New to mac

Hello all, I am strongly considering buying my first Mac in a few weeks and would like to know if vo gives the user full accessibility in terms of ms office and web browsing? Thanks for answering my nubie questions Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

RE: New to mac

loaded. I don't want to rant on how good it is. :) Please rant, I would like to have as much info as possible. Is all of the mac OS accessible? Finally, can you easily navigate to a body of text on a webpage with few keystrokes? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvision

RE: New to mac

Hello Yes, please send the link and I will take a listen right away. Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John J Herzog Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Flash removed from OS X?

Hello I am new to the list and wondering why no flash is good news? Is vo better with other formats of streaming video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 02

matlab

Hello all, Wondering since matlab is written in coco , does that mean it should be pretty accessible with vo? Also anyone have other scientific and or engineering packages that work well with vo? Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Block of text

Hello all, I have been playing around with vo on the mac at college. I wanted to know how do you go to a block of text on the net with vo? Is there a way, and if not, can you assign that particular command within vo? Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

RE: Block of text

Hello Let's say that you wanted to read text on a site. How do you get to the text without having to go across every other control like links edit boxes, and so on .How would you navigate directly to the text body of a webpage? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvision

Feature for voice over

know enough about apple scripting to answer this question, so any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com.

RE: Feature for voice over

a VO-U and Quick Nav. You can also make Safari jump to all controls except links buy hitting option-tab. I don't think AppleScript is required for this at all, though it can probably be done for those who really care. Regards, Nic On May 8, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Edward wrote: Hello all,

RE: Feature for voice over

Hello Option tab moves to the next edit box or popup menu, but how about all the other controls like check boxes and buttons? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Saturday, May 08

Voice over feature

Hello all, I think implementing a full fledged hotspot manager that will enable a user to configure hotspots and assign different types of actions associated for a particular hotspot would be a very powerful voice over tool. Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed

RE: Voice over feature

Hello Do they actually listen, and where do you do that? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

RE: matlab

Yes thanks would be much interested. Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dónal Fitzpatrick Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: matlab Hi Edward

RE: matlab

Hello, How accessible is it? Have you had any probloems? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab

RE: matlab

Hello Does it give you the same functionality as matlab? I am attending college for electrical engineering and they use matlab here. If I had to, can I use matlab with voice over? Thanks for your help, edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar

RE: matlab

Hello How about mathimatica and or maple. Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab I forgot to

Utorrent

Hello all, I have never used a torrent program before. I was wondering how easy is it to find music on one? Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

RE: Utorrent

Hello Yes yes, downloading only legal public domain music. Don't want to break the law, you know. Thanks for the info. Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Wednesday, M

RE: Utorrent

Hello If you wanted to download a full album, is it one big file or can you move back and fourth between tracks? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2

Maybe getting an ipad

Hello all, I am looking at getting the ipad. I am a adult college student and would like to know if the ipad can help me. If possible I would like to speak to someone by phone that already owns the ipad. Please email me privately if interested. What I would like to know is, 1. is there an acc

RE: Maybe getting an ipad

Hello How do I get to the viphone list? Is it on google? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Maybe

EBook reader

Hello all, I am somewhat confused. How does one take a book that was bought in iTunes and turn it into mp3 to play on the iphone? I would like the Alex voice to read the book. Also can I have the book automatically broken up into chapters? Thanks Edward -- You received this message because

alex

Hello all, Can the alex voice be used on the Ipad? I know the Iphone doesn't have the resources to run the alex voice, but maybe the Ipad does. Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gr

Overdrive Media Console not behaving as expected

Hi, I'm using Overdrive Media Console on the Mac to play a purchased title, and am not finding that it behaves as I expect. I thought that command p should toggle play/pause. However, if I press it when a book is playing, it acts as a play key and starts playback from the beginning of the boo

Re: Quick way to get the time

Hi Jenine, It's right option t, but there are a couple of things you may need to do first. Go into VoiceOver Utility with control option f8, choose Commanders from the table, and make sure Keyboard Commander is enabled. There you'll be able to see whether it is set to use right option for thos

[no subject]

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a program on the Mac that will enable you to sign into TuneIn radio and play its streams? TuneIn itself only seems to have an iOS app and the website is a bit awkward. I've tried Radium as an alternative but some of the international stations I want to listen t

Re: Is There a Slacker Radio equivalent for European listeners?

