Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey guy, Thanks so much for pointing out this is why it is great to wait to the next version of an operating system comes out. Wow, what a original novice concept that has never ever been pointed out on this list. Ok, now that that is out of the way. I want to thank everyone who has posted ab

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
My opinion is that once the new hotness (i.e., El Capitan) is out, you can expect that Safari will be simultaneously broken and also not quite functional once updated in previous releases, with any change to accessibility concentrating on the new hotness at the expense of the old, so that you wi

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
It’s report-a-bug Friday. Why not send Apple a note? :) For myself, my El Cap install is back to its old Yosemite ways, with Mail being back to a crawl with large folders. I have no idea why, but rolling back is no option, either. So, yeah, accept the way things are, and suffer. Oh, and tell

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Oh yeah, and I can’t tell you how much I love the new mail bug when I delete a thread of messages and then a few minutes later a error message pops up telling me the previous batch of messages can’t be moved to the trash. Way to go Apple that is an impressive one. Why would anyone want to delete

I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello everyone. I am very frustrated with my Braille display. For some reason, it works for a short while on my iPhone, and then it stops. Also, when I input the text, if I write three words, two words show. I am away this weekend from my computer, so have to use the Braille display and my iPh

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Phil Halton
Windows is starting to look like an option again. Glad I never left it and kept it as a VM on my MBA. Maybe it's time to get a Windows machine with NVDA and Jaws Sent from my IPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:31 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Oh yeah, and I can’t tell you how much I love the ne

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Thuy Mallalieu
Hi Kawal. I wonder if the status cell has been switched on by mistake? I remember in an older version of ios that used to crash if the status cell is on. I wonder if the restore from backup didn't bring across althe settings properly. Try setting it up with the speech and maybe forget the devic

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Daniel Miller
I’ll take a browser that’s at least accessible, unlike the new Edge browser in windows 10, thanks. > On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Windows is starting to look like an option again. Glad I never left it and > kept it as a VM on my MBA. Maybe it's time to get a Windows mach

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread David Chittenden
I am not experiencing your first problem. I am running the latest iOS and am writing this message using a ,refreshabraille 18 braille display. As for your last problem, go to settings, general, accessibility, voiceover, braille. Writing and reading braille are seperate selections. I have my brai

Too many voices on my phone

2015-10-16 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi I have an Iphone 5S. How do I tell VO that I only want Alex and don’t want the language option to show up in my roter? I had this set once but don’t know how I did it. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Thuy. I have turned the cells off and have set it up like David says. When I write, and stop, there is a FOR sign which goes away when the words get translated but at least it works as it should now! So how does one do a new line if one is writing a message as when I do chord e, the message

Re: Too many voices on my phone

2015-10-16 Thread E.T.
Find the rotor in Voiceover settings and uncheck language. 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 10/16/2015 8:24 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Hi I have an Iphone 5S. How do I tell VO that I only want Al

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Devin Prater
Don't worry you guys. El Capitan is the best and greatest and most bug free OS ever, because we've tested it and tested, and reported again and again, and sure, big bugs were squished, but little bugs bite worse. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 3:31 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Oh

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Devin Prater
Well, Windows is looking good right now, and maybe I'll get a Windows laptop next, but my Mac has lasted for years. But yes, Windows 10, with Thunderbird, which isn't accessible on the mac, and Firefox, does look pretty darn good, along with Quick Windows Sequencer, and all the console emulators

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Devin Prater
They should really hire a blind software engineer. I think that's about the only way we'll get any progress. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:20 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey guy, > > Thanks so much for pointing out this is why it is great to wait to the next > version of an o

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Well, I have fixed most issues with the Braille accept for the text messaging issue. So if anyone can tell me why I may not be able to do a new line when composing an I message or text, then I will fix it. Thanks again. I really do rely on Braille as I can't remember any important information

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
The only problem is that Jaws costs a lot of money and Voice Over comes with the Mac and has no ILM life. I have thought about getting a small windows lap top but haven't done anything about it as yet. I do wish there was better Braille sufport on the Mac. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Oct 2015

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Andrew Lamanche
> On Oct 16, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Well, I have fixed most issues with the Braille accept for the text messaging > issue. So if anyone can tell me why I may not be able to do a new line when > composing an I message or text, then I will fix it. > > Thanks again. I rea

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Jaws is not the only game in town for windows. There is nvda, which is quite respectable these days. The argument that you get a freebie with a Mac and Windows screen readers are expensive just doesn't cut it anymore, especially with Apple producing but here releases of OS X when they are suppos

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
As you suggests Andrew, that is what I am doing. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Oct 2015, at 5:27 p.m., Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > > >> On Oct 16, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> >> Well, I have fixed most issues with the Braille accept for the text >> messaging issue. So if anyon

