Hi all,
After a quick look through the archives, it seemed that the only way to deal
with autocompletion and hash tags in YoruFukurou was to turn them off in
preferences. Some will prefer this, but if you're trying to remember a twitter
handle, and you know the first few letters, the autocomple
Agree with Ricardo. Despite sharing many gestures in common, they are very
different experiences.
I love the iPhone experience, but I almost never use the track pad. I
expect this is because I use a USB keyboard with my Mac Mini. I use the num
pad a great deal, and I suspect if I had some s
Hi,
I came across another bundle that some might be interested in. I'll list the
included apps with brief descriptions along with any info I could find after a
quick search of the Mac Visionaries archives. As you will see, there is not
much info in the archives on these apps, or rather, I cou
VO home/end is not working for me. I've tried interacting in various ways,
but all that happens when I press VO home/end is that focus is moved by a
few messages. If I keep pressing VO home/end, focus stays on that message,
yet if I move up or down once, and then press VO home/end, it again sh
400 mb was just the one voice. I selected 12 voices, and it was nearly 4
gb. I'll likely stick with Alex, but I do like several of the French ones.
Marc
- Original Message -
From: "David Tanner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: getting more voices for 10.7
Once you turn voiceover on with cmd f5, and after you hear speech off, tap
twice using three fingers on the track pad. That should unmute voiceover.
HTH
Marc
- Original Message -
From: "Cakes"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:12 PM
Subject: Turning off and on VO speech
Hi f
After playing with this for a bit, there seem to be some accessibility
problems. Though, that said, this doesn't strike me as a very useful tool
for blind people.
First off, you don't seem to be able to navigate by pressing letters. If I
could find an app or a folder by pressing the first fe
So I never intended to suggest that launchpad doesn't work, and thanks to Chris
for the tip about escape, that will indeed dismiss the launchpad.
I maintain that it is pretty useless though. Folders make sense in IOS, where
there is no list of all your apps that can be accessed quickly through
Hi Carolyn,
Did you end up trying what I suggested on the viphone list?
In case you missed it, try using the roter to select language. Then flick
up or down until you get back to the default voice.
HTH
Marc
- Original Message -
From: "carolyn Haas"
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 201
It's worth noting that you can switch activities quickly by either 1)
bringing up a list of activities with VO X, or 2) automatically switching
back and forth between activities with VO XX.
So it won't automatically detect languages and switch, but the introduction
of activities does make swit
It's worth noting that it is still possible to move back and forth between
the top and bottom of the messages colum. You need to interact with it, and
pressing VO-shift-home and VO-shift-end will take you back and forth between
the top and bottom respectively.
Perhaps not as convenient as opt
3:45 PM
Subject: Re: typing first letters of message in mail
That's great if you have a full keyboard. If you're on a Macbook pro, that
is a much more difficult keystroke to manage.
Best,
Donna
On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Marc Workman wrote:
It's worth noting that it is st
You should be able to change the keystroke to something easier using
keyboard commander, though this still wouldn't allow you to go from
beginning to end in classic layout without interacting. However, you can
see all the headers even when you do interact with the messages table if you
use the
Hi Colin,
VO-H is the equivalent of pressing the home button, and VO-HH will take you
to the app switcher.
I would recommend doing a google search for the list of short cuts. I don't
have the link handy, but it is easy to find. And you will find that
virtually every voiceover gesture can b
Don't bother with a hot spot on the mailbox list. You can simply shift tab
and tab to go back and forth between the mailbox list and the message table.
I did end up setting a hot spot for the search field since, unlike in SL,
you don't seem to be able to tab into the search field.
Best,
Mar
Hi all,
I'm trying to use drag and drop to move various mailboxes to the favourites
bar, primarily so that I can switch between them using command plus the number
row.
I'm sure someone said this is possible, but when I try VO comma on the mailbox,
I get the message: mailbox is not draggable, i
-07-23, at 2:56 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote:
> I was able to do this. I had to interact with the mailbox list and then
> highlight the mailbox. Then it said the mailbox was selected for dragging
> when I hit vo+,. Hope this helps somehow.
