Overdrive Media Console not behaving as expected

2014-01-29 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-02-28 Thread Edward Green
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

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2014-03-02 Thread Edward Green
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?

2014-03-13 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-03-21 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-03-27 Thread Edward Green
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?

2014-06-06 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-06-16 Thread Edward Green
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)

2014-06-21 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-07-11 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-07-14 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-02-21 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-04 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-04 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-09 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-10 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-16 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-03-18 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-04-19 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-05-09 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-05-10 Thread Edward Green
; > 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.

2015-05-24 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-05-26 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-02 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-02 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-02 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-03 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-03 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-03 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-03 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-04 Thread Edward Green
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?

2015-07-04 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-05 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-08 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-08 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-11 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-25 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-28 Thread Edward Green
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

2015-07-28 Thread Edward Green
51, RACHEL & DAMIEN wrote: >> >> i could never get it to sink between my ipad and mac. also, i thought the >> overdrive on the iphone was supposed to delete the books when the time runs >> out. mine doesnt and i feel i have to reload the app every so often to get &

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

2015-07-28 Thread Edward Green
ents anyway, my > machine running Vista. > > Your help has been appreciated. > > Daniel > > >> On 28 Jul 2015, at 21:04, Edward Green wrote: >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> It’s not a limitation between Mac and iOS, it’s a limitation of Overdriv

Re: RNIB Overdrive syncing question

2015-07-28 Thread Edward Green
t; If I can't use Mac and iPhone, no worries, I'll continue to use iPad and >>> iPhone, as that works quite nicely. :) >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 28 Jul 2015, at 18:51, RACHEL & DAMIEN >>>&g

Identifying posters to mailing lists in Mac Mail

2015-08-28 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-21 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-22 Thread Edward Green
Subject line says it all. -- 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 this group, send email to mac

Re: Mavericks available now

2013-10-22 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-22 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-23 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-24 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-24 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-24 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-25 Thread 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 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

2013-10-25 Thread Edward Green
.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

2013-10-25 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-10-26 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-11-16 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-11-16 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-12-03 Thread Edward Green
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?

2013-12-07 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-12-07 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-01-03 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-01-04 Thread Edward Green
, 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

2014-10-06 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-17 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-17 Thread Edward Green
, 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

2014-10-18 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-18 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-18 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-21 Thread Edward Green
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

2014-10-22 Thread Edward Green
> Mark > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Edward Green > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:29 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Jumping to the top of the message

Boundary sounds in Yosemite

2014-10-24 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-07-07 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-07-07 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-07-07 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-07-09 Thread Edward Green
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

2013-07-09 Thread Edward Green
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?

2013-07-11 Thread Edward Green
Hi, The subject line says it all really. Many 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 to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To pos

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

2013-07-11 Thread Edward Green
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

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

2013-07-11 Thread Edward Green
n without a license but it leaves a watermark which upsets > ABBYY FineReader. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 11 Jul 2013, at 22:45, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi Gigi, >> >> I'm not looking for something like Ipal, a commercial app is fine for my

Re: Help with Mac Mini, I did an incredibly bone-headed thing!

2013-07-16 Thread Edward Green
Hi Donna, Did you associate an Apple ID with your Mac Mini and does it have Internet access? If you did, then it should be relatively straight forward to sort out. When prompted for your password, enter something incorrect three times. THis should bring up a message inviting you to use your Ap

How Mac handles MP3 files

2013-07-19 Thread Edward Green
Hi, This is probably a fairly basic question but it is borne out of being more familiar than Windows file structures than Mac ones, so apologies. I recently downloaded an MP3 file from the Internet which iTunes automatically added to my iTunes library. The file appears in my downloads folder.

Re: How Mac handles MP3 files

2013-07-19 Thread Edward Green
must >> either copy it in manually or not move it, since iTunes has now basically >> pointed to it and cannot find it if it moves. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 19, 2013, at 17:08, Edward Green wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>

Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Apologies if this seems like a silly question, but if Voiceover announces that something is clickable on a web page, in OSX how do I click/activate it? I've tried VO space as well as return, but haven't had any joy. Many thanks, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-30 Thread Edward Green
oncertwindow.com site, There >> are several elements on the front page that rarely do anything when clicked. >> I find that i have to try various methods on different sites, including >> VO-shift-space, turn on mouse keys and do a num-pad-5, or use the trackpad. >> Someti

Accessible FTP software

2013-08-03 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Please could someone recommend some accessible FTP software for use under OSX Mountain Lion? Many 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 emai

Ventrilo question

2013-08-05 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Please can someone let me know how to enter an individual chatroom on a Ventrilo server using Voiceover? When I connect to the server, I can see a table of users which includes the various different rooms, but I'm not sure how to enter a given room. Many thanks in advance for any suggestio

