iCloud and Thunderbird

2014-07-09 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Not sure if this will be helpful but since it's Apple related thought I'd share this. Hi all I got iCloud to work in Thunderbird the mail account that is. Here are the generic settings. Note only Imap is supported, no pop I'm afraid. Incoming server: imap.mail.me.com port: 993 ssl required: yes

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-09 Thread David Chittenden
I use escape to get out of the launch bar. It puts me right back where I was. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Jul 2014, at 5:52, Brian Fischler wrote: > > I am kind of a newbie with Launch Bar and am running the latest

Re: Good, accessible IRC client for OS X?

2014-07-09 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
irssi for mac, works and if you are so lazy that you can't be bothered too use your vo keys too hear what is new you could pipe it through speak On 7/8/14, Pete Nalda wrote: > It will if the chat window is in VO's focus. > > Egun On, Lagunak (Basque for "G'Day, Mates > Louie P "Pete" Nalda > Www.

Re: iCloud and Thunderbird

2014-07-09 Thread David Taylor
Hi, It is rather mre complex than that. There are extensive articles on how to do it on ine, but different people have different server formats, so there is a deal of trial and error involved. Cheers Dave On 9 Jul 2014, at 08:24, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > Not sure if this will be helpf

Re: Blind Square - help getting started please

2014-07-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I love this program, and it has saved me more than once for not passing up my bus stop. Lately, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit has not had working GPS announcements on all the buses, and the old-fashioned way of asking the driver didn't work, especially when he asked me to tell him where

to anyone with a braille edge

2014-07-09 Thread alia robinson
if anyone with a braille edge who doesn't mind talking to me would email me asap, I have questions, please email me privately. ali...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiv

Re: File format for a flash drive switching between Mac and Windows

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
I'm seeing the following options. MS Dos FAT EX Fat Which option should I choose? I'm not seeing FAT32 just the ones I've described above. On 8 Jul 2014, at 22:31, matthew dyer vinux laptop wrote: > > Hi, > > What about fat or fat 32? Both should work fine. > tthew > > > Ma > On 07/0

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-09 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi Brian, Launchbar never does anything for me unless I press the hotkey. What do you mean that it is popping up when you are doing other things? Something is definitely not right. Robert Carter On Jul 8, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > I am kind of a newbie with Launch Bar and a

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Jessica Moss
I've always had trouble being able to navigate properly between different conversations without the thing just automaticly placing me in a typing field, which is usually the the last person I happened to be messaging. Can someone give me some tips on how to do do this? I think I managed to do

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Kevin Shaw
VO-command T to the table of conversations. VO right or left arrow to the one you want. VO-J to the edit field where you can type. To be sure you're on the right message, VO-up arrow to hear the name of the recipient. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2014-07-09, at 9:13 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I

Re: File format for a flash drive switching between Mac and Windows

2014-07-09 Thread Jimmy Podsim
According to apple, msdos fat is the one you want. I have used XFat before as well, but as long as your not using files over 4 or 4.5 gig I think it is, MSDosFat works on all devices. God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo mess

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Jimmy Podsim
I'm not sure, it's been a while since I did it, but try command [ or VO[to change between the message windows. I could be thinking of a different app though. God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo messenger, jp.kd5...@att.net

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Jimmy Podsim
OH wow thanks. God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo messenger, jp.kd5...@att.net jp.kd5...@att.net On Jul 9, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > VO-command T to the table of conversations. > VO right or left arrow to

Re: File format for a flash drive switching between Mac and Windows

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
Ok, I'll go with MS DOS then. Thank you all for your contributions in helping me to find the right file format between Mac and Windows for flash drives. Its really appreciated! Daniel On 9 Jul 2014, at 14:32, Jimmy Podsim wrote: > According to apple, msdos fat is the one you want. > I have us

Finding the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi all, I'd like to find the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS for voices. By this, for example IOS is default speaking rate is set to 30%. Where as in contrast, OSX is either 40, or 45% I can't remember the actual figure for OSX. So basically, working with 30% from IOS, I wondered if a

