RE: Sitrix access

2017-04-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi David, One drive is very usable on IOS and jaws obviously, But remember that Interlectual property is questionable within One Drive especially for government organisations Good luck though. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chi

Re: changing "open with" menu

2017-04-22 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hello, After you’ve activated the “open with” menu item, vo+down arrow to the item that says other . Activate it and you should be in the dialog window where yo can choose from amongst your apps which one you want to use. > On 21 Apr 2017, at 23:37, jeff `greene wrote: > > Hi List, I think I'

Re: changing "open with" menu

2017-04-22 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jeff, To change the default application for opening a particular kind of file, select a file of that type and press Cmd-i. Navigate to the Open with disclosure triangle and if it’s collapsed, press VO-Space. Just to the right is a popup button which allows you to select the appropriate ap

And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
So, Apple brought us Siri and we had hi hopes but they’ve let it fall flat on it’s face and are being schooled by Amazon and especially google. Let’s look at the announcements recently from the 3 companies. Alexa continues to make strides with additional integration across multiple platforms a

Re: Sitrix access

2017-04-22 Thread David Chittenden
Yes, but the organisation does not support Apple (save for iPads), so they will probably require OneDrive. I personally would prefer iCloud. I seriously doubt they will accept dropbox. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my i

Re: Sitrix access

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
What about Google drive? > On Apr 22, 2017, at 7:28 AM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Yes, but the organisation does not support Apple (save for iPads), so they > will probably require OneDrive. I personally would prefer iCloud. I seriously > doubt they will accept dropbox. > > Kind regards, >

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Ray Foret jr
Well, Scot, it’s all well and good for you to say that on here: but, don’t you think your message might carry more weight if you wrote Cook himself? tc...@apple.com Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, S

Re: How do I find my device ID on a VZ iPhone?

2017-04-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Simon, I wish! At least my husband is finally free an clear to upgrade. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 21, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > That makes sence as the IMEI would be the device ID on the providers network, > > As for their cockup with your billing, surely they o

Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

2017-04-22 Thread Michael Busboom
Hey everybody, Well, the subject line pretty much says what I am looking for. I have several contacts who have been encouraging me to use their Sip address to reach them. Since I have never done this, I don’t know which client works best and if I need to sign up for a Sip service. I sometime

Re: Word 2016 accessibility?

2017-04-22 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
You should probably create an activity an activity for Wordd first. That way you should only lose tracking. Try turning off vo follows insertion and see if that resolves issues. Also, if you are not planning on editing the document, you might want to use TextEdit were safe to HTML to read it.

Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-22 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
What about legit calls from Europe using cheap prepaid cards, these are we show up as random numbers. Would I and up blocking those two? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 21, 2017, at 8:16 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I used to post information about my homebased business on facebook, whic

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread E.T.
Sounds like the typical leap frog game. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 4/22/2017

good news about sirius XM

2017-04-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
They have finally gotten rid of their use of Adobe Flash, listening on the web site works really well with safari. I'm glad they finally made this change, it was long overdue. If you have a subscription, give it a try. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visiona

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Ray, if Tim Cook were a decent CEO Apple wouldn’t be in this problem. Here’s a guy who has totally rested on Steve Job’s laurels. Let’s think about it, exactly how much has the iPhone changed since Job’s death. Siri has completely stagnated, the shape is basically unchanged, the video process

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
A dead frog maybe. They forgot to hop. > On Apr 22, 2017, at 9:46 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Sounds like the typical leap frog game. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn yo

Re: good news about sirius XM

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Mike, thank you for this pointer. Nice to see flash slowly dying off like it should. This is very good news and thanks for pointing it out to the group. > On Apr 22, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > They have finally gotten rid of their use of Adobe Flash, listening on the > web sit

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-22 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Indeed, Scott, if we've got the bandwidth, let's bring it on! By mentioning 192/16 audio, I'm actually only referring to the opus codec that's been in FreeSwitch for sometime, and has finally come to Asterisk beginning with Asterisk 14.0. I haven't looked into what codecs Zoom.us offers, but opus

