Riccardo,
Actually that is what I was hinting at to be honest, as i feel the method of
selecting text within Safari is rather sloppy. You can also navigate by line
within iOS, so hoped that feature would come across to OS X. Navigating by
line is also useful when trying to read pages that hav
You mentioned wanting to be able to save some of your podcasts, in Downcast you
can tap on the More Details button next to the episode you want to keep and
toggle the Lock/unlock button. From here you can also export the episode.
Garth
iblindtech.com
On 03/07/2012, at 1:44 PM, Tim Emmons wrote:
Colin,
I totally forgot about this hidden little gem. Thanks that is one annoyance
ticked off my list :)
Chris
On 3 Jul 2012, at 00:40, Red.Falcon wrote:
> Hi there!
> I do not know if this is something you might find useful!
> But open VO+H+H will bring up vo commands and in the first option
I'd love to see some improvements to the way VO works with Zoom and just some
improvements to Zoom in general. I mostly don't use Zoom on my Mac but this
only because it is so poor when compared to things like ZoomText in the windows
world. It is probably great if you don't need to use Voice Ove
Two words spring to mind when using the Apple podcast app "half baked". Let's
hope it gets updated in iOS 6. I would also like to see the app sync my
podcast playlist that is on iTunes via iCloud.
I don't think Downcast need to worry at this stage.
On 3 Jul 2012, at 03:17, Sarai Bucciarelli wr
What improvements would you like fixed in particular when it comes to zoom?
On 3 Jul 2012, at 09:44, Garth Humphreys wrote:
> I'd love to see some improvements to the way VO works with Zoom and just some
> improvements to Zoom in general. I mostly don't use Zoom on my Mac but this
> only because
Open book on the Mac? Forget it. This here sounds like it might be worth
serious consideration. thanks.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
On Jul 2, 2012, at 10:08 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Forgot to put the name o
There are a few bugs when zoomed to high levels, i.e., more than 14X or so. If
you have VO running and zoom set to follow the keyboard focus you will find
that the command tab to switch between apps becomes unreliable and navigating
the menu bar with the arrow keys is also unreliable. Also I don
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of a phone that works with Skype on the Mac? Either a USB
phone or a dual phone with speech? I justt got an offer from Skype to purchase
a cordless phone for only $9, but I don't know whether I'd be able to configure
Skype myself or not. Any thoughts or suggestions
HelloAlison.
Even better than that as I did this and now I have Skype on my chordless phone
and do not miss a call.
If you visit Skype.com and look for making calls from your home phone, then you
will see an adaptor which is a small box which you plug in from your network
into your home phone.
I'd like to have Braille tables for some languages fixed in Mountain Lion. I've
been writing to Accessibility about it a few times but ominously have not had a
single response to reassure me that they are going to do so. Braille tables
swapping on te the fly would be a good feature, very much li
Hi,
I wonder how many zoom users are out there? I ask because, I wonder if there
are enough users to give Apple enough feedback. My vision isn't good enough to
really use zoom for any extensive length of time so, I can't really point
anything out. Well, except the way it bounces Voiceover ar
Hi Ricardo, I wonder the same thing. I also wonder how am many people like me
would use Zoom if only it worked a bit better. With VO At work where we are
firmly set in the windows world, I primarily use JAWS but use ZoomText in
conjunction with it. I have it set to about 30 times on a 28 inch sc
Well with any luck Apple may head in this direction, as they appear to have got
the message with iOS 6 that zoom and voice over at the same time would be
beneficial. If it was improved and there were better contrast colour schemes,
I may consider using it myself. I sometimes fire up ZoomText o
I prefer not to have to take my fingers off the home keys. It is not so much
with the arrow keys that I would want to use the caps lock key but with the
other vo commands. I can't help think that the caps lock key is a complete
waste of prime keyboard real-estate, if you know what I mean. It is
I guess that makes sense. I suppose that is the charm of VO, it can be used in
so many different ways.
If I am using my iMac, then I tend to use the numeric keypad., and if I am
using my iOS devices I use quick nav via a bluetooth keyboard, and when using
my Macbook I use the track pad.
Cap
Hi.
