Re: Another VO question

2010-07-24 Thread Chris Moore
See you really do need to experiment with keyboard help. Press VO + SHIFT + C that will copy to clipboard, and if you do the same but press Z, that will copy last phrase to an audio file on your desktop. On 24 Jul 2010, at 14:49, Keith Watson wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the keystrokes for labe

Re: Vision Australia VO tutorials Won't Play on my Mac?

2010-07-25 Thread Chris Moore
This sometimes happens to me (not sure why) but I find if I quit safari it works when I go back onto the page, and failing that if I do a restart then it works too Give it a try. On 24 Jul 2010, at 17:03, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > Many of you may already be aware of these, but Vision Australia has

Re: A Question Regarding Menu Hotkeys

2010-07-25 Thread Chris Moore
Or you could press control + F2 (really not sure why they added VO + M) and then press f for file, e for edit etc. On 25 Jul 2010, at 17:52, Kimberly thurman wrote: > > > If you two-finger double tap at the top of the track pad, the menu comes up. > No need to create a gesture. > On Jul 24,

Re: importing contacts from nokia to iphone

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Not sure if you have Windows or Mac, but you could Sync your phone with OUtlook/Address Book for Windows, or use iSync to copy your address book to the Mac. Once you have everything on your computer you will be be able to sync your address book via iTunes to your iPhone. Chris On 26 Jul 2010,

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Is this the wave burner that comes with Logic ? On 26 Jul 2010, at 16:40, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > How much does Wave Burn cost? > Courtney > On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote: > >> Hi Kevin, >> Wave Burner is fairly VO accessible, I've been using it for about 2 years. >> S

Re: NAS and Time Machine

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Something a bit like Time Capsule? On 26 Jul 2010, at 22:05, Kevin Shaw wrote: > NAS stands for Network Attached Storage. It's essentially a hard drive case > for two drives with an Ethernet jack on the back. Data is sent via Ethernet > protocols to the drives. This allows the drive to sit in a

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Yup got it, did take a look and thought h this looks accessible, but never used it, in fact was not even sure what it was actually for lol On 26 Jul 2010, at 22:58, Chuck Reichel wrote: > Hi Chris, > Yes it comes with logic audio. > Talk soon > On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:53 AM,

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Don't think so , its huge, there might be a demo of the express version On 26 Jul 2010, at 23:35, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Is there a demo of Logic? > Courtney > On Jul 26, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Yup got it, did take a look and thought h

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
t; it's not accessible. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > E-Mail: > rforetjr at comcast dot net > Skype Name: > barefootedray > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Don't think so , its huge, there migh

Re: ram requirement for voice over

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
I was using VO with 2gb and it was fine, I am now using 4gb. You have to understand VO is built into the OS so if your machine meets the requirements for Snow Leopard then you are good to go. Windows machines require additional RAM as they run on top of the OS. On 27 Jul 2010, at 00:56, Sarah

Re: Accessible iPhone 4 apps

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
Don't get ZanyTouch! It will drive you insane! LOL very addictive! That ooTunes is excellent, or there is TuneIn Radio which is free, Units is a very good convertor for lengths, time, weight etc, Facebook is fairly accessible, Skype works well, download iBooks, Shazim. Actually can anyone reco

Re: Magic Trackpad

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
I have just spoken to someone in Apple Sales in Ireland, and YES it supports VO :) On 27 Jul 2010, at 15:20, Blake Sinnett wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just wondered if anyone plans to try the Magic Trackpad and see if it works > with VoiceOver? I'd love to have one if it works. > > There's a soft

Re: audio captchas

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
John, Try sending a screen shot to these guys if you can't get any sighted help. www.solona.net is a captcha-solving service, that is staffed by live operators, not an automated thing. On 27 Jul 2010, at 22:31, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to sign up for a website in Safari, an

