Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-20 Thread Devin Prater
just because, I choose to think I got a bad hand. > Those freedom seekers are distorting freedom. > and as Mark twain put it, do not say the world owes you anything...it was > here first. > > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Devin Prater wrote: > >> My view on it is, that if I can get it

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
k for you. >>>>> In fact you can file an FCC complaint now if they do not. >>>>> Additionally, efforts going on to make those menus work easily will not >>>>> get much support if people are just going to circulate avenues to stolen >>>>>

Re: some big bang for alex, was Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
& Order: Special Victims Unit >>>>>>>>> * Parenthood >>>>>>>>> * Saving Hope >>>>>>>>> * The Office >>>>>>>>> * Parks and Recreation >>>>>>>>> * Up All Night >>>

Re: some big bang for alex, was Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
description, in the rare cases when the latter is in fact "legally available". > Christine > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> Well, the thing for me is, that if I can get the DVS on the TV, then fine, >> wonderful. I'll surely use i

Re: some big bang for alex, was Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
rience. >> As pointed out previously, not everyone has modern equipment with a >> secondary audio channel, and many places choose a foregoing language feed >> rather than description, in the rare cases when the latter is in fact >> "legally available". >> C

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
See, you folks in the UK have it so well! You don't have the greedy book publishers putting DRM on your books from the RNIB, like we have on the NLS. You have described content everywhere, its amazing. On Jan 21, 2013, at 10:58 AM, wayne coles wrote: > Hello in the uk ad is ver

owing money to iTunes

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I never expected this to happen, but I sort of need help with this. I have a prepaid Visa money card from Walmart. Yes yes, my first card. I knew I didn't have that much money left, but I didn't know it would accept the payment of the app, even though I can't truly pay. So I bought an ap

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
Wow, all episodes of TNG are described? Hmm. And I do agree that Apple has set the bar high for totally accessible things. All they need to do is make an accessible TV set, and we'll all be good. On Jan 21, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > Karen: > > I was on several of the WGBH pilot s

Re: owing money to iTunes

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
n price after I make the purchase and I won't pay any more for them than > the low price they cost when I snagged them. > On Jan 21, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> Hi all. I never expected this to happen, but I sort of need help with this. >> I have a pr

Re: The vOICe for OSX/iOS

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
Thank you so much! As soon as I get my iTunes so that I don't owe $3.24 any more, I will surely get that app. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 21 Jan 2013, at 10:24 PM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, The vOICe (the project at www.seeingwithsound.com) has been cloned for iOS. The app is called Voic

Re: The vOICe for OSX/iOS

2013-01-21 Thread Devin Prater
Does the app have sterio scanning? Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 21 Jan 2013, at 10:51 PM, Alex Hall wrote: I've never used the android version so can't compare. The free version gives you standard one-second soundscapes; the in-app purchase opens up options like faster scans (though you

Re: The vOICe for OSX/iOS

2013-01-22 Thread Devin Prater
nd no external cameras are supported. There is, by the way, no mono click option like the original vOICe has. On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:59 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Does the app have sterio scanning? > > Sent from my iPod with iCloud > > On 21 Jan 2013, at 10:51 PM, Alex Hall wr

Re: Changing Text Color in a Document

2013-01-24 Thread Devin Prater
Sorry, got a little off subject. I used to just do ctrl, cmd, option home, but that made the mac go busy. What exactly is that command for? I know that ctrl-option-shift-home or end is quicker and better, was just cupios about what the other one does. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 25 Jan 2

Re: Looking for old Outspoken demos for vintage Macs

2013-01-25 Thread Devin Prater
While I cannot tell you where to find a version, but I do know that one exists, because I remember someone using it in a virtual machine. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 24 Jan 2013, at 9:55 AM, Megan Bening wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone happens to have a demo of the old Outspoken s

TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I know that, on Windows, there are like 40 or so companies making TTS for screen readers and sapi. What all speech engines are for mac? Particularly, are there any for free, or demos? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
and Acapella. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 26/01/2013 18:57, Devin Prater wrote: >> Hi all. I know that, on Windows, there are like 40 or so companies making >> TTS for screen readers and sapi. What all speech engines are for mac? >> Particular

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices are everywhere now, LOL. They aren't anywhere as good as Alex though, and the premium voices have the strange pitch issue. I do like how Tom handles commas. On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > There are also the free ones you ge

Re: accessing dictionary

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Oh I love the dictionary. I can search wikipedia and everything, it works so much better than safari. On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Kerri, > > You can access the dictionary either through typing in the first couple > letters of it in spotlight search, accessed with c

