Re: Youtube key commands for mac

2012-07-28 Thread Harry Hogue
I have used "K" to pause, "J" to rewind, and "L" to fast forward. I don't know of any others, but from what I saw earlier, YouTube seems, in general, to be a bi more accessible with Mountain Lion. Harry On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:18 PM, - wrote: > > Has anyone had experience using key commands t

Re: Question about reading with a Braille display and VoiceOver

2012-07-28 Thread Harry Hogue
already have? > > On Jul 28, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Stacey, yes. The ability to put applications into full screen mode wasn't >> introduced until Lion. It is, of course, also still supported under >> Mountain Lion as well. >> >>

Re: Numbers

2012-07-28 Thread Harry Hogue
e. Bring the mouse and double click using the >> trackpad, then type the new name and press Return. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> On 27 Jul 2012, at 03:06, Harry Hogue wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

Loud Beeping Noise

2012-07-29 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, This is not specific to Mountain Lion; I noticed it in Snow Leopard and Lion as well. Sometimes when I am typing in an edit field (I think both e-mail and on the web, as well) sometimes I will hear a loud short noise -- it isn't the spelling suggestion noise -- it almost sounds like

Re: Loud Beeping Noise

2012-07-29 Thread Harry Hogue
That would be the one I was wondering about. Does it do that in all applications, or is it just on the Internet? I've misspelled plenty of words but rarely hear it. Thanks, Harry On Jul 29, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Does it sort of sound like half a duck's quack?

Re: Wonderful wonderful wonderful!

2012-07-29 Thread Harry Hogue
Mark, What is the difference with the weather widget? I haven't noticed anything different -- the highs and lows, the six day forecast, and the info button. is there something else I should be seeing? Harry On Jul 29, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > You think that's coo

Re: Blackboard Question

2012-07-30 Thread Harry Hogue
Les, I successfully use VO with Safari and Blackboard all of the time. It is a good idea to change the settings to "Text only," or "Plain text," I'm not sure how it words it. It will be under "Personalization" or something like that. I just graduated this May and am starting another program

Re: Blackboard Question

2012-07-30 Thread Harry Hogue
how to access content within this frame? Thanks. >> >> Les >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: >> >>> Les, >>> >>> I successfully use VO with Safari and Blackboard all of the time. It is a >>> good idea to change the set

Re: really neat discovery with chess

2012-07-30 Thread Harry Hogue
Alex, any way two Mac users could play against each other? I don't know that much about chess anymore, but I'd like to try it on the mac sometime. Harry On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:07 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I just made a really neat discovery in the chess app. I don't know if > speakable

Re: making appointments in 10.8

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, I usually write something like, "Meeting with X on 2 August at 2:00pm" (also could be written at "14:00," I suppose. Thank you for the end time suggestions; iCal, however, defaults to an hour long appointment if you do not specify otherwise. This is the same in Google Calendar. Hope this

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Chris, Selection on a webpage worked with VO+return then VO+arrows to select then VO+return to stop selecting. I have not tried it under Mountain Lion since the shift and arrow keys work great for me, but it definitely worked under Lion. Harry On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:

Having Mail not automatically mark a message as read when I move to it

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, I've never changed my Mail preferences at all from when Mail came with my computer on Snow Leopard, and I haven't changed it for Mountain Lion, either. When I move to a message or a message thread, the message I am focused on becomes read, so that VoiceOver will read something like,

Scheduling Mail for Future Delivery

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, Has anyone else wanted to be able to schedule mail for future delivery? I thought this would come in handy for those times when I'm up in the middle of the night, but prefer to have messages sent at &:00 or 8:00 in the morning -- so that it is a more normal time to send mail, or if I

Action Required in iCal

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, everybody, I share a calendar with someone, and somehow one of my events got changed to a different date, so she changed it back for me. Google Calendar sent me an e-mail and it was updated in my iCal, but I go to the event, and it says "needs action." I noticed the time was set to UTC, s