Re: Accessible piano apps for iPhone

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
Cool, gonna check this one out, I was gonna suggest just triple clicking the home button to deactivate VO whilst you hit the ivory keys on the iPhone and then triple clicking again when you are finished. But if there is already a VO happy app, then even better! On 27 Jul 2010, at 23:45, joseph

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-28 Thread Chris Moore
Are the infovox voices no good? Also iPal from Humanware is coming to the Mac in September if it is a OCR reading solution you are after. On 29 Jul 2010, at 01:43, Kevin Shaw wrote: > Hi Samuel, > > Running Windows on a Mac doesn't defeat the purpose of buying a Mac. Apple > encourages, albeit

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Moore
Altec Langsung do lovely speakers too. On 29 Jul 2010, at 18:18, Barry Hadder wrote: > I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: > http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV2.htm. > I'm using it with my Macbook. > Very portable and sounds in

Re: Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Moore
Here is a question for you, I turned off my preview pane in Mail, I now want it back!!! help lol On 29 Jul 2010, at 22:37, Esther wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I'm late to this thread, but I'll add a couple of other suggestions. In > addition to using the sort command (VO-Shift-Backslash for Eng

Re: track pad gesture questions

2010-07-30 Thread Chris Moore
I can answer one of these, yes you can add more functionality, you use the existing gestures but with a modifier key pressed (such as control, or whatever you wish) and then you assign an action to a gesture. This is all done within the Voice Over utility under commanders, trackpad. No scripti

Re: working with text question

2010-07-30 Thread Chris Moore
Josh, it sounds like to me you have quick nav activated (easy mistake, done it loads of times). Press the left and right arrow keys together once to turn it off. On 30 Jul 2010, at 15:51, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > also in text edit I interact with the edit area type some text and left and >

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
If you have a mobile me account, can you not save the documents to iDisk? On 30 Jul 2010, at 18:46, Bryan Smart wrote: > Simon, it is usable, but you may not actually want to use it. I had an iPad, > and I tried this stuff, but I didn't do it a lot, and I haven't tried it in a > while, so I'll

Re: Voice over voice messed up

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
Use the control + option + command keys together and move left or right with the cursor keys, voice should be set as alex,pitch 50 percent , give that a go. On 1 Aug 2010, at 09:38, Sarah Alawami wrote: > What would happen if the user deleted the voice over preffences? Would that > get things ba

Re: Home sharing

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
Home sharing is very easy, nothing to setup really. activate home sharing on your mac where your music library is and if you have another mac or your friend brings their mac around, you will be able to see and stream content from another iTunes library. On 1 Aug 2010, at 20:24, Sarah Alawami wr

Re: faceBook

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
more accessible, but does not use javascript at all which can be quite annoying when deleting messages etc as the page always has to reload to refresh. On 1 Aug 2010, at 22:04, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > It certainly has been for me. My friend Chris Moore on the list uses > > http://m.fac

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
plicated, and that they'd rather be doing > other things with their time. Also, some of us wouldn't need to keep and > maintain so many huge personal collections, if we could get what we want from > the cloud. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisi

Re: clicking column headers on mac

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You do not need to click on the column headers to do this, simply move to the column you wish to sort and press shift + control + option and | (vertical line) which is next to the return key On 2 Aug 2010, at 10:53, Paul Erkens wrote: > Dear list, > > In mac mail, I'd like to click on the colu

Re: aol messenger question

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes you can, go to preferences and interact with the toolbar, then select sounds, you will find the option you are looking for in there. On 31 Jul 2010, at 13:49, chad baker wrote: > Hi on aol messenger is there a way for to read messages automatically? > not sure if its possible. > thanks > > -

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
The only thing you can do with a bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone is enter text into a text field. Sadly you can't control the phone or move around the non text fields. This is a real shame as I expected to be able to use the iPhone the same way I use my Mac with a keyboard. My keyboard does

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes they are, but at least on the iPad you can use Pages, Numbers and Keynote etc On 31 Jul 2010, at 17:00, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > It my be prohibitive to add the functionality but it sure would be awesome. > > I wonder if the IPad and the bluetooth keyboards are just as limited. > > Kev >

