RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

HI Mark, You say you've got the Plantronics Voyager edge headset, I see there are a a number of different models of the Plantronics Voyager devices There is the legend , the legend UC and the voyager legend CS which I take it is more of a VOIP or PABx phone system device. But there also appe

HMA VPN on OSX

Hi all, has anybody successfully used the Hide My Ass virtual private network service on OSX? I've used it beautifully on Android, iOS and Windows XP, but the Mac eludes me yet. For those who don't know, Hide My Ass (name of service) is a virtual private network (VPN) service which allows one t

Re: Connecting external mic

I do not see any place to set Audio to Line-in. In the Input Tab I have the following items: Select an input device--the only option I am given is internal mic, set input Volume, and Use ambient Noise reduction. I see no other options on that tab. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 24, 2016, at 11:53 PM,

Pages templates

Hi Anne! Thanks for your response. When will your book be out? So are the correct steps to use a template: use vo-left or right arrow to select the placeholder text and then delete the placeholder? And then can I just enter text right in that same spot? Will deleting the placeholder text leave

any book scanner suggestions?

i am planning to buy a scanner for school which is portable and i prefer powered by using usb. thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's pos

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hi,  I have a 5 mpx eyepal which served me well when I managed a business, but which I no longer have a use for  and would be willing to sell. Another good solution would be to buy a scanjig and use that with prismo or knfb reader.  That would be cheaper than the eyepal, but it won't give you a

Re: Connecting external mic

You need a usb mic. Do you get me? Take care 25. jan. 2016 kl. 10:05 skrev Donna Goodin : I do not see any place to set Audio to Line-in. In the Input Tab I have the following items: Select an input device--the only option I am given is internal mic, set input Volume, and Use ambient Noise re

Re: Connecting external mic

Terje, Yes, that is certainly how it looks. This was a real miss on Apple's part, IMHO. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:12 AM, Terje Strømberg wrote: > > You need a usb mic. Do you get me? > > Take care > > 25. jan. 2016 kl. 10:05 skrev Donna Goodin : > > I do not see any place to set

Re: Connecting external mic

That’s because your Mac, like all modern Macs, and the iMac I’m typing this on, doesn’t support combination input/output anymore. You’re right: an absolute disgrace. It simply never occurred to me that they’d do something quite this stupid. :( I’ll file this one under “All Macs are iPads now”.

Re: Very! very! very very sluggish Voiceover

Actually, Spotlight had nothing to do with it. Force resetting didn't seem to work either. This said, I think I'm getting pretty close to figureing out the cause. I don't want to say just quite yet, as I don't want to give wrong information, but I think it's an app I downloaded which isn't pl

Re: Pages templates

Hello Jim, Our book should be out during February. We cover analysing the provided templates. Where you have placeholder text, you have to place the keyboard focus just before the first character of the placeholder text, turn VoiceOver off, then press just the right arrow key. Turn VoiceOver b

Re: Connecting external mic

Hi Donna, got you. Just kidding with «du you get me». Looks like usb is the only option. Many people here that can suggest a good usb mic. Otherwise amazon should have many reviews from users. Review usb mic on youtube may be an alternative. Take care 25. jan. 2016 kl. 15:55 skrev Sabahattin

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

Hi Ben, I've just started using it on my Mac. The app is sort of accessible. The biggest problem so far I had when opening it for the first time, having created an account on HMA's website. It took me some time to work out how to sign in because the signing in window must be a strange one, a

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hello, I can’t speak highly enough of the Fopydo stand with Book Reading Aid and KNFBReader. The book reading aid holds the book open and the stand keeps the iPhone at exactly the right position to take the perfect photo. KNFBReader allows you to add each newly scanned page to a document, and y

Re: Very! very! very very sluggish Voiceover

Hi Chris, heres my mavericks tech tip to clear sluggish VO movement; Any way you want to get there select the Caches folder and then press Command Delete. , To empty out the Caches folder on your computer, you’ll need to open up Finder first. With Voiceover on, you can press V O D, and it s

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hi, Does foppydo support 8.5x14?  This could be important since knfb doesn't yet support flipping sides as far as I know. Best, Erik Sent from TypeApp On Jan 25, 2016, 10:39 AM, at 10:39 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >Hello, > >I can’t speak highly enough of the Fopydo stand with Book Reading

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

I’m not sure about the specific service but setting up a VPN in general is very simple. I myself use a hardware VPN device but services like this should work the same way. What problems specifically are you having configuring or using the service? > On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Andrew Laman