Hi Mike, You can get access to iTunes Radio in Europe. You just need an iTunes account in the US store. You have to be slightly careful how you associate your mobile devices with it as you might inadvertently lock yourself out of your primary account but it is doable. You could probably acce

Re: Latest Pages for College/Professional Work

Hi Alex, This question may be slightly complicated by the fact that JAWS includes features to make use of MS Word more productive that aren't strictly speaking to do with accessibility. For instance, you can search for changes in text attribute and skim read documents, including pulling out se

Dropbox preferences

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to get into preferences in the Dropbox app? I tried ctrl comma but not much seemed to happen, and I can't find anything in the application's window. Cheers, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Re: Where do I go to read system dialogues?

Hi Jenine, It should appear in the list if you press VO F1 twice quickly. If it doesn't, try VO F2 twice quickly. Cheers, Ed On 5 Jun 2014, at 20:25, Jenine Stanley wrote: > My MBP says I have 1 system dialogue but I don't know where to go to read it. > Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Macsome Audio Recorder

Hi, Does anyone know whether the above audio recorder is accessible on the Mac using Voiceover? Cheers, Ed -- 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

Re: Access: DropBox & VoiceOver (VO)

Hi Jerry, Have you successfully managed to change Dropbox preferences on the Mac? I haven't been able to do this as I seem to get a blank Window whenever I open the client, though I am able to upload files using the Dropbox folder. If you have managed this, please could you let me know what you

RE: Speaking TV guides -Offcom consultation

Hi Adrienne, Many thanks for posting this. I do find it more than a little ironic (as well as slightly frustrating) that Ofcom require you to solve a capcha before you submit the online response to what is essentially a consultation on accessibility. Cheers, Ed From: macvisionar

Re: NFB Resolution

Hi Terje, The resolution is certainly very important, as it is likely to be actively damaging to the accessibility cause, put off developers for engaging with the blind community and setting us back significantly. Ridiculous rhetoric from the NFB yet again. Cheers, Ed On 12 Jul 2014, at 15:28

Re: Preview pane

Hi Anne, Many thanks for posting this. Could I just check what you mean by ‘bring the mouse’? Do you mean VO Command f5? Cheers, Ed > On 22 Feb 2015, at 07:51, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Stacey, > > This has been discussed a great deal recently, but here are the instructions > once ag

Re: Vario Ultra (wasRe: Mario Ultra braille display

Hi all, I really liked the feel of the Vario Ultra, but on principle I refuse to buy something released in 2014 that is based on Windows C. Cheers, Ed > On 4 Mar 2015, at 16:37, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Thanks for this, Doug, it's good to know. One question, it wasn't clear from > Baum's web

Re: Vario Ultra (wasRe: Mario Ultra braille display

ppointed to see that. As much as anything, I figured that > since I was going to be at CSUN anyway, I'd take a look. However, based on > our current snowstorm, I may not be going anywhere after all. :( > Cheers, > Donna >> On Mar 4, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Edward Green wrote: &g

Re: off topic speak on

http://www.speakon.org.uk > On 9 Mar 2015, at 18:20, wayne coles wrote: > > hello list sorry for the off topic post but can any one please send me the > link for speak on radio and media player for the windows only I cant find it > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed t

Re: off topic speak on

link all I can > find is the manual so if you find the download link I would be gratful if you > could post it please > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries

Re: Message rules problem

Hi Daniel, Not sure if it’s relevant, but lots of people on lists I’m on are having horrendous problems with BT effectively classifying list mail they receive as junk and moving it to their spam folders. If the same thing is happening to you, I wonder if the rule is being prevented from workin

