Learning MacOS with VoiceOver for Visually Impaired Not Legally Blind Users

Every resource I've found for learning to use a Mac with VoiceOver is screenreader-centric. The iBook by Tim Sniffen is hopelessly out of date--from 2014--and there have been so many changes and enhancements to VO since then as to make this book almost useless. It's a good book for what it is a

Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

Hi all, I’m trying to read TopTech Tidbits, and all of a sudden, Voiceover is giving me way too much feedback. For example, when I navigate to a heading, it says “Insertion point between X and Y. It also keep saying “vertical line.”” This is new behavior, and I haven’t updated anything. Sti

Re: VMware Fusion/Player

Hi! Hi! Vocr is very very tedious. So I rather not use any virtual machine. I will try to find a refurbished laptop that I can install linux onto or windows. Bless. /A > 8 feb. 2024 kl. 03:02 skrev 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > : > > How do you find Parallels? Are you all right usi

Home Sharing

Hi all, At the moment, I am running Ventura and Sonoma. My media is on an external drive. When I go to my Apple TV 4k, with the TV app open in Sonoma, its good. But if I go to Ventura, the Apple TV 4k says "cannot find local media" or something to that effect. Home sharing is enabled in

Re: Home Sharing

Forgot to mention I am using the Computers app on the Apple TV. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -Helen Keller My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/9/2024 8:19 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all,    At the moment, I am running V

Re: Learning MacOS with VoiceOver for Visually Impaired Not Legally Blind Users

You may want to try take control books. Or the below resource. It’s that time of year, “More with the Mac!” This course will be teaching you the basics, how to turn on, setup, and configure settings with the VoiceOver screen reader. Email, messages, word processing, folder management, and much

Re: Learning MacOS with VoiceOver for Visually Impaired Not Legally Blind Users

Kliph, How much about VoiceOver for a low-vision user do the Take Control books actually cover? VoiceOver for a non-speech/low-vision user is a vastly different experience than it is for those using text-to-speech technology. That is, while VO is the only link between a blind user and a Mac,

Re: Learning MacOS with VoiceOver for Visually Impaired Not Legally Blind Users

The Take Control books do address the low vision features available on a Mac. However, it is not specifically targeted only for low vision users. They are not expensive books, so taking a risk on them to find out how in depth they do get is up to you. I can tell you that they do go over what

RE: Mark on the Aftershock (Shock) Open Run Pro and Open Fit Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone

I'm glad you're enjoying both of your Shokz headsets. I've had the OpenComm headset for quite a while, but I haven't used them in a very long time because they don't seem to fit correctly. I feel like every time I move a muscle I have to adjust them so that they don't fall off. The OpenFit do so

Re: Learning MacOS with VoiceOver for Visually Impaired Not Legally Blind Users

fre. 9. feb. 2024 kl. 15:04 skrev Steve Matzura : > Every resource I've found for learning to use a Mac with VoiceOver is > screenreader-centric. The iBook by Tim Sniffen is hopelessly out of > date--from 2014--and there have been so many changes and enhancements to VO > since then as to make this

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

mine did that too and I was trying to understand why. might it have something to do with the way the email is formatted? > On Feb 9, 2024, at 7:19 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m trying to read TopTech Tidbits, and all of a sudden, Voiceover is giving > me

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

I don’t know. I’ve read Top Tech Tidbits every week for years, and this is the first time I’ve had this happen. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 9, 2024, at 2:21 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > mine did that too and I was trying to understand why. might it have something > to do with the way the email is

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

same here. it can’t be our Macs since both of them did it and they’ve never done it before. > On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:48 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I don’t know. I’ve read Top Tech Tidbits every week for years, and this is > the first time I’ve had this happen. > Cheers,

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

Well, that’s a fair point. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:50 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > same here. it can’t be our Macs since both of them did it and they’ve never > done it before. > >> On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:48 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> I don’t know. I

connecting a braille display to a Mac

where are the options for this on a Mac? I’m looking in system settings in accessability but haven’t foundit wouldn’t be in voiceover would it? -- 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

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

Hi Lori, It could be invoice over, under braille settings. It could also be in Bluetooth. It depends on what braille display you were trying to connect. My suggestion would be that you look in the braille displays documentation and read the instructions for pairing with a Mac. Cheers, Donna Sen

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

it’s my Zoomax e-reader. it doesn’t say much of anything about the computer end of the connection.it just tells you to go to your computer’s braille settings. doesn’t even differentiate between windows and Mac. > On Feb 9, 2024, at 4:23 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Lo

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

I don’t know anything about that display. I would probably first try going into voiceover and looking under braille. It’s been a while since I’ve connected a braille display that way, so I don’t remember exactly how it works. The other option would be to go into Bluetooth and try and pair it the

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

I’ve written to Aaron to ask him. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:51 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Well, that’s a fair point. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:50 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: >> >> same here. it can’t be our Macs since both of them did it

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

therte’s stuff about it in the vo utility but it doesn’t detect the display I have connected. I’d rather not go into bluetooth but I might haveto. > On Feb 9, 2024, at 4:51 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I don’t know anything about that display. I would probably first try g

Re: Has My Mac lost it's freaking mind?

thanks. > On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:58 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I’ve written to Aaron to ask him. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:51 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Well, that’s a fair point. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> >>> On Feb 9, 2

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

Generally when one connects a USB braille device to the Mac it just auto detects much like JAWS and NVDA now do. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 9, 2024, at 5:17 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > where are the options for this on a Mac? I’m looking in system settings in > ac

Re: connecting a braille display to a Mac

what about usb? > On Feb 9, 2024, at 5:35 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Generally when one connects a USB braille device to the Mac it just auto > detects much like JAWS and NVDA now do. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Feb 9, 2024, at 5:17 PM, Lorie McCloud >