Re: customising VO

Hello, I have always had mouse cursor set up to follow VO cursor. As for other configurations, there are so many you will probably need to experiment. Remember, once you’ve configured Voiceover to your liking, you can export configurations and keep them in case you ever have to reset Voiceove

setting time / date from terminal

Hi list, Can someone remind me of the correct command to set the date and time on a machine using the terminal? I'm sure I have it right but it's not staying changed. Chers for any assistance. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: Journaling Software

i use a one I like it because I could do audio video and text it has a lot of pretty cool features there is a yearly cost but for me it’s worth it Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > > Just downloaded it, looks really nice. Thanks! > >> On Feb 8, 2020

Re: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

Hi Simon, Good call. Yes, I forgot about that app. Keynote Remote lets you use your iPhone as a remote control for Keynote presentations. Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 8, 2020, at 20:03, Simon A Fo

RE: customising VO

Thanks Andrew. I have learnt to customise numpad commander. It is such a powerful feature! What do you mean by exporting? Are you talking about the portability feature? Warmly, Hem. From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries Sent: 09 February 2020 14:32 To: macvisionaries@googleg

reading bookshare books

Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warmly, Hem. -- 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,

Re: reading bookshare books

What I do is after unzipping the daisy book folder, open the xml file in Safari. On 2/9/20, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visio

Re: reading bookshare books

If you are updated to Catalina, you can open the EPUB book in the Books app and it reads … okay… or, if you are more technically minded, you can install Emacs, Emacspeak, and use Nov.el to read it. > On Feb 9, 2020, at 9:18 AM, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > How do I access booksha

Re: reading bookshare books

I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating systems these days. On 2/9/20, 10:19, "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of hemaka...@gmail.com" wrote: Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warmly, Hem. -- The

Re: Ecobee thermostat?

I am curious whether the Honeywell is IPv6 enabled. I've looked on line but not found this datum. If anyone can knows, I'd be grateful for that info. I also looked into the EcoBee some time ago and found it supporting only IPv4 which is a non starter for me. Also, I'd be curious to learn why you

Re: Ecobee thermostat?

Re your last question, because I want a thermostat that works with Homekit. I have a shortcut set up to set the nest to one temperature using Google Assistant,, but my experience is that sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It's also very limited in what it can do. Cheers, Donna > On F

Re: Pronunciations with VO on the Mac

Yes, some of them are Maori words and names, and some are just names of friends that are spelt differently to normal. I have the pronunciation’s worked out on the iPhone but i’l still have to look at the Mac. > On 9/02/2020, at 15:32, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > I’m going to

Re: Ecobee thermostat?

The reason I want to switch from a nest original generation to a HomeKit thermostat. Is one I would like to be able to control everything from one program. Two would like to be able to use Siri to control it. And three there are some things such as Replace filter notifications in the nest that I

Re: customising VO

Not Quite. Under File menu, you have a choice of exporting Vo configurations. What this means is that you can save all the configurations in a file so that should you need to restore VO, you can quickly get back to all the setup features you have configured. Andrew > On 9 Feb 2020, at 14:49, he

Re: Writing Documents using Catalina

I don't pay much attention to mark up languages other then HTML these days, but the most common one of use is "markdown". I have heard good reviews of Ulysses https://ulysses.app before. I know it has a subscription based model, but it is also included in a bundle of appl

Re: reading bookshare books

making all these various avenues supporting the most important question, that was not asked. bookshare books in what format? there are loads of options these days. On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating systems these day

DBT for Mac

I am considering upgrading DBT from Windows to Mac. Has anyone doe this? Any issues? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: reading bookshare books

Bookshare Web Reader doesn't involve a download; the books are read on their Web site directly. An interesting alternative that I haven't tried is Thorium Reader, which can access EPUB books. It's an Electron application that should work with VoiceOver. On 2/9/20, 17:30, "Karen Lewellen" wrot

RE: DBT for Mac

Dear E. T.'s Keyboard & List: Your best source for an authoritative comparison if Windows and Macintosh DBT is Duxbury Systems, Littleton, MA by telephone or e-mail techsupp...@duxsys.com;. They know their products well. Brian K. Lingard From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, February 9

adblock Plus on a Mac

I've had Adblock Plus installed on my Mac for quite awhile. recently it blocked the player from loading on an audio drama website. if I white-listed that site would that take care of the situation or do I need to uninstall Adblock Plus? another thing is that I don't know how to whitelist sites

Re: reading bookshare books

Jason, granted i read bookshare books differently and am not as of yet using a mac. Still I often come across a notation when searching for bookshare books indicating that some works cannot be read in their web reader program, but require another format be chosen. My hope was to encourage t

Re: DBT for Mac

Brian, Duxbury is a good source but does not offer the perspective that the end user can offer. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/9/2020 3:33 PM, Brian K. Lingard wrote: Dear E. T.'s Keyboard

Re: DBT for Mac

why? Are not some of their support staff end users? On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Brian, Duxbury is a good source but does not offer the perspective that the end user can offer. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been vi

Re: DBT for Mac

Maybe. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/9/2020 4:13 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: why? Are not  some of their support staff end  users? On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Bri

Re: adblock Plus on a Mac

Hi Lorie, Yes, once you have white-listed the website, the AdBlock Plus will not block the player from loading on audio drama website. You don't have to uninstall the Adblock Plus for this. Simply open the AdBlock Plus icon and scroll down to listen to all the options below. "Don't run on this p

voice over randomly fading out on mac

HI list. Over the last few days i have had a strange problem occurring. If i am cursoring around, voice over seems to fade away while it’s reading for a few seconds. This seems to be happening in most apps, and all of the voices. It seems to happen randomly. Has anyone had this occurrence? I hav

Re: voice over randomly fading out on mac

Hi Maria, you need to switch off Audio Ducking in VO preferences. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 10.02.2020 um 05:20 schrieb Maria Chapman : > > HI list. > Over the last few days i have had a strange problem occurring. If i am > cursoring around, voice over seems to fa

RE: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

Yeah tim it’s got me a couple of times also. But I have it on my phone to remind me it’s there. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, 10 February 2020 3:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations Hi Simon, Good call. Y