Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Ricardo, Have you actually used bluetooth headsets with VoiceOver like this successfully or are you just talking in theory at the moment? If this worked, it would be some improvement at least, but not a complete solution. One of the reasons I want a bluetooth headset is so I can hear VoiceO

Re: time machine or super duper

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yep, and SuperDuper is completely accessible. -- 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, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this grou

Re: update on Airdrop: hint, and Apple's response

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Drag and drop works perfectly for me in Mail with signatures. You just need to remember to turn curser tracking off when you're navigating to the account in which you want to paste the signature, and move the mouse curser there with VO-Command-F5. -- You received this message because you are s

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-07 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm buying the headset next week and will try with my I Mac. I will then report back. Kawal. On 7 Jun 2013, at 10:59 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > HI Ricardo, > > Have you actually used bluetooth headsets with VoiceOver like this > successfully or are you just talking in theory at the momen

Re: Sending multiple pictures with the IPhone?

2013-06-07 Thread Alex Hall
Open the photo viewer and make sure you are in the list of all photos, not just a single one. Hit the edit button, double tap all the images you want to send, then double tap the share button at the bottom of the screen, then select email. That should work. On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:51 AM, Jim Porti

Kindle Books Not Opening or Downloading

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, I've got a whole lot of Kindle book samples. I sent them from the Amazon/Kindle website on Safari on my Mac to my iPhone. I can see all the books on the home screen on the device tab. However, when I tap on a book, nothing happens. The book doesn't open and doesn't start downloading. Well,

Re: August Smartlock: lobby for accessibility now

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Alex, this sounds really cool. I'll definitely send them an email. Cheers, Donna On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:48 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > Donna's post about the Nest thermostat made me realize that August might have > the same problems. > > The August Smartlock (www.august.com) is a $200

Re: Bibliographically citing material when using eBook readers

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Mike, I was just reading a Kindle book on my iPhone and realised that you can get the print page number. Just double tap to bring up the menu. Then tap near the bottom of the screen and/or swipe right to the last element on the screen. It gives you a percentage, then the print page number,

OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Christine Grassman
Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full range of experiences available to the sighted on any mobile carrier. Why on earth do we need a special phone carrier? Separate and marginalized, rather than expe

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Greg Aikens
I have been fairly satisfied with tintin for mac, but I would be interested in testing your client as well. -Greg On Jun 4, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> tktpianostud...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Okay, this is a problem I've been having for a while, but it's so weird and difficult to describe I've avoided posting on here about it. But it's really annoying me now and I want to get to the bottom of it. I haven't yet contacted Apple Care or accessibil...@apple.com because I want to better u

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
I wonder if such a silly thing will ever get off the ground? I know of a lot of blind people as well as a lot of sighted people who don't necessarily want or need the tremendous power and flexibility provided by the iPhone and Android phones, but this doesn't seem like it will fit that niche! Yo

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
I'm with you, Christine. I don't get it, donna On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty > pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full range of > experiences available to the sighted on any

Re: update on Airdrop: hint, and Apple's response

2013-06-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Just verified. I have an OSX 10.7 desktop and an OSX 10.8 laptop. Under the context menu on OSX 10.8 is Share->Airdrop and on the OSX 10.7 machine there is no Share option. So for now Airdrop is kinda limited. CB On 6/6/13 7:02 PM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, I finally called Apple Accessibility

a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, You know, I remember watching many of you who posted to this list about the in terminal mail busy message. I've been using a Mac since 2009, and until a couple of months ago, had never seen this problem. All I can say, is wow, I so feel your pain. It is so incredibly annoying, I thin

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
When I read your subject line, just for a second, I thought my email was busy! LOL You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > You know, I remember

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Alex Hall
First, try erasing both apps, if you have not already done so. I'm wondering if, somehow or other, the label for the field changed when you were logged out of the apps due to inactivity, so vo is now grabbing the only label (or maybe first label, or label of the element in the same position), wh

