It sounds like you might have one or more tiny particles of dust in the
connection point in the headphone jack. Compressed air should clear it out.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
> On 19 Dec 2013, at 17:46, "John D. Lipsey"
Hi Eric, you got me a little confused, surely if you walk down too
your local library you can take a book home OCR it and read it?
Am not sure about the copyright laws in the us, but i know that in
Denmark, i can go down, get a normal book, take it home scan it , read
it and have the exactly same
All of the sudden the last few days I got two weird new issues. iTunes just
opens in the background. I have no clue why this is happening.
The other when I put my computer to sleep in Mountain Lion on an iMac 2010 with
command option F12 or whatever the key is right after the F12 key my compute
To be specific, Apple worked with Berkeley Systems, the developer of OutSpoken
for Mac before Berkeley Systems went out of business. Apple then approached
HumanWare (if memory serves), to continue advising with OutSpoken because that
company purchased the rights. However, HumanWare only wanted t
Another comment about NVDA. NVDA is fully developed by volunteers. The reason
it is free is because the people working on it are not being paid. Even then,
it has almost gone under a few times already. Because it is completely reliant
on donations, and because the people who benefit from it repr
Back at the turn of the century, I went to the Consumer Electronics Show, CES,
every year, searching for general market products which could be used, or
easily modified to be used, by the blind. I had been a distributor for AT for a
few years, and I became frustrated at the lack of vision of the
Hi all:
On mavericks, how can I change the output for itunes? I need my output to be
through my Mackie sound card instead of the internal one.
Thanks in advance.
Ramy moustafa saber
Musicc instructor at:
faculty of musical education
music arranger and sound engineer
Sent from my iPhone
--
Hi all:
After I updated to mavericks, I can’t get any apps from the app store, here is
what I do exactly:
I enter the app store, I find the search, and I type my app, let’s say dropbox,
I hit the enter key, but I can’t find any results, I’m connected to the
internet. And I can do updates to my
I know of no way in which this can be done.
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 Dec 19, 2013, at 6:36 AM, ramy moustafa wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> On mavericks,
Hi Brian,
The key beside the f12 is the Eject key. Check in the Energy Saver System Pref
pane, in the Power Adaptor tab, make sure the “Wake for Network Access” is not
checked. This normally isn’t supposed to affect your machine if it is not
plugged in but it could be a bug. Alternatively, i
Hi,
I have my mail set to down load manually. However, it’s still downloading
automactilly.
Any ideas?
I’m using a pop gmail account.
I just set up my brand new mac book air today. that shouldn’t matter, though,
right?
Thanks,
Caitlyn
--
You received this message because you are subscrib
Hello: Can someone please tell me how to open a link on YoruFukurou. Also,
how to retweet?
Thanks Patricia
--
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 a
It is all in the menus. Better still, you can open Preferences (cmd-comma) and
customize the shortcuts to whatever you want. Links are activated with L by
default, and I don't remember the retweet command because I changed it. As I
said, though, the commands are all in the menus.
On Dec 19, 2013
Have you tried system preferences, hardware, sound, sound output, chose a sound
output device: ?
Take care
--
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 m
SoundFlower used to do this, but not sure if it's supported under Mavericks.
You could set the system output to your Mackie device and set Voiceover back to
the internal sound card.
You may also have success by playing back using VLC.
Kevin
On 2013-12-19, at 1:34 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:
Hi, all,
I got an app in the app store to convert my Mail contacts into a cSV file.
I then put it in my home directory. when I specify it as an alternate
address book in Alpine, I get an error message that permission is denied
and the file is unreadable. Where can I go from here?
Thanks,
ter
I can do just that, but the inconvenience of doing so vastly outweighs the
benefits. Also, there are restrictions in US copyright law that specifically
prohibits this kind of activity (and there doesn't appear to be a listed set of
exceptions) for the individual. Also, there is the time involved
I know this. I suggested a long time ago that there was a solution to the
funding shortfall. All every blind person in the US needs to do is send them $1
a month. Have their friends and associates do the same. It doesn't seem like a
lot, but its a geometric addition problem. so, $1 a month doesn
Hi Folks,
I have my documents and pictures folders in the dock for easy access. They only
appear to be viewable as a grid in there. I know I can show in finder, but is
there a way to have them display as a list in the dock? Or is this not
possible?
