Re: What's wrong with Downcast on the Mac?

2014-01-21 Thread David Taylor
Fine here too Cheers Dave On 21 Jan 2014, at 22:42, matthew dyer wrote: > Hi, > > No problems here. I am able to use it just fine. > > Matthew > > > On Jan 21, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> Has anyone used Downcast in the last few days on their Mac? Just t

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread David Taylor
Why not use Vo-h-h to review them all? Cheers Dave On 22 Jan 2014, at 18:04, Richard Ring wrote: > Hello: > Is there a list of keyboard commands in Mavericks available somewhere? > I know that some of them have changed. > > > You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art o

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread David Taylor
2 Jan 2014, at 18:10, Richard Ring wrote: > Because they’re not up to date. > > > You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding > Sent from my Mac Book Pro > richr...@gmail.com > > On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:05 PM, David Taylor wrote:

Re: moving an app to the dock

2014-01-23 Thread David Taylor
And if anyone has a problem with that keystroke, what I do is open the app, find it in the dock and use the context menu to select keep in dock, and open at log in for the ones I want starting all the time. I always make sure Stacks are off and my docks is set to list view. Cheers Dave On 23 J

Re: unsubscribing from a podcast on the mac using Downcast

2014-01-25 Thread David Taylor
Can you not just find the podcast in the list and do command-delete? On 25 Jan 2014, at 13:08, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Doing it on the map, is extremely fiddly. I have found, like Nicholas, that > is best to do this on the iPhone. I have done this on the Mac a couple of > times, and have foun

Re: Replying to iMessages from Notification Center?

2014-01-27 Thread David Taylor
Hi, even though it does take you to messages, it puts you in the correct conversation so you can type a reply and hit return. I find this so easy that I re-configured all the keyboard settings so that f11 now opens notification center for me. I know that's not a direct answer, but it's so simple

Re: Still can't reliably focus in Windows VM

2014-02-01 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Sometimes when I enter fusion, I have to alt-tab a couple of times to get focus to Windows, but then it stays there unless I press a VO keystroke. Sometimes you have to do control-g to grab focus for windows. Generally if you're in and out it works, it's mainly when you open it or go in for

Re: facebook and Twitter and flash questions

2014-02-02 Thread David Taylor
Hi, For Twitter, YoruFukurou is the best app for Mac, and it's free. For FB a mix of the main and mobile sites can work on the web, but I paid for MenuTab Pro, a neat little menubar app which comes up when you press control-f and basically gives you the website but without having to log in. I u

Re: another question re twitter and facebook

2014-02-02 Thread David Taylor
Desktop mode shows you the main website, mobile mode the mobile website On 2 Feb 2014, at 15:37, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Thanks much. Now may I ask what desktop mode is? Thanks. > > > > reggie and Allegra > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >

Re: Radio stations in iTunes

2014-02-07 Thread David Taylor
VLC can play lots of things that iTunes can't. If you want to listen to BBC stations on your iPhone, you're best using an app like Ootunes or Tunein. Cheers Dave On 8 Feb 2014, at 03:50, Angus MacKinnon wrote: > When I play the URL http://serv.leanstream-hd.com/CKNWAM-MP3 in iTunes, the > UR

Re: Radio stations in iTunes

2014-02-08 Thread David Taylor
That is the one and only place that IOS apps are available On 8 Feb 2014, at 06:07, Angus MacKinnon wrote: > Dave > > Are OTunes and/or Tunein available on the IOS App Store? > > Angus MacKinnon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVision

Re: Radio stations in iTunes

2014-02-08 Thread David Taylor
this helps > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 11:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Radio stations in iTunes > > V

Re: Lists in nightowl

2014-02-08 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Select the list you want to edit and go to the members button and activate this. Then, go to the add button and activate this. Then go to the edit field and start typing names in. It will often try to autocomplete. When it gets one right, press return, if not, just type the twitter name and

Re: closing Dropbox

2014-02-09 Thread David Taylor
Hi, The easiest way is to find the process in Activity Monitor and quit it from there. This is located in your Utilities folder, command-shift-u from any finder window. Open it, type dr and you should be straight there. Press command-option-q and you are asked if you want to shut it down. The d

Re: Recommendations For BT Keyboard For Mac Air With Page Up/Down & Home/End Keys

