The device essentially tricks the GPU into being used, which speeds up OS X
rendering the UI. You need a similar thing to run OpenCL applications on
Windows. I'm not sure whether or if Linux can be made to work without it, but
if I do put Linux on a Mini I'll try it both ways.
Yes, the device
Probably best not to surf porn or download torrents at work, or on a work
computer.
HTH :)
Cheers,
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I am cross posting to both lists as people always ask about various Braille
Displays etc.
Thanks.
Kawal.
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im downloading torrent on my home :)
On 11 Jul 2014, at 10:16 am, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
> Probably best not to surf porn or download torrents at work, or on a work
> computer.
>
> HTH :)
>
> Cheers,
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With apologies for cross-posting and being a bit off topic. Hope it's OK.
OffCom regulates communications in the UK. They are looking for responses on
whether they should make it compulsory for manufacturers to make all electronic
programme guides speak. I know most of you are not in the UK, b
Hey thanks for the suggestion. I do have one question about this method though.
Say the files being joined are MP3s; will the editor transcode the files to
something like wave or aiff to do the work and then go back or will it work on
the MP3 format directly? I ask about this because transcoding
Using just the arrow keys again navigates the source list as well as any table.
Although, this will make you laugh. When I tested it out and it did indeed work
as it did before it was broken, I then automatically went back to interacting
with whatever needed to be interacted with. Where as befor
Hi all,
Has anybody had any experience using the superdrive in a virtual environment
with windows? I've got a piece of radio programing software that I need to
install that is on a cd. When I connect the super drive up to the Usb port on
my mac, It is recognized, but only as a dvd drive. Any
Hi All.
Some days ago I had to strip, from a large mp3 file, a section to work with. I
always did these jobs with Goldwave, under Windows but now I'm switched and I
have to do under MAC OS.
So, I choose the freeware Audacity and lastly I succeeded, but how hard it
was.
Audacity is defined as an
Hi, I like this obscure beta version that I dug up from an ftp server years
ago.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1291668/Audacity%201.3.11.zip
For slicing audio it's farely nice. You just move the markers to the
appropriate positions and command X cut the chunk between the two markers.
H
Mmm. Unless you have a filtered Internet connection, which is unusual at home,
I can't imagine why you'd be getting messages like that. Which torrent client
are you using? I find both uTorrent and Transmission to be accessible, to
varying degrees.
As for your porn problem, I really wouldn't
Hey guys, I am new to the mac. How do I delete an app? I pressed F4 and located
the app, but do not know how to delete. Help is appreciated.
Regards, Feliciano
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Like the title states, New to the Mac, where can I find good tutorials? I know
of AppleVis, but would like to know of good tutorials. Thanks
Regards, Feliciano
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Hi.
Go to the applications folder in finder with Command Shift A.
Find the app that you want to delete, and press command backspace.That's all
there is to it. :)
HTH.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 3
matt...@blindaccesstraini
You can also find podcasts on www.applevis.com as well.
On Jul 11, 2014, at 9:18 AM, 'David Goldfield' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
> Well, www.MacFortheBlind.com has some good tutorials. Also National Braille
> Press at www.nbp.org offers a book on using the Mac with Voiceover for around
> twen
AppleVis offers a page specifically for those new to the Mac. It has podcasts,
guides, and so on geared toward new Mac users. Here's the link:
http://www.applevis.com//new-to-mac
On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:20 AM, isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote:
> You can also find podcasts on www.applevis.com as well.
Well, www.MacFortheBlind.com has some
good tutorials. Also National Braille Press at www.nbp.org offers
a book on using the Mac with Voiceover for around twenty dollars
or so.
David Goldfield, Founder and Peer
Coordinator,
Philadelphia Comp
It comes in only one flavor, and I find it to work quite well. There are some
tricks you need to know going in, though.
