Re: Question on adding columns in Numbers

2012-03-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Scott. No prob. First, when I do this, I make to assign how many header rows and column rows I want. I think the default is one of each. First, when you call up Numbers you get be template list when you choose a new file with command n. Then I press enter on that if it says blank. Interact o

Re: Question on adding columns in Numbers

2012-03-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
On Mar 3, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Gigi, > > To go to the end of a Numbers document, press VO-Shift-End (VO-FN-Shift-Right > Arrow on a laptop). > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 3 Mar 2012, at 20:13, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> The o

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi David. I am running my business just fine with Pages and Numbers. True, I ended up telling one of my customers that due to a computer thing she didn't want to hear more about, I couldn't do tables. I had this option available to me which some people don't. I am learning, thanks to Anne, some

Re: Questions regarding using the Apple keyboard with the IPhone

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi David: I know you can press shift down arrow on the keyboard and select by lines on the iPhone if you are in edit. My husband can select in Safari as a sighted user, but I haven't figured out how to do that on the iPhone. Gigi On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:40 PM, David Eagle wrote: > Hello all, I

Re: VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
I have had this happen sometimes when I have downloaded a lot of messages from email. I can get VoiceOver back by pressing the home key three times, waiting, and then doing this again. After a few times, VoiceOver comes back. This is annoying, but it doesn't happen enough for me to get too upset

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yes, I did a reminder; when I get time I need to delete all the extra ones I have right now. When I did this reminder with Siri without VoiceOver in memory, I was a little skeptical that I could get it done. However, luckily she said if I wanted it and responded to "Yes." I have had the screen c

Re: Tables in Word Documents on the Mac

2012-03-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Henry. If you are creating your own table, then you could, if you are using tables with equal width columns and rows do it through Numbers. I got it to work in Pages, and it would have been fine if I didn't have to export the file to Word. That's where things got messed up for me. Actually,

Re: iOS: how to use Siri correctly?

2012-03-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ricardo. That works fine, chnless of course, you're like me and can't remember what types of phone numbers you have for people. Some I know, but those I don't call very often I can't remember the type of their phone number. Siri puts put the choices, and sometimes you can say the type after

Re: My experience with the Mac

2012-03-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. I have this friend who recently decided not to switch to a Mac. She decided to get a Windows desktop, and she has Jaws 13 in it. So be@ this post is Mac related since my question for her is not, let me relay my experiences this weekend trying to help her set something in Excel. I had

Re: My experience with the Mac

2012-03-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
hi Rahul. I don't know if you guys are going to agree with me on this or not, but even though there are is System Access out there, for the most part, the accessibility of Windows is being handled by Freedom Scientific and G. W. Micro. Someone posted a survey result on this list once that said

Re: Is the I phone 4s worth it?

2012-03-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi shawn. I must say, though, that Siri is a great help with that dictation in Safari and—fortunately or unfortunately, for spending money—a wonderful help in iTunes. It makes using iTunes on the iPhone so easy, ha ha ha! It's a good thing I'm not a spendthrift. Regards, Gigi On Mar 7, 20

Re: Editing PDF files on the Mac

2012-03-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
I hate to tell you this, but for now, you can't edit those exciting IRS forms on the Mac unless you put windows in it. I just went through this. The IRS has two versions of the PDF files on their web site. One is for the sighted which is downloaded on the forms section. The ther is under accessi

Re: IOS 5.1

2012-03-08 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. I really thought I had broken my iPhone last night. My husband was already asleep since it was real late at night, so I couldn't ask him if there was anything on the screen. He had already updated his iPhone with no problem. I did ok until the last thing. It said it was going to resta

Re: mi fi question:hello all,

2012-03-08 Thread Eugenia Firth
Well, in my case, I do eventually want an iPad. When I do my reports, I'm on the iPhone. This means it would be awkward, to say the least, to have Pages open at the same time. Now that the dictation is going the new iPad I see I have another option to getting another braille display. I could d

Re: adobe flash player?