Re: Accessible FTP software

2013-08-05 Thread Edward Green
tent/how-to-use-ftp-from-terminal-to-transfer-mac-files.html > > > > On Aug 3, 2013, at 1:00 AM, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Please could someone recommend some accessible FTP software for use under >> OSX Mountain Lion? >> >> Man

Re: Mike Arrigo 's mac tutorials

2013-08-09 Thread Edward Green
Hi Mike, Have you considered uploading your old files to somewhere like Dropbox albeit temporarily and circulating the link to groups like this one? It looks like there's quite a bit of demand and recording new ones is obviously going to be time-intensive. While the operating system hasn't cha

Re: Mike Arrigo 's mac tutorials

2013-08-09 Thread Edward Green
of the time when Curtis Delzer tried to > share his Samsung Haven podcasts via Dropbox. Perhaps Mike might charge a > nominal fee for his new Mac tutorials. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >&g

Re: Mike Arrigo 's mac tutorials

2013-08-09 Thread Edward Green
unt if a lot of people start >> downloading files. I am thinking of the time when Curtis Delzer tried to >> share his Samsung Haven podcasts via Dropbox. Perhaps Mike might charge a >> nominal fee for his new Mac tutorials. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >>

Daisy apps for the Mac

2013-08-09 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Are there any Daisy apps for the Mac that support the online streaming of Daisy content? Many 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

Livedrive

2013-08-18 Thread Edward Green
Hi, I was wondering whether anyone had any experience of using Livedrive Briefcase from www.livedrive.com Specifically, I can upload files as the briefcase appears as a drive like Dropbox, but I can't find a way of getting to the icon I need to click on in order to change the settings, which a

Reading Kindle books in the iOS app using a braille display

2013-08-25 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Please could someone tell me how to navigate to the next page using a braille display in the Kindle iOS app? I can read the contents of the currently visible page but don't seem to be able to move it on. I've seen a couple of posts on the net about the command not always working, but I can

Re: Reading Kindle books in the iOS app using a braille display

2013-08-25 Thread Edward Green
Brilliant Lisette, that works. Many thanks, Ed On 25 Aug 2013, at 19:49, Lisette wrote: > Hi > Try o and ow with space. Works on the braille sense. > Lisette > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26/08/2013, at 5:51 AM, Edward Green wrote: > >> Hi, >> &g

Re: uploading to an ftp server using ciberduck.

2013-09-02 Thread Edward Green
Hi Jessica, Option up arrow is the Cyberduck shortcut for uploading files. You'll see the standard open dialog when you invoke this command, from where you will choose the file(s) you want to upload. I take it you've already discovered the list of files/folders on the server where you'll be u

Re: FTP

2013-09-05 Thread Edward Green
Hi, I like Cyberduck, though as Alex says, you're better off finding it online rather than paying for it in the app store. The online version of the program encourages you to donate when you quit, but obviously you can either ignore this or choose how much you donate. Cheers, Ed On 5 Sep 201

Using Airdrop with Voiceover

2013-09-08 Thread Edward Green
Hi, I have just got a new Macbook Pro, and want to transfer files onto it from my Macbook Air. I have clicked on Airdrop on both machines and each can see the other. I then go to the folder I want to transfer on the Air, and press VO comma to mark it. However, when I locate the image for my M

Re: Using Airdrop with Voiceover

2013-09-08 Thread Edward Green
transfer, do a [VO] [shift] [m] on the file (bringing up a > context menu) and then choose Airdrop from the Share menu. You will then be > asked to confirm the action on the destination machine. > > Hth, > Jeff > > On 2013-09-08, at 8:37 AM, Edward Green wrote: > >

Re: Using Airdrop with Voiceover

2013-09-08 Thread Edward Green
xed in an update, but until then, > the share menu is your only option. > On Sep 8, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Edward Green wrote: > >> Many thanks Jeff, >> >> I'll give that a try. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed >> On 8 Sep 2013, at 14:01, Jeff Berw

Re: Lost my mail sounds

2013-09-14 Thread Edward Green
Hi Alison, Have you gone into your Mail preferences, General, and checked what you have Mail sounds set to? Cheers, Ed On 14 Sep 2013, at 12:43, Allison Manzino Vàzquez wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone have any ideas why this would happen? I lost my mail sounds. I am > running the latest up

Re: Word processor

2013-09-17 Thread Edward Green
Hi Anne, Thanks for the hints you send David on Pages. How do I bring up the contextual menu on the paragraph style in Pages? I tried VO shift m but it didn't seem to work even though it works elsewhere in Pages. Many thanks, Ed On 17 Sep 2013, at 22:04, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello David,

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