Re: something's seriously different on audible.com/library

2016-04-16 Thread Christina C.
any software recently that could have affected Safari? > Several people I know have downloaded Mac Keeper and had endless trouble with > unwanted popup windows and such in Safari. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 15 Apr 2016, at 19:35, Christina C. wrote: &g

can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, I have a Mac and it has an SD card slot. I put the micro SD card inside the adapter that came with it to make the micro card standard size. I put the memory card in the slot and I get a message that says something like the card you inserted cannot be read by this computer. I am then giv

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
gt; Jenine Stanley >> dragonwalke...@gmail.com >> >> >> >>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:53 PM, Christina C. wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a Mac and it has an SD card slot. I put the micro SD card inside the >>> ada

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
arging though. >>>> >>>> I have a very old card reader with a micro slot that I’m considering >>>> trying but these things are so fragile I don’t want to break one of the >>>> little widgets used to lock the card. >>>> Jenine Stanley >>>&g

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
Apr 18, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Gary wrote: > > I got the same alert message you did. > Gary > >> On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> >> Gary, Did your mac recognize that you put a card in and could not read it, >> or did it not even respond

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
your Mac? > if so, did you get the same alert message? > Gary > >> On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> >> bummer, because I tried it with my stream and I just got the same alert. :( >> Darnit. I have a 32 GB that I have been using for years, I

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
sited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 4/18/2016 10:53 AM, Christina C. wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a Mac and it has an SD card slot. I put the micro SD card inside the >> adapter that came with it to make the micro card standard size. I put the >

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
Ok, I will try looking at it again now that I have a little bit of info from you all. :) The SD C\card is not even showing up in Finder just as FYI. :) The max the stream claims to handle is 64 GB. That is what size my card has and the stream is having no problems with the card and telling me m

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
> Sabahattin, I think you are onto something. I did not even realize XC existed. So, It’s highly possible that I purchased an incompatible card. I don’t even know if the stream supports the SD XC cards. Since I didn’t realize there was a such thing as XC I must have heard what I wanted when I p

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-18 Thread Christina C.
OK, I went and looked at Humanware’s documentation on the stream second generation and the stream only supports up to 32 GB. That is so weird that I remember it being 64. Did they downgrade that or something. The reason I remember is because I have a 32 GB and I remember reading 64 and that I c

Re: can't get mac to work with micro Sd card

2016-04-21 Thread Christina C.
Thanks to all and to Sabahattin. The below instructions worked. So the problem that I was having is that under the disk Utility I had the wrong disk selected and that’s why the GB didn’t match my card. Thank goodness for the help here and that I did not accidentally try to format the hard drive

accessible twitter apps for Mac?

2016-04-25 Thread Christina C.
What accessible twitter app do you use for Mac? Also do any Mac apps support adding and reading alt text to images? Thanks, Christina -- 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

Re: accessible twitter apps for Mac?

2016-04-25 Thread Christina C.
for mac has been updated to > support the image description feature, and I know night I will definitely > hasn't, since that only gets updated once a year now. > > Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus > >> On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> >> What

a few tweetings questions

2016-04-26 Thread Christina C.
Hi, 1. If I tap the timeline options button, I get a choice of Ninja Mode and media timeline. what do those do? 2. If a tweet with a picture has image descriptions, is there a way to know or hear them when flicking through my timeline? So far, I only catch an image description if I open the

got VO to read alt text for pics in tweetings main timeline

2016-04-26 Thread Christina C.
I was frustrated that I could only get VO to read image descriptions if I opened the tweet and flicked to the image. Anyways, I went to settings, look and feel and changed in line images from disabled to thumbnail. Now it appears so far that images with alt text are being read in my timeline. I

Re: got VO to read alt text for pics in tweetings main timeline

2016-04-26 Thread Christina C.
016, at 6:47 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > What is it doing with images that don't have alt text? Is it acting any > different like saying image for instance? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> >>