2012-03-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Gerry. I wasn't able to do it until yesterday. Before, when I tried to update Adobe Flash, Vo would say that I was on top of an image. However, I discovered that, to my surprise, my mouse wasn't following my Vo cursor. I changed it. I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not, but

Pages on the iPhone

2012-03-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. Can anyone tell me where one can read the VoiceOver directions, assuming there are some, for this, on Pages for the iPhone? I have spent forever looking for information on this, and keep getting stuff for the sighted, and the commands discussed there are mostly useless for us. I throug

Re: Pages on the iPhone

2012-03-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
ssed it > as yet I am just reading word documents on the phone as required. > > Kawal. > > On 12 Mar 2012, at 01:41 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Hi guys. >> Can anyone tell me where one can read the VoiceOver directions, assuming >> there are som

Re: Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
real awkward command that takes about ten hands, ha ha. It seemed that way to me when I was doing it. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Mar 15, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Philippa Woodcraft wrote: > hi. i have noticed my MBA's fan is kicking in much much more these > day

got a chance to pass along information

2012-03-17 Thread Eugenia Firth
The niece was glad to hear that. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

VoiceOver wouldn't read information

2012-03-17 Thread Eugenia Firth
d too many networks. Eventually I will want to join hotel networks or maybe a public one somewhere? Does anyone have a clue why VoiceOver would behave like this? I tried several settings to see if that was the problem. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received th

Re: Budgetting programs

2012-03-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
work. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:03 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > Hi All. > > > I am seeking for a Budget program on the Mac. I have looked at IBank and the > table of transactions were not accessible. I have looked at savings and y

Re: a Problem or bug with the I phone 4S

2012-03-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
o the speaker like you had laid it down on the table. I haven't noticed this is you dial using contacts or some other method. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hello All. > > It's quite late here so I hop

Re: Questions about Prismo

2012-03-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Jenny. I found the Look Tell Recognizer to be the easiest bar code app for me. It doesn't seem to be as much of a pain as the other one I had which you had to b" sighted or lucky to use. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Je

Re: Help on keyboard problem

2012-03-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
set the rotar on something like speech rate so that nothing drastic gets changed. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Mar 21, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Moses Choo wrote: > Hi Ricardo and all, My was just due to a setting of entry mode set to touch > typing. Frankly, I

global replace in TextEdit

2012-04-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
in what I wanted to replace with what. What am I doing wrong here? Frustrated, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@

Re: global replace in TextEdit

2012-04-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks Anne. I did it. I did notice that the computer never announced how many replacements were done. At least VO didn't say them if they were up there. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Gigi, > >

Re: Questions about switching from PC to Mac

2012-04-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
e. I will say that I had a few bad moments before i learned about command-Z. That's to cancel what you did. My husband was not too happy the time I copied 50 files to his computer because I didn't know where I was. That's computers for you. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi

Re: Questions about switching from PC to Mac

2012-04-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
These two brf files are on snowy kitty. Is that okay? Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 2, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hey GiGi! > > A brf file? please send it to me. > > Kawal. > > On 2 Apr 2012, at 06:37 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >

weird copying problem

2012-04-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
yn need the brf files from this storage card because I have the same things elsewhere on the Mac. However, I want the other files like the rtf ones I have. Anybody got a clue why it won't let me get past the brf files and copy the others? Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net

Braille displays

2012-04-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
t their program could support that many displays. There's a fair number with Jaws, and somebody could correct me about this, but I don't think it's as many as VoiceOver. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 3, 2012, at 9:06 PM, David Tanner wrote: >

Re: A Question Regarding OCR

2012-04-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
uble, and we could save a lot by not working with them any more." Regards, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Why shouldn't they want to make money? Its a company, not a not for profit > agency after all. The pe

Re: apple accessability telephone

2012-04-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
ace before. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 3, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > It's 1-877-2043930 > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On

Re: Braille displays

2012-04-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
im I would probably have to spend $2800 first. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:14 AM, Gigi wrote: > Hi guys > It made me laugh to hear you guys talking about carrying those braille > displays around, and the laptops. This is because, I used

Re: Braille displays

2012-04-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
on the braille line. I need to see how this works on an iPad. Is it the same? Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:05 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, I suggest contacting your nearest reseller or rehab service provider. > They should have a de

Re: Text edit and Lion

2012-04-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Veronica. I can tebbl you that I been glad more than once that my computer saved things for my own good. I was a little bit used to it because I had a braille Lite 40 for nine years that sa"ed utomatically. Hang there. You'll get there. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Fi

Re: quick Numbers question

2012-04-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
reedom Scientific without even trying Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 5, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I just picked up Numbers for the Mac today and I was wondering, how can you > jump to different cells? > > Ricardo Walker > r

Re: farily urgent! Regarding Flash Back

2012-04-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ray. How do you get to the place where you are to type this long text you said? Some of us are new babes in the wood so to speak, so it's not so simple for some of us. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Doubt

Re: quick Numbers question

2012-04-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Anne. I don't know if Ricardo would like to know, but I would glad if you could tell me how to find specific content in Numbers. Thanks. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 6, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Ricardo, > > There is

