Web Spots in Safari

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, still running Mountain Lion here, and just updated to the latest version of safari and noticed that web spots are back working in the appropriate direction again after a year of not working properly, meaning if you click VO command right bracket you go to the next web spot and down the

Re: Web Spots?

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, I was a big fan of web spots prior to Mountain Lion than MT. Lion messed them all up. They seem to be working again in the latest version of safari in Mt. Lion. On some sites they are fantastic and work perfectly, on other's not so much. Web spots are a very quick way to navigate a we

Re: Web Spots?

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Fischler
: > Thanks, I will give it a try. I still wonder how it would work on webpages > whose content changes, such as forums or web– based e-mail interfaces. Still, > I guess the best way to find out is to do some experimenting… > On Nov 11, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> H

Re: Web Spots?

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Fischler
nce I had to use left bracket to jump to a spot > further down the page. Additionally, one of my web spots vanished when I > updated the page (a forum), so I really don't know how useful these will be. > On Nov 11, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Alex, &g

Help with Skype

2013-11-12 Thread Brian Fischler
Ok, so I get that Skype changed a bunch of stuff recently and I can no longer access Skype on my iPhone as they seem to have gotten rid of logging in through Facebook. I am able to log in to Skype on my computer through Facebook, but can't seem to find any way to change my password so I can acce

Re: Notice: OS10.9 vo-shift-c adds a space before an ellipsis

2013-11-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, If I am recalling correctly this Marcos has had some bewildering opinions in the past. Don't read to much into it. As it is so so easy to be a critic and not offer anything constructive and I am saying that after a little bit of booze. Yes, I to have been guilty of being a critic in th

iPhone Cases

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I have never had a case for any of my iPhones, as I don't drop them. I now have the 5S, and with it being so light it actually almost popped out of my hands a couple of times. I am thinking about getting a case, and was curious do any cases out there have speakers built in to them, I h

YoruFukurou and using Lists

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I am trying to figure out a way if there is one to get custom lists in YoruFukurou to load more than 20 Tweets on start up? I got my timeline to load 800 on launch but can't find a way to load my lists with more than 20 tweets which is what I use most of the time and every time I have

Re: iPhone Cases

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Fischler
though by necessity. I’ve never heard of any > with a speaker, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Good luck finding one > you like. > On 23/11/2013, at 7:49 am, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I have never had a case for any of my iPhones, as I don'

Re: Downcast busy

2013-11-23 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Jesus, Sorry to hear someone else has run into this problem. It happened to me where I would get the downcast busy message, and I would have to shut down my computer to do anything. I haven't solved it, and I don't believe anyone else has. Your best bet is to uninstall downcast and reinstal

Re: Radium iPhone radio app is free today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-24 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Thanks for the heads up on this. Only thing is it seems to be the same thing as Tune In Radio with less options. I know the sleep timer doesn't work on Tune In, but I never use it. Curious if Radium is any different than Tune In, or just another option. Thanks On Nov 24, 2013, at 4:14

Re: Radium iPhone radio app is free today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-24 Thread Brian Fischler
get on TuneIn anymore. It's Russian music, so probably not too > interesting to to many people. But it works for me. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 24, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Thanks for the heads up on this. O

Anyone know of a bluetooth earpiece that works with Downcast

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I just bought a Plantronics Bluetooth 3.0 Earpiece from Best Buy, as the box said it worked with streaming audio and video. So of course, I start using it with downcast, and just like my two year old bluetooth earpiece the audio from downcast doesn't work very well as it cuts in and ou

Re: Anyone know of a bluetooth earpiece that works with Downcast

2013-11-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nicholas, Thanks. I think the Bose are kind of expensive, but maybe you pay for what you spend which could be why the Plantronic keeps cutting in and out with Downcast. When you get a chance please do let me know the other pair that works with the controls, as those do sound interesting to

Re: Looking for Mac RSS reader

2013-11-30 Thread Brian Fischler
If you are looking to sync across iPhones, iPads, etc than Newsify is fantastic. I am not sure if they have a mac client as since the demise of Google Reader I stopped using RSS on the Mac and solely use it on the iPhone. I got tired of Lire as I have a lot of feeds and I know it only allows 500

Re: Anyone know of a bluetooth earpiece that works with Downcast

2013-12-01 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nicholas, Thanks so much for the info. Hey, I could care less about what it is called, as long as it works. Will have to look in to this one you mention. Thanks again. On Nov 30, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi Bryan, > The other bluetooth headset I have is called Creative

Re: What is the name of Nuance's voices called in Mountain Lion?