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Mail is very easy, I have only been using Voice Over for a couple of months and I am fine with it. You can change the order of the messages, do you mean you wish to change the way it displays newest and oldest first etc? On 2 Aug 2010, at 20:00, trahern culver wrote: > mail is diffracilt to use

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Google is your friend. You can activate the keyboard help by pressing VO + K and then simply start trying different gestures. You can also listen to this: http://www.visionaustralia.org/docs/atpodcasts/using%20VoiceOver%20gestures%20on%20the%20multi-touch%20trackpad.mp3 cHRIS On 2 Aug 2010,

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
reboot your computer and try again, their website is a bit flakey with safari, bet it plays on windows no problem On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... > > Kev > On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM,

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You can also press VO+H go to online help, then go down to standard gestures Chris On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... > > Kev > On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
put a comma between each address or an semi colon, to extract email addresses whilst interacting with text I use the option and shift key and highlight with cursor keys then hit command + c to copy. On 3 Aug 2010, at 01:08, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi All: > How do you write several email add

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
ection of multiple emails is confusing. So if I type in john smith, > and he has more than 1 address, one email address is populated audamatically, > but if I wanted another email address, I don't understand how to choose it. > On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >

Re: Facebook and the Magic Trackpad

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
Prey tell On 3 Aug 2010, at 13:56, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > I thought I'd just pass along to the group that the magic trackpad actually > improves the experience on the facebook page. It is very simple to find the > posting area on the page now and begin editing. > > Kev > > -- > You received

Re: Iphone Text message question

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Moore
To save you having to go back a page, just double tap and hold on the text area and the keyboard should pop back up. This is a bug everyone seems to be suffering from. On 4 Aug 2010, at 07:12, Justin Kauflin wrote: > Gena, >I'm using an iPhone 3gs here, and I noticed that ever since the upg

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Moore
You have to go into VO utility (VO+F8) go down to commanders, select the trackpad tab, then select enable On 5 Aug 2010, at 10:20, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > I just got the thingo today, no problems pairing, the thingo looks and feels > great, if you spun it upside down it can p

Re: skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Moore
Yes I have this issue too and it also happens sometimes after taking the phone out of my Sony dock. Really hope this is fixed soon. On 5 Aug 2010, at 11:41, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a probme with skype calls when i am done. > > The proximity sensor doesn't switch volume ba

NIKE+

2010-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
Hi All, Since going blind recently, I invested in a treadmill to keep the pounds off. Obviously if you can't see, the display on the treadmill is not much use. So I activated the Nike+ app built into the iPhone and from what I can tell it seems very accessible. The thing is, I will

Re: NIKE+

2010-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
d media files > while running. > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > > > Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus > Live Talk Show > http://candleshore.com/secrets > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: how to select from curser directly to the bottom of text

2010-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
Never mind that, I would love it if I could get VO to read from the beginning but only up to my cursor and then stop. Is that possible? CHris On 10 Aug 2010, at 00:45, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I believe shift command down arrow would do the trick. > On Aug 8, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote

Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
Oh its finally going to happen huh? To what percentage? Will it be 20% like the UK? I think we should all demand that Apple allow us to only view movies on the iTunes store etc if they contain Audio Description! I am feeling forceful and a very demanding right wing blind geek today!!! gr

Re: how to select from curser directly to the bottom of text

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Moore
No, it seems to read past it. For example, if you are replying to an email and you just want to read up to the point where your cursor is, you can read line by line or paragraph, or hit VO a or B, but it does not stop at the cursor, it continues reading past it and starts reading the previous

Re: NIKE+

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Moore
Kawal. > > On 10 Aug 2010, at 00:49, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Hey Mark, >> >> Thanks for the reply. Luckily my treadmill has buttons which are easy to >> feel, so no problems there. My treadmill also has a built in iPod doc and >> speakers (no fan tho

