Re: vm and insert key?

2016-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
Hi, i found a guide about it, here is what you do. go to the from box, press the key left too your number 1 on your keyboard, to go too the too box, press Vo-space, and a list comes up, select the right key, and you are golden. Amazing that little mac book can run windows xp, ss On 7/5/16, Scott G

My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I wand to thank everyone for the help I have received over the past two weeks, concerning my Mac Mini. However, I ended up taking it back after all yesterday, which was my last day to return it. To attempt to make a long message not quite so long, I guess I just wasn't getting it as much as

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
At least you tried it. As you said, though, two weeks may not have been long enough. I had my First Mac for almost a year, during which I tried it off and on while mostly using Windows. A screen reader problem in Windows made me switch to the Mac full-time, and that's what finally did it. I came

Re: Disappointed with Voiceover

2016-07-06 Thread Devin Prater
Yep, I think they basically gave us El Cap with a few new voices and such, but maybe when the public beta hits, they’ll pull out all the stops. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:48 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >Exactly. So they exist now. Now and October

Re: Playing "The Golden Wombat of Destiny" on a Mac

2016-07-06 Thread Craig Werner
Thanks, Sabahattin, for your reply. I am not emulating Windows on my Mac, and since I have a Windows machine, perhaps I will try the Golden Wombat there. Playing a game is not high enough on my priorities list to make it work on the Mac, but it's good to know the functionality may be there. Crai

Interesting Points Scott

2016-07-06 Thread Martin Brown
As the subject line indicates Scott, a very interesting perspective on what might well take place behind closed doors. Indeed, this is something I have heard before from another source. Although it is difficult to believe, I would rule nothing out when it comes to money and what it can buy. As fa

Re: Disappointed with Voiceover

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Right now the public betas are El Capitan updates. Apple will almost certainly release a final release of El Capitan and then sometime in September we’ll see the next revision. I know in the public beta of IOS improvements in call routing are under way and smashing of other bugs, I’d assume we

System Volume

2016-07-06 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. How do I turn the system volume up as I have tried F12 on a full size Apple wired keyboard and it doesn’t work and I’ve also tried holding down the FN key and still no luck. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions o

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Arnold, you never stood a chance. You can’t learn an operating system in 2 weeks, thinking you could was unreasonable. I wouldn’t even undertake such a thing with a limited time frame like that ant ai have 35 years of computer experience. Also, you went in to it with the wrong mindset. I reme

Re: System Volume

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
there’s a few other ways to go. First, you can go to system preferences, select sound and the volume can be set there, also, there’s a check box which says show volume control in settings menus or something similar to that. Check this box then when you press vo m twice along with WiFi, time ma

Re: Interesting Points Scott

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Martin, I’m not sure if you’re going for effect but no, I don’t share your paranoia entirely. Skepticism is good and correctly applied in this case but blanket statements are also suboptimal. Plenty of organizations do the right thing. Most people are good most people want to see the best out

Re: vm and insert key?

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Ah it sounds like sharp keys. Don’t bother with XP, it’s outdated, try win 8 or win 10. > On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:27 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > > Hi, i found a guide about it, here is what you do. > go to the from box, press the key left too your number 1 on your > keyboard, to go too the to

Re: 4th of July Coverage with Apple TV4?

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Ah E.T. look at the source. Nuff said! > On Jul 5, 2016, at 10:14 PM, E.T. wrote: > > A good sense of humor is becoming a rare commodity these days. (smiles) > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 7/5/2016 6:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gi

Re: vm and insert key?

2016-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
i aint needing anything more than xp, i only need it for reads and scanning, if i needed better, i would get it :) On 7/6/16, Scott Granados wrote: > Ah it sounds like sharp keys. > > Don’t bother with XP, it’s outdated, try win 8 or win 10. > > >> On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:27 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse

On a serious note Scott

2016-07-06 Thread Martin Brown
Hi Scott. Thankfully I'm not as paranoid as my last post might suggest. Just having a hard day with the Mail App. No matter what I want to do, I get a lot of 'busy busy' from good old Alex. Perhaps my system just needs a good old clean install. On a serious note, it is sad, if true, that those who

Re: Some questions about BlindSquare

2016-07-06 Thread Mike Busboom
This is helpful. Thank you for taking the time to respond, Jessica. Best, Mike > On 4,Jul,2016, at 14:51, Jessica Moss wrote: > > When running google/apple maps, you just tell blindsquare to launch either/or > when planning a route, and they will open automaticly. As far as running > 4squa

Re: Abbyy Finereader Pro

2016-07-06 Thread E.T.
Terje, It will become easier the more I work with Abbyy. Bought a long time ago and now I am starting to use it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/5/2016 9:24 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: Don’t think that is possible. If it is possibnle, i

Re: 4th of July Coverage with Apple TV4?

