Re: Latest VoiceDream Reader

Hi Robert, Yep, same problem here. If audio is playing, flicking up or down on the Audio Settings button stops the audio and VoiceOver becomes more and more unresponsive as I try to flick around the screen. This happened with both an MP3 file and a Daisy book. After closing Voice Dream in th

Re: Adding carriage returns to text file

Hi Tyler, As well as using search and replace as another lister suggests, you can set TextEdit to save all files in the Windows format if preferred. Go into TextEdit Preferences, choose the Open and Save tab, then look at the settings for Plain Text File Encoding. Regards. Ian > On 20 Jun

Re: How Apple leapt ahead of Google, Facebook and Microsoft on A R - CNET

I am still much more excited about image regnition. On 6/20/17, M. Taylor wrote: > CNET News - Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 8:16 AM > > How Apple leapt ahead of Google, Facebook and Microsoft on A - CNET > > Augmented or so-called "mixed" reality brings digital objects into the real > world. > GIF

Re: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

Thanks Nektarios, I will give it a go. When you say "alt", do you mean option key? Andrew > On 20 Jun 2017, at 22:45, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > > Hello there. > Why don’ t you just use vlc media player for that purpose? > Start playing the file and then use alt + minus to decrease the speed a

Re: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

Hi Tim, Many thanks. Just followed your instructions and it indeed works. Great and thanks again. Andrew > On 20 Jun 2017, at 22:34, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > the following link should allow you to download QuickTime 7. It was the old > QuickTime Pro app from long ago. > > https://su

RE: MacBook pro with touch bar.

Yeah I’ve got a mac book air 11” from mid 2013 I love the keyboard on this machine but yeah guess like anything you need to practise with the device The time I’ve spent with one of those things is very limited but I found the flatness of the board and lack of space my biggest issues. From: mac

RE: How Apple leapt ahead of Google, Facebook and Microsoft on A R - CNET

Hi Mark, Thanks for this, Very interesting article. I can only say that I was impressed by the sound of the A R presentations of the wwdc keynote, But its really the high end power users that will get the benefits currently out of that technology. But something to keep an eye on especially

Mac OS Server

Hi Listers, I've got an old 2009 / 2010 mac book 13" the old white plastic models I'm thinking of putting Mac OS Server on to. I have a server version for either Mt Lion or Mavericks, and I know these OS's will run on the notebook, However how would I go about obtaining the server add in for t

Re: Safari Busy

I use Safari. On rare occasions I'll get busy messages that make a page hard to use, but it's uncommon enough that I don't really worry about it. That said, I've heard plenty of people say they experience what you do. I have no idea why this happens to some and not others. All I can suggest is t

Re: Keychain issues

Thanks Robert, I’ll also look under Safari preferences for this password. > On Jun 20, 2017, at 8:10 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > > Hi, > > By default, the keychain password is the same password that you use to unlock > your Mac. > > Robert Carter > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 20

Re: How Apple leapt ahead of Google, Facebook and Microsoft on A R - CNET

think about what happens if you take a picture of a car, does the cam say car later when you go over the picture, lots of interesting things seems to be going on now :) On 6/21/17, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Thanks for this, > Very interesting article. > > I can only say that I was imp

Re: Safari Busy

Alex, What is that CMD-Option-CTRL-period? I've tried pressing it and it does nothing. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 21, 2017, at 5:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I use Safari. On rare occasions I'll get busy messages that make a page hard > to use, but it's uncommon enough that I don't really worry ab

Re: Adding carriage returns to text file

There are tools for this task, because it's a common need whichever platform one is on. Here's a relevant article: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20031018164326986 I have not used LineBrake myself, mostly because I generally use the Unix/Linux dos2unix (or unix2dos) tool which does t

Re: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

Audacity for the Mac can slow down files for you without altering their pitch. If you install Audacity, be sure to get the version that's screen reader enabled, which is not the same as the latest version. Check here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_for_blind_users There are undoubtedl

Re: Safari Busy

Sorry if my message wasn't clear. Pressing cmd-option-shift-ctrl-period is how you take a diagnostic snapshot on the Mac. After anywhere from two to five minutes, Finder opens with focus on the compressed file, which is still very large. You then send this file, along with a description of the p

Re: Safari Busy

Thanks for the explanation, Alex. I've obviously never done this, but it's very good info to have. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 21, 2017, at 8:03 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Sorry if my message wasn't clear. Pressing cmd-option-shift-ctrl-period is > how you take a diagnostic snapshot on the Mac. After

Re: How Apple leapt ahead of Google, Facebook and Microsoft on A R - CNET

Nice to see this technology finally taking off. I remember seeing VR and AR demonstrations years ago using huge silicon graphics work stations or large clusters of machines but with the new phones and so forth this stuff is starting to become mainstream. Very interesting, thanks Mark for the a

