tts bug with some voices Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

Hi listers, Do you all remember the tts bug from some previous versions of osx and ios. The one that misspronaunced emailaddresses and url's. Well those are fixed in ml for the english or french voices. Badly to see that this bug is still around with the dutch voices, are there others that have t

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Hi, I am seeing this behavior as well. I also saw this under Mountain Lion. I thought it was just me who was having this problem. I wonder if the people at Skype are aware of this issue? Jeffrey On Oct 29, 2013, at 1:12 AM, BBS wrote: > Hey guys. I’m having a bit of a problem here. Using the l

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

No problems with Skype for me. But then my memory is 32 Ram. Kawal. Sent from my I phone > On 29 Oct 2013, at 08:38 am, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: > > Hi, > I am seeing this behavior as well. I also saw this under Mountain Lion. I > thought it was just me who was having this problem. I wonder if

Re: Observation with voice on Mavericks

To set up different voices for VoiceOver open the VoiceOver utility with Vo f8 then press command 3 to switch to the speech pain of the utility. I selected Karen as my default voice but you can also have different voices for different things in VoiceOver. Now to change the voice for the clock g

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Getting Skype to respond to you? How loud you want me to laugh? Seriously, Think who owns Skype now. heh heh heh. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Oct 2

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Was gonna say the same thing. Although I only have 16 gigs of ram. Still plenty for what I do. Kliphton (iMessage&Email) kliphton@outlook.com (Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype) kliphton72 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2013, at 3:55 AM, "Kawal Gucukoglu" wrote: No problems with Skype

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

I have 8gb of ram, but I agree with ray. Who knows if Skype will ever acknowledge the problems and fix them? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Kliphton --- > wrote: > > Was gonna say the same thing. Although I only have 16 gigs of ram. Still > plenty for what I do. >

Re: Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Hello, www.gmx.com Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! On 28 Oct 2013, at 22:34, Maria From Australia wrote: > hi. > > I'm still trying to figure out if i'm having problems. I am away from home > and so am using a portable ho

Re: Observation with voice on Mavericks

Argh! Forgot about Alex taking in breaths! Will go and re-add him the next time I use my mac. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 28/10/2013 20:50, BBS wrote: Yes Chris, I do think Karen is very human sounding but I’m not going to go as far as deleting Alex. Vicky maybe,

voice over speech on.

hi all. I need some help if possible. I turned off the speech of voice over unintentionally and now can not turn on. I do not have a trackpad and would like to know is there any keyboard shortcut to activate the voice over speech I have an imac and I have no trackpad. I've tried several solut

Re: voice over speech on.

command F5. Sent from my I phone > On 29 Oct 2013, at 12:01 pm, mario navarro wrote: > > hi all. > I need some help if possible. > I turned off the speech of voice over unintentionally and now can not turn on. > > I do not have a trackpad and would like to know is there any keyboard > shortc

Re: Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Hi, Ok stupid question of the year: What’s this Gmail issue that everyone is so upset about? Me, i haven’t had any problems at all except that my smtp server of the private domain i have flatly refuses to hook up to my smtp server despite giving the correct password, but that’s a totally differe

Re: voice over speech on.

no my friend . sorry I have not explained myself well. I uncheck the option to speak the voice over sounds in the category of the voice oversounds voice over vo utility f8. now I have the voice over on but without speech. . how I can activate the speech again. I think now you get the idea. t

Re: voice over speech on.

Hi, 1. Press fn-VO-f8 to access the VO Utility. 2. Press cmd-3 to activate the Speech pane. 3. Press tab twice. 4. Press the space bar once. This should bring VO speech back on. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 29, 2013, at 6:25 AM, mario navarro wrote: > > no my frien

Look tell recogniser backup

Hello All, I wondered if there was anyone here familiar with backing up their look tell library? I read that there is supposed to be a data button then a share button to email the library contents to yourself. I don't have these buttons anywhere. I'm using an iPhone 5 with IOS 7 and to my knowl

Re: voice over speech on.

Hello, In that dialog is also the sound output source selection. Has this been changed? Could it be sending it to headphones or something? Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! On 29 Oct 2013, at 12:25, mario navarro wrote: >

Re: voice over speech on.

Double tap with three fingers twice on the track Pad? Sent from my I phone > On 29 Oct 2013, at 12:25 pm, mario navarro wrote: > > > no my friend . > > sorry I have not explained myself well. > I uncheck the option to speak the voice over sounds in the category of > the voice oversounds

Re: voice over speech on.