Annoying problem with IMAP account in Apple Mail

Hi, I’m having an annoying problem with an IMAP account in Apple Mail on a 2013 MacBook Pro with retina display running Yosemite. It used to work fine, but all of a sudden, it stopped sending and receiving messages. What’s more, if I delete messages from a folder they appear to be gone, but w

Automatically enabling and disabling Quick Nav when apps gain focus

Hi, I want to set up my Mac so that the state of the quick nav toggle is changed automatically when apps gain focus. I want it to be on in Safari, and off in Mail. I tried to create an activity associated with the Mail program, in which I disabled quick nav. However, when Mail gains focus, t

Macbook Air suddenly slow to boot up

Hi, My 2012 Macbook Air has suddenly become slow to boot up. I am running Yosemite and have the hard drive encrypted. I used to be able to enter the password a couple of seconds after the startup sound, but since last week, I have had to wait around half a minute before the password box appear

Re: Macbook Air suddenly slow to boot up

; > It may be necessary to perform this several times until you are successful. > It can be tricky. > > Good luck, > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: The Audible Player on the Mac.

Hi Kawal, Just tried it on the Mac and it’s working fine here. I’m running Yosemite and using Safari. Cheers, Ed > On 24 May 2015, at 20:29, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Hi. > > Can anyone tell me if anyone has tried playing their audible books on the Mac > by going into their Library, choos

Facebook on OS X, seeing comments on stories

Hi, Apologies if this has been asked before. I’m using Facebook.com on my Mac running Yosemite/Safari. I can use Facebook’s keyboard shortcuts to navigate between stories on my newsfeed. However, I don’t seem to be able to read other people’s comments on stories. If I interact with a select

Re: Apple Music Offline Listening

Hi Chris, Apologies if someone else has already answered. I’ve managed to add individual tracks to my music. I’m not sure if there’s an easier way than the one I found, but this is what I did. Your steps 1 to 8 match mine. I then play the song. If the song is playing, you can navigate up to

Re: Apple Music Offline Listening

Hi again Chris, I have just discovered you can shortcut the steps around interacting with the table and selecting the track. Instead of clicking on the track, there is an unlabelled button above the name, which is a play button. Just hit that, and the LCD section populates. Cheers, Ed > On

Re: Apple Music Offline Listening

on to add it to my music. > Even when I click on show action menu, I just have add to and share as the > options > Add to shows up in the playlists in my library > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 03-Jul-2015, at 4:45 am, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi again Ch

Re: Apple Music Offline Listening

h for the album from specific view? That is, the new, > radio, or for you views? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 03-Jul-2015, at 11:30 am, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> For me, it’s the top option in the action menu on albums. >> >> Ch

Re: here is an extremely! in depth walkthrough of Apple Music on the Mac with ITunes

Hi Chris, I’d be very surprised if they removed Internet Radio because they’d introduced iTunes Radio. Bear in mind that Internet Radio is a means by which you can access thousands of different radio stations, many of which don’t play music. Still, I guess you never know though. Cheers, Ed >

Question about Apple Music/For You on the Mac

Hi, When I go to the ‘For You’ tab of Apple Music on iOS, I’m presented with a list of things that Apple Music presumably thinks that I might want to listen to. However, when I click the equivalent radio button on the Mac, the Apple Music HTML content remains empty until I search for something.

Most efficient way to jump to search results in iTunes

Hi, This is a bit of a basic question, but what’s the quickest way to jump from the search field to the search results in iTunes on the Mac? Currently I type in my search query and press enter, use VO+shift+up arrow to stop interacting, use VO+End to jump to the bottom of the screen which lands

Re: Apple Music Offline Listening

album to my music, > sorting my music library by date and downloading each of the tracks separately > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 04-Jul-2015, at 12:46 am, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi, >> It sounds as though you’re in the right view. Maybe try opening the

Re: Is There An Easier Way of Interacting With Apple Music?