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread David Chittenden
Hello, Both dots 1 5 space, and dot 8 space, the two enter commands on the braille keyboard, send the message. It does not appear to be possible to place an enter character in a message using a braille display keyboard. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
I do think Apple is more committed to accessibility than Microsoft, but in the last couple years, Apple's quality control has really suffered, and that's the real issue, they release products without fully testing them. Regarding Windows screen readers, there really is no reason to pay for expe

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That means one command has been taken away as I like putting paragraphs in my message. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Oct 2015, at 5:54 p.m., David Chittenden wrote: > > Hello, > > Both dots 1 5 space, and dot 8 space, the two enter commands on the braille > keyboard, send the message. It does

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Devin Prater
Furthermore, the Mac cannot even handle the filesystem of the new VarioUltra, the display I have, although the braille display can't emulate keyboard commands on the iPhone, so I now use my keys to go keyboard a lot more.Anyways, I might use the Mac for pages, as scanning back and forth for spel

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Les Kriegler
Don't you have a focus display? I thought the eight key represented the enter key or does that just working windows? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:54 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Hello, > > Both dots 1 5 space, and dot 8 space, the two enter commands on the braille > keyboa

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have a focus Braille display and chord e is the enter key as well as chord 8. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Oct 2015, at 6:28 p.m., Les Kriegler wrote: > > Don't you have a focus display? I thought the eight key represented the enter > key or does that just working windows? > > Sent from my i

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread Les Kriegler
OK, because it least and windows, the dock can be used without the cord. That will emulate a return command. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > I have a focus Braille display and chord e is the enter key as well as chord > 8. > > Sent from my iPhone

unable to edit internal server info for my Exchange account

2015-10-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I need to change the server info for my Exchange account, but mail won't let me edit the server field. Does anyone know how I can make Mail let me do this? I'm still running Yosemite. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

RE: unable to edit internal server info for my Exchange account

2015-10-16 Thread george b
Open mail and then go to prefferences and then find your account in there and edit it -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 11:03 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subje

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
I to agree even with all the awful bugs in El Capitan that Apple is still the best game in town. It is just very frustrating. Could you imagine if Apple released an operating system where the new browser, new mail program, and app store did not work with VO, oh my would these boards be alive. No

Re: unable to edit internal server info for my Exchange account

2015-10-16 Thread Donna Goodin
That's precisely my point. I'm in prefs, have the account selected, but I can't even get the cursor to go into the server field, and it doesn't matter whether I use Tab or VO-Arrow keys. Donna > On Oct 16, 2015, at 1:04 PM, george b wrote: > > Open mail and then go to prefferences and then fin

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread 'Kevin Cussick' via MacVisionaries
Mike I agree fully, I still like window’s more than the mac at this time but getting there now having a few problems with the latest incarnation of thunderbird! so use the mac for mail more and more anyway will leave it at that as don’t really want to get into the window’s is better than the

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread CJ Daniel
Hey Brian, Have a little respect. Mike was leading the pack on using the Mac & VoiceOver in it’s infancy. Further more, he had the generosity to turn his explorations in to audible tutorials that were available to anyone. Actually, I seem to remember there were eight of them. Many Mac users

Re: I am frustrated.

2015-10-16 Thread David Chittenden
When I used windows, it was always dot 8 cord (with space) for enter. I doubt that has changed. Dot 8, by itself, is a specific accented character in computer braille. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Oct 2015, at 06:4

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread David Chittenden
Is the Vario file system like braille note and braille sense? If so, it is probably running Windows CE 6, the last windows mobile system that was accessible. Note: that system was new in 2007. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Well, much as I love the Open Sorcery in the fundamentals of OS X, I think blind software engineers aren’t likely, if for no other reason than that most of Apple’s development methodology is sadly inherently visual. Xcode promises to get better but unlike on Windows we realistically can’t draw

Is there a command to move keyboard focus to the mouse?

2015-10-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Still working on my Exchange issue. Is there a way to force the keyboard focus to go to where the mouse is? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,

How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi all. Someone texted me a picture and I'd like to be able to save it with the Messages app on the Mac. Is this possible or will I have to transfer it from my iPhone to my Mac? Thanks. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype userna

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Paying for jaws isn't a waist of money, if your company uses propriatary software which no one seems to want to make an addon for in NVDA, therefore, the only way to use the thing is to get custom jaws scripts made. Anyway, that's neither here nor there for this list. Just keep that in mind t

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I sadly disagree that NVDA is competent enough to replace JAWS or Window-Eyes. Getting there as more and more apps are supported, for sure, but not there yet; that’s simply not how the Windows ecosystem works in practice, in my experience. The Mac has a large body of natively Cocoa software ac