2013-12-02 Thread Brian Fischler
How do you know if this is the voice that is installed, as I think I just have names of voices. Where can I go to get new voices on Mountain Lion? Thanks On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:25 PM, BBS wrote: > Hi Daniel. In Mountain Lion it's Vocalizer Automotive version 5. > > -- > Shawn > Sent From My Whit

Re: What is the name of Nuance's voices called in Mountain Lion?

2013-12-02 Thread Brian Fischler
ht to the pop up button. open with VO space and arrow down to > custom VO space again. A new dialog box should open. navigate to the search > field and type in here the word english and after that you should have all > the english voices you can use with Voiceover. > hth > > Dan

Re: What is the name of Nuance's voices called in Mountain Lion?

2013-12-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks Sean, already doing that, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on some new voices. Appreciate it. On Dec 2, 2013, at 2:00 PM, BBS wrote: > Hi Brian. Starting with OS X Lion, to download the Vocalizer Automotive > voices in ML, open the Voiceover Utility. In the categories select

VIP in Mail not alerting me anymore

2013-12-03 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I spoke to Apple Accessibility about this and they have no clue what is going on. I used to get a notification any time anyone in my VIPs would email me. On my iPhone a message would pop up with a sound and then it just stopped. Does anyone know why this is as I liked being notified an

Re: VIP in Mail not alerting me anymore

2013-12-03 Thread Brian Fischler
h as Fleksy. > > On 03/12/2013 19:55, Brian Fischler wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I spoke to Apple Accessibility about this and they have no clue what is >> going on. I used to get a notification any time anyone in my VIPs would >> email me. On my iPhone a mes

Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I recall a while back that David Woodbridge did a podcast where he had voiceover go through one pair of speakers on his mac and when playing music on his mac it went through a different set of speakers. I wanted to set my Mac up to do this as I just got a pair of bluetooth speakers and

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
und category. Choose the output > you want, and you should be all set. > On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I recall a while back that David Woodbridge did a podcast where he had >> voiceover go through one pair of speakers on h

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
he output you want for VoiceOver in > VoiceOver Utility > Sounds. These can be the same, or different, whatever you > want. Your music will play through the system sound output, and VoiceOver of > course will play through the VoiceOver sound output. > Cheers, > Nic > > On

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-10 Thread Brian Fischler
ctech Z600 very easy to set up and they sound amazing. Would highly suggest them if you are looking for a pair of great speakers for under $100. On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:03 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > NO worries, Bryan. Your assumption is correct. > Cheers, > Nic > On 10 Jan 2013,

Here's a New One Help

2013-12-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Here's a new one. On my dock my downloads folder reverted back to stacks view, so I clicked VO shift M to open the menu, it never opened and now in safari and all over my computer in the middle of nowhere I am hearing VO read menu than the sound a menu drop down opening makes, and I ca

Re: Here's a New One Help

2013-12-10 Thread Brian Fischler
ms to have disappeared for now, but we shall see. On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Did you try turning VO off then back on. Not sure why it happened but that > might do the trick. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >

Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I just recently connected a pair of bluetooth speakers to my mac, and twice I have completely lost VO, not sure if it has been a bluetooth pairing issue or me screwing up a setting. Both times I had to have someone who can see come in and fiddle around with my speaker output and VO out

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
tH, > Teresa > > "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I just recently connected a pair of bluetooth speakers to my mac, and twice >> I have completely lost VO, n

Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Having a rough go of it with Voiceover. I have noticed this for awhile but now it has gotten really bad. I typically don't shut my computer off just put it into sleep mode, and now when it comes out of sleep mode I have to toggle VO on and off five times to get VO to start working with

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
gt; Jim > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Having a rough go of it with Voiceover. I have noticed this for awhile but >> now it has gotten really bad. I typically don't shut my computer off just >> put it

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
our using? I know there was a problem with > the Mac mini, using a HTMI connection. Mine wants to revert to the headphone > jack, but in the voiceover utility I switched it to always use HTMI. > best > Angelo > a.rock...@gmail.com > > > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Br