> On Jul 23, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Marc Workman wrot
es@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marc Workman
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 9:56 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: assistance moving mailboxes to the favourites bar
>
> I appreciate the response. I can now mark the
Sorry, I have no suggestions, but I have had the same experience as you. I got
it to work once, but I've been unable to reproduce this one successful attempt.
I would be very interested in any suggestions as well.
Best,
Marc
On 2011-07-25, at 4:38 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Hi good people.
I played around a bit with an app called Jaksta. If I recall everything
correctly, and I may not, so you'll want to look on the website to confirm,
this program captures the audio from any video playing.
There is a demo version that will grab half the audio, but in my tests, it
grabbed the who
One of the challenges I had when I turned on my mid-2010 Mac Mini after
bringing it home was the bluetooth window. Once you turn the Mini on, if you
don't have a USB keyboard and a magic track pad or mouse, a window will come up
saying that the Mac is searching for these things. I don't know i
Hi Donna,
It is already possible to disable the lock feature.
Go to system preferences, then time machine, then options. You will find a
"lock documents" check box. There is also a pop up button where you can change
how much time has to elapse before a document is locked.
You don't actually
> On 2011-08-11, at 5:52 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
>> Bless you! I absolutely never would have looked for it there. thanks!
>> Donna
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Marc Workman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Donna,
>>>
>>> It is already
Hi all,
I bought my first Mac today, and I've run into a snag turning VO on.
I tried command F5, but it only made a bonking noise. My guess is that the
function keys are controlling hardware, and I need to press the function key
plus command F5, but I don't know which key is the function key.
Hello again,
I wasn't able to get voiceover running on my new Mac Mini, so I decided to just
install, or perhaps reinstall, the OS. The installation went fine, but after
the restart, I'm still not able to get VO going using either command F5,
control command F5, or function command F5. I also
Hi,
I can't seem to get home sharing working. I've authorized two different
computers, I've turned on home sharing, and I gather I'm supposed to be able to
find the other computer somewhere, but I don't know where to look. I couldn't
find anything in the archives concerning this specific issu
If you open the short cut menu with VO shift M on some text that says data
detector, you can perform various actions. For example, if someone sends an
email containing the date and time of a meeting, I can use VO shift M to bring
up a menu that includes the option of creating a quick cal event.
Hi Rachel,
You simply have to find the relevant bit of text, phone number, email, date and
time, etc, by arrowing to it. You'll hear it say data detector. Then you just
press VO shift M, and this will bring up a context menu. You can select the
option that you want from the context menu.
HT
> Thanks Mark,
> Is that on lion or snow?
> I did on snow and I chose new to do, but I did not get the icall window to
> fill in the rest of th appointment Do I need to do something else?
> Thanks again.
> Rachel
>
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Marc Workman wrote:
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Hi,
I installed a security update through software update this morning, and it
seems to have resulted in some changes to Mail, changes I'm not particularly
happy with.
I wonder if others have installed the security update and are noticing similar
changes.
The issue has to do with the message
r!!!
>
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
>
> Facebook:
> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Marc Workman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed a security update through software update this morning, and it
>> seems to
> arrow and delete it. Makes it much faster for me that way.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
>
> Facebook:
> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>
>
>
> On Sep 15, 20
Hi Eric,
I got a program called Data Rescue 3 as part of this fall's Mac Update bundle.
I have not had occasion to use it yet, but when I just opened it, I found that
everything was nicely labelled. It looks accessible to me. I also bought the
Mac Legion bundle and received a program called
Agree with Ricardo.
Why not carry a separate daisy player, mp3 player, colour identifier, light
detector, gps unit, money identifier, camera, etc. Even if these were all
available for free, I would rather pay a relatively small fee to have them all
available on a single device.
It's also wor
ay the ten.