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Alex Hall
I believe you can find the attachment in the HTML area of Messages, then hit vo-shift-m and choose the option you want from there. If that fails, let me know; I rarely deal with images in Messages, and never want to save them, so I'm having a guess here. > On Oct 16, 2015, at 17:52, Shawn Krasni

RE: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, I am finding myself using my windows vm more and more. I have an hop laptop with windows 8.1 and both are very stable. I have not use mail on my mac and so that is all for now. Matthew -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

WordPress Beta Training, still have 6 spots left

2015-10-16 Thread Michael Babcock
Hey: I sent a message last week explaining how I’ve created a training platform walking blind entrepreneurs through the process of installing and configuring Wordpress from a voiceover users point of view. I also explained that I will be releasing windows versions of these videos as well in the

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Alex. That didn't work. When I did VO+Shift+M on the image, the only option I got was remove chat transcript. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 16, 2015, a

Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, So I started my roll back to Yosemite and am stuck. I was able to erase the El Crapitan from my hard drive but do not seem to get VO running when I try and boot up with my bootable USB Install Yosemite drive. Everything I have read says you have to restart your computer and hold the op

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Don't arrow. That's your problem. You wanna hit the tab key when in the boot menu. Tab and shift tab. Don't arrow. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Fischler" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 7:29 PM Subject: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck Hey all,

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Chris, Just wanted to make sure I have this correct. Start the computer while holding down the option key, then hit tab and enter? Is there only one thing I am tabbing to? When do I try and turn VO back on? Thanks, > On Oct 16, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Don't ar

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Alex Hall
Sorry, I'm really not sure then. There's a photo browser in the Details view, but I can't figure out a way to save from there either. Has anyone dealt with this more extensively than I have? I'm kind of stuck. > On Oct 16, 2015, at 19:21, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hey Alex. That didn't work. Wh

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I cannot tell you if there is only one thing you're tabbing to, or how many times to do so. That depends on how many startup disk volumes are configured on your system. You do have the general idea correct though. As for when to turn on Voiceover, once the system boots, then turn it on. You

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread michael babcock
use command+c on the image, in messages, then use command+v in the folder on the finder you want to save it in. > On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Sorry, I'm really not sure then. There's a photo browser in the Details view, > but I can't figure out a way to save from there ei

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Michael Babcock
use command+c on the image in messages, then command+v in the folder in finder you want to save the image in. hope this helps. Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http://yourownpay .com/ > On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Alex H

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Chris then how do people say you can do this without sighted help? As I have read people have been doing clean installs via a bootable usb drive with VO. Thanks, > On Oct 16, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > I cannot tell you if there is only one thing you're tabbing to,

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Michael. Thanks. That worked. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 16, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > > use command+c on the image in messages, th

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I'm not Chris but, as I understand your dilemma, the problem is that you have not yet successfully booted into your USB drive. Normally, I recommend that a blind a low vision person, working alone, use the Startup disk option located in the System Preferences, to subsequently boot

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Mark, Thanks I think you nailed my situation exactly. Going to try what you suggested and if that fails then will get a sighted buddy over here. Thanks again for the explanation. Appreciate it. Best, > On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:05 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > I'm not Chris but, a

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-16 Thread Ryan Mann
NVDA is free and it keeps improving. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:18 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > The only problem is that Jaws costs a lot of money and Voice Over comes with > the Mac and has no ILM life. I have thought about getting a small windows lap > top but haven't d

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, This is Mark. One can absolutely perform a clean install, without sighted assistance, provided that they use the Startup Disk option located in the System Preferences panel. The general order of things are as follows: 1. While your Mac is booted up to it's normal finder Desktop

RE: Is there a command to move keyboard focus to the mouse?

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, Use key combo VoiceOver-Key+Shift+F5 to move the keyboard focus to the mouse pointer. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26 PM To: macvisionaries@

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Ok so this is strange as I followed what you suggested to do using option holding down while starting the computer then trying to turn VO on after 5 minutes which did not work. So I made a FAcetime call to a sighted person to read me my screen and was presented with a password field. I entered m

Re: How do I Save An Attachment In Messages App

2015-10-16 Thread Michael Babcock
glad to know that it worked. From the observations i’ve made this seems to work with any attachment in messages. Likewise you can copy files and paste them into the message windows as well to send. best. Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Because. When you boot to the USB drive which contains the installer, you then hit command+F5, and Voiceover will begin speaking. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Fischler" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:00 PM Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am st

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Wow Mark, you're lucky. I normally have to wait about 15 minutes minimum! before my USB drive boots. Or, are you talking about an installer volume, not a full fledged OS image. Also, have you really had success hitting the option key and releasing right after the chime? I'm not in the least