Re: Having Mail not automatically mark a message as read when I move to it

2012-08-01 Thread Harry Hogue
litter between the headers and the > body of the message, bring the mouse and double click using the trackpad and > it might just work. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 1 Aug 2012, at 05:58, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Hi, guys, >> >> I've ne

Re: Having Mail not automatically mark a message as read when I move to it

2012-08-01 Thread Harry Hogue
Vo will announce > "Collapsed" which is what you want to hear. In non-Classic layout, navigate > to the Vertical Splitter just to the right of the Messages Column Group and > Interact with it. Press VO-right and VO will announce "Collapsed" if the > Preview pane

Re: Scheduling Mail for Future Delivery

2012-08-01 Thread Harry Hogue
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hogue > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:03 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Scheduling Mail for Future Delivery > > Hi, guys, > > Has anyone else wanted to be able to schedule mail for future delivery

Weird Mail Rules issue

2012-08-03 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, I have set a rule for the Mac Visionaries group, but it doesn't seem to work the greatest. I set the rule to have messages sent to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com be moved to the Mac Visionaries folder, and it put that folder in my Google mail list for some reason. The issue is that

Re: Weird Mail Rules issue

2012-08-04 Thread Harry Hogue
"contains" > "MacVisionaries", it usually got around any of the differences in how others > addressed their messages. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-08-03, at 5:17 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > &g

Re: REally getting p/o'd with trying to search Mac with ML

2012-08-06 Thread Harry Hogue
Christine, When I do a spotlight search, I type in the term I want, then, if I want to activate the top hit, I simply press enter. Otherwise, I VO-downarrow until I hear the result I want, and I cmd-O on the result to open it. I have never tried to VO-space to open a spotlight result. The "s

Solution to Multiple Messages in Mail.app and a question about VIP's

2012-08-07 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, For those of you, like me, who use Gmail to access your mail and the Apple Mail client to read your mail, if you want philters on your messages, or even if you don't , you may occasionally find that messages are duplicated because of Gmail's folder system (which they call labels). I

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-07 Thread Harry Hogue
Kevin, I know there is an iPhone app called "Voice Changer" that will do this, but I can't imagine any legitimate job position which would require this as an initial part of the interview process. That sounds very fishy to me. however, please check out that app, which is mentioned as a way to

Re: Solution to Multiple Messages in Mail.app and a question about VIP's

2012-08-08 Thread Harry Hogue
> e-mail/msn: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com > Skype: graduater 2004 > Follow me on twitter at mdyer1. > Facebook: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com > Find me on zello at graduater2004. > > > > > On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Hi, gu

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread Harry Hogue
Back on Snow Leopard, Voiceover came on when I booted up my computer for the first time -- there was no need to even start it. Perhaps it is different with Mountain Lion. it even had a tutorial to walk you through the basics of using voiceOver, which I found very useful. It was around a month

Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw mentioned o

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-10 Thread Harry Hogue
ng > the xml file in Safari and reading it with VO. Maybe I'm still in the dark > ages. If others have better solutions, please enlighten me. > > -Greg > On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Hi, all, >> >> I don't have the money

Re: calculating in spotlight very cool!

2012-08-11 Thread Harry Hogue
You have to type the search term or phrase and then press VO-down arrow to move through the rest of the results. "Search the web for…" and "Search Wikipedia for…" will be at the bottom of the other search results. I'm not sure how to get back to the search box; I usually cmd-tab away then pres

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-11 Thread Harry Hogue
ase enlighten me. >> >> -Greg >> On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: >> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise >>> I would read my Bookshare books thr

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-11 Thread Harry Hogue
n your preferences (on the website). > > On 8/11/12, Harry Hogue wrote: >> Interestingly, when I moved all of my Booksahre files from my PC to my Mac >> by copying them to an SD Card (or maybe they were always this way from >> opening them in Kurzweil), but in any case

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-11 Thread Harry Hogue
I'll try the cmd+I command, because going to "Other…" selecting the application, and checking the box to "Always use this application nto open this type of file" didn't work. And Mary, when I open these files I use Safari to read them. Harry On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Jus

