Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-20 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Highly customizable yes but the support of or the lack of support of braille feature isn’t worth using a braille display on the mac. /A > On 20 May 2016, at 01:10, David Chittenden wrote: > > Braille displays are highly customiseable on the Mac. Have you looked at the > table of commands fo

Re: ITunes: boy? am I? embarrassed!

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
So... generally speaking, the side bar only shows up when you're selected on the music source, and have the my music radio button selected. Then, go into your menu bar with VO+M, and go to the view menu. In here you can show or hide the side bar. The toggle command is command+Option+S as in s

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna, Yeah I’ve got a habit of doing that. I keep dreaming where the world is destroyed by the next US Pres, surely though it’s only a dream? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 12:26 AM To: ma

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Interesting, wonder if it works because I’m using an Austrailain keyboard layout rather than USA, I’ll have to have a a play. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 12:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegrou

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
And Chris, I’ll just add either way, I’d have a mac book pro if the prices for them in NZ were within my range. But $4000 NZ $ is a bit high for me. Good luck you’ll be buying a great device what ever you get. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On B

RE: bootcamp backup

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Will time machine not backup your bootcamp image? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jeff `greene Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 3:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: bootcamp backup Hi, Ok I decided t

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The same? All I’ve got here is playlists and devices—is that not all that appears in the sidebar? The sidebar was useful, but as so often happens, I somehow managed to adapt to the new layout, and now forget why exactly I thought so at the time … Overall, I like the new structure. For example

Re: bootcamp backup

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
No. It only backs up mac partitioned volumes, and plus, even if it did, it's not gonna make the image bootable, maintaining the MBR, etc. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Simon Fo

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I do agree. I feel sorry for those Windows users, and that's not me being sarcastic. I honestly don't know why Apple couldn't just have left as well enough alone, but, whatever, I guess. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Problem with the Mac Mini is that they seriously undermined it when going from quad-core to dual-core. Sure, it’s still a fabbo Mac, and I bought one to run headless and could probably use it as a replacement for my desktop if the need arose, and it’s still an excellent starter Mac. But it no

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
Chris, this was absolutely fantastic, thank you. I’m glad protools is accessible. I remember when it came out years and years ago, it was digidesign then. I’m also surprised it’s only $700. I know that sounds nuts but keep in mind, the gear I learned on cost $750,000 (seven hundred and fif

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Scott, I'll be really honest with you. You know what I use hardware wise as far as an interface? I just use a little 4 channel Alesis Multi-Mix 4. Aside from it having USB interface, the whole rest of the thing is totally analog. It's absolutely beautiful! And, they're dirt cheap, too! Pl

Here is the ITunes Music walkthrough I promised.

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Guys, I'm so sorry it took so long to get this thing uploaded. Screenflow and I were fighting this morning pretty badly. I got it though. So, here's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to give you all two links. OK? The first link is going to be to my entire Youtube channel. I plan to do quite a

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
lol. Sorry, Simon, I think many of us over here are having the same dream. Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 5:02 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Yeah I’ve got a habit of doing that. > > I keep dreaming where the world is destroyed by the next US Pres, surely > though it’s only

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
You know, you might be onto something. I can't imagine any other reason why that would work for you but not for me. I really do miss having those keys. Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 5:03 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Interesting, wonder if it works because I’m using an Austrailain keyboar

Re: test

2016-05-20 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Damned Apple, why can’t they support IMAP IDLE like civilised platforms? Why make an exception for ActiveSync or (cough, cough) iCloud? Lock-in, I bet … When I asked Jobs (or the person behind his email address) whether it was political or technical, he said it was technical, specifically for

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Alex, Thanks for the help. I've tried doing this, but I see no option that says use Audio description. The only thing I see is Closed Caption/SDH. Can you tell me where I'm going wrong? Thanks, Donna > On May 19, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Yes to both, and in both cases, it's

Re: test

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
As always, I learn something from your messages. So very interesting. I have IPv6 working nicely now on my devices including my iPhone but of course, my carrier does not support V6 so once I leave my WiFi range it’s v4 for me.:( (unless I 6 to 4 tunnel to my phone but that seems like I’m doin

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
Whoa boy, I think you’re both on to something. I think the best game plan is for me to campaign for Trump, get him elected and then the next day move to New Zealand and hang out with Simon. That’s the farthest place from here that I can think of that speaks English other than the Ant Arctic sc