Thank you all. the problem is already solved. I dont have trackpad. cheers. Em 29/10/2013 13:19, Kawal Gucukoglu escreveu: Double tap with three fingers twice on the track Pad? Sent from my I phone On 29 Oct 2013, at 12:25 pm, mario navarro > wrote: no my fri

Re: mail views all messed up now

Yeah, I tried it with the trackpad and with mouse keys. I succeeded with mouse keys, simply because I don’t always track straight on the trackpad. With mouse keys, you just hold the numpad 2 key down, and it will track straight down off the screen, once you press the numpad 0 key to lock the mou

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

I got it turned off permanently, but it takes some intuitive action with whatever mouse manipulation is your preferred one. I use mouse keys, because they’re independent of VO, and I can be assured that I track straight. Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richa

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Hello, They've fixed stuff on iOS, Android and Windows, so I'm sure Mac will get an update soon. I'm guessing Skype 7 in December which will hopefully include Opus. Blake From: Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:15 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Newest Skyp

Re: advanced Gmail Imap Settings, Was Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

This looks interesting. I’m going to play with it and see how accessible it is. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/advanced-imap-settings-for-gmail.html Teresa "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, > Ok stupid question of the ye

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Also, just thought of this, but I've not found a way to do this with Skype on Mac. If you told it to keep no chat history, that might improve responsiveness. Changed that under Windows just the other day,and it vastly improved skype's speed. Rachel On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Blake Sinnett wr

Re: Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Basically, you have to make your “all mail” visible on anything that uses gmail if you want Apple Mail to play nicely with Gmail. In a lot of cases, many folks have thousands of messages in the all mail folder, so the system can really bog down and cause some synchronization issues. Also, you ha

Re: advanced Gmail Imap Settings, Was Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Ok, sorry; I didn’t notice how dated that article is. I’m still going to research this, however. Teresa "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:22 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > This looks interesting. I’m go

Re: mail views all messed up now

Ah, but, when you use the mouse keys, do you need to press the FN key on the bluetooth keyboard or notebook keyboard? Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Oct

Re: advanced Gmail Imap Settings, Was Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Ok, if you go to gmail on the web, settings then pop, Imap and forwarding, there are a bunch of advanced Imap settings, such as expunging messages immediately, limiting folder size, etc. This only applies to Imap, *not pop settings. Hth, teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Oct 29, 2

Not able to copy and paste loops in New Garageband.

Hi! I am trying to get around the new Garageband. How ever, I am encountering a major problem, I can not take a loop from the loop browser to my track. I can find the browser correctly, reproduce the loops, but no way to copy or to drag them to my current track. Please, doe’s anybody have some i

Re: advanced Gmail Imap Settings, Was Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

Yes, apparently limiting the folder size of IMAP folders helps, though it would be annoying not to be able to search through old email. I turned on All Mail before upgrading, and once I upgraded I just opened Mail and let it sync with gmail for several hours. I didn't try using Mail at all duri

Re: Observation with voice on Mavericks

I downloaded the Karen voice update but haven't noticed any difference. Do I need to delete and re-download or do anything else to get the updated voice working? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: a showstopper in the latest safari update

Alex, Do you have All Mail enabled for IMAP in Gmail settings? And around how many messages do you have in All Mail? Some people have found that limiting the size of IMAP folders in gmail has helped the issues. It's not something I want to do or something anyone should have to do but it might he

Re: Observation with voice on Mavericks

Hi Nick. That’s what I did to get the new version of Karen. A restart may be required though because it won’t let you empty the trash sometimes. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > I downloaded the Karen voice update but haven't noticed an

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

Hi Rachel. I looked through all the Skype preferences and there’s no way of telling Skype to not keep a chat history. I still want to know if I can downgrade Skype. If SamNet’s Socializer were supported on the Mac, I’d just say forget the regular Skype client and use that. Although Chrome is giv

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

How can you use mouse keys without a numpad? I’ve tried over 15 times to close preview pane using track pad! Funny, I did it in Mountainlion the first time I tried! 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 O

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

Hi, Mouse Keys without a NumPad is accomplished with the 7, 8, 9, u, i, o, j, k, l and m keys. The 7, 8, 9 are obviously the 7, 8 and 9 keys of the NumPad. The u, i and o keys relate to the 4, 5 and 6 keys of the NumPad. The j, k and l keys relate to the 1, 2 and 3 keys of the NumPad. Final

IText express and Maverick

Hi, Has anyone noticed any problems with iText express under Maverick? I don't seem to make any of my keyboard keys work. TextEdit behaves in the similar fashion. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from th

Re: Unified Braille.