Re: Safari Busy

Well, one thing’s for sure. You can forget www.walmart.com With the Mac, the site is totally impossible to log in to. You get stuck and cannot go anywhere. You actually have to force quit Safari to be able to do anything with it at all afterward. Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with ful

Re: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

Hello Andrew, sorry about that. I ment the command key, it was probably the late Hour. On 21 Jun 2017, at 12:22, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Thanks Nektarios, I will give it a go. When you say "alt", do you mean > option key? > > Andrew >> On 20 Jun 2017, at 22:45, Nektarios Mallas wrote: >>

Re: Safari Busy

Hi, This sort of thing usually happens either with a large amount of content, or if there are a lot of live regions that are constantly refreshing themselves. I don't believe that it is a Safari problem, more of a VO buffer loading concern, but that's just my thoughts. A couple of tricks that

RE: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

Thanks. I was going to suggest that too, as I use VLC as my primary audio and video player. I have not used the slow down feature much, though. But, have used it and know it does slow down speech to an annoyingly slow speed. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [

Re: Safari Busy

I occasionally get this type of error though usually in the web composing area of twitter or Facebook where there is text input and a completion list. This is less likely to occur if you don't have mouse follow VoiceOver enabled and even less likely if you disable tracking altogether on these sit

RE: Playing an audio file at a slower pace

I have use VLC player to transcribe some audio. I needed to have the ability to slow the speech down and this worked wonderfully. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David & his pack of dogs Sent: Wednesday, Jun

Re: Mac OS Server

Hi, Normally, you should be able to go to the Purchased tab within the AppStore and download previous versions of the Server app. The caveat here is that you must have purchased that app using the same Apple ID. You may not see it yet, but once you install Mountain Lion or Mavericks on to the

Re: Safari Busy

Hi! Have you tried with lightning webbrowser or google chrome? /A > 21 juni 2017 kl. 16:48 skrev Ray Foret jr : > > Well, one thing’s for sure. You can forget > www.walmart.com > > With the Mac, the site is totally impossible to log in to. You get stuck and > cannot

Re: Safari Busy

+1 to chrome here. > On Jun 21, 2017, at 3:15 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Have you tried with lightning webbrowser or google chrome? > /A >> 21 juni 2017 kl. 16:48 skrev Ray Foret jr > >: >> >> Well, one thing’s for sure. You can forget >> www.walmart.c

Re: Safari Busy

I will not touch Google Crome: but, what is this here thing called Lightning Browser? I reckon it’s accessible? Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac

Re: Safari Busy

What’s wrong with google chrome out of curiosity? > On Jun 21, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > I will not touch Google Crome: but, what is this here thing called Lightning > Browser? I reckon it’s accessible? > > > Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for th

Re: Safari Busy

It's an android browser, and not relevant if you're using a Mac. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 21, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > I will not touch Google Crome: but, what is this here thing called Lightning > Browser? I reckon it’s accessible? > > > Sent from my Mac, The On

Re: Safari Busy

Hi, Actually, Chrome works very well on a Mac. It handles Google Apps services slightly better than Safari does. It works well with VO, as in things like the Item Chooser and other web-router items work fairly well in it. I swap back and forth between the two quite often when certain sites a

Re: Safari Busy

It is just that from what I heard, it was impossible to use with Voice Over so you had to download a special google voice package for it or something. Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happ

Re: Safari Busy

Well, I reckon I’ll have to revisit my assumptions them. Thanks. Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone7+ and Apple TV user!

Re: Safari Busy

Hi, Yes, there is a screen reader available within Chrome as well. It's called ChromeVox and is also useful when browsing. It's improved a lot since its inception, but I still prefer VO when on the Mac. Later Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 21, 2017, at 14:48, Ray Foret jr

Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall Discusses Creating the First iPhone - Mac Rumors

Thought some might find it interesting to hear from the old guard. Even though I'm more oriented towards the Mac, I found this insightful. > https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/21/scott-forstall-discusses-creation-first-iphone/ > >

Re: brf files

I think voice dream will do this.. hth Caitlyn > On Jun 20, 2017, at 5:40 PM, E.T. wrote: > > A couple possibilities which I have not tried. The Bard Mobile app or > AccessNote. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the

Re: iOS 11 will stop apps like Uber from constantly tracking your location - CNET

Kevin, If an app has available both GPS always and GPS when active options in IOS 10, then after GPS is accessed while the app is in the background IOS will bring up a dialog to allow you to disable background GPS activity. So this is not as hidden as many of the system options. Though I doubt