Re: how to select from curser directly to the bottom of text

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Moore
ill read the whole message, >>>>> even if I'm already halfway down the message body. I do wish there were >>>>> some way to make VO start reading where you are, instead of back at the >>>>> top of the document. Note that the one exception

Re: NIKE+

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Moore
t;> digital with a few buttons. Also there are menus so can't know how many >>> miles I'm doing. Normally, I put some chordless headphones on as I can >>> listen to stuff on my Mac or hook up my I phone to some speakers where the >>> tread mill

Re: Insuring Windows are Maximized with VO?

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Moore
You need to look for the zoom option, badly worded I know, On 10 Aug 2010, at 23:21, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > Thanks for the reply. What's interesting though is I never see a maximize > option in the Window menu. > Even after I minimize a window and then command tab back to it, I can't seem > to fi

Re: Teaching Mac to sighted people

2010-08-11 Thread Chris Moore
Have you got the address bar and the dock hidden? Or auto hide could be activated for the dock, this means it will not come into view until you move the mouse pointer down to the bottom of the screen. You can check the status of the dock settings within the sub menu of the Apple menu. As for

Re: niki plus

2010-08-13 Thread Chris Moore
Well my Nike+ sensor arrived today £14.99) and I got my Nike+ sneakers too (Air Max Tailwind 2010) and I was up and running in no time. Very easy to use, I like the calorie target mode. You get regular prompted updates to tell you how you are doing and if you are getting close to your target.

Re: niki plus

2010-08-14 Thread Chris Moore
> Hi Chris. > > As stated I have a treadmill which is not accessible, I an't see the menus > so wish to know do you think all you have bought could work on mine? I > bought this Treadmill from Argus so it's a main stream one. > > Kawal. > On 13 Aug 2010, at

Re: niki plus

2010-08-14 Thread Chris Moore
bt > dongle for my home theater reciever as well and might the nikee sensor > sounds like fun! > On Aug 13, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Well my Nike+ sensor arrived today £14.99) and I got my Nike+ sneakers too >> (Air Max Tailwind 2010) and I was up and

Re: niki plus

2010-08-15 Thread Chris Moore
nect the sensor to my I phone and > do I just press the screen on the treadmill to get to know what is happening? > > Thanks chris, that will be appreciated. > > Kawal. > > On 14 Aug 2010, at 15:41, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> Nike+

Re: niki plus

2010-08-15 Thread Chris Moore
o work with my macbook as i don't have an iphone or > ipod touch and don't see one in my near future. any suggestions would be > appreciated. thanks, max > On Aug 14, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> Nike+ works with any treadmi

Re: NIKE+

2010-08-16 Thread Chris Moore
ge > Subject:NIKE+ > Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:20:42 +0100 > From: Chris Moore > <<mailto:moor...@blueyonder.co.uk>moor...@blueyonder.co.uk<mailto:moor...@blueyonder.co.uk>> > Reply-To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > mac

Re: NIKE+

2010-08-17 Thread Chris Moore
> > I'll be happy when the rest of us can experience it as you. > > Mark > > > > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Monday

Re: Annoouncing Toggle

2010-08-19 Thread Chris Moore
I do not understand why we would need this? I mean it is already possible to switch from DOM to group mode via the keyboard commander. I do this all the time, makes light work of face book especially when scrolling up and down columns in my inbox. I assigned the w key for this (w for web) Ch

Re: To Chris Moore!