Re: farily urgent! Regarding Flash Back

2012-04-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks. I'm ok because it didn't find whatever that file was. I pasted it from Ray's email. Just for someone who gets unlucky and their computer finds something, what are they supposed to do? Regards, Gigi Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 6, 2

Re: Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
ding Safari won't help me because I get brf files by email from transcribing agencies. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 8, 2012, at 11:44 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for sharing this piece of information. > I was looking for someth

question about Notes

2012-04-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
ibility for travel. Thanks guys because you may have very well have saved me, without knowing it, from spending about $1200 more than I needed to. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVi

Re: question about Notes

2012-04-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Voiceover, then I wouldn't be considering doing this. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > What is your definition of large? I mean, Notes are just text files which by > nature are relatively small. &g

Notes Experiment

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Guys. I have been doing some experiments with Notes and braille, specifically brf files. Hey, guys, Apple never intended for it to be used like this, but Notes will swallow a whole brf file such as o you would get from Web Braille. Notes will do transformation such as making all the text lo

Re: Notes Experiment

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
kitty. I don't remember which one you have. In my case, I wasn't moving around a lot in the file, and I suppose that might " had something to do with more. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Gigi, &g

Re: Notes Experiment

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
having to force quit if you have the same problem Teresa did. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Wow, how did you get the brf file into notes? > On Apr 10, 2012, at 8:35 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Hi

Re: Notes Experiment

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks Esther. First, it's amazing to me how stuff you know about this. I'm impressed. I'll save this info for that future iPad. I don't really need it for my iPhone. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Esther wrote: &g

Re: flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
cause I don't have that Java thing. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: > i keep hearing about it, but can't find where i download the patch. i've run > software update several times with no new upda

Re: Notes Experiment

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
ead brf files with Safari, but now there doesn't seem to be an > eight-dot mode on the Mac. > > Teresa > > "Slow down; you'll get there faster." > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Thanks Esther. >> First, it's ama

Re: flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
ou cn have your serial number handy and talk to those folks there. They are very helpful,and you sure are lucky they have this number these days. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: > okay, mine is just a couple weeks out

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
ld like it transferred to my Mac. He doesn't know how to do that. It was suggested that he learn a language for doing that, but I don't think he's interested. Can any or all of this be done, and who can do it? regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 11, 2012,

Re: apple tv without a tv set

2012-04-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ed. My husband says yes. You need the right connections like HDMI or the optical sound connection. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 10, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello listers, can an apple tve be used without a tv set attached? I was > won

Re: apple tv without a tv set

2012-04-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Guys. How do I get the Apple TV to play the music from either the store purchased items or my Itunes library? When I go to music, I get a message about Itunes match. I didn't think I needed to do that to play what I already have through my TV speakers. Regards Gigi Eugenia Firth g

Re: apple tv without a tv set

2012-04-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
le calls Remote. When I figure it out, I'll let _ know. Does anybody know if that will let you play what's on Apple Tv on your iPhone? Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Actually I am going to teach at th

Re: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
view. Then turn VoiceOver back on. I haven't been getting this lately, but I used to get the Finer busy a lot. I eep my computer updated so maybe that helped me. I hope this suggestion helps. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Steve Hol

Re: reading brf files on a mac

2012-04-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
e the control characters in cells 39 and 40. Hey, Mark, thanks for the directions on putting brf into ibooks. I can't use it now, but I'll save the directions for when I get my Bluetooth braille display. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:2

Abby Fine Reader Question

2012-04-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
have done a page, how do you add another to your file, or can you, in our case? Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionari

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
, it won't drop. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > I'd like to know the same thing. I use Lion. > > Jenny > On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > >> How do you drag and

Re: equivalent of perky duck equivalent for mac?

2012-04-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
, I haven't yet come acress an equivalent to Perky Duck. You know that is a stripped down version of Duxbury. Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > I used to love typing braille on y pc with that program and have to found

Re: equivalent of perky duck equivalent for mac?

