Re: biblical greek on the mac

2015-08-11 Thread Devin Prater
one knows where to find documentation? That's pretty ugly > to me. > > But, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We all know that, no? > > > Devin Prater writes: >> Right. If a simple hacker can do it, any developer can. Its not a walled >> garden if you have the s

Quorum, an IDE and language that is multiplatform

2015-08-12 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I have come across a language that both has an accessible IDE and is multiplatform. It is called Quorum, and can be found here Choose the netbeans, mac, download, and you can also learn about the language there too. It has many… libraries of sorts for dea

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-13 Thread Devin Prater
Wow, how much does this display cost? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Listers, > > It's arrived: my new tiny, 14 cell refreshable Braille display produced by > HIMS. Nervous as I was ordering it from Sight and Sound in the UK, I feel > I'm gon

Re: a new macvisionaries list

2015-08-26 Thread Devin Prater
I wish there was a tutorial on how to use rules. Not a podcast though, those are often too long with 10 minutes of explanation on what the podcast is about, when people already know what they chose to listen to. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2015, at 7:20 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Or

Re: a new macvisionaries list

2015-08-26 Thread Devin Prater
Indeed, she seems to be alive and well on the viPhone list, but we live overshadowed by a corpse on this one. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > OK, so I'm going to address the elephant in the room to which you eluded. > Cara, if you're out there, you

Re: So is this list going to die or not?

2015-08-26 Thread Devin Prater
Well, if an island is infested with dangerous creatures, and no one can even get into the island, would it not be best to destroy the old and find a new one? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > I did not realize the list was spoiled smiles. > Is this no

Re: two questions about the Mac

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
Its still gotta support El Capitan. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > But the emulated hardware is sufficient to run Win10. Why on earth is a PC > emulator struggling to support a newer OS when that OS would run on > contemporary hardware of t

Re: two questions about the Mac

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
I've tried Parallels before, like 3 months ago, but no luck with VO. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 7:42 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > I like this response. Thank you! > > Definitely well thought out. > > So you raise very good points. I’m just going to counter and say that it

Re: Neospeech?

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
But their new voices are still within voice dream. Does this mean they only have an SDK of sorts? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Nope. I checked back in the day when I first got this here 2009 Mac book > pro. The truth of the matter is this. Neo

Re: My I O S 1 Day Chalenge Part2

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
The only thing I hate about braille with Apple devices is that it doesn't show textual formatting like italics. Not even putting the braille signs for italics makes the text actually italicized. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > So on the braille fro

Re: My I O S 1 Day Chalenge Part2

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
eral people have told me to use the keyboard and then just the > braille when editing documents etc but this seems suboptimal. > > What do you think are you having more luck with VO on the Mac? > > >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> The o

Re: My I O S 1 Day Chalenge Part2

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
I used the APH Refreshabraille. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Which display are you using? I’m trying the Focus 40 Blue. > >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> It may be your braille

Re: Keystroke: A cross-platform typing program.

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
I have one huge bug. The shift key doesn’t work, so it always gives errors. Now, if only you could make an accessible MUD client, lol. > On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > > Hello, > > I’m aware that there are many people looking for an accessible typing > program for t

Re: Keystroke: A cross-platform typing program.

2015-08-27 Thread Devin Prater
eOver it just used a speech synthesizer. I abandoned the > project after a while though as life got in the way. >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 15:58, Devin Prater > <mailto:d.pra...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> I have one huge bug. The shift key doesn’t work, so it always giv

Re: audio editing software

2015-09-07 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, Audacity works fine on the mac. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Maria, > > I don't know how well these work with VoiceOver but I assume the site is > accessible through your browser. It works well in safari on my iPhone 6. > These Wiki tutorials

Re: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
They could add a tactile display, so that the iPhone could be a braille display of itself. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Other than "because they can", my use case is simply that I don't necessarily > want to haul around a Bluetooth speaker or use

Re: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
gt; Unless there is some reason for a tactile display other than just for us, I > don't see them doing it. It would have to be very cheap to do, or there's no > use case for it. There aren't enough of us. But maybe with software? > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
I'm not sure. But Apple already has a patent for some kind of liquid, bendable metal of sorts. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Should not be that hard, does not the moto x do this now? > > >> On Mon, 14 Se

