Oh boy, I have been playing around with this for a while now, it didn't work,
of course, it was set to off! sometimes, the most obvious things are just
beyond me, h!
On Jul 31, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Lisette and Les,
>
> Are you guys sure you have the on button press
Yes, so do I, but, if you ever have a sighted friend use your Mac, it will
bother them, or, at least, I think it will.
when I first got my mac and didn't know about how to see all the opened windows
and dialogues, the first time my wife went to use my Mac, she was annoyed about
all the opened s
Hello Apple gan boys and girls,
How are we all enjoying Mountain Lion? Pretty good huh? Few little bugs? yeah
I know, but no show stoppers unlike Lion :)
Anyway, enough of the small talk. After installing a fresh clean Mountain
Kitty Kat onto my iMac, it suddenly dawned on me "damn! I have no
Hello Chris.
It's lovely to have a cheerful e-mail to read. Like you, I am sitting at work
in the UK and not doing it as I should but I am living a little dangerously.
Well, I love your idea about the settings being saved in Icloud. You should
let Apple know your idea.
Kind regards.
Kawal.
Hello All.
I forgot to add one thing having no windows when using ML.
Affter a while, Voice Over stops announcing that the application has no windows
and works normally.
Again if any one can shed a little light, let me know. I do not know if its a
bug. Thank you. I am feeling great for a Fri
Don't worry, I have done via accessibility@ and also via the feedback feature
on their website. But if anyone else wants to do the same, then that might
ensure it is considered by Apple in the future.
Hope your day is going well. I am bug hunting on our huge website. It amazes
me in 2012 ho
My grandmother has a Hyunda, but trust me, it doesn't have bluetooth
ability, nor does it have auxiliary input. All she's got is A M/FM/Sirius
XM, Plus a 6 disc dashboard loading CD changer. I can't remember what year
it is, but it's not exactly old old old, but it's not new by any stretch
e
Hello all, I find some new possibility's so that you can specify that a event
will have a end-our with the word until.
I write something like:
appointment with x 5 august 10:40 until 18:00
kind regards,
William windels
Op 31-jul.-2012, om 22:49 heeft Harry Hogue het
volgende geschreven:
> Hi,
Well, the reason I made that suggestion is because I did it once, too. :) That
set of options really is kind of confusing to navigate.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:35 AM, Dan Roy wrote:
> Oh boy, I have been playing around with this for a while now, it didn't work,
> of course, it was se
I agree, vo settings in iCloud would be incredible! They already let us use a
thumb drive for settings, so why not do the same automatically via iCloud? I'll
definitely email accessibil...@apple.com and let them know I support this idea.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
> Don't wo
Hi Chris,
My aren't you chatty this morning! :)
I completely agree about storing VO profiles in the cloud, that would be way
cool. Also agree about the idea of setting notification center to notify you
only when you get a message from a VIP. I suspect we'll see interesting
developments in bot
Hey Donna,
Trust you are keeping well?
I suspect Apple might introduce a notification from VIPs when they get around
to adding do not disturb. Well I guess they have to save some features for
Snow Monkey.
I am still going to keep pestering Apple about adding support for tables in
Pages and T
Hello all is there a way of assigning a sound when shutting down a mac
computer and if so how? Thanks!
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Thanks. I was having a brain freeze, and neglected to check the menu,
figured the login and change accounts would be in the actual store window.
Changed my ID, but the download kept failing. It was the free twitter app I
can't spell, so deleted it and will purchase it again with my main ID.
Hi. maybe there is a way for sighted people to get rid of it with the mouse?
I have no idea whether this is correct or not though.
lol
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I don't think so, but google might turn up an app that does this. Still, my mac
shuts down so quickly compared to windows that I don't need a sound to tell me
the process is proceeding.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:09 AM, "chris hallsworth" wrote:
> Hello all is there a way of assigning a sound when sh
The Facebook integration isn't going to be out until the fall.
All you have as of right now it twitter.
On Aug 1, 2012, at 10:48 PM, KJSC radio wrote:
> Hi all. I just got Moutain Lion installed and I was wandering how do I get
> facebook setup on my mac? thanks all so much.
>
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I set up my trackpad so I can hold control and flick left or right to go
through my webspots.
All I did was reverse those custom gestures and it works like normal if
I do it on my trackpad.
Give it a shot.
Mike
On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Emrah wrote:
> Ha ha
> I actually thou
So I will explain what I understand about these.
Web spots are markers you can plus on your own and jump right to on a
webpage.
For example if there is a certain button or item on a webpage you need
to use a lot you can place a web spot and jump right to it.