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Colin, First of all you can try the obvious by using http://m.facebook.com which is the stripped down version and works very well. However I am not a fan of this version as every time you delete something or make a change the page reloads to do a refresh as javascript is removed from this v

Re: nike plus

2010-08-21 Thread Chris Moore
Really pleased it is working for you and you are enjoying the experience. You could even just listen to a podcast and go for a gentle walk. But I find music makes you go faster, you can also set the Nike+ not to play any music but still get the announcements and instead you could listen to a ra

Re: nike plus

2010-08-21 Thread Chris Moore
> the traffic so I'm sorry if it's not etticotte to post my questions on here. > On 21 Aug 2010, at 18:58, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Really pleased it is working for you and you are enjoying the experience. >> >> You could even just listen to a podcast and go fo

Re: Working on empty and obsessing about Voctor and Mac

2010-08-22 Thread Chris Moore
Does it normally show up on your desktop? Go to Finder Preferences and make sure External drives are ticked. On 22 Aug 2010, at 06:05, Carolyn wrote: > Ok, last question: I've plugged in the VRS to the Mac via usb. The mac > isn't even seeing it, though the stream sys it's connected. Any he

Re: Would you pick up a touch screen iMac?

2010-08-24 Thread Chris Moore
I would love that, I was sighted a few months ago, so can still see the Mac OS in my mind's eye. Having a touch screen Mac OS X device would be wonderful. Especially for visual products such as Logic Studio or Garage Band. I would even like a touch screen Macbook. I would ditch my trackpad

Re: To Chris Moore!

2010-08-25 Thread Chris Moore
with the jabba protocol / as a jabba chat client? > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of focus > Sent: Monday, 23 August 2010 11:59 p.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Cc: fo

Re: converting google videos and youtube to mp3

2010-08-25 Thread Chris Moore
Try going to www.video2mep3.net On 25 Aug 2010, at 18:37, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > Are there any programs for the mac that will let me convert youtube videos > and videos from google video into standard audio mp3? > > Josh Kennedy > jkenn...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message

Re: To Chris Moore!

2010-08-27 Thread Chris Moore
-- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 9:28 p.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: To Chris Moore! > > Yes it supports Jabber, simply go to the File menu

Re: audio recording on the mac

2010-09-01 Thread Chris Moore
I was not aware VO supported external 3rd party scripts? I thought it was only the likes of JAWS that supported scripts in this manor? I have Logic Studio 9 and as far as I am aware it is not fully accessible. On 31 Aug 2010, at 20:40, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, your research is a bit old. P

Re: are there British US or Ostrailan male voices on ipods models/iphone with voiceover yet?

2010-09-15 Thread Chris Moore
I have the exact same problem. And I have noticed since 4.0 upgrade that the VoiceOver voices are becoming more choppy. The letter r cuts off so quick and sometimes H sounds like A. I would much prefer some male english voices and am going to email Apple too. Hopefully they might listen. Ch

Re: how many people on this list has written into apple accessabilty about getting some UK/US/Ostraylion voices on there ipod/iphone line up?

2010-09-19 Thread Chris Moore
I have requested this from Apple a couple of times from the feedback facility on their website and also via Apple accessibility. Chris On 19 Sep 2010, at 15:17, Daniel McGee wrote: > hi everyone, subject line says it all. After posting about it a while ago I > was wondering since then has anyo

Re: finder dialog

2010-09-23 Thread Chris Moore
Yup that usually works for me too or the item chooser for the desktop On 24 Sep 2010, at 06:38, Rose Morales wrote: > This may sound like a dumb question, but have you tried bringing up the > window chooser in Finder? To bring up the window chooser, you hold down the > VO keys and hit f2 twice

Re: Some stuff I did with pro tools.

2010-09-26 Thread Chris Moore
Fantastic Kev, here's hoping more high end professional apps become accessible on the Mac. Chris On 26 Sep 2010, at 23:54, Kevin Reeves wrote: > Hey folks. Just wanted to throw out a quick link to a file containing 2 > jingles I just completed with Pro Tools 8, now accessible with Voiceover. I

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-27 Thread Chris Moore
Pages is in the iWOrk Suite, there is also OpenOffice and Bean (both are free) and there is Nisus Writer Pro. On 27 Sep 2010, at 16:18, ISAAC OBIE wrote: > Hi, > You have three choices: > 1. Text Edit, > 2. Pages. > 3. Iworks! > and read Rose Morales' note. It's excellent! > Isaac > - Origina

replying to list

2013-09-03 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I'm a new mac user with a simple question. How do you send a reply to the list? There is a reply to all, but this sends a copy to the original sender as well as to the list. What's the solution? Thanks Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: replying to list