2014-02-14 Thread David Taylor
Hi, The Logitech does not have these keys. Actually, what you might be after might well be a keyboard with a numpad, then you can use keyboard navigation. Seriously, for the price, I wouldn't worry though, when you think about it, letter keys get pressed far more, and there's always quick nav

Re: Accessible PDF Files & MACBook PRO

2014-02-16 Thread David Taylor
Yes. They open in Preview and work pretty well. Well, they read well, but you don't see the headings etc. Cheers Dave On 16 Feb 2014, at 17:51, Robin wrote: > Is it possible for TOTALLY BLIND users of a MACBook PRO, who exclusively use > VoiceOver (VO) to READ/InterAct with Accessible PDF Fil

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread David Taylor
Mine took 2 minutes to download and another 10 to install lol On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:43, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Yeah, it's a 400-meg download, so I'd suggest putting it on AC. It took me > about an hour to download and install. > > HtH, > Teresa > > Slow down; you'll get there faster. > > On

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread David Taylor
I couldn't agree more, Mail is my friend again On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:42, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > It's wonderful to see that in Mail, the conversation count is at the > beginning again. I am still having the same VO-J inconsistencies in Mail but > we're making progress. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread David Taylor
I get a no services apply message when I enter the services menu and all options are dimmed. Cheers Dave On 26 Feb 2014, at 02:10, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm happy to report that the folder actions script for notifying when a new > item is downloaded now works properly. This is

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread David Taylor
My way of reading messages in a thread is to hit return when I hear the subject and backspace to delete each one, no interacting, no nothing. I never interact in mail apart from when I move to the folder list, which I have shown, with shift-tab Cheers Dave On 26 Feb 2014, at 11:41, Nicholas Pa

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread David Taylor
Can't get that to work either. Cheers Dave On 26 Feb 2014, at 18:03, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi Chris and Richard! > I'm running Mountain Kitty still! > But I found I had to go to the services menu when just in finder without > picking any folder, then opened it from there and I had to allow the i

Re: An explanation of interaction required

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
Hi, There are two things here. Firstly, you do not have to interact much of the time when people say you do, it's a case of learning the settings and the operating system just like in Windows. For instance, when I go into Mail, my VO is set to land me where the keyboard focus is so it lands me

Re: An explanation of interaction required

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
ar which were VO > commands and which were OS ones so that's a good resource for anyone > who learns in that way... > > Catherine > > On 2/27/14, David Taylor wrote: >> Hi, >> >> There are two things here. Firstly, you do not have to interact much of the >> time wh

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
So, I've been in Folder Actions setup, checked enable folder actions, but then when I go back to my downloads folder, there's no way I can get back to Folder Actions Setup to add the action. I've even restarted finder Cheers Dave On 27 Feb 2014, at 18:44, Teresa Cochran wrote: > It's actually

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
, then folder action setup. > > Hth, > teresa > > "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 11:51 AM, David Taylor wrote: > >> So, I've been in Folder Actions setup, checked enable folder actions, but >&

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
Nope. Done disk repair, set the same thing up in another folder, but when I go in my downloads folder, it says no services apply! On 27 Feb 2014, at 21:39, Apple Boy wrote: > TIme for a disk repair me thinks. All is working well here. > On 27 Feb 2014, at 21:13, David Taylor wrote: >

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread David Taylor
CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 5:14 PM, David Taylor wrote: > >> Nope. Done disk repair, set the same thing up in ano

Re: Conversation threading with Mavericks 10.9.2 I think has broken

2014-02-28 Thread David Taylor
Which view are you using? On 28 Feb 2014, at 17:17, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi all, after updating to Mavericks 10.9.2 and continuing to try out > conversation threading in mail. The next day after and which is still > happening now. No matter hard I try to pen a closed thread I am getting the

Re: Tips For Using TeamTalk for Mac With VoiceOver?