Re: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah, I think Siri could do well if Apple bought Neuance. I thought Neuance was practically looking for someone to buy them anyways. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Robin wrote: > > You AreWondering WhereThey CanGo ... I'll TellYou ... > > They can allow Their AppDevelope

Re: question regarding Night Owl

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
This may help a lot, but try going through the menues and seeing what VoiceOver says after the command. For example, it may say "follow user, f" or something like that. But, for viewing links, when focus is on the tweet with the link, press l. If this doesn't work, see which key to press by the

Re: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread Devin Prater
Nope. The feedback needed to show braille and other tactile things on the iPhone are hardware too. Either you can vibrate a moder at every pixel to show braille, or you can make the metal rise a little and form dots, both of which Apple has patents on. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2015, at

Re: To Scott from Mark: Off-List: RE: MODERATOR REQUEST: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-15 Thread Devin Prater
Oh, the sad irony. But alas, people only want the "give us what we want then do what we want" kind of deal. Is it so hard to take this to the viPhone list? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > I find it rather interesting that only a few days ago, people

Re: MODERATOR REQUEST: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-15 Thread Devin Prater
There's always the peel the apple list. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi, > Maybe it’s about time to rid us of the Macvisionaries and Viphone lists > alltogether and merge them into one list and call it something like ”all > things Apple”, s

Re: To Scott from Mark: Off-List: RE: MODERATOR REQUEST: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-16 Thread Devin Prater
Well, the way I see it is that ow is the peel the Apple list. We can always move there. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Join the club, I'd hate to leave his list, but if that's what it takes for us > to be able to discuss these products more freely

Re: trouble with FaceBook iOS app

2016-03-08 Thread Devin Prater
Sometimes quick navigation turns itself off when you enter a text field. Make sure quick nav is however you want it, then do the command. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > I was posting a photo this morning and noticed that when using a bluetooth >

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-11 Thread Devin Prater
Aaron, yes. But Zoey isn't the name of the female voice. The female voice is Nikki. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:43 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the > public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can h

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-12 Thread Devin Prater
That's the rumored name of the next OS. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > So folks, what is Fuji? > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk > Sen

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-12 Thread Devin Prater
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater > Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac? > > That's the rumo

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-12 Thread Devin Prater
Fogarty wrote: >>> >>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks? >>> >>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese! >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

tips for using Vocalizer voices

2016-03-20 Thread Devin Prater
, activate almost instantly. I have 4 gigs of ram, if that counts. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com -- 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 if you feel that a

Facebook keyboard shortcuts not working on mac

2016-03-21 Thread Devin Prater
Capitan 10.11.4, on a mac Mini, late 2012 model. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com -- 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 if you feel that a member's po

Re: Facebook keyboard shortcuts not working on mac

2016-03-22 Thread Devin Prater
i tried that too, voiceover keys+J/K don’t work either. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:12 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: > > What is all the flaming about? Are you living in the Australian or African > bush? > > Even i knew it was g

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-23 Thread Devin Prater
I've not noticed any difference in Alex for the Mac. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2016, at 2:09 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > I fully agree, > > I've only been using macs for a few years because I needed to learn them for > work. > > Now I'm one of the 5 people my office com

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-24 Thread Devin Prater
;ve installed it, but I don't see mch of a difference. the only thing that >>> is currently odd is that VO sometimes goes from speaking through my >>> internal speakers from the USB. It's every so offten, so I'll try and flip >>> VO off and on again to see if

Re: Apple's iOS 9.3 has more bugs, and you better get used to it

2016-03-31 Thread Devin Prater
It has worked pretty good, really. Sure, there’s been the occasion where the device had to, sort of restart without restarting, putting me back on the lock screen, called “respringing” I believe, but besides that, its worked fine. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On Mar

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-03 Thread Devin Prater
I hate that Chromevox can't access the chrome menues though. Really makes Chrome hard for me. Add to that that every time I launch it Chrmovox starts a loop of wrapping to top sounds, and yeah, Chrome is unusable. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I've b