Re: got VO to read alt text for pics in tweetings main timeline

2016-04-27 Thread Christina C.
but so far so good. :) Christina > On Apr 26, 2016, at 6:47 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > What is it doing with images that don't have alt text? Is it acting any > different like saying image for instance? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 26,

discovered a movie rental with audible narration

2015-12-31 Thread Christina C.
Hello all, How do you find out if a movie rental or purchase will contain descriptive/audible narration. we just rented The scorch trials from the apple TV and were surprised that the rental contained audible narration. I would definitely rent or purchase certain movies if I knew they had audib

Re: discovered a movie rental with audible narration

2016-01-03 Thread Christina C.
not watch the movie on Netflix. >> Thank U >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 1, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Netflex should be able to offer footnotes on the audio description. >&

mac compatible accessible digital recorder

2016-01-15 Thread Christina C.
Hello, Can I get some suggestions for digital recorders that are blind friendly and mac compatible with voice Over. I find that I need to record things since I can’t write them down. I want to be able to quickly record a note. I find using my iPhone inconvenient cuz I don’t tend to carry it aro

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-18 Thread Christina C.
Bottom line for me is that I trust apple. I have for years. They say if you are an apple fan to never get too attached to anything because apple likes to change things up. :) No company is perfect so I don’t expect perfection but I do trust that if apple makes a change it will all be just fine.

Re: Why do I want an Airport router?

2016-01-18 Thread Christina C.
Alex, I don’t have the link handy but somewhere on apple’s website they have a chart comparing the express, extreme, and time capsule. We are actually wanting to update our almost 4 year old time capsule and so we are in the market for a router and I find this conversation very interesting. On

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-18 Thread Christina C.
Hmm, I’m not convinced that making the thinnest iPhone ever is their priority. The newest iPhone is a tad thicker than the previous year and I personally think that a better battery should be the priority over a thinner phone. That’s just me though. I believe their are other waterproof phones on

question about blind square

2016-01-18 Thread Christina C.
I finally purchased the blind square app this weekend since I got an iTunes gift card as a gift. :) I don’t understand what the four square is. I know I don’t have to sign up to use blind square. Do any of you find it helpful to sign up for four square? Are the locations in four square user su

full keyboard for Mac

2016-02-18 Thread Christina C.
Hello, Can anyone suggest a good keyboard for my Mac with a num pad? Wired or wireless is fine, I prefer budget friendly but I am open to ideas as long as it is easy to set up as a blind person and works well with all the voice Over key combinations. It also does not have to be apple brand. I

notes app and evernote

2016-03-01 Thread Christina C.
Hello, On my mac I used to find the notes app to be just fine for quickly jotting down notes, especially from phone calls. Now when I use it I constantly hear voice Over saying “body, body, body” and I find this extremely annoying. This is very frustrating when I am navigating through notes to

beginning of table in mail

2016-03-01 Thread Christina C.
I cannot get Vo, shift, FN, left arrow to take me to the beginning of the table in mail. This issue started with El Capitan. Any ideas, Did the key combinations change? I do not have quick nav on. Thanks, Christina -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionarie

Re: beginning of table in mail

2016-03-01 Thread Christina C.
w right or left > > All the best > Jürgen > >> Am 01.03.2016 um 17:55 schrieb Christina C. : >> >> I cannot get Vo, shift, FN, left arrow to take me to the beginning of the >> table in mail. This issue started with El Capitan. Any ideas, Did the key

Re: beginning of table in mail

2016-03-01 Thread Christina C.
t; On Mar 1, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Christina C. wrote: >> >> I cannot get Vo, shift, FN, left arrow to take me to the beginning of the >> table in mail. This issue started with El Capitan. Any ideas, Did the key >> combinations change? I do not have quick nav on. >

Re: beginning of table in mail

2016-03-02 Thread Christina C.
> >> >>> Am 02.03.2016 um 00:02 schrieb Alex Hall : >>> >>> Are you interacting with the table? As far as I know, you have to NOT be >>> interacting for that command to work. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>

