RE: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Oh and I just remembered there is also a software KVM Switch would probably work also. I can't remember what it is called off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure it starts with the letter s -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

RE: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
With the apple remote desktop app you can remotely manage the / a second machine however voiceover will not work through the remote connection However if the second machine is close enough to you then you can hear voiceover working as you navogate around the screan. I've been looking for somet

Re: Deleting music from my iPhone 5S

2016-03-19 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Settings, General, Storage & iCloud Usage, Manage storage under local storage, Music. Swipe up to Delete on anything you don’t want, or “All Songs”. Be aware that if you delete anything in here that you can’t get from the iTunes Store, or from iTunes Match if you have that switched on and to wh

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jenine Stanley
I found that with the stylus I had to press harder than I would if I was writing with a pen. It wasn’t a natural thing. then again, writing using your finger isn’t necessarily natural either. As you note, David, the 6S and beyond have the pressure sensitive screen for other uses and that reall

Numbers Questions

2016-03-19 Thread Sandy Finley
I posed 2 numbers questions on this list and have not yet received a response - since I have a third, i will just put them together in this message. 1. What is the command to jump between work sheets in a spreadsheet? I cannot find it. 2. How does one name a work sheet? 3. Is there a way to

Re: List View or column view

2016-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
That should do it! Chris > On Mar 16, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Sandra E. Finley wrote: > > > ∴riis, when you say "position yourself on the flder in which you want the > files to appear", do you mean highlight the folder title but do not open it > with the rightarrow? In other words, if Iwant

Re: Deleting music from my iPhone 5S

2016-03-19 Thread E.T.
You may find that iTunes would make this a painless process. 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 3/17/2016 6:10 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Hi Is there a way I can erase all the music on my iPhone 5S

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, I just rad the Wikki article myself and from this statement I am fairly confident that one could not remote VoiceOVer with ARd: “ARD does not support reverse connections to listening VNC viewers.” Time for the suggestion box I guess! If anybody wants to help by starting a list of reasons t

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
I may have to try the Life-Proof, I'm really not liking the OtterBox. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 16, 2016, at 7:35 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Dona, I’m with you, the bulk just isn’t worth it. I’m a life proof man > myself. Much m ore sleek and actually waterproof. > > Taking the case apart tho

RE: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Max, Do yo u want something to go over head covering both ears or just one ear? If just one ear, I'd recommend the Plantronics voyager edge, I've had one now a couple of months and It's great, excelant battery life and great quality sound plus it allows for multiple devices I think it's u

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Both JAWS and Macintosh do use the same basic underlying protocol for remote windows. My brain is forgetting the name right now, but it is an open source package, so I would expect that NVDA would use this to. Now the hard part would be routing the voice over to the remote controlling machine, I

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks Scott. Interesting. The Case I have, the ports are already open. They're inset, but there's nothing to open. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 16, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Dona, you pull back the rubber from the outside. I find it easier to start > to pry the rubber free by o

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Dona, you pull back the rubber from the outside. I find it easier to start to pry the rubber free by opening the ports and using them to gently remove the rubber from the frame. Then once the rubber is removed you feel clips on each side and the bottom. Use a finger nail or something and pull

Re: iPad settings navigation

2016-03-19 Thread Kevin Chao
AFAIK, focus has never moved from navigation list to content container. As others have suggestd, it's required to navigate by containers. Android N has multi-window support. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:05 AM 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries < macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Well, that's

email filters

2016-03-19 Thread Jean
Hello Grant: I agree it would be best to do this from the gmail server end. The problem is that some unwanted messages are still getting through and I don’t know why. That was why I wanted to try using the message rules. I am filling in the fields for either the from address or the offending subj

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread David Chittenden
Increased pressure would not make a difference. The iDevice screen is capacitive. The iPhone 6 S is pressure sensitive for different ways of activating buttons in apps that support it. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 19

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Dona, I’m with you, the bulk just isn’t worth it. I’m a life proof man myself. Much m ore sleek and actually waterproof. Taking the case apart though is quite easy, if you need step by step let me know. > On Mar 15, 2016, at 7:29 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > As the subject says

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jessica Moss
I’ve noticed that too; in my oppinion, for the money you put into them, they’re really poorly made. I love their ruggedness, but can’t stand the fact that you can’t use the clip they come with without it tearing the casing to shreds. I’ve had 3 of them, and it either chipped the metal part of