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
I also don't see any place to adjust this on my phone. the only thing I'm seeing under settings pertains to cellular data usage and streaming quality. Where do you find the accessibility options in the phone app? Both my Apple TV and my phone have the latest updates. Cheers, Donna > On May 19

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
Hi Chris, I hope Mark will give us some latitude here but of course if he or the other mods wish I’d kill the thread no problem. That said, I’ve found your comments very very helpful. The last recording system I personally owned was an Alesis ADAT with a Behringer DDX3216 digital mixer. Had an

Re: Apple quietly toughens rules forcing passcode unlocks of Touch ID devices

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
This feels like a big up yours to the FBI in a way.:) Just like google encrypting everything when Snoden came out with his document leak as an up yours to the NSA.:) I like it. And a little better security to boot, at least in theory. Only the google act would have been a little more meaningfu

Voice dream reader and cloud syncing

2016-05-20 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I am cross posting this in case there are voice dream reader's on one of these lists who are not on others. I have had a correspondence with Winston, the developer of voice dream reader, regarding my ongoing problem with the new cloud sync feature in voice dream reader version four. Basi

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi Donna, Hopefully this link helps: http://www.acb.org/adp/netflix.html Jeff > On May 20, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > I also don't see any place to adjust this on my phone. the only thing I'm > seeing under settings pertains to cellular

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Ken brown
Under accessibility try looking for a heading which reads “Media” it should be the second choice. > On May 20, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for the help. I've tried doing this, but I see no option that says > use Audio description. The only thing I see is Clo

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks. I've been there, still no joy. Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Hopefully this link helps: > > http://www.acb.org/adp/netflix.html > > Jeff > >> On May 20, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Donna Goodin >

Re: test

2016-05-20 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
CalDAV/CardDAV servers are available for the calendars/contacts, although really you’d like to have that be part of ActiveSync push as well. Alternatively, you could go the Apple push route and modify your dovecot to support XAPPLEPUSHSERVICE which uses APNS to notify you; then you’re exactly

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Scott, Heres an excellent group to join for Pro Tools on the mac. Pro Tools Accessibility I've been running my studio on a mac with pt since 2001, & before that on an adat set up and before that on an ampex mm-1100 16 track 2"inch tape machine. give a call if you want to chat. Thanks Chuck C

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Scott, firstly you wrote: Other than the Mac and what sounds like a beautiful midi interface on your part, have you bothered with much synthesis or sampling gear outside the application? Not really. As for a more suited mailing list, since it sounds like you're so interested in ProTools, why

Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, this is work related, so please respond as soon as possible. OK, so here is the situation. One of the things I'm doing with my business is to make training material freely available through means of a Youtube channel. By the way: http://youtube.gillandmarketing.com Anyway, so two things.

iCloud Drive changes?

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
Hi all, I’ve noticed that since upgrading to OS X 10.11.5, there is a change in how the contents of my iCloud Drive is displayed in the Finder. Now, app specific folders like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Reader are hidden. This means, for example, that if I save a document into the Pages folder

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
SMIL be can be used to synchronize multiple feeds. I believe that QuickTime has a ability of merging in multiple things and getting them synchronize too, though I have no idea how accessible it is. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 20, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: >

Re: iCloud Drive changes?

2016-05-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
Appears I cannot duplicate this on my late 2011 Macbook Pro 13 running OS X 10.11.5. > On 20 May 2016, at 18:33, Grant wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’ve noticed that since upgrading to OS X 10.11.5, there is a change in how > the contents of my iCloud Drive is displayed in the Finder. Now, app speci

App for normalizing audio files

2016-05-20 Thread Phil Halton
Is there an app for iOS that can normalize an audio file recorded through dropbox? Dropbox does a great job with the levels are kind of low and I just like to be able to pump it up to zero or -3 DVD. Any help question thanks Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Granados
This also sounds like a final cut pro type of thing. Since you’re heavy on the audio side it might be something to consider. I’ve heard, I believe it was on hear that the final cut pro is accessible. Might be a bit over kill like using a Space X rocket to get from Boston to DC but you know you

RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Hi, I’m looking for a good, accessible RSS reader. Any suggestions? Brandon -- 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 inappropriate, pleas

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Scott, I think this thread is fine. It is Mac-centric as it were, after all. :) Just to add a bit at what Chris has been saying; Yes, both ProTools and Logic Pro X are really the best options on Mac at this point. I own both and also use both with outboard control surfaces / keyboards as wel