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
nlynx.ca > m...@canadianlynx.ca > > On 2013-01-26, at 2:19 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices are everywhere now, >> LOL. They aren't anywhere as good as Alex though, and the premium voices >> have the strange pitch

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> Tyler? Never heard of that one. >> On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah wrote: >> >>> My favourite from infovox are Tyler and Heather. >>> &g

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
27;t think of her name at the >> moment. >> >> May and Prince Noah >> www.canadianlynx.ca >> m...@canadianlynx.ca >> >> On 2013-01-26, at 2:19 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >>> Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices are everywhere

Re: Ios tts, was Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Empowering the blind, one step at a time. > > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:51 PM, May and Noah wrote: > >> Think he's one of the newer ones because he definitely wasn't there when I >> first installed these voices. >> >> May and Prince Noah >> www.

Re: downloading newonce voices in osx lion?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Go to Vo utility, then speech, default voice, customize. You'll see a table, use the search field if you want. On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:04 AM, hank smith wrote: > Hello how do I download newonce voices in osx lion? I can't seem to remimber > how to do this. > thanks > Hank\ > > -- > You receive

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Interesting. I'll seriously consider Ceroprok Sarah. On Jan 27, 2013, at 2:50 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey Devin. The options you have for TTS are the default Mac voices, the > Nuance voices which as you know you can download, Cepstral which I don't > recommend because they crash Voiceover,

Re: Accidentally Removed App from LaunchPad!

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Slightly OT, but what is the use of the launchpad? I have only been using the apps folder. On Jan 27, 2013, at 10:50 AM, "J.P." wrote: > > Hey Teresa, > Let me try explaining this again. I didn't delete the app. I can't delete it, > because it's the App Store. So I can't even send it to the t

using Eloquent Bible software with VO

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Hello all. I have the app called Eloquent. I can read commentaries that I have gotten, through the module installer thing, but when I go to a single Bible view, all I can see past all the toolbars are a few vertical slider things, and when I change them, nothing is different. I can't find the te

sharing labels

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Hello. I was wondering if there was a place, or even a way, to share the labels for controls in apps? I remember reading something about being able to import control labels to the VO preferences. Is there a place to get, and maybe share, labels? -- You received this message because you are sub

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, wow. I used to like the accapella voices too, but now as I've said they just sound like a bunch of samples forced together, I believe "choppy" would describe it well. I wish the demo bar on the ceroprok site was accessible, but I did try the Bushomatic thing, and I was mildly impresed. Sen

Re: garage band podcasts?

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Are there any podcasts for Garageband for iOs? Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 27 Jan 2013, at 5:21 PM, Phil Halton wrote: Hank, there's no space between garage and band. its all one word "GarageBand". The podcasts are all there, search again. - Original Message - From: "hank smith

Re: A little bit about iOS 6.1 release date, and the progress with the jailbreaking iOS six end up

2013-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Will they finally be porting siri to the iPod 4th generation? Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 27 Jan 2013, at 10:46 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: You may not like it, but a lot of us do, thank you. Was your comment really necessary? Chris Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions http://ww

Re: IOS 6.1 is available

2013-01-29 Thread Devin Prater
Is there any real reason to upgrade for iPod users? iPod 4th generation. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 29 Jan 2013, at 3:38 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: Cool, what do you find different about it so far? I haven't upgraded to it yet. On Jan 29, 2013, at 1:13 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi all, >

Re: IOS 6.1 is available

2013-01-29 Thread Devin Prater
2013, at 4:26 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: They fixed a lot of voiceover issues. I have an iPhone 4 and it doesn't have as many issues with typing, and bouncing around in random areas of the screen. On Jan 29, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Is there any real reason to upgrade

Re: spelling in Greek with voice over.

2013-01-29 Thread Devin Prater
Vo, if you have it to read the characters, will read all sorts of unicode symbols, I even found it reading Hebrew characters. So It should surely read Greek stuff. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 29 Jan 2013, at 11:11 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply. Yes my OS is

Re: Compact voice and IOS 6.1

2013-01-29 Thread Devin Prater
Just have the ios thing plugged in, and connected to wifi. It'll take a few hours, but Karen will return to you. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 29 Jan 2013, at 10:58 PM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Since upgrading to 6.1 on my iPhone 5, I've lost the full voice. Despite compact voice bein