Re: notes app and evernote

2016-03-02 Thread Christina C.
Alex, that did not work. Thanks though because I never knew about that verbosity command. I still learned something new. :) > On Mar 1, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I'm not at my Mac to try this, but have you adjusted your verbosity? Hit > vo-v, right or left arrow to Verbosity, and

Re: beginning of table in mail

2016-03-03 Thread Christina C.
Thanks! Option, command, up or down arrow works for me as well. It takes me to the very top row of the column voice Over is in. So if I am in the subject field, it will take me all the way to the top or bottom row of the subject column, which is quite handy. VO,FN, plus left or right arrow also

who can upgrade to El Capitan

2015-09-19 Thread Christina C.
Hello all, Where do I get the info about which Macs can upgrade to El Capitan? Also, how do I find out what model of computer I have. Will the Mac App store automatically let me know if I can upgrade or not by prompting me to upgrade or does the App store automatically prompt me to upgrade my c

Is iPhoto obsolete now?

2015-09-19 Thread Christina C.
Ok, I am behind I guess. I rarely used iPhoto on the Mac since I can’t see the photos. Anyways, occasionally I do have family photos or videos to organize. My family members take the pics. Anyways, I opened iPhoto and I got a message that my photos were migrated to Photos. So, is iPhoto obsolet

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
Oh my gosh! I was having the exact same problem. I could not figure out what was going on. I tried VO plus the equal sign and all I got was a bonk sound but suddenly I could access a table that I could not before. Can you please explain what this vo plus equal sign command is for. I don’t unde

Re: Odd webpage behaviour.

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
Did you try an actual mouse click? Sometimes when I can’t get something to download from Safari, I try an actual mouse click, where the mouse pointer actually clicks and it will work for me. I have not visited this website though to test it. Good Luck, Christina > On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:32 AM,

using drop box for photos was Re: Is iPhoto obsolete now?

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
t less often than you do, so I can't give much detail, >> sorry. >>> On Sep 19, 2015, at 14:42, Christina C. wrote: >>> >>> Ok, I am behind I guess. I rarely used iPhoto on the Mac since I can’t see >>> the photos. Anyways, occasionally I do have family

Re: Odd webpage behaviour.

2015-09-23 Thread Christina C.
i did. > No luck. > /A >> 23 sep. 2015 kl. 00:31 skrev Christina C. > <mailto:blindmaclo...@gmail.com>>: >> >> Did you try an actual mouse click? Sometimes when I can’t get something to >> download from Safari, I try an actual mouse click, where the mouse

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-23 Thread Christina C.
Thanks that all makes sense. Strangely I am still having lots of trouble with tables. It is hit and miss. One thing I figured out to help a little bit is to use the down arrow to get into the table. Not a VO down arrow but just the down arrow with quick nav turned off. Christina -- You recei

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-24 Thread Christina C.
finitely has helped, but I, too, am having a serious hit > and miss issue which I have absolutely never experienced before. Of course, > given that fact, it seems that everywhere I go on the web now has tables with > which I must deal. *Grumble*. > Christine > >> On Sep 23, 2015

Re: using drop box for photos was Re: Is iPhoto obsolete now?

2015-09-24 Thread Christina C.
k or if it was accidental, > but now when I connect my phone to my Mac if Dropbox finds new photos/videos, > it syncs them to the photos folder and you can just go through and browse it > quickly. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 22, 2015, at 6:40 PM, Christina C. wrote:

opening files in messages on Mac

2015-09-30 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I can’t figure out how to open a RTF filed that was messaged to me on my mac in the messages/iMessages application. I tried Vo spacebar, routing the mouse to the file name and performing an actual mouse click. I also tried bringing up the contextual menu but just get some unrelated optio

Re: opening files in messages on Mac

2015-10-01 Thread Christina C.
Generally, things like that end up in the > Downloads folder by default; have you looked in there? Just a thought. >> On Sep 30, 2015, at 20:15, Christina C. wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I can’t figure out how to open a RTF filed that was messaged to me on my mac &g

Re: Voiceover goes round and around.