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello, I would be interested in testing this as well, as i have played muds for more than five years now and never found a good cliente for the mac. thanks Mauricio On 6/7/13, Greg Aikens wrote: > I have been fairly satisfied with tintin for mac, but I would be interested > in testing your cl

Re: putting lots of small videos in to one big file

2013-06-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Do you have these images and videos in iPhoto? If so I think you can put them in a folder and play that as a slideshow. CB On 6/6/13 8:19 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: I actually was a little curious about that myself. I wanted to do a slide show for Hannah and let her look at all her pictures and

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. Original message: Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Oops, sorry! :) On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > When I read your subject line, just for a second, I thought my email was > busy! LOL > > > You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding > Sent from my Mac Book Pro > richr...@gmail.com > > On

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Christine Grassman
Not just a specialty phone, though: a specialty carrier providing those phones. Such things make equality and equity harder for us; it makes it possible for companies to say, "Well, there's that special company helping the visually impaired, so there is no need for us to make our goods

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC
I think we all are looking at this the completely wrong way! Look at it from this point of view, you're able to dial 611 from your phone, because somehow you disabled speech on your iPhone. However, in the current time, if we dialed 611 and STA just how we would be able to enable speech on our i

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
That is so true! Any excuse that assists companies to ignore accessibility is a terrible thing! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > Not just

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Christine Grassman
That's fine -- but we should be able to call such a carrier on any phone we wish, not proprietary phones for that carrier especially. Also, there could still be a company, web site, etc., which specializes in this sort of help, without giving the false impression that a specific carrier must be

Trying to visit google groups on the web

2013-06-07 Thread Traci
Hi all, lately whenever I try to visit MacVisionaries or ViPhone via Safari, something is going nutso. Voiceover repeats html over & over, then eventually google wants me to solve an image to get any access to the site. Any suggestions here? Maybe I'll run over and try chrome. Traci -- You r

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC
This is also a preference thing. For example, I was researching other carriers yesterday, and a particular carrier Lightyear wireless kept popping up. I honestly don't even know what they are, it looks like some pyramid scheme program, however, I do know that there are probably some people out t

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Yep, I agree 100%. this approach sends the wrong message to the "mainstream" world, by implying that they either can't or don't need to make their products accessible to us. And also enables disabled people to say they can't fully participate in things because they have to have all these specia

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
But preference in this case doesn't justify the potential loss for the rest of us who don't want to take the easy way out. also, I don't buy the preference argument in situations like this. If all my life everyone has always waited on me and I've never been expected to learn to do anything for

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
I decided to read this intire thread before responding. Frankly, I'm fullly with Christine on this one for sure. Special carrier for the blind? Oh please!! I hardly think that's necessary at all. Seperate ain't equal. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blin

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Quite correct I'd say. It seems like what's happening here is that most of us seem to feel this seperate carrier business just is a waste of time. What's wrong with putting out a little effort to get what you want or need? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the bl

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I do not understand how any blind person would first such a service. Jimmy, it's the difference between having a phone bill just for a blind person, or having an iPhone, that everybody else has. Personally, I like the ability to go over and turn my girlfriend's iPhone alarm off using voice over.

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Especially when the pay-off for that effort is so huge. Cheers, Donna On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Quite correct I'd say. It seems like what's happening here is that most of > us seem to feel this seperate carrier business just is a waste of time. > What's wrong with put

Blogging sites

2013-06-07 Thread Timothy Emmons
Hey guys, I have a question and I sent this to both the Vi-Phone list and the Mac Visionaries list because I'm curious. I am strongly considering doing a blog, and wondered where I would start, which sites or spots are accessible, and hbow intensive is it to get started. Just curious. I'm not on

Re: Blogging sites

2013-06-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello Timothy, There are several options. You can try a free one such as through Wordpress. If you want more control, though, you can get web space through a web host, where you would install the blog software and have full control of how it looks, what features it has, etc. Most hosts have one