Hi Shawn, Further to Chris’s post, I’d recommend using VO+end to move directly to the HTML content rather than repeated presses of VO right arrow. Cheers, Ed > On 4 Jul 2015, at 07:42, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Don't tab; use the vo keys to navigate to the HTML content then interac

Siri identifying songs and Apple Music

Hi, Given that Siri can identify playing songs, I was wondering whether iOS 8.4 would let you instruct Siri to add a playing song to your Apple Music library once you’d asked her to identify it, without having to go into Apple Music later and search for it. I haven’t been anywhere I can test t

Error when streaming NFB convention

Hi, I get the following error on both my Macs when trying to stream the NFB Convention using the iTunes feed at https://nfb.org/convention-streaming-schedule: "This webpage has content that requires an Internet plugin This page contains content of “audio/x-scpls” type. You do not have the plug

Re: Error when streaming NFB convention

ou don't need any extra plug ins to do this. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > > Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! > > Sent from my Mac, > the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in >

Re: Introduction and some questions

Hi Dewald, Good to have you on the list. The Mac often displays warning messages in what Voiceover describes as System Dialogs. These can range from backups not having been performed for a few days, through to low battery notifications. In short, they’re worth dealing with. In order to get

Expanding a Twitter conversation in Yorufukuru

Hi, When using yorufukuru, is there a way of reading the replies to someone’s Tweet in the app without having to go to the Twitter site? I’m talking about replies to tweets of people I follow rather than replies to me. Cheers, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

Hi Daniel, Do you mean being able to resume playback on the Mac from where you left off on your iDevice? If so, this is a limitation in the Mac Overdrive program - you can’t do it. Cheers, Ed > On 28 Jul 2015, at 12:21, Daniel McGee wrote: > > Dear all, since last week, I have been using the

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

book sellers who also use the Overdrive platform. Cheers, Ed > On 28 Jul 2015, at 20:48, Daniel McGee wrote: > > Hi Edward yes, that's exactly what I meant but I'm glad to know that it's a > limatation that I wasn't going mad trying to get it to sync from iPhone

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

No worries, hopefully Overdrive will fix the Mac software at some point. Cheers, Ed > On 28 Jul 2015, at 21:23, Daniel McGee wrote: > > Hi Edward, thanks for your straight to the point answer. At least I know that > PC is out of the question then. I wouldn't meet the requirem

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

EN wrote: >> >> hi, i’ve closed the app from the app switcher but for me the book is still >> there. >>> On 28 Jul 2015, at 20:48, Daniel McGee wrote: >>> >>> Hi Edward yes, that's exactly what I meant but I'm glad to know that it's a

Identifying posters to mailing lists in Mac Mail

Hi, I am running the latest version of Yosemite and Apple Mail on a Macbook Pro. I am a member of some NFB lists, and whenever I receive emails from those lists, the list is announced as the sender rather than the poster. This doesn’t happen in Outlook 2013 under Windows. Does anyone have any

Strange problems with fonts and text attributes in Text Edit

Hi, I having problems changing fonts and adding text attributes in tExt Edit. I'm not sure whether Voiceover is incorrectly reporting what I'm trying to do or whether I'm doing something wrong (probably the latter!). When I select text and bold it, whether that's a word or a line, Voiceover r

Mavericks available now

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Re: Mavericks available now

It's free. Ed On 22 Oct 2013, at 21:19, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Is it a free or paid upgrade? I will be curious to know how it works, but > think I will wait until at least the first update in case there are any major > bugs. > Original message: >> Subject line says it all. > >> -- >> You receiv

Re: Mavericks available now

Hi Michael, It's still downloading and I haven't found any early podcasts yet, so I'm still waiting to see - I'll let you know what I find. Ed On 22 Oct 2013, at 21:15, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey, > any changes or improvements to VO with the new OS? > On 2

Change to quick key behaviour in Safari in Mavericks

Hi, I use quick keys to navigate web elements in Safari. In Mountain Lion, when I pressed b to move between buttons, it would cycle through what I traditionally think of as buttons which might be search, go, submit etc. However, using b now seems also to bring in pop up buttons (what Windows