Best,
Marc
On 2011-09-27, at 8:24 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
> Hey Mark
> The version 1 that I saw in the app store was $9.99. Thank god for store
> credit. :)
>
> Matt
> Sent from my macbook pro
>
> On 2011-09-27, at 11:21 AM, Marc Workman wrote:
>
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> On 2011-09-27, at 3:27 PM, Marc Workman wrote:
>
>> I'm curious how y
Hi,
If I press command 3 on a tweet that is part of a conversation, it takes me to
the conversation view. The problem I have is that, when arrowing up and down
through the conversation, only part of each tweet is read by voiceover. It
might say the first three or four words, but that's it. I
I had this same problem and wrote to the list about it three weeks or so ago.
What I did for a while was use full screen, and the jump command seemed to work
better after that, but full screen had problems like not allowing me to command
tilda back to the inbox while composing a new message.
Th
Ricardo wrote,
> For example, you can't use a keyboard to delete applications or bring up the
> item chooser.
The first part is true, but the second is not. VO-I will bring up the item
chooser like it does on the Mac, unless this is a feature specific to iPhones.
I'm asking
accessibil...@apple
I got my Mac last Thursday, and I was having the same problem. You want to
change the podcasts to a list view. You can do this by interacting with the
podcast table and pressing command option and the number 3. After that,
your VO shift M should bring up the option to download.
HTH
Marc
--
Try interacting with the table, and then press command option and the number
3 in order to put it in list view. After you do this, VO shift M should
bring up the right context menu.
Cheers,
Marc
- Original Message -
From: "trahern culver"
To: "MacVisionaries"
Sent: Wednesday, Dece
Hi,
Further to Phil's question, has anyone tried reading and controlling a
keynote presentation using the keynote app for the iPhone.
I will likely have to begin lecturing regularly next year, and it strikes me
that it would be nice to be able to refer to notes, control the slides, and
be mo
Hi,
I was thinking it might be nice to use my iPhone to control navigation on my
Mac mini. I've looked through the archives to see if anyone has tried this
successfuly, but I couldn't find anything conclusive.
There are several apps that are suppose to turn the iPhone into a track pad.
I've
Hi,
I heard about a gift pack that I thought some of you might be interested in.
It includes 6 apps for $60. To buy the 6 apps at their regular prices would be
something like $270. Here are the 6 apps:
Delicious Library
Acorn
Mars Edit
Sous Chef
Radio Shift
Sound Studio
They are all the lat
Hello Allison,
I believe this issue was fixed in the most recent version of iTunes, so you
may want to upgrade. If that doesn't work, though, or if you don't want to
upgrade, a work around is to interact with the podcast table and put it in
list view. I think the keystroke is command 2, but
Hi,
I'm guessing this has been asked and answered before, but I'm not finding
anything in the archives.
I'm wondering if anyone is successfully using Google Docs to colaborate on
writing documents. I was not able to do this with my PC, but I was hoping it
might be possible with the Mac. Afte
This question just came up on the iPhone list. I thought the iPhone didn't
play ogg, but someone suggested downloading an app called something like VLC
video player. It's free, and it should allow you to transfer ogg files via
iTunes that you will then be able to play in the app. I found it b
1. I prefer touch typing, and I suspect most users do, though I'm sure there
are those that prefer the standard method. To switch to touch typing: use
the roter to select typing method. Put two fingers on the screen and rotate
them either clockwise or counterclockwise until you hear voiceover
Scott asked,
What's reasonable, who's definition of language?
Marc says,
The communities definition, the moderators definition, the definition of the
wider society.
Scott asked,
Why do prudes always want reasonable when their beliefs aren't and use some
sort of artificial moral high ground to
Scott's right. According to everything I've read, the new gestures work
with the iPad IOS, not iPhone 4.3. One article that was sent to this list
specifically said that they do not work with the iPhone. Other articles
simply don't mention the iPhone when discussing these gestures.
Best,
Ma
Is it necessary to have this app running any time you want to perform a cut
and paste? I can't tell from the description.
Seems like a useful app, but one that creates functionality that probably
should have been there to begin with.
Marc
- Original Message -
From: "Ricardo Walker"
Hi all,
I came across a pretty good app bundle from Apparent Software. Purchased
individually, the eight apps are valued at $221 total, but you can get them all
for $29 through the bundle. I was planning on picking up Text Expander anyway,
which is normally $35, so this app alone makes it wor
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