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
I am not, I repeat I am not in favor of a special carrier dedicated to people who happen to be blind. However, having spent many years dealing with people from all walks of life with varying degrees of technological savvy, I do wish a mainstream carrier would bring forth a relatively simple phon

Re: Blogging sites

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I recommend WordPress and even more highly recommend using WordPress with Mars Edit, the blog editor app for Mac. It makes things really easy and accessible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and s

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Christine Grassman
Richard, I agree one hundred percent with you on this -- but as you say, this is true, and there should be simple technology available, for people both sighted and blind, from all mainstream carriers. Any benefit from something like Odin Mobile must be balanced against its potential for harm, a

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Richard, But what you're proposing is very different from the special phone, special carrier thing. *Everybody, sighted or blind, should have the right to choose the type of phone they want, and of course there are blind individuals who would not choose a smart phone, just as there are sigh

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Alex, for your help. I just tried deleting the apps. Problem still the same. I'm a little reluctant to reset the settings. Don't really like the thought of having to set everything up again. Would this include Mail, Contacts and Calendars? If it didn't fix the problem, would I be able t

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
True! And the first line of my message clearly states that I am not in favor of such a carrier! However, assuming that high tech is for everyone is a somewhat insular and elitist attitude and not helpful for those who desire simplicity. I want everyone, blind or sighted to be able to decide what

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Insofar as I am not a great fan of role models or examples, being a horrible one myself, I would merely point out that such a service Woodset the way for other companies to fobbed off their accessibility requirements on to such dedicated services. It would possibly lead to a degradation in overa

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC
All that I am trying to say, is that if they want to try to do this company, and experiment with how well there is a response to their services, then that is up to them. It is up to the consumer, or us, that determines whether or not this is going to be a successful business venture or not. Mic

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Agreed. And they're actually using t-mobile's network, they don't have their own. Original message: Not just a specialty phone, though: a specialty carrier providing those phones. Such things make equality and equity harder for us; it makes it possible for companies to say, "Well, ther

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
But, if the user learns about their device and how it works, they should know how to reenable speech if it gets disabled. Original message: I think we all are looking at this the completely wrong way! Look at it from this point of view, you're able to dial 611 from your phone, because somehow y

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Absolutely. Special devices are not the answer. The answer is making the main stream products accessible, we should not have to pay more or use other devices to access the same things sighted people do. Original message: That is so true! Any excuse that assists companies to ignore accessibility

Re: Blogging sites

2013-06-07 Thread Scott Rumery
Your best bet is to use WordPress. Just go to httP://www.wordpress.com to set up a free account. Scott On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Timothy Emmons wrote: > Hey guys, I have a question and I sent this to both the Vi-Phone list and the > Mac Visionaries list because I'm curious. I am strongly c

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
I've decided to hime in as well. I honestly can't see the point of a carrier for the blind. Firstly, it would go out of business with great rapidity due to the fact that the vlid population is small. Seconly, should we be more alienated than we already are? No, I say. On 2013-06-07, at 9:51 AM,

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
I must entirely agree and I have an example to site. I used to use a Braille translation program that included a word processor As a result, I didn't know how to use main steam programs because I wasn't informed about main stream programs. On 2013-06-07, at 9:50 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > But

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
I know nothing abut this carrier nor these phones but I think it's pointless in the extreme. I wouldn't want it anyway since I'm Canadian and it would probably cater to US residents anyway. On 2013-06-07, at 8:06 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > I'm with you, Christine. I don't get it, > donna > On J

Re: Blogging sites

2013-06-07 Thread Timothy Emmons
I'm taking a look here now. Thanks for the direction guys, as soon as I decide to throw one up there and get started I'll let everyone know how to take a look if you like. I was a big twitter and facebook nut for awhile but I sort of got disenfranchised with both of them for different reasons an