2015-10-07 Thread Christina C.
I am on Yosemite and I have this problem and the allow cursor wrapping is unchecked. I mainly encounter this wrapping problem in dialogue boxes, settings, and help areas. On Oct 7, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > THe strange thing is that i didn’t find it there. > But i did

cursor tracking in Finder is broken

2015-10-08 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I am still on latest version of Yosemite. I have had this problem for several months and it’s driving me bonkers. I have cursor tracking on and I am using list view in Finder. I cannot get the voiceOver cursor to enter the list of files. It stays stuck in the column headers. I can kind o

Re: cursor tracking in Finder is broken

2015-10-09 Thread Christina C.
> Does cursor tracking work anywhere else on the Mac question that is, is it > only happening in finder? Do you have quick nav on? Have you tried toggling > cursor tracking with VO plus shift plus F three? > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Oct 8, 2015, at 9:16 PM,

Re: cursor tracking in Finder is broken

2015-10-09 Thread Christina C.
r than the name of the > file or folder; might the one folder be in column view and you didn't notice? > My music folder is stuck that way for some reason, though everywhere else > uses list view with no problem. >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:39, Christina C. wrote: >> >

Re: cursor tracking in Finder is broken

2015-10-09 Thread Christina C.
Thanks, I had been using just the arrow keys, without the VO modifiers, before today. That is how I was able to work with finder all these months. However, I couldn’t dig in like I needed to. I am finally able to clean up my desktop. Every time I went to save a document I could not figure out ho

one password questions

2015-10-10 Thread Christina C.
Hello all, The One password for Mac is on sale for $29.99. I’m not positive how good of a deal this is or how long it will last but I’m thinking of purchasing it and I have a couple of questions. 1. Is it VO accessible on the mac and iOS? If so, to what extent, fully accessible, or are some as

Re: one password questions

2015-10-10 Thread Christina C.
are also very open to >> feedback regarding accessibility, and they usually always respond, even on >> Twitter. >> >> Nicolai >>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Christina C. wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> The One password for

Re: I must be going crazy! Two things I cannot find.

2015-10-11 Thread Christina C.
Not sure of the details but I think urban spoon is now called Zomato. You can google it if you want more info. I didn’t use urban spoon so I really don’t know anything. I just caught wind of the change from word of mouth. :) Christina > On Oct 11, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > w

Nisus, Word, or pages?

2015-10-11 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I would love some opinions about Word Processing on the Mac with Voice Over. I seem to remember hearing great stuff about Nisus some time back. I looked it up in the Mac app store and noticed it hasn’t been updated since 2013. I also have seem some recent vague discussion on Office 365

Re: I must be going crazy! Two things I cannot find.

2015-10-11 Thread Christina C.
but it's not seeming to be > very accessible like before. Lots of things are unlabeled. Oh well. > > Chris. > >> - Original Message - >> From: Christina C. <mailto:blindmaclo...@gmail.com> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macv

help adding identity to onePassword

2015-10-12 Thread Christina C.
Hi, In onePassword, I went to file,new, then identity. I found the table where I add my name and such. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get into the fields and enter my information. I’m in the main Password app, not the mini or the web extension. I’d appreciate any help w

Re: help adding identity to onePassword

2015-10-12 Thread Christina C.
d I rarely tab through, so I > didn't think about that. > > Nicolai >> On Oct 12, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> In onePassword, I went to file,new, then identity. I found the table where I >> add my name and suc

Re: Nisus, Word, or pages?

2015-10-12 Thread Christina C.
Ok, I apologize for my confusion, are you guys saying that you use pages? Or are you guys saying that you don’t like any of the solutions? I am hoping that I can learn one and stick with it. :) Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionar

question about turning iCloud on for apple Music

2015-10-14 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I was wondering if this was normal behavior. On my Mac I opted to turn on the iCloud portion of apple Music so that any apple music songs I aded would be on my computer and my iPhone. However, iTunes added my entire music library, even songs ripped from CDs onto my iCloud apple music. Is

apple music on apple TV

2015-11-03 Thread Christina C.
Hello, Is there a way to switch back and forth between family members in the apple music area of the apple TV? I am the one currently logged in but what if my kids who are using Family share want to switch to their apple music so that they can listen to their own music library with their own p

fantastical 2 is an app I like more than apple calendar

2013-10-30 Thread Christina C.
HI all, I just downloaded and tried the app Fantastical 2 on my iPhone. It’s currently half off right now. I’ve only played with it for around 20 minutes so this is my early take on the app. I like it a lot more than the apple calendar app, mostly because I now have access to month view this w