Re: Web Host and Voice Over

2012-08-12 Thread Harry Hogue
I use doteasy.com (they're out of Canada, although I didn't realize that at the time lol). I use Rapid Weaver for the mac, which is completely accessible with VoiceOver. I should really work on my site, though, come to think of it Harry On Aug 12, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Grant Hyde wrote: > I'm

Re: Multiple copies of messages from the list

2012-08-12 Thread Harry Hogue
Andrew, For me, it involved going to "Account Settings" in my Google Mail on the web and unchecking the labels so they wouldn't' show up in my imap list anymore. This stopped it for me. That settings area can be kind of hard to get to, or at least it was for me, but I've recently discovered t

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-12 Thread Harry Hogue
I simply would just remember where I had been reading and type a keyword or two. What I would like to know now is how to associate .bks files with The Unarchiver, as the checkbox to "Always open with this application," in "Other…" and selecting the application does not hold, for some reason. D

Re: Multiple copies of messages from the list

2012-08-12 Thread Harry Hogue
as well? > > Many thanks > > andrew > On 12 Aug 2012, at 21:42, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Andrew, >> >> For me, it involved going to "Account Settings" in my Google Mail on the web >> and unchecking the labels so they wouldn't' sho

Re: Calendar Appointments on the Mac and Syncing Google Calendar to iCal

2012-08-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Now that I have learned to put appointments on my calendar by writing "Meeting on 14 August at 15:00," for example, I have found no problems with calendar whatsoever. I do with when adjusting alerts that we didn't have to keep tabbing back to where we were in the event details scroll area, but

Re: multiple messages from macvisionaries group

2012-08-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, Here is the original article I used to fix my mail issue. I did notice a message from the Mac Visionaries group slipped through to my main mailbox just this morning, but other than that I cannot remember having any issues, and I don't seem to have missed any messages. Note that this

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-14 Thread Harry Hogue
y, and you >> will have your xml file all ready to go. Obviously, depending on the number >> of books you have, this may not be desirable as far as redownloading all of >> your book history, but you could do it one by one, as needed. >> >> Christine >> On Aug 12, 201

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

2012-08-15 Thread Harry Hogue
hello, I run Kurzweil 1000 version 11.03 (I haven't updated that particular software in a while) under Windows 7 in a VMWare Fusion virtual machine and have no problems. I need to update to version four of VMWare Fusion for it all to run under Mountain Lion, but from what I hear others have al

Re: using custom voices

2012-08-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, you can switch voices the same way you change rate, pitch, etc. on the fly by using VO+Command+right/left arrow. You press VO+command+up/down arrows to change voice, pitch, rate, etc. HTH, Harry On Aug 17, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I downloaded a couple of Span

Re: Shortcuts for text input

2012-08-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Lindsay, I changed my Spotlight shortcut key to control-space, which I prefer, so that I can use cmd+space for switching keyboard languages. This can be done in System Preferences. On Aug 18, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am in the process of adding additi

Re: marking mail as not junk does not move it?

2012-08-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Alex, this can be found under "Preferences" and "Junk Mail." My option is set to "Move junk mail to my Junk Mail folder," which very well may be the default. I had it set in Lion to mark it as junk but keep it in my inbox, or at least I think I did. I remember having to adjust an option in Li

Batch Rename File Extensions in Mountain Lion via Terminal

2012-08-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, everyone, I have many .bks files via Bookshare that I would like to rename as .zip files. Someone suggested doing this via Terminal, but I'm not sure how to go about this. Also, when I try to associate the .bks files with The Unarchiver by right clicking and choosing, "Open with…" then se

Accessible Typing Software for the Mac

2012-08-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, everyone, I have a friend who needs to learn to type, and he has a Mac running Lion. Does anyone know of any accessible typing programs? I've told him the phrase, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," which uses all of the letters in the alphabet, but I think a structured less