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Ok so tried this while on the iPhone and FaceTime as I restarted the computer and the person told me I had the options of network or reinstall OS Yosemite. They were able to see me arrow over to and highlight the install OS Yosemite thumb drive then hit enter and they saw something start, so now

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread E.T.
Its been a while since I did a clean install. But now that I have Windows installed under Bootcamp, I have done many boots holding that option key. I wait a bit then arrow once and I am on the Bootcamp drive and hot enter. If there are other external drives connected, you might want to

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, was your drive incrypted? That might explain why you got a password field. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Fischler" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:32 PM Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck Ok so this is strange as I followed what you

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
If nothing else, have them tell you what the screen shows, and let us know. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Fischler" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck Ok so tried this while on the iPhone and FaceTime

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Chris, No my drive was not encrypted so not sure what that was, but after turning off the computer and booting it up while on FaceTime they were able to help me get to the boot drive and I waited ten minutes and thankfully VoiceOVer came back on and now the installer is running just fine. Go

Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Brian, You're more than welcome. Glad that we all could help. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Fischler" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:27 PM Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck Hey Chris, No my drive was not encrypted so not sure what that

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, The 5 minutes I was referring to reflects booting into an installer image on a standard USB 2.0 thumb drive. However, using a Thunderbolt drive, I can boot into a full version of El Capitan in less than 1 minute. Yes, I release the Option key, immediately (or almost immediately)

A Question about Games for the Mac

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Aside from chess, Does anyone know of any VoiceOver or self-voiceing board games such as monopoly? Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a

Re: A Question about Games for the Mac

2015-10-16 Thread michael babcock
check out change reaction: ChangeReaction — Draconis Entertainment's classic audio puzzle game for the blind and visually impaired Primarily intended for blind and visually impaired gamers, ChangeReaction is played via the keyboard and your ears. Navigate the game board with the arrow keys, drop

disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread Michael Babcock
Is it possible to disable or hide the voiceover caption window? If so, can someone provide me with directions on doing this? best. Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http://yourownpay .com/ -- You received this message beca

Re: disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread Michael Babcock
never mind, just found it. thanks everyone! Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http://yourownpay .com/ > On Oct 16, 2015, at 7:33 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > > Is it possible to disable or hide the voiceover caption window

RE: disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Michael, To hide the VoiceOver caption panel: 1. >From the VoiceOver Utility dialog box, select Visuals in the category table. 2. Select the VoiceOver Caption Panel tab. 3. Uncheck the Show Caption Panel checkbox. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@google

Re: disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yes Mike. It's in the Voiceover Utility under the visuals tab. Then disable the Voiceover cursor. Chris. - Original Message - From: Michael Babcock To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 10:33 PM Subject: disabling the voiceover caption window

Re: disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Don't forget also that if these pesky visuals ever get in your way, you can turn all of them off very quickly all in one go by hiding visuals with VO+Command+F11. Hope this helps. Chris. - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: RE

safely removing hardware

2015-10-16 Thread Marie Lyons
How do you do this on a Mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

Re: safely removing hardware

2015-10-16 Thread Alex Hall
The easiest way I know is to eject it. It will be on your desktop, unless you've changed that setting, or in your computer folder. So, either press vo-shift-d or cmd-shift-c, find the drive, and press cmd-e to eject it. Once it disappears from the list, it's okay to remove it. I wish the Mac wou

Re: safely removing hardware

2015-10-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
You wrote: but it can't. Yeah it can, if you have Growl in combination with Hardware Growler. I swear by both apps. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 11:34 PM Subject: Re: safely removing hardware

Re: A Question about Games for the Mac

2015-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Mark. Are you by any chance on RS Games? You can play games like Monopoly on there. Also, if you have an account for QuentinC's Playroom, you can play it using Safari and their web player. Personally, I like the Playroom's version of Monopoly better because you can auction properties between

Clean Install and Rol Back to Yosemite has ruined computer

2015-10-16 Thread Brian Fischler
So much for a clean install fixing things. My computer is now utterly useless as VO will read for a few seconds then stop for 3 to 5 minutes then read for a few seconds and stop again making the computer a giant freaking paperweight. The funniest thing about all this is I am supposed to be at an

RE: Clean Install and Rol Back to Yosemite has ruined computer

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I am so sorry that your experience has been this difficult. To be honest, I wanted to caution you about how to install Yosemite after having first upgraded to El Capitan. I did not, given that you were already on your proverbial way, as it were. I was hoping that all would be wel

Re: Clean Install and Rol Back to Yosemite has ruined computer

2015-10-16 Thread Devin Prater
Okay, I have a question then. I might try doing a clean install, maybe that'll fix the Alex choppiness issue I've been having for years, although it may just be a 4gig ram thing. So do I just go to the repair partition, where it is possible to reformat and all that, and simply delete the main pa