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jenine Stanley
I’ve tried playing with it using the Notes app and recently tried it with an inexpensive stylus with poor results. I’m thinking it’s more a pressure issue with any stylus. It seems to work much better using just the finger. I use it to bring up apps, to occasionally jot down phone numbers, thou

Deleting music from my iPhone 5S

2016-03-19 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi Is there a way I can erase all the music on my iPhone 5S without having to go through iTunes? Thanks, Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- The following information is important for al

Re: tax blues with mac

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have forwarded this thread to Intuit’s Accessibility office. I’ll let you know if I get a reply. Best Wishes, Jonathan -- 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 f

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, I was able to reproduce on my US Macintosh just now, though it was difficult because first I had to go to input area of the keyboard system settings and add a new layout of british. Also, on that input tab of keyboard settings there is an HTML area that crashed voiceover every time I got fo

Re: Sleep tracking apps?

2016-03-19 Thread Alex Hall
To add to that, Jonathan, how do you use it? Don't you have to charge the Watch? I can't figure out how you can use the Watch during the day, then let it track you at night without charging, then use it the next day. Sleep tracking is something I'd like to try when I get a Watch, but charging is

Re: filtering emails

2016-03-19 Thread Grant
Which criteria are you using for your Gmail filters? They should definitely work for situations like this, and in fact are your best bet if you’re a Gmail user. Filtering at the server level will, in my opinion, be much more efficient as your Mac won’t even have to process any mail that you want

Re: Numbers Questions

2016-03-19 Thread Phil Halton
Number one There is no jump command per se. You have to stop interacting with the sheet layout area where your tables are for a given sheet, and navigate left to the sheet navigation tab group where you can select the sheet you want to work in. Then after selecting your sheet you have two choice

blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hello; I'm wanting to buy a blue tooth headset to go with my iPhone. my brother said that when he looked online he heard that a lot of them don't work with the iPhone. so what would you all recommend? I may just need the headphones because today i did a Skype call using my iPhone and the guy was

Re: Cleaning IPhone screen, perhaps an obvious question

2016-03-19 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I keep my phone in my pocket when not in use and wipe it on my jeans if it seems dirty. I guess that's not what the pros would say but I figured that it's gorilla glass and shouldn't scratch. Plus most jeans are made from cotton which is pretty soft stuff, at least after they've been through a

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! This is something the accessibility team can not reproduce so it wont be fixed sadly. I have been in contact with them about it a couple of times but all i get back is bullshit. /A > 15 mars 2016 kl. 14:53 skrev Peter Bosher : > > Hi All, > > I'm fairly new to Mac OS but starting to get pro

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I’ve just bought myself an Aftershokz Bluez 2S headset and wonder if i’ve made a mistake. The reviews in the blind community aren’t so good. Some say they are uncomfortable and that they break and the sound isn’t good and so on which makes me wonder what i’ve done. /Krister > 18 mars 2016 kl. 2

Re: Lifeproof, was: Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Chris, I think you’re about right. Depends on the device as well, easily $100 for the iPad and easily worth the money. Like I said I’ve seen a life proof save a brand new iPad when it flew through the air and crashed on my carbon fiber deck which should have smashed the glass. The belt clip

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, the Wikipedia page on remote protocol implementations lists 72 different commercial and freeware programs to do this. One that looked like it works on Mac and does sound forwarding is call FREERPD . http://www.freerdp.com I was starting to think it might be interesting to look at SAPI

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah I'mm looking to use handwriting on my iPad rather than iPhone but both would be good and looking at the stylus the best seem to be the ones for fine art work and sketching But the Wacom bamboo devices with carbon fibre tips seem reasonably priced and you don't have to push as hard -O

Re: Numbers Questions

2016-03-19 Thread Phil Halton
That's news to me! Welcome news Sent from my IPhone > On Mar 17, 2016, at 11:01 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hmm, if you just want to jump between sheets in a single document it's > command-shift-bracket with left-bracket being the previous sheet and > right-bracket be

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, I reported this bug to Accessibility and got a reply that they would pass it on to the appropriate group. Cheers, Anne > On 19 Mar 2016, at 02:59, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Yes, I was able to reproduce on my US Macintosh just now, though it was > difficult because first I h

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Dona, also remember the 6S is a very solid phone. Apple put a lot of effort in to hardening the glass and the case. With my 6 I went with an open faced case which wasn’t half bad. Even with the screen exposed I had no problem when it came time to sell the phone and upgrade. Life proof is goo

Sync all music except...