Re: IOS 6.1 is available

2013-01-30 Thread Devin Prater
I really wish they'd kept that as it was in iOs 5. But I have updated, and don't notice much difference beside my preemium voice not downloading yet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rec

Re: Java Sourcecode editor and VoiceOver

2013-01-31 Thread Devin Prater
You can try Sodbeans. It is extremely accessible and was made for the blind. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 31 Jan 2013, at 9:31 PM, Jeffrey Wheatley wrote: We are moving our Java / Groovy development platform from Windows to Mac. I need to find a source code editor which works well with V

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

2013-01-31 Thread Devin Prater
I haven't used either pages or MS office, but I do know that our school relies heavily on office, and I would absolutely love to use the "save as Daisy" pluggin I found somewhere, to make daisy books with it using the mac's outstanding TTS. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 31/01/2013, at 4:04

Re: iText express.

2013-01-31 Thread Devin Prater
Can it do headings or bulleted lists? Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 31/01/2013, at 4:04 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: I'm sure this has been covered on list as it's such a good VO friendly program and has been round for a while but I only just found iText express and love it. I'm doing some cou

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Devin Prater
Try going to the book content before trying the roter. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 01/02/2013, at 6:32 AM, Richard Ring wrote: I am reading a fairly lengthy textbook using iBooks. What I am wondering, is there a way to read a line at a time? Now, the first thing is, in my VoiceOver roto

emulators

2013-02-04 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. Do any of you know any accessible emulators, like for the Super Nintendo or anything like that? I do own a few games for the SNES, and would love to relive the good old days of console gaming, on my wonderful mac. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: emulators

2013-02-05 Thread Devin Prater
. CB On 2/4/13 10:01 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Hi all. Do any of you know any accessible emulators, like for the Super > Nintendo or anything like that? I do own a few games for the SNES, and would > love to relive the good old days of console gaming, on my wonderful mac. -- ¯\_(

Re: Jailbreaking?

2013-02-05 Thread Devin Prater
'Are their any other speech engines available from some apps store or something if I jailbreak? That would be the only thing I would look for. For example, espeak, or even Festival or Pico. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Emilio wrote: Hello Rich and others, Jailbr

Re: Dragon Dictate

2013-02-06 Thread Devin Prater
Is Dragon dictate free? I know it is on iOs, but I think the iOs version limits the dictation time. And must I get dragon from the Mac App Store? Sent from my iPod with iCloud On Feb 6, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: Hi Donna, There are a lot of things that I like about Dragon Di

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

2013-02-06 Thread Devin Prater
One thing I hope the MS team doesn't do is just make a blindie work-around for us, like making the TTS speak the items, but they not truly be accessible with voiceover. This is seen in programs like Sodbeans, an "accessible" IDE and RSGames. This, in my opinion, is cheap, hacky programming, and

capchas on mac

2013-02-08 Thread Devin Prater
Does anyone know of a capcha solving thing for the mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to

Re: capchas on mac

2013-02-08 Thread Devin Prater
on Olivares > Azavia Technologies > ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader > > On Feb 8, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a capcha solving thing for the mac? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: converting text DAISY to audio DAISY?

2013-02-09 Thread Devin Prater
I've wondered about this too. I've also wondered about braille, with the Louis program or other comparable programs that handle Nemeth and things like that. On Feb 8, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I'm wondering if there is a program I can use to convert a text daisy book to >

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Devin Prater
Make sure you have a microphone, and that dictation is enabled and set to the double press of the function key. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 09/02/2013, at 11:41 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi when I log onto my Twitter client Searness, I go to the edit field to tweet, and I press func

Re: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-15 Thread Devin Prater
The only thing that really gets to me sometimes is that Apple just had to side with Neuance, just to get international voices. Now we all know how good Alex is. We all love Alex. But Apple just had to stop making new voiecs, although I think they still adjust the old ones and stuff, but still; M

Re: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-15 Thread Devin Prater
instead of Samantha. Sent from my iPad On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > The only thing that really gets to me sometimes is that Apple just had to > side with Neuance, just to get international voices. Now we all know how good > Alex is. We all love Alex. But Appl

Re: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-15 Thread Devin Prater
I do agree there. The only 2 complaints I have is the compact voice issue, and that UEB braille, as in the Australian and South African voices, does not work good with quotation marks sometimes, and if I do, for example, the {{?.}}ιtalics{{]italic}} things, or other formatting, it just shows it

Re: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-16 Thread Devin Prater
II do get what you mean here. although I do not see how the apps store is not accessible. Sent from my iPod On 16/02/2013, at 8:56 AM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > This fascinates me. Whenever a change in accessibility is made that impairs > us, somebody always apologizes for

