RE: Two First Generation Track Pad Questions

Hi, When you start up and setup or configure your new mac when it start up it should prompt you for any Bluetooth devices, This will allow you to pair your track pad. Yes the button on the right hand end of the battery compartment is the on / off button, hold it for a second should turn it on

RE: Two First Generation Track Pad Questions

Hi Arnold, Yeah the batteriescan last for months, I think I only changed mine twice but I don’t use it all the time. As for the touchpad 2 from apple, I’ve only charged it once since it came on the market and I purchased it. So that’s over 6 months. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mai

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Karl, As stated here, I was giving Mark a hard time about looking at this product. I didn’t think his question was crazy, although using flash is crazy that wasn’t Marks issue. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent: Monda

RE: iOS 10 is a total mess

Yes there is. It's all available on the beta website for you to read -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Monday, 18 July 2016 9:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 10 is

RE: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS

Thanks Kevin, I haven’t yet contacted them but I’m more interested in what they are doing on the OSX or windows platforms as I have to use those for work which is more mportnt than IOS. Cheers though for the update. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

You know something, I've only ever lived in NZ apart from a few holidays in austrailia never really been anywhere else. But what I can say is We have no snakes except the ones we call polititians We have a few spiders but nothing deadly just a couple that will make you sick for a while, alth

RE: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

Tim, Kind of scarey really, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Monday, 18 July 2016 2:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come! We’re in fo

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Give it a go, but he lives in wellington, it's windy as a wind farm, But it is far enough away from the south island for us to not care, oh and you'd have to learn to speak English correctly, and be able to handle running naked in the snow. Even better would be being able to play rugby in the

Re: Slack on iOS and Watch OS

Hi, I have slack installed on my phone, but I don’t know how to join the said channel. Antonio > On Jul 17, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Slack has made VO/a11y improvements in latest iOS app and are responding to > feedback in this channel. > https://web-a11y.slack.com/archiv

Nicest with voiceover

Hi all, I was just wondering how accessible Nicecast is with voiceover. I am interested in the following: Using VLC along with my external microphone, possibly adding compression to both voice and music, and the ability to talk over beds if possible. I have also discovered that there is not a way

Re: iOS 10 is a total mess

Thanks Simon. I’ve looked at it once and will probably do so again. Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Jul 18, 2016, at 1:28 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Stacey, > > No cost, and if you go to > Beta.apple.c

Re: Nicest with voiceover

It’s not overly usable. We need to let the company know this though. > On Jul 18, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > Hi all, > I was just wondering how accessible Nicecast is with voiceover. > I am interested in the following: > Using VLC along with my external microphone, possibly

Re: Two First Generation Track Pad Questions

While the trackpad will power down after a time of inactivity, the battery is still being used monitoring the resumption of activity. Longest battery life comes with turning it off completely. Hold the end button in for a time, as I recall there is an indication of total power off. On Su

Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

Sign me up! > On Jul 18, 2016, at 10:49 AM, E.T. wrote: > > And someday humans can port their memories to this technology for infinite > posterity before their physical bodies go poof. Is this called immortality? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancient.ali...@i

Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

And someday humans can port their memories to this technology for infinite posterity before their physical bodies go poof. Is this called immortality? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/17/2016 7:55 PM, Scott Granados wrote: We’re in for

Accepting a slack invitation

I’ve received an email inviting me to join the accessibility slack team previously mentioned on this list. When I click the link to except the team invitation I am taken to a page to sign up for slack. There is not an option to sign into my existing account on that page. How else can I accept

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

I suggest the Great White North. No spiders of any consequence, only a few snow snakes in the mountains, although they're actually just stories we tell to freak out tourists, lots of empty space, mostly free medical care and lots of us tough guys who don't even bother wearing a jacket when it's

Re: Accepting a slack invitation

You need to create a new slack account for that team, and then you can add that team to the team switcher in IOS; haven’t worked with more then one team on OSX. *** Michael Babcock Consulting Blind entrepreneurs on digital marketing Your Own Pay Lets Connect On Twitter @pa

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Hello Simon, (Big Smile) No, I haven't gone over the edge, just yet (smile); so don't give up on me. However, I must admit that I am really enjoying the Audio Game Hub app, on my iPhone. I'm going to post the info for the app in a separate thread but will paste the information below my signat

Audio Game Hub

Hello Everyone, I cannot recall if this app was posted on this list but, just in case it was not, I strongly suggest that you give it a try as I find it the best (iOS) game I've played in over 5 years. It's a free app that should be in all of the app stores. Enjoy, Mark Audio Game Hub By Gra

Re: Audio Game Hub

Is the app just called Hub? Shannon > On Jul 18, 2016, at 2:56 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I cannot recall if this app was posted on this list but, just in case it was > not, I strongly suggest that you give it a try as I find it the best (iOS) > game I've played in over 5 year

Re: Audio Game Hub

Audio Game Hub. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/18/2016 11:59 AM, Shannon Dyer wrote: Audio Game Hub -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about t

Re: I Need a Little Help in Safari

OK Simon, I understand. Please note you spelt my name wrong. I know you were not giving Mark a hard time but I thought I may have missed something. I’m sure Mark will tell us in his own way if he’s going over the edge, may be that will happen if he loses his game too many times! Kawal. > On

Re: I Need a Little Help in Safari

If anyone has gone over the edge, its someone who is in Ohio right now. And perhaps Mark escapes reality in his game playing. Could be worse! (smiles) From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/18/2016 2:49 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: OK Simon

Re: Audio Game Hub

Hi. I like the Archery game but don’t really play the others because for some reason I’m not grasping them. I love the sound effects and this is quite refreshing as we don’t always experience good background sounds with most of the blind games. > On 18 Jul 2016, at 20:41, E.T. wrote: > > Au

Apple updates OS X El Capitan with final non-security fixes

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3096924/mac-os-x/apple-updates-os-x-el-capitan-with-final-non-security-fixes.html#tk.rss_news XB -- 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

RE: Slack on iOS and Watch OS

The iOS app is working pretty well. I have been using it for a year, and have seen it improve. The same goes for the Mac OS X version as well. That works pretty good aswell, and has improved over the last year. The web version of slack is always my goto when in windows, because it is very

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Yeah but Tim, You guys have bears?! We've got Beer, lots and lots of Beer, but no Bears! Oh and down here in the far south we don’t' tend to warry about warm clothing in winter, and in the summer we've got both men and women who don't ware much -Original Message- From: macvisionari

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Nothing wrong with escaping reality! Look dancing purple monkeys, and I'm flying in my own head. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2016 10:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com S

RE: Apple updates OS X El Capitan with final non-security fixes

So does this mean it's the last update to el capitan and that it's cosmetic with no security udpates? So I can only assume from this that mac os x Siera will come out with no security issues or am I hoping for to much. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:m