Re: Voices in Sierra

The strange thing about that is that if you go into the finder, Mackintosh HD, library, system, speech, and voices, you can see all the Siri voices there. I'd love it if there was something out there to make them work with Voiceover. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Kras

RE: removing items from the dock

Interesting thought Thanks Jonathan, I might give that a try, I'll just have to put office 2016 apps in to to a folder as they don't do that by default. Cheers, Simon F -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jo

Re: Spamfilters.

Oh come on Anders, there’s nothing like a little sex spam to spice up your afternoon, hahaha. (I’m kidding) One way to attack the problem is to make sure you have spam filtration on your mail server. If you administer your own you can add that feature like Spam Assassin for example. If not y

question about a scrambled address book like effect in Apple mail

Hi, let me describe this problem as best I can. I have Apple mail running under the OS10.1 beta presently but this problem has existed to one degree or another since at least IOS 9 including the latest El Cap. When entering in an address there’s an auto complete feature so for example if I sta

Re: question about a scrambled address book like effect in Apple mail

Just to add to this, I've also seen this. It only happened once, but somehow the phone number for our vet was added as a second phone number to an entry I have for a local pizza place. I noticed it on my iPhone, did not check whether that carried over to the Mac as well. I went into Contacts

Re: Solved scroll issue

Ah yes, i had complained to Apple about that and they said working as designed. So first steps for any VO user using trackpad commander is to disable global trackpad commands. Best wishes, Jonathan > On Oct 11, 2016, at 12:14 AM, Brandt Steenkamp > wrote: > > Hi there folk

Re: Voices in Sierra

Do they show up in the list of voices available for non VoiceOver speech? I understand the Dictation and Voice control panel might have been renamed, so I can't give a hint as to where to look. Best wishes, Jonathan > On Oct 11, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > T

Re: question about a scrambled address book like effect in Apple mail

Scott, Have you cleared out your previous recipients list? Go to windows and open up previous recipients. I then usually sort by last used and check a few to ensure they have been added to contacts. After that I clear the entire table. This is something probably worth doing a few times a year

Re: question about a scrambled address book like effect in Apple mail

Hi John, this is exactly what I’m doing now. I’ve never done this so you can imagine.:) I’ve got hundreds of craigslist entries from california selling old vintage hardware hahaha. I think the sort and clear method is in order. Thanks again > On Oct 11, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote

Re: Equivalent of the three finger scrol

I use mission control but it appears to be associated with a 4 finger swipe up. There are three areas of Mission Control. The first one adds a virtual desktop, the second area has a list of all desktops either they are full screen applications or just a second screen of applications. For a blin

Re: Inverting colours

Hi. Command, Option and Control 8 is not working for me I’m afraid I don’t have a mic for this Mac Mini so I can’t use Siri. > On 9 Oct 2016, at 14:58, E.T. wrote: > > Invert/revert screen colors: > Command-Option-Control-8 > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancien

Re: an Uber question

I’ve never tried something that elaborate but the drivers will work with you. As long as they are willing you can adapt the trip as needed. Of course as already noted this is going to make it hard to predict your final fair. I thought I read something a while back about Lyft providing this op

Re: an Uber question

Hi: I live in the suburbs so I could wait 15-20 min for a car. I don’t want to wait if I’m at the grocery store, or ordering food at a restaurant. > On Oct 11, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Larry Thacker Jr. > wrote: > > I’ve never tried something that elaborate but the drivers will work with you. > As l

Re: Inverting colours

Hi, I believe that it's cmd-option-8, no ctrl. You need to set the invert colours part in System Prefs, Accessibility under Vision as well otherwise it will only zoom. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 11, 2016, at 06:36, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. Command, Option and Cont

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

You might try vo+v which brings up a speech control menu. Verbosity is among the items. The changes persist in my experience. On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Brian Hansen wrote: Hi Anne, Well, no luck on this end. I even tried restoring the VO default settings, and reset the PRAM a second time. T

Re: an Uber question

Hi, Lets say you have started a trip and if you swipe and it says something like: Destination: CVS You can double tap on that destination field and you will get an edit box and you may also see previously used destinations. Once you get lets say Publics Supermarket selected just double tap it.