2014-03-01 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I have a VM so can use Teamtalk on either system. If I am going on a server where I need to be able to see what the channels are or who is on or read messages, I use the Windows version. If I don't need this so much and I want to stream music, I use the Mac version. You have to allow access

Re: [440611] Nuance Voices Pronouncing Words as Letters/Numbers in 10.9.2

2014-03-02 Thread David Taylor
Well I can tell you that in England, too and two are pronounced very differently to to Cheers Dave On 2 Mar 2014, at 14:23, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Alex, > > I don't know where you are from, but this is a dialect issue, not a problem > with the nuance voice. As I would speak those words, t

Re: Deleting by word

2014-03-07 Thread David Taylor
Chris, For this tip and so many more, read the getting started guide in full, in the VO Help menu, VO-h. To move by word use option plus arrows. To select by word, add shift to those keystrokes. To delete the previous word, option-delete. All these work in most editing situations. Note that VO

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-08 Thread David Taylor
You can do the key remapping in Fusion's settings. You remap insert to a key of your shoice, then remap that same key to insert, and you have a wroking insert key on whatever key you put it on. I found with anything that remaps the caps lock key, you lose caps lock completely so can never use it

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
; which screens I need to get into and what buttons to press if not > self-explanatory. Basically, just the "how to" of it. > > Thanks for any help. > > On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:28 PM, David Taylor wrote: > >> You can do the key remapping in Fusion's settings. You

Re: Fusion, mapping an insert key on laptop keyboard

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
> the combo box, then move to the next combo box and press the insert key on > the full-size keyboard. I know of no other way to specify we mapping to an > insert key. Do you know another way? Is this how it's done? Thanks my IPhone > > >> On Mar 9, 2014, at 10:23 A

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-09 Thread David Taylor
As I said, I did it, so clearly it is possible. Without launching the thing and making a new set I don't have the step by step instructions, but you don't bother with any of the edits, you simply arrow down the lists till you get to the key you want, and things like insert are in the special cat

Re: Sound

2014-03-10 Thread David Taylor
When that happens, it's usually because my audio has routed itself through Sound Flower without me asking it to, but don't think I've seen this since the latest update. Cheers Dave On 10 Mar 2014, at 07:48, Apple boy wrote: > Hi all > Just curious, anyone experience sound issues at all on the

Re: Update to Infovox voices

2014-03-12 Thread David Taylor
I find the pronunciation very poor on Rachel, the only British voice that's listenable for me, and find she slows the system down when changing activities nearly as much as Nuance voices do, so have ended up going back to Alex every time. On 12 Mar 2014, at 18:09, Traci Duncan wrote: > Hi all

Re: can't connect my bluetooth devices to my mac anymore using mavericks.

2014-03-13 Thread David Taylor
Or simpler things like turning bluetooth off then on again or restarting? On 13 Mar 2014, at 12:12, isaac wrote: > Have you tried removing them then try pairing them again. > On Mar 13, 2014, at 6:55 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > >> I've just noticed sense upgrading, that my bluetooth devices are

Re: tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-17 Thread David Taylor
Chris and all, On the UK Apple keyboards, at is indeed shifted 2. Cheers Dave On 17 Mar 2014, at 08:12, Chris Apple boy wrote: > Just to say on an UK keyboard the at symbol is shift apotrophe. Shit 2 is an > open double quote. > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel like a room withou

Re: an annoying little problem

2014-03-18 Thread David Taylor
Yes. Yes. Use Ladiocast and route aduio from your headphones to Sound Flower, switch your system sounds to sound flower, and switch your Skype input to Sound Flower. Then use Line in to go from Sound Flower to your headphones so you yourself can hear everything. Cheers Dave On 18 Mar 2014, at

Re: Question about internet weirdness.

2014-03-20 Thread David Taylor
Hi, What is causing it, I'm not sure, but here's what to do about it. If you want to download a file, hit return. It will not appear to do anything, but the download will start automatically, and just appear in your downloads folder. If you want to open it in a new window, hit option return. Mu

Re: Google Chrome?

2014-03-21 Thread David Taylor
Hi, If you google google chrome, you will get straight to it, simply download it, open the DMG, copy the app to your apps folder and open that. No, you use VoiceOver, and in the main, it's just like using Safari. You can check the keystrokes for commands through the menus, but most things, esp

Re: Is MenuTab Pro broken?

2014-03-29 Thread David Taylor
It's still fine here. I use desktop mode and that's still fine, h2 to get to newsfeed then havigate by heading. Actually less clutter and commenting works better. On 29 Mar 2014, at 13:24, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > It seems that lately when I've tried to use MenuTab Pro it no longer w

Re: Is MenuTab Pro broken?