2016-07-06 Thread E.T.
Yep. Oh well and maybe I will watch that movie on Apple TV and amuse myself with the infecting of the mother alien ship's computer. Entertainment at its best. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/6/2016 5:34 AM, Scott Granados wrote: Ah E.T

Re: On a serious note Scott

2016-07-06 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I am curious: Are you using your device with a monitor connected to it? I don't know if this monitor has to be on, or not, it very well might have to be. If you are, the rest of this answer does not apply. Apparently, the mac needs to have a load connected to the HDMI port or it will give

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Arnold Schmidt
Apple is the one who imposed the deadline. I called Apple Accessibility, and the Apple main number, trying to get it extended, no luck. I'll bet we all know blind people who get an iPhone, and just don't seem to get it. They end up getting Searie to do everything for them, because they just

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Devin Prater
Oh yes, I know people that use Siri all the time, Siri and dictation. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On Jul 6, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > > Apple is the one who imposed the deadline. I called Apple Accessibility, and > the Apple main number, trying to get i

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread christopher hallsworth
I would have gone for an iPod. It’s an iPhone, without the phone. So you can spend as little or as much time with it as necessary, without being tied to any sort of contract. This was my first ever iOS device, the iPod Touch 4th Generation, and about six months later I migrated to the iPhone 4.

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Katie Zodrow
Hey Arnold. I'm surprised you didn't rent a Mac for 30 days just to try it out. You could've gone to a computer rental place and asked if you could rent a Mac. I think that would've been a lot cheaper than going to the Apple Store. I did that three years ago and rented from a computer place in B

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Arnold, I think it’s quite unreasonable to expect to learn a new operating system in two weeks. However, I don’t see why we as blind people should get any special treatment from Apple when it comes to buying a computer. What I really like about Apple products is that I don’t need to deal

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I got an iPhone 5 in October, 2012, and now have an iPhone 6. I consider them to be the most life changing pieces of electronics I have ever bought. I wanted to try this Mac Mini, and am willing to give a Mac another attempt in the future. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From:

Copying text from html content

2016-07-06 Thread E.T.
I wish to copy a portion of a help file to paste into a file for quick reference. The usual commands do not seem to work here. Can it be done? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the M

For the attention of Arnold

2016-07-06 Thread Martin Brown
Thank you for the information Arnold. And yes, I do have a monitor attached to my Mac Mini. Indeed, when I first bought this little baby I was of the opinion that they could run without one. It almost drove me crazy every time I went on the web. So, sadly that is not what is causing poor old Alex

Re: For the attention of Arnold

2016-07-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have a MacMini and it runs without a monitor. However I have put a headless device in the port where you are supposed to plug a monitor and there are no complaints. You can get these from Headlessdevices.com (you might have to google that website as I got this from a friend) you can find th

Re: Copying text from html content

2016-07-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Usually, shift-arrow will work. If it doesn't though, try navigating to the spot, then press VO-cmd-return, then VO navigate to the end of what you wish copied, then press VO-cmd-return again followed by cmd-c to Copy. If that doesn't work, try cmd-a to Select All, then open a blank TextE

Re: Copying text from html content

2016-07-06 Thread E.T.
Thanks so much, Tim. The shift arrow worked but I will work with the other commands too and see what works better. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/6/2016 12:03 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Usually, shift-arrow will work. If it doesn't t

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Joseph Hudson
Arnold, if you ever get another one I would like to offer you some free one-on-one support with assisting you with your Mac in your tough struggles. My information that I would like you to have been say is below in my signature. I had my Mac from most two years and I don't regret getting it. I w

Re: Some questions about BlindSquare

2016-07-06 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
Swarm is now what Foursquare was. You need to log into Swarm first as far as I can tell. Foursquare itself has become more of a competitor to Yelp and such. That may be the problem. You need Swarm. I love using the Swarm/Foursquare features within Blindsquare, as I'm a common Swarm user. I love

Re: 4th of July Coverage with Apple TV4?

2016-07-06 Thread tim
The PBS coverage of the 4th was a total failure with a rebroadcast of a different 4th , and had lots of complaints. So you didn’t miss much. > On Jul 4, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > At the top of the hour, 8:00PM Eastern, PBS is doing their yearly 4th of July > cel

Re: On a serious note Scott

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
That was a very good guess, seems he responded though that the port was loaded. The only other thing I might suggest is running a permissions repair on the disk. Martin, quick question, are you using a rotating disk or an SSD storage device? I assume you know this but if not you could check u

Re: vm and insert key?

2016-07-06 Thread Scott Granados
Be very careful, security isn’t supported any more or if it is at a minimum. You’re working in a VM which can help limit a lot of the damage but be careful. I’m sure you know this. Good luck. > On Jul 6, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > > i aint needing anything more than xp, i

Re: vm and insert key?

2016-07-06 Thread Nancy Badger
Is there a tutorial anywhere for using VM? Especially with VoiceOver? Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:27 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > > Hi, i found

Re: semi-ot: Sonar virtual machines and dealing with virtual box

2016-07-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I tried your instructions, I hear the drumbeat. But then I do not get any speech. Do you have any ideas? On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:43 AM Scott Granados wrote: > All you do is boot holding the shift key down, you hear a drumbeat deal > and then speech starts. > > Should be relatively straight forwa

Re: app to close mail preview?

2016-07-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello Anne and Robert, I still have the app around, and if you want to learn how to script UI Interfaces in AppleScript it could be fun to look at. I was unable to get the double click to work, but I did interact with the vertical splitter just and was then able to move it fully to the right