Re: fantastical 2 is an app I like more than apple calendar

2013-10-31 Thread Christina C.
Hi, I have no idea how to contact or find the contact info for the developer and I have also never done this before, so this would be new territory for me. :) I know this sounds sad but I never feel like I can sound smart enough to be convincing. LOL! Christina On Oct 30, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Ni

Re: Fantastical for Mac

2013-10-31 Thread Christina C.
OK, I have this app. I believe getting to the calendar view is very tricky. I will try to look at it. I do not use the app for that. I only use it to add calendar events. I can’t explain why but I just much prefer Fantastical for this. If I remember correctly, the calendar view pops up when the

Re: Fantastical for Mac

2013-10-31 Thread Christina C.
:) Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Oct 31, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Christina C. wrote: > OK, I have this app. I believe getting to the calendar view is very tricky. I > will try to look at it. I do not use the app for that. I only use it to add > calendar events. I can’t explain

Re: fantastical 2 is an app I like more than apple calendar

2013-10-31 Thread Christina C.
anywhere I had to reinvent the wheel > a bit. It's a different beast to apples calendar app. Smile. > > > Danny. > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:08 am, "Christina C." wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have no idea how t

Re: Fantastical for Mac

2013-10-31 Thread Christina C.
gt; Nic > On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:36 am, Christina C. wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> OK, I found it. It does not pop up after hovering the mouse. That was >> something different. I can explain that later if need be but for now. Here >> is the calendar. When you

my iMac won't stay connected to internet

2013-11-04 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, I would love some help. I don’t know why but around 2 weeks ago my computer won’t seem to stay connected to the internet. The wifi status will say 4 of 4 bars with name of network but no web pages will load nor will mail work. Then if I turn wifi off and then back on, all will work fine

develop menu in Safari

2013-11-04 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, I started having this problem after I updated to Maverick. I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this problem or if anyone had a fix. I cannot get my user agent settings to stick. I use these settings under the develop menu of Safari to help me access certain websites better,

Re: my iMac won't stay connected to internet

2013-11-04 Thread Christina C.
t McMurray, AB Canada > > On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Christina C. wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I would love some help. I don’t know why but around 2 weeks ago my computer >> won’t seem to stay connected to the internet. The wifi status will say 4 of >> 4 ba

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christina C.
Try this, when VO is focused on the document name, bring up the context menu by pressing vo plus shift, plus M. Then go to get info. In there down a bit there is something called file name and extension disclosure triangle ( I can’t remember exactly what it’s called), Vo space on that if the dis

Re: Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread Christina C.
Oh thanks! I love this voice and I would not have known about it if you would not have let me know about this great voice if you had not brought it to my attention. :) I feel the Ava voice has a much more concise pronunciation of words. I feel like the words are spoken much more distinctly and n

Still on sale as of 11/25 Re: Paprika Recipe Manager for Mac and iOS on Sale today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-25 Thread Christina C.
I just purchased the iPad version and the Mac Version at the sale price. Thanks for sharing, I have been waiting and hoping for a sale to purchase the Mac version as I love the iPhone version but I want to add all my recipes from the mac as that sounds much easier. :) Christina Sent from Chris

attempting to get Slacker Radio to repair accessibility

2013-12-04 Thread Christina C.
Greetings all, I love this music/radio app. However, ever since the latest major update to the app for iOS 7 the app is no longer voiceover friendly. If there are some work arounds, I am unaware of them. I I sent them a message through their tech support on their website a week ago and I never