Re: Finding the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS

2014-07-09 Thread isaac
The default between both systems is 30 percent on iPhone and 45 percent on the mac. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jul 9, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi all, I'd like to find the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS for > voices. > > By this, for example

Re: Finding the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS

2014-07-09 Thread Jessica D
On osx the default speech rate is 45% Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Daniel McGee > wrote: > > Hi all, I'd like to find the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS for > voices. > > By this, for example IOS is default speaking rate is set to 30%. Where as in > contrast

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-09 Thread Traci Duncan
I agree that launch bar doesn't usually pop up out of nowhere. Which version are you using? I haven't upgraded to version 6, because it is a paid upgrade for me. Traci On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:00 AM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Launchbar never does anything for me unless I press the ho

Re: Finding the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
So would you both say that 30% IOS and 45% OS sound the same as they are both talking? On 9 Jul 2014, at 16:58, Jessica D wrote: > On osx the default speech rate is 45% > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Daniel McGee >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'd like to find the defau

Re: Finding the default speaking rate between OSX and IOS

2014-07-09 Thread isaac
I am not sure but I would think so. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jul 9, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: > So would you both say that 30% IOS and 45% OS sound the same as they are both > talking? > > On 9 Jul 2014, at 16:58, Jessica D wrote: > >> On osx the defa

Re: File format for a flash drive switching between Mac and Windows

2014-07-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The rule is that a disk less than or equal to 32 GB should be formatted as FAT32, whereas disks larger than 32 GB should be formatted as ExFAT. Exception: for interoperability with Linux, always use FAT32. This works because the overhead required for maintaining the directories and FAT is abou

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey guys, Thanks so much for the response. Will try and address all of you here. I am running version 6.1.2 I believe been two recent updates. When Launch Bar pops up and basically hijacks my computer the escape key doesn't get me out of it, I just get a ding which is the sound I have set for a

Using an USB Braille device with Windows throw the VM-Ware Fusion.

2014-07-09 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi All. I'm running NVDA on Windows 8.0, on VM Ware Fusion... on my iMac27. I also get an Alva Satellite 544 traveller as a braille display which works perfectly driven by VoiceOver on Maverick but absolutely not in the virtual machine. I have installed bratty 5.1.1, select AutoDetect display an

Re: iCloud and Thunderbird

2014-07-09 Thread Robert C
All correct except that SSL works fine for incoming. To add to this, if using aliases, one must set up the account in TB for the primary iCloud address. Then with this new account in focus, in the right pane at the very bottom is the Manage Identities button. There you will add your alia

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It does that on the iphone so i think its sad that it doesn't on the mac. But i will suggest it to the accessibility team. /A On 9 jul 2014, at 04:16, Devin Prater wrote: > Ah, that's right I believe. I do wish voiceover would read incoming messages > when the app is in focus. They could use

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-09 Thread John Panarese
Did you somehow change the activation keyboard shortcut for Launch Bar? That is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIF

deleting an alias folder from the desktop

2014-07-09 Thread Jenine Stanley
I don't even know how I managed to do this but I have this untitled alias file on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? Also, when I bring up the list of folders, there are programs there and each time I land on one it opens. How do I get these off the sidebar of folder when searching for, say,

Re: deleting an alias folder from the desktop

2014-07-09 Thread Matt Dierckens
Press command Delete. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Introduction to the Macintosh Operating system and voiceover course available now. Spots are limited, sign up here http://blindaccesstraini

Re: deleting an alias folder from the desktop

2014-07-09 Thread isaac
Just press command delete on the item. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jul 9, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > I don't even know how I managed to do this but I have this untitled alias > file on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? > > Also, when I bring up the li

Revisiting the conversion of audio files on the Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Jamie Pauls
I know there was quite a bit of discussion on this subject a few weeks back, but what are some good recommendations for converting .wav files to .flac using the Mac? Thanks for summarizing the earlier discussion if in fact this particular topic was discussed. -- You received this message because

Re: Revisiting the conversion of audio files on the Mac

2014-07-09 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I use max for this. Type download max into a google search and it is the first or second one. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my fund me campaign for your chance to win a 50 dollar amazon gift card: http://www.fundme.com/en/projects/6287-Orientation-and-mobility-training-for-the-blind On 2

