Re: First thoughts 10.9.2 much improved for VoiceOver

2014-02-26 Thread Angelo
I agree, much better, and My k760 works like a charm... Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > Yes, and I am thankful that Finder is behaving itself better. I figured out > some work arounds before, but this is so much better. > > Regards

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
I got better results with my iPod Touch manual, but it's not very efficient. I may read some with system speech, but not often. 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 Feb 26, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > A

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Miller
Write to accessibil...@apple.com. On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I got better results with my iPod Touch manual, but it's not very efficient. > I may read some with system speech, but not often. > > Teresa > > "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a

Re: new mac user please help

2014-02-26 Thread Jamie Pauls
What's that I was saying about learning commands? LOL thanks for the correction. I had been messing around and preferences and got those commands mixed up in my head. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Dionipher Presas Herrera > wrote: > > nope, its not VO f8, its VO + H >>

Re: a quick question about the bard mobile ap

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Thank you so much for that tip! Does that really work? Is it still copy protected? I just tried that and the documents area is blank. Also my Free Ringtones app is blank too. So something is going on. But I do understand the method to do. Just find the file in BARD Mobil and drag n Drop it to th

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Agent086b
Hello, I am trying to carry out your instructions to hear when a file is downloaded to my downloads folder. In Finder I go to the downloads folder to services it says no services. Then I go down and it says services preferences Here I find some tabs keyboard, text, shortcuts then input sauces.

Re: Running Windows on Mac, on a budget

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Yes, that is why Apple have the App called Bootcamp. When you go to Bootcamp and start the process, it will require a usb drive to download the latest drivers. Also, keep in mind, many sighted people use Options to pick which operating system to boot from, but with Bootcamp you can go to Prefer

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Try going into finder, Finder menu, services, Folder Actions. I did this from the desktop, but it doesn't matter which folder. There will be a checkbox that says "enable folder actions." Close this window with command-w. Find the downloads folder again and try going to folder actions setup. You

Re: Running Windows on Mac, on a budget

2014-02-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Question. Is there any way to set up Bootcamp without sighted assistance? Seems to me I remember seeing something about 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

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
It seemed to work for me. Only question I have is this. Do I check the allow folder actions box or leave it unchecked. I focused on the downloads folder before I went in to services options. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The

Re: Running Windows on Mac, on a budget

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Hawkins
There was a write up about this. It pretty much count the times you hit enter and left and right arrows. But if you forget a step, you will get stuck. Technically to answer your question, installing Windows is not accessable. You can do Bootcamp untill you hit the Install Button. After that it i

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Check the box. I have mine checked. If the script works with it unchecked, I'm truly stumped. :) HtH, Teresa "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > It seemed to work for me. Only question I have is this. Do I check the > a

selecting non-contiguous items in finder?

2014-02-26 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hi all: I'm almost certain someone posted about this before, but I don't seem to have saved the message. I have a folder that contains some mkv video files and some mp3 files of the same content. I want to delete the mkv files, but not the mp3s of same. However, the files go 01 title.mkv, 01 t

Re: selecting non-contiguous items in finder?

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Miller
Yo, John, Press VO+Command+return. It used to be VO+command+space, but they changed in it 10.9. On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:13 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm almost certain someone posted about this before, but I don't seem to have > saved the message. > > I have a folder that contai

Re: selecting non-contiguous items in finder?

2014-02-26 Thread John D. Lipsey
Brilliant!! Thanks much, Daniel! :) DFTBA! John D. Lipsey johnl1...@gmail.com Twitter: @J_TGL On Feb 26, 2014, at 19:15, Daniel Miller wrote: > Yo, John, > > Press VO+Command+return. It used to be VO+command+space, but they changed in > it 10.9. > > On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:13 PM, John D. Lips

Re: selecting non-contiguous items in finder?