Re: attempting to get Slacker Radio to repair accessibility

2013-12-04 Thread Christina C.
How or who got Slacker Radio to fix accessibility in the past? So far, they have ignored me. Thanks for trying again, Christine. I would appreciate it if others who enjoy slacker Radio would also contact them. Thanks, Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Dec 4, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Christine

item chooser

2013-12-07 Thread Christina C.
Hello everyone, I can see just enough that if I open the item chooser or the other such menus by using VO plus u or i, that the menu pops up on the screen. For some reason, this menu is not popping up on the screen anymore. I can still use the item chooser but it is no longer showing up on th

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

2013-12-29 Thread Christina C.
I find the app on the iPhone to watch movies to be accessible. I do think the app could be more accessible but I can find my way around with no real problems and watch a movie. We have an apple TV device and we use air play to watch the movies on our TV. I can’t see a darn thing but the family l

Re: Looks like Windows is also heading toward full screen reader built in

2014-01-20 Thread Christina C.
I do not understand all of the ins and outs of this but overall it appears to be a positive thing for blind and visually impaired as well as for others with various disabilities and challenges requiring adaptive software and equipment. I did crack up at the line about being leaders. LOL! They a

Re: help with mail

2014-01-20 Thread Christina C.
Hmmm, I would be willing to try to help but I don’t have enough information. I am running latest version of Maverick and I am not having any trouble at all with apple mail…at least nothing to my knowledge. :) Do you have an iDevice where mail is working perfectly fine? Christina -- You receiv

Re: Severe Gmail issues in Mavericks Still

2014-01-21 Thread Christina C.
I am not having any problems at all with gmail. Despite the suggestion that you not hide the all mail folder…mine is hidden from apple mail. I have no idea why, but this has not caused me any problems whatsoever. I also delete instead of archive any unwanted mail. If it’s an email I want to save

Re: so how does one open an attachment in the latest iteration of mail?

2014-07-22 Thread Christina C.
I had major issues with an attachment yesterday. No matter what I did, nothing would happen. I would bring up the context menu and I tried, open, save as, and save to downloads. Nothing would happen though. I also realized later there were actually two attachments. Finally, the one thing that s

NFB Newsline emails

2014-07-29 Thread Christina C.
I have subscribed to receive a few publications via email. However, I don't understand how to use or open all of the attachments that are sent to me. I am quite confused. I had thought maybe I could open the files and then read the XML in Safari with heading navigation. What am I doing wrong? I

Re: apostrophe versus right single quotation?

2014-07-29 Thread Christina C.
Does it work differently with different voices? what voice are you using? Christina -- 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...

Re: apostrophe versus right single quotation?

2014-07-30 Thread Christina C.
Thanks. What are these smart quotes exactly? I want to understand what the consequence is for turning them off. I don't really understand what they are and what happens if you don't use them. I believe I hear these sometimes in Safari. I would have to pay attention again though. I used to find t

Re: Voiceover crashes on some web pages.

2014-07-30 Thread Christina C.
Yes, I have had this happen many times. Also, on some web pages VO seems OK but if I try to open the item chooser menu than VO crashes and restarts. Christina On Jul 24, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Today i was browsing a discussion on a swedish discussion forum and suddenly

Re: pausing and resuming audiobooks with iTunes on the mac problem

2014-07-30 Thread Christina C.
I'm not sure that I will be much help. Since you bought this audiobook from apple, the settings for an audiobook should be correct, but it can't hurt to make sure. While in your audiobook library Bring the voiceover cursor to the book and then bring up the context menu via Vo+shift+M. Select Get

windows on mac?