Re: email problems

Hi Alia, Go into System Preferences, interact with the preference pains scroll area, choose Notification Centre, interact with the table and choose mail. Then set the alert style to none by clicking on the relevant radio button. This should fix it. Cheers, Ed On 24 Oct 2013, at 19:02, alia ro

Re: how to save attachments on a Mack

Hi Becky, If you definitely want to save them, go into the file menu and choose save attachments. If you just need to access them from the message, command y may be enough for you. Cheers, Ed On 24 Oct 2013, at 19:01, Becky Sabo wrote: > Hi all, > I have been

Re: email problems

ough. > > alia > On Oct 24, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi Alia, >> >> Go into System Preferences, interact with the preference pains scroll area, >> choose Notification Centre, interact with the table and choose mail. >> >> Then

Offline dictation available in Mavericks

Hi all, I’ve just stumbled across the ability to be able to dictate offline using Mavericks, as long as you’re prepared to spare 500MB of disc space. Under Mountain Lion as with iOS, you needed an Internet connection and it was done over Apple’s servers. Apologies if this has already been pos

Re: Offline dictation available in Mavericks

.com > > On 25/10/2013 17:20, Edward Green wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I’ve just stumbled across the ability to be able to dictate offline using >> Mavericks, as long as you’re prepared to spare 500MB of disc space. Under >> Mountain Lion as with iOS, you needed

Re: Offline dictation available in Mavericks

xplain how to do this? > All the best > Jürgen > > Am 25.10.2013 um 18:20 schrieb Edward Green : > >> Hi all, >> >> I’ve just stumbled across the ability to be able to dictate offline using >> Mavericks, as long as you’re prepared to spare 500MB of disc spa

Software DAISY players that support streaming

Hi, Are there any software DAISY players for the Mac that support the streaming of DAISY content? Thanks, Ed -- 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 t

Getting to system dialogs

Hi, Is there an easy way to get to an open system dialog? Sometimes Voiceover reports them as being open, but if I’ve missed them pop up, they don’t appear to be in the command tab cycle. Thanks, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries

Re: Getting to system dialogs

Thanks Chris, VO f1 twice did the trick. Ed On 16 Nov 2013, at 11:02, Chris H wrote: > Try either the application chooser or window chooser. Vo f1 twice and Vo f2 > twice respectively. > > E-mail Facebook and iMessage > christopher...@gmail.com > > On 16/11/2013 09:3

Viewing source coe using Mavericks/Safari

Hi, I’m not sure if it has to do with the change from Mountain Lion to Mavericks or the latest version of Safari, but I don’t seem to be able to view source code any more using Voiceover from the Developer menu. I get information about the URL, document type etc, but I can’t see the code itsel

RE: moving between 2 documents in pages?

Hi Andrew, Does command grave accent work for you once you're in the Pages window? Cheers, Ed -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Head Sent: 07 December 2013 07:21 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subje

Adding contacts from the CC field of a message

Hi, Is there a quick way in Mail to add people in the CC list of a message that I’ve received to contacts? Cheers, Ed -- 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

Re: Can I listen to the BBC from my Apple TV

Hi Gena, You can certainly get some BBC radio stations on the Apple TV, but I’m not convinced it’s the most straight forward way to listen to them. Essentially, when you click on a category of radio station, you are presented with a list of stations in that category in alphabetical order. Many

Re: Can I listen to the BBC from my Apple TV

, 4 Extra in comedy and radio 2 > in adult contemporary. I was going to use my free view box but 4 extra isn’t > available. > > Well at least it’s fun exploring all the opportunities available to us now. > > Thanks. > > Gena > > > On 3 Jan 2014, at 17:05, Edwar

Downloading entire TV seasons/series in iTunes

Hi all, Further to the thread about sorting TV season episodes in order, is it possible to download an entire series from the iTunes store rather than doing it episode-by-episode? I've tried to do this on the iPhone, but can only see download buttons for individual episodes. Cheers, Ed --