The only thing I can think off which hasn't been mentioned yet is the keyboard
settings in the universal settings in system preferences. I don't know if
something there can make this happen with your space bar.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
s...@coolfortheblind.dk
Website:
http://ww
eloquence 100% is for me. If I had this, then I wouldn't be using windows
anymore there's something about the voice that I can listen to it and I don't
get tired of it. I have a hearing impairment and find it is more clear
understandable in words than these silly nuance voices. I don't want that
Hi, I've been using this for a year and a half. There are pitfalls, not least
of which is the pricetag, but I've recommended it for at least 3 or 4 clients
and it does an amazing job.
I've also got the hovercam T5V here which would be a cheeper alternative but I
haven't gotten it to work yet.
While I agree 100 percent that Eloquence is the only speech that is efficient
enough to actually get things done with, I've
never been particularly fond of it. Not sure that makes sense given that I've
used Glen more or less exclusively for the past
12 years or so, but on the whole, I think Eloqu
What is openbook this scanning program sounds interesting
On 2012-07-02 11:54 PM, "Eugenia Firth" wrote:
> Hi guys.
> I wanted to tell y'all about the scanning program that I saw at the
> exhibits at NFB today. True, it costs $1200, but it comes with a camera
> sort of like the Purl camera.
>
> I
OpenBook is an OCR program for Windows.
I'd assume you're talking about iPal, correct, for the mac, that is?
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Subjec
I'd rather have the dectalk voices.
On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
> eloquence 100% is for me. If I had this, then I wouldn't be using windows
> anymore there's something about the voice that I can listen to it and I don't
> get tired of it. I have a hearing impairment and find
Hi,
While I agree a female equivalent to Alex would be a necessary addition, I
just don't see apple ever incorporating Eloquence or the Dectalk voices, for
that matter. For one thing, why incorporate an inferior voice from Nuance
when you've already got their high quality realspeak? I completely
u
Hi.
Before I give up and consider deleting my Facebook account, I'll bring up
discussion to see if any of you have considered the same frustrations when
using Facebook.
I've read on Applevis that setting Safari to react like Firefox or Internet
explorer should make the mobile site of Facebook
I have been able to view post and am now enjoying using voice book vo on iOS.
The developer will add new features as the app grows and I look forward to that.
I have not had the issues your describing on m.facebook.com with language.
that sounds tedious and frustrating.
I check statuses mostly now
Hey Søren,
Even I use Facebook a lot and access almost all the features apart from
tagging people, I guess.
However, ever since I started using the mobile site and set Firefox as the
browser, I stopped facing any problems.
As far as commenting on photos is concerned, you can do 2 things:
1. on
Lately, I've heard people changing the user agent and using the full site. I
use the full site myself with VO, and have no problems. This is with Safari on
os x 10.6.8
Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates
Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda
Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda
H
hello; we are all frustrated with Facebook, but its just so hard to give it up
completely. what i do is to subscribe to as many people as possible out of my
friends list. then i set notifications to send me an email anytime anything
happens. then i just hit reply in my mail program. when i w
Lol my opinion is if Nuance is so tight fist about Eloquence yet they
are not with Vocalizer I cannot see Eloquence being featured any time soon.
On 03/07/2012 14:38, Daniel McGee wrote:
eloquence 100% is for me. If I had this, then I wouldn't be using windows
anymore there's something about t
Hello,
Vicky is supposed to be the female equivalent of Alex. Personally, I can't
stand either of them. I've been using Fred for years because he's clear and
quite neutral.
On 3 Jul 2012, at 16:05, Daniel Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While I agree a female equivalent to Alex would be a necessary
Just curious, has anyone tried GooglePlus? If so, how is it in terms of
accessibility?
Cheers,
Donna
On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Maxwell Ivey wrote:
> hello; we are all frustrated with Facebook, but its just so hard to give it
> up completely. what i do is to subscribe to as many people as pos
Dear Listers,
I wonder whether I might have your opinion / thoughts on the following:
My family has kindly given me a present of an airport extreme latest
model. This was prompted by the difficulties I had with my original
time capsule which I bought in 2008. It has 500 GB disk, and as I now
have
Seren:
I amusing Snow Leopard on an MBP15 circa 2008, with the latest 10.6.8 updates
including Safari. I use the main site, not the mobile site, and while I don't
use a few of the features you want to use, like tagging people and so on, I
keep up with it fairly well. It's quite possible that
As far as I know, you cannot tag via the iPhone apps.