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
ver not being responsive. Oh well, guess its > time to play around more with it to see if I can find an answer. > Jim > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Jim, >> >> Yeah not sure as this just started happening every now and then a mont

Mail Filters Just stopped Working

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Wow, I think my Mac must be getting ready to crap out as everything is stopping working first VO won't turn on out of sleep mode, and now out of the blue all of my mail filters just stopped working. I am running Mountain Lion and have set up my mail filter rules in gmail, and they worked fine ye

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
x.ca >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Amber Wallenstein >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have this problem on my older macbook, but not my new one. I have an >>>>>> air and it works great. But w

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
r >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:05 PM, "Brett C." >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>

Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, My mail filters have completely stopped working in Mac mail. I figure the only way to try and get them working again is to delete them all and start over. Only problem when I go to my Gmail page on the web I can't find any option to manage mail filters all I get is create a filter. I h

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
lters and follow that. There you should find a list of all your > filters. > > htH, > Teresa > > On the other hand, there are different fingers. > > On Dec 12, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> My mail filters have c

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
a list of all your > filters. > > htH, > Teresa > > On the other hand, there are different fingers. > > On Dec 12, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> My mail filters have completely stopped working in Mac mail. I figur

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Teresa, >> >> Deleted all my rules in Mac Mail, checked and I am in deed using iMap gor my >> Gmail account, but when I go to the Gmail website I cannot find manage >> filters. I am using Basic

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
gt; couldn’t be of more help. > > Teresa > > "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham > > On Dec 12, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Teresa, >> >> Ugh, not looking good as I deleted all my email accounts from Mac M

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
know about rules with Google. But you > will find rules within Apple Mail’s preferences. cmd and comma. There are > circumstances that seem to knock out rules when you configure them on another > device and you use iCloud. Is this what has happened? > > Gena > > On 12 Dec

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
c. If it do not work, you have entered >> wrong address i.e. email address, period. It works. If you do exactly as >> described above. >> >> You will receive exactly the same 3000 emails as before, but the will be in >> the label viphone. You have therefore more spa

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
ageable this year. > Jim > > On Dec 12, 2013, at 8:35 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Well, after all of my troubleshooting I have figure out that it is >> definitely a gmail issue, as I deleted everything starting from scratch and >> setting the rules/filters i

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
evice disconnects on > iOS, VoiceOver automatically defaults to the built in output. Not so on the > Mac. Try sending another email to Apple Accessibility asking them to fix this > issue. > Cheers, > Nic > > On 12 Jan 2013, at 9:02 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey Te

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-12 Thread Brian Fischler
gt;>>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:46 PM, May and Noah wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have this issue and it’s annoying. Happens all the time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a 2013 macbook aire >>&

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
othecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Dec 13, 2013, at 12:15 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Jim, >> >> Well for some odd reason my mail filters just stopped working on my iMac, >> and the mail filters I have set up in gmail never work or

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
that were messed up. > I’m not sure what’s going on with your iPhone settings that’s just weird. > I’ve never had any issues with filters/labels working on there. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
r had the need > to try this so the details have slipped my mind. That podcast or perhaps > someone else on this list might be able to help you completely answer the > question of whether VoiceOver can play through AirPlay speakers. > Best, > Nic > > On 13 Jan 2013, at 4:18

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
re going to filter properly. Then it says want to filter 20 messages or > something like that and I just tell it yes. > Not sure if this will help or not. > Jim AKA Ricarado, Just kidding. > Jim > > On Dec 13, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Ricardo, &

Re: Mail Filters

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
> Jim AKA Ricarado, Just kidding. >> Jim >> >> On Dec 13, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >> >>> Hey Ricardo, >>> >>> In Gmail when you set the filter is the only info that you enter the name >>> of the sender, checking the

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-13 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nick, We must think alike as as soon as I got the bluetooth speakers I went to keyboard to commander to see if I could set a toggle for my speaker output but couldn't find one. Yeah, the bluetooth speakers crapped out again today. I was on a long phone call and heard VO say there was a blue

Dragging and dropping a Mailbox to Favorites yet again

2013-12-14 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Ugh I had to delete all my email accounts in gmail and reinstall them and lost all of my favorites. I went back to our old notes on dragging and dropping a mailbox in to favorites in Mountain Lion as I am still running Mountain Lion, and of course again I can't get the mailbox to drop