Re: Batch Rename File Extensions in Mountain Lion via Terminal

2012-08-19 Thread Harry Hogue
"$i" "${i/.bks}".zip; done > > This will go through a directory of files, find all the ones that match > anything.bks and use the move command to change it from the current name to > the same name with .bks replaced by .zip. > > CB > > On 8/19/12 5:54

Best GPS app for iPhone

2012-08-23 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi guys, I've heard mention of a couple of different accessible GPS apps on this list for the iPhone, and I wondered which one people prefer to use and find most useful and why? Thanks for any help. Oh, how much might such an app cost? Thanks, guys. Harry -- You received this message becau

Reading PDF files in 10.8.4

2013-06-14 Thread Harry Hogue
hello, Does anyone have experience reading PDF files in Previous with ML 10.8.4? Since updating yesterday or the day before I can't read any content in any PDF file -- I only hear "Text," and can't read further. Interestingly, text navigation was supposed to have been improved. Thanks for an

Re: Reading PDF files in 10.8.4

2013-06-14 Thread Harry Hogue
> > On Jun 14, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > > hello, > > Does anyone have experience reading PDF files in Previous with ML 10.8.4? > Since updating yesterday or the day before I can't read any content in any > PDF file -- I only hear "Tex

Strange Issue with VMWare Fusion/Sharing Virtual Machine between OSX User Accounts

2013-06-16 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, In brief, the situation is as follows: Two different accounts for OSX and Windows both, one for personal and one for work, to keep things nicely separated. Tried to share the VM between both OSX user accounts by placing the VM in /users/shared, and now Sharpkeys mapping for right optio

Re: Chess anyone?

2013-06-16 Thread Harry Hogue
I believe in the menus there is an option to speak moves, but I've not done much wit hthe game. Harry On Jun 16, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Dave wrote: > OK, is there a way to play the chess game on my Mac? If so, can I play > against someone on my local network running a Mac as well? > > I can see

Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel

2013-06-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello Guys, As regards VMWare Fusion vs. Bookcamp, here are my thoughts: I am running 4gb of ram with VMWare Fusion (Windows 7 and JAWS 13), and despite the fact that it works okay, not counting the problems I wrote about most recently on this list, I am going to switch to Bootcamp for the foll

Re: rich text edit areas and VO?

2013-06-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello alex, Rich edit areas are notoriously bad with VO. The work-around I have found is to type your text in TextEdit or another word processor and then paste it into the rich text edit area after interacting with the area. If you turn QuickNav off and arrow up and down you can see that your

Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel

2013-06-19 Thread Harry Hogue
lved in the > windows install part. I think the reading is important - you don't want to > make any mistakes because you didn't know what you were doing. > > BTW: I agree with you about the superb accessibility of MS Office and Jaws, > That combo can't be beat fo

Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel

2013-06-19 Thread Harry Hogue
that runs MAC (I can't remember what its called). As I understand > it, Bootcamp makes that simulation possible. But, there's no appreciable or > noticeable lag at all. > > ----- Original Message - From: "Harry Hogue" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 1

Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel

2013-06-20 Thread Harry Hogue
Phil, Chris, and Others, Thank you so much for your detailed instructions and tips for getting up and running using Bootcamp. I am good to go, and I can't say how much I appreciate the help. Now I just have to get used to using JAWS again. As a complete side note, does VoiceOver or JAWS eithe

Re: gMail site (was Fusion boot camp or parallel)

2013-06-20 Thread Harry Hogue
ere and, > if it does, hit that link as well so the basic interface is your default. > On Jun 20, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Phil, Chris, and Others, >> >> Thank you so much for your detailed instructions and tips for getting up >> and running using Bootc

We starting into windows

2013-07-03 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, I'm wondering is there a way to restart the windows from OS X when I have windows running camp. Thanks, Harry. Yes, I'm able to restart into OS X under windows with no problem. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

