Re: Radium on the Mac

Hi, It sounds like you’re still using an older version of radium as the method you described appears no longer to be the case. > On Sep 20, 2015, at 10:14 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: > > When i start Radium, i hear: «internet radio stations, text search field». vo > + left and i hear «playback t

Re: YFI Vs Hard-wired?

Most likely, having a hard wire would have made 0 (no ) difference. Depending on the type of FIOS you have, that’s the qualifier here. Unless you have a service greater than 300 megabits it won’t make a bit of difference. If you have a 50 megabit service for example it takes the same amount o

Re: YFI Vs Hard-wired?

You will need an adapter for this model. It’s about $30 on the Apple site. > On Sep 20, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > > I purchased the Mac Book Pro in June of 2014 and its a 13 inch with retna > display. It has flash storage if I remember the exact wording the sales geek >

Re: YFI Vs Hard-wired?

Eileen, what tier package do you have with FIOS? I”m also a FIOS user so can be of help here. What speed do you have? > On Sep 20, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > I think its worth trying. All other minor downloads and installations are > reasonable along with email processing

Re: YFI Vs Hard-wired?

Ethernet is not worth while sub 100 megabits. Unless she has one of the top FIOS tiers she shouldn’t bother. IF she does though I would run and not walk and install a wire. > On Sep 20, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Jason White wrote: > > Alex Hall wrote: >> I don't know that you'll see much difference

Re: El Kapitan.

Anything would be better. I propose OS X 10.11. As they do with IOS they could just stick to the numbers. > On Sep 18, 2015, at 5:16 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > I've got a question for you guys. If you think El Capitan is a stupid name > for an OS, what would you rather have Apple call it?

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Outside air is for the weak.:) I don’t need the wind in my hair if I know the car can and will survive a crash much better with out windows. No flying glass, no structural holes, no extra weight for glass. Lots of upsides. > On Sep 18, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hmm. I'm not

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Obviously there would be redundant systems so if your computer failed a backup would take over. I suspect a lot of this will be run externally from large computer farms anyway keeping the logic outside the car makes for easier maintenance. > On Sep 18, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Dona, the bigger question is can we afford not to have it? Even if it’s 100K the point is you’ll work it out. Whether it’s interest free loans for the blind or regular interest loans from the auto market you’ll make it work. Costs will be high at first but they will drop and they will drop qu

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Bill, you have a few laws of physics that are in the way of the transporter. First, the heisenberg uncertainty principle says that the more you try to determine the position of any given particle the more you impact it’s environment and can’t know it’s exact position. Let’s say you solve that

VMWare.

Hi all, Just wondering what’s new with VMWare 8.0? If I do end up purchasing is there a way to set up a dedicated JAWS key? I remember doing this in 6.0 but even after using Sharp keys some JAWS functionality didn’t work in the virtual machine. As always thanks for any assistance. Yours

Re: IOS 9 impressions?

Getting on this kind of late, but I noticed while using whats app on IOS 9, whats app is laggier. there’s a bit of a lag overall through out as well. Also, I noticed that notification sounds are not coming through consistently. This only happens randomly, but it definitely happens regularly. Its

VMware.

Hi all, Just wondering what’s new with VMWare 8.0? If I do end up purchasing is there a way to set up a dedicated JAWS key? I remember doing this in 6.0 but even after using Sharp keys some JAWS functionality didn’t work in the virtual machine. As always thanks for any assistance. Yours

Re: Radium on the Mac

It's really not so hard if you simply press VO space on that button, and then vo command plus tea. That brings you straight to the stations table and then you can interact. If you use the right finger combinations you don't even really have to move your left hand it's just too quick movements vo

Re: system integrity protection

Some may disagree with what I am about to say, and that's fine, but that is an example of a person who should not be using a computer, or at least not have admin rights. Original message: Both of you speak very nicely from the perspective of one who knows what they are doing, and are not afraid

Re: system integrity protection

Sounds like a girl who only knows how to say yes. Fun! > On Sep 21, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Some may disagree with what I am about to say, and that's fine, but that is > an example of a person who should not be using a computer, or at least not > have admin rights. > Origina

Re: who can upgrade to El Capitan

In short, if you mac can run mountain lion and above, it will be able to run el capitan. Original message: Hello all, Where do I get the info about which Macs can upgrade to El Capitan? Also, how do I find out what model of computer I have. Will the Mac App store automatically let me know if

Re: VMWare Fusion causes very poor battery life on Retina Macbook Pro

I've heard of this happening even when using boot camp. This is one reason among others why I left the windows world and do everything using the mac O.S. Original message: Hi everyone, since migrating from a Macbook Air to a retina Macbook Pro, battery life when using Fusion has been very disap

Re: VMWare.

