Now I didn't know this. I always thought quicknav had to be turned on
and the rotor set to characters words or lines. Good to know and cheers
for sharing.
Regards Chris
On 04/03/2014 00:15, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote:
HI. there is one more. with a lot of web pages make sure quick nav is off
I've heard that Omni Focus is pretty accessible on iOS. I'm a big fan and user
of task management apps, and I'v heard lots of good things about Omni Focus
from non-VoiceOver users. For any task management system to work for me I have
to be able to use it on my Mac. So I decided to download and t
i had good lighting and was on wifi. i had 2 or 3 bars. but even if i only had
1 bar, it should have still worked. i held my iphone about a hand's width from
the package as well. what am i doing wrong?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:12 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
>
> It's like most
Hi all
Before we start, I do not mean share files across the internet on the mac; I
mean share files locally from a Mac to say a Windows computer.
Well I have now achieved the above today so that's progress on the Mac front
smile. I have a feeling it's actually easier to set up file sharing on th
Hey Jessica, Think you might want to be a little more specific? Just Saying,
like what OS are you running for starters, exactly what's happening and so
forth? I lost my crystal ball when I moved last month.
On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:37 PM, Jessica wrote:
> hi,
> i am using list view in finder. it a
i am using mavericks.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
>
> Hey Jessica, Think you might want to be a little more specific? Just Saying,
> like what OS are you running for starters, exactly what's happening and so
> forth? I lost my crystal ball when I moved
i try to open an applocation from the dock, i get finder. if i try to open
something from the applications folder, i what i want to open and the item next
to it open.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
>
> Hey Jessica, Think you might want to be a little more
I've been trying for about 3 days now to download mavericks, only for it to not
complete, have called and even after contacting someone from Apple, who did a
screenshot with me over the phone, it seemed to be downloading, but it's not
coming up on the launchpad yet, so I can't tell whether or no
Hello Jessica,
In your iPhone's Settings, under Goggles, Speak out must be on.
In the app itself, the bottom righthand button should say Still Camera. The
button to the left of that should say Record. The iPhone must not be on silent.
Change language now should be on EN.
I hold the phone more
Are you running os10.9.1 or 10.9.2?
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Jessica wrote:
> i try to open an applocation from the dock, i get finder. if i try to open
> something from the applications folder, i what i want to open and the item
> next to it open.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 4, 20
10.9.2
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, isaac wrote:
>
> Are you running os10.9.1 or 10.9.2?
>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Jessica wrote:
>>
>> i try to open an applocation from the dock, i get finder. if i try to open
>> something from the applications folder, i what i wan
No I haven't had this issue.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Jessica Moss wrote:
> I've been trying for about 3 days now to download mavericks, only for it to
> not complete, have called and even after contacting someone from Apple, who
> did a screenshot with me over the phone, it seemed to be dow
How long has this problem have been happening.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Jessica wrote:
> 10.9.2
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, isaac wrote:
>>
>> Are you running os10.9.1 or 10.9.2?
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Jessica wrote:
>>>
>>> i try to open an applocat
I have a 5+year-old lyncsis router, but can't afford to upgrade to a different
one, could that have anything to do with it?
On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:52 AM, isaac wrote:
> No I haven't had this issue.
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Jessica Moss wrote:
>
>> I've been trying for about 3 days now to dow
since yesterday.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:01 AM, isaac wrote:
>
> How long has this problem have been happening.
>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Jessica wrote:
>>
>> 10.9.2
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, isaac wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you running o
Have you thought about setting up keyboard commanders?
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:49 AM, isaac wrote:
> Are you running os10.9.1 or 10.9.2?
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Jessica wrote:
>
>> i try to open an applocation from the dock, i get finder. if i try to open
>> something from the applications
no, what are those? how would they be helpful or fix my issue?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:14 AM, isaac wrote:
>
> Have you thought about setting up keyboard commanders?
>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:49 AM, isaac wrote:
>>
>> Are you running os10.9.1 or 10.9.2?
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, a
Hi,
I am new to this group. I have a print disability, dyslexia, and I utilize
text-to-speech to read. Recently, I have been turning the speech rate to
the highest setting and I would like it to be even faster. I have found it
not common for someone with dyslexia to request really high speech r
Hello Sarah.
Interesting question, I would like to low this as well, as I too use the main
voice at high rates but it can't go any faster.
Thank you.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 4
On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:45 AM, nolimitsf
i did this and it's still acting up this morning. what do i do? have you seen
this issue?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 3, 2014, at 10:40 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
> If you do a command-j, it will tell your current view. What you probably
> want to do is go into Finder preferences with
I don't think this would cause the problem you describe, but is cursor tracking
possibly turned off? Ctrl-option-shift-3 toggles this. Or have you changed any
setings in voiceover utility?