Re: MacBook Air upgrade options

2013-07-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi Phil, I have only ever worked with a MacBook Pro running 4gb of ram and with a 320 hard drive (not an SSD). From my experience, the virtual machine setup with usable for tiems when you only want to run Windows for a few minutes, in somewhat limited situations. What I have found, however, is t

Re: Muting startup sound

2013-07-16 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello Antonio, The start up sound is the result of tests run at start up to indicate that your Mac is running okay and the OS is functioning properly. I just read on an Apple Support Communities forum post, also, that there is a different sound to indicate problems with RAM, as well, so that star

Re: using trackpad on Macbook

2012-12-03 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, In VO Utility, you can adjust the delay of VoiceOver speaking when the mouse pointer is moved. I have mine set to no delay, so the moment I move over something with my finger, VoiceOver speaks it, and I find that very helpful. I have just done a search through the VO Utility, and I am s

Skype

2012-12-05 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, Does anyone know why Skype does not make the typing sound when someone is writing a message like it did in Windows? I have that box checked in the preferences, but I have never once heard a typing sound as someone is writing me, and wondered if there was a way to get that back? I wo

Re: Skype

2012-12-05 Thread Harry Hogue
currently available for the > Mac. > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 11:54:52AM -0700, Harry Hogue wrote: > Hi, guys, > > Does anyone know why Skype does not make the typing sound when someone is > writing a message like it did in Windows? I have that box checked in the >

Re: basic podcasts on vo?

2012-12-06 Thread Harry Hogue
Alex, The Vision Australia folks provide podcasts for Snow Leopard and Lion, and I'm sure that Mountain Lion tutorials are now available. Oddly, it is impossible to find the podcasts through their website directly, but if you Google you can find the direct link, which is worth book marking. I

Putting Icons on iPhone 3GS Home Screen

2012-12-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi guys, I am interested to know how I can go about putting icons on my home screen from other pages in the phone. Specifically, I am interested in putting the compass on my home screen (it is currently in the utilities folder on page 2), and I would also like to put the timer and alarm clock

Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys

2012-12-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Alex and Teresa, I have found this same issue, and have this theory as well. I do not often use the keyboard commander VoiceOVer scripts for this reason, such as opt+B for battery, opt+M for Mail, etc. With each of these commands there is a lengthy delay that doesn't make the command practica

Re: Another question but probably an easier one

2012-12-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Kristeen, Tim gives some good information, here, and I would like to also note that this works in the Mail application and within any application with a tool bar where a search box is also present. In all of my experience, the search box is located at the very bottom of the window, so doing a

Re: Putting Icons on iPhone 3GS Home Screen

2012-12-10 Thread Harry Hogue
t, VO will announce the > Row and Column and you simply lift your finger to drop it there. Items after > the place that you drop it will be pushed out of the way. Also, note that if > your page is already full, items can be pushed to the next page. > > HTH. > > Later.

Re: Putting Icons on iPhone 3GS Home Screen

2012-12-11 Thread Harry Hogue
> Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-12-11, at 12:28 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Tim, >> >> Wow -- this was amazingly helpful; thank you very much. Did you find these >> tricks with the iPhone out by playing with

Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys

2012-12-11 Thread Harry Hogue
It takes ages. For me there's to much delay after >>>>> full stops and commas and when a link is announced. Also the info how >>>>> many objects a header on a web page has takes to much time for me. At >>>>> least on my german OS

Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys

2012-12-11 Thread Harry Hogue
riginal Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hogue > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:21 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t

Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys

2012-12-11 Thread Harry Hogue
itself. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hogue > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:37 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoke

Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys

2012-12-11 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, This script was sent on the list, and I currently have it installed on my system. IF someone knows a way to make a copy of the script file with directions where to find it, I am happy to send it along. Cheers. Harry On dic 11, 2012, at 2:14 p.m., Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi there! > Thi

Re: I cannot figure out a few things in Calendar

2012-12-13 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, there is an option for custom repeats that I looked at, and it has an option to enter how many weeks (every first week, every second week, etc), that may or may not do what you're looking for. I don't know that that would make it so it repeated on the first week only -- I think that would m

Re: accessing java on the mac?