2014-03-29 Thread David Taylor
the difference? > Cheers, > Donna > On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:57 AM, David Taylor wrote: > >> It's still fine here. I use desktop mode and that's still fine, h2 to get to >> newsfeed then havigate by heading. Actually less clutter and commenting >> wo

Re: YoruFukurou,, lists & saving images

2014-04-01 Thread David Taylor
Hi, the only way to make Yoru show more tweets in lists is to never close it, so it continues to update them. Sorry, can't help with your other question. Cheers Dave On 1 Apr 2014, at 16:53, Traci Duncan wrote: > Hi all, > > 2 questions for YoruFukurou, Application users. > > 1. I saw the im

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread David Taylor
Hi, A door is not a door, and a wall is not a wall. No, seriously, depends what material the doors and walls are made of, which way you have the bluetooth on the computer pointed, and many other things. External doors and walls often include steel, which can impeed signals. Cheers Dave On 12

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread David Taylor
be remmoddied? > I obviously can't keep the back door open all day unless I want to let the > warm air in the whole time and invite gnats into the house, so not sure what > else to do aside from not having any music. > On Apr 12, 2014, at 9:52 AM, David Taylor wrote: > >&g

Re: Diary apps for Mac and or iOS

2014-04-12 Thread David Taylor
Calendar works, reminders would work, depends what you want specifically. On 12 Apr 2014, at 19:01, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Actually, I use Notes for this quite a lot. It's not specifically > diary-oriented, but does sync and provide a date and time stamp. I understand > if this isn't exactly

Re: accessing the vm

2014-04-14 Thread David Taylor
control-g Cheers Dave On 14 Apr 2014, at 09:53, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote: > Hi, > How do you get focus on the window with your vm in it, so that you can do > things in the vm? > I usually hit command control enter to make sure it's in full screen mode. > Today, though, that didn't work. I c

Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac

2014-04-16 Thread David Taylor
There are many, many, reasons why you might want to put Windows on your Mac still, even if Office becomes fully accessible. If they do it right, Office could be best of all on Mac, but there are plenty of things you still can't do, and might want to. Teamtalk is easier in Windows, many games don

Re: Facebook is getting on my nerves.

2014-04-17 Thread David Taylor
Even Menutab isn't ideal with the way they are changing the site. FB has become more and more difficult to use, and the way they re-arranged the newsfeed made it all 10 times worse. I'm getting to the point where I might consider one of the specialist Windows clients in my VM. An app would be gr

Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac

2014-04-17 Thread David Taylor
TeamTalk for Mac is mainly usable, but hardly accessible. You really have to know what you are doing, but most things can be done. Many of these things are extremely fiddly and slow to do due to the lack of accessibility, but if you know your way round a server, a lot can be done. If you are an

Re: App switching still takes too long when using activities

2014-04-23 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I find that app switching works well, using activities, but only if I use the Alex voice, and probably the older voices would work too, but not at all well with the nuance voices. I have reported this to Apple. Cheers Dave On 23 Apr 2014, at 14:52, Alex Hall wrote: > I am using cmd-tab

Re: App switching still takes too long when using activities

2014-04-23 Thread David Taylor
xes things. I very much prefer > the Ava voice, so use that exclusively. > On Apr 23, 2014, at 2:52 PM, David Taylor wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I find that app switching works well, using activities, but only if I use >> the Alex voice, and probably the older voic

Re: Itunes on Mac

2014-04-23 Thread David Taylor
I agree, those are good places to go. The thing I would say though is learn VoiceOver and explore. I use methods that none of the podcasts suggest, which I found through trial and error David Woodbridge's podcasts on Applevis or Vision Australia will show you basic methods which you can learn qu

Re: Drop Box Website.

2014-04-27 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Yes, the DB website is pretty awful, though everything seems doable on it. I use both Dropbox and BT Sync. With BT sync, you create the folder, and then either send somebody a key to it, or somebody sends you a key and you add it as a shared folder. There is much more control, though settin

Re: Drop Box Website.

2014-04-28 Thread David Taylor
It was really hard getting the > secret key on my I phone as I could not scan the image with my camera so had > to E-mail myself the key but I like it. In the end I closed my Drop Box > account so I hope I get on with BT Sync. > > Kawal. > >> On 27 Apr 2014, at 06:56 pm, Davi

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-04 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I've gone for the 11 inch myself. I maxed everything out on it and find it is plenty good enough for me. If you don't need a built in SD slot, it has everything the 13 inch does, and easy enough to get any adaptors you need for connections it doesn't have, such as Ethanet if you want that.