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Wait! Not so fast here. Some tips that will make reseting much less of a pain. 1. First, back everything you can from your Iphone in to Icloud. Do this off the main settings window. 2. Now, reset your phone. During the reset process, you will be offered the option of setting your phone

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 2 Topics

2013-06-07 Thread Chenelle Hancock
> > Hello everyone! I think blind people need to start complaining about what > they dollhouse and be grateful for what they do house! Every guys to faults > in technology not everyone is so happy with technology! And everyone can > afford a droid or an iPhone! But it was about six years a girl

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 2 Topics

2013-06-07 Thread Chenelle Hancock
Hello everyone! I have to agree with Christine I don't think that you need a special phone Carrie are in order to have an iPhone that's assessable for blind people who are not TechNet technologically savvy Sent from my iPhone On 07/06/2013, at 14:13, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: >

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 2 Topics

2013-06-07 Thread Chenelle Hancock
Hello everyone! To add to what I just said I think that through the winds later night technology Saudi with smartphones such as the droid in the iPhone! Maybe there should be a phone where they have the same features that they're kind of water down little bit! But understand every time there's a

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Quite so. This is, esentially, a third party sale, unless I'm very much mistaken. And, as for simple phones, I believe that the Gitterbug is still available. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a ve

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Well, Mike, if the response of this list is any indication, that third party effort will faulter very soon: that is, assuming it even gets off the ground. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very p

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 2 Topics

2013-06-07 Thread Chenelle Hancock
> Hello everyone! I start the blind community? Wanted to be you call! In not > separate! On all things: every guys to technology in regards to it would > charts for equal pay every guys that you caught education equal to > transportation etc I also decide that they wanted everything to be > acc

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
In the spirit of obviously piling on, I agree with you Kerri. Peas in a pod ay; or huh? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:05 PM, K

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, but I don't think any of us are making that assumption. What we're saying--or at least what I'm saying--is don't relegate us to substandard, expensive, proprietary technology, and don't give mainstream companies an excuse to do that for me by assuming that because these "special" options

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Finally someone who sees this my way. Christine, i couldn't have said it better myself. The more specialty things we get or ask for, the harder it gets for someone who uses say an I-device to claim that it works very well for blind and visually impaired persons. I've had it that when i have

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, but the settings that are cuasing the problem will get resored right along with everything else. Resetting settings is not something I've done before, so I don't know if it wipes out mail, calendars, and the rest. Still, calendars, contacts, reminders, and all that (once set to iCloud) shou

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
But the Jitterbug is not really accessible. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Quite so. This is, esentially, a third party sale, unless I'm very much >

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Yes, the settings you've saved in the cloud will in fact restore to your phone if you set it up under your name when you have the choice of setting it up as a new phone or under your name. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Consta

Re: Printing from Priview

2013-06-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Maybe it's something printer-specific. On my machine (OSX 10.8) there is a "Two-Sided" checkbox just after the Copies number input. CB On 5/24/13 1:47 AM, Agent086b wrote: Thanks, as I say Vo does not read that duplex option. I would not have found it except for my sited wife. Thanks again. M

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, Krister, don't get me started on this or I'll go on a rant and never get off. I'll suffice to say that it's happened to me too, and Oh it irks me. The only reason I'm skillful is because I've worked at it. If you don't want to work at it that's fine, but then just own it. Donna On Jun 7,

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
In your message, you say, in part, "other blind folks have said "Hush you're not representative" meaning i'm too skillful". What? Too skillful? That blows my mind. That makes me think that there are too many blind people who are now also becoming low information people and ex

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Alex Hall
Right, that's my concern. If the problem is somewhere in the settings, then it will be restored, so the whole process just puts the problem right back as though it never left. On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:41 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Yes, the settings you've saved in the cloud will in fact restore to y

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, exactly. I already have reset and restored and the problem was restored along with the settings. Alex's suggestion of resetting the settings and not restoring might solve the problem. My concern is if it doesn't for some reason solve the problem I will want all my settings back lol. I could