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel Miller
you're welcome :) DFTBA On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:16 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Brilliant!! Thanks much, Daniel! :) > > DFTBA! > > John D. Lipsey > johnl1...@gmail.com > Twitter: @J_TGL > > On Feb 26, 2014, at 19:15, Daniel Miller wrote: > >> Yo, John, >> >> Press VO+Command+return. It us

Re: First thoughts 10.9.2 much improved for VoiceOver

2014-02-26 Thread Jessica Moss
Wound I just go to software update to download this, or does it download automaticly? I just got an alert from software update, but have no idea how to find out what's available, just that stuff is available, and the option to download or cancel. On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Angelo wrote: > I

Re: First thoughts 10.9.2 much improved for VoiceOver

2014-02-26 Thread Ryan Mann
You don't see an option to show details or anything like that? I could have sworn there was an option to show details and that would give you information about the updates. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Wound I just go to software update to downlo

google video hangouts

2014-02-26 Thread Maxwell Ivey
anyone here ever done a google hangout video or otherwise? I know i need to promote the session better next time but i'm on a video hang out right now. I had one friend stop by and am hoping for my second before i quit at about 9 pm central. any suggestions for next time. thanks, max -- You r

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Agent086b
Hello, thanks it now works. I suggest that if you are not sure if this works. try and download a file. I did and was surprised to find a notice that I had downloaded a file. I thought that I did not get it correct. Thanks all. Max On 27 Feb 2014, at 11:35 am, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Try goin

Select ContiguousItems

2014-02-26 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi, I feel really stupid but I can't figure out how to select contiguous items in the finder. There used to be a procedure where one selected the first item, moved to a second item and everything in between would be selected by pressing the appropriate keys. I can't seem to find the new proced

Re: First thoughts 10.9.2 much improved for VoiceOver

2014-02-26 Thread Jessica
I think I have the checkbox checked to be alerted about software updates. For some reason though, this never happens. Why is this? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > > You don't see an option to show details or anything like that? I could have > sworn there

Re: Select ContiguousItems

2014-02-26 Thread Gary
go to your first item, hold down the shift key, then move the down arrow until you get to desired file. Gary On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Marshall Scott wrote: > Hi, > I feel really stupid but I can't figure out how to select contiguous items in > the finder. There used to be a procedure where

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yep, it's one of my favorite features in Mac Os X. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hello, > thanks it now works. I suggest that if you are not sure if this works. try > and download a file. I did and was surprised to find a notice tha

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Steve Holmes
Yes, with serious bugs like this by all means, contact the a11y folks at Apple. I've had them tell me several times that the more pings they get the higher priority a problem is given. I haven't upgraded to Mavericks yet so cannot report this one yet. The other improvements make it sound like I can

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
The buttons are not labeled, and only a few have tags. 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 Feb 26, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Yes, with serious bugs like this by all means, contact the a11y folks > at

Re: google video hangouts

2014-02-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
yes, i did on my google devices, why? On 27 Feb 2014, at 03:34 am, Maxwell Ivey wrote: > anyone here ever done a google hangout video or otherwise? I know i need to > promote the session better next time but i'm on a video hang out right now. I > had one friend stop by and am hoping for my seco

Re: First thoughts 10.9.2 much improved for VoiceOver

2014-02-26 Thread Gerry Cook
I agree with that except ibooks doesn't seem to be improved, apple still have to work on it. cheers gerry have a nice day Email: gerryc...@optusnet.com.au Skype: gerry.cook1 Twitter: @gerrycook52 On 27 Feb 2014, at 2:06 pm, Jessica wrote: > I think I have the checkbox checked to be alerted ab

Re: Running Windows on Mac, on a budget

2014-02-26 Thread Chris H
Hi all There is a guide I have written up myself over at www.applevis.com Regards Chris On 27/02/2014 01:37, Daniel Hawkins wrote: There was a write up about this. It pretty much count the times you hit enter and left and right arrows. But if you forget a step, you will get stuck. Technicall

Re: What view am I using in Mail?

2014-02-26 Thread Chris H
Yes I can. Regards Chris On 26/02/2014 22:41, Traci Duncan wrote: That sounds like classic view to me. Can you VO left & right arrow between those columns? On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Chris H wrote: Hi all Subject says it all, what view am I in if Mail displays the from, subject, date r

Re: finger computer for OCR

2014-02-26 Thread David Chittenden
No, your supposition is flawed. I also had am opticon when I was younger, and I became fairly proficient with it. The optican provides direct tactile (haptic) stimulation on the finger. You use that stimulation to correct your camera placement whilst scanning the line. Even the fastest optican

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