to
get to the headers field and finding what you said to find.
I don't even know how to get to the To: field of the message. To navigate
messages, I simply see the list and then use VO J to get to the message.
HI,
All companies regardless if they are specialising in Assistive technology
introduce new features. The customer base drives the feature requests which is
the market base. If the company cannot reproduce a problem. Then how can they
fix it. Assuming this is the case with the issue you have ar
Hi Ricardo,
that's a point of view. But honnestly: Drag and Drop thing doesn't work quite
well, most of the time it doesn't work at all. Even Airdrop doesn't work
reliably with this drag and drop. Activities are nice to have but how often do
you use it?
Of course the tables also depend on the
All I mentioned is pretty easy to duplicate. So it's not a matter of reproduce
these bugs it's just an issue of man power I suppose. And so my concern is that
they will not have enough man power to fix all the major bugs and to create
more new features at the same time.
J
Am 30.03.2012 um 22:07
Yeah, I have Safari lying around as a backup browser. But in my experience, if
something isn't accessible in Chrome, it's usually not accessible in Safari
either. I guess it depends on where you go. But overall, I love Chrome. It's
going to stay my default browser.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 7:31 AM,
Sorry for the extra message. I just checked my Chrome version number. I'm using
a dev build of Chrome which is up to version 19. So if you guys are having
issues, you might want to try downloading a build from the dev channel.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:30 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
> Just a he
Actually, to be fair, he is not changing the format of the file. The original
file remains just as it is. He is copying the output into a different file.
This could as easily be performed with a jack cable. Same happens if you burn
the book to a CD, and that would be allowed.
Always great to ha
Hi, Jennifer,
In the message area, VO-left-arrow once and you should hear "message headers
group". Interact with this, and it will behave as any other text area. From
here, you can find the message header and then press VO-shift-m to bring up the
contextual menu. From it, choose "reply to sende
HI Teresa,
I am afraid I don't get it. What you say would mark all messages read as I open
a conversation. This would not solve my problem rather make it worse. When I do
this every message or conversation is marked read as I vo through the list.
Maybe I was not clear in detailing my problem. I
I said nothing about changing the file, just the file type. Not everyone has a
way to play audible files.
And please lets not play the "not legally" card, lol.
But, ugh, I do hate audible at times, smiles.
On 2012-03-30, at 4:44 PM, Emrah wrote:
> Actually, to be fair, he is not changing the f
Sorry; I wasn't clear. Make sure that checkbox is unchecked.
Teresa
"Slow down; you'll get there faster."
On Mar 30, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
> HI Teresa,
>
> I am afraid I don't get it. What you say would mark all messages read as I
> open a conversation. This would not solve
HI there,
I am going to create some controversy probably with my post.
I think the mac has some amazing features like being able to use the trackpad,
having easy access to many different languages, using any mac you encounter on
equal footing, having a stable system, etc.
I will say that the
Thanks this makes more sense, but this does not solve single messages being
marked as read. As workaround I turned off completely the content column and
just open the messages I want with command o. Still should there be an other
method to do this without turning that column off completely I wo
THe greatest challenge in my opinion for someone who has used WIndows and a
WIndows-based screen reader such as WIndow-EYes or JAWS is the effort in
unlearning everything you previously learned.
Like it or not and I'm not interested in creating a flamewar here, but reality
is how you interact wi
Hi,
OK, I have tried to do this several times and still can't figure this out.
Here's what I don't understand though. If you use command R it should only
reply to the person that you got the message from I thought but that's not the
case.
When I try to VO left arrow from the message it wo
Hi guys:
After restoring my phone using iTunes, I cannot sync ring tones that I've
purchased. I have all tones set to sync, but I can no longer copy and paste my
tones from the main part of iTunes to the iPhone 4. Help! iPhone 5.1 software,
and iTunes 10.6.1.
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Hi,
I like to use the VO J command to go from message title to message content. It
makes things a lot faster for me.
Oh, can someone tell me if my signature is going through?
Thanks.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
> Thanks this makes more sense, but this does not solve si
I agree with you totally. It was a challenge when I switched too, but lists
like Mac visionaries helped a lot.
Thanks for letting me voice my opinion.
On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:25 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> THe greatest challenge in my opinion for someone who has used WIndows and a
> WIndows-ba
In addition, what I find interesting when I read Windows users write about
their Mac experiences is they often seem to forget that learning Windows was
not easy. Obviously, years of experience and use does tend to make one forget
that all of the little things that one does with Windows that
I really can't argue with that. selecting text on the web is quite a chore on
the Mac. I think Safari, and lack of accessibility or efficiency of a office
suite for power users of such applications is the Macs greatest weakness at
this point in comparison to jaws with windows. But progress is
Hi,
Can't verify this cause am on the iphone now but here are the steps:
1. Interact with message content, not with texxt of message.
2. vo to find headers.
3. interact with headers.
4. in this texxt find the from address and place vo on it.
5. Here you can invoke vo shift m. If you are not on the
Hi all,
I asked some time a go if Carbonite was accessible on the Mac with no
luck, so thought would try another.
Does anybody use LastPass premium on the Mac?
It works well on my iPhone.
Thanks for any help.
Max.
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