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Ray, there's a lot of that attitude out there. I see this a lot with students. I run into way too many disabled students who think that the world should cater to them because they have a disability. Best, Donna On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > In your message, you say, in par

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Well, the other side of that is that if one doesn't try, how will one know? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Alex Hall wrote

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Devin Prater
It rarely happens to me Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Oops, sorry! :) > On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> When I read your subject line, just for a second, I thought my email was >> busy! LOL >> >> >> You can have an off day, but

Move Mailbox from On my Mac to iCloud

2013-06-07 Thread Timothy Hornik
Greetings, Anyone have an easy method to move a mailbox from On My Mac to iCloud or Gmail from within the Mail App? I will be switching from a Mini as my primary system to a Macbook, and wish to store emails in the cloud. As I use several different accounts for work and the numerous other need

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Devin Prater
It'd b good if we could import the scripts for alter aeon into the client Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: > hello, > > I would be interested in testing this as well, as i have played muds > for more than five years now and never found a good cliente for

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Happily it hasn't happened since I upgraded to 10.84 this morning. Hoping that may have solved the problem. Fingers crossed, Donna On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > It rarely happens to me > > Sent from my iPod > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Oops,

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Tyler Thompson
Scripts from tt++, MUSH, zMud, cMud, alter aeon, python and ruby will all be integrated at some point, although i've got to finish making everything completely accessible before that can happen On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > It'd b good if we could import the scripts for al

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Devin Prater
I can't wait to update my Mac in two weeks when I get home. Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Happily it hasn't happened since I upgraded to 10.84 this morning. Hoping > that may have solved the problem. > Fingers crossed, > Donna > On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:59 P

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Devin Prater
That will be amazing! Will the sound packs be available too? Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > Scripts from tt++, MUSH, zMud, cMud, alter aeon, python and ruby will all be > integrated at some point, although i've got to finish making everything > completel

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Tyler Thompson
MSP MSDP MCCP GMCP and ZMP will all be supported (eventually) … so short answer is yes sound packs will be available. The client will also be available on IOS in the future (it'll be accessible there as well). As of this moment my client is a little over 10,000 lines of code. creating all the

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, you can do that easily, I forgot about iTunes. On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Yes, exactly. I already have reset and restored and the problem was restored > along with the settings. Alex's suggestion of resetting the settings and not > restoring might solve the prob

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Ray Foret jr
Sure, you can just acativate Voice Over via ITunes if you must: but, don't need to. When you reset your phone, just quickly tap the home button three times the instant you feel it vibrate. But, of course, you knew that didn't you? Just checking. Sent from my mac, the only computer with ful

Convert almost any entertainment file to another format

2013-06-07 Thread -
Media file conversion is a common topic. No experience at all with this, there is a mac version and download here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040617/review-convert-almost-any-entertainment-file-to-another-format-with-free-adapter.html#tk.rss_all XB -- You received this message becaus

Re: Move Mailbox from On my Mac to iCloud

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, the cloud sounds best. I think you can just navigate to the mailbox in your mailbox list, go to the menu bar, message, move to, and choose your IMAP/cloud account. Once you've done this you probably need to wait a bit to let Mail make the move, otherwise you might lose messages. You can che

Re: Really Strange Problem with VoiceOver on iPhone: VoiceOver Saying "Login" in Strange Places

2013-06-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Ray, We were talking about simply resetting the iPHone's settings, not all the data. When you just reset the settings you don't go through that set up process again. In fact, now I think of it I'm not even sure you lose VoiceOver when doing this. I'm pretty sure I've done it before for someone e

a program that can scan and read menus and pap0ers

2013-06-07 Thread Scott Berry
is there an app that can read menus and papers? -- Scott berry email: sb356...@gmail.com Facebook: sb356607 -- 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, send an email to