2012-04-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
people who want to learn braille and don't want to spend big money first. I was never interested in Duxbury for Windows, but when it comes out for the Mac, I might be. I might need it when I give up on note takers. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 19, 2012, a

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
urn on and off the display of those dots. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 19, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi all, > > The uppercase relates to ASCII values and doesn't affect the Braille dot-6 > representation of capital letters

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi steve. Teresa said this, but i would like to take the explanation a little further. As you know, in grade 2 braille, a capital letter is determined by putting the ot 6, which is a comma in compchter braille, before a letter. If you were to take all the capitalization out the computer could a

Priorities

2012-04-28 Thread Eugenia Firth
nd ore inaccessible. We lost the battle of the accessibility of curbing in our U.S. cities for blind folks, making our mobility more difficult. We can't afford to lose the computer accessibility thing. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:44 AM,

Problem with the app store on the iPhone

2012-05-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
out three, but dumb did one. However, when it caste back with the prompt, it said "The items in red b" not been completed." I gave up for now until I have time to figure out things. Irritated for the moment, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 1, 2012, at

Re: Problem with the app store on the iPhone

2012-05-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
is no hint from VoiceOver on it. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 1, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hi, > > The security questions are an extra precaution against Apple ID theft, and > other such security breeches. You have to fill out all 3 before you can

Re: Problem with the app store on the iPhone

2012-05-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
match clothes that I haven't yet gotten around to marking according to color the old-fashioned way. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 1, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > No no. You pick questions with the 3 picker items, and then fill in the >

Re: Problem with the app store on the iPhone

2012-05-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
I go to app store or iTunes to purchase anything, I get first an error telling me that the Bible can't be purchased now, and I have to choose ok to proceed. Any ideas of what I should do about that? Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 1, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrot

Re: Priorities

2012-05-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
it. Regards, Gigi i think this might work better than a tax imposed on each individual, considering the number of devices and companies involved in administering much tax. However, an accessibility credit is already on the books and the administration for it is basically already in place.

Re: Advice on switching from PC

2012-05-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
omputer in the other room using Jaws. I can and have read PDF files on m y Mac, but I have found that if I'm just going to read the thing, my iPhone is better because I can the PDF file into iBooks. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 2, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Will_C wrote: &g

Re: undimmed item

2012-05-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
t the moment. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 2, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Pam Mathers wrote: > Hi. I have a question. How do you undim an item. Somehow or other, > whenever I go to safari, it will let me type in the webb address, but when I > press enter, it will not allow me

Re: help on PDF files

2012-05-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
erience, anyway. I used to have this problem at work with PDF files. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 2, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Luke Henson wrote: > Hey guys > > I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find out more infomation about > reading PDF files

Question about Prizmo

2012-05-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Anne. Seems to me like I remember you being the one that had Prizmo for the iPhone. I just got it from the app store. I can a picture taken with the voice option. However, whenever I get to o c r, I get nothing. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? -- You received this message because yo

Re: Just about to give up!

2012-05-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
igure it out yourself or manage to bother someone enough to help you figure it out, it didn't happen, at least that was what happened to me. You couldn't get on a list like this and ask your fellow blind. So, take heart. It will get better once you hang in there. Eugenia Firth gigifi...

Re: Advice on switching from PC

2012-05-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
when your eyes got tired. aPges only costs $21.64 U.S. dollars. I can see no reason why you couldn't switch back and forth if you wanted to. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 3, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Will, > > I'm not a zoom u

Re: adobi flash player installer pop up, how do I do this?

2012-05-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
that if I wanted to update it, I should just go to the Adobe site and update it there so I wouldn't risk any viruses. What about that. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 5, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Jenny Keller wrote: > Ah, thanks for the info. > > Jenny >

Re: Free Seminar at AFB on iDevices

2012-05-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
I don't know what the plan is for that. You might want to contact Neva at AFB and find out. I know don't know what she would need to do that. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 7, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Wonder if they will have an audio archive

Re: iPhone 4S: is it really awesome?

2012-05-08 Thread Eugenia Firth
hen I am doing it with a southern U.S. accent. Having said that, I have to be careful to say my words clearly so Siri will understand me. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 8, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Venkatesh Potluri wrote: > Hi listers. > I am currently using an

Re: Where Adaptation meets Accessibility

2012-05-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
refer. But, I suspect most of them love and adore pictures. I say I can't envision it, but then this is no flat screen for the 2010 talking here. I didn't think flat screens were possible, and Apple showed me up and figured out how. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.n

iBird

2012-05-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
x27;t find the button or whatever to tell it to list them. I did browse the list of all 900 or so, but how, with VoiceOver on, that is, do you get just those in Texas and Louisiana? The other thing is, can you get the range of the birds listed in words and not a map? Regards, Gigi Eug

Re: iBird

2012-05-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
a link for the UK. Oh, it's for the iPhone, and there was one sprcifically listed for the iPad. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 10, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > What is I bird please and for its purpose and is it for the Mac or I phone? >

Re: iBird

2012-05-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
found the options like melodious, and other descriptive words for the songs. I couldn't find the Go to do the search. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 10, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I have a question as well. The information for the app stated you could

Re: searching in iBird [was Re: iBird]

2012-05-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
can get oi them to check it out. I now have a couple of apps I need to play with some more. I will save your post. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 10, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Gigi and Christine, > > There's an extensive set of help

Re: VoiceOver not always reading greeting correctly.