2013-09-03 Thread Chris Moore
Thanks to all for the tips. I'll try command + r Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post

Re: researchers have hacked dropbox

2013-09-04 Thread Chris Moore
Hello Donna, I activated the link on the mail message but couldn't find the article when the page came up. What keystrokes do I need to use to locate the text of the article once in safari. Perhaps I need to be subscribed to the NY times. Thanks, Chris On Sep 3, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Donna Goodin

Re: researchers have hacked dropbox

2013-09-04 Thread Chris Moore
Thanks. I'm still learning about the reader. Chris On Sep 4, 2013, at 7:04 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Chris, > > You shouldn't need to be subscribed. I just opened the link and then did > Command-Shift-R to toggle the reader. > Best, > Donna > On Sep 4, 2013,

Re: Does anyone have a guide on how to install Ubuntu on the Mac?

2013-09-09 Thread Chris Moore
Mike, I typed "howto install ubuntu on a mac" into safari. The first result was a step-by-step guide. ChrisOn Sep 9, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Mike wrote: > Hey everybody, > > The subject line says it all. I'm looking for a guide on how to do this. So > far everything I have found just says "clic

Re: Mac Mini without a screen

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Aman, I came across an article where a small adapter box was plugged into the usb port and a via connector. This would trick the mac into thinking it had a monitor attached. I think we'd need to check with Apple for a definitive answer on the Mac mini situation. As far as windows is concern

bootcamp question

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I haven't loaded Windows on my Mac, but I have a question on booting. Is there a boot menu which talks? If not, how do you pick the OS to boot? Thanks Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Moore
Ricardo, What dashboard widgets are you using for weather and sports? You've rekindled my interest in dashboard. Chris On Sep 13, 2013, at 4:23 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I guess my ease of use is because of the way I have Voiceover/my Mac set up. > Just pressing F12 opens dashboa

Howto access the back button in safari

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I was listening to the garage band tutorials. My question is once I am finished listening to a segment how do I return to safari from the player? There is a back button in the toolbar, but accessing it takes many VO keystrokes. Any shortcuts? Chris -- You received this message becau

dropBox again

2013-09-19 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I'm running ML and can locate dropbox in the extras menu using he trackpad. Is there a way to changes my preferences? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: Another Braille Question

2013-09-24 Thread Chris Moore
How about renaming the files from .txt to .brf Chris On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Desi Noller wrote: > Good Morning! > > Is there a way, using the Mac, to save .txt, .doc, or any other file type as > .brf files for use on my iOS devices with my Braille Display? Now that .brf > files can be i

braille bluetooth driver on ml 10.85

2013-09-24 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, Since upgrading to ml 10.85 I can not pair my refreshaBraille via bluetooth. I get a message about not finding a bluetooth driver. Anyone experienced this with other braille displays? TIA Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries

dropbox preferences

2013-10-02 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I'm running dropbox 2.0.26 and can't find a way to access the preferences. I can find dropbox in the extras menu, but then what? The docs talk about a beer icon which may not be available to VO. Any thoughts? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: dropbox preferences

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Moore
hould now be able to select > the Drop Box preferences window. > > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Oct

Re: How can i remove 2000 email from my inbox on iphone

2013-10-08 Thread Chris Moore
You can use cmd + a to select all followed by the delete key. There must be a way to select, say the last 100 messages but I haven't figured it out yet. Chris On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I don't think there's an easy way to do this unfortunately, short of going to > edit

Re: ITunes 11 is absolutely perverted! in my opinion!

