Re: A Question About Apple Fitness Plus for VoiceOver Users

Yes my experience is like yours very video based and hard to follow as the audio that goes with video not really descriptive enough - assumes you can see video - hoping for more audio content in the future > On 17 Sep 2021, at 01:01, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Question: does

FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

The only problem I see with this analysis is lack of support for the Kindle eReader and OCR out of the box but the iPhone can take care of that. Is it possible to use Learning Ally materials on an iPhone? What about unzipping Bookshare books or transferring NLS materials to a Victor Reader Stre

Re: Monterey?

Hi, No, Monterey is not yet out. I would not expect it until late October or November if history tells us anything. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Sep 16, 2021, at

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

I’m confused with some of your questions but I will give it a go. First, I know there are some OcR solutions with the Mac but I have not dealt with them since like you said, the phone can handle that. As for Kindle, is it any better on Windows? You can always get Alexa to read those as well. The

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Yes, the Victor Reader still uses SD Cards. I was thinking back to my college days. I will not be convinced that the Mac can replace Windows until OCR is included in VoiceOver by default much like we may see in IOS15. I was trying to ask questions that the article did not address. I think I ha

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Hi, With an M1 Mac and Monterey, the Live text feature is pretty darn close to built-in OCR. https://www.macworld.com/article/350665/live-text-vs-text-extraction-apps-ocr-adobe-acrobat-google-microsoft-one-note-pdfpen-evernote.html

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

I haven’t used OCR on Windows for years now. Mac works just fine for me! > On Sep 17, 2021, at 10:50, skipper8...@gmail.com wrote: > > Yes, the Victor Reader still uses SD Cards. > I was thinking back to my college days. > I will not be convinced that the Mac can replace Windows until OCR is > i

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Thanks for this article. I didn’t realize that EverNote was part of Office 365, so I now have a second OCR option since I subscribe to Office 365. . From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 12:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [tech-vi An

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Well, Check out this article. https://www.macworld.com/article/350665/live-text-vs-text-extraction-apps-ocr-adobe-acrobat-google-microsoft-one-note-pdfpen-evernote.html since I subscribe to Office 365, I may be able to try Evernote on the Mac. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behal

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

For me, the reason I don’t use a Mac anymore has to do with PDF files and web usage. I found PDFs really difficult to deal with except the short and super simple ones, and in my view, voiceover just doesn’t cut it as compared to windows screen readers with various browsers. It gets busy and goes

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Well, Let me try reading a PDF on my M1 Mac and get back to you. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Make sure your PDF has tables, headings, links, all the stuff that many PDFs have. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:01 AM, skipper8...@gmail.com wrote: > >  > Well, > Let me try reading a PDF on my M1 Mac and get back to you. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Okay, if I have time this weekend I’ll try to find a good PDF and let you know. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 2:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choos

RE: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Actually, do you have a particular file you want me to test on the Mac? If so, can you send it to me offlist? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 2:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From i

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

If you have trouble with Preview, Give Adobe a try for Mac. I’ve also had good luck with Chrome. > On Sep 17, 2021, at 12:58, Mary Otten wrote: > > For me, the reason I don’t use a Mac anymore has to do with PDF files and web > usage. I found PDFs really difficult to deal with except the short

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

Hi, PDFPen and PDFPen Pro are also great accessible pdf apps on the Mac. They’re not free, of course, but usually do a great job. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Sep

Having voiceover (mac) announce Zoom magnification changes

Hi all I am helping someone who uses Voiceover and the built in Zoom magnifier at the same time. When she presses COMMAND OPTION PLUS or COMMAND OPTION MINUS to change the magnification Voiceover does not announce the change in magnification Where can she go to enable voiceover to announce when

attachments in Apple Mail

I want to open an attachment that's in a message in Apple Mail. it's a pdf. I can locate it using vo-command-j which finds form controls. vo reads its title to me but I can't interact with it or open it. is there a way to open attachments such as that in the message or do I have to save it somew

Re: attachments in Apple Mail

Lori, I use the quick navigation keys, like you're going to press a link. And that normally brings up a menu to where you can open or save. It will normally open up in Preview. And sometimes text edit. > On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I want to open an attachment that's

Re: attachments in Apple Mail

could you be a little more specific? I know about quick nav. are you saying you turn it to links and then what? click on it or open it with the up and down arrow keys? > On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Joseph Hudson wrote: > > Lori, I use the quick navigation keys, like you're going to press a li

Re: attachments in Apple Mail

Try the following: 1. With the Mail message open, interact with the body of the message, and navigate to the attachment.2.With VoiceOver focus on the attachment, press VO + Spacebar. This will open a shortcut menu, with several options for accessing the attachment. HTH. - Brad - On Sep 17

Watch stop unlocking Mac

Dear List, For some strange reason, My series 3 watch has stopped unlocking my Mac running Big Sur. I don’t remember when it started. There is no setting in security and privacy about the watch. Bluetooth and wifi is on. I use Air Drop all the time with no problem. Any suggestions? Thanks, Rob

Re: Watch stop unlocking Mac

It is in Security and privacy in the default general tab. Sometimes, unlocking can solve the issue, but if not, then try unchecking, hit apply, then rechecking the box for allowing Apple Watch to unlock the Mac. > On Sep 17, 2021, at 19:05, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Dear L

Re: Watch stop unlocking Mac

As I was updating the watch OS, It prompted me to unpair the watch and repair it to install the update, After that, It showed up in Security and privacy. Its working now. Thanks, Rob -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any question