Re: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-17 Thread Devin Prater
ssible. So why have notetakers? I'd say, word processing. But I'm willing to bet that if we can get enough programmers who are blind onboard, we will have an accessible word processer. We will have an accessible MUD client. We will have all the programs and games and apps for iOS we

Re: Fleksy is now free

2013-02-17 Thread Devin Prater
Bluetooth keyboards will always be better, but for those who don't have one, Fleksy is, well, alright. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Je

Re: Fleksy is now free

2013-02-17 Thread Devin Prater
I'm really not sure. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > Ok, if you're currently using it, could you please give

Re: Intonation

2013-02-20 Thread Devin Prater
Alex and the others do honor entonation changes, although it sounds a bit odd. Sent from my iPod On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > In a brief test, it did not seem to do anything. I am pretty sure that the > Nuance voices do not honor the intonation setting. I have not tried Ale

Re: BrailleBlaster

2013-02-21 Thread Devin Prater
So, is there a, well, stable and featurefull braille program out there then? The thing I liked about Louis is that I could make files that had math in them, and it would turn it to Nemath code, I couldn't get it to do much though, it just wouldn't create the braille file after a few tries with i

Re: updating to OS 10.10.1

2014-11-05 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, it'll be possible. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:14 PM, Faisal ali wrote: > > Hi all, > would it be possible for me to update my machine to OS 10.10.1 when it comes > out? I don’t want to update to 10.10 then to 10.1 as that whole process will > be very time consuming. > Than

Re: latest osx upgrade

2014-11-08 Thread Devin Prater
Hi. Does osx 10.10.1 fix any VOICEOVER issues? Sent from my iPad > On Nov 8, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Deedra. I have no problems here with Yosemite, just the occasional slow > down. It's what you're comfortable to use that matters. People might > recommend though that s

Re: updated garage band tutorials?

2014-11-17 Thread Devin Prater
Not that I know of. But if anyone finds, or makes, any, let me know! > On Nov 14, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona > wrote: > > Hello is there any updated garage band tutorials? > the ones that I have a several years old > thanks > Hank > > -- > You received this message

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Devin Prater
Wow. That’s really a shame. The programmer worked so, so hard! He made apps for the mac, iOS, Android, and System access. Sure it wasn’t all that good, but the services offered, gosh it was the first time I ever heard described programming! > On Nov 22, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Pamela Francis wrote: >

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Devin Prater
Um, why did mike Calvo leave? And why a sighted person in place of him? Gosh. All these companies are making way too poor of choices. > On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: > > What is truly sad, is they have risen to be the beacon of convention coverage > and or A T news braggi

Re: vmware fusion an oops

2014-11-23 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, you can use Linux with it. > On Nov 23, 2014, at 11:27 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > I should have asked this question in my previous email. I’m assuming that > vmware fusion is what i would want to run with any tipe of os meaning i > could install a vm with linux or windows? i noticed the

Re: mac mini 2012 and usb 3.0?

2014-11-23 Thread Devin Prater
I’m sure the same USB ports support usb 2 and 3, and possibly even 1. > On Nov 23, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Kliph wrote: > > That is not correct. I had a Mac mini 2012, and it had USB 3.0. And all the > ports support it. The Mac mini and 2012 iMacs were the first to get it. > Frustrated with your Mac

Re: Anyone into Wine? (the software, not the drink)

2014-11-24 Thread Devin Prater
That’d be nice. What’s this Lunix thing? Ah, I’ll google it. I’d also like to get a program called Mush-Z to work with it, but that’d require Sapi or something else. I doubt a screen reader could run under wine and still work with wine programs as usual. > On Nov 23, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Alex Hall

Re: OT: looking for recommendations for good headphones

2014-11-24 Thread Devin Prater
I am too. I’m just gonna use EarPods, I suppose. I just have to see which provider I use for an iPhone. I’ll have $100 for Christmas. Sorry if this gets even more off topic. I’ve used a logitech usb headset for at least a year or so. Headphones always break in my hands in a matter of months, or

Re: OT: looking for recommendations for good headphones

2014-11-24 Thread Devin Prater
I’ve used beats before, and they couldn’t handle being in a backpack, in their own compartment. > On Nov 24, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > > Hi Alex, > It all depends on your price range. I'm a huge fan of Senheizer headphones, > Sony's are nice too. > Of course, if you really wan

