RE: Opening a link in a text message on iPhone

Hi Paul, I'm also in the UK and have exactly the same issues with those appointment messages. Using the rotor to navigate by links seems to put focus on the link, but I still can't activate them. I tend to copy the whole message and paste it into the Notes app. Once there, I can edit the tex

RE: new member and new to the Mac

Hi Jess, I'm also new to the list, though I don't have a Mac yet. I'm planning on getting myself a MacBook Air for Christmas. In the meantime, I'm already getting useful info from the discussions on this list. Hope your Mac experience goes well 😊 Ian -Original Message- From: mac

Re: Switching Between Devices On Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard

Hi Pete, Using a Logitech K780, I can switch between devices using either F1, F2 or F3. If I’m switching from my Windows laptop, then I need to hold down the FN key with the Function key. If I’m switching from my iPhone back to the laptop, then I can just press the Function key on its own. H

Re: Switching Between Devices On Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard

was hoping I could do things like allow function keys to not require use of FN, but after downloading and installing the software I’m finding it just about impossible to use with any screen reader. Thanks, Pete From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ian Robinson Sent: Wednesday

Re: Coming up Saturday: Voiceover for Mac Discussion Group

The original message contains a link to register for the meeting. Once registered, you’ll get the join info. The meeting time is 2pm Eastern. Ian > On 27 Jan 2024, at 09:50, Kliph wrote: > > I don’t see the time or join info for this meeting. > >> On Jan 24, 2024, at 9:31 PM, Karen Lewellen

Re: Reading DAISY books on Mac os Sonoma

Hi Simon, I thought Easy Reader was free unless you need the premium features. I’ve just checked the App Store and no price is shown for me. There is also BookPlayer, though it was written for iOS and isn’t verified for the Mac. Ian > On 29 Jan 2024, at 18:13, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Hi,

Re: Clock Settings

Hi, Maybe it depends on which TTS is in use whether we hear Sun or Sunday. Ian On 4 Feb 2024, at 16:44, John Panarese wrote: Mine says, Sunday and not, just sun. Is it digital verses analog display? I’m not sure what could be effecting that. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for

Zip Archives

Hi All, I want to be able to view the contents of a Zip file without having to extract it first. There are plenty of archiving apps in the App Store, but I'm wondering which ones might work well with VoiceOver. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Ian -- The following information is impor

Re: Zip Archives

separate from the archive. > >> On Mar 14, 2024, at 05:47, Ian Robinson wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I want to be able to view the contents of a Zip file without having to >> extract it first. >> >> There are plenty of archiving apps in the App

Re: Zip Archives

> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 14, 2024, at 10:24 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: >>> >>> Just open the file and it will create a folder separate from the archive. >>> >>>> On Mar 14, 2024, at 05:47, Ian Robinson wrote: >>>

Re: Changing how f keys behave.

Hi, Go to System Settings, Keyboard. Interact with the scroll area and press the Keyboard Shortcuts button. You should have 2 tables. In the side Bar table choose Function keys. Stop interacting with the table and press VO+right and you should find what you are looking for. HTH. Ian > On 4 A

Re: Changing how f keys behave.

other models of Logitech > keyboards, it is something to be aware of, as this may be the case with > certain other makes and models of keyboards, > > - Brad - > > > > On Apr 4, 2024, at 07:35, Ian Robinson wrote: > > Hi, > > Go to System Settings, Keyb

Re: Mac with VoiceOver Help/Discussion Group Meeting this Saturday April 27 at 2:00 PM Eastern (11:00 AM Pacific)

HI, Yes, the meeting went ahead as scheduled. I got in using the same link from last month. Ian > On 27 Apr 2024, at 19:32, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > is this event actually happening? > Chancey sent me the meeting id this morning. > however its 2:30 eastern and no one seems to be there? > Kar

Re: Sonoma Menu Bar

Hi, Open the VoiceOver Utility and select the Navigation category. Then check that Mouse Pointer is set to "Ignores VoiceOver cursor”. HTH. Ian > On 3 May 2024, at 23:12, ancient.aliens via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, >Don’t know if I changed a setting. When I access the menu ba

