Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Another way to do this would be to use VO + Shift + c to copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. All the best Jürgen > Am 11.12.2020 um 03:10 schrieb Zoe Fiogkos : > > Hi Brad, I will give it a try. I was hoping not to have to take this extra > step but if there is no other way, at least

Re: One Voice Only In Mac?

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OR YOU CAN PRESS COMMAND-3 TO SWITCH TO SPEECH. 1: GENERAL 2: - VERBOSITY 3: - SPEECH 4: - NAVIGATION 5: - WEB 6: - SOUND 7: - VISUALS 8: - Commanders 9: - Braille 0: - Activities Apparently there is not a shortcut for the VoiceOver Recognition category. Best wishes, Jona

Re: How to select items to be moved

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Brad, I have to disagree with you here. I am able to select contiguous and non-contiguous items in the list of Mail messages using the standard VoiceOver / system selection techniques that Ms. McCloud listed. Jonathan Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 11, 2020, at 00:34, Br

Re: One Voice Only In Mac?

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
I said that already. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 08:15, Jonathan Cohn wrote: OR YOU CAN PRESS COMMAND-3 TO SWITCH TO SPEECH. 1: GENERAL 2: - VERBOSITY 3: - SPEECH 4: - NAVIGATION 5: - WEB 6: - SOUND 7: - VISUALS 8: - Commanders 9: - Braille 0: - Activities Apparently there is not a

Re: How to select items to be moved

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
Read my next message. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 08:21, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Brad, I have to disagree with you here. I am able to select contiguous and non-contiguous items in the list of Mail messages using the standard VoiceOver / system selection techniques that Ms. McCloud listed. Jona

The VO-W key sequence

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The voiceOver W command did change from Mojave to Catalina along with the rotor commands. In every version of VoiceOver Macintosh before Catalina, VO-W is used to say word. In current MacOS versions it is "Read Visible text". Still not quite sure how this is different from VO-A "Read the conten

RE: Function-Keys On Apple Magic Keyboard?

2020-12-11 Thread Fazil
Where can I have the list of hardware tasks that F-keys perform independently? I mean when the F-Keys are not pressed in combination with FN-Key? Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:46 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread FIOGKOS
Hi Jonathan thank you for trying, what is the move cursor key? You say VO enter VO curser key? What exactly should I be pressing? God the father chose her God the sun dwelt in her God the spirit overshadowed her Most holy mother of God save us through your intercessions Twitter @FiogkosZoe Love

Re: The VO-W key sequence

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
Either way, VoiceOver only reads a single item that is in the VO cursor. This is not the same as Read By Word. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 08:26, Jonathan Cohn wrote: The voiceOver W command did change from Mojave to Catalina along with the rotor commands. In every version of VoiceOver Macin

Re: Function-Keys On Apple Magic Keyboard?

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
I’m not aware of a list, but you can turn on Keyboard Help using VO + K, and then press the keys to hear what they do. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 08:36, Fazil wrote: Where can I have the list of hardware tasks that F-keys perform independently? I mean when the F-Keys are not pressed in com

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Brett Lewis
this is great i did not know about that key > On Dec 11, 2020, at 2:25 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Another way to do this would be to use VO + Shift + c to copy the last > spoken phrase to the clipboard. > All the best > Jürgen > > >> Am 11.12.2020 um 03:10 schrieb Zoe Fiogkos : >> >> Hi B

Re: The Psychology of technology

2020-12-11 Thread Traci Duncan
Oh, the book thing! A couple years ago, I bought an audio book on the day of publication. That was amazing to me. The same day it came out for everyone, I bought it as well. *smiles What is your current iPad model? Also, do you have a braille display? That is a brilliant combo. I use my braill

mac OS big sur: continued issue with localised voice taking over every second line

2020-12-11 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I have reported this problem to Apple Accessibility with follow up details on how to recreate the problem and then on how to fix the problem. I attach the Email below. Note that I am in the UK where Daniel is the default system voice. Also note that Rachael is an InfoVox iVox voice but as

Filling out pdf forms.