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-04 Thread David Taylor
uck and I > know you will enjoy the MBA. > > Take care. > > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 4, 2014, at 5:31 AM, David Taylor wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've gone for the 11 inch myself. I maxed everything out on it and find it >

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-04 Thread David Taylor
e out to roughly the same price. > > On 5/4/14, David Taylor wrote: >> Many externals just work, even if they don't say they are compattible, and >> we are needing such drives less and less often now anyway. >> >> On 4 May 2014, at 14:31, Eileen Misrahi wrote: >

Re: strange issue

2014-05-04 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Whenever you get weird things like this, it's always worth quitting and restarting VoiceOver. Also, have you checked if you have any system dialogs? Do vo-f1 twice quickly, (written as VO-f1-f1) and if you have any system dialogs or notifications, right arrow into them, select them and act

Re: Single letter navigation was Re: heading levels

2014-05-05 Thread David Taylor
Or simply interact when you want to type. The likelihood is you'll want to tab to the next form field in many cases when you type anyway, and if the tab key is set to auto interact, you can tab through forms and deal with them. Cheers Dave On 5 May 2014, at 22:01, Alex Hall wrote: > It is how

Re: heading levels

2014-05-05 Thread David Taylor
I have used activities. In browsers my activity has quick nav and single letter nav on, in chat type apps I have quick nav on but single letter off, and by default I have both off. When I want to type in a browser I either interact or turn Quick Nav off. Cheers Dave On 6 May 2014, at 03:19, Al

Re: heading levels

2014-05-06 Thread David Taylor
out more > about it? Haven't found out about this so far. > > Catherine > > On 5/6/14, David Taylor wrote: >> I have used activities. In browsers my activity has quick nav and single >> letter nav on, in chat type apps I have quick nav on but single letter off,

Re: problem after most recent Mavericks update

2014-05-06 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Yes, I have been having problems. I associated them with installing Airfoil, but it could easily be the Mavericks update that started the same issue. Turning VO off and on again gets my audio back though. Cheers Dave On 6 May 2014, at 21:39, don bishop wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a

Re: Is there a trick to using VoiceOver to read mail messages in the Mail application?

2014-05-07 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Alternatively, don't interact at all, simply arrow up and down the message list and hit return to open one. If you want to delete the message you are on in the list, or the message you are currently in, backspace is your friend, no need for all these keystrokes people use. Cheers Dave On

Re: correction to my post regarding option p to open pages

2014-05-07 Thread David Taylor
Sometimes, you just have to turn VO off and on again On 7 May 2014, at 14:48, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi! > The only thing I can think of to check is to go to where you set up that > short cut and check everything is right like it is only the letter P as your > key selection and nothing else like

Re: expanding andfolders in list view

2014-05-07 Thread David Taylor
Hi, well, command down arrow not only opens a folder, it puts you in a list of the contents of just that folder. Right arrow expands the folder, so you can see its contents, but doesn't hide everything else, IE expands the folder. Cheers Dave On 7 May 2014, at 16:14, Alex Hall wrote: > Comman

Re: expanding andfolders in list view

2014-05-08 Thread David Taylor
m still learning so much about the Mac two years on. > > Lisette > > On 8/05/2014, at 3:23 am, David Taylor wrote: > >> Hi, well, command down arrow not only opens a folder, it puts you in a list >> of the contents of just that folder. Right arrow expands the folder, so

Re: Skype for Mac

2014-06-07 Thread David Taylor
Hi, when you receive a call, you should get a dialog pop up, with answer being the default button, so simply pressing return will answer. The way I use Skype is to use VO-J to jump me between the table and other parts of the window. So I interact with the table and find where it says contacts, t

Re: command-y and email attachments

2014-06-10 Thread David Taylor
Yes, do it from the messages list, an attachment will be selected to view and there will be next and previous buttons and an index list if more than one attachment. Most times, the one you want is selected anyway, and often you can interact with it as HTML, headings and all Cheers Dave On 10 J

Re: Mac Daily News

2014-06-10 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I would just say that this list is pretty busy as it is, and anyone who wants can subscribe to RSS, Twitter feeds or whatever to get these kind of news stories if they want to, but if people want it to be for news on here as well then maybe I'll do some unsubscribing in other places :) On

Re: a good youtube player for the mac?

