I've ran into a couple of apps here or there which, when run, place an
icon in a corner of the screen (apparently on the menu bar) which when
clicked will bring up the actual app window/preferences/whatever
system tray-style. I can't seem to find the specified icon anywhere
on the screen with VO.
2. There is no "move" function as far as I know. Someone made an
automator action to simulate this. Apple tends to remove functionality
found elsewhere (a "stop" button in iTunes for instance).
3. I forget the command, but I have it reassigned to numpad 5 in the
VO utility. It's called "begin/end
Alternatively, you could hit vo+shift+m once misspelled word is
announced to get to a menu of suggested words.
On 3/8/09, Dan wrote:
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> Hello,
> You need to use VO F2 twice then select the spelling and grammar window.
>
>
> Dan
>
> key...@comcast.net
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2009, at 11:35 AM, erik
Not sure about this myself, but if all else fails you can use JFW's
keyboard manager to reassign keys you have trouble using when bound to
their default assignments. There is also apparently something called
shark keys or keyshark which can reassign keys, reenabling the insert
key if you can't us
I bought a digital book from amazon once. It was a PDF. I could read
it with JFW years ago when I got it, so I'd doubtless be able to read
it with VO if preview can read protected content.
On 3/20/09, Tiffany D wrote:
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> I don't see why they wouldn't be if it's text, unless it was a jpg or
> so
The old macintalk voice (at that time I believe it was called
PlainTalker) was much more robotic. I think it was replaced in the
mid-90s. The android people are working on implementing blindness
accessibiliity into the G1 (and apparently the android platform). The
phone uses a touchscreen. Appar
I think Justin himself did one way back on Blind Cool Tech. You can
probably find it in the archives page (I think it was published aroune
June 2007). Sorry if I stole your thunder.
James
On 3/27/09, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
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> Good evening Justin,
>
> Can you point us to a resource that may be a g
I did a brief search to see if this was mentioned before, only to find
something on Mac Mini's issues when a mouse isn't hooked up.
Certain apps are impossibly slow with my mac mini. These range from
iTunes (smart playlist editor and just occasional unexplainable
"busy"s from voiceover no matter
rds
>> Søren Jensen
>> Mail & MSN:
>> s...@coolfortheblind.dk
>> Website:
>> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
>>
>> On 03/05/2009, at 20.09, James Dietz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I did a brief search to see if this was mentioned before, on
e amazed with the difference.
>> I didn't try just using the adapter, it may work, but the monitor
>> changes everything for sure.
>>
>> Brett
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 3, 2009, at 12:09 PM, James Dietz wrote:
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>>>
>>>
Jaws Keyboard Manager might help. Focus the JAWS window. It is under
the utilities menu.
James
On 5/7/09, Michael Huckabay wrote:
>
> Good evening Would enyone out there know how to map key's using jaw's
> under fusion I red the past fred's on this but there was no clear way
> how to do this.
I don't use the mac for all of my computing tasks. I use Linux's
openoffice for spreadsheets and writer or textedit on the mac for word
processing. I've et to try the mac port of openoffice - until
recently there was a subset of mac apps which were guaranteed slow
running on my mac mini, but this
Regarding the first question: Not sure how to get the ticking to
return. I've never actually heard ticking sounds for anything other
than the Apple Software Update progress - all other ones are quiet
with VO. Maybe I've inadvertantly turned it off, as I think
softwareupdate logs in under another a
Aside from a few issues (mainly VO's inability to remember braille
settings across multiple sessions - like whether or not to display
that obnoxious highlight line) braille is quite effective and neat.
Some things aren't intuitive - I can't click on a member of a group
in while browsing a webpage
On mine the power button is a small round convex little thing right
above the power jack which looks kind of like a usb or firewire port
(just smaller and thinner). I don't know if they moved it for the new
generation.
James
On 6/5/09, matthew dyer wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I first want to thank e
I think someone way back mentioned the Keynote Companion. I still have
one of those. The screen is cracked and broken, but the rest of the
unit would work fine if the backup battery had it's charge and the
watch battery was replaced. I never got too much out of it - the word
processor was a lot c
you can do a search for a thread I started entitled "slow mac mini."
Someone gave the catalog number and everything there. I'm too crewl to
do it for you.
On 6/8/09, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I got mine at Best Buy.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 8-Jun-09, at 5:45 AM, Michael Reiser wrote
Nearly everything they point out is negative. It's almost as if
they're deliberately skipping over what the screenreader does well so
that they can get right to the bad stuff. My favorite has to be the
section where they discuss using voiceover with the internet - while
there are some legitimate
f it's not a quality product or hasn't matured
much (like Microsoft's narrator) then a complaint is justified.