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
Hi Brandon, I use ReadKit. It syncs with all kinds of third party services such as Feedly, Instapaper, and Pocket. It has a nice, simple list-based interface with lots of keyboard shortcuts. With one hotkey you can fetch the full text of a given article using Readability. I use ReadKit on a dai

Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
This morning, while unlocking the phone, not knowing there was an alert on the lock screen (volume was very low and in a noisy situation), somehow the phone went into a loop and I had to reboot it. I could not unlock and go to the app switcher to bneak this loop. I was concerned that I w

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, QuickTime is very accessible. I believe that iMovie uses QuickTime in its foundations anyway. Overall, iMovie is quite accessible, although I've never actually used it myself for this sort of thing, so can't be 100% sure. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 20, 2016, at

Re: Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I usually just do a two-finger double-tap to cancel the call. It normally works to get you out of the call-back situation, as long as the screen is active. That is, not locked. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 20, 2016, at 12:33, E.T. wrote: This morning, while u

RE: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Junior Lolley KG4ITD
Grant, I am new to readkit and would like to know how to add a rss feed. I have several I would like to add. I appreciate any help thank you. Junior Lolley kg4itd Liberty County Emergency Coordinator "The 3 C’s of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must make a choice to take a chance or yo

Re: Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
That was the problem, I was still on the lock screen. 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 5/20/2016 12:01 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, I usually just do a two-finger double-tap to cancel the call. I

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Thanks. But looking in the App Store, it has horrible reviews. For the current version, most of the reviews say it crashes a lot. > On May 20, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hi Brandon, > > I use ReadKit. It syncs with all kinds of third party services such as > Feedly, Instapaper, and Poc

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Never have heard of Smil, is that some kind of video related app? --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Jonathan C. Cohn To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 20,

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, don't get me wrong, Scott. I'm darn sure Final Cut Pro could do it with no issue, but yeah, as you said, I really don't wanna be spending hundreds just for that one feature. LOL! Good point though. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Ph

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
What I! wanna know, Cara, is how we get presets made, or are they already, for Synthogy Ivory products, so that I can use the plugins within Logic. Right now, I only can use 'em within ProTools, which is fine, being that's where I do 99.9% my work anyway, but that said, it definitely would be n

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, Tim, well, would Quicktime in and of itself let me do this? If so, and you know how, that would be amazing! --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Tim Kilburn To: macvisionarie

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
It is an XML file format that is used by Daisy books and some other applications. It is like pls on steroids, and what causes the text and speech to be synchronised on Daisy books. I don't know much more about it, but It might be hidden somehow in MPEG4 files which can contain several tracks of

Apple Music protected files question

2016-05-20 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I had to redo my iTunes library and I have a lot of Apple Music files that are not in the new library. Is there a way to get them into the new library by oening them or something? It would be easier than researching and redownloading them from Apple. When I try to open them, nothing happens. iTu

Re: Apple Music protected files question

2016-05-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You should be able to select the songs and drag him into the automatically add to iTunes folder that is in your new library. Later. Period. Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I had to redo my iTunes library and I have a lot of Apple Music files

Re: Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, you can be on the lock screen, but it must be active not locked. Later... Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2016, at 1:33 PM, E.T. wrote: > > That was the problem, I was still on the lock screen. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have bee

Re: Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
Ok, I guess I did not quite understand what a locked screen is. Heh. At any rate, if this happens again, I will be sure to try the 2 finger double tap. Thanks Tim. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true?

Re: iCloud Drive changes?

2016-05-20 Thread John Panarese
Me neither. On an iMac 2013 and a Mac Book Pro 2014, I see no changes in Finder with my iCloud drive. I can access all of the application folders. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Ehh, wow? Um... just, uh, wow? Surely there's gotta be an easier way? --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Cohn To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Tracey, I fully agree about performance of the mac books, as for the mac minis I’ve got a 2012 device but I’d have to be forced I think to get the new ones as they don’t have any way now of allowing us to update or upgrade things such as ram or harddrives, They’ve started making them like t

RE: Apple quietly toughens rules forcing passcode unlocks of Touch ID devices

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Mark, Thanks for this, I'd not heard of this at all. Interesting though, if you shut your phone off completely then you have to use the pass code, I don't think I've ever left my phone unlocked for more than a day. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:m

RE: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
I Still can't get my head around the get info layout now, I want to be able to edit my music and books metadata bu t the new layout is crazy compared to the older version, Like anything, if it's not broken don't try and fix it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Ok, off topic joke, Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are stranded at sea on a sinking ship. Question is, Who Survives? Answer: The United States Of America. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Saturday, 21 May 2016