2014-06-11 Thread David Taylor
Hi, You might want to get AdBlockPlus for Safari, which will block Youtube and many other ads. Cheers Dave On 11 Jun 2014, at 14:32, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi, thanks for that info, will i be able to skip ads with this one? This for > me is the main reason to want to try something else. > Than

Re: command+o won't open folders on external drives anymore.

2014-06-18 Thread David Taylor
I've suddnely found that isn't working for me either. In list view, it always did, now I have to open a folder with right arrow. Cheers Dave On 18 Jun 2014, at 19:08, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Which folder view are you using. With list view, you can go into the folder > with command-down-arrow

Re: Keyboard Commander and entering Text on a Web Page

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
Hi, You simply interact with the text or turn quick nav off. This is nothing to do with keyboard commander, which is what caused the confusion. If you have your tab key set to auto-interact, then when you tab into a field you can just type without doing anything, and for secure edit fields, it

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
I agree. I have to use the Irish voice on IOS for the same reasons but will switch to Alex if he sounds anything like. I don't know anybody who likes Daniel on any platform. Cheers Dave On 20 Jun 2014, at 20:02, Matt Dierckens wrote: > I honestly wish we had the option of using different amer

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
oduction to the Macintosh Operating system and voiceover course available > now. Take advantage of our 10% discount for the month of June. > Spots are limited, sign up here > http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/ > > > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 3:06 PM, David Taylor

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
system and voiceover course >> available now. Take advantage of our 10% discount for the month of June. >> Spots are limited, sign up here >> http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/ >> >> >> >> On Jun 20, 2014, at 3:06 PM, David Taylor wro

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
Yes, I like the new British female voice for Siri, but would happily have Serena back On 20 Jun 2014, at 21:15, Jessica Moss wrote: > Join the club, I love the male voice cerie uses though, and wish that could > be used as a reading voice, and have tried in vane to find more info about > it,

Re: Keyboard Commander and entering Text on a Web Page

2014-06-20 Thread David Taylor
If it seems to be something more people find useful, I may well do that. Not sure if I'd use it myself as the tab method works well a lot of the time, but will think on this more. Cheers Dave On 20 Jun 2014, at 22:12, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi David, > I hope you will write to Apple accessibilit

Re: working with apple mail

2014-06-23 Thread David Taylor
In a conversation, you see the most recent message in the list, but when you open it, it opens all the messages in the conversation. It will read the oldest first. Simply press delete to delete the message you are reading and get to the next one, or if you want to keep the message, use command-w

Re: working with apple mail

2014-06-23 Thread David Taylor
where it shows the subject of messages > first, so I don't have to voiceover-right to know the subject of the message? > On Jun 23, 2014, at 5:38 AM, David Taylor wrote: > >> In a conversation, you see the most recent message in the list, but when you >> open it

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Either the 11 or 13 inch will be perfect for what you need. Really, the only gain from the 13 is some extra batter life and much more weight to carry around, I'd go for the 11 personally, unless the 13 has something you specifically need. It would be very highly advisable to upgrade your R

Re: iCloud and Thunderbird

2014-07-09 Thread David Taylor
Hi, It is rather mre complex than that. There are extensive articles on how to do it on ine, but different people have different server formats, so there is a deal of trial and error involved. Cheers Dave On 9 Jul 2014, at 08:24, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > Not sure if this will be helpf

Re: Intergrating Facebook with Twitter.

2014-07-12 Thread David Taylor
If you do a web search for Twitter for Facebook, you will get taken to the correct page to set up so that your Twitter updates show on Facebook. This is doable on Mac browsers. i remember having an issue with it, but can't remember what it was, but I may have had to use Chrome rather than Safari

Re: Sharing Links On Twitter From Safari

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
Hi, If you actually want people to read the link, you're much better introducing it yourself and copying the URL. We won't see what it refers to in Yoru if so if you don't provide relevant info, people won't follow anyway. Command-l command-a command-c then go to Yoru, type your intro and comma

Re: App Accessibility.

