Re: Reading Word by Word in 10.85

2013-11-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
It depends which application you’re using in some circumstances. With VO, you can start quicknav by pressing left and right arrow keys at the same time till you hear “quicknav on” and then use up and left arrow or right arrow at the same time to change to words, then use down arrow to go by word

Re: gmail?

2013-11-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
The more messages you have on Gmail, especially in the all mail folder, the more problems you have. I had twenty thousand messages in my all-mail folder, so things were weird for about the first day, then settled down. It would be great not to have this folder exposed in my mail apps, though, as

Re: Amadeus Pro

2013-11-02 Thread Chris H
You probably need an app like Sound Flower. Don't understand it but think it acts as a virtual sound card to your mac and allows system audio to be routed to apps for recording purposes for example. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 02/11/2013 00:06, The Smiths wrote: H

Re: Amadeus Pro

2013-11-02 Thread Alex Hall
Go to www.applevis.com and search for recording podcasts. I just did one on how to record VO and my USB microphone. I use Audacity, but the general idea is the same for any recording software. Yes, you will need Soundflower, but it’s small and free. On Nov 2, 2013, at 5:00 AM, Chris H wrote: >

Re: gmail?

2013-11-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Showing All Mail shouldn't be too much of a problem in Mavericks. Even though All Mail is shown on Mavericks, Mail only keeps one copy of each message. It just adds an XML tag to the end of each file to tell Mail which folders/labels it should show up in. In iOS All Mail shouldn't be a problem a

Re: Feature Request: iCloud Syncing of VoiceOver Preferences

2013-11-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Maria, They responded to me by thanking me for the suggestion and saying they would pass it on to the appropriate people for consideration. A fairly canned response, but no more than I expected. It's great that they even bother to reply, and at least I know the idea is floating around out the

Mac Maps podcast

2013-11-02 Thread Traci Duncan
Has anyone come across podcasts for Mac Maps & voiceover? I’m having a heck of a time getting the hang of it. Sure, I can muddle through, getting directions and learning about locations, but I’m finding it awkward & unclear. Thanks, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscrib

User notification center asking permission, over & over

2013-11-02 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I’m a big fan of Launch Bar & typically, I use it constantly. Since upgrading to Mavericks, every time Launch bar starts up, user notification center asks if I want launch bar to be able to access my contacts, reminders, & calendar. It asks me every time! Is there a setting I can twe

serena

2013-11-02 Thread jean parker
Hello All: Well, my problems restoring my computer are deminishing. The biggest problem I have at present is that I followed the directions to find the voice called Serena and she is not in the customise voices location. It is likely that she bit the dust when everything else did. An internet

two gmail questions

2013-11-02 Thread jean parker
All: After my computer restoration, I have two gmail questions. 1. How do I put the bcc field in to messages I compose on a permanent basis? 2. I have several mailboxes I have added and I think they are in the gmail folders. VO says these folders are collapsed. How do I expand them so

Vo spelling notification

2013-11-02 Thread jean parker
Hello once again, I think I got most of my VO settings put back together correctly. However, VO keeps telling me when something is misspelled in the middle of reading which is very annoying. I remember fixing this last time but I have looked and looked and can't find the setting in the voiceov

Re: Vo spelling notification

2013-11-02 Thread Brett C.
Go to VO utility, select speech, select text, arrow to When encountering a misspelled word:, select do nothing in the popup. Brett C. On Nov 2, 2013, at 11:17 AM, jean parker wrote: > Hello once again, > I think I got most of my VO settings put back together correctly. However, > VO keeps te

Re: Vo spelling notification

2013-11-02 Thread Chris H
It's in System Preferences under General. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 02/11/2013 17:17, jean parker wrote: Hello once again, I think I got most of my VO settings put back together correctly. However, VO keeps telling me when something is misspelled in the middle o

Re: serena

2013-11-02 Thread Traci Duncan
That’s odd. When you go to VO utility, speech, customize voices, in the search field type english. Serena should be in those results. I had her in both Mountain Lion & Mavericks. I’m in the US, not sure if that makes a difference. Traci On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:12 AM, jean parker wrote: > Hel

Re: User notification center asking permission, over & over

2013-11-02 Thread BBS
Hi. If you don’t mind me asking, what is Launch Bar? Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Nov 2, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m a big fan of Launch Bar & typically, I use it constantly. Since > upgrading to Mavericks, every time Launch bar starts up, user notificati

Re: User notification center asking permission, over & over

2013-11-02 Thread Traci Duncan
It is one of those programs that can launch things quickly & gives you several ways to create shortcuts to perform tasks. Just a few examples: If I type a period, I then type an web address, only the name though. So type period, then amazon or google, then hit enter. That page opens. There are

focus won't stay on menus in Skype

2013-11-02 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I don’t usually use Skype, but I will need it for today. I was trying to check for updates, change my status, and generally explore the menus, but cannot: when I press ctrl-f2 or vo-m, vo says “apple menu” but then jumps right back to the Skype window. Nothing I do is able to keep focus

External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I know we covered this awhile back but amazingly I couldn't find the thread. I am finally getting around to getting a external hard drive as the last one I got wouldn't mount properly so I had to return it. I had gotten a seagate but with all the issues I had with it, I don't think I

RE: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Jesus Garcia
Try the pass port family, I just purchased one 2 gigs from western digital if memory serves me right it was around $149.00 It supports USB 3.0, but not thunderbolt still plenty fast and not a major costly drive. It comes with software for both windows and Mac though I have never used the software I

Re: User notification center asking permission, over & over

2013-11-02 Thread BBS
Is it in the app store? How much is it? Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > It is one of those programs that can launch things quickly & gives you > several ways to create shortcuts to perform tasks. > > Just a few examples: > If I type a period

Re: User notification center asking permission, over & over

2013-11-02 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi, here is the URL. http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html There is a 30 day trial and if I remember correctly, it was $30? I’m not sure on that. I’ve really enjoyed it and find it very useful. It’s been my only big Mac app purchase so far. Lol! Traci On Nov 2, 2013, at 2:22 PM

Re: two gmail questions

2013-11-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jean, To show the cc label, go to system prefs in mail (command comma) and choose the viewing tab. It only says cc label but I think that might show bcc as well. I think it was this way in Ml. Hope that’s what you meant. Sorry if it wasn’t. Lisette On 3/11/2013, at 6:15 am, jean parker wrot

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Gee, only 2 gigs? Seems a trifle small to me. Id’ want something like at least four teribytes. Oh, it must have a rotating speed of 72000. 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

Re: how to remove email.trojan-350 virus from Mountain Lion

2013-11-02 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Eric and all. When I scanned with clamxav, it did not scan my mails. I think it is because my mac is set to danish. How do you remove infected files. Can you quicklook them so that you know what you are removing. Best regards Annie. Den 01 Nov 2013 kl. 23:24 skrev eric oyen : > there are 2

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread arthur gindin
i've been using an HD with 2 drives set up to duplicate each other. if one fails you are supposed to remove the bad one and the other will be duplicated on the new one. this procedure failed when my WD drive failed and WD no longer had one of that size! i wound up paying a technician to rescu

RE: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Jesus Garcia
Oops my bad sorry not 2 gigs 2 tera man remember I come from the dark ages when 16 K was a big deal. Also, I forgot to mention these drives are USB powered so you do not need a external power supply. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Cool, but, do they have a rotation speed of 72000RPM? Gotta have that. 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 Nov 2, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Jesus Garcia wrote: > Oo

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Phil Halton
I bought a LaCie 2tb external drive from the apple store. It is both USB and Firewire800, and can be used as an external boot drive. This model (2tb) is no longer made, but LaCie is good stuff, and Apple sells it in their stores. It's good to have a combo drive USB/Firewire, so you can use it as

RE: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Jesus Garcia
I agree regarding the LaCie hard drives I have a one Tera byte LaCie Wave from I think 2008 or 2007 and have never had a problem. Even now I consider it one of the fastest externals I use. Not surprised Apple is selling there drives. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Jesus Garcia
I wish man talk about speed, actually I think my next external is going to be a SSD. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: November 02, 2013 19:58 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ex

Re: how to remove email.trojan-350 virus from Mountain Lion

2013-11-02 Thread eric oyen
that should work. do you know if this is an attachment? also, you can force clamsav to scan all files regardless of type (its in preferences). -eric On Nov 2, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi Eric and all. > > When I scanned with clamxav, it did not scan my mails. I think it

Re: Feature Request: iCloud Syncing of VoiceOver Preferences

2013-11-02 Thread Cheree Heppe
Sent from my IPhone 4S On 2/11/2013, at 7:42, Nicholas Parsons wrote: HI Maria, If requests aren't getting to decision makers, contact up the chain. It's what consumers do. Regards, Cheree Heppe They responded to me by thanking me for the suggestion and saying they would pass it on to th

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks I was looking at those. Just wanted to see what the consensus is as I don't want to go through what I went through with the lemon of a seagate I got. And since on the Amazon reviews it seems like I wasn't alone in not being able to get my seagate to mount. I guess they are so cheap since

Re: External Hard Drive Suggestions

2013-11-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks Phil. I have a very old Lacie which is completely full and I haven't used in years, but never had a problem with it so maybe even though a little more expensive Lacie is the way to go. On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > I bought a LaCie 2tb external drive from the apple sto

Help with Finder

2013-11-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I finally got back into Mavericks, and that is the root of my problem. I can't use my Braille Edge 40 and Bluetooth right now and have to use it in USB. The other thing, and somebody on this list said they had this problem too, I can't seem to be able to use column view. Every time I do

Re: two gmail questions

2013-11-02 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi Go to the gmail folder and press the right arrow to expand. Take care 2. nov. 2013 kl. 18:15 skrev jean parker : > All: > After my computer restoration, I have two gmail questions. > 1. How do I put the bcc field in to messages I compose on a permanent basis? > 2. I have several mai

Re: focus won't stay on menus in Skype

2013-11-02 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi Maybe vo+f2 pressed three times fast work. Maybe vo+f1 three times fast. Take care 2. nov. 2013 kl. 21:06 skrev Alex Hall : > Hi all, > I don’t usually use Skype, but I will need it for today. I was trying to > check for updates, change my status, and generally explore the menus, but > can

Re: Anyway to get mail to follow rules in IOS

2013-11-02 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi Use your mac. You need to change gmail on web from standard view to basic html view. Here is a link to a how to do that http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/24763/how-can-i-convert-gmail-from-standard-view-to-basic-html-view Other may fill in and add details or correct. No problem. Y

Re: Help with Finder

2013-11-02 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I am in list view and had no problem moving a file. Here is how I do it. 1 locate the file you want to move. 2. press command c 3. navigate to the folder you want to paste the item in to 4. open the folder and press command option v. I have found that opening the folder is more accurate than