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I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
thrown in
You can speed up the speech rate by first pressing control option command left
arrow to switch to the rate setting then use the up and arrow keys with the
control option command keys held down to adjust the rate.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:45 AM, nolimitsforl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to
Hi
for some reason, cursor tracking was off. I didn't think it had to be on for
voiceover to work properly.
thanks for all your help.
what is a free braille translation program for mac that supports embossing?
I am currently using textedit with the "apple braille font"
thanks,
Jessica
jldai...@gm
All,
a couple days ago I asked about using Remote Desktop to log into my work server
and run programs. Someone suggested Team Viewer, I think. I'm not finding it in
the app store. Can anyone give me info on it? Will it allow me to read the
screens displayed once I'm logged into the work server
A hands with from the package is probably way too close.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
> On 5 Mar 2014, at 1:37, Jessica wrote:
>
> i had good lighting and was on wifi. i had 2 or 3 bars. but even if i only
> had 1 bar, it
To get team view on the mac you would have to go to team viewer.com to get it.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
> All,
>
> a couple days ago I asked about using Remote Desktop to log into my work
> server and run programs. Someone suggested Team Viewer, I think. I'm not
> fi
Thanks. Just went there and grabbed it. Now, let the fun begin. :)
Jenine Stanley
dragonwalke...@gmail.com
On Mar 4, 2014, at 11:19 AM, isaac wrote:
> To get team view on the mac you would have to go to team viewer.com to get it.
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
>
>> All,
Hi,
Thank you for the response. I must be doing something wrong still as I
still can not get it to work. I have the Text to Speech screen open when I
do this but it does not seem to do anything. Am I making a stupid mistake
or do I need to use only Voiceover if I want it to go faster? I really
I'm thinking that maybe I'm beating a very dead horse here but I tried logging
into my work server using Remote Desktop Connect. this worked fine but of
course no speech on the remote screen.
I'm assuming that some type of screen reader must be installed on the server
side in order for any rem
Hi Sarah. That command that was said below is only to control rate of speech
using Voiceover. Not sure if you can increase rate of speech outside of
Voiceover but of course someone can correct me if I’m wrong.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mai
If you are on the mac side you can use voiceover on the remote machine.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
> I'm thinking that maybe I'm beating a very dead horse here but I tried
> logging into my work server using Remote Desktop Connect. this worked fine
> but of course no s
It's set to low in custom verbosity settings so is not spoken in any app other
than Mail. It wasn't spoken in Mail either, prior to 10.9.2.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 4/03/2014, at 5:53 pm, Daniel Hawkins wrote:
> When
You should leave it on unless there is a specific reason that you need it
off. In Finder, it will make your life a lot easier with it on.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CE
Yeah, I usually get pretty good results scanning about twelve to eighteen
inches from the package, if it's medium-size.
Teresa
"Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman
On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:15 AM, David Chittenden wrote:
> A hands with from the package i
Yes, I realize now that I was mistaken, as I remember running from recovery
mode and choosing to do a clean install from the thumb drive.
Teresa
Visualize whirled peas.
On Mar 3, 2014, at 10:57 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:
> This is not always correct. I did a clean install with a bootable disk
ok, does it usually work or does it usually not tell you what the item is? what
information will it give you?
Do you have the free or paid version? I currently have the free version and
plan to keep it until I get the app to work. Once it does, I might consider
buying the paid version. It only c
is recovery mode accessible with voiceover? I remember having to use it for
something awhile ago. I couldn't use it though because voiceover never came on.
safe mode is not accessible with voiceover. I had to use it recently. I can't
remember why. I do recommend writing to apple accessibility to
Gee, after reading all this thread and the article, I have to kind of wonder
what's the big deal is: especially when you can just run a clean install off
the run time partition. I mean really. Same difference ain't it?
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
Sure it is. You need only wait a minute or so after pressing command+r and
then launch Voice Over using command+F5. This version will only use Fred and
it's good enough for runtime work such as you need the recovery partition for.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility f
I *think* this started after upgrading to the newest Mavericks, but not sure.
Whenever I put in a CD, or a DVD, or whenever I plug in one of my four thumb
drives or the one external hard drive, I have to manually go into Disc Utility
and tell it to mount.
Does anyone know what I need to rest to
How long this problem has been happening?
On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Jane wrote:
> I *think* this started after upgrading to the newest Mavericks, but not sure.
> Whenever I put in a CD, or a DVD, or whenever I plug in one of my four thumb
> drives or the one external hard drive, I have to ma
I think a week or so.
Jane
On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:48 PM, isaac wrote:
> How long this problem has been happening?