On 6/9/09, Michael Reiser wrote:
>
> They have FS and other companies in there pockets, so they have to
> discredit someone else.
>
> Mike
> On Jun 9
Sounds to me like an improved version of Agness. I'm guessing the
voice shown in the guided tour during the voice control section is the
same used for VO feedback.
James
On 6/9/09, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yep. Sure is..
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 9-Jun-09, at 8:42 PM, Jessi and Gol
It's a slippery slope, one Apple will hopefully avoid. If they
continue to add features to label and customize how VO interacts with
the OS and apps they are giving themselves more work, as well as
risking the awesome independence VO gives us. JFW practically
dominates the keyboard, making intera
Apple didn't have to know.
On 6/15/09, Jenny Kennedy wrote:
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> Sorry, just read this. for some reason some list messages go in the
> inbox and some gmail thinks is spam please disregard my last post
> about the snowleopard podcast sorry please don't kick me off the list.
> regards Jenny
>
> On
I remember reading about new suported braille displays, including some
bluetooth ones. I don't think they delved into specific details of
actual supported models.
On 7/7/09, william lomas wrote:
>
> it says on the site the quickstart is localised in eighteen languages
> with nine new ones and wi
To be honest, I don't think it was so unfairly written. I do agree
with some of the points he made, mainly those pertaining to finding
the icon which announces battery status. I quested over to the
Pentagon City Mall this weekend to have a look at the iPhone, and that
got to me a little; though I
I think that anyone reading the article would know themselves that it
was written before the release of the iPhone; if I remember correctly
he stated so (correct me if I'm wrong - I'll look at it when I get
home). Anyone can speculate. A lot of the initial hype regarding the
iPhone was almost del
Hey,
This isn't a solution, but I am wondering what if any problems people
have been having wtih Xcode? I've just started using it for a project
and find it quite accessible. (I've compiled some stuff with it -
status and everything read like a charm. Also manipulating projects
and whatnot works
Hey,
As I'm eventually looking into getting an iPhone (by which I mean next
year when things may change once again) I'm glad to hear some of it's
shortcomings. (everything has shortcomings) Out of curiosity: how has
battery life been for voiceover users? I read that it you can get 8
hours of cont
I've been mucking around with Audacity on the mac myself. Editing
commands work fine, though voiceover doesn't announce all that JFW
under Windows is rumored to. Apparently track names are spoken and
such. This would be very useful on the mac, but as of right now I uave
to guess which ones are h
Usually the screen can be cleared with control-l.
I thought I read somewhere that there was a way to have the terminal
speak text written to stdout/stderr using the system voice. I looked
in preferences and couldn't find it. Anyone else have any luck? I use
terminal for macports apps/ssh/nano on
Regarding games: if you like Shades, try Technoshock. It's on
audiogames.net. The link can only be found in the forum since though
the game has been available in english for 2 years the site just went
down this past week. I'll send a zip to anyone who wants it. It's a
game in the style of Shades
Hey,
The FMODEx Sound System has already been ported to the iPhone. Check
the site: fmod.org. I haven't looked at the port myself as I don't
have an iPhone. I've latent interests in coding and the iPhone app
store looks like a real easy way to make a little money from even a
slightly innovative
The site is http://www.fmod.org.
If I was programming an interactive game it would probably speak for
itself. I'd want to create my own gestures, and from what I understand
VO uses it's own special gestures. On the Mac VO uses special keys,
leaving the rest of the keyboard undisturbed and willing
Hey Jon,
You might have better luck working with your outdated copy by using
the mouse. Route the mouse to the VO cursor (I think the command is
vo+cmd+f5 - have a look in the menu by pressing vo+f7) and clicking
(vo+shift+space). That's how I got the old bookshare app working, as
well as some o
Mark, what he tells us implies that his hard drive and flash disk
already have names:
"If I use the down arrow key voice over
says the name of my external volume as it should." ~ Mike
On 9/1/09, Marie Howarth wrote:
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> I've found tabbing seems to work better for some odd reason.
>
> On Sep 1,
I'm with Ben here. I don't really appreciate receiving Maccessibility
updates. Is there not a list I can subscribe to if I want to receive
them? Not only that, but they are snippets with a link to the full
story. I request that these not be sent to macvisionaries.
On 9/4/09, ben mustill-rose wr
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