1. Use left bracket and right bracket to mark sections of audio. Once marked,
you can save the region, apply effects, silence, and so on. Use just left
bracket or right bracke
Go to apps from the desktop with command shift a. Highlight the app you want
to remove and press command delete. Depending upon the app, it may ask for
your password before removing it.
God bless our troops and God bless America again.
Jimmy Podsim.
http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/
Yah
Hi,
There is a website called fedoraoutlier.com that offers a Mac Master Series.
You can enroll month-to-month or pay for a year subscription that includes 2
extra months. I’m not sure what the current price structure is, as I enrolled
during the promotion on this. The link to the Mac Maste
When I was at CSUN earlier this year I got to attend Comcast's unveiling
of their talking set top box, which includes voice navigation for their
EPG. It really was quite nice. They even had an iPhone app where you
could say "tune the weather channel" and the app would tell the settop
box to cha
Charter has an app for iPhone (haven't tested it on my iPad 2, and my iPHone 5
chewed the humous some months ago [*bitter tears*=), which seemed like it was
starting to incorporate that functionality, although its "Change your cable box
to the requested channel," never worked for me, and the app
Hi all,
Do you have an all-in-one solution for streaming radio on the Mac. Spotify,
rdio, etc.?
Thank you,
Traci
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I use iTunes radio on my mac.
On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Traci Duncan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Do you have an all-in-one solution for streaming radio on the Mac. Spotify,
> rdio, etc.?
>
> Thank you,
> Traci
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Hello Traci,
For streaming radio like SiriusXM or other radio stations, I use an app called
Radium.
We used to be able to use an app called PianoPub, but for some reason its not
working.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
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matt
The hard part is that accessibility is a continuum, not a boolean
checkbox. You can never, or at least seldom, say an app is fully
accessible. At some point it's just like saying an app has a good user
interface. That's highly subjective. Sure the basics are obvious like
missing button labels o
To the best of my knowledge there has only been one legal action under
the existing UK Equality Act and that was dropped after the company
relented and promised to fix their website accessibility. So does that
mean everything else in the UK is just peachy? Similar issues with the
AODA in Canada
however, i do agree that apple should have a rating system for accessibility,
that way, we know if what we are thinking about buying will meet our needs or
not.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries"
> wrote:
>
> The hard part is that accessib
Chris, I think you have to cut your 4 star rating down to two for these
purposes.
An accessibility issue, that where there is a barrier to the use of the feature.
A usibility issue, that where something works, but is unintuitive.
You can then test for certain things. For example, any modern co
Some of that might be me. Every now and then Google flags a message as
spam and doesn't send it along to the list. There seems to be no pattern
to it and none of the messages it flagged were actual spam. So then I
have to go in and approve the "possible spam" as being legit which
causes the del
This is exactly what I was suggesting not too long ago and was
pretty much shot down. We need this type of rating system. If an app is
rated as accessible, then we might have a hope that the developer just
may be interested in improving his app should there be some
shortcomings. We gotta sta
I like the idea. Have you tried submitting it to Apple accessibility?
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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Robert C wrote:
>
> This is exactly what I was suggesting not too long ago and was pretty much
> shot down. We need this type of rating system. If an app is rated as
> ac
Thanks wish that was it, I had to quit the program as it was completely
hijacking my computer. Right now Launch Bar is looking like one of the worst
programs I have ever bought
On Jul 10, 2014, at 3:13 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> I figured I'd ask. You never know if that is the issue. I've ac
Well, We have an app rating system for IOS. Applevis does a nice job at this.
I don't hate the idea of an accessibility rating system. In fact, I'm working
on one for android apps right now. I just don't think it provides the level of
education and oversite that you would get if you built a
Hi all! Help again? For some reason, new contacts that I create on my Macbook
Pro aren't being copied to my iPhone when I synch it, even though I have "synch
all contacts" selected, and I can't figure out why not. Has anyone else run
into this, and does anyone know how to fix it? I'm using t
Erik,
Many good points. Applevis, being dependent on user input would
serve well fot the "usability" factor. Developers can keep an eye nn
this to follow the reveiws their apps.