Re: Facebook app for the Mac

2016-04-03 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah, it works okay. But it's basically just the same Facebook as in safari. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2016, at 2:36 PM, jeff `greene wrote: > > Hi Kristeen, Get "Go For Facebook" from the mac app store. It works > pretty good with VO. I haven't really used for fb messaging yet but > for

Re: Brows mode equivalent for VO

2016-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I mostly use the system carrot for selection, and the number pad for everything else. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:18 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > There is nothing really equivalent to a “Browse Mode” with VoiceOver, which > treats web objects like any other. You c

Re: Chrome Support Ended for Mountain Lion and Earlier

2016-04-07 Thread Devin Prater
Good. Maybe now Google can make Chromevox use the Mac's menu bars and such controls that are native to the Mac, because as of right now it can't access menus in Chrome. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Remember, as of 1 April, Chrome is unsuppo

Re: El Capitan and VoiceOver.

2016-04-07 Thread Devin Prater
For me, El Capitan is pretty good... Gosh, Alex for iOS still can't say Capitan. Anyways, it works fine, besides a little business every once in a while. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Hi. > > I like El Cap and don’t find it a head ache at all.

Re: El Capitan and VoiceOver.

2016-04-08 Thread Devin Prater
I've often wondered how good the Windows 10 is. Dictated from Voice Dream Mail. On Apr 8, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: Well, to be fair, many work environments are quite different to home ones—much stuffier and less fun, with more corporate-administered crap striving h

Re: Silencing 'disclosure triangle' (was: Safari Verbosity Driving Me Bonkers Any Help How to get rid of)

2016-04-15 Thread Devin Prater
It didn't work for me either. I suppose the only way would be to do some regular expression tricks in pronounciation dictionary. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2016, at 6:07 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hello, > I just tried this as well. I set disclosure triangle to 'custom', and > unchecked '

Re: Iphone Se.

2016-04-19 Thread Devin Prater
I’d prefer to just not have to deal with it. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On Apr 19, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Scott wrote: > > See that’s where we differ I suppose. If I were going to solve that problem > it would be a larger purse to hold the larger phone, but tha

Re: Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Anne, do you mean the Accessibility option zoom or something else? Doesn't zoom interfere with voiceover commands? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Nick, > > I’ve just followed your steps and am not getting these weird results that you > hav

Re: reading daisy files on the mac

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Open the XML file in Safari. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > I have a bunch of daisy files. I’d like to read them on my mac, but am not > sure which of the files to open, and with what app.. > > So, do I open the .opf file, or the .xml?

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
It's also not a huge cost. It's somewhere around 25 cents a capcha, probably even less. I don't use it because I don't have a need for it. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Shaf Patel wrote: > > Why? How do you expect the awesome developers to make a living? > If you want som

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Or save the screenshot to dropbox and send to Taptapsee if you have an iPhone. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:22 PM, E.T. wrote: > > I already mentioned the "free" option. Take screenshot send to friend or > whomever you trust. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icl

Re: iPhone 7 specs confirmed from a leaked schematic, includes 2 cameras and no iPhone jack

2016-04-28 Thread Devin Prater
Thank God. Now Apple could do something awesome with the digital audio outut, or even put sensors on the Earpods. Maybe games, or even voiceover, could track head movements. That'd be good for blind square as well. Thank God for change. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2016, at 8:05 AM, Donna

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-28 Thread Devin Prater
Just ask your sighted friend what they're putting in, and put it in yourself. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:49 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote: > > Okay guys, my bad. What it boils down to is that I'm trying to unlock my Mac > Air OS 10, and I thought I needed to do this by connecting

Re: my noise and human to cat translator

2016-05-01 Thread Devin Prater
Does the human to cat translator app actually work, or does it just generate random meowing and stuff? Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On May 1, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Jean wrote: > > Hi Jesica: > My Noise was featured on Apple Vis a while ago. It is a sound g

Re: my noise and human to cat translator

2016-05-02 Thread Devin Prater
Thanks for the explanation, Scot. We have domesticated cats, and I never feel anything like that from any of them. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On May 2, 2016, at 7:20 AM, Scott wrote: > > So here’s the thing with cats, the meow is a very small part of thei