RE: Revisiting the conversion of audio files on the Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Jamie Pauls
Excellent. Thanks for the prompt response. It is much appreciated. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 3:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Revisiting the conversion of audi

qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-09 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello any one know if qt apps work with osx and voice over? Hank -- websites: http://www.solavei.com/hanksmith http://qoinpro.com/5f674bfbfc97bbb1f3216db274fb72f8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: File format for a flash drive switching between Mac and Windows

2014-07-09 Thread Kevin Barry
Use x-fat. Everything except a device like a Victor Reader will be able to read and write to it. At 07:09 AM 7/9/2014, you wrote: I'm seeing the following options. MS Dos FAT EX Fat Which option should I choose? I'm not seeing FAT32 just the ones I've described above. On 8 Jul 2014, at 2

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! At least vlc works and i think its an qt app. /A On 9 jul 2014, at 23:48, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: > Hello any one know if qt apps work with osx and voice over? > Hank > > -- > websites: > http://www.solavei.com/hanksmith > http://qoinpro.com/5f674bfbfc97bbb1f3216db274fb7

logitech bluetooth keyboard and osx

2014-07-09 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello just purchased the logitech keyboard that you can pair with multiple devices, it comes with a bluetooth dongle, how do I pair this keyboard with my mac, and other devices if there is only one bluetooth dongle? am confused how this is supposed to work -- websites: http://www.solavei.com/

Re: logitech bluetooth keyboard and osx

2014-07-09 Thread Mickey Quenzer
*** Mickey Quenzer *** *** Assistive Technology Training And Consulting Services LLC *** *** Web site: http://www.attacs.net *** *** Phone: 541-218-3975 *** > On Jul 9, 2014, at 7:20 PM, "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" > wrote: > > Hello just purchased th

sling player on osx

2014-07-09 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello does any one use a slingbox on osx? if so how voice over friendly is the website where you go to control the box? I am refering to the web based sling player Hank -- websites: http://www.solavei.com/hanksmith http://qoinpro.com/5f674bfbfc97bbb1f3216db274fb72f8 -- You received this mess

Re: logitech bluetooth keyboard and osx

2014-07-09 Thread Jason White
Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: > Hello just purchased the logitech keyboard that you can pair with multiple > devices, it comes with a bluetooth dongle, how do I pair this keyboard with > my mac, and other devices if there is only one bluetooth dongle? am > confused how this is suppos

Re: logitech bluetooth keyboard and osx

2014-07-09 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
I don't see the buttons on the top its the unifying keyobard if this helps is there 2 versions of this keyboard? On 7/9/2014 7:49 PM, Mickey Quenzer wrote: *** Mickey Quenzer *** *** Assistive Technology Training And Consulting Services LLC *** *** Web site: http://www.att

Re: logitech bluetooth keyboard and osx

2014-07-09 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I do see the switch on the top of the keyboard, what feels like a light nothing else on the keyboard. this is the logitech unifying keyboard from what I am able to tell it can only be used with compatible devices that are unifying, so am totally confused how this thing is supposed to wor

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Assuming Apple and Nokia are still mutually uninterested in increasing QT accessibility, then the outlook is still pretty bleak. Ironic, because there was a time when things were significantly better; I think QT4 messed everything up. VirtualBox is a QT app, and we all know how that went. Che

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-09 Thread Jason White
Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Assuming Apple and Nokia are still mutually uninterested in increasing QT > accessibility, then the outlook is still pretty bleak. QT accessibility has been completely reworked as of QT 5.2. Nokia is no longer involved - QT is a community project now. I don't know

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-09 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi again! Can you resend please the main e-mail where you explained about the simulator, how to download it and make it cork, etc? I misplaced it for some reason. Thanks and good day! Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 08/07/2014, a las 18:24, Sandi Jazmin Kruse escribió: > well at thi

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On 10 Jul 2014, at 06:03, Jason White wrote: > Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >> Assuming Apple and Nokia are still mutually uninterested in increasing QT >> accessibility, then the outlook is still pretty bleak. > > QT accessibility has been completely reworked as of QT 5.2. Nokia is no > longer