Thanks for any ideas.
Lisette
--
You receiv
Really? The inconvenience outweights the benefits? I scan and ocr books all the
time and unless i want perfection very little proofreading is necessary. I
haven't noticed the joy being sucked out of my reading by a little effort! Yes,
more work needs to be done in this area but meanwhile I will
Since last night, several gmail users have replied to messages I sent them, and
the body of the message appears empty. They res-send, or reply again, with the
same result. I have yet to ask a sighted person whether the words are visible
on the screen, but so far, this is only happening with gmai
Ok, so I finally have my system set up with my VO sound going through the main
built in speakers, as the brand new pair of bluetooth speakers I just got keep
losing connectivity, which makes no sense as my bluetooth keyboard and trackpad
are both fine. I get an error message Bluetooth Dialogue A
Hello,
Did a different user create the file? If so, you’ll need to use the chown
command. If it was the same user, you can try the chmod command.
$ chmod u+r address.csv
It’s been years since I used alpine, but does alpine want the file with a
specific filename?
HTH
Gena
On 19 Dec 2013, at
how do you access the app delete command?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Did a different user create the file? If so, you’ll need to use the chown
> command. If it was the same user, you can try the chmod command.
>
> $ chmod u+r addre
Thanks, Gina. I'll try that. Yes, the online help says that a specific
local file name is required in the "folder" field if using a local file.
I've also tried pasting the contents of the address book in an email
message and using Alpine's 'take" command. However, I had to set it up as
a distri
Unless things have drastically changed, one can definitely scan and OCR books
from the local library. This is unless accessible formats are available to
borrow. It is highly illegal for an individual to share their book scans /
conversions. Bookshare, as a nonprofit entity, can share scans made
Hi, Jessica,
If you could post a new message with your question, more people will see
it and it will not get lost in the shuffle. You've posted an unrelated
message in a unrelated thread. Double-tap "compose' on your home screen,
and give a few more details about your problem, such as which co
Hello,
It appears you shouldn’t need to do anything other than name the file
“.addressbook” i.e. start with a period and all in lower case call it address
book.
By giving a filename a period sets the appropriate permissions.
HTH
BTW: How does VO work using alpine?
Gena
On 19 Dec 2013, at 21:
hi,
the other day, a fellow list member told me there was an app delete function
for mac how do you access it?
Sent from my iPhoneh
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from
Hi!
there is a program called app delete that you can use to delete unwanted apps
from your library. It gets everything that needs to be deleted.
Jim
On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Jessica D wrote:
> hi,
> the other day, a fellow list member told me there was an app delete function
> for mac ho
Hi, Gena,
VO is a little quirky in Alpine, but doable. It's much better after
setting "show cursor" in config.
Teresa
Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X Terminal
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013, Georgina Joyce wrote:
Hello,
It appears you shouldn’t need to do anything other than name the
That is correct. If you put a .addressbook (note the period in front) in your
home directory, as long as the information is in the correct format, when you
open Alpine the addresses should be imported.
--
Cheryl
Go beyond the Christmas story this year;
meet Immanuel (God with us),
Jesus, the c
It works much better with brltty than with just vo. The problem is at this
point I'm not sure how to tell you what has to be installed in order for you to
be able to compile brltty on your system. I use macports and then compile and
install the developer (subversion) installation of brltty but I
How does this differ from pressing command-backspace to delete the app?
Does it also remove
associated files?
Teresa
Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X Terminal
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013, Jim Gatteys wrote:
Hi!
there is a program called app delete that you can use to delete unwanted a
It does delete associated material. It gives you the option to delete or
archive it. It then shows a list of all that will be deleted. I've found it
to be a handy little program because I never know what all is associated with
the application and it just goes and gets it.
Jim
On Dec 19, 2013
Hi, Cheryl,
I did find your instructions, but compiling is kind of way over my head,
unless I have a lot of hand-holding, so I'm apprehensive about it. I did
install a php app, but the webpage literally contained the commands. I
also get very confused where variables are concerned. I'm hoping
Thanks, Gena and cheryl. I'll play with this and see what I can do. :)
Teresa
Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X Terminal
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
That is correct. If you put a .addressbook (note the period in front) in your
home directory, as long as the informa
I'll try to redo it as soon as I can and get it as exact as I can. I totally
understand how you feel. Since I have a linux using background, I usually don't
mind compiling. The compiling itself isn't so difficult; the challenge is
figuring out what you are missing that has to be installed when y
But what about voice over?