Re: Voices in Sierra

I should think that if that is the case, it would be possible to copy those voices over in to the voice folder for voice over to make them work yes? Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very happy Ma

Replying to Facebook

My El Capitan 2013 iMac has a bunch of Facebook Time Line Messages in Apple Mail. How do I reply to the Facebook Time Line Messages? I am about to punch thee iMac. Thank you to all. Angus MacKinnon -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Replying to Facebook

Hi, I believe that you can just reply within Mail and it will post your reply in FaceBook. At least, it used to work this way. I haven't tried it in a while. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:31, Angus MacKinnon wrote: My El Capitan 2013 iMac has a bunch

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

Yes it does here too, I changed it from high to low to see if I could reproduce, no fat chance. > On 11 Oct 2016, at 14:17, -dan d. wrote: > > > You might try vo+v which brings up a speech control menu. Verbosity is among > the items. The changes persist in my experience. > > On Mon, 10 Oct

Re: Solved scroll issue

How do you do that then please? Cheers. > On 11 Oct 2016, at 12:23, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Ah yes, i had complained to Apple about that and they said working as > designed. So first steps for any VO user using trackpad commander is to > disable global trackpad commands. > > Bes

Re: Solved scroll issue

Got it. Please disregard. It’s all in Trackpad pain under System Preferences. > On 11 Oct 2016, at 12:23, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Ah yes, i had complained to Apple about that and they said working as > designed. So first steps for any VO user using trackpad commander is to > disable global tra

Siri Shortcut

Hi. Is there a shortcut to invoke Siri on the Mac mini? -- 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, please contact the owners o

Re: an Uber question

Hi Sarai, I have done similar trips as the one you suggested earlier, you can actually change your destination in the Uber App. The process does not immediately come to mind. Once you are in your trip, the relevant button is quite easy to find using VO. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent fr

Re: Siri Shortcut

Hi, Use cmd-space. Hold down the cmd-space for a few seconds, until you hear the ding that is saying that Siri is ready for you to speak. If you release it too quickly, it will bring up Spotlight instead. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 11, 2016, at 13:22, Saqib Hussain

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

Hello, Well let’s hope they are working to make it accessible then we won’t have to faff to gain access. Gena > On 11 Oct 2016, at 02:32, E.T. wrote: > > I see the problem now. The version on the app store is a year old. No > wonder. The app on the Amazon site was just updated last month.

Re: Voices in Sierra

Hi John. No, unfortunately not. BTW the preference pain to change voices in system prefs is accessibility. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 11, 2016, at 6:28

Re: Voices in Sierra

Hey Ray, is there a specific folder you put voices if you want them to work with Voiceover? If so, where? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 11, 2016, at 4:06 P

iMud (an accessible macOS MUD/MUSH client)

Hey Everybody, Quite some time ago I made a MUD client for OS X, it was alright but promptly quit working with the advent of swift and apples usual deprecation of code. I’ve recently restarted the iMud project (Beta available at http://www.asid.us#software

Better Grammar Checking on macOS

Hi everyone, I’m currently writing both a novel and various short stories within StoryMill right now. The thing that is really getting on my last nerve is the internal grammar checker in macOS. I may write the following sentence as dialogue: “Have you considered an organization?” The sentence s

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

Gena, I sent feedback and will do so each time I open the app. Now I am running the removal tool. What file type is the actual book file? There are 4 different file types for each book. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/11/2016 1:52

Moving to the top of my Email messages list

I used to be able to do this by making sure I was interacting with the messages table and then pressing function+shift+vo+left arrow. Going to the bottom of the list could be done in the same way, but with the right arrow substituted for the left. Since upgrading to Sierra, this no longer seems