Re: Very perplexing issue with VMWare Fusion 8

2016-05-04 Thread Devin Prater
Try pressing tab until voiceover doesn't say anything, then the VM should have control, but VOICEOVER commands will still be used by voiceover, and indeed, using the voiceover keys plus anything will activate voiceover, unless you have it set to use capslock... Which is what I'll try when using

Re: how to know when the mac has shut down

2015-12-26 Thread Devin Prater
I think the starup sound is built-in to the bios, the pre-OS environment. I don't think we can access that. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 26, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > I also wonder if we can assign a sound to the shut down process, sort of like > the start up chime? > >

Re: does a mac need both VM Ware and bootcamp to run windows

2015-12-27 Thread Devin Prater
Mush-client plus pluggins to play MUD games. I heard that the developer of Atlantis was working on making his client accessible, but nope, developement stopped just at the release before the accessibility was put into place. But of course, everyone knows computers are only for working and emaili

Re: does a mac need both VM Ware and bootcamp to run windows

2015-12-27 Thread Devin Prater
Your thoughts are almost exactly mine, although NVDA doesn't support braille enough for me to be comfortable with silent braille operation, but yes, I use Mush-client in Windows XP. Actually, there is a free, windows xp vm, with an older version of NVDA installed, but still, its out there. Sent

Re: Really disgusted with iBooks this evening

2016-01-03 Thread Devin Prater
'Yep, comic books are like that too. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:09 AM, David Chittenden wrote: > > The cookbook probably has images (pictures) of the recipes rather than the > text of the recipes. Therefore, that particular cookbook is not accessible, > and Apple will probabl

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah. Firefox is okay, but for such a great blind developer on the team, it can't even display page-loading progress bars on Windows. So don't expect the great Firefox to become accessible any time soon. Yes, you can use Webvisum still, but with the added security risks associated with enabling

Re: Getting very irritated with editting text on I O S

2016-01-14 Thread Devin Prater
Report it to Apple, and if you can, try updating to a beta on one of your devices and see if its still there. If so, report that to appbe as well. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Well, no offense intended, but, if your bet were a gambl

Re: Access IOS File System from OSX

2016-01-14 Thread Devin Prater
Iexplorer can somewhat do it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to access the file system on my iPhone from my Mac running the > latest versions on both. My iPhone is not jail broken, nor do I wish to do > so. I'd like to g

Re: some very good news for users of media human youtube to mp3 converter and VO

2016-01-17 Thread Devin Prater
That's awesome news! Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey all, > just wanted to let you know that with the latest update of media human's > fantastic youtube to mp3 converter the program has become a lot more > accessible with VO. > in stead of

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-18 Thread Devin Prater
Frotz on iOS is usable too. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2016, at 1:28 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > It's been a while but, last I checked, the Zoom app to play various Infocom > games was fairly accessible. > > http://www.logicalshift.co.uk/unix/zoom/ > > CB > >>

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-18 Thread Devin Prater
On the headphone debate, I know a few people at the technical school I go to that don't use headphones, who just have their phone blasting out their info as they text and such. So some blind users won't be effected at all by the change, lol. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, C

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-18 Thread Devin Prater
Maybe a one finger triple press. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > What I! want to know is, if they're doing away with the home button, then how > will we get to our home screen, or for that mind tripple click to start > Voiceover? I gu

Sharing Wifi Internet from Mac to Windows 10 laptop

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I'm wanting to know if anyone can help with this. My friend, a college kid, has a brand new Windows 10 laptop. My Mac can connect to the poor-performing Wifi we have here at the training center for people with disabilities here, but his laptop can't. So I'm wondering if I can use the In

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
Look y'all. Apple knows what they're doing here. Music, and sound, have always been one thing they're good at. If Apple removes the current headphone jack and replaced them with lightning headphones, the new EarPods might be able to do more things, like have sensors in them or do things that con

Re: HomeButton & Apple iPhone & VoiceOver (VO)

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
Maybe we'll be able to triple-press the screen, not just where the home button was. Apple will find a way, they're not as stupid as we sometimes make them out to be. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Robin wrote: > > If Apple decides to Remove its HomeButton, will that impact

