How To Make Folder Actions Occur Immediately

2013-08-10 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi all, I've written a folder action script to alert me when items have been added to my Downloads folder. The thing is, the action only gets triggered about 3 seconds after adding items to the folder. Apparently, this is because either the "files received" or "files added" actions watch for ch

Re: VoiceOver intro

2013-08-10 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Joseph, I've just tried turning on the check box for "Display welcome dialog when VoiceOverstarts" and sure enough, no welcome message comes up when I turn VoiceOver off and back on again. So, no, it appears to not only be on your system. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Primary Phone: +27 (0) 83

Re: VoiceOver intro

2013-08-10 Thread Alex Hall
I think that setting only applies when Voiceover starts for the first time, but I could be wrong. Try restarting your computer and see if you get the dialog. As to the spoken message, I have a suspicion that it is simply getting cut off by another announcement. After all, especially if you have

Re: How Can videos be shared?

2013-08-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You could copy the file from iPhoto to your Desktop, open it in QuickTime from there and use the Sharing options built in to QuickTime. Depending on the size of the file, you may not be able to eMail it as many ISP's have size restrictions. QuickTime, though, has excellent compression so

Setting up activities.

2013-08-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. I have a problem that frustrates me a lot. I am using braille, and if I change the speech language, I would like my braille language to follow that changes. This is not possible. unless you set up some activities. I will do that, but can I set up a hotkey that lets me activate a speciff

Re: Setting up activities.

2013-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, There already is one. It’s VO X. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a problem that frustrates me a lot. I am using braille, and if I > change the spe

Re: Third Party Turn-by-Turn Direction Apps with Blindsquare (was, Seeing Eye GPS)

2013-08-10 Thread Jessica Moss
I was actually wondering the same thing. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi Motion X users, > What does Motion X offer that free solutions such as Google and Apple Maps do > not? > thanks, > Nic > > -- > You received this message because you are sub

Re: Third Party Turn-by-Turn Direction Apps with Blindsquare (was, Seeing Eye GPS)

2013-08-10 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
Have you listened this: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/demonstration-blindsquare-and-5-mainstream-gps-apps-ios "In this podcast, Mike Arrigo compares Google Maps,

How to send a Facebook Page for friends to like

2013-08-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, With Facebook getting a little more accessible I am trying to manage a Page/Group I used to manage and wanted to send it to friends to like. I am constantly getting things to like from people, so figured why not bombard them. Anyway, I can't seem to figure out for the life of me how to

Status on a braille display

2013-08-10 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Folkes, I've read about the meaning of the different status modules on a braille display. There are some I didn't understand. Could you please help me to get what they mean? General status: dot 3: System Volume, what does it mean if it's there or not? dot 4: VO focus, what does that mean? do

Re: Third Party Turn-by-Turn Direction Apps with Blindsquare (was, Seeing Eye GPS)

2013-08-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I have tried BlindSquare with Navigon, and it works fine. I did try to send co-ordinates to The Seeing Eye GPS, and BlindSquare didn't recognize it. I guess because it's new. I have discovered that I would rather send co-ordinates from BlindSquare than type the address in to Navigon.

Re: Using a hearing aid and voiceover together

2013-08-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello guys I just wanted to tell you that your information was very helpful regarding the hearing aids with voice over. It turns out that the lady does have a hearing aid that will let her here voiceover. My husband helped her since he is cited and can see to know what she's doing. He knows enou

Re: FCC seeks comment on Amazons request for waiver of accessibility requirements

2013-08-10 Thread Sean Murphy
Eric, I like your concept and is something that I have promoted with other people. Not necessarily in the same method. Government laws and education only goes so far. Money speaks far louder for public companies. So Eric, drop me a note off line so we can compare notes. Sean On 09/08/2013,

Re: FCC seeks comment on Amazons request for waiver of accessibility requirements

2013-08-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Eric, This is a sound idea as it places weight on the board. Have you made some general calculations on the number of blind/visually impaired individuals potentially capable of buying 10 amazon shares at 260 USD current?Far as i know, there are 45 million blind and visually impaired individu

Re: Third Party Turn-by-Turn Direction Apps with Blindsquare (was, Seeing Eye GPS)

2013-08-10 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
Seeing Eye GPS doesn't have API that could be used to connect into it. As soon it gets one, it will be available also in BlindSquare. BlindSquare has such API so other apps can connect into it: http://blindsquare.com/api/1-0/ In next version there will be even more possibilities, like starting Sea

How to find your posts on this forum

2013-08-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, Is there a way to search on this group to find your posts, that is, to find posts that you have placed on this forum? There are times when I want to find threads which I have started several weeks after I wrote them.What is the best way to do this? -- You received this message because y

Best Logic user group for blind users

2013-08-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
GUYS, I'm thinking of mygrating from Sonar to Logic. I understand that Logic Pro X has achieved a new level of accessibility with vO. Do any of you have recommendation for a good Logic user group to join? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisio