emojis

2013-12-18 Thread May and Noah
Trying once again. I got to hear what emojis are, but no one answered my question on how to make it so voiceover does not announce them. Is this possible or *smiles* maybe no one knows that answer? May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. you’ve made some really good points. I do think there are small improvements being made though. Granted it’s slower than we would like it to be, but consider the latest bug that was fixed which is voice over not reading Emergy I think perhaps the bug with vo j is going to be one of those

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-18 Thread Scott B.
Yup sure have Dave. On 12/17/2013 19:18, David Tanner wrote: Oh, you forgot how many times FS will deny that they are aware of a problem with their software to the bitter end regardless how many times you prove it to them. Anyone ever experience the famous Jaws remark "focus lost"? Sent

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Scott B.
That's so true Dave. Blind people should be thankful for what they have and improve it in a nice manner instead of being asses about it. Excuse the language but the truth hurts. On 12/17/2013 19:42, David Tanner wrote: Well, Robert it probably does more to hurt all blind users of Apple dev

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Yeah, and it doesn’t matter if we get what we want, because then we whimper and whine about the fact that we have gotten what we want, either it is too late, too little, too much or just plain spoken the wrong way. I know that what i now will say is gonna offend people and i apologize in advance

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Krister! hopefully when we report bugs and point out problems to apple to be looked into or fixed, we maybe are more tactful than here on this list? I can only hope so. You're right we need to point out bugs but whining to apple won't make a difference in the long run. Jim On Dec 18, 2013, at

creating business cards

2013-12-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I believe I posted this message to applevis not long ago so if you've seen it sorry for that. I have some card stock and a good printer and in the past have created my own business cards. Now that I am on a mac it is a bit different for me. I have pages but hardly ever use it. Guess t

a new mac book user needing a help for folders.

2013-12-18 Thread Dionipher Herrera
can somebody help me find the user folder for my mac book pro, im new to mac book so i need a lot of help from you all guys.. i want to transfer my my music to the itunes folder but i cant find it. thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: a new mac book user needing a help for folders.

2013-12-18 Thread Dave O.
To get to the user (home) folder, hit Command Shift H. You should also look at the Go menu in Finder. It shows you all kinds of folders you may want to go to, and the keyboard shortcuts to get there. In Finder, hit VO M, then arrow right a few times to the go menu and then arrow down through th

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-18 Thread Mario Navarro
hi jonathan. okay. the solution for the apple to be more aware and give more importance and feel themselves obliged to do more and better for us blind community would have to undergo another kind of we take strong and effective steps. I thought I'd create a petition stating the apple of our disc

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. that’s vo j not command j. I’m not even sure what that command does. I hope this helps Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 2013, at 8:22 am, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Please tell meow you are reading mail in standard view? I just press enter > on each message once

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. not having any problems in classic view either. I didn’t do anything to the preview pain though. Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 2013, at 8:09 am, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > Like Robert, I am noticing no issues wit

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi Mary, I am using standard view with threading. Robert Carter On Dec 17, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Robert, > Are you using standard or classic view? And are you using threaded view or > not? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 17, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Eileen Misrahi

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I am also using gmail with IMAP. I have the popup setting that says check for new messages set to automatic. I do not have the problem of constantly getting interrupted when new mail comes in. Perhaps you receive a lot more mail than I do but this just isn’t an issue for me. Robert Carter

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
It seems like the only time I ever hear the "one row added" is when I am interacted with the message. If not and just reading by pressing enter on it I never hear that. On Dec 18, 2013, at 7:32 AM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > Hi, > > I am also using gmail with IMAP. I have the popup setting that

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think I agree with half of this. But just keep in mind. Blind consumers are no different from any other consumer. When you pay for something, and it doesn’t work or, work the way you expect it to, some will act like asses. I don’t think blind people should be anymore or less thankful

Word Service

2013-12-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I just found the coolest app/service. I was looking for a way to alphabetize a textedit file that I keep my reading list in. I found this thing called Word Service which adds many different things to your services menu. Maybe you all already knew about this but I had never heard of it.

RE: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-18 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks much for this. I think I have an old optical cable in a box somewhere from an old stereo system, but as I recall it has the squared optical connectors on both ends. So will probably need to pick up the cable, assuming my USB sound card supports it. Bill -Original Message- From

Translation app

2013-12-18 Thread Jessica D
as anyone heard of my language pro, i tested the free version, and it does exactly what i need; copy and paste. it $4.99 in the app store. should i get it?works perfectly with voiceover. the full version is Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > Macs from t

Re: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-18 Thread Terje Strømberg
Maybe you can find information about your sound card by using google and type "technical specifications" and the name of your usb sound card or owners manual. Take care 18. des. 2013 kl. 15:59 skrev Bill Holton : > Thanks much for this. I think I have an old optical cable in a box somewhere

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-18 Thread alia robinson
fine, but it is for me. I just thought others might want to report it to accessibility as I did. I get about 2000 mails a day, some more than 30 pages in length. you can see how I would be constantly interupted. Alia On Dec 18, 2013, at 8:32 AM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > Hi, > > I am also using

Re: emojis

2013-12-18 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmm. I can't really imagine a way as they are real characters in the text. Sort of like asking to have voiceover ignore the letters B, M and S. That's just a level of configuration detail I've not run across in a screen reader. CB On 12/18/13 3:21 AM, May and Noah wrote: Trying once again.

Re: emojis

2013-12-18 Thread Jessica D
did you see the message i just sent? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > Hmm. I can't really imagine a way as they are real characters in the text. > Sort of like asking to have voiceover ignore the letters B, M and S. That's > just a level of configura

Re: Word Service

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. thanks lots for this. I didn’t know about this app or service either the read me file says to put the app in the services folder. is that all I have to do? thanks . regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play l

Re: i text express question

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. this is awesome and very good instructions. I could never figure out how to access bookmarks in iText express. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play lots of great music On 17 Dec 2013, at 2:27 am, Andrew

Re: Latest Prizmo is relatively smooth

2013-12-18 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. can you select an copy the text in to say a text edit file? thanks Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 16 Dec 2013, at 12:16 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I got Prizmo for Mac a while ago thanks to a series of promo codes t

Re: Word Service

2013-12-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Yes and then you'll have to enable the keyboard shortcuts for those services that you want from the system preferences. On Dec 18, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: > HI. thanks lots for this. I didn’t know about this app or service either > the read me file says to put the ap

Re: Latest Prizmo is relatively smooth

2013-12-18 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't tried, but the text is in edit fields so i imagine so. If that fails, there is always that very useful "copy last spoken phrase to clipboard" command, vo-shift-c. Also, Prizmo does allow exporting, but again I haven't used it. I usually just need to know what is on a paper, not save th

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread eric oyen
well, when I get what I want in a timely manner, I don't worry about it. Its when I get substandard service, features or it takes a lot longer than it should to get them,, then I am one of the most complaining bastards out there. I make no bones about it, I expect excellence and anything less de

Re: emojis

2013-12-18 Thread May and Noah
Aww well. Guess I’ll get use to it. Thanks though. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Hmm. I can't really imagine a way as they are real characters in the text. > Sort of like asking to have voiceover ignore the letters B, M and S. That

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread eric oyen
most of the time I am tactful. I submit a great many bug reports on a daily basis (this mac has had problems lately, mostly owing to the fact that some API calls were broken in Safari). I also do a lot of work in the Open SOurce communities submitting bug reports on broken compiles. I type enoug

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread David Chittenden
Wow, such interesting arguments. When eBook readers do not have built-in speakers, speech output is impossible. When the page of the book is a picture of the page, a scanned image, speaking that page is impossible. When the law is written such that the copyright holder has more rights around who

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
I love how people who have never written much more than a few lines of some high level scripting language in their lives are in a place to explain just how easy it is to write code for a screen reader and integrate it into a device. Take with that an entitlement and you have the argument that e

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thank you David, for talking sense. I hope we can change this topic now because I’m tired of reading people’s misgivings about what Apple should do with their accessibility stuff as we can be constructive instead rather than negative. Before someone says, I’m not on any platform’s side as each

Re: accessing drop box settings

2013-12-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I guess you have enabled curser wrapping? I can't VO-Left Arrow to settings, as settings is the last item in the window and I haven't enabled curser wrapping. I just VO-Shift-End to jump to the last item in the window, which is settings. Cheers, Nic -- You received this message because you are

Re: ReadKit Question

2013-12-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
The app works perfectly for me, but I use FeedWrangler to sync my feeds, not Instapaper. So I can't help you, unfortunately. However, it doesn't sound like it's a VoiceOver problem, but rather a ReadKit and Instapaper problem. Given this, the mainstream support documentation should be able to fi

10.9.1 and brailledisplays

2013-12-18 Thread William Windels
hello, I haven't installed 10.9 finally since my handytech braille star 80 wasn't working at all. The problems with some brailledisplays in 10.9 are confirmed by apple accessibility. so, my question: does anybody know if the problem with this and/or other braille displays are solved in 10.9.1?

Re: 10.9.1 and brailledisplays

2013-12-18 Thread Jessica D
i used mine with mavericks and have not seen a single problem. can you please explain further what you mean? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 11:57 AM, William Windels > wrote: > > hello, > I haven't installed 10.9 finally since my handytech braille star 80 wasn't > working at all.

Re: a new mac book user needing a help for folders.

2013-12-18 Thread Angelo
Hi, you’ll find that folder in the folder called users/your name/music and what ever you named your iTunes library hth Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com On Dec 18, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Dionipher Herrera wrote: > can somebody help me find the user folder for my mac book pro, im new to mac > book so i

Re: USb turntable help/reccomendations.

2013-12-18 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Jessica, When I baught it I payed $40.00 I'm sure it is more now. there is also now a lite version and the full version. I would recommend the full app as over time you will likely want all the features. this podcast is old and one of my first attempts at podcasting. The intro can be s

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread eric oyen
I can see the problems I have raised. However, the E-book readers actually do have an audio port (how else are you going to hear other multimedia content). THe authors guild doesn't necessarily represent all authors (in fact, a lot of them are actually starting to publish via amazon and others).

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread eric oyen
I may not have written much code, but I certainly have had to debug a lot of it over the years. It may be time for me to go back to school and learn coding the right way. BTW, the guys at NVDA apparently make coding look easier than it is. Then again, thats their specialty. Mine is a systems and

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
I have two points here. Firstly, OCR is a very CPU and memory consuming process. If you expect to get this on an an EReader, you're totally 100% insane. There are OCR engines out there, but the question of licensing comes to mind, which is actually something I forgot to mention on my last post

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Well said David. While I understand people’s frustration and totally despise discrimination, I’m not sure that I fully agree with some of the opinions/comments shared prior to that. I’ll chime in here to express just a few points. Way back when OS X first came out, I recall going down to

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
oh but of course. After all compare the number of apple screen readers there have been what two? three at most? outspoken which did the job fantastically with apple's input, , still can with the right equipment, then voiceover. because apple understood the importance of including speech for

very strange, annoying and frustrating audio issue

2013-12-18 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hi guys: This just started today, and it's most frustrating!! I'm going to make a genius bar appointment Saturday, but if anyone has a fix before then I'll gladly take it! I noticed, starting this afternoon for seemingly no reason, strange audio artifacts popping up in my headphones. This onl

iTunes Radio Assistance??

2013-12-18 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I have managed to add stations to my radio list table. When a station is first added, it will play. When returning to my radio list table, I interact with it, highlight a station and then try to open it with either using the return key, VO-spacebar or spacebar by itself. None of t

Re: iTunes Radio Assistance??

2013-12-18 Thread Vivianna
hi. after you select a station, just tab over to the play button and press space on it. Vivianna On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I have managed to add stations to my radio list table. When a station is > first added, it will play. When returning to my