Hi Sadam, there's plenty of information on the VMWare site about what's new in 8, but predominantly it's Windows 10 and El Capitan support. The best summary I have seen of how to get a JAWS key working in Fusion is in this blog post. How to map your Mac’s CapsLock key to a NVDA or JAWS key in a W

Cooking with terabytes

Good old Alex has discovered a new cooking term. Did you know that when you're making short ribs in the slow cooker, you need to add one and a half terabytes of balsamic vinegar? When, when, will the folks who make the speech synthesizers stop trying to guess what abbreviations mean and leave it

Re: Cooking with terabytes

Hmmm. Good old Alex didn't do this to me. TB is TB. What is to figure out? (smiles) From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/21/2015 8:49 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Good old Alex has discovered a new cooki

Re: Cooking with terabytes

Hi, It looks like VoiceOver does the same thing with the number or hash symbol,also known more commonly as the hashtag nowadays. I’ll explain the best I can. So, for example, if you type #email #computer or any word with the number sign in front of it, VoiceOver reads that symbol as hashtag. Th

Re: Cooking with terabytes

Hash tag is the correct name for that symbol though. We in the US call it the number sign but I believe the word hash is used globally. Might explain the difference. Also terabytes or TB/S could be interchanged with table spoons but terabytes is correct and probably selected since it’s used c

Re: VMWare.

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the link and information. Will check it out tomorrow. Regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 22 Sep 2015, at 1:25 am, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi Sadam, there's plenty of information on the VMWare site about what's new > in 8, but predominantly

Re: El Kapitan.

I like El Kapitan. Don’t sit and think about the OSX name while using the OSX. Take care 21. sep. 2015 kl. 14:44 skrev Scott Granados : Anything would be better. I propose OS X 10.11. As they do with IOS they could just stick to the numbers. > On Sep 18, 2015, at 5:16 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wr

Re: VMWare.

These look like the same directions I posted to the list earlier in the year (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/macvisionaries/EO_nu0uIy70). I’d agree this is the best method we have for now but you should be aware that this will disable your caps lock key in all OS X apps. I believe using

Re: Apple car, anyone?

I'm just not sure everyone will see it that way. :) Donna > On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:00 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Outside air is for the weak.:) I don’t need the wind in my hair if I know > the car can and will survive a crash much better with out windows. No flying > glass, no structural ho

Re: Apple car, anyone?

I don't know, Scott, that's a lot of $$. some people undoubtedly will, but some just won't be able to. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Dona, the bigger question is can we afford not to have it? Even if it’s 100K > the point is you’ll work it out. Whethe

Re: Apple car, anyone?

If apple makes it, people won’t care. They will buy it simply because it’s from Apple. :) If apple made steak knives people would buy them just because they had a big apple with a bite out on the handle. > On Sep 21, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > I'm just not sure everyone will

Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

I have been asked to substitute as a minutes take her for an upcoming meeting. I used to do this on a PC laptop in MS Word with complete confidence and competence. However, that laptop is long since gone and buried. At this point, my choices are to use my eye pad with a Bluetooth keyboard and pr

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Not really, we spend that kind of money all the time. We spend 3 or 4 times that on a house (depending on geographic area and the market). We spend that on college, something as fundamental as transportation I’m sure they will. If you have the job to support it or a family collectively with t

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

Hi Mary, I would go with the Mac. It’s pretty intuitive and for what you want to do you could learn that in a few minutes judging by your skill and sharpness demonstrated on list. Text edit is very easy to use and you could have the mac in sleep mode, wake it up and be right in text edit remov

IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

Guys, I have noticed a strange behavior when typing in the Notes app with my Bluetooth keyboard on my iPad Air 2 after just upgrading to iOS 9.I can't seem to navigate by character or word through a document. I also can't Read by word, line, character.Is there some setting insid

IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

II just wish to add I just wish to add that I have Typing feedback set two characters and words on hardware keyboards. But I don't seem to be getting any feedback at all when I type. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To un

Re: IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

Don’t have IOS 9 or bluetooth keyboard. Have read that some users excperience problems and others do not. Two persons have reported that Logitech K810 works. Maybe 810 without the K. Don’t remember. Take care 21. sep. 2015 kl. 20:50 skrev Kevin Gibbs : II just wish to add I just wish to add t

IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

I'm sorry to keep adding things to this note.I do notice that I can get Alex to read the entire note that I have writtwritten. But I can't make Alex stop speaking when I simply start typing. Control will make Alex stop. But nothing Else will override Alex. I would expect that, once you

IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

I am so sorry. Ignore this entire note. Upgrading the notes app on my iPhone, even though I did not upgrade it on my iPad, appears to have solved the problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Who says you need to own the thing yourself? If you could summon one in 10 minutes at will using an app from a fleet stored somewhere close by, wouldn't that suffice? Most cars sit most of the time so they should be a shared resource. The trouble is usually the last mile getting a taxi to your

Re: Cooking with terabytes

Well go figure, in Alex's mind, chip, what have you, "oz," is always pronounced "ounces," so I wou type in "the wizard of oz" and he prnounses it "the wizard of ounces." Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 12:20 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Hmmm. Good old Alex didn't do this to me. TB is TB. W

Re: Apple car, anyone?

You also have to think of the fact that it's not just the price of the car we would be paying for; there are car payments and ensurance to think about. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > I don't know, Scott, that's a lot of $$. some people undoubtedly w

Re: Apple car, anyone?

You mean we would have the same responsibilities a sighted person has? It's interesting that a lot of blind individuals want the same rights as a sighted person, however when it comes to the responsibilities of a sighted person it's whoa is me. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 12:29 P

Re: Apple car, anyone?

Hi. Yes, on top of car payments, there would be insurance, registration, yearly inspections, gas/electricity, oil changes, tires, alignment, and the list goes on. And yes, we'd be responsible for those costs just like a sighted person. (And, that is how it should be!) Cameron. On 9/21/15, Mich

Re: El Kapitan.

I think they should have called it trusty tahr. On 09/21/2015 12:30 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: I like El Kapitan. Don’t sit and think about the OSX name while using the OSX. Take care 21. sep. 2015 kl. 14:44 skrev Scott Granados : Anything would be better. I propose OS X 10.11. As they do

Re: Apple car, anyone?

..and how It has been for many for years. I remember when I worked for xerox, I knew many individuals experiencing sight loss who owned cars. I cannot imagine why the responsibility should be any difference. If memory serves bMW will have some of their self driving cars on the roads in Canada l

Re: Apple car, anyone?

You have a great point. Tesla already has a research division that wants to do exactly what you’re saying and Uber now is one of the largest investors in self driving cars. You could buy your train ticket on the phone, summon a ride that could sync up with the train schedule to bring you the r

Re: IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

I just powered my iPad completely down and back up again. Apparently, that has restored the correct typing echo.I apologize if I have jerked you all around. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: Apple car, anyone?

So you raise an interesting point, insurance should be almost 0. This is because humans aren’t driving. I can imagine a time when autonomous drivers are heavily incentivized by insurance rates or even a point in the distant future when human driving is uninsurable to the point where human dri

Re: Apple car, anyone?

I pay these costs now it’s just I also have the cost of a driver so my expense / burn rate is higher than a sited persons. Would love to just pay the same costs as the sited. > On Sep 21, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: > > Hi. Yes, on top of car payments, there would be insurance, > r

Rename files According to ID3 info?