Re: Browsing Time Machine

When I’ve checked my own Time Machine backups, the easiest way seems to be to open the drive and navigate the folders in Finder in the usual way. My Time Machine drive is set to show up on the Desktop. After pressing Command+o on the drive, there was a list of folders named with the date of the

Re: Browsing Time Machine

ineer, Woodworker, Musician > dgcarlson0...@gmail.com > > > > > On May 12, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Ian Robinson wrote: > > When I’ve checked my own Time Machine backups, the easiest way seems to be to > open the drive and navigate the folders in Finder in the usual wa

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

Hi Donna, Do you by any chance have Voice Dream Reader? If so, you may be able to use it to export the text. Open the pdf file in VDR, then go to the Document menu and choose “Export All Text” >From the Share Sheet, choose “Save to Files”. How readable the text version is might depend on how t

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

Hi Karen, Thank you for suggesting the RoboBraille email conversion service. I’ve just used it on a pdf file and, so far, the text file seems really good. thanks. Ian > On 14 May 2024, at 22:13, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Donna, > Why not send the files to robobraille? > http://www.robobrail

Re: Navigating Mail on Ventura

Hi All, Not sure if this depends on how you have Mail setup, but I can move from the list of messages to the list of folders by pressing Shift+Tab, and back again with Tab. I think the original question asked about navigating using a Braille display, but I’m not sure which keys would substitut

Re: voiceOver acting strangely with menus on sonoma

Hi Brandon, Open the VoiceOver Utility and select the Navigation category. Then check that Mouse Pointer is set to "Ignores VoiceOver cursor”. HTH. Ian > On 21 May 2024, at 13:25, Brandon Olivares wrote: > > I recently upgraded to Sonoma, and voiceOver is acting strangely with menus. > I can

Re: To Upgrade Or Not To Upgrade

Hi Pete, There is lots of talk about iOS 18 including some degree of AI that will exist on the device. It will be interesting to see if there are any benefits to blind users above and beyond the benefits everyone else will get. However, we don’t know which phones will support the new features.

Re: Changing what VO says

Hi max, The VoiceOver pronunciation dictionary doesn’t allow for punctuation in the original phrase. I really wish it did. Ian > On 11 Jun 2024, at 00:17, Max wrote: > > Hi all, > I am trying to change what Vo says when incounterering a fraise. > I have been doing this ever since I shifted to

Re: How to create a link to share a file in iCloud drive

Hi Donna, When you open the file you wish to share, which app does it open in? I’ve just experimented with a .jpg file. It opened in Preview. When I go to the File menu and choose Share, the first option is iCloud Sharing, which did include an option to share a link. I’ve no idea why the share

Re: Kindle for Mac

Hi Lorie, When I open the Kindle app, focus is on the Search field. I need to press Control + Option + Space before entering the search text. After entering the text, and pressing Enter, press VO + Right Cursor once and you should be on the Search Grid View Collection. Interact with the grid and

Re: Kindle for Mac

ed to my Mac. if I manage to get into the > text area of the book, how do I navigate? I’ve been getting put back into the > menu no matter what I do. maybe there’s some setting that would fix this. > > thanks. > Lorie > >> On Jul 19, 2024, at 4:01 PM, Ian Robinson wrote: &

Re: Amazon

Hi Lorie, After following a link to buy an Amazon Book, I find the only way to get to the Buy button is to press the Tab key a few times. Once focus is on the button, VO and Left Cursor allows me to confirm the price. Ian Sent from my iPhone because my MacBook is very poorly! > On 16 Sep 2024

Re: Jumping to the top of inbox in Mail

Hi, Option plus Cursor Up should work. HTH. Ian > On 25 Aug 2017, at 10:11, Nickus de Vos wrote: > > Hi all > I’m looking for a shortcut or quick way to jump to the top email in the list > in Mail on the Mac. For some reason from time to time focus jumps to the > bottom of the list and I ha

VO Not Announcing Selected Text In Pages

Hi All, I’ve just installed the latest Pages this morning, version 6.3 (5046) and VoiceOver no longer announces text as it is selected. Is anyone else noticing the same issue? VO+F6 does still announce the selected text. Regards. Ian -- The following information is important for all member

Re: VO Not Announcing Selected Text In Pages

; > Anne > > > >> On 21 Sep 2017, at 15:14, Ian Robinson wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I’ve just installed the latest Pages this morning, version 6.3 (5046) and >> VoiceOver no longer announces text as it is selected. >> >> Is any