2012-12-13 Thread Harry Hogue
Paul, An idea I have, that I sometimes use on websites that request I press "More…" to read the rest of a review, for example, is to physically move the trackpad to the item with my finger, just as someone visually would, then click the trackpad once or twice, depending on the situation. One c

Sudoku for the Mac

2012-12-13 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi guys, With our mention of games lately, I was wondering if an accessible version of Sudoku exists for the Mac? I know there is an accessible version for the iPhone, but I would rather play on my laptop. I have used a website in the past that still works under Windows, and doesn't really wo

Re: I cannot figure out a few things in Calendar

2012-12-13 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, I just went into the help options and did some research, and the "Custom" option on your Mac is what you want. If you enter "1" in the edit field and the choose "week," it will have the event occur on the first week of the month, from what I understand. There are checkboxes for what day(s)

Spellcheck in Mail

2012-12-15 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, Does anyone know how to go back to a previous word in spellcheck in Mail or Pages? I have noticed if I accidentally tell the spell check to accept a word I didn't intend, or to ignore a word I later want to change, I find no way to go back and correct it. If I try to escape out of the spe

Re: Spellcheck in Mail

2012-12-15 Thread Harry Hogue
spell check again? That is the ohly way I know of doing > it. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Dec 15, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone know

Re: Spellcheck in Mail

2012-12-17 Thread Harry Hogue
t;> Hello Harry, >> >> Have you thought of using Cmd-Semicolon to spell check? That way, you should >> be able to use Cmd-z to undo the previous action. I always spell check this >> way. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> O

Re: Quick Nav problems with Mountain Lion

2012-12-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Brian and others, I find that in many cases QuickNav is less helpful than it is helpful. It is convenient on websites, but other than that I do not use it. In Pages it is best not to use it, for expanding and collapsing message threads in Mail it is better if you don't use it, etc. It is not

Off-topic: Accessible all-in-one printer/fax/scanner

2012-12-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi guys, Does anyone know of a printer/fax/scanner all-in-one that is useable without sight? I am particularly interested in being able to use the fax function, but I know that many of them have touch screens these days. It would be great if it wasn't an ink hog, but that seems harder and har

Re: Off-topic: Accessible all-in-one printer/fax/scanner

2012-12-19 Thread Harry Hogue
is > wireless and works well > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hogue > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:50 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Off-topic: Accessible all-in-on

Re: Off-topic: Accessible all-in-one printer/fax/scanner

2012-12-20 Thread Harry Hogue
s" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:12 PM > Subject: RE: Off-topic: Accessible all-in-one printer/fax/scanner > > >> Hello here is the one I use it is the Epsom work force and is >> wireless and works well >> >> -Original Message- >

Re: subscribing to podcasts in iTunes

2012-12-22 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, When you click on the name of the podcast, which will be a link, if you find a button called @Actions,@ just before that it will give the price, or will say $0.00 if it is free. This is what you want to VO-Space bar on and it will say, @Are you sure you want to subscribe to…@ and will g

Programming OSX Applications

2012-12-22 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, guys, First, I am completely new to programming, and I've heard that it is best to start with learning C programming and then move to Objective C which is what is used for OSX and IOS. I have downloaded Xcode 4.5.2, I think it is, and was wondering if there are any general suggestions f

Re: Spotlight

2012-12-23 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, I always use the Dock for applications, etc. but I sue spotlight to open .xml files from Bookshare, and to search for specific keywords I ma ybe looking for. Harry On Dec 23, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Thanks to you both for your feed back. I will try and more to the doc. >

Re: apple script questions.