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Jane wrote:
>
>> I *think* this started after upgrading to the newest Mavericks, but not
>> sure. Whenever I put in a CD, or a DVD, or whenever I
Hi.
When I first purchase my iPhone 4S over two years ago, I locked it in portrait
mode and the process went without a hitch.
The other day, I needed to do a reset of my phone and as a result, all of my
settings were lost. Though most things are back to normal, I have been unable
to lock the
It is done from control center. Find and double tap the "rotation lock" item.
Click the home button once to exit out of control center.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Mike Busboom wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> When I first purchase my iPhone 4S over two years ago, I locked it in
> por
Hi Mike, with IOS 7 you can gain back this functionality in the control centre.
Here's what I suggest you do.
1. go to the status bar
2. Once here swipe up with three fingers going up the screen this should bring
up the control centre for you.
3. Keep swiping right until you here lock orientation
Hello Jessica,
>From what I hear, the free version doesn't work with VoiceOver. I have the
>paid version and it works great.
Cheers,
Anne
On 4 Mar 2014, at 19:25, Jessica wrote:
> ok, does it usually work or does it usually not tell you what the item is?
> what information will it give you
Yes, there is a significant change in iOs 7. Tap the status bar at the top,
then swipe up with three fingers. You should hear "control center"" This has a
number of settings you can change on the fly. Orientation settings are on this
screen.
Hth,
teresa
Slow down; you'll get there faster.
On
is it now possible to lock your iphone in landscape? if so, can someone tell me
how?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Daniel McGee
> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike, with IOS 7 you can gain back this functionality in the control
> centre.
> Here's what I suggest you do.
> 1. go to the st
can you please check on that?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:
>
> Hello Jessica,
>
> From what I hear, the free version doesn’t work with VoiceOver. I have the
> paid version and it works great.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
>
>
>> On 4 Mar 2014, at 19:25, J
Hi Jessica,
Unfortunately, I think you can only lock the iPhone in portrait mode. You can
lock the iPad in both, however.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Jessica wrote:
> is it now possible to lock your iphone in landscape? if so, can someone tell
> me how?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 4,
I've just tried the free version and it works for me. It displays ads but it
still works. However, this is on a phone that also has the paid version, but I
don't think that should make a difference.
Did you find its entry in Settings and make sure that Speak out is on?
Interestingly, I used it
yes, speak out is on. my iphone was not on vibrate when i tried to scan the
item.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:
>
> I’ve just tried the free version and it works for me. It displays ads but it
> still works. However, this is on a phone that also has t
I got it to work. It argued with my wife over the type of pizza we were
cooking, and since Amy was looking at if, this was highly amusing.
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On Mar 4, 2014, at 4:37 AM, Jessica wrote:
>
>
How do you know it didn't mount?
CB
On 3/4/14 1:47 PM, Jane wrote:
I *think* this started after upgrading to the newest Mavericks, but not sure.
Whenever I put in a CD, or a DVD, or whenever I plug in one of my four thumb
drives or the one external hard drive, I have to manually go into Disc
Because it shows up in Disc Utility, but not anywhere else. The Mount button is
not greyed out. When I mount it by pressing that button, it pops up on the
desktop and anywhere else I have it set to show external drives and discs.
Jane
On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> How d
Okay, so, thing is this. How does this compare to Tap tap see for example?
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 Mar 4, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Mark BurningHawk Ba
And if you want to know what he sounds like I think of him as Perfect
Paul from Dectalk.
Regards Chris
On 04/03/2014 18:37, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Sure it is. You need only wait a minute or so after pressing command+r and
then launch Voice Over using command+F5. This version will only use Fre
I guess that eliminates my first hunch. Finder > Preferneces > General
then check off "Show these items on the desktop". I was guessing these
might have been turned off and that things actually were mounting, just
not showing on the desktop. Also, in disk utility, for any drive that
isn't your
Uh, nope. I'd say more like Doctor Dennis much more so than Paul.
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 Mar 4, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Apple boy wrote:
> And if you
Last time this came up, in 2009, I found a hack by editing the voiceover
plist settings to go more than normal. Haven't tried it since but maybe
it still works:
https://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@macvisionaries.com/msg49064.html
CB
On 3/4/14 10:45 AM, nolimitsforl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Oh yes! Will have to try and give him a listen for comparison.
Regards Chris
On 04/03/2014 20:33, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Uh, nope. I'd say more like Doctor Dennis much more so than Paul.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constan
Nope, they are just normal drives. I mean, I have plugged them in before for a
long time with no problems.