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
One wonders if this Jaws preoccupation is behind them putting so muc pressure on Apple now too. Whatever Microsoft did in the past, they are undoing most of it now, Apple really are miles ahead. Cheers Dave On 13 Jul 2014, at 13:26, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > Hello: > I can't speak to Google

Re: App Accessibility.

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
ey put in minimal effort to make > sure that they're possibly a step ahead of NVDA, for example. > > On 7/13/2014 9:01 AM, David Taylor wrote: >> One wonders if this Jaws preoccupation is behind them putting so muc >> pressure on Apple now too. Whatever Microsoft did

Re: NFB Resolution

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
I wonder how anybody thinks national legislation can have any serious impact on the internet given that the internet is global, and most corporations can site their sites wherever they like? It only takes one country not to adopt any such law for it to become meaningless On 13 Jul 2014, at 22:4

Re: Sorry, but I still can't master Spotlight

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Are you using command-space to enter spotlight? I find this always works for me. Also, do you ever leave quick nav on or turn cursor tracking off? If you do, then these may be part of your problem. Cheers Dave On 14 Jul 2014, at 02:33, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I know we've done this

Re: NFB Resolution

2014-07-13 Thread David Taylor
. Cheers Dave On 14 Jul 2014, at 07:24, Jason White wrote: > David Taylor wrote: >> I wonder how anybody thinks national legislation can have any serious impact >> on the internet given that the internet is global, and most corporations can >> site their sites wherever they lik

Re: Anyone miss certain words with Voiceover english voices

2014-07-18 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I know exactly what you mean. None of the voices are clear and reliable on pronunciation. For this, and other reasons, I'm currently trying Moira, the Irish voice, but if you need a male for hearing reasons, she is not an option. Have you tried Lee, Tom etc? Go to vo utility, speech, voices

Re: KEY Chain for the Mac past Issues.

2014-07-19 Thread David Taylor
This is precisely why I haven't gone for two step verification. If somebody breaks in, they break in. I do use passwords that would be hard to get though. It wouldn't take me too long to fix things if the worst happened. Cheers Dave On 19 Jul 2014, at 01:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hello. >

Re: Anyone miss certain words with Voiceover english voices

2014-07-19 Thread David Taylor
t; >> Most of the time i use >> the voices from infovox. I use heather and the danish voices. They are not >> really expensive anymore, you can buy them for a reasonable price. You will >> not have to pay upgrades all the time, mine is very old, and they have been >&g

Re: dropbox web interface

2015-03-01 Thread David Taylor
Hi, There are actually a lot of things I can’t figure out how to do myself on there. The site is dreadful now, I can’t delete things, or do anything in the menus. Cheers Dave > On 1 Mar 2015, at 1:52 am, Jean wrote: > > Hello All: > I am searching for someone who has experience using the drop

Re: Creating a keyboard shortcut for checking the time.

2015-03-02 Thread David Taylor
You don’t need to create it. Simply make sure that keyboard commander is turned on and go. To do this, press VO-F8 to get to VO utility, go down to commanders in the categories, then selected keyboard commander in the tabs and vo across until you hear the option to turn it on, and decide which o

Re: disc keyboard shortcut

2015-03-15 Thread David Taylor
You do know you can sort any folder by size in Finder don’t you? I use List view, and these instructions work for me, you may have to modify them if you prefer a different view. You can press command-2 to get into list view. Interact with any list of files or folders, res vo-shift-\, VO to where

Re: when i am using the newest update to night owl i don't hear any tweets from the main time line.Is there a way i can fix it?

2015-03-19 Thread David Taylor
Yes, you can, in notifications, but I would highly advise you not to do that, and it doesn’t read every tweet if your timeline gets busy. You are best to just go to your home timeline and press 0 for the newest tweet, space for the oldest unread etc. All notifications options can be controlled f

Re: audacity help please

2015-03-21 Thread David Taylor
Sound Flower works fine in Yosemite for me > On 21 Mar 2015, at 1:31 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > > Sound flower is broken in Yosemite, and hasn't gotten updated yet. I'm not > sure where it came into this discussion--I thought the goal was recording via > microphone, but I was obviously mistaken. A

Re: menu tab

2015-04-03 Thread David Taylor
Hi, When discussing MenuTab, please remember that all it does is show you the FB website, and that it can show you either version, so please specify which layout you mean, and try not to blame MenuTab for things that are FB’s fault. For instance, since I upgraded to Yosemite, on the main site,

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