Re: Kindle Books Not Opening or Downloading

2013-06-07 Thread Danny Noonan
Usual first steps delete the app from memory in app switcher, restart your phone and reopen the app. If no luck with current samples try deleting a couple, re send them to your iDevice and if they open and original samples don't, rince and replete with the other samples. If none of this works

Re: a program that can scan and read menus and pap0ers

2013-06-07 Thread Janet Ingber
Hello Scott, Are you talking about an app for the Mac or for an iOS device? Janet Ingber On Jun 7, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > is there an app that can read menus and papers? > > -- > Scott berry > email: sb356...@gmail.com > Facebook: sb356607 > > -- > You received this messag

Re: Move Mailbox from On my Mac to iCloud

2013-06-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you use the iMap protocol for your GMail account, you can share mailboxes, messages and such between machines. As long as you've got both machines set to use GMail iMap servers, all messages you delete from one machine are also deleted from the other, Messages you move to specific mail

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-07 Thread Devin Prater
That will be amazing, as the "mud rammer" client doesn't seem to allow the adding of additional MUD's. Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > MSP MSDP MCCP GMCP and ZMP will all be supported (eventually) … so short > answer is yes sound packs will be available.

Re: Cepstral Version 6 Has Been Released

2013-06-07 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, glad I'm not the only one who thought the female voices weren't that great lol. I tried those years ago, and can't remember what the name of the female voice one was, but that was the only one that the progra m came with that spoke English, as well as one called Frank, that was in French, a

Re: putting lots of small videos in to one big file

2013-06-07 Thread Jessica Moss
Yeah, I just can't figure out how to view them as a slideshow; I thought selecting all of them then opening them would do it, but that doesn't seem to do it. On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Do you have these images and videos in iPhoto? If so I think you can put them > in a f

help please!

2013-06-07 Thread Estelita
I accidentally pressed a command keys which created a screen shut in my MacBook. Now when I turn it on, voiceover says, "portable network graphics image", and I just couldn't find a way to delete it Any help on what to do to delete it please? Thank you. Estelita -- You received this message b

Re: help please!

2013-06-07 Thread John Panarese
It's probably on your desktop. Just do a command-backspace when you are on it. That will send it to your trash. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIO

Re: help please!

2013-06-07 Thread Estelita
Thanks John for your quick reply, I did it! This list is very helpful, I don't know what to do without it! - Original Message - From: "John Panarese" To: Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 3:26 AM Subject: Re: help please! It's probably on your desktop. Just do a command-backspace whe

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
You got that y'all and as for what the previous poster said, over skilled? Now I've heard it all. On 2013-06-07, at 11:35 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > In the spirit of obviously piling on, I agree with you Kerri. Peas in a pod > ay; or huh? > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full a

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
I predict, it will not even rise an inch. On 2013-06-07, at 11:33 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Well, Mike, if the response of this list is any indication, that third party > effort will faulter very soon: that is, assuming it even gets off the ground. > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer wi

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
Though I never saw nonetheless used a jitterbug (I don't think we have them here) this entire simple phone venture is one thing, the separate vendor for the blind, quite a load of rubbish. On 2013-06-07, at 11:32 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Quite so. This is, esentially, a third party sale, unle

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
This makes sense but wouldn't it be ore advantageous to have an accessibility department rather than an entirely separate carrier? On 2013-06-07, at 9:19 AM, "Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC" wrote: > I think we all are looking at this the completely wrong way! Look a

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
Not necessarily, Mike. I one time lost speech when I was still fairly new to the iPhone. I connected it to the computer, found out that voiceOver was enabled, I performed a rest, all to no avail. It turned out that I needed to upgrade to the latest version of IOS, which I didn't know you could d

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Kerri
Please do get on a rant, mind if I join you? Too skilled? I've heard this myself and I have to say, I'm damn proud of it. On 2013-06-07, at 12:44 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Oh, Krister, don't get me started on this or I'll go on a rant and never get > off. I'll suffice to say that it's happened

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