Jane
On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> I guess that eliminates my first hunch. Finder > Preferneces > General then
> check off "Show these items on the desktop". I was
Fastest way is to just run a cat5 cable between the two computers and
turn off wifi to force both machines to use the wired network. Both
machines support Gigabit Ethernet which is about 80MB a second transfer
rates, a faster pipe than many hard drives can fill. Using wifi or mifi
is going to b
I just found a potential solution. The slider only goes up to a max of 350 wpm,
but the setting is stored in:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.speech.voice.prefs.plist
To see it, run from terminal:
defaults read com.apple.speech.voice.prefs VoiceRateDataArray
I get something like this:
(
(
Is the Limeade 18000 MHA Pack a brand sold in all Apple stores? My father in
Vancouver Canada likes to buy everything from the Apple Store. I was looking at
the reveiw on AppleVis and thought it might be worth purchaseing before my
father and I go to Scotland in April. My father has a iPhone 5S
Sounds like weirdness. Have you tried the usual things like rebooting
and repairing permissions?
CB
On 3/4/14 4:01 PM, Jane wrote:
Nope, they are just normal drives. I mean, I have plugged them in before for a
long time with no problems.
Jane
On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Chris Blouch wro
Hello All:
I am hoping someone can help me.
I need to learn how to create keynote presentations using voiceover. I am
willing to pay someone who really knows how to do this to spend some time on
Skype with me so I can learn. Any takers?
Jean
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I have some questions about mail on Mini and reading from documents on a
storage chip put in a chip reader.
1. Is there a way to have Ap'ple mail put all of this group's mail together as
one can in Windows? I would like all mail from each group" together. If
possible, or even if not, is there a
I also achieved the desired result (not to have the disclosure triangle spoken
at all in Mail) in 10.9.1. However, I am also experiencing the
extremely annoying phenomenon where it is spoken in Mail no matter where I set
it in Verbosity in 10.9.2. This is extremely disappointing as other thing
See comments below.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote:
> I have some questions about mail on Mini and reading from documents on a
> storage chip put in a chip reader.
>
> 1. Is there a way to have Ap'ple mail put all of this group's mail together
> as one can in Windows?
Yes,
Hello there,
How do I get Pages to see iCloud. I had to change my password and when I go to
Open in Pages I am not seeing the iCloud option which is where my assignment
for school is. Thanks much.
Scott
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It's in iCloud settings. Make sure the documents and data check box is checked.
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> On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:17 PM, Scott Berry wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> How do I get Pages to see iCloud. I had to change my password and when I go
> to Open in Pages I am not seeing the iCloud
I was under the impression that Pages was free for Mavericks OS? But, I see
that it's $19.99 in the app store. Did I miss something or was I just dreaming?
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It's only free with the purchase of a qualifying computer. This includes
Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
They are also free when buying any new IOS device.
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Since upgrading to Mavericks last night, VO keeps saying "Macintosh HD Volume
group" as I navigate around the system, and when I'm in apps like Mail. I
thought maybe the mouse was parked on the desktop Mac HD volume, or was landing
there and it was set to speak whats under the mouse, but not the
If you buy a new Mac capable of running Mavericks anytime after September 2013,
you get iWork free. If your computer is Mavericks-capable, but was purchased
before that date, you are out of luck, just like me. This applies to iOS
devices as well.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Dave O. wrote:
> It
Hi,
Although, if you had a licensed version of iWork 09 with the Pages, Numbers and
Keynote apps, and upgraded to Mavericks, then you received a free upgrade to
the newest Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Not sure if this was a limited time
offer or if it is still available.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Hi,
Try VO-f1-f1 (Application Chooser) and/or VO-f2-f2 (Window Chooser) to see if
there's an app dialog causing this. Sometimes, when something like Adobe
Reader wants to update itself, this sort of behaviour occurs.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:39 PM, P
I think that is permanent. If you already owned an iWork app, you own it and
can upgrade for free, as with all iOS or Mac apps. Well, developers can charge
for upgrades, but they have to release new apps to do so. Anyway, the bottom
line is that I don't believe there is a limit for that offer.
O
Is there a program out there that will convert mp3's to ogg's?
The ones I'm finding aren't quite voiceover friendly, so figured I'd come ask
around.
May and Prince Noah
www.canadianlynx.ca
m...@canadianlynx.ca
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Hello Ray,
Talking Goggles does not use human beings to interpret what it sees. It does
some OCR and some automatic translating as well as comparing images with stock
images. So it recognises book covers, CDs and famous images, as well as
interpreting print. It only reads a few words at a time,
Hello Daniel and everyone else. Thank you very, very much; it worked like a
charm, and everything is as it should be.
Thanks again and kindest regards,
Mike
On 4,Mar,2014, at 8:11 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
> Hi Mike, with IOS 7 you can gain back this functionality in the control
> centre.
> He
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