MBA keeps locking up/VoiceOVer static

rrant a trip to the Apple Store, but thought I'd ask in the meantime. THanks in advance! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Syncing Google contacts

clarification. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Re: Syncing Google contacts

Hmm, on second thought, feel free to disregard this last message. I just opened my contacts again and all of my Google contacts have flooded in, so problem solved. Sorry about the list clutter! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone

Signing into iMessages with different Apple ID

button. Am I missing something very obvious? Thanks! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Shortcuts for text input

VoiceOver spotlight command (not sure about the latter). I would like to be able to efficiently type IPA/unicode, as well as other character sets. THanks advance for any tips! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Program Coordintor, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Research Assistant, Massachusetts

Re: Shortcuts for text input

other preexisting keystrokes. Andrew, I am going to try your suggestion. Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Program Coordinator, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gmail.com On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Harry

Re: Shortcuts for text input

f I'd noticed this earlier, I could have avoided asking my original question in the first place. Thanks! Best, Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Program Coordinator, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gma

Mac OSX shortcuts interfering with VMWare

Hi Everyone, I am posting this question as a follow-up to a previous post from some time ago which I had neglected. Since upgrading to Lion, I have experienced some difficulty with executing commands within VMWare Fusion which utilize the control key. I subsequently realized that such a problem mi

Jumping to pages in Preview

Hi Everyone, I am in the process of reading some multi-paged documents in Preview, and can't seem to figure out how to quickly jump to a specific page. I have tried the "go to page" command (command option g), and though VoicOver announces that it has successfully jumped to the correct page, it su

Re: Jumping to pages in Preview

> are displayed instead of the entire document. > > Hope this helps. > > GregOn Jan 11, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I am in the process of reading some multi-paged documents in Preview, >> and can't seem to

Matlab

Hi Everyone, I am wondering if any of you have had experience running MATLAB with VoiceOver, and could give me any input on its accessibility. I do research in cognitive neuroscience, and make frequent and robust use of MATLAB and Excel. I have up to this point been using Windows for both of these

Re: Matlab

many you want of either one, and VoiceOver will say the > headers just like the Windows screen readers. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I am wondering if any of you have had experience runni

Python

Hi Everyone, I am relatively inexperienced when it comes to programming, and am wondering if any of you have had luck programming with Python on the Mac. I believe that the Terminal allows for built-in functionality, yet I have also heard that it cannot handle certain scripting which I will nee

Re: Fusion 5.

=en. >> > > -- > 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 > macvisionarie

capslock vs. insert in laptop layout

Hi, I have been using VMWare Fusion with JAWS in laptop layout successfully for quite some time now, but am currently running into a slight problem. I have remapped my right command key to insert, and within JAWS settings configured insert to serve as my JAWS key. The problem I'm encountering is t

Formatting of documents with Fine Reader Express

-- Lindsay Lindsay Yazzolino Researcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (425) 417-9239 lindsay3...@gmail.com Hi All, I am using ABBYY Fine Reader Express to convert a number of PDF documents to text files, which I will be reading with my Mac as well as my work PC. I am finding

Frustrations with reading tables

Hi List, I am using Snow Leopard, and, despite its ability to read a greater number of web tables, I am noticing that VoiceOver still does not treat certain tables online and in text documents like tables at all. This is making navigation of certain documents very difficult, if not impossible, an

Braille displays

Hi, I am using my Mac with a Braille display, and am quite impressed by its ability to instantly recognize my BrailleConnect without any configuration on my part. I would, however, very much like to know if it is possible to make VoiceOver shut up when I want to read with Braille only. When I rea

Reading Braille files with the Mac

Hi, Is it possible to read BRF files with the Mac? Thanks. Lindsay --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 uns

Re: Reading Braille files with the Mac

-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2009-10-26, at 11:45 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Lindsay, >> >> Duxbury has a version for the Mac. I've not used it, so I don't know >> how accessible it is, but that would be one option. >>

Bookshare.org

Hi, I am trying to unzip books from Bookshare, but whenever I try to do so by using the archiving utility, I keep receiving an error that the archive cannot be unzipped. I know that I need to enter a password at some point, but I don't seem to be given the opportunity to do so. Is there a known s

Refreshing the current screen

Hi, Is there a command for refreshing the screen for a web page? I know that command R refreshes the page, but there exists another JAWS command (alt escape) which refreshes the current screen. I am having trouble using the Google Voice web interface, and am wondering if not knowing this command

Am I missing something

Hi, I was looking for the command to read from the VO cursor to the end of a document, and cannot seem to find it in the commands help. Is there a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts somewhere, or am I just overlooking the command? Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~---