If developers were encouraged to build in accessibility as a norm,
half their work is done. If they do alread
Hi,
I have fusion 6.04 and am running windows 7 home premium. I use window eyes as
the primery screen reader and need kurzweil 1000.
Up until about a week ago, everything worked fine.
Now, my arrow keys aren't working properly. Essentially, I don't have the use
of the arrow keys from within w
My wife and I purchased a new iPad last night for purposes of using it for
our college classes. She wants to use e textbooks and we downloaded the
Kindle application in order to do this. The first question is has anyone
used Amazon for these purposes or what application would you all use in
order
Hi,
Do you use iCloud?
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jul 11, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan
wrote:
> Hi all! Help again? For some reason, new contacts that I create on my
> Macbook Pro aren't being copied to my iPhone when I synch it, even though I
Make sure QuickNav is not enabled while you are in the fusion session.
On Jul 11, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote:
Hi,
I have fusion 6.04 and am running windows 7 home premium. I use window eyes as
the primery screen reader and need kurzweil 1000.
Up until about a week ago, everything
Ok, I'll double check on this. Thanks, as I hadn't thought of that since I
almost never use quick nav.
Cait
On Jul 11, 2014, at 3:18 PM, gs wrote:
> Make sure QuickNav is not enabled while you are in the fusion session.
>
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Caitlyn Furness
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I
> On 11 Jul 2014, at 04:05 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> When I was at CSUN earlier this year I got to attend Comcast's unveiling of
> their talking set top box, which includes voice navigation for their EPG. It
> really was quite nice. They even had an iPhone app where
Kindle books are fully accessible on iOS, so that should not be a problem. That
said, textbooks may be different from the novels I've read with the Kindle app,
so see if you can test some out. Failing that, Voice Dream Reader is an
excellent book-reading app that supports Bokshare and other non-
hat about those who are in non comcast areeas?
did you hear anything at all on other providers?
w
On 7/11/2014 8:05 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote:
When I was at CSUN earlier this year I got to attend Comcast's
unveiling of their talking set top box, which includes voice
navigation
I can't remember if this has been brought up, but have you contacted the
developers? When I first discovered Launch Bar, I contacted them about
accessibility, and they seemed quite responsive.
Traci
On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Brian Fischler wrote:
> Thanks wish that was it, I had to quit
Generally it's a poor idea to run VoiceOver while in a virtual machine
of any kind. While you're using the VM,, hit command+F5 to disable
Voiceover, then hit command+ctrl+F to turn the Window into a full
screen.
When you're ready to return to the Mac, press command+ctrl together to
release input to
Hi guys.
I am trying to figure something out with the TC conference chat client. How do
I change the microphone that it uses? I don't want to use my built-in
microphone, as that microphone is broken. I have an external microphone that I
wish to use. If anyone could assist that would be great. Ac
I was trying to install the plugin onto my mac but it would not let me. It said
it was from an unknown developer or something along those lines. I want to use
it. what do I need to do to tell osx that the plugin is safe?
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 5:54 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
>
You have to VO shift M on the app and then hit open. Your privacy settings are
preventing you from opening apps from unknown developers.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 3
matt...@blindaccesstraining.com
Introduction to the Maci
Hi,
I am following a podcast that has some pretty nice basic terminal
introductions, i sometimes miss the old dos days and have liked for a while to
learn a bit about the terminal.
However, i cant say i really find it usable with braille on os x.
I do see the command prompt but vo+left or quickn
Hello there,
Where do I go to change search engines like from Yahoo to Google?
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Hi. Press command Comma.
Go to the general tab.
There willk be a popup button that says default search engine. Press spacebar,
and arrow down to Google and press enter.
PPress command W to close the window.