Re: skype on the mac

2013-12-14 Thread Brian Fischler
With all this Skype talk does anyone know how to access your Skype account on the iPhone now if you log in to Skype on your Mac through Facebook? Thanks, On Dec 14, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Emilio wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have not noticed any issues when launching or using Skype. > I am also us

Re: Dragging and dropping a Mailbox to Favorites yet again

2013-12-14 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nick, Wow, not sure what worked, but got both the mailboxes there after trying several several different combinations, including toggling cursor tacking on and off, trying to move the VO focus got several error messages about not being able to move VO focus and mailbox is not draggable but

Facebook Filtering

2013-12-14 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Has anyone figured out how to do this to their timeline? I just read an article that Facebook allows you to filter out topics you don't want to hear about in your timeline, example photos of cats. I would love being a blind user to get rid of the annoying so and so has uploaded 56 new

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-15 Thread Brian Fischler
gt; rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Nick, >> >> We must think alike as as soon as I got the bluetooth speakers I went to >> keyboard to commander to s

Re: Dragging and dropping a Mailbox to Favorites yet again

2013-12-15 Thread Brian Fischler
> [Text only] 914-820-2298 > (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > On Dec 14, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Nick, >> >> Wow, not sure what worked, but got both the mailboxes there after trying >> se

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Ricardo, You use mail exactly the way I use, just enter on a message to open and backspace to delete it. Can you confirm to me that in Mavericks this still works fine. I use classic view in mail, and haven't wanted to upgrade to Mavericks because of all the mail issues but it sounds like th

Two New Weird Problems in Mountain Lion

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Fischler
All of the sudden the last few days I got two weird new issues. iTunes just opens in the background. I have no clue why this is happening. The other when I put my computer to sleep in Mountain Lion on an iMac 2010 with command option F12 or whatever the key is right after the F12 key my compute

Help with Bluetooth Speakers Problem

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Ok, so I finally have my system set up with my VO sound going through the main built in speakers, as the brand new pair of bluetooth speakers I just got keep losing connectivity, which makes no sense as my bluetooth keyboard and trackpad are both fine. I get an error message Bluetooth Dialogue A

Re: Help with Bluetooth Speakers Problem

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nick, Yes, they are advertised that they work with Mac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, all of that. I actually just found the bluetooth usb enhancer which I thought I didn't get in the box, it was in a hidden compartment that a sighted friend found and so far so good, we shall see, strange that I woul

Bookmarks Not Saving in Safari

2013-12-23 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Is anyone else having this problem. I am running Mountain Lion and the latest update to safari which came out yesterday. I just noticed the last several bookmarks I saved over the past couple of weeks haven't saved to my bookmarks. I save everything using Command D and make sure bookma

Bluetooth Issues getting very old

2013-12-23 Thread Brian Fischler
This is getting ridiculous as every time my computer goes to sleep and it starts up again my bluetooth trackpad and speakers don't work, I get a bluetooth error message that no bluetooth mouse or trackpad are connected then I have to play around with settings for both the trackpad and speakers.

Re: Bookmarks Not Saving in Safari

2013-12-23 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Nick, I guess it's just my luck as I am not sure how bookmarks just stop saving to bookmarks. For as long as I owned a mac hitting command D launches the save bookmarks option, and now all of the sudden how it stops working is beyond me On Dec 23, 2013, at 11:09 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote:

Amazon Prime is it worth it and are the videos accessible

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I don't buy a lot but do buy almost everything through Amazon, and recently paid for two day shipping, yeah I guess I am impatient when I want something. I wanted to see if the people who are using Amazon Prime are liking it and felt it was worth it. I think the shipping alone might ma

Re: VO always focusing on the toolbar?