Numbers frustrating the heck out of me

HI, I am working in a cognitive neuroscience lab and need to make extensive use of spreadsheets. I'm trying to use iWork 8 to open an Excel spreadsheet in Numbers, but I can't get the darn thing to read it properly. When I interact with the scroll area, I see three items--two images and an item lab

Issue with JAWS and VMWare

Hi Everyone, A few months back, I installed and authorized JAWS in VMWare Fusion. After a few months' hiatus from WIndows, I recently tried to use it again only to discover that JAWS had defaulted to 40-minute mode. Can I expect for this to happen in the future, and if so, is there a way to preven

Re: Issue with JAWS and VMWare

, Matthew Campbell wrote: > THis happens to me all of the time and I still haven't found a solution for > it. > On 2010-03-04, at 12:47 PM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> A few months back, I installed and authorized JAWS in VMWare Fusion. >> A

Statistics packages

Hi Everyone, I am going to be taking a college statistics course this fall and am wondering if there currently exist any accessible statistics packages for the Mac or if I am best off sticking with WIndows/any other operating system. Also, what other methods have any of you used for successfully

Spanish Braille tables

Hi, I am taking a Spanish course and am wondering if the Mac supports the use of Spanish Braille tables so that I can read documents with a Braille display. Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

Typing Spanish characters

Hi, Is there a way to quickly type Spanish symbols using the Mac? Also, is it possible to change the writing language of TextEdit to Spanish? Thanks. Lindsay --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

Re: Spanish Braille tables

Hi Anne, Would it be possible to send you the Braille tables for JAWS? If so, do you know howI owuld go about doing this? And do you know if they differ from the Windows tables in terms of how the Mac would recognize characters? Thanks! Lindsay On 9/17/09, rossy wrote: > > thank you. let you k

Mac crashes in GMail

Hi, I was trying to send an attachment in GMail today, and each time I try and select the file, Safari shows a "busy" message so that I have to force quit. Has anyone else had this problem, and have you found any solutions? I am running Snow Leopard. Thanks. Lindsay --~--~-~--~~

Typing special characters

Hi, I am currently taking a linguistics course, and am wondering if it is possible to type Unicode characters using the Mac. Much of the coursework involves typing IPA symbols, and up until I have been using what I call the cheater method (copying and pasting symbols from a table online). I would

Re: Typing special characters

ght pointing double angle quotation markOption+Shift+backslash > ‹ single left pointing angle quotation mark Option+Shift+3 > › single right pointing angle quotation markOption+Shift+4 > ¡ inverted exclamation mark Option+1 > ¿ inverted questio

A basic word processing question

Hi, i am sorry if I am asking a very basic question, but I am wondering if someone could tell me how to count the number of pages in a word processing document using either OpenOffice or TextEdit. Also, how do I set double-spacing in OpenOffice? Thanks. Lindsay --~--~-~--~~-

Mac not recognizing VR Stream

Hi, I am attempting to connect my Victor Stream to my Mac after a long period of not doing so, and although the Stream announces that the player is connected, the Mac does not seem to recognize the Stream as a drive. Is there any way of fixing this issue? Thanks. Lindsay -- You received this me

VMWare and lion

Hi, I just installed Lion, and have since been experiencing a rather annoying problem with VMWare Fusion 4 running JAWS. While in the virtual machine, the control key seems to virtually stick, such that I often have to either press the control key again or shift focus away from the Fusion window i

Re: VMWare and lion

e if this was accidentally > enabled in windows. Also, in the fusion preferences, you may want to turn > off the key mapping feature. > On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just installed Lion, and have since been experiencing a rather >&

Re: VMWare and lion

ristians > > > > On Sep 24, 2011, at 10:35 PM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, The problem still persists despite my trying Mike's >> suggestions. Whenever I press control + right arrow, the control key >> seems to stick and I can only unstick it by h

Screwy VMWare key mapping

Hello, I'm sorry if this question has been asked time and time again on this list, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to map certain Windows keys on my Macbook using VMWare Fusion with SharpKeys. In particular, what mappings have people figured out for some of the higher F-keys, which appea

Re: Screwy VMWare key mapping

d also be applicable for VMWare fusion, but if you've > not already done so, you might want to go into system preferences -> > keyboard and check the box labeled: "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard > function keys". > > HTH. > Geoff > > On Feb 7, 20

Re: Screwy VMWare key mapping

I forgot to mention in my previous post that most of the F keys, specifically those toward the left of the keyboard, seem to work fine. On 2/7/11, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > Thanks for the pointer--yes, I did try this, but still key > combinations such as insert F12 se