2016-03-19 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I’ve decided I’d like to put all my music on my Mini, however I was surprised to see I would end up with just over 2gb of storage. Not sure if this will effect the iPad’s performance or not. So, it occurred to me, I could not sync my Christmas music. That would give me back over 2gb.

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread David Chittenden
Handwriting works only with VoiceOver. It is not a standard input method for iOS. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Mar 2016, at 02:36, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > I found that with the stylus I had to press harder than

Re: VirtualBox questions

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Last I looked into this, box was not accessible when using the GUI, but everyththing is controllable via a command line, so you could create shell scripts to build / start / stop VM machines. For that matter, somebody with a little Xcode experience could probably wrap those CLI commands in nativ

Re: Mac Calendar & iCloud

2016-03-19 Thread Marc
I am not 100% sure exactly what I did to make this happen but here are some of the steps I took. Sorry, I cannot remember the exact order in which I performed them. I signed out of iCloud on both the Mac and the iPhone I removed my Apple ID from the family sharing that I was a part of I s

VoiceOver Setting in Numbers

2016-03-19 Thread Sandy Finley
I have set some keyboard shortcuts in Numbers for common tasks including: Delete Row delete Column Add Row Above and Resize Row to Fit Content. My current Numbers question is VO related. When I up and down arrow through the data in a column, VO reads both data and position of the cell in th

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
L have to give it a try. I'm hoping the apple releases on Wednesday will release a new iPad mini with the ability to use the apple pencil, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley Sent: Saturday, 19 Ma

Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi List, I'm just wondering if anyone is using handwriting on their iPhone or iPad? If so what do people use in the way of a stylus and or apps for picking oup their handwriting Cheers, Simon F -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If yo

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sounds are often pushed on a separate channel that the host computer would open on the remote machine / machines. It sounds like Apple remote does not allow this, but you could probably compile your own version of the remote software that would allow this, though obviously you would need to mai

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Did you explain to the accessibility team that they had to set the keyboard to British to show up this bug? Cheers, Anne > On 17 Mar 2016, at 21:08, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > This is something the accessibility team can not reproduce so it wont be > fixed sadly. > I have been in con

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Right, OK, so what’s the better of the Aftershokz headsets, then? If not the Bluez 2 then what? -- 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 post is

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah I've been looking at a couple Bamboo paper and MyScript note are a couple but yeah not overly friendly, why these apps can't be accessible I can't figure out. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chitt

Re: Cleaning IPhone screen, perhaps an obvious question

2016-03-19 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I use a micro fibre cloth and a touch of the Isopropyl Alcohol which you can use with your Focus Braille displays as the Isopropyl Alcohol is designed to clean screens such as computer s

Re: siri and iphone

2016-03-19 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
That's happening to me intermittantly as well. it seems to have stopped for now, but we shall see. Ben - Original Message - From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" To: Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 19:14 Subject: siri and iphone Hi: I have an iPhone 6s. Siri stopped opening apps! It says the app

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Interesting that it only works on a app for which I've got one starting with that letter. I can't get it to find anything starting with S for which I've got at least 6 apps sonos and spotify aren't showing up. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisiona

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread David Chittenden
It may not be recognising your s. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Mar 2016, at 23:53, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Interesting that it only works on a app for which I've got one starting with > that letter. > > I can't

Re: Lifeproof, was: Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Chris, I’ll do you one better than that. I’m comfortable with a life proof case to take the phone diving full on in the ocean let alone a tub or shower. My cousin uses them for filming under water and they work well even at 300 feet down / greater than 100 meters. I’ve also used one on

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah it says S, Then if I write O as well it's not showing anything but it says both letters.letters L P T I all seem to work great but it appears to be curved letters. C didn' work either. Oh well I'll keep trying. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvi

Re: Getting into my trash folder

2016-03-19 Thread Basioli George
open your doc and arrow right to trash now do a v o shift m to open the contextual menu and arrow down to open now your in the trash folder and on a list you need to interact with this and arrow to the item you wish to remove and copy it and past it someone where > On Mar 16, 2016, at 6:27 AM, J