Internet Radio Broadcasting on the Mac

Hi everyone, Has any new developments been made or are being made on this front? I want to do a show using NiceCast and iTunes, if only so I can broadcast Apple Music. I figured I can use a playlist I made for talk beds, but NiceCast’s VoiceOver plugin in the effects area for auto ducking is a j

Re: Connecting external mic

Hi Terje, No worries, I get you. :) It's kind of a bummer. I have a really nice mic, but of course, it connects via the 3.5 jack. (Figures). I would be interested in anyone's recommendation for a USB mic. I want to record music, so will want a mic suited for that. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25

The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Subject says it all, really. The Martian is out on iTunes, and to my total astonishment, it’s actually audio described. If you read the novel and wanted to reassure yourself that the novel is always better than the film, even in something so undramatic as a diary of events by a stranded astron

Accessing FlashPlayer on a Mac

I have need to access flashPlayer on my new favorite website from Safari. the website “StudySpanish.com ” relies heavily on FlashPlayer for audio tutorials, and though I can resort to a windows7 VM to use the Flash portion of the website, I’d like to avoid windows if

Re: Very! very! very very sluggish Voiceover

Chuck, Remember though, this isn't on my mac. this is happening on my I O S device. Chris. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:40 AM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > > Hi Chris, > heres my mavericks tech tip to clear sluggish VO movement; > > Any way you want to get there select the Caches folder and then

There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Guys, I have a set of .flac files which I'm trying to burn on to an audio CD. Obviously, ITunes won't open flack, so there went that idea. I thought maybe Simplyburns could do this, but it doesn't appear to after all. So, the million dollar question: is there an application for the mac which

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

I think Amadeus Pro has a CD burning feature. Bill > On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > > Guys, > > I have a set of .flac files which I'm trying to burn on to an audio CD. > > Obviously, ITunes won't open flack, so there went that idea. I thought maybe > Simplyburns could do

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Yep, it does. Sound menu. Bill > On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > > Guys, > > I have a set of .flac files which I'm trying to burn on to an audio CD. > > Obviously, ITunes won't open flack, so there went that idea. I thought maybe > Simplyburns could do this, but it doesn'

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

I used to make audio CDs from flac in simply burns all the time.  I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. Having said that, you could extract to wav with xact and burn from wav. Hth Sent from TypeApp On Jan 25, 2016, 1:04 PM, at 1:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >Guys, > >I have a set of .fl

Re: Pages templates

Hi Anne! I did see the date but forgot to mention it. So you think that template will only allow for 7 lines or can it be expanded? I feel really dense when it comes to this stuff. Thanks, Jim > On Jan 25, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > Our book should be out dur

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

I'll try again. Maybe I tried adding the files incorrectly to the CD layout. It's admittedly been a while since I used this app, so I'm trying to remember how to use the thing. Don't get me wrong, it's really easy, but it's more just refamiliarizing myself. Chris. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:24

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Are you saying to look in the sound menu in the menu bar of Simplyburns? I'll gladly do that, if so. Chris. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Bill Dengler wrote: > > Yep, it does. Sound menu. > > Bill >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >> >> Guys, >> >> I have a set of .flac

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hello Erik, The Fopydo is highly adjustable so yes, it will cope with that size. KNFBReader handles multicolumn documents very well which is why it works for reading books. Cheers, Anne > On 25 Jan 2016, at 16:48, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi, > > Does foppydo support 8.5x14? This could be

Re: Pages templates

Hello Jim, The seven lines are in a list style, so you can add as many as you like. Cheers, Anne > On 25 Jan 2016, at 19:29, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Hi Anne! > I did see the date but forgot to mention it. So you think that template will > only allow for 7 lines or can it be expanded? I fee

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Or maybe, you could use Switch. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:24, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > I used to make audio CDs from flac in simply burns all the time. I don't see > why it wouldn't work for you. > > Having said that, you could extract to wav with xact and burn from wav. > > Hth > > > Sent

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Is there an option that you need to set in iTunes for this to work? > On Jan 25, 2016, at 09:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Subject says it all, really. The Martian is out on iTunes, and to my total > astonishment, it’s actually audio described. > > If you read the novel and wanted to re

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

OK, this is what I did. I first installed something called Tuntap as per HMA's instructions. Then, I tried to connect to the VPN using the app itself. The app indicates that it's connected, but at that point, OS X acts as though there were no Internet connection. The app even indicates a new IP