I have the se
Hi All,
I'm looking to buy a flatbed scanner with paper feeding capabilities that
will interface well with mac, is sturdy, intuitive, and that handles OCR
well. I'll be using it for books and some documents. What are you using
that you like? And what software do you find works best?
thanks!
Hello amazon has just what you want so just do a search for blue
tooth transmitters and there they will be hope this helps
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Hi all,
Not sure if this is new in ML or not. If I'm editing a card in Contacts, and
press CMD-W to close the window when I'm done, it also closes contacts. My
memory is that it used to just close the current card. Anyone have any idea
how to close a card without closing Contacts?
Cheers,
Do
Subject says it all. Sorry for the extraneous post.
Donna
On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this is new in ML or not. If I'm editing a card in Contacts, and
> press CMD-W to close the window when I'm done, it also closes contacts. My
> memory is that
Hi everyone. To answer everyone's questions, yes, Voiceover does read the Growl
Notifications that are passed to the Notification Center. I think it's a good
thing that Growl notifications go to Notification Center because I can easily
shut Voiceover up if I don't want it to talk. With Growl the
Even with Growl *NOT* running, VO *STILL* tells me that Skype has new window
every time a contact changes status. AIM doesn't do this, either in Messages
or in the AIM client. That's my biggest chunk of cow, and apparently it's not
a Growl issue?
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and T
I get the same thing. I didn't realize it was when a contact changed, but it
definitely happens. No idea why.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter
wrote:
> Even with Growl *NOT* running, VO *STILL* tells me that Skype has new window
> every time a contact changes status. AIM d
Well, the fix is easy. Just go in to your skype prefs/Notifications/general
tab and from there, select Growl for the screen notifications.
HTH.
For some reason, it goes back to the default with every update.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Hi listers,
When I go to an album's page on rateyourmusic.com, it seems impossible
to rate the album using a screen-reader. The section where you select
your rating just contains a set of graphics with very confusing
labels, and clicking on them doesn't seem to produce meaningful
results. The on
I just stopped Growl, and before that I removed Skype from its table of
applications for which it has set preferences, trying to get this to stop, and
that was before I updated Skype. The behavior hasn't changed from before the
update. I'll reboot with Growl up and the Skype references changed
That's not what I need.
Did you actually read my e-mail? My grandmother doesn't have bluetooth
ability.
The only way we can interface this is via cigarette lighter based plug. She
doesn't have bluetooth, nor does she have an auxiliary input nor a USB
input.
This is why it needs to be an
Gee, you made much too much work for yourself for nothing. All you really
needed to do was go in to your Sype prefs window via command/comma, and, from
there, go to the tool bar and choose the notifications tab. From there, choose
the overview tab. Inside here, just VO=right until you see the
You might perhaps try
www.ccrane.com
They have an FM transmiter that I suspect will suit the purpose.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
On Aug 3, 2012, at 1:08 PM, "Christopher-Mark gilland"
wrote:
> That's not wha
*nods* I see that, but now, I have the problem where I removed Skype from
Growl's applications table, and can't add it back. *grin* B Before stopping
Growl altogether, I tried removing Skype, thinking some of my other apps might
want to use Growl. When I continued to hear Skype has new window a
Hi folks,
can this be done yet?
if not, for those of you with the wisdom, was there ever an older
synthesizer that could manage Greek in any format other than windows?
checking for someone else, and appreciate the wisdom.
Karen
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Hello, Karen.
You might like to have a look at
http://www.assistiveware.com/product/infovox-ivox/voices
They have a Greek voice.
I hope that's of use.
Aman
On 8/3/12, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> can this be done yet?
> if not, for those of you with the wisdom, was there ever an older
> sy
If your directions are correct, I am curious why just turning off
visual notifications entirely does not get rid of the "Skype has new
window" announcements. I don't have Growl, so that choice is dimmed in
my case. But I unchecked "Display visual notifications," and I still
get numerous "new window
Hi,
According to the Apple App Store where you purchase Mountain Lion, Greek is one
of the many supported languages.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2012-08-03, at 1:09 PM, Aman Singer wrote:
> Hello, Karen.
> You might like to have a look at
> http://www.assistiveware.com/p
Hi Tim, all,I will share this, but the rest of my question still stands.
Surely Greek existed in a synthesizer before now?
Thanks,
Kare
On Fri, 3 Aug 2012, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
According to the Apple App Store where you purchase Mountain Lion, Greek is one
of the many supported languages.
Hi all,
I quite often have an issue with my time capsule and my BT hub/modem and I lose
my internet/network and can only get it back once I've unplugged the time
capsule and plugged it in again. Earlier this week it was gone for several
hours before a lot of fighting with it fixed it. Actually
Hello Karen,
A Greek voice was first integrated into Mac OS X with Lion, along with all the
other non-English languages. I downloaded a Greek voice as someone I know signs
her name in Greek letters and VoiceOver does not speak them unless I switch to
the Greek voice.