MacMini Without a Screen

Hi All, I don’t have a Mac at the moment, but am thinking of getting a MacMini in a month or two. Can the MacMini be used without having a screen connected? Regards. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this grou

Re: MacMini Without a Screen

esn't have to be turned on. On Feb 2, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Ian Robinson wrote: Hi All, I don’t have a Mac at the moment, but am thinking of getting a MacMini in a month or two. Can the MacMini be used without having a screen connected? Regards. Ian -- You received this message because you

Hotmail

Hi All, Does anyone use Mail on the Mac with Hotmail? Just wondering how well they work together. Cheers. Ian -- 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 unsubsc

Re: Hotmail

Hi Joseph, Do you connect via pop or MAPI? Thanks. Ian From: joseph Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hotmail hi i use my hotmail account with apple mail client and have no problem there. hth On 10 Feb 2011, at 09:19, Ian

Anti Virus Software

Hi All, I got my Mac about 10 days ago and have been running Virus Barrier in evaluation mode. Before I buy the software, has anyone got any suggestions for other anti virus software? Thanks in advance. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVi

Re: Anti Virus Software

e delete button. > > No links pasted because both products will show at the top of a properly > worded google search. > > HTH, > Bryan > > On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Ian Robinson wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I got my Mac about 10 days ago and have bee

Re: Question about backup software

Hi, Does anyone know if either of these backup programmes can be set to synchronise a single folder from the hard drive to a flash drive, or do they always want to backup the whole system? Thanks in advance. Ian On 10 Mar 2011, at 17:31, Esther wrote: > Hi, > > One more comment on Carbon Co

Re: Extremely Frustrated trying to copy and paste . . .

Hi All, I too use the Copy Last Phrase command and find it extremely useful. However, I usually Press VO v to display the Verbosity Dialogue and set Verbosity to Low first. Then the copy doesn't include "heading level 3", "link", etc. Regards. Ian On 23 Mar 2011, at 06:33, Simon Cavendish w

Re: slow speech with sending to itunes as a spoken track

Hi Matt, You can enter a command at the top of the document to set the speech rate for output to a spoken track.for example, [[rate 280]] Note the 2 brackets before and after the command. I think the default rate that you're getting is around 200. HTH> Ian On 15 Apr 2011, at 21:44, M

File Vault, was Who is Secure? OS X Security

Hi Kevin, I've been meaning to setup File Vault for a few weeks now, but keep putting it off. are there any issues during the setup as far as VoiceOver is concerned? Also, once File Vault is enabled, what happens if you copy a file from your documents folder to a pen drive. Is the file still

Re: File Vault, was Who is Secure? OS X Security

Thanks Kevin, Just one other query... If you copy a file from your Documents folder to a pen drive, does the file remain encrypted or automatically get unencrypted? Cheers. Ian On 16 Apr 2011, at 15:36, Kevin Shaw wrote: > Ian, > > I had no issues with turning on File Vault while using Voi

Re: Document navigation issues in pages and text edit

Hi Max, You should find that Option-Cursor up/down moves by paragraph and FN-Option-Cursor up/down moves by one screen. If you want to navigate by a whole page in Pages, go to the View Menu, choose Zoom and then choose "Fit Page". Now, pressing FN-Option-Cursor up/down will move to the next o

Re: Document navigation issues in pages and text edit

on that did > allow me to read by paragraph and jump back and forward between > paragraphs with ease was shift-VO-FN plus up or down arrow. This > really makes navigating in pages much easier for me. It is a bit hard > to press all those keys, so it is worth defining another key > co

Fwd: KNFB For The Mac

the reply, so here it is. Begin forwarded message: From: Support mailto:supp...@knfbreader.com>> Subject: RE: KNFB For The Mac Date: 19 April 2017 at 17:34:43 BST To: Ian Robinson Hello Ian, Thank you for your interest in KNFB Reader. At the moment, there are no plans to develop a Mac vers

Re: Latest VoiceDream Reader

Hi Robert, Yep, same problem here. If audio is playing, flicking up or down on the Audio Settings button stops the audio and VoiceOver becomes more and more unresponsive as I try to flick around the screen. This happened with both an MP3 file and a Daisy book. After closing Voice Dream in th