Hope this helped.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstr
It is still giving me the same message. I have tried it.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
>
> You have to VO shift M on the app and then hit open. Your privacy settings
> are preventing you from opening apps from unknown developers.
> Matt Dierckens
> Ma
yes, but that was after you paid extra for the server software.
At 09:58 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote:
Hi,
I'd tend to disagree, sorry. Apple used to sell Minis with Server
software specifically as a Mac Mini Server. I purchased a few of
them for work. They had two 500 GB HD's and no DVD/CD uni
when it says that you have to hit the open button when that window comes up.
Also, to change the microphone that the conference uses, you have to change it
in the input of system preferences.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
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1-877-774-7670 ext. 3
With most apps that doesn't delete all of it. It merely looks that
way but there are typically files added or modified deep in the OS.
At 10:45 AM 7/11/2014, you wrote:
Go to apps from the desktop with command shift a. Highlight the app
you want to remove and press command delete. Depending u
It won't let me click that button.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
>
> when it says that you have to hit the open button when that window comes up.
> Also, to change the microphone that the conference uses, you have to change
> it in the input of system
I have a follow-up question: can you add search engines? In iOS8, you will be
able to use Duck Duck Go, but I'd love to use that in Safari on Mac right now.
Is that possible? Currently all I have are Gogle, Yahoo, and Bing.
On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
> Hi. Press command
I don't use braille, but I've found that you have to interact with the edit
field where you type commands. Once you do, vo-up and vo-down will let you
browse past commands and responses, while regular up arrow will do the expected
thing and repeat the last command. The key is to interact with th
I used to use Voice Memos before they change the interface. Now I really like
to use DropVox instead. It's a very clean interface with virtually no buttons
except record, and when you're finished recording it gets sent straight to your
dropbox account.
Sent from my IPhone
> On Jul 11, 2014, a
In safari do command , to get to the preferences. Under general there is a pop
up where you can choose your search engine.
God bless our troops and God bless America again.
Jimmy Podsim.
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Yahoo messenger, jp.kd5...@att.net
jp.kd5...@att.net
On Jul 11, 20
The only files left be hind are configuration and data files that do nothing to
your system.
They are usually found in ~/Library/Application Support/ or, in the
case of a sandboxed app: ~/Library/Containers//Data/Library/Application Support/. There are allso stuff in
Saved Application State, bu
Anouk Radix wrote:
> Hi,
> I am following a podcast that has some pretty nice basic terminal
> introductions, i sometimes miss the old dos days and have liked for a while
> to learn a bit about the terminal.
If your experience of command line tools is primarily with DOS, then you'll
find OS X a
Hi,
I have been experimenting with many different mail apps. What do you
guys find is the most accessible one... I would rather not use Apple
Mail, as it hardly works with Gmail, even after extensive
modification.
Thanks.
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OK you can now get TC from the app store for the mac and it opens like others
from the app store so no need to get that plug in!
HTH Colin
On 11 Jul 2014, at 23:52, Jessica D wrote:
> It won't let me click that button.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Matt Diercken
I still use Apple Mail. I don't use Gmail anymore, but even when I did, I
didn't have any major problems aside from the usual IMAP oddities, which are
Gmail's fault and not Apple's. What problems are you running into? Perhaps they
can be fixed, and you don't need to switch. To my knowledge, ther
Most developers/programmers are intelligent and good in what they do when it
comes to programming. Making the apps accessible isnt’t that hard for them.
They are not used to think about accessibility, therefore it is more strange as
distinct from difficult.They have to get used to it.
Take car
Alex Hall wrote:
> To my knowledge, there is
> not much in the way of accessible mail clients for OS X aside from the
> default one.