Downloaded Yosemite

Hi, I'm currently going through the very slow process of downloading Yosemite. Is there any way I can use the version I'm downloading to update multiple Macs or do I need to download it on each one? If the download is stored somewhere, please could you tell me where so I can transfer it? We ha

Re: Downloaded Yosemite

, AB Canada > >> On Oct 17, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm currently going through the very slow process of downloading Yosemite. >> >> Is there any way I can use the version I'm downloading to update multiple >&g

Having Voiceover speak on Yosemite login screen

Hi, Apologies if this has been posted before, I’ve tried to check but the Yosemite traffic has obviously been fairly busy. I’ve enabled file vault after installing Yosemite, meaning that I need to enter a password when I turn on my Macbook. However, Voiceover isn’t speaking on the login scree

Re: Having Voiceover speak on Yosemite login screen

your > system set, VO will probably start talking once the system is booted. > >> On Oct 18, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Apologies if this has been posted before, I’ve tried to check but the >> Yosemite traffic has obviously been

Re: About making calls from my Mac using my Iphone

Hi Joseph, When you arrow or VO down Below where iPhone says call using iPhone is dimmed, do you see the number? If so, press enter on the number and the call will connect. Does that work? Cheers, Ed > On 18 Oct 2014, at 20:42, Joseph wrote: > > Hello, > Disconnected ethernet and activated

Jumping to the top of the message list in Mail/Yosemite

Hi, Under Mavericks, Mail retained my place in the message list more often than not when new messages arrived. However, under Yosemite, I am jumped to the top of the message list when I receive new mail. I can obviously use the command to jump to the bottom of the list, but this still means I

Re: Jumping to the top of the message list in Mail/Yosemite

Hi Mark, Alex and Gigi, Thanks for your experiences/suggestions. Interestingly the issue doesn’t occur when I’m not interacting with the message table. Ed > On 22 Oct 2014, at 09:22, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Edward, > > After countless hours of using Yosemite Mail, on two

Boundary sounds in Yosemite

Hi, Sometimes when I command tab between applications or hit command r to refresh in Safari, I get the same sound I hear if I try to move beyond a boundary such as the top of the message list in Mail. Are keys sticking or is something else going on? I didn’t notice this under Mavericks. Cheer

Mac OSX, Voiceover and BBC iPlayer

Hi, Can anyone tell me if it's possible to watch or listen to programmes on the BBC iPlayer website using Mac OSX Mountain Lion and Safari? I can search for episodes, click on the page for the relevant show but can't then find any controls to play the programme etc. I installed the latest vers

Re: Mac OSX, Voiceover and BBC iPlayer

Hi Chris, Does this mean that you can't use BBC iPlayer on the Mac? Ed On 7 Jul 2013, at 21:06, Chris H wrote: > Ed, that's because Flash is not accessible on the mac and shall not be fixed > by either Adobe or Apple. > > On 07/07/2013 20:49, Edward Green wrote: >>

Re: Mac OSX, Voiceover and BBC iPlayer

t; > <https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39019/get-iplayer-automator> > > It works even outside the UK. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 7 Jul 2013, at 22:08, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> Does this mean that you can't use BB

Re: Mac OSX, Voiceover and BBC iPlayer

Hi Adrienne, If you go into preferences, on the general tab there is a checkbox you can tick labelled "download audio described and unsigned versions". I don't know if this works or not as I haven't actually tried it. Cheers, Ed On 9 Jul 2013, at 12:47, Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers wrote: > H

Issue playing Audible books in iTunes under Mac OSX

Hi, I'm having a strange problem when I'm playing an Audible book that has multiple parts in the latest version of iTunes under Mountain Lion. If I am on the second part of the book and stop it, when I press play I'm returned to the beginning of part 1. If I use the next chapter command until

Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?

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Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?

Pal and it runs with a camera device that takes pictures of the page > and gives it back, almost immediately. > > the first two I mentioned are considerably less money and can be gotten from > the app store. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Edw

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