Iphone 5 keeps going into recovery mode despite successful restore

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Yesterday, while rock climbing, my iPhone 5, in my pocket, got put into recovery mode. I discovered it when we got home, and went through the steps and successfully restored it from the latest Icloud backup. Got all my apps back, Voiceover the way I wanted, home screen set up in the folder str

iPhone 5 stuck in restore mode with Itunes

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Itunes has been saying it's restoring my iPhone 5 for about 6 hours now. There is no indication of any progress. Its software was up to date (IOS7.1.1) when it went into recovery mode. My Mac is an older (2008) MBP15 running Mountain Lion and the build of Itunes before the latest. Nothing se

Re: iPhone 5 stuck in restore mode with Itunes

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Holding down the home and power/lock button knocked it out of its frozen state and back to the successful restored state I had it back to last night. All is solved, except of course for the lost data, most of which is stored elsewhere anyway. Thanks\ * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype a

Re: Typing On The IPhone's On-Screen Keyboard

2014-05-25 Thread Mark Baxter
I prefer the iPhone's keyboard to that of the iPad, just because the keyboard on the pad is more spread out. I use my right ;index and middle finger, depending on which side of the keyboard the next letter or symbol will be located. I am not as fast as my sighted wife, AMy Three Deer, but I'm

Yosemite worth it or not?

2014-06-03 Thread Mark Baxter
I'm seriously busy with family life, and so I've skipped Mavericks. Running the good old dependable mountain kitty, and still mostly purring along. However, I feel like I should keep up with the OS upgrades, but is Yosemite worth it? Will I have to spend a whole weekend tinkering to get it ri

Re: Yosemite worth it or not?

2014-06-03 Thread Mark Baxter
Heh. See how out of the loop I am? Guess I'll just bail on Mavericks. I totally missed the WWDC yesterday and only saw a blurb about a new iPhone on the news this morning on my way by. My iPhone 5 is currently down and going in for repair (something about moisture damage through the Otterbox

Re: Yosemite worth it or not?

2014-06-03 Thread Mark Baxter
Thanks Alex, Ray and Isaac. I avoided Mavericks a lot because of the Gmail hassles people were having, yes. I'll check out Applevis. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --

Continued iPhone 5 malfing weirdness

2014-06-04 Thread Mark Baxter
A couple of weeks ago, I requested help diagnosing what was wrong with my iPhone 5, running IOS7.1.1. After trying unsuccessfully to restore it through Itunes, I took it to a local repair place. They swapped out the ports, microphone and battery, claiming there was dried moisture causing a sho

Re: Continued iPhone 5 malfing weirdness

2014-06-04 Thread Mark Baxter
Mine doesn't even get through the restore process. I don't and have never open or use Game Center, but thanks for this information. Any other apps, like Mail, Message, or the Bard Mobile app? (Doubt this last ones) because those are the only things I opened in the time I got the phone home.

Re: Continued iPhone 5 malfing weirdness

2014-06-04 Thread Mark Baxter
This is not just a question of VoiceOver not working. My wife, who is sighted, confirms that the Apple icon does not even pop up, nor does the status bar appear. It would seem that the iPhone is acting as if it is totally powered down and will not come up. When I connect it to Itunes, I'm tol

Locking rotation on an Ipad 2 running IOS7.1.1

2014-06-15 Thread Mark Baxter
Where in Settings can I find how to lock my iPad 2, running IOS7.1.1? Thanks. Be well. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: Locking rotation on an Ipad 2 running IOS7.1.1

2014-06-15 Thread Mark Baxter
Thanks! * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Lock Rotation on an iPad 2 *WHERE* in control center?

2014-06-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Yesterday, some counseled me that I could lock my iPad 2's rotation to portrayed mode from the Control Center. I've looked in Control Center, and see nothing relevant to it. Sorry to be a moron, but could someone clarify where in Control Center I specify a rotation lock? Thanks. * Mark Burn

Re: Lock Rotation on an iPad 2 *WHERE* in control center?

2014-06-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Nope. I have, in Control Center, the track position and title of whatever musical selection is playing; then I have Airplane mode off, WIFI on, Bluetooth on, Do not disturb off, Mute off, Clock, Camera, Airdrop and Brightness. That is the extent of what is in my control Center. * Mark Burn

Re: Lock Rotation on an iPad 2 *WHERE* in control center?

2014-06-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi, Thuy: I have noted the side switch set to lock rotation within Settings. However, nothing I do, either pressing the side switch (either up or down) or changing it to "mute," seems to actually lock the rotation. My assumption here was that VoiceOver had cooped the side switch for volume, a

Re: Lock Rotation on an iPad 2 *WHERE* in control center?