Sorry, I don't use m.facebook much. The few times I've used it though, I
believe the layout is much cleaner & simpler.
Traci
Sent by Macbook Air Mail
On Jul 2, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote:
> This is great to hear, that tagging
I thought Victoria was prior voice to Alex? Personally I quite like Alex, and
can't stand Fred. He sounds rather creepy and too robotic. I guess it depends
on what you are used to and how long you have been using TTS.
On 3 Jul 2012, at 16:21, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Vicky is suppo
Ugh, I hate Vicky and Victoria. I hate Fred too. I wish they'd use Alex for
the OS X installer.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:57 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.
Same here. Both Vicky and Victoria sound too robotic for me; more like Fred
than Alex. Vicky doesn't have nearly the realism
as Alex, so I can't imagine that she's meant to be his female counterpart. Oh
well. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Honestly, I don't understand all the fuss about
Hi,
You can tag with the official iPhone app when you are adding a picture. I've
only done it once but I have done it and it wasn't too bad of a process. It
was a bit time consuming for me though. :) However, I do not know of a way to
tag in a plain status update. I only have tagged with a
Ah! That would be sweet: Alex reading the OSX install. I'd almost rather see
Apple get rid of Fred, Vicky and Victoria
altogether since there are so many better options out there.
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On Behalf
Alas it would be, but I have my theories on why they use fred for that
purpose.
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:17 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
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Fred is used during installation because it requires the least system
resources, which is also why Fred is the most responsive voice and why it is my
preferred voice for practical purposes.
I use Acapela voices sometimes for reading for pleasure, and have Fiona, the
Scottish voice that comes wi
That's what I was going to say actually. Lol. I personally think it's an
inferior voice.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:57 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Hi,
You can combine multiple Base Stations using the Airport Utility. I would set
up your network using the newest Extreme then you can add the TC in two
different ways.
1. Join an Existing network: This will simply make the TC a member of the
network but it will not be an Access Point. Yo
What does this program have that docu-scan doesn't have? That one costs 300
bucks, plus the camera for another 300 from amazon. As I understand it, the 300
dollar camera t5-v from Hovercam has the same resolution as the one from
Abissee. So what does the Abisee product have to make it worth 120
Well, for one thing, it does it's processing locally, not in the cloud. That's
convenient because it means you don't have to be connected to the net and it's
also nice from a security standpoint. It's also much faster processing locally.
The featureset of the Eyepal is not really worth the pri
Hi Erik.
Do you think the price would be worth it if you had a lot of scanning to do?
The thing I saw was like the Purl camera, very fast and you didn't have to
close a scanner or anything like that. For me, I may wait because I don't do
that much scanning right now. But Kurzweil 1000 for Windo
Hi.
I hear that Google plus isn't very accessible at all.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
s...@coolfortheblind.dk
Website:
http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 03/07/2012 kl. 17.21 skrev Donna Goodin:
> Just curious, has anyone tried GooglePlus? If so, how is it in terms of
> accessibility
Hi guys.
I also found out something else. Sendero is working on a serious GPS for the
iPhone. I asked Mike May if bus information was going to be part of it. He said
yes. That makes me really happy because I'm tired of looking up information on
our DART web site when it's accessible but not re
Hi.
Wow, thanks so much for all your replies. It seems as I have to experiment some
more with the normal Facebook page again.
I don't know what causes this weird language switching issue. It wouldn't make
much sense if I recorded what happens, because the main page is in danish.
I have had some w
I prefer Qlex...can't stand Fred
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 3, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
> Alas it would be, but I have my theories on why they use fred for that
> purpose.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups
Hi CJ,
While I think Scrivener is likely to be the app you might want, I thought I'd
mention that Ulysses is on sale today for $1.99 at the Mac App Store, as part
of an indie developer promotion called "two dollar Tuesday". These special
prices are only good for the day, though.