Re: Lifeproof, was: Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
So could someone tell me what kind of Life proof case I’d need for a six S plus? I’m always afraid when it rains that I might not be able to keep my phone dry as I put it in my kipling bag but so far it’s been OK. My phone is in one of those Apple cases. However, I might get the next I phone

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread David Chittenden
Notes Plus is an app which has handwriting recognition in it. The handwriting recognition part is an in-app purchase above the $11 AUD price for the app. However, the menus are the only part of the app which is accessible. For the sighted, Notes Plus translates handwriting into computer text. It

VirtualBox questions

2016-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I have a few questions before diving into VBox. 1. Is there a build for el capitan, or do I need to build from sources? 2. Is the GUI accessible with VO? 3. Assuming I can build a virtual machine either with the GUI or box-manage, will it talk? 4. How is the VBox experience compared

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
I would go with the Aftershokz line. They're bone induction headsets, and I've loved mine and heard nothing but rave reviews about them. Their support is iffy, but the products themselves are bloody phenomenal. Ben - Original Message - From: "'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries" To: S

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread David Chittenden
Use the two finger flick from right to left to backspace / delete the just written letter. Use two finger swipe from left to right for space, right to left for delete / backspace, and three-finger swipe down or up to change between upercase, lowercase, numbers, and punctuation. When I just tried

Re: filtering emails

2016-03-19 Thread Kayaker
Hi, You can access Rules from the Mail preferences section. You access it in the Preferences toolbar. You will probably want to create a rule that says something like: Criteria where If sender is somegroupaddr...@foo.com. And then in the Perform action section, select delete message. Hope thi

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
It snaps together very snuggly. Honestly it’s more of an install and leave alone sort of thing. I wouldn’t want to remove it and install it repeatedly. > On Mar 17, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Is it easy to take the LifeProof case on and off? Ideally I'd like to have a > case

Re: Sleep tracking apps?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Donna and all, I use Sleep++. I like this app a lot as it interfaces directly with the Health app. I'm collecting a lot of health data now, so I can get a picture of the things I am doing that help me sleep better. In terms of charging the watch, I have a daily workout routine which ends in a

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Carter Temm
Hi, Could you be thinking of the injecting keys API? On 3/16/16, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Both JAWS and Macintosh do use the same basic underlying protocol for remote > windows. My brain is forgetting the name right now, but it is an open source > package, so I would expect that NVDA would use this

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
thanks for the information but what is bone induction? thanks max On Mar 18, 2016, at 2:03 AM, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote: > I would go with the Aftershokz line. They're bone induction headsets, and > I've loved mine and heard nothing but rave reviews about them. Their support > is iffy, but the pr

Re: Lifeproof, was: Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jessica Moss
Lol, reminds me of a cartoon Hannah loves to watch where one of the characters actually did drop his phone off the boat into the water, and everything was really garbled sounding, because you could still hear the voices, but it was bubbly-sounding at the same time, and this was after he was told

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
thanks sherry; I'm almost as excited for my brother to try them as i am for me. i mean if it would allow him to hear so much better maybe we could get a microphone he could hear on his headphones. thanks max On Mar 18, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > I use Aftersho

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
That's good to know. I am an internal speaker person. Can you still use the internal speaker with the LifeProof case? Cheers, Donna > On Mar 17, 2016, at 7:43 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > The only down side of the life proof so you know ahead of time is the speaker > tends to be covered beca

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
I doubt I'll ever use the clip. Honestly, I'm not even sure I'm going to continue to use the case - the added bulk is really bugging me. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 16, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Wow, I never had that with the clip, but then again, I hardly ever wear mi

Re: Numbers Questions

2016-03-19 Thread Basioli George
well for your first answer; there are keyboard commands to move from sheet to sheet command [ moves left one sheet command ] moves right one sheet and if you add option so it is command option and [ or ] will take you to the first sheet of the group or the last sheet of the group. there is also

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
Does anybody have an iPad Pro with that pen? How would that work? Ben - Original Message - From: "Jenine Stanley" To: Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 04:52 Subject: Re: Handwriting on an iPhone I’ve tried playing with it using the Notes app and recently tried it with an inexpensive st

Re: VirtualBox questions

2016-03-19 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
There is a build for Mac which you can download from: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads The virtual machine will work just like a physical machine so the accessibility of what is running in the virtual machine is the same. If you're installing Windows in the Virtual Machine you'll stil

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Daniel, I just got the one they had in the store. I'm assuming it's the defender model, but I couldn't tell even after looking at the OtterBox website. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 16, 2016, at 6:14 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi. You don't really want to take it off, unless you absolutely have to.