2012-12-02 Thread Chris Moore
That is exactly how I prefer to use iTunes also. Anyone worked out what that iCloud button does yet? On 2 Dec 2012, at 03:38, Steve Holmes wrote: > The one view I always liked in prior versions of iTunes was the table view > showing all the tracks of an album and the detail columns that go wit

Re: o. t.: Microsoft Office for Mac! Important: read and leave comments!

2013-02-03 Thread Chris Moore
lol so it is not just me then Riccardo, I am finding the same problems with Numbers. Shame really, as it could be quite a nice app. If MS Office was accessible, I would buy it within a heart beat. Most of my work resolves around using MS Office on Windows, but for everything else, I try to us

Re: o. t.: Microsoft Office for Mac! Important: read and leave comments!

2013-02-03 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry, I meant to say, most of my work "revolves" around Microsoft Office, :) On 3 Feb 2013, at 12:02, Chris Moore wrote: > lol so it is not just me then Riccardo, I am finding the same problems with > Numbers. Shame really, as it could be quite a nice app. > > If MS

using find in textEdit

2014-10-31 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m having difficulty using find (cmd + f) in textedit. How can I tell what has been found without closing the find dialog by hitting the done button? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gro

Re: very very new mac user

2014-11-05 Thread Chris Moore
Deedra, My opinion is that VO access to the terminal is quite good. The terminal session is contained in a buffer. You can scroll line by line using VO + up/down. The other thing I wanted to mention is that there is a dropbox client for the mac. So if you can access dropbox from your table

howto copy playlist from itunes library to iphone

2014-11-12 Thread Chris Moore
The subject says it all. I want to select a playlist from itunes library and copy it to an iPhone. I created the playlist in iTunes , but now what? Do I need to have the mannually sync setting checked on the iPhone? Perhaps it can’t be done with VO on the newest iTunes version. TIA Chris

Re: howto copy playlist from itunes library to iphone

2014-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
Tim, Thanks for your instructions. It works quite well once you get the hang of it. The only thing I would add is that once you interact with the scroll area and check the "sync music” box, you are presented with two radio buttons. The first button syncs your entire library which is not the on

Re: multitouch trackpad with mac mini (2014) and osx 10.10

2014-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
hello William, We need to first verify that your track pad is connected and functioning. How do you know whether it is connected? Did you have someone do some gestures on it? If the Mac doesn’t recognize it then VO won’t either. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: mac terminal

2014-11-20 Thread Chris Moore
Hello Deedra, I agree that voiceover skips chunks of text in order to keep up with the cursor.. I don’t know how familiar you are with the mac terminal, so some of my comments may come as old news. When you start the terminal session, the first thing you need to do is interact using VO shift d

Re: Daisy File Conversion

2014-11-28 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, The conversion can be done on the mac using Calibre and the xsltproc utility (which exists on your mac). 1. unzip the bookshare file using the unzip program in a terminal. 2. Convert the xml file to html format using xsltproc in a terminal. 3. Convert the html file to pub using calibre

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Chris Moore
You may want to tweak some of the vmware setting for keyboard and mouse. If you’re running arch with speakup, you may want to consider plugging in an external usb keyboard with a num pad. This would allow you to interact with speakup as you would on a conventional desktop PC. Chris > On Dec

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Chris Moore
esn’t work with out the capslock key. > > > deedra waters > dee...@the-brannons.com > > > >> On Dec 13, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >> >> You may want to tweak some of the vmware setting for keyboard and mouse. >> If you’re running arch wit

Re: Problem with paying paypal credit

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Moore
I’m going to jump in and offer a piece of prudent advice. I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable computer user. However, when it comes to entering financial transactions online, I would much prefer to have a sighted person assist or review what I am attempting to do before hitting the submit

How tyo scroll in textEdit

2015-01-02 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, The subject say it all. In most editors on other systems, text can be scrolled with page-up / page-down keys. Is there an equivalent for textEdit? Thanks Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from th

safari or chromeVox?

2015-01-03 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m considering installing chromeVox, but am looking for feedback on how it works relative to safari. TIa Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

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