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, Yes, this seems to happen to me to from time to time. Right now every time I hit option F11 to bring up the system sound menu for some odd reason VO focus automatically puts me in the tool bar, it also seems to happen from time to time when I open a new tab in safari. No clue why. If

Re: Amazon Prime is it worth it and are the videos accessible

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Fischler
pping costs > exceeding the amount prime costs if I had chosen 2 day shipping. > > > Yolanda > > On 12/27/2013 12:47 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I don't buy a lot but do buy almost everything through Amazon, and recently >> paid for

Re: Amazon Prime is it worth it and are the videos accessible

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Fischler
but to > the best of my knowledge, you can only "borrow "kindle books from a kindle > device. > > -- > > Jenny Wood > Phone:(972) 989-3894 > Email:kc5...@gmail.com > Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni > > > > > On Dec

Re: Amazon Prime is it worth it and are the videos accessible

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks Yolanda. On Dec 27, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Yolanda wrote: > I do use the prime instant video app, and I have found it to be accessible. > > On 12/27/2013 1:17 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >> Thanks Yolanda, do you use the instant video service and is it accessible on >> the

Re: Amazon Prime is it worth it and are the videos accessible

2013-12-29 Thread Brian Fischler
hat but can’t take a trip to the store. So, I get on > Amazon, order, then the package arrives quickly. Love it! > Sent from Christina's iMac :) > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I don't buy a lot but do buy

New Twitter keyboard Shortcuts

2013-12-29 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Not sure how new this is but when I finished installing Mavericks I went to log in to Twitter on the native website as I thought I had to, and the first thing that popped up was a list of Twitter keyboard shortcuts on the website that I have never used before. Is this new, new in Maver

Re: New Twitter keyboard Shortcuts

2013-12-29 Thread Brian Fischler
well for us, but in my view is not as efficient as Yoru. They do come in > useful from time to time though. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 29 Dec 2013, at 21:30, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Not sure how new this is but when I finished installi

Dictation in Mavericks

2013-12-29 Thread Brian Fischler
So I just installed Mavericks on my Mac Air, and have been pleasantly surprised at the lack of headaches, as I have read about all the issues. I tried using dictation, and have selected all the appropriate preferences and installed the extra patch to allow offline dictation, and here is where it

Re: Dictation in Mavericks

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Sent from my iPhone > >> On 30 Dec 2013, at 06:42 am, Brian Fischler wrote: >> >> So I just installed Mavericks on my Mac Air, and have been pleasantly >> surprised at the lack of headaches, as I have read about all the issues. >> >> I tried using dictation,

Re: Dictation in Mavericks

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Jurgan, Thanks for letting me know, glad to hear it's not just me as that is the same thing I was going through. Will have to try going back to the cloud dictating only to see if that works. Not that I would use dictating much, but don't want to have something installed that is just going t

Re: Dictation in Mavericks

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
s if you find any information regarding this apparent bug. > this is a feature that can be very beneficial to those of us who are blind. > It would be nice to have information regarding this problem. let us know > what you find out. > Jim > > On Dec 30, 2013, at 2:06 AM, Brian

Re: Dictation in Mavericks

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
nline > dictation to see if the problem persists, but I hate either not having > anything I say get transcribed, or having to do a hard shut down of the > entire Mac, just because Dictation messed up. > On Dec 30, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey Jim, >>

Apple Airport Time Capsule

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I wanted to see if people who have Apple Time Capsule think it is worth the price. I am finally again looking at getting an external hard drive, and could pick a 3 TB drive up for about $140, so the $299 for a 2TB Time Capsule makes me curious what is the big advantage to it? Is it the

Re: Apple Airport Time Capsule

2013-12-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks Nick, I really appreciate your feedback. Guess I am going to go with the less expensive USB or Fire Wire since that is what my iMac has drive. I got a Seagate a year ago but sent it back as it wouldn't properly mount, and after reading all the reviews for Seagate external drives, mounting

Is Amazon Prime not usable through the Amazon iPhone App

2013-12-31 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, After reading everyone's comments on Amazon Prime, I decided I would get it with my next Amazon purchase. I like to use the Amazon iPhone app over the website as I find it much more accessible. For some odd reason on the website I can get to everything except the price for an item. I w

Re: Is Amazon Prime not usable through the Amazon iPhone App

2013-12-31 Thread Brian Fischler
ing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)

Re: Is Amazon Prime not usable through the Amazon iPhone App

2013-12-31 Thread Brian Fischler
h! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, >> and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord >> never ceases; >> his mercies never come

Re: Is Amazon Prime not usable through the Amazon iPhone App

2014-01-01 Thread Brian Fischler
;This I call to mind, >>> and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>> never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:2

Re: MenuTabPro?