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

I'll do the same here.  It's been a very long time for me too.  Maybe I am viewing this through rose colored glasses.  Another possibility is that it worked for me because I have fluke installed. Best. Erik Sent from TypeApp On Jan 25, 2016, 2:40 PM, at 2:40 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >I'll

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Nope, the sound menu in Amadeus Pro. Bill > On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > > Are you saying to look in the sound menu in the menu bar of Simplyburns? > > I'll gladly do that, if so. > > Chris. > >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Bill Dengler wrote: >> >> Yep, it does. Sou

Re: Pages templates

Hi Ann, wondering when your book on pages is coming out? I know I'll be a buyer. Sent from my IPhone > On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > The seven lines are in a list style, so you can add as many as you like. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 25 Jan 2016

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

If you say in System Preferences, Accessibility that you want audio description, then iTunes will default to the AD track. Otherwise, simply choose the English AD track from within iTunes while playing the film, from the Controls menu. -- The following information is important for all members

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Could you convert them to ALAC using a tool like this: http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html then you could pull them into iTunes and do your usual CD burning stuff from there. CB On 1/25/16 1:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: Guys, I have a set of .flac files which I'm trying to burn on to an au

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hi Ann,  that should work out for standard hard and paperback books.  Normally its exactly what I would suggest.  If the textbooks are 8.5x11 though, then they open out to 17x11.  Books that size need the flip sides function I think. Could you send me a link to your foppydo on amazon?  They make

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Actually, I'm not sure why. I don't doubt Erick at all, but for some reason, it just refuses in Simplyburns to burn these Flac files. this said, I did some googling, and I found a really sweet app which is on Sourceforge, I think even opensource, simply just called Burn. Literally that is the

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Oh. You didn't specify Amadeus, so I had no way to know what you were talking about. Chris. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Bill Dengler wrote: > > Nope, the sound menu in Amadeus Pro. > > Bill >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >> >> Are you saying to look in the sound me

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Erick, that is exactly! I didn't have fluke installed, but within my googling I found out about it. What's odd is, I installed it, but now when I try openning the .app file from my applications folder, nothing at all happens. I hit command+O, and the Finder just sits there like I didn't do an

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Ben, that's precisely what I was gonna do, had it not been for me finding a direct sollution like "Burn." Chris. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:53 PM, ben J. Bloomgren > wrote: > > Or maybe, you could use Switch. > > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:24, Erik Burggraaf > wrot

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

>From what I remember, it just works.  Quicklook support broke on me during an >OS update, but you should be able to open a flac file in iTunes and it will >play. Best, Sent from TypeApp On Jan 25, 2016, 4:04 PM, at 4:04 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >Erick, that is exactly! I didn't have fluk

Re: Pages templates

Ann, thanks, because I was having trouble with using templates as well! I do hope you’ll let us all know when your book is out! Caitlyn > On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > Our book should be out during February. We cover analysing the provided > templates

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

thanks for letting us know this!! And, this movie was/is totally *awesome*!! any sci fi fan will probably love it! Well worth the 2 hour time it runs! Caitlyn > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Subject says it all, really. The Martian is out on iTunes, and to m

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Hi, The app called XLD.app has an integrated cd burner. I use it to convert .flac files into different formats but it also has a burner feature which I find easy to use. A little bit of experimenting and you can use it quite efficiently. You open a folder containing your .flac files but you

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

I never had to install tuntap. I only installed their desktop app and it worked. > On 25 Jan 2016, at 20:03, ben J. Bloomgren wrote: > > OK, this is what I did. > > I first installed something called Tuntap as per HMA's instructions. Then, I > tried to connect to the VPN using the app itself.

Re: Connecting external mic

Macs for quite some time, have had a headphone output jack and a "Line Input" jack. There are generally three levels of sound signals. First are the very weak ones like microphones, then line level like the output from a nice CD player or tape deck and then high powered speaker/headphone levels

Re: Connecting external mic

Hi Chris, Thanks for sending such a detailed response. This has turned out to be much more complicated than I had anticipated. :) At the moment I'm leaning toward option A, as I'm new to this, and it seems the simplest solution. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:56 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Is there a way to get audio description in iTunes on the iPad or on the AppleTV fourth-generation or for that matter, prior generations? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2016, at 12:34 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > If you say in System Preferences, Accessibility that you want audio