2012-12-28 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, You are asking a number of very specific questions with a big of a vague description. This is an advanced topic that folks here may or may not have experience with. I am not familiar with this area myself, but I would suggest reading about Applescript writing, practice writing a few sm

Re: Web Design on a mac or virtual machine

2012-12-29 Thread Harry Hogue
Brian, The one time I tried designing my own site for teaching/providing ESL/editing services, I used Rapid Weaver. I was able to create a blog that had a comments section, and the web host I used had plugins that let me put in polls, etc. I used a pre-designed template for the overall design

Re: iTunes 11 Search

2012-12-29 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, if you search for something, when the HTMl area loads, you can then move by header. It may be the way I have my iTunes set up, but I don't think so. I hear, "iPhones Apps," "iPad Apps," "Songs," "Albums," etc. Hope this helps, Harry On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wro

Re: Looking for Harry Hogue

2012-12-29 Thread Harry Hogue
ase excuse the e-mail, but I need for Harry Hogue (Sorry if I butchered > your last name,…) to e-mail me off list at: > > ch...@clgproductions.com > > I have a few questions for you that would most likely be off topic for the > list. > > I tried to find your personal e-m

Re: macvisionaries list

2012-12-31 Thread Harry Hogue
The owner/moderator of the list will see his subscription request and should respond. Apparently it can take quite a long time, but this wasn't the case with me -- it was approved quickly fo me. Harry On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I'm not sure how to respond. Does anyone kn

Adobe Connect

2013-01-04 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, is anyone familiar with Adobe Connect, by chance? An instructor in one of my classes is using it for weekly meetings, and I was wondering about its accessibility. Given that it is Adobe, I'm not sure. It allows users to both text chat and voice chat, and also allows the presenter to sh

Re: How to add apps to the doc and searching on google with safari?

2013-01-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, There are no dumb questions if you don't ask them. You won't know until you do ask. To add an app to the Dock, press cmd+shift+T when you are focused on the name of the app. As for Google and Safari, make sure you are clicking on the link and not the "result button." I'm not sure wha

Re: go to linked item command (was Question and Comment on Using a Braille Display with a Mac)

2013-01-11 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, I use this command within skype. It lets me jump to the first table where I press down arrow to get to contacts, then press VO-J again which takes me to the contact list where all I need do is arrow up and down to see the contacts. Much quicker than all the interacting and uninteractin

Rich Text Editors

2013-01-12 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, guys, I use an interface with my university called eCollege. Last quarter their text edit area for making posts was accessible enough. This quarter, however, it doesn't work at all. VoiceOver calls it a "Rich text editor with RadeEntryText," and I'm not sure what that means. Searching

Re: Installing Skype

2013-01-12 Thread Harry Hogue
Once you have done this, if ou see something on your Desktop called "Skype, volume," you can press VO-shift-M on it, and go down to "Eject" and press return. This will then allow you to delete the .dmg file while keeping the Skype.app file in your Applications folder. This is the same process

Re: Skype commands

2013-01-12 Thread Harry Hogue
Good afternoon, When you are signed into Skype, press VO-J to jump to the first table, which contains "Skype Home," "Contacts," etc. Simply arrow to "Contacts," for example, then you can press VO-J and it will jump you to your contacts table where you can gain simply arrow up and down through y

Re: inviting somebody to join the list

2013-01-12 Thread Harry Hogue
I see no problem with making it an open list, unless that opens the list up to robots and the like. Harry On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > I have the very same issue. A friend to join, but, haven't heard back from > the mod. To put it bluntly, how can we expect any new me

Re: Web Design on a mac or virtual machine

2013-01-13 Thread Harry Hogue
Brian, sorry I never got back to you about Rapid Weaver. yes, having someone with sight take a look at the page is the best way I know of to make sure it visually pleasing. It may also be possible to use an inspector of some sort, like there exists in Pages, to change the layout via X and Y co

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Interacting, once you get used to it, is actually a wonderful thing. It allows me to quickly skip across frames in web pages and groups of buttons, tables, etc. Harry On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Kerri wrote: > I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I found tough > w

Re: getting to address bar in Safari

2013-01-15 Thread Harry Hogue
Another way you could possibly do it is to press VO-shift-U to hear the address of the current link, then press VO-shift-C to copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. This might be slightly quicker than going to "copy link." Harry On Jan 15, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Once

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