Cheers,
Anne
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It does, thanks. I've tried auto webspots a few times, but it never seems to
give me any, so I have no idea how good they are. Still, assigning them seems
like a good idea and I'll have to play with that more on pages I use a lot.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Blinkin wrote:
> So I will explain
Hi,
My time capsule came unplugged. I plugged it in again and it seemed to be ok,
but when I went to the time machine menu the configured icon was dimmed. I've
found my disk but it now says it cannot connect to the time machine server and
that it can't find my backup disk.
I'm going to go onto
Hi everyone!
In order to check my work email when I'm out of the office, I have to use MS
Outlook web access. On Windows, I can select either a premium or basic radio
button when logging in. The basic view is much more accessible. Unfortunately,
I'm not able to access these radio buttons on the
Hi all,
I can't figure out messages at all. I tried sending a few messages to an
address that my iPod can send to with no problem, but the mac says "failed to
deliver' each time. I just noticed I had a new message, so tried to find out
what it was. I found the conversations table, selected the "
Hi,
Webkit is just the nightly builds of Safari, so I doubt that will help at
all. Chrome is accessible with VO, so you could give that a go, or just use
apple mail.
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Merv
Now that's interesting. Please do let us know what you find out. Thanks.
Allison
On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Thanks, I might have a look at virtualbox, I didn't know it was free. The
> advantage to winonx is that you don't need windows, just the windows program
> you want to
Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes online?
Perhaps that would get around Skype saying it has a new window when someone
comes online or sends a chat, so it could be put to good use.
Thanks,
Rachel
On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Doug Lee wrote:
> If your directi
I was getting this at first, and I disabled visual notifications entirely, and
am now not getting any announcements that Skype has a new window.
On 2012-08-03, at 5:30 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote:
> Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes
> online? Perhaps that
Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is
probably an exchange account, so you could probably set it up in Apple mail, if
they're using exchange 2007 or later. I'd do that, to avoid the head aches of
dealing with any kind of web mail
On 2012-08-03, at 5:18 P
Yes, in fact, that's precisely what I have it doing now--using the system voice
to announce status changes. After every time this is announced, or if "message
from Rachel," or whomever, is spoken, VO speaks up about the new window. It's
not a Growl issue at all, apparently. nor a visual notifi
Hi kirsten, i'd say that Apple mail is one of the best mail clients i've used.
I'd used outlook 2003 for a while, but didn't really like it, that was back
when i was on Windows though. WHat it sounds like to me, from what you're
describing, is that you have two accounts set up in mail, or t
So, as you suggested I've just been in the accounts part of the preferences ...
thanks for reminding me where to find it - obvious really ...
There's only one account there, the one which says btinternet and is apparently
an imap and says yahoo in the description
I am fairly certain this is dif
Well, the btinternet account sounds like an ISP provided account. Not sure if
your ISP provides iMap, POP3, or both. Most ISP provided email is Pop3
though. You might want to call your ISP and check to see wihcih they support.
If I have multiple devices, say a Mac, and an iPhone for exampl
I was wondering if it should be pop3 on my mac, that way the mails would stay,
and imap on my 4s and ipad?
Does that sound the wrong way round?
As I only seem to have the imap version, would I need to add a new account if I
wanted to create, or recreate the pop3 version?
Don't want to mess up
Hi,
As subject says, I think I have managed to sort out my tm issue. Not sure how,
but got it to come up with my password and did a bit of wire jiggling and now
it's done a successful full backup! Fingers crossed that it keeps working!
I sadly have to say, I have a house full of Apple products,
Would you be so kind as to explain how you got the system voice to speak Skype
changes?
Thanks!
On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter
wrote:
> Yes, in fact, that's precisely what I have it doing now--using the system
> voice to announce status changes. After every time this is a
Hi all,
Since Mountain Lion, a strange issue has been occurring with voiceover. When
I'm perusing an edit field, I can vo right or left arrow to go backward or
forward by words. However, if I wish to edit something, with quick nav off, I
should theoretically be able to press just left or right
That's odd, and I haven't had it happen to me at all. Sorry I can't help more.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since Mountain Lion, a strange issue has been occurring with voiceover. When
> I'm perusing an edit field, I can vo right or left arrow to go backward
Hi, guys,
I have set a rule for the Mac Visionaries group, but it doesn't seem to work
the greatest. I set the rule to have messages sent to
macvisionaries@googlegroups.com be moved to the Mac Visionaries folder, and it
put that folder in my Google mail list for some reason. The issue is that
I work for the state, so they won't let me configure my mail in any clients.