Re: an Uber question

I think waiting or not for them can cut both ways. If they don't wait, there's no telling if you get someone else for the rest of the trip, and that first driver loses out on the rest. I think you do save quite a bit sometimes, as there is only one ride booking fee, and one charge of the minimu

Re: Better Grammar Checking on macOS

Hi, I'm in no way in the know regarding these sorts of apps, so I hope my comments are OK. I tried the line "Have you considered an organization?" both in TextEdit and Pages, and neither came up with them as a grammatical issue. Two things come to mind for me, first, that question alone on th

Re: Moving to the top of my Email messages list

Hi, Take away the shift key and you should be OK. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 11, 2016, at 17:32, Kristeen Hughes wrote: I used to be able to do this by making sure I was interacting with the messages table and then pressing function+shift+vo+left arrow. Going to the

Re: Better Grammar Checking on macOS

Well, just for kicks, I actually pasted the entire chapter of the novel in question into Pages. StoryMill uses the same system, so I wasn’t surprised that I got the same result. Thanks for the suggestion, however. > On Oct 11, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm in no way in

spell check issue

Hello All: This has been annoying me for some time. I want to have the spell checker set to not correct spelling as I type in documents. In the system preferences I have automatic spell check box unchecked and yet every time I open a new document the automatic spelling correction thing in the w

Re: iMud (an accessible macOS MUD/MUSH client)

Hey Tyler, I am a swift programmer, but never did any mudding before. Can you provide a host and port so I can play with the beta a little? Thanks Jim Danley > On Oct 11, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > Quite some time ago I made a MUD client for OS X, i

Re: Voices in Sierra

Let me look and see a second. Found it I think. Here’s the path. Macintosh/System/Library/Speech/Voices and from that point on, each voice is assigned its own folder. So, I’m guessing that the male Siri voice would have this path: Macintosh/System/Library/Speech/Voices/Aaron folder. Sent f

Re: an Uber question

Hi: So when should I set the second destination/ When I get to CVS before getting out? > On Oct 11, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: > > Hi, > > Lets say you have started a trip and if you swipe and it says something like: > Destination: CVS > > You can double tap on that destination fie

Re: an Uber question

Hi: When did you select your next destination? Was a multi-destination trip like that really expensive? > On Oct 11, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Brandt Steenkamp > wrote: > > Hi Sarai, > > I have done similar trips as the one you suggested earlier, you can actually > change your destination in the Uber

Re: an Uber question

Have you found the fair estimater to be accurate? They seem quite pricy at time. > On Oct 11, 2016, at 6:35 PM, Brent Harding wrote: > > I think waiting or not for them can cut both ways. If they don't wait, > there's no telling if you get someone else for the rest of the trip, and that > first

Re: an Uber question

Hi Sarai, I do a short version of this regularly, often when I come back home after going to the Lawn bowls club, my wife may ask me to get something from the store. I would call for the cab with the store as my destination. On rout to the shop, I would ask the driver not to end the trip when w

Re: Voices in Sierra

Hey Ray. Those voices are there as you say but they don't work with Voiceover. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 11, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > >

The Twitter for iOS Night Mode Feature is Now Compatible with VoiceOver

Hello All, I am delighted to inform you that the new Twitter for iOS Night Mode feature is now VoiceOver compatible in the latest update to the app. Please join me in expressing appreciation to the Twitter developers for addressing our request so quickly, in fact, within less than a month. I

Re: Moving to the top of my Email messages list

Try option-command-up and option-command-down to move to the top or bottom of the list respectively. > On 12 Oct 2016, at 00:32, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I used to be able to do this by making sure I was interacting with the > messages table and then pressing function+shift+vo+left arrow. Goi

Re: Spamfilters.

Hi! The afternoon is to late for me Scot *lol*. Well i am using crystone so i guess i have to check my settings there to get rid of it. I take a look and take a plunge into the dark. /A > On 11 Oct 2016, at 11:55, Scott Granados wrote: > > Oh come on Anders, there’s nothing like a little sex spa