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Ray Foret jr
I’m not arguing your points: still, I say that if you and the rest write directly to Cook at the address I gave, he will see what you have to say. I know this because he does in fact see a lot of the e-mail that goes to that address and in some cases, actually responds to it. Sent from my Ma

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Ah my asterisk game is behind the times was not aware of that. As always I learn something new from your excellent posts. Wishing I had that 96 KHZ 24 bit across 20 channel sound for the IMAX experience in my home. I’m binging on season 3 Bosh today. I actually called IMAX a year or so ago a

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Oh no argument at all Ray, you have a good suggestion, I may just do that. I also may just go to the stock holders meeting. Let’s cross our fingers and hope the next phone and series of iMacs are a slam dunk. > On Apr 22, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > I’m not arguing your point

Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Funny you mention that. I remember for the longest time arguing with another Architect at COVAD about number planning. I like the simplicity of our design here with the number planning area + exchange and he liked the whole country + city deal that to me looks like random numbers. > On Apr 2

Re: Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

2017-04-22 Thread Scott Granados
Bria soft phone is the one I use. Completely accessible, well maintained and I haven’t found any accessibility problems. > On Apr 22, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > Well, the subject line pretty much says what I am looking for. I have > several contacts who

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread E.T.
(smiles) And let Steve Jobs rest in peace. I know I know, we the end user, always know best. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl

Re: good news about sirius XM

2017-04-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I decided to try logging in just to see if anything had changed, the first thing I noticed was that I was able to log in without getting the message that flash is required. I refuse to install flash on my systems. When that worked, I thought wow, that was interesting, then the menu appeared

Re: changing "open with" menu

2017-04-22 Thread jeff `greene
Hi thanks for all your help! I've got it sorted out now. Not sure how it got so wierd but anyway I'm all set now. Thanks Jeff On 4/22/17, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > To change the default application for opening a particular kind of file, > select a file of that type and press Cmd-i.

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Scott. While I'm a loyal Apple customer, I completely agree with you about Siri. Siri is one of the reasons I bought my Amazon Echo Dot. Alexa is just a better assistant than Siri is. I mean, with the Dot, Alexa gets better and better every day with the number of skills that get added each da

Re: A Blind legend

2017-04-22 Thread Vaughn Brown
Look it up. It is a fun game. Thanks for thoser repying. You are a blind knight in this game. Vaughn On 4/17/17, David Chittenden wrote: > It is an audio action role-playing game using binaural sound. > > Kind regards, > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +61

Re: Word 2016 accessibility?

2017-04-22 Thread Larry Thacker Jr.
It helps. The reason being that when it is on, Word has a tendency to jump back to the top of the document in certain situations. I’ve seen it happen when moving from page to page, switching back to Word from another application, and sometimes when performing other tasks within Word. With cur

RE: Sitrix access

2017-04-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
The desktop must be bloody under powered if they can’t support jaws, Sounds like they are a form of dumb terminal. Mind you if they use citrix like we do then I can see why From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Friday,

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
I kind of agree They appear to have lost all innovation, There is no resembalence of looking forward to the next big feature If anything they seem to be copying what other do rather than finding the next thing themselves. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
Sorry but what is this Alexa? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Sunday, 23 April 2017 6:33 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing t

iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

2017-04-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the script editor application or an application created from the script in order for this script to run. Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak

Re: wordpress VoiceOver content management solutions

2017-04-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, I guess you got an answer from Michael. I have heard of other blind people maintaining word press, and my brother maintains a word press blog about Architecture in Spain. I I watched with interest on the AIM list about accessible WordPress templates, and general work to make word press m

Re: Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

2017-04-22 Thread michael babcock
I’ll second this, Bria is well worth the investment. > On Apr 22, 2017, at 8:22 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Bria soft phone is the one I use. Completely accessible, well maintained and > I haven’t found any accessibility problems. > >> On Apr 22, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >>

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

2017-04-22 Thread David Chittenden
Amazon's speech recognition assistant. Works well in the US and some places in Europe. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 23/04/2017, at 10:44, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Sorry but what is this Alexa? > > >