Re: A TuneIn Radio for the Mac

2014-11-29 Thread Devin Prater
There is also XBMC which can be made accessible with an addon. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 29, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen > wrote: > > Hi. > > The old radioshift has been updated, and uses now tunein radio, but > unfortunately you can not buy this program anymore but in the old day

Re: accessable mack apps

2014-11-29 Thread Devin Prater
There really aren't many mac apps on applevis, well not sense I checked in September or so. I'd stick to this list for the mac apps, you can also explore the web, and report the accessibility of apps you've tried. For example, popcorntime is inaccessible. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 29, 2014,

Re: accessable mack apps

2014-11-29 Thread Devin Prater
t free. I find the free ones aren’t > as robust. >> On Nov 29, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> There really aren't many mac apps on applevis, well not sense I checked in >> September or so. I'd stick to this list for the mac apps, you can also

Re: Daisy Player for Mac Suggestions.

2014-12-11 Thread Devin Prater
There really isn't one that is good. There may be web apps, but no desktop apps. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 10, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Emilio Hernandez > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Does anyone know of a great daisy player for the Macintosh? > I already use VoiceDream on the iPhone5, but I am

Re: Can't use google chrome under yosemite

2014-12-21 Thread Devin Prater
I’ve had that problem too. I just use chromevox with it. > On Dec 21, 2014, at 4:08 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hi, > > Since upgrading to Yosemite, I've not been able to use Google Chrome. In > most cases, I can't navigate the webpages using vo+arrow keys. I can > navigate by heading but

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-24 Thread Devin Prater
I’d like to learn it too. I have downloaded all of the sounds for it, but I do wish it had more. > On Dec 23, 2014, at 7:52 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: > > I'd like to know how to use it as well. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 23, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Scott Berry wrote: >> >> I’d be happy to. If

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-24 Thread Devin Prater
You could make a text guide. You could post it to applevis. On 12/24/2014 6:40 AM, Scott Berry wrote: I would but I don’t have a web site to post them. On Dec 23, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Rob wrote: Hi, It would be nice if you could do a series of podcasts on garageband. On 12/23/2014 7:54 PM, Sco

Re: Merry Christmas!

2014-12-25 Thread Devin Prater
I myself don’t have a new Apple yet, but will be getting an iPhone 6 tomorrow. I already have $200, and will sell the iPod 5 to get a little more money. Perhaps then I can get the 64gig version. > On Dec 25, 2014, at 5:27 PM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > > Merry Christmas from the Reichel's! :) >

Re: enabling message forwarding to my macbook pro

2014-12-27 Thread Devin Prater
All you have to do is go to messages on the Mac. Go to messages preferences, then to your iMessage account. Then check the box on your phone number. Then try the message forwarding again. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Joe Quinn wrote: > > I had the same exact issue. Sign

Re: emoticons

2014-12-28 Thread Devin Prater
They are single characters that express something. They are accessible with iOS. On 12/28/2014 6:52 AM, dooi...@frontier.com wrote: Hello, Quick question. What are "Emojies?" Dooie13 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O

Re: emoticons

2014-12-28 Thread Devin Prater
morist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: "Devin Prater" To: Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 11:21 AM Subject: Re: emoticons They are single characters that express something. They are accessible with iOS. On 12/28/2014 6:52 AM, dooi...@frontier.com wrote:

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Devin Prater
I doubt I'll ever switch completely. I still have ties to alteraeon and the mush-z sound pack. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2015, at 1:20 AM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all, > Well I have some excellent news! I did it! I have switched to Mac and iOS > devices full time! Haven

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2015-01-06 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah, having to type all those path names and such? I'd not call that easy, unless the terminal and command line on windows are not good examples of a CLI. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:06 PM, DD wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2015, Sean Murphy wrote: > > > "The CLI on the Mac does p

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2015-01-06 Thread Devin Prater
Well that's the main problem, that there is rarely any programming group interested in that. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > > If people want to do an open source solution of what have been outlined here, > go for it. I would be very interested to see i

Re: Future iPhones could be squeezable and foldable according to new Apple patent | The latest news from the Computer and IT Industry | PC Retail

2015-01-06 Thread Devin Prater
I'd be so afraid I'd broken it. Either that or I'd acquired great strength, lol. But I could see that being rather useful for people that uh, like to sit down with their iPhone in their back pocket. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Wow, that sounds wi

Re: A call for a world perspective in 3D

2015-01-10 Thread Devin Prater
I'm not a programmer, but as a gamer I'd love to see this in action. For years audio games have been more of play this cool sound in the background and just have a few interact able items. Sure that was how old games and some fighting games work but most games have gone beyond that. Have you gon

Re: A call for a world perspective in 3D

2015-01-11 Thread Devin Prater
I think web apps would be wonderful as long as speech is also included or sent to the os to process. I would although like to have a world to ecplore that is a regular app on iOS. Mine craft anyone? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > As before, I don't fol

Re: VO-Accessible non-Solitaire/non-Poker card games?