Re: Adding carriage returns to text file

Hi Tyler, As well as using search and replace as another lister suggests, you can set TextEdit to save all files in the Windows format if preferred. Go into TextEdit Preferences, choose the Open and Save tab, then look at the settings for Plain Text File Encoding. Regards. Ian > On 20 Jun

Updated Kindle for Mac

Hi All, A new version of the Kindle software has just been released for the Mac. It looks as though it should work with VoiceOver, but none of my books are showing up at the moment. The book list is now recognised as a table by VoiceOver and there is a Text To Speech option in the Tools menu

Re: Using Drop Box to share TXT files between Mac and iPhone.

Hi Paul, I think VD Write saves it’s files to the iCloud, Writer folder. Is it possible the file has been opened from Dropbox and ended up with the updated version in iCloud so you now have two copies of the file? Ian > On 15 Oct 2024, at 13:33, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello Brad, > I tri

Re: information that VO speaks

Hi Lorie, Go into the VoiceOver Utility and choose Verbosity from the categories. In the Verbosity settings, choose the Announcements tab. There is a setting for "When number of rows change under VoiceOver cursor” which can be set to Do Nothing. Ian > On 11 Oct 2024, at 04:49, Lorie McCloud

Re: information that VO speaks

to see if you could tweak something there. > > - Brad - > > On Oct 11, 2024, at 04:46, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Lorie, > > Go into the VoiceOver Utility and choose Verbosity from the categories. > In the Verbosity settings, cho

Re: Apple Mail in Sonoma

Hi Lorie, When in System Settings, go to the View menu. After the first few items, everything is in alphabetical order and Keyboard is one of the items. HTH. Ian > On 7 Oct 2024, at 04:49, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > where’s keyboard? it’s not in the first layer of the system settings menu. >

Re: Zoom

Hi Lorie, Try this page: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0067050#collapseMac Ian > On 25 Nov 2024, at 21:37, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > where can I find a list of keyboard commands for Zoom on a Mac? > > thanks. > Lorie > > -- > The following information i

Re: Change mail-order on the iPhone.

Hi, The option for “Most recent message on top: only applies to mail that is organised by thread. Ian > On 9 Dec 2024, at 04:08, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >Go to settings, apps, mail. Scroll down to message list I think. You will > find the option there. > > From E.T.'s Key

Re: Help with Mail On Sequoia 15.2

Hi Rob, When you navigate the mail box table, are you using the cursor keys on their own or with the VO keys. If I just use the cursor up/down keys, then VoiceOver skips over the name of the account and moves from the last mail box in one account to the first mail box in the next account. If t

Re: Apple mail in Sonoma

Hi Lorie, First, go to the View menu and make sure the Side Bar is shown. When I’m in the list of emails, I usually press Shift + Tab twice to get to the Side Bar. Once there, I can move through the list of folders with cursor up/down without having to interact or use the VO keys. Once I get t

Re: Coming up tomorrow — Mac with Voiceover Discussion/Help Group from 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern

r Captive Animals > Animal Communication, Behavior, & Cognition > Feline Conservation & Biology > 1-530-753-2763 Home > 1-530-902-2763 Cell > cattromb...@gmail.com > www.christromborg.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: 'Ian Robinson'

Re: Coming up tomorrow — Mac with Voiceover Discussion/Help Group from 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern

Hi, Has anyone managed to join this meeting? I’ve completed the registration and used the Join link, but Zoom just says “Waiting for host”. Ian > On 23 Nov 2024, at 01:18, Bradford Snyder wrote: > > Join us on Saturday November 23 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern to share > tips, tricks and

Re: SIRI Voice Rate on Mac

I’m sure it used to be possible to get Siri to speak more quickly by just using a voice command. However, I’ve just asked Siri to speak faster and it responded by talking louder. Then I asked it to speak more quickly and it set my central heating to 17.5 degrees Centigrade. Go figure! Ian >

Amazon Test

For those having problems with Amazon, could someone please try using the site with VoiceOver’s cursor tracking turned off. Once a page loads, I usually need to press the Tab key once. After that, I can navigate by headings without VoiceOver getting stuck the way it does when Cursor Tracking is