Re: Sharing Wifi Internet from Mac to Windows 10 laptop

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
; a LAN cable you could re-share it out as wifi. > > CB > >> On 1/20/16 5:03 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> Hi all. I'm wanting to know if anyone can help with this. My friend, a >> college kid, has a brand new Windows 10 laptop. My Mac can connect to the >> poor-

Re: Sharing Wifi Internet from Mac to Windows 10 laptop

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
I'm sorry, but your message seems to be blank. When I open it, mail says "this message has no content." Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2016, at 4:42 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > This message has no content. -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
I don't think a 700MB regular CD can hold an album of lossless audio, can it? With each song being a good 50MB or so? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > I seem to be very lucky in not being among those frequently beset by AirPlay > dropouts, but

Re: Apple's headphone scam

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
Lossless encoders, like AIFF or something? That's the format I'm most familiar with, as some Creative Commons stuff comes with MP3 and AIFF versions. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Red Book CDs (i.e., the kind you play in your CD player) are

Re: Sharing Wifi Internet from Mac to Windows 10 laptop

2016-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
Lol, sounds like a quest! Well then, I accept! I'll report back if I get anything working. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Don’t use iOS, or install Outlook for iOS. iOS Mail keeps displaying that > message for perfectly valid messages (“Thi

Re: VMware fires US dev team behind Workstation and Fusion

2016-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
We'll have to pester virtualbox to become more accessible, as I just can't wrap my head around the inner workings of the program to work with its CLI interface. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/27/vmware_fus

Re: facebook chat for the mac

2016-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
I'd rather not use simple webpages wrapped in an app. Is Adium still being developed? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:21 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > What's the difference between menu tab and menu tab pro? >> On Jan 27, 2016, at 5:20 AM, Gerry Cook wrote: >> >> try menu tab pro

Re: facebook chat for the mac

2016-01-28 Thread Devin Prater
Shawn Krasniuk > Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper > Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:28 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >

Re: How to remove a program from the status menu

2016-01-28 Thread Devin Prater
You might try pressing vo-shift-m on the status menu item, if that opens the menu then there might be a quit menu item there. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > If it is the Status menu item that is causing the issue, you are supposed to > be able to

converting PDF to speech

2016-02-07 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I’m trying to turn a PDF file into an MP3 file for a friend with only a digital talking book player. Any tips? I could probably save it as text, but then should I use the terminal, or are there other ways? I plan to put the mp3 files onto a flash drive afterwards, so they can’t be just i

outlook for ios

2016-02-08 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. Does anyone here use outlook for iOS? If so, do you have any tips? I know using containers is the quickest way to get around, but are there any Voiceover tips I can learn from? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any quest

Re: Facebook and their improvements on pictures

2016-03-05 Thread Devin Prater
Its in a sort of beta stage right now, so only a few people have it. > On Mar 5, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote: > > I am curious as to how you access it. I tried doing a search but came > up with nothing. > Vaughn > > On 3/5/16, Marie Lyons wrote: >> How do you access it? >> >> Marie Ly

Re: Braille Software for Mac??

2015-09-18 Thread Devin Prater
Does that version even still work? I know there is this new HTML version that no longer works. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Louis for mac works for me. It is not as intuitive as DBT but I did get to > work and now that Understand it it is just fi

Re: E-mail bug on IOS.

2015-09-19 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, that was fixed. Then I had to get used to not having to tap the "move" for it to jump to delete. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Regina Alvarado > wrote: > > If I am thinking of the bug he is asking about, yes, yay it is fixed! It is > the bug that when you tapped de

reading braille until the bard returns

2015-09-19 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. So I have this new braille display, and would love to read... But BARD Mobile hasn't been updated in years, and I don't have a bookshare membership or anymore. So now, have can I read book in braille format? I would read them in iBooks or something, but iOS does not support style info, l

Re: IOS 9 impressions?