2015-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Um, the original poster said non-solitaire. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Feliciano Godoy > wrote: > > Check out blindfold solitaire > > Regards, Feliciano > > > > For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: > www.facebook.com/theblindman12v > Follow m

Re: OS 10.10.2

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Try pressing cmd+left-bracket. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Faisal ali wrote: > > Hi all, > so I updated my machine today to 10.10.2, but my system preferences for what > ever reason appears to be stuck. Its set on iCloud and it shows it as > loading. But there is nothi

Re: [New post] Apple releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.2

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
Well, Alex seems to have been updated even further, and the whole voiceover and mac seem faster than before. > On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:56 PM, David Griffith wrote: > > I have only been using the update for a while but certainly Safari feels far > snappier than it was this morning when it was the

Re: [New post] Apple releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.2

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Prater
You go to menu bar then to App Store then to the toolbar then select software update. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > where do I go in my Mac mini to update it? or will it do this automatically? > > Thanks. > Lorie >> On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:26 PM, c

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread Devin Prater
Alex is better in Yosemite. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 1, 2015, at 2:34 PM, The Believer wrote: > > I am currently using Samantha in Mavericks. I have been thinking about > trying Infovox. Is anyone using those voices? Worth the extra money? > > What about the voices in Yosemite? Are th

Re: Am I nuts, or is Alex way better now?

2015-02-08 Thread Devin Prater
The only thing I don't like is that Alex seems to studder and skip a little on the mac, but he doesn't do that on the iPhone. So I use Fred on the mac because of that. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > What words did you find he ran together? I use him

Re: Am I nuts, or is Alex way better now?

2015-02-08 Thread Devin Prater
w the Mac is getting there too. Alex is the > only voice to offer it, though; the Nuance voices I've tried still have a bit > of lag to them in all situations, and can lag terribly every so often. >> On Feb 8, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> The only thing

mudding on the mac

2015-02-15 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I’ve been playing MUDs for a while now, and really would like to run vmware less and less. So, I want an accessible MUD client, that is updated since 2012 or so, that works with voiceover. It could either send text to Apple tts, or to voiceover directly with apple scripts. Is that too mu

Re: Problems with Voice Dream Reader on an iPhone 6

2015-02-17 Thread Devin Prater
I just wish voicedream could use e's peak. I study Esperano, and e's peak is the only engine that supports that language. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > > Hi, Alan, > > After many days of attempting without success to download voices I had > purchas

Re: Intonation

2013-02-23 Thread Devin Prater
The only thing I experience with Alex is that sometimes he doesn't say the first part of a word. Besides that, its all good. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Feb 20,

Re: Google Talk

2013-03-10 Thread Devin Prater
I use talk atone, its very good. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Mar 10, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Timothy Hornik wrote: > Anyone use Google Talk with their iPhones? I

rockbox on mac?

2013-03-16 Thread Devin Prater
Hey, all. I was wondering if there was a good way to use rock box with an iPod classic on the mac? sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com -- You received this message because you

Re: a little trick i found on my new mac

2013-03-20 Thread Devin Prater
Sorry about that, somehow my mail name was changed. Sent from my iPod On 20 Mar 2013, at 16:24, Angela Carden wrote: > Thanks a lot. This way does seem fairly logical. I have from my school a > booksense, and was trying to move files from scattered places on my > flashdrive to the booksense'

Re: mp3 to text?

2013-03-21 Thread Devin Prater
How could that possibly be done? Sent from my iPod On 21 Mar 2013, at 23:01, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > I think? this has been touched on before, perhaps in a previous os edition. > still is there a tool that will convert the audio form an mp3 into a text > file for reading? > Than

Re: MacOSX: Daisy reader

2013-03-25 Thread Devin Prater
I could never get this app to work. And can it do text only daisy books? sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Mar 25, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Maria & Joe Chapman wrote:

Re: Youtube to MP3 Converter

2013-03-28 Thread Devin Prater
Try http://online-convert.com sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:35 PM, des delgadillo wrote: > Hey again, list: > Recently I've been us

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