RE: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna, That’s interesting, I watched Dead Pool last week on my iPad and tried it also on my iPhone, On both devices audio description started up automatically which I assumed was due to voiceover being on when the movie started. However that doesn’t work if the movie doesn’t have AD availab

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
What's different? Looks exactly as it did before. It's not broken. 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 5/20/2016 3:14 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I Still can't get my head around the get info layout no

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I confess, the Get Info area isn't something I've yet explored. I can try doing so, and see if I can figure it out though. If I can, I'll make a Youtube walkthrough just like I did with the Music area. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Ph

RE: test

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Just remember that iMap doesn't support calendars, It's a mail protocol without calendars, Like a half breed of pop3 and active sync. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Saturday, 21 May

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread John Panarese
I’m trying to figure this out myself at the moment. I don’t see where this sidebar is located. The Get Info window doesn’t seem to have changed. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com AP

RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
At least there will be music because the rolling stones will still be around or at least Keith Richards, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Saturday, 21 May 2016 2:50 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
John, Basically, go to the Music source. Under there, you'll see 6 radio buttons. The first one will say "My Music". Hit VO+Space on that. Now, you'll see the sidebar, if it's enabled. Voiceover's not going to call it the quote: sidebar, but trust me, it's there. It only shows up though w

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread David Chittenden
Audio Descriptions is a setting located in settings, general, accessibility. It is the second option under the media heading. There are lots of interesting options / features now in the accessibility screen of settings. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 228

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread John Panarese
Gotcha. I didn’t know this was called the sidebar. I was thinking of the sidebar as how the classic appearance of iTunes had been. I actually think this makes a bit more sense now. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Websit

OS X 10.11.5 and CAPS LOCK KEY

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
Hi all, I’ve noticed that every time I use the CAPS LOCK KEY as my VO modifier, the state of CAPS LOCK is also toggled. For example, if I press CAPS LOCK+K, keyboard help will be toggled on, but I’ll now be typing in upper-case. This isn’t correct behaviour as in the past you’ve had to hit CAPS

Re: OS X 10.11.5 and CAPS LOCK KEY

2016-05-20 Thread John Panarese
Hi Grant, Check your settings for this feature in VoiceOver Utility. I am not seeing this behavior here and I have the option to use either the Caps lock or the control-option keys. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Web

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah, no. It's not like the old sources list. I kind a thought that same thing at first. Glad I was able to clear that up. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: John Panarese To

Re: OS X 10.11.5 and CAPS LOCK KEY

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
VO is configured to use both the CTRL and CAPS LOCK KEYS, and in fact this is working. Pressing CAPS LOCK+K triggers VoiceOver’s keyboard help, as it should. The issue is the side effect of also having caps lock toggled on, which is unexpected behaviour. Perhaps this has something to do with my

Re: OS X 10.11.5 and CAPS LOCK KEY

2016-05-20 Thread John Panarese
I’m not seeing this behavior after I use Capslock k for the keyboard help mode. I get lower case when I type after leaving that mode. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIE

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
That’s too bad to hear; my experience has been very positive so I’m not sure what is going on. Sometimes I find app reviews challenging as a metric for judging how “good” software is. Anyway, the app I used to use is called Vienna RSS, and it’s free and open-source so there’s no harm in trying

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
Hello Junior, In the ReadKit file menu there is an “add feed subscription” item which you can also access by hitting the COMMAND+N shortcut. Here you can enter the address to a feed--or, I believe, the URL to a website that links to a feed. There is also the option to import an OPML file in the

RE: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Junior Lolley KG4ITD
Grant, thanks very much it helps a lot. I have several rss feeds in my Microsoft outlook 7 email client on my windows machine. I mostly use the Mac these days. I thank you again. Junior Lolley kg4itd Liberty County Emergency Coordinator "The 3 C’s of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Berry
I couldn’t even get mine to connect. I may have to take it to my favorite Apple store here and see if they can get it to connect for me. It seems as though the four digit pin to pair doesn’t want to rear it’s face. > On May 20, 2016, at 12:58 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Last time I tried

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-20 Thread David Chittenden
If memory serves, pair through the VoiceOver control panel rather than the Bluetooth control panel. It has been awhile since I paired my braille display to my Mac. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 21 May 2016, at 10:18, S