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

I know that Netflix will do it, provided that the content be described. Ben - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 15:27 Subject: Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described Is there a way to get audio description in iTunes on the iPad or

safari on iOS and activating open pages

Hello, i have ios 9.2.1 installed and now, but before also I think, it happens that I can’t re-activate opened webpages. I can tab the webpage and voiceover gives the sound of a acctivated element but the page is not opened again. Perhaps, it could be because there are to much pages opened and t

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Yes, I know about Netflix. But I was wondering about iTunes specifically. Maybe I didn't say that in my original question? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Ben J. Bloomgren > wrote: > > I know that Netflix will do it, provided that the content be described. > > Ben >

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Mary, I think you need to go into the settings for i tunes on your i pad and look for the option that says something like, always provide description, when available, or something like that… hth, Caitlyn > On Jan 25, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Yes, I know about Netflix. But I wa

El Capitan and Voiceover

For the most part the upgrade went well. I am seeing some interesting and strange behaviors though. First noticed it in App Store. I would lose VO and it took invoking either Window or Application Chooser to straighten it out. Just now, a new one. If I try to run Time Machine, I hear

Re: safari on iOS and activating open pages

Hello, The page needs to be visible to open. Use the vertical three finger flick to move the visual display to other pages. When the page is visible on the screen, double tap should open it. Split tap will open it. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 2

Re: Keyboard shortcuts broken after VMware's remote support

A little late to the party on this one, but I can reproduce the issue of being stuck in the VMware chrome pretty much EVERY! TIME! on my Windows VM (my job uses Slack for team communications, and Slack on anything other than Windows apparently may cause pain, nausea or death). On only a partiall

Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

Hi, Anyone using Chrome on Mac with VoiceOver as primary browser, such as myself? Are there accessibility improvements that you feel are needed? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the runnin

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

i am using a mac book pro 15 inches and ABBYY fine reader. i am planning to buy a snap scan or other devices similar to that. > On 25 Jan 2016, at 21:57, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Ann, that should work out for standard hard and paperback books. > Normally its exactly what I would suggest.

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

You would then have to set Tun Tap as your default gateway interface and point default there. There should be auto configuration scripts to handle these events. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:03 PM, ben J. Bloomgren > wrote: > > OK, this is what I did. > > I first installed something called Tuntap

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

Now that Rumola is available for Chrome (I say now because I just found this out), Chrome is pretty nice. I don't see much difference between it versus Lightning versus Safari. Ben - Original Message - From: "Kevin Chao" To: "macvisionaries" Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 18:13 Subj

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

Hi Ben, Let's say hypothetical situation where Lightning and Safari were not available, are there VoiceOver accessibility related attributes you would miss? What would be these MUST have VoiceOver accessibility in Chrome? On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:12 PM Ben J. Bloomgren wrote: > Now that Rumola i

getting apple cd rom working under windows10?

Hi all, I have a cd rom here that came with a mac. Someone said if I download the bootcamp drivers for win 7, 8 and 8.1 that it will work. When I download these drivers and install on windows 10 I'm told the drivers aren't for this version of windows. Has anyone had success with this? Thanks

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

Kevin, Speaking solely upon my own experience, there is not really anything that I would miss from those other browsers. Apparently, krone even works better with flash items. Apparently, it has some sort of flash capability built-in so that you don't have to screw with it as you would, say for

RE: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Mary, thanks for asking this, I was just going to myself. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2016 11:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Martian Released

Re: any book scanner suggestions?

Hello Erik, The Fopydo stand with book reading aid is the same one you’ve seen, but it has a base with two foam pads positioned above and below where the spine of the book sits. These foam pads keep the pages open and flat. There are two stiff wires, bent at a right angle, which are inserted int

Re: Pages templates

Hello Phil, The book should be coming out sometime in February. I hope people will find it useful. We’ve put a lot of explanations of visual effects in it as many terms used in Pages are a mystery to most of us who have either never seen or not seen for many years. Cheers, Anne > On 25 Jan

RE: HMA VPN on OSX

I”ve been wondering about VPN but also wondered if VNC was accessible on the Mac OSX platform? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2016 5:06 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: HMA

RE: getting apple cd rom working under windows10?

Hi Adam, Check your windows up dates for updated bootcamp drivers Also on the apple website you should be able to find the latest bootcamp drivers which should include USB for windows 10, I'm surprised though that it isn't recognised already if your installation has only just been done. I've