I have a ton of files which are correctly tagged in their ID3 info. The issue is, I really do not want to import them into ITunes for various reasons. Each of these file names only has the name of the song. I.E: Heartaches Tonight.mp3, How do you feel.mp3, What did I do.mp3, etc. They don't l

changing order of (known) wifi-networks

Hello all, In the preferences of the network-settings , there you can change the order of the known networks in the tab advanced. This would be nice to change for me because the computer should try co connect first to the known networks with best quality. I see no way with voiceover to change t

Re: IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

First, try turning the device off and then on again. This clears up many initial errors. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Sep 2015, at 06:41, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > Guys, > > I have noticed a strange behavior when t

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

Hi Mary, This would be most efficient on your Mac, either by using text edit, or the native notes app on the Mac. Matt Dierckens Certified Assistive technology specialist Macintosh trainer Canadian phone: 5199629140 U.S. Phone: 5734011018 Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 14:06, Mary Ott

Re: Finally figured out how to not have every email in a thread read to me

Definitely not using the classic mail just the default mail. I don't know what it will be like when El Capitan comes along. On 21 Sep 2015, at 04:02, Brian Fischler wrote: You must be using classic mail, note this is for us non classic mail users, also while your method might work for you that

Re: IOS9 anf VO with Bluetooth keyboard On iPad 2 Air

Guys, There is a bug in I O S 9 with Bluetooth. This isn't just happening to one person. Bluetooth with Voiceover and I O S 9 is quite problematic. This is a bug that myself and many others tried reporting to Apple during the beta cycle, but alas, they never resolved the issue. Frankly, I'

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

I always use my Mac for meetings such as this. It is just easier, more reliable. Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Hi

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

As I am extremely proficient with braille screen input, I actually use my iPhone or iPad for taking notes in meetings. I use a bluetooth earpiece for audio feedback (words) as a double-check (something I even need when typing). I am quicker and more accurate with braille. David Chittenden, MSc,

downloading from dropbox

Hello all, I have a link from dropbox that I want to download. It’s an mp4 file. If I click on it, it just wants to play. I’m using an eleven inch macbook air. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Re: downloading from dropbox

Hi, You should be able to arrow or tab to a pause button. You can then bring up the context menu by pressing shif+VO+m. You can then arrow down and there should be an option that says something like download video. Click on that and your dropbox file should download. regards, Gabe On Sep 21

Re: Finally figured out how to not have every email in a thread read to me

Hello, Thanks to helpful comments in this and other threads, I’ve just started using classic view and have discovered the following: 1. You can move the horizontal splitter out of the way by interacting with the percentage slider. No need to figure out how to drag it out of the way with the mo

Re: reading braille until the bard returns

Can you download the brf files from bard to your mac and transfer them to you braille display? Chris > On Sep 20, 2015, at 12:33 AM, Devin Prater wrote: > > Hi all. So I have this new braille display, and would love to read... But > BARD Mobile hasn't been updated in years, and I don't have a b

Re: downloading from dropbox

hi! don't know if it still works but Believe so. Option-enter will automatically start the download. Jim > On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Gabe Griffith wrote: > > Hi, > > You should be able to arrow or tab to a pause button. You can then bring up > the context menu by pressing shif+VO+m. You c

Re: reading braille until the bard returns

No. The Mac cannot use the MTP protocol, so the mac does not work with the braille display through USB. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Can you download the brf files from bard to your mac and transfer them to you > braille display? > Chris >> On Sep

Bluetooth keyboards and commands for iPad

I saw a list of Bluetooth keyboards commands that they did from iOS 7 I believe. I wonder if there is something newer. I know there are many new commands in iOS nine, but apparently the popovers that show these are not accessible to us. Not too helpful there, Apple.also I wonder if anyone still

Re: Apple car, anyone?

It is already fact that insurance companies are anticipating this development and will require people operating their own vehicles manually to pay much higher premiums. As such, you can bet that autonomously controlled vehicles will become the rule and not the exception. The's, the cost of said

Re: Dropbox on Mac (was: Scanning text on the MAC)

Eileen, Like you, I am in transition from Windows to Mac. One thing I have done to help this along is to migrate one activity at a time from the windows PC to my Mac. For instance, I have my Gmail going to my mac rather than to windows. There are other examples, but I don't want to bore anybody

looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

hey listers, Today I received an old 1990s News broadcast from BBC radio witch was recorded on a very cheep tape recorder. The audio is extremely muffled and i'm trying to at least salvaged it. are there any equalisation of filters that I can run on this clip to make it more listenable? I realise