2015-09-20 Thread Devin Prater
I've not seen this before, but swiping left or right in the noticication center switches between the two vietws. So that can be an option if you don't wanna look for the buttons. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2015, at 7:07 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > No, just that triple tap won't put

Re: reading braille until the bard returns

2015-09-21 Thread Devin Prater
gt; Chris >> On Sep 20, 2015, at 12:33 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> Hi all. So I have this new braille display, and would love to read... But >> BARD Mobile hasn't been updated in years, and I don't have a bookshare >> membership or anymore. So now, have c

Re: El Capitan Is Here

2015-09-30 Thread Devin Prater
I don't know if I'm the only one, but has anyone else had where Alex is kind of choppy, like when using Voiceover he is, but not so much when used by other apps. This has been how it is for several versions now. But Fred and every other voice is fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2015, at

Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

2015-10-01 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I've had my mac for a while now, and have found that Alex is often choppy and unresponsive when used with VoiceOver, even more so than Fred. Has anyone else found that this is so, and fixed it? I have reinstalled my system 2 or so times already, but this bug persists. -- You received

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

2015-10-01 Thread Devin Prater
>> returned. >> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, >> >> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! >> >> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in!!! >> >>> O

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

2015-10-01 Thread Devin Prater
ing up your data and reformatting and > starting from scratch? It just might help. :) > By the way, I haven't seen the problem you are talking about. > Hope this helps, > Jeffrey > >> On 10/1/2015 8:40 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> Well, I'm on a Mac Mini. >>

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

2015-10-01 Thread Devin Prater
er considered maybe backing up your data and reformatting and >> starting from scratch? It just might help. :) >> By the way, I haven't seen the problem you are talking about. >> Hope this helps, >> Jeffrey >> >>> On 10/1/2015 8:40 AM, Devin Prater

Re: El Capitan Is Here

2015-10-01 Thread Devin Prater
I know this is crazy, but I do a lot more on mx phone now. Sure, I use the Mac for big things, like long documents, and playing Windows games, but besides that, El Cap has kind of turn me off from browsing the web or emailing because of all the little bugs turning into a big sour experience.

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
I sort of think Apple has something big planned though. I've read that they have their own patent for sort of elastic and shapable metal, so that the metal could form dots and such. I don't know if they'll do that, or just keep supporting braille displays, but the lack of new fixes in braille le

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
One thing I've always hated is that the Mac nor iOS has support for Italics. That really gets on my nerves how they just be lazy and treat every font change like just a separate element and not just show italics. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Scott Davert wrote: > > No, it

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
them do it. > That seem sad, given their money, but there you go. > . > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 6:31 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> I sort of think Apple has something big planned though. I've read that they >> have their own patent for

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
erson who can help them do it. >> That seem sad, given their money, but there you go. >> . >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 2, 2015, at 6:31 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >>> >>> I sort of think Apple has something big planned though. I

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
> >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> Sure. They could make the home button into a sort of reactive button, where >> you would press on the raised metal button, it would click, 3d touch, and >> would depress like a regular button. Tellephon

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

2015-10-02 Thread Devin Prater
s >>>> returned. >>>> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, >>>> >>>> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! >>>> >>>> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the bl

Re: Awful Mail Bug in El Capitan

2015-10-03 Thread Devin Prater
Yep, its a "rock solid" bug. :) Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2015, at 4:13 PM, joseph hudson wrote: > > Hello, I'm experiencing the same bug. >> On Oct 3, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >> >> Is anyone else having this issue in mail in El Capitan? While going through >> this list

Re: Major setbacks with El Capitan

2015-10-04 Thread Devin Prater
Yep, I've seen the busy thing. Also, when I first start up the computer, things are pretty slow at first, like voiceover actually sees the Google Drive and dropbox windows, which have no content, as they launch. Alex, and the premium high, or enhanced, vocalizer voices are sluggish, very sluggis

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-05 Thread Devin Prater
I think the whole misspelled thing in the status bar could be fixed with dots 7 or 8 showing under the word. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2015, at 7:50 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > This is a well presented message and reflects a lot of my feeling as well. I > do not have the driver prob

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-05 Thread Devin Prater
Also, the italics and such in webpages still don't show the braille signs for it. Formatting just isn't so good in braille. Still is for both the Mac and iOS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group an

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-05 Thread Devin Prater
Perhaps we could get with Applevis and write an open letter to Apple about braille. Not just for the Mac, but for the phone too, as there are some huge annoyances there too. The open letter seemed to help with xCode so maybe braille can get it next. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2015, at 7:

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