2014-08-05 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, Are there any resources, links, or books to walk me through the ins and outs, risks, and benefits to getting Windows on my Mac? I know I can ask some questions here but I fear I have way too many. I don't know where to start. I don't even know where to buy windows or which version to bu

One Day only Mariner software sale in Mac App store 8/7/2014

2014-08-07 Thread Christina C.
HI all, Mariner is having a one day sale on their software. I cannot speak for their accessibility but it seems that I have heard that Mac Journal and MacGourmet are somewhat useable. This would be a purchase at your own risk :) as I do not know for sure how or even if the software is VO friend

can't figure out how to open NFB Newsline email attachments

2014-08-18 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I don't understand how to open the email attachments from NFB newsline. I just got the email for Family Fun magazine and it has multiple attachments. I can't figure out how to open them, which one to open, nor with what. I thought I was just supposed to open the xml file in Safari but it

controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Christina C.
Hello everyone, I need to access a button on a flash based website that is just to the left of a link. VoiceOver ignores this button as if it does not exist. The only thing that I can think of is to use mouse keys to move the pointer to the left and perform a mouse click. I did get this to work

Re: controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Christina C.
Thanks, but It's not working. What could I be doing wrong? I tried my left and my right option key, not at the same time of course. :) Thanks, Christina On Aug 19, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hello, > > Pressing the option key 5 times quickly, toggles on/off mouse keys. > > hth

Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Christina C.
How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices? I have surely noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same vo

static text

2014-08-28 Thread Christina C.
Hello, What is static text in the web rotor and how is it helpful. Ins Safari it seems to take me to random things. Is it just taking me to anywhere that there are words? Thanks, Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Re: Bookshare Daisy Reader

2014-09-16 Thread Christina C.
This discussion does help me with a similar question. I get NFB newsline emails and found out I cannot use them without a daisy reader on my mac. Any ideas? Also, I wanted to mention that if the BookShare browser plug in does not do white on black, the Mac OS built-in accessibility does. I am no

accessible conversion of kindle books for victor reader stream?

2014-09-24 Thread Christina C.
Hello all, Is there an accessible way to convert kindle books to play on my stream with my Mac? I know that the kindle books will play on iDevices. However, I find that I prefer my victor reader stream because navigation is so easy and quick. I find that on my iPhone I fumble around a lot and w

pop ups in Safari

2014-10-09 Thread Christina C.
How do I deal with or access pop ups that websites use either to get me to sign up for their newsletter, answer a survey question, or to fill out forms for an online purchase? I only know that they are there because something seems wonky and doesn't' make sense when I am navigating on a page. It

Re: pop ups in Safari

2014-10-09 Thread Christina C.
No, I tried that. Thanks though. :) On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Does it come up as a new window in Safari? You could check in the window > chooser. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 9, 2014, at 14:46, Christina C. wrote: >> >>

Re: answering calls on the mac?

2014-10-20 Thread Christina C.
Where do I go to make the cellular phone call from my mac? Do I make the call in faceTime? Thanks, Christina > On Oct 17, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi all. I will answer all the questions below to the best of my knowledge. > > 1. Making and answering calls should work on any

app updates in latest iTunes

2014-10-22 Thread Christina C.
Hello all, In the app grid for apps that have an update. I use to be able to VO spacebar on the app and then interact and go to the bottom to see what’s new in the update. Now, all it says is the size of the app. Does anyone know a quick way to access the what’s new information other than right

keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Christina C.
Hi, since upgrading to the latest Mac OS, the arrow key is no longer working to expand a thread of messages in mail. I can VO over to the conversation column in mail and vo spacebar on it. However, I Used to know a keyboard shortcut but I for the life of me just cannot remember it. :) I’d appr

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Christina C.
AM, Christina C. wrote: > > Hi, > > since upgrading to the latest Mac OS, the arrow key is no longer working to > expand a thread of messages in mail. I can VO over to the conversation column > in mail and vo spacebar on it. However, I Used to know a keyboard shortcut > but I

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-24 Thread Christina C.
Yes, I get the same thing, Andrew. Thanks Alex and Andrew for letting me know you are not having this problem. Everything I tried to get the arrow keys to begin working on threads would not work, not even rebooting my computer. Then suddenly for no reason that I cannot figure out, the arrow keys

webpage builder suggestions

2013-06-20 Thread Christina C.
Hi, Can anyone suggest a webpage building application for the mac that somewhat works with voiceover. I understand that building a website is somewhat of a task requiring vision. However, I will and can have help with this. I don't need anything super robust. It's more for learning and education

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