There is Mutt, of course, and presumably Alpine as well as Emacs-based mail
readers such as Gnus and VM. I don't know whether Mozilla Thunderbird is
accessible un
Sorry I forgot to say remove the old plug in from your Mac and then go download
the TC app from the Mac app store *smile*
Colin
On 11 Jul 2014, at 23:52, Jessica D wrote:
> It won't let me click that button.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
>
>>
My main problem is indeed the Imap. I had a rather lively discussion
about the issues on this list a while back. I managed to converse with
Google and Apple, and it was fixed for a while, but now no matter what
I do e-mails either 1) Don't arrive or show up on time, 2) Aren't sent
immediately (even
Switching is a hassle, but what I did was:
1. Switch all my mailing list subscriptions over.
2. Let the important people know about the change.
3. Reply to all Gmail messages using iCloud.
4. Eventually, set up Gmail to filter nothing and forward everything to iCloud,
not keeping a copy.
Now, eve
Alex Hall wrote:
> Switching is a hassle, but what I did was:
> 1. Switch all my mailing list subscriptions over.
> 2. Let the important people know about the change.
> 3. Reply to all Gmail messages using iCloud.
> 4. Eventually, set up Gmail to filter nothing and forward everything to
> iCloud,
Hi Tim! No, I don't use iCloud. I've hard it's expensive! I just synch
the "old-fashioned" way using the iPhone charger. Why? Does it make a
difference?
On Friday, July 11, 2014 2:53:29 PM UTC-4, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you use iCloud?
>
> Later…
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray,
Hi all, You probably know that there is a bluetooth dongle which needs to be in
your computer for it to work. I have the logitech solar keyboard for the mac.
I am writing on this keyboard to you now. as a last resort, you might asked
for sited help as I can't remember whether the setup screen
Icloud is free.
Extra storage costs money but you won't need that.
At 09:13 PM 7/11/2014, you wrote:
Hi Tim! No, I don't use iCloud. I've hard it's
expensive! I just synch the "old-fashioned" way
using the iPhone charger. Why? Does it make a difference?
On Friday, July 11, 2014 2:53:29
Use iCloud. It's automatic, happens all the time (not just when you are able to
physically plug in your phone), and is free. As someone else said, you have to
pay for extra storage, but I haven't yet paid for anything and I haven't even
filled half of the 5GB every iCloud user gets free. Plus, i
Hi Hank, I read my emails backwards so anyway, I am sending along the support
link I got when I registered my product which is the k750 for the mac. here is
the link
www.logitech.com/support
Gerard Doody
jerrydood...@gmail.com
On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:52 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
im not about on the adult content, im just concern about my privacy in here.
can i install torrent if i install windows on my mac? or do they still control
what im doing on my computer?
On 11 Jul 2014, at 03:41 pm, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
> Mmm. Unless you have a filtered Internet connecti
Hi, could you tell us where to listen to this podcast on terminal usage?
Thanks.
Gabriel.
Il giorno 12/lug/2014, alle ore 00:56, Alex Hall ha
scritto:
> I don't use braille, but I've found that you have to interact with the edit
> field where you type commands. Once you do, vo-up and vo-down wi
Hi,
You might find this crazy, but switch to Microsoft's email at outlook.com.
It's what I use, and I really like it a lot. It supports Exchange
ActiveSync, which is the absolute best protocol to support, IMO. It also
supports IMAP and I think POP3, but don't quote me on that. I would never
c
You can install BitTorrent clients on either platform, Mac or Windows. It's
not clear to me why you'd be getting issues on either side.
Which client are you using? What software did you download? If you got it
from some dodgy place, and not from the official page of the client, that might
go
Hi Adrienne,
Many thanks for posting this.
I do find it more than a little ironic (as well as slightly frustrating)
that Ofcom require you to solve a capcha before you submit the online
response to what is essentially a consultation on accessibility.
Cheers,
Ed
From: macvisionar
The number of email clients on OS X, much less those that are any good and also
accessible, is tragically limited. I'm an advanced email user, so this bothers
me a lot.
Of the native clients I have found, MailMate appears the most promising.
Sadly, the release schedule is very long, and when
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