2020-12-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Was trying to fill out a pdf form last night but when I sent the form to the one who needed it it wasn’t filled out. I used preview to do that. Can I do it in pages if its a pdf-form? Or are there other apps that will work for this? Thanks. /A -- The following information is important for al

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I meant any of the keys in the navigation area, VO-arrow keys. Also, moving by paragraph and line sometimes work depending on if it is a contiguous chunk read by VoiceOver. So the summary is if VO-left right reads what you want use VO-command-C to copy the last phrase to the clipboard. I

Re: The VO-W key sequence

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That is true in Catalina, and MacOS 11, but earlier OS's like the one David is running do read just one word and then when pressed a second time read the word by letter. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 11, 2020, at 09:55, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Either way, VoiceOver onl

Re: Filling out pdf forms.

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
Depends on the PDF form. Some PDF forms are editable, some must be printed out and filled in using a writing implement, and scanned back into the computer. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 10:01, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Was trying to fill out a pdf form last night but when I sent the form to t

Re: The VO-W key sequence

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
Correct. That is not the same as reading word by word. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 10:35, Jonathan Cohn wrote: That is true in Catalina, and MacOS 11, but earlier OS's like the one David is running do read just one word and then when pressed a second time read the word by letter.

RE: Function-Keys On Apple Magic Keyboard?

2020-12-11 Thread Fazil
Yes, I did turn on Keyboard help but VoiceOver remained quiet on several keys. Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 6:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Function-Keys On Apple Magic Keyboard? I’m not aw

Re: Function-Keys On Apple Magic Keyboard?

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
That means those keys don't do anything. If they did, voiceover would speak the action performed when pressing those keys. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 12:19, Fazil wrote:  Yes, I did turn on Keyboard help but VoiceOver remained quiet on several keys. Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
The correct VO command to copy last spoken text to the clipboard is: VO + Shift + C. The command VO + CMD + C, will find the next text with different attributes. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 10:18, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Hello, I meant any of the keys in the navigation area, VO-arrow keys. Als

Big Sur Messages Problems Mostly Solved

2020-12-11 Thread Steve Matzura
Turns out, Messages has been revised a little. ... OK, a lot. To wit: 1. Conversations are now in a collection, not a table. This changes the way one navigates and will require some muscle memory reprogramming. 2. Conversations  with more than three participants always speak all participant

When Should Battery Be Charging?

2020-12-11 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. When should I be charging my Mac, when is it @%20 or something different? Thanks! -- 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

Re: When Should Battery Be Charging?

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
When in my home office, I keep my MacBook Pro on A/C power whenever I am using it. When I am using it on the go, I charge it every night, and start the day at 100%. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 14:40, Fazil wrote: Hi, Group. When should I be charging my Mac, when is it @%20 or something diff

Re: Filling out pdf forms.

2020-12-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I see that there are textfields I can fill in but I seem to miss how to save the form. I thought command s would work but not here. /A > 11 dec. 2020 kl. 17:45 skrev Brad Snyder : > > Depends on the PDF form. > Some PDF forms are editable, some must be printed out and filled in using a > w

Re: Filling out pdf forms.

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
You might try doing a Save As using, CMD + Option + Shift + S. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 17:08, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! I see that there are textfields I can fill in but I seem to miss how to save the form. I thought command s would work but not here. /A > 11 dec. 2020 kl. 17:45 skrev

Demoing Amazing appp

2020-12-11 Thread joseph hodge
This was asked for earlier in the week here is a demonstration of how to move apps from your iPhone to your Mac if not offered in the App Store. Sidenote I did try Amazon Alexa after recording this demonstration I did not get it to work it would never let me sign in it made me do a caption but

iOS 14 Users Report Missing Notifications from Messages App: 9 to 5 Mac

2020-12-11 Thread M. Taylor
iPhone users continue to report missing Messages app notifications after updating to iOS 14 by Chance Miller, 9 to 5 Mac: A bug resulting in missing text message notifications is continuing to affect iPhone users with iOS 14. While the issue appeared to at first to be exclusive to the iPhone

Re: When Should Battery Be Charging?

2020-12-11 Thread Muhammad Fayed
Personally, I prefer keeping it between 40% and 100%. I have heard that keeping iPhone batteries between 40-80% is best to keep it as much as possible, but It is a very low range. So, I make the iPhone between 40-95% as much as I can. Sometimes, I can’t get it exactly, so it won’t matter a lot.

Re: Demoing Amazing appp

2020-12-11 Thread Dennis Westphal
Thanks for sharing > Am 12.12.2020 um 04:28 schrieb joseph hodge : > > This was asked for earlier in the week here is a demonstration of how to > move apps from your iPhone to your Mac if not offered in the App Store. > Sidenote I did try Amazon Alexa after recording this demonstration I did n