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Are you saying you have both machines on your desk and just want to share one keyboard between both of them? CB On 3/16/16 7:38 AM, Carter Temm wrote: Hi all, I currently use both mac and windows in a business environment. What I am wondering, is there an application that you use to control

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jenine Stanley
When in the handwriting mode, you can also flick to the left to erase a letter and do a 3-finger flick up or down to change to upper case and/or numbers and symbols. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On Mar 18, 2016, at 10:52 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Whilst on the home screen

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Jenine Stanley
David’s correct here. It must say the letter. Mine will say “Not recognized” and I know I’ve got the phone slanted somehow. I find the larger screen area of the 6S harder to write on as I tend to slant things. I can go fairly quickly and accurately on my 5S. Also be sure you are in the middle of

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
NO, I was thinking of Apple Remote Desktop which is describe pretty well in this Wikipedia entry: The standard protocol that this currently uses is VNC. VNC has been around for at least 15 years, and I first saw it to share RedHat desktops on Windows computers. If you look at JAWS directories

Re: converting mp4 videos to mp3 audio only

2016-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
I found a build of ffmpeg for the mac. Chris > On Mar 17, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > So i can install apt-get to m my mac? > Or isn’t that a package manager? > /A >> 15 mars 2016 kl. 08:23 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu : >> >> And as always, the command line is your friend:

Re: Sleep tracking apps?

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Jonathan, Thanks! I've downloaded it and will give it a try. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 18, 2016, at 6:17 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi Donna and all, I use Sleep++. I like this app a lot as it interfaces > directly with the Health app. I'm collecting a lot of health data now, so I > can ge

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-19 Thread Seyoon Choi
My only question is, being a Windows and Mac user I know for the fact that those Siri voices are named as “Nicky” and “Aaron” so I am wondering if Apple is planning to officially give away the names for these voices or not. I know Samantha was officially called out on iOS 9 when you are selectin

Re: Automating Macintosh book.

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Berry
Hi Jonothan, I would certainly be interested. I think it would be good to create a separate list. > On Mar 19, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > Hello Take Control books has a 50% off sale this weekend, and I was > considering purchasing “Take Control of Automating Your Mac”. >

Re: siri and iphone

2016-03-19 Thread Jessica Moss
It likes to do that to me on occasion as well, then just suddenly clears up, so have no idea what to make of that. > On Mar 19, 2016, at 6:53 AM, Ben J. Bloomgren > wrote: > > That's happening to me intermittantly as well. it seems to have stopped for > now, but we shall see. > > Ben > -

Automating Macintosh book.

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello Take Control books has a 50% off sale this weekend, and I was considering purchasing “Take Control of Automating Your Mac”. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/automating I also believe their books are available via bookshare for those who have t

Re: VoiceOver Setting in Numbers

2016-03-19 Thread Phil Halton
This problem of announcing the table position was introduced with the last version, and as far as I can tell, there's no way to shut it off. Sent from my IPhone > On Mar 19, 2016, at 6:15 AM, Sandy Finley wrote: > > I have set some keyboard shortcuts in Numbers for common tasks including: >

Re: Abby Fine Reader Pro For Mac

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Berry
Hi Denise, So what your going to do is extract the .dmg and then you will need to open the app. In the Fine Reader Menu I believe there is a place to put the code you got. This will get you started. It’s fairly simple to use. > On Mar 18, 2016, at 8:56 PM, denise avant wrote: > > no, I bo

Re: Recording on the Apple watch?