2014-01-01 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey guys, Going back to using Menu Tab Pro for Facebook. Silly question, what do I need to have enabled to navigate headings with the numbers for example pressing 2 to get to second level headings like News Feed? I enabled single key navigation with quicknav on but then couldn't type a comment

Re: transferring first tivo show

2014-01-01 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey, I have been a long time Tivo user, but never had much success with Tivo Desktop on the mac, in fact, I don't think I even still have installed. However, the Tivo Premiere and later boxes work fantastic with the iPhone app. I can now read my recorded shows on the iPhone, to do list, and man

Re: MenuTab Pro - how do I toggle between desktop and mobile mode?

2014-01-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Dave, Have you figured out how to get all of your News Feed to show up? I thought I had found the toggle but pressing it does nothing, so in menu tab I have giant time gaps between posts on my news feed. On Jan 2, 2014, at 5:06 AM, David Taylor wrote: > Correct. The label of the button rem

Re: MenuTab Pro - how do I toggle between desktop and mobile mode?

2014-01-02 Thread Brian Fischler
on a few months > ago. I can't get most of the menus to work in any version of FB at the > moment. Don't you just wish they would fix accessibility in all areas of the > site! > > Cheers > Dave > > On 2 Jan 2014, at 20:08, Brian Fischler wrote: > >>

Scanner Pro Free in the app store

2014-01-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I just got Scanner Pro for the iPhone as it is now free in the app store. Has anyone figured this app out? I can take a scan as I hear the photo being taken, but after that I can't seem to have anything read to me. I thought I heard this app was accessible, if anyone has figured it out

Re: Bluetooth Issues getting very old

2014-01-03 Thread Brian Fischler
#x27;t lose connectivity to your keyboard any of this time. > > On 12/23/13, Brian Fischler wrote: >> This is getting ridiculous as every time my computer goes to sleep and it >> starts up again my bluetooth trackpad and speakers don't work, I get a >> bluetooth

Formatting an external drive

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I finally got around to ordering a new external hard drive, as the Seagate I ordered wouldn't mount successfully, ends up that is a common issue with seagate drives. So I ordered a My Passport drive for Mac, and of course it shows up set up for Windows NTFS. I can't win. So I want to d

Re: Formatting an external drive

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Daniel, Thanks. I went ahead and played around with it after doing a google search. I think I selected all the right options, but will have to check after Time Machine finishes. I am not sure if I selected GDUI or the other mac option, it was automatically set to windows which is strange co

Any last minute advice before upgrading to Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I successfully updated my 2012 mac air a few weeks ago to Mavericks and didn't notice any problems, so am thinking about updating my 2010 iMac to Mavericks which is now fully backed up. I know it will take a lot longer as I have a lot more files on my iMac. I just wanted to see if ther

Re: Formatting an external drive

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Daniel, Well everything for the most part worked great, as I was able to repartian the drive in to 2 drives, one for Time Machine and one for me to back up and have access to all of my files. Both went successful. The only problem, and I am not sure if it is a problem is when I went to get

Re: Any last minute advice before upgrading to Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
> It may run slower though I am not sure of this. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I successfully updated my 2012 mac air a few weeks ago to Mavericks and

VO Choppy in Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Curious if anyone has noticed this, as I find VO is very choppy in Mavericks when reading mail with VO and use the arrows to go through a message, however if I use VO A to read all VO is not choppy. Sometimes I like to just use the arrows to quickly go through a message, and have notic

Re: VO Choppy in Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
M, Hope Paulos wrote: > >> I don't experience this issue. >> >> Hope Paulos >> >>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Curious if anyone has noticed this, as I find VO is very

Re: VO Choppy in Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
mail, then we I go back one it will name several that I skipped. It > can get frustrating. > Daniel Hawkins > - Posted from my Macbook Pro > > 2012 15in. Macbook Pro > 2.3 Quad-core i7 > 4GB DDR3 > 500GB HDD > > Dual Boot: > Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit >

Re: VO Choppy in Mavericks

2014-01-07 Thread Brian Fischler
t; > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 7, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I changed the voice as I was using Eve and Alex where I noticed the most >> choppiness. I forget what voice I am using

Re: VO Choppy in Mavericks

2014-01-08 Thread Brian Fischler
hough the automatic translator translate ssd to sad, hmmm... >> >> Take care >> >> >> 8. jan. 2014 kl. 05:51 skrev Brian Fischler : >> >> Hey all, >> >> I changed the voice as I was using Eve and Alex where I noticed the most >> choppi

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