Re: pages

Hi Marie, There was something on this list a while ago about people hearing extra content when navigating by word, but I can’t recall the details. I’m not able to replicate the issue at the moment. Which voice are you using with VoiceOver? Also, could you please press VO +v and make a note of t

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

Hi, Have you checked to see if your scanner manufacturer offers free software? I’m using an HP scanner/printer. The software that was installed during setup didn’t do the scanning I wanted. So I installed HP Easy Scan and it allows me to scan documents and save them as images,, searchable pdfs,

Re: Help with printing and editing labels

Hi Zoe, I have printed sheets of labels from within Pages, though I didn’t create the original template on the Mac. Instead, I opened the Word template in Pages and saved it as a new template. The same would work if you have a Word document that has previously been used for labels. You could op

Re: Help with printing and editing labels

t; God the Father chose Her, > God the Son dwellt in Her, > God the Spirit overshadowed Her. > Most Holy Theotokos Mother of God, intercede on our behalf. > >> On Feb 23, 2025, at 5:22 PM, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi Z

Re: Help with printing and editing labels

Her, > God the Son dwellt in Her, > God the Spirit overshadowed Her. > Most Holy Theotokos Mother of God, intercede on our behalf. > >> On Feb 22, 2025, at 5:50 AM, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi Zoe, >> >> I have

Re: Inserting a sum formula into spreadsheet

Hi Andrew, You need to put the equals sign first to define the cell as having a formula. =sum(I2:I10) HTH. Ian > On 31 May 2025, at 08:45, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I’ve forgotten how to insert a sum formula into a cell in spreadsheet in > Numbers. I type: sum=(I2:I

Re: Closing book in kindle on iphone

u very much. It works. I must have been clumsy performing > double tap gesture for some reason. > > Andrew > >> On 3 Jun 2025, at 21:43, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi Andrew, >> >> A double tap, while VoiceOv

Re: Scrolling Commands

Hi, I think you need to use the Option key with the cursor keys. For example, on the Home Screen, Option plus Left or Right will move to previous or next page. In a list, Option plus Up or Down will scroll the list. HTH. Ian > On 4 Jun 2025, at 19:06, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: >

Re: Mac with VoiceOver Discussion Group - This Saturday, May 31 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern

Hi Karen, If you would like to be notified of the Zoom meetings from NYPL ahead of time, you could subscribe to the announcements list by sending an email to: heiskelltech+subscr...@googlegroups.com As for your iTunes question, I think this is a

Re: Recomendations for a book or audio tututorial on Iphone 16e wanted

Another book to try is iOS Access for All by Shelly Brisbin, available from: https://www.iosaccessbook.com/ Ian > On 17 Jun 2025, at 18:26, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > The book discussed on applevis.com from time to time is available here in > various formats: > https

Re: Can I get my Mac to read text in images?

s, > Donna > > >> On Jun 7, 2025, at 2:34 PM, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi Donna, >> >> What happens if you press VO+Shift+l while focus is on the image? >> >> Ian >> >> >>> On 7 Jun

Re: Scrolling Commands

s. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate! > My e-Mail: > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 6/5/2025 2:17 AM, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think you need to use the Option k

Re: Closing book in kindle on iphone

Hi Andrew, A double tap, while VoiceOver is running, should display a menu. Focus will be on the Exit button which closes the menu. Swiping right once takes you to the button to close the book. The highlight menu is displayed by doing a long press, or a double tap and hold. Is it possible your

Re: Scrolling Commands

gt; Quick Nav is off. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate! >> My e-Mail: >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 6/5/2025 8:14 AM, 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> Hi,

Re: Can I get my Mac to read text in images?

Hi Donna, What happens if you press VO+Shift+l while focus is on the image? Ian > On 7 Jun 2025, at 19:53, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > So in VO recognition, Image Descriptions is checked. For whatever reason, no > languages had been downloaded, so I downloade

Re: Adding Contacts

Hi, Open the email, go to the Messages menu and choose "Add Sender to Contacts”. Ian > On 30 Jul 2025, at 22:35, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, >I want to add a contact from the mail app on my iPhone. I did not see any > option to do it. Where is it hidden? Thanks. > > F