I'm lucky to have the outlook web access as security happy as they are.
Allison
On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Daniel Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Webkit is just the nightly builds of Safari, so I doubt that will help at
> all
It would be really nice if they would let me, but I doubt it. I'll check
though. Thanks..
Allison
On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
> Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is
> probably an exchange account, so you could probably set it up in Appl
Hi everyone!
I just want to ask clarification on a few questions I have about Bootcamp. To
the best of my knowledge, creating a bootcamp partition is not accessible
without sighted assistance, nor is installing Windows once the partition has
been created. Are these assertions correct? I know tha
*bow* Honor is to serve. (only a slight smirk). In Skype, go to Preferences,
Notifications, and select the "details," tab. There you'll find a pop-up
button for the event you want to set, and options below that. Let me know if
you need further help; I'd be glad to walk you through it on Skyp
okay, so here's the deal.
I was e-mailed five pDF files today. basically, to make a long story short, it
is an owners manual. I am not sure why he did it this way, however each page of
the manual is a separate PDF file. Granted, the manual is only five pages long,
so it's nothing really to writ
Hi everyone.
I recently installed Menuweather on my macbook pro running mountain lion. I
allowed it to use my current location, and there's only one problem, the
location is wrong. When I Vo space on the location in the menu bar, the entire
Menuweather menu in extras gets very sluggish, and I h
Yeah I never use the auto web spots. They have never given me anything very
useful.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> It does, thanks. I've tried auto webspots a few times, but it never seems to
> give me any, so I have no idea how good they are. Still, assigning them seems
> lik
Your description was perfect. Thanks so much, I think it's all set up. :)
On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter
wrote:
> *bow* Honor is to serve. (only a slight smirk). In Skype, go to
> Preferences, Notifications, and select the "details," tab. There you'll find
> a pop-up b
All,
While using the speech recognition the command "Make this item
speakable" while on an application or document will give you the ability to
assign it a voice command to open it.
After you do that you can open the speakable items list and change the
text to whatever you want.
Hi. I get skype has a new window too but i used to get that in lion as well.
Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly.
Email/ I Message: &fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
twitter: bubbygirl
skype: bubbygirl1972
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On 04/08/2012, at 7:42 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter
wr
Hi Chris,
It's actually possible to merge PDF files with Preview if you can drag and drop
to the thumbnails in the sidebar, but I don't think this works with VoiceOver
drag and drop -- at the very least it would be difficult. If you have Skim
downloaded there's an embedded SkimPDF command line
hi command n to compose. Not sure why you're getting the empty messages
Hth
regards
Maria and crew from australia
email:
bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
check out
www.powerradio104.us
where we play lots of great music
On 04/08/2012, at 7:24 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I can't figure
Sheepishly, I must confess that turning off visual notifications in SKype
Preferences seems to have fixed this issue for me now. Didn't before, I swear,
but.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
• MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
• My home page:
• http://M
I dont' mind terminal at all, but I don't have Skim, being that I use
Docuscan Plus.
Chris.
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From: "Esther"
To:
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: merging several PDF files into one.
Hi Chris,
It's actually possible to merge PDF files with Prev
Which version of Outlook Web Access are you using? The only radio button I
see is the one for public versus private computer. There is a checkbox to
turn on the lite version of OWA and that works fine for me in Safari.
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Hi everyone.
Assuming that I can create a bootcamp partition without sighted assistance,
couldn't I then create an unattended install of Windows and get it installed
that way? I'm fishing for solutions here, as sighted assistance is a bit hard
to come by. Thanks!
Allison
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Hi jeff.
It doesn't give me a version number, but it tells me that it's powered by
Microsoft Exchange server version 2003. Leave it to the government to be ten
years behind the times. Lol. The check box you mentioned is nowhere to be found
on my page, but thanks for the suggestion.
Allison
On Au
Hi folks,
I've got the link for the VLC page, but don't know which version to
download. I have a 2011 MacBook Pro with 4 GB ram. Should I download the 32
bit or 64 bit version? I just don't want to mess things up by trying to install
the wrong one.
Thanks.
Lisette
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Hi everyone.
I have a subscription to Eset Smart Security for Mac, but I'm wondering whether
or not I should bother renewing it. As long as you stay away from questionable
websites, it doesn't seem like the mac is very vulnerable to attack. I would
rather not spend the money on renewing if it is
Hi,
Sorry if this question has been answered. I didn't see an answer so here goes.
Once you go in to calibration, you shouldn't need to hold down the button. I
think the Mac is listening. You should see a list of phraises that you need to
say. And something that looks like a volume control. S
I bought the new iPad, how do I access the voice dictation button?
Thanks so much.
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