Hi Gigi I would like them too. Thank you an advance. Best regards Annie. Den 25 Oct 2013 kl. 21:18 skrev Eugenia Firth : > Hi Kawal > I just sent you three brf files that I think are what you want. If anybody > else needs them, let me know. > > Regards, > Gigi > On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:06 A

Re: Macupdate desktop on mavericks.

Hi. You are right but I can not get in contact with the developers. Is there any tools out there that can be used instead of macupdate desktop. Thank you an advance. Best regards Annie. Den 29 Oct 2013 kl. 05:06 skrev Steve Holmes : > Hi Annie, > > You might wanna try and contact the develope

Re: Pages and dates

Hi, I was under the impression that Office did not work with VO. Is this not correct? Max. On 29/10/2013, at 5:09 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Tim, > > Yes, the old iWork was still there after the update to Mavericks, but my > problem is that I have to teach iWork and anyone getting a ne

Re: Pages and dates

MS Office does not work with VO. Many people say they can’t use a Mac because there’s no acceptable alternative to MS Office that’s accessible. And now, I have to agree that iWork is no longer up to the job. In reality, iWork no longer exists. There are just three stand-alone applications: Pages

Profissional piano tuner

Hi all: I’m using my iphone for tuning piano, it’s my work, I’m taking some courses in tuning piano, and I need your experience, because I need a professional tuner. I’m using the talking tuner but it’s not a professional tuner at all. Help please! Thanks Ramy moustafa saber licturer

Re: Profissional piano tuner

Sorry replied to wrong thread please ignore thanks. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 29/10/2013 23:01, Chris H wrote: Sandra sounds good. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 29/10/2013 22:47, ramy moustafa wrote: Hi all: I’m using my iphone for

Re: Profissional piano tuner

Sandra sounds good. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 29/10/2013 22:47, ramy moustafa wrote: Hi all: I’m using my iphone for tuning piano, it’s my work, I’m taking some courses in tuning piano, and I need your experience, because I need a professional tuner. I’m using

Re: Profissional piano tuner

I will talk to my friend who is a piano tuner and get back with you. On 10/29/2013 16:47, ramy moustafa wrote: Hi all: I’m using my iphone for tuning piano, it’s my work, I’m taking some courses in tuning piano, and I need your experience, because I need a professional tuner. I’m using t

Re: Profissional piano tuner

Ramy, Can you please email me off the list at this email address: sb356...@gmail.com On 10/29/2013 16:47, ramy moustafa wrote: Hi all: I’m using my iphone for tuning piano, it’s my work, I’m taking some courses in tuning piano, and I need your experience, because I need a professional tune

Pleading, begging and groveling for hhelp once again: bookshare troubles

Good day/night all. I have written to bookshare support about this twice, but surprisingly for bookshare, no one has gotten back to me. Since the reinstallation of ML on my MacBook, I cannot open bookshare titles which I previously read. Unread files open fine, but those I had already opened a

Re: voice over speech on.

hi, thanks friend. good tip. cheers. Em 29/10/2013 13:04, Tim Kilburn escreveu: Hi, 1. Press fn-VO-f8 to access the VO Utility. 2. Press cmd-3 to activate the Speech pane. 3. Press tab twice. 4. Press the space bar once. This should bring VO speech back on. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurr

Re: Pleading, begging and groveling for hhelp once again: bookshare troubles

Just a thought: Several of us had a similar problem a while ago. The fix was to go into the Preferences in Safari, choose the Advanced tab, and then check the box that says "Show Develop menu." Then, go into the Develop menu from the menu bar and select "Disable Local File Restrictions." For

Re: Profissional piano tuner

I know nothing about piano tuning other than the $100 I pay to get mine done when it starts to sound bad. I did poke around in the app store and and found several and must say that those are some of the most expensive iPhone apps I've ever run across. For that price I guess it would be worth co

to the person having bookshare problems

If you are trying to open .xml files on saphari this never works for me. I have to switch the extension to .html, and they work everytime. Alia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: Observation with voice on Mavericks

Thanks, Shawn! And how do I delete it? Is it just a matter of unchecking the checkbox for the voice, restarting and checking it again? Or do I need to find where the files are stored and delete those? Thanks for your help, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: voice over speech on.

Glad to help. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:30 PM, mario navarro wrote: > > hi, thanks friend. good tip. > cheers. > Em 29/10/2013 13:04, Tim Kilburn escreveu: >> Hi, >> >> 1. Press fn-VO-f8 to access the VO Utility. >> 2. Press cmd-3 to activate the