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi Chris. This is helga! How are you? Can yu send me your youtube channel again in order to subscribe to it,and listen to your iTunes walk through? I will really appreciate it a lot! it! I'm trying to double tap to the link that yu provided to John, but Safari is telling me that it was not

Re: NLS Bard Question

2016-05-20 Thread Jessica Moss
I had to do the same thing when I tried to put books on to a flash drive. I never understood that either. > On May 16, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Dolores Myers wrote: > > Hi, > > I don’t know if this will help you, but I was getting the same message when > trying to put books on an NLS cartridge, whic

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
I like it :) Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 5:18 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Ok, off topic joke, > > Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are stranded at sea on a sinking ship. > > Question is, Who Survives? > > > Answer: > > The United States Of America. > > > > From: macvisionarie

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Simon, That's exactly what I have been thinking. Test this with a show I know has Audio Description. One thing I read on the ACB site is that this setting is applied across devices. When I can, I'll test this. Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Keith Richards? :( I hope that isn't the extent of humanity's future. :) Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > At least there will be music because the rolling stones will still be around > or at least Keith Richards, > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Wo! Outlook has a build in RSS reader? Since when! Come? again? Now this! I gotta hear more about! Can you write me off list? clgillan...@gmail.com Great to see you around, BTW, it's been a while. Let's catch up off list. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. c

Re: iTunes SideBar, Anyone?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, the link may be broken that I gave. I'll check on that. Try http://youtube.gillandmarketing.com If that doesn't work, then I know for a fact that this'll work: http://www.youtube.com/c/chrisgilland --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Ph

Re: iMazing app

2016-05-20 Thread Jessica Moss
What app is this? You haven’t given us any info. > On May 19, 2016, at 1:55 PM, E.T. wrote: > > While researching issues the other day, I came across this app and would be > interested in hearing from anyone who uses it. Pros and cons, is it worth the > cost, etc. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard..

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Grant
Outlook for Windows supports RSS feeds but Outlook 2016 for Mac does not. In the Windows version, articles in feeds can be viewed similarly to Email messages. It’s really quite elegant actually, and if you have a Microsoft Exchange account it’ll even sync the entries to your account so they can

Re: iMazing app

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
Look at the subject. 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 5/20/2016 6:51 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: What app is this? You haven’t given us any info. On May 19, 2016, at 1:55 PM, E.T. wrote: While

Re: Very interesting scenareo I urgently need help with

2016-05-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Using QuickTime, if you can have each of the segments in .mov, .mp4 or .m4v, then QuickTime will work well with them. If your intro, body and conclusion are three separate segments, then you can simply create a new QuickTime file and paste in each segment. They will be placed one after an

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-20 Thread Scott Berry
I already tried that with no success. > On May 20, 2016, at 6:42 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > If memory serves, pair through the VoiceOver control panel rather than the > Bluetooth control panel. It has been awhile since I paired my braille display > to my Mac. > > David Chittenden, MSc,

Re: iMazing app

2016-05-20 Thread Donna Goodin
ET, I actually searched in the apP store using your subject header. Found nothing. Cheers, Donna > On May 20, 2016, at 9:07 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Look at the subject. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it we

Re: RSS Reader

2016-05-20 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Thanks. I just downloaded Vienna. What do you like about Readkit over Vienna? > On May 20, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Grant wrote: > > That’s too bad to hear; my experience has been very positive so I’m not sure > what is going on. Sometimes I find app reviews challenging as a metric for > judging how “

Re: iMazing app

2016-05-20 Thread E.T.
Well I see I did leave out a critical detail. This is an OS X app and we know that many of the apps for the Mac are not in the app store. Here is a link to it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. Wha

RE: Here is the ITunes Music walkthrough I promised.

2016-05-20 Thread M. Taylor
Christopher, >From within the iTunes app on my iPhone, I was unable to locate your channel. Do you know if it's possible to type in a direct URL from within the iTunes app? I even searched for ChrisGilland but did not find anything matching your work. If you can provide the search string

RE: Incoming call quirk

2016-05-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, Perhaps I'm missing something here, but, in my world, whether the screen is locked (off), locked (on but with no alerts being displayed), locked (on with alerts being displayed), or unlocked, performing a 2-finger, double-tap, during an incoming call will answer the call. Maybe I'm miss

RE: Here is the ITunes Music walkthrough I promised.

2016-05-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, I entered the search string of Gilland Marketing into the YouTube app and found your video and channel. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:0