Ramy moustafa saber
Musicc instructor at:
faculty of musical education
music arranger and sound engineer
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:34 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:
>
> Have you tried system preferences, hardware, sound, sound output, chose a
> sound ou
where can i find it? i do not see it when looking in my applications folder. do
i have to download it? if so, how?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote:
>
> It does delete associated material. It gives you the option to delete or
> archive it. It then shows a
Hi Lisette,
To make folders you place in the dock viewable with VoiceOver, navigate to the
folder in the dock and bring up your context menu (VO-shift-m). VO-down arrow
though the options and set this to View content as "List" by pressing either
VO-Space or the Return key. Or if you are using
I believe the command to retweet is "command shift v “ and than press
Enter to confirm.
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Patricia Solis
wrote:
> Hello: Can someone please tell me how to open a link on *YoruFukurou.
> Also, how to retweet?*
>
> * Thanks Patricia*
>
>
>
>
> --
> You receive
All,
I have set up a bootcamp partition and I have Windows7 running on it with Jaws
15. This works very well . I used SharpKeys to swap the command and option
keys when in the bootcamp setup. I have also installed the keyboard hack and
keyremap for macbook stuff to allow me to use the caps
check the app store.
On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Jessica D wrote:
> where can i find it? i do not see it when looking in my applications folder.
> do i have to download it? if so, how?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote:
>>
>> It does delete associa
The main problem for me with Mavericks Mail is that the read/unread status of
messages, and the number of messages in the thread, are announced last by
VoiceOver when navigating through the message list. This slows my progress
significantly as I have to wait for VoiceOver to announce everything
It's not on your Mac by default and I'm pretty sure it's not on the Mac App
Store. You have to download it from the developer. Try googling it I'm sure
you'll find it. It's a great app, very accessible and much better than just
command-deleting your apps.
Best,
Nic
--
You received this message
Not sure, sorry, Bryan. Sounds like it could be a problem with the speakers, or
at least a compatibility problem. Were they advertised as being compatible with
Mac? Maybe you should write to the supplier and try and return or exchange them.
Best of luck,
Nic
--
You received this message because
As for iTunes launching, my first thoughts are that you may have plugged in an
iDevice, or have pressed an iTunes media key or a button on a remote for your
bluetooth speakers.
Cheers,
Nic
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To u
Is it possible to scan and OCR library books? Yes, of course. However, to scan
requires a scanner. Moreover, to get good results from books rather than loose
leaf pages requires a special kind of scanner. Then there's the OCR software.
None of this is cheap, and none of it is an expense or effor
Hey Nick,
Yes, they are advertised that they work with Mac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, all of
that. I actually just found the bluetooth usb enhancer which I thought I didn't
get in the box, it was in a hidden compartment that a sighted friend found and
so far so good, we shall see, strange that I woul
Nic!
have you tried changing the order of columns in your mail? I did it using
classic view a long time ago and don't know if you can do it with standard view
but it might be worth checking out. Unless, of course, I am misunderstanding
your message.
Jim
On Dec 19, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Nicholas
guys,
has anyone done a podcast on how to navigate iTunes Radio on the Mac? I
use the limited vision i have to create stations and select them. But I
can't figure out how to do things like "favorite" a song because I can't
figure out which song is actually playing. I can see a song after it
I see you're basically asking some of what I want to know. I can make a
station play buy using the limited vision I have. but it's hard. I'd love
to hear how to do more things without vision.
thanks,
Kevin
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVi
Which play button are you tabbing to? Is it the one near the LCD section
at the top of iTunes? Is there another play button within the station that
you're talking about? How many tabs is it?
thanks,
Kevin
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisi
Hello.As the subject says, I want to convert some text to table. I already made
the format with tab between eact column, but I can’t find the “Convert text to
table” under the format and table submenu. Any other ideas for this? I have a
very long table in this format that I would like to convert
For the record, I'm using Lion on a Mac Mini.
--
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
Hi!
I have text that I want to be right aligned in pages and am trying to set a tab
that will reflect that. I find a combo box that says left but I can't change
it to anything else. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jim
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVision
57 matches
Mail list logo