2016-03-19 Thread Jenny Wood
I am also grateful for this info, thanks for sharing! -- Jenny & Marmalade Phone: (972 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter: KC5GNI “I’m the kid who has this habit of dreaming, Sometimes gets me in trouble too. But the truth is, I could no more stop dreaming, Than I could make th

Accessible personal budgeting apps for iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread venky . 92
Hi, I'm looking for accessible budgeting apps for the iPhone. Currently, I'm using an app called DailyBudget. Though The basic functionality of the app is accessible, I'm unable to go through detailed information about my expenditure such as amount spent on each category over a period of time, e

Re: Just got an OtterBox case for my iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, good to know. Thanks, Scott. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 17, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > It snaps together very snuggly. Honestly it’s more of an install and leave > alone sort of thing. I wouldn’t want to remove it and install it repeatedly. > > >> On Mar 17, 2016, at 8:52 A

Re: Is there any way to figure out the format used in a PDF file in Preview?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I could not figure anyway to do this, but I was able to get font information with vo-T in iBooks. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 17 Mar 2016, at 22:51, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I tried using the inspector, but still can't determine the font of my > document. If anyone knows how t

Re: List View or column view

2016-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
If you’re in column view, position yourself on the folder in which you want the files to appear before pasteing them. Chris > On Mar 16, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Seyoon Choi wrote: > > Also realized that this shortcut works with other Mac apps system wide to > expand and collapse anything. VO+ backs

RE: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
What about using a vnc remote connection? You could vnc in to the mac from the windows machine. Or if your going the other wway you can get the Microsoft remote desktop connection app which gives you RDP connectivity between the mac and a widnows machine. -Original Message- From: macvi

RE: Handwriting on an iPhone

2016-03-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yes but in which application does handwriting work better, I've tried it in word from office 365 and pages but it isn't fantastic I was hoping to find something that might work better and a stylus of decent quality that I can write like using a pen and paper, -Original Message- From:

VoiceOver does not speak images in the UIImagePickerController

2016-03-19 Thread Venkatesh Potluri
Hi list, I am trying to develop an app. a part of the functionality is that the user should be able to select a photo stored on the device. For this, I am using the UIImagePickerController. There are 2 issues I noticed when running the project on my iPhone. 1. After I hit the button and grant th

Re: siri and iphone

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
What I think is amusing: J: Call my Son. Siri: You have two contacts named Sam Cohn neither of which has a phone number. J: Call Sam Cohn Siri: Calling Sam’s mobile number. One time it went further and when I said Call Sam Cohn Siri asked who I wanted to call and listed all three of my children

Re: VoiceOver does not speak images in the UIImagePickerController

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, pole Apple maintains an accessibility mailing list whereApple employees and developers can discuss such issues. I suggest you look at the archive and perhaps post to that list. Most of the people on this list are VoiceOver users. Messages would be sent to: accessibility-...@lists.apple.

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Max, your brother is misinformed. Bluetooth is a series of specifications that are standardized so aside some special features in general most things work pretty well with each other. There are headsets in general though that work better than others. This is one of the favorite topics of mine

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
It pairs up to 8 and is another great suggestion. I would suggest the edge especially to people who wear glasses because it does not require a behind the ear loop or mount. The noise reduction is better than the jawbone but not quite as good as the legend but very very good. All these options

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
A jawbone might not be a bad option because it doesn’t obscure your environmental sounds that badly and it’s got a pretty focused audio distribution pattern so you can jack up the audio and still get outside sounds mixed in if you’re good at multitasking audio. Might not work but just a though

Re: blue tooth headsets

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
I’ve heard less than positive things about them so have stayed away from them. Also they don’t sound like they would be particularly high fidelity to me but that could be just me being picky. > On Mar 18, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > I’ve just bought myself an Aftershokz

Re: Sleep tracking apps?

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
I didn’t think the Apple watch collected sleep data, I thought that was going to be added in the next addition. I’m glad to here my impression is wrong. I used a fitbit to accomplish this and it worked really well. I switched away from it because the Apple watch is much more accessible for wha

Re: Is it Antimosquito, or is it my iPhone?

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Ben you aren’t kidding. I remember the first night I moved to florida and we parked the car in the driveway instead of the attached garage. Several of your mosquitos tried to fly off with it.;) haha Seriously though, one of my customers was the Mosquito Control district out of Marathon. You

Re: Recording on the Apple watch?

2016-03-19 Thread Scott Granados
Ok this is a fantastic pointer. Thank ou I’m going to install this now. > On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Agreed, this is one of my favourite Apple Watch apps other than the fitness > stuff and my sleep tracker. You can get a Mac app for it too, so there's a > suite of

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