2012-05-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
VoiceOver off and turn it back on, I get the tutorial. I should have left well alone. That's what I get for playing around here. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 15, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Veronica Elsea wrote: > Hi everyone! > I just started noticing thi

Re: Best Way to Fill Out PDF Forms

2012-05-16 Thread Eugenia Firth
also. Since pdf files can be loaded into iBooks, does anybody know if it would be possible to someday edit those awful things with i devices? I mean, textbooks have workbooks, right? Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 16, 2012, at 6:38 AM, Timothy Hornik wrote: >

Re: Apple classes and certificates

2012-05-16 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi frank. My husband looked into this, and he called up, on his iPhone, iTunes U. He says that's the place to go for classes. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 16, 2012, at 4:03 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: > Hi all, I was wondering about official Apple

Re: Braille and Voiceover on the mac

2012-05-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
t of times pressing the router keys will activate what's under the cursor. Hope this helps, even though I have a different braille display. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 22, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Hi all, > Does anyone use the SyncBraill

Re: pages help

2012-05-29 Thread Eugenia Firth
omatically saves. Pages creates, if you didn't change it, a backup file. If you're used to notetakers like the old Braille Lite 40 it did the same thing, except it didn't save as many versions. I hope this helps. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 29, 2012

weird thing in Notes

2012-06-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
something like this? Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mac

Re: Renaming Files

2012-06-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
now I just keep doing it just like I used to with Windows. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:47 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi Les, I have the same issue with as a trainer required to generate reports > and invoices to account for every hour with every clie

The Apple Key Note

2012-06-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Siri and IOS) that we want to know about, too. They even said they were glad about more people using accessibility with IOS and that were more of us. So, if you haven't called it up yet, you might want to check out the Key Note. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received

Re: the apple video for yesterday

2012-06-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
you just have to wait a little. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > I'd like a direct link too, if one exists. I followed the link someone > provided earlier, and it just took me in circles. > > From: macvisionaries

Mail after update

2012-06-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
, try getting in and see what happens. I know that sounds weird, but it worked this morning. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@goo

Re: BRF files on the mac and IPhone

2012-06-16 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there. I have also been successful in putting a brf file into Notes on the Mac. This had the effecdct of sending the file to the iPhone. I prefer to do a transformation in TextEdit also to change the file to lower case. I think it makes the file easier to read. Regards, Gigi Eugenia

question about iPhone training

2012-06-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
the only blind person in the class, and I think she's going to need one-on-one. I may have to give it to her myself, but I think she would like it better done by someone professional instead of a long-time friend. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message be

Re: question about iPhone training

2012-06-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks Scott. I will let her know. She is not yet ready, but I wanted to check on it before I mentioned it to her. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Scott Rumery wrote: > Hello Eugene, > If your friend is interested in getting some trainin

Re: question about iPhone training

2012-06-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks again guys. I am saving all this information away for her. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:09 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, I hear ebony consulting is pretty good. :) Please check out > www.erik-burggraaf.com, and feel free to call at the tol

Re: few questions about osx mail

2012-06-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
type. I think if you don't turn all three off, you will still get some messages. I haven't figured out if you can do this in System Preferences. I hope this helps. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 19, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Jakob Rosin wrote: > hi! > thanks, it help

question about the latest iPad

2012-06-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
it, but I like having those sounds and find it a little disconcerting not to have them. Can you turn them on on the iPad? If so, how? Regards, fGigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries&quo

Re: question about the latest iPad

2012-06-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
I know. That's what I thought. But I couldn't find it. Ok, is it name the right of it? Somebody more have turned it off in the store, but it was playing music. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jun 19, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Jakob Rosin wrote: > did you check the mute switc

blocking calls

2012-06-21 Thread Eugenia Firth
like a lot of trouble. What I wish I had was an option under Recents on the iPhone to do it. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar

Re: choppy VO on apple tv

2012-06-24 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Mary I don't know, but I had something like this happen with a CD player and a tv. The CD player with the speakers was flakey, but the tv, on the same speakers worked fine. It sounds like you're gettting warmer. Maybe it's that cable thing that connects to the Apple TV.

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