HTH. Cheers,
Yeah, not very accessible at all. Yeah, there are work arounds, but they are
complicated, in the stream, you'll see the names, but you'll have to feel for
the post (good luck), then you can read and plus 1 (like), and comment. At
least the main screen ( where you get to the stream, circles, etc
Hi,
I'd like to know how to set an input volume and that the system doesn't change
it. Because when i'm talking by Skype the other person tells me that sometimes
can't ear my voice
Some help will be appreciated
Thanks,
Francisco Salvador Crespo
Cómo contactarme/How to contact me
Mail: crespofr
I think you're right on the mark here on that one. I'd like to see a windowed
option, and a way to have white over Black in that window, which would Make it
look more like ZT's doc reader.
Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates
Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda
Http://www
Command tab is flakey even w/o vo with zoom above 14x.
Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates
Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda
Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda
Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda
Twitter @lpnalda
On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote:
> Ther
Hmm, that's too bad. Facebook is annoying me.
thanks,
Donna
On Jul 3, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Søren Jensen wrote:
> Hi.
> I hear that Google plus isn't very accessible at all.
> Best regards:
> Søren Jensen
> Mail & MSN:
> s...@coolfortheblind.dk
> Website:
> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
>
> Den 0
Well, I may give it a try. Thanks for letting me know.
BEst,
Donna
On Jul 3, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> Yeah, not very accessible at all. Yeah, there are work arounds, but they are
> complicated, in the stream, you'll see the names, but you'll have to feel
> for the post (good luck)
When will the sendero GPS come out?
Best regards Annie.
Den Jul 3, 2012 kl. 8:04 PM skrev Eugenia Firth:
> Hi guys.
> I also found out something else. Sendero is working on a serious GPS for the
> iPhone. I asked Mike May if bus information was going to be part of it. He
> said yes. That make
Thanks for passing this info along to us. What is the name of the scanning
program, and is there a website where I might go to learn more about it?
Cordially,
Rafael Bejarano
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Beha
Hi Gigi,
It's very comperable to the pearl. If you had a load of scanning to do for
university or some such you'd be happy to pay. It saves lifting large books,
or bending or cutting them. It's fast. It's accurate. It's friendly to
different lighting although it does work best in bright ar
So what advantage is there to the camera that comes with the Abisee as opposed
to the 300 dollar Hovercam t5v? I understand that some folks might have
security issues with scanning into the cloud. Frankly, I don't scan anything
anywhere that I would worry about somebody else seeing, because when
Hi Mary, I don't have docuscan. I know all there is to know for good or ill
about the EyePal, and there's plenty of both. I know there are logistical
problems with scanning in the cloud. Speed, server and internet dependencies
and security issues. I can't speak to the interface of docuscan
Hi Rafael.
The link for the web site is www.abisee.com. The company representative was
passing out some business cards at the NFB exhibits.
Eugenia Firth
gigifi...@sbcglobal.net
On Jul 3, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote:
> Thanks for passing this info along to us. What is the na
Hi Annie.
I wish I knew. I asked, and they wouldn't commit to a time. I want it.
I just got Ariadne a few days ago. I decided if it could get a guy through the
forest, I should try it and see. I think it will have some uses, but I really
want Sendero. Even the one I've got now has gotten me unl
Ester,
I had saved your original msg, for later reference. And, low and behold,
here's a new one. That's so nice of you to remember my request.
Thanks again,
CJ
On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hi CJ,
>
> While I think Scrivener is likely to be the app you might want, I though
Boo Eloquence! If I wanted to listen to that stupid robotic voice drone on and
on, I'd switch back to PC and install Jaws or Window-Eyes. But I don't want to
do that because I'm a Mac user, and I like listening to human-sounding voices.
If I had to pick voices to be added to the Mac, I'd pick th
Hey all!
I have just completed a post and podcast on how to use iMovie to edit
videos, add titles and transitions, and also insert music or sound effects.
Not everyone has as need for this but it has come up a few time so I
wanted to share it. The Podcast should be in iTunes short
I don't get it. How does Aridne navigat one through a forest?
Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates
Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda
Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda
Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda
Twitter @lpnalda
On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
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