2014-06-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Hmmm. Learn something new every day; I didn't' know the iPad had one of those, and sure enough, that locks the rotation. Thanks again. I'm blushing at my own ignorance. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home pag

Re: new version of skype

2014-06-20 Thread Mark Baxter
I have the newest Skype running on an iPad 2 under IOS 7.1.1. I find it simple, easy to use and a lot less cluttered than the last few versions. I can even use the keypad now and don't seem to have any problems with voicemail not playing. The Main Menu is easy to navigate, and ... Yeah. Get

Re: Clearing Recents In Latest Skype.

2014-06-23 Thread Mark Baxter
>From the "recent," heading, swipe up or down to "close," and double tap; the >conversation is gone. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because

TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-25 Thread Mark Baxter
When I go to Appstore on my iPad 2, under the Purchased tab, I can enter Taptapsee into the search field, and it pulls up "blind and visually impaired camera," but then says "there are no search results for Taptapsee, blind and visually impaired camera." I swore there was a version for iPad, an

Re: TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-25 Thread Mark Baxter
I didn't put the quotes in the search box, and the search results pop-up came back with the proper name for the app, adding the "blind and visually impaired camera," part, which I didn't put in. So, I'm pretty sure Appstore knew what I meant, but that there isn't one for the iPad? * Mark Bur

Re: TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-25 Thread Mark Baxter
Thanks, Gigi, but as I said, my iPhone 5 is toasted, so I can't use it for anything more than a square paperweight. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received thi

Re: TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-25 Thread Mark Baxter
Hmmm. Interesting. Maybe it's an iPhone app that will run on the Pad anyway, and I should search under the "all," category, rather than in Purchased, even though I purchased it. I'll try that when I get a chance. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: b

Re: TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Baxter
I got it to download by searching for iPhone apps, not just iPad apps. It downloaded fine after that. Thanks again, all. Be well. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You

Re: Urgent - activing popup buttons in safari

2014-07-05 Thread Mark Baxter
If this hasn't already been suggested, often you can just hit the two letter abbreviation for the state (FL, for Florida, for example) and then VO Space to collapse the pop-up menu, and when you cursor back over it, the state will be selected. Hope that's not redundant. * Mark BurningHawk Ba

Re: Games

2014-07-05 Thread Mark Baxter
My favorite action game for the Mac is Audio Quake. I do not know if it is still in development, but the final version was pretty awesome. It may take some work to set it up, and I don't have the active links to send you to, but Cara Quinn, one of our list moderators, can give you more informa

Re: Games

2014-07-06 Thread Mark Baxter
You might need to use Macports to import the original code. Cara Quinn, one of our list mods, can help a lot more than I can, as she's largely responsible for its awesomeness. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My h

Re: Speaking TV guides -Offcom consultation

2014-07-11 Thread Mark Baxter
Charter has an app for iPhone (haven't tested it on my iPad 2, and my iPHone 5 chewed the humous some months ago [*bitter tears*=), which seemed like it was starting to incorporate that functionality, although its "Change your cable box to the requested channel," never worked for me, and the app

Re: NFB Resolution

2014-07-13 Thread Mark Baxter
Speaking of accessible stores, I think this is a far better use of the NFB's time--creating an accessibility standard for supermarkets and department stores and drug stores, etc.--than trying to regulate how apps and virtual environments are accessible. Every blind person has to shop--not every

Re: NFB Resolution

2014-07-13 Thread Mark Baxter
"the blind," need to stop waiting for some higher power to "make things accessible." accessibility is different for every individual, and only the broadest measures of any sort are useful across the board. Expecting an ADA or other body of law to universally open doors is a myth. Disability i

Downloads pane in Safari 6.1.5

2014-07-15 Thread Mark Baxter
... doesn't seem to be there. Command Shift L now "shows sidebar," but I can't even locate *THAT*. What's the new way to show the progress of downloads in 6.1.5? Thanks. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page

Re: Downloads pane in Safari 6.1.5

2014-07-15 Thread Mark Baxter
Right; thanks. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My home page: * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from

deleting Facebok or Twitter accounts using Safari 6.1.5, Mountain Lion and Voiceover?

2014-07-21 Thread Mark Baxter
What is the most VO friendly way to delete a FB or Twitter account using Safari 6.1.5, Mountain Lion and Voiceover? Alternatively, can this be done from the IOS app? I find it impossible to navigate the friends or followers lists with my iPad 2, and the website is very VO unfriendly. Thanks.

Re: deleting Facebok or Twitter accounts using Safari 6.1.5, Mountain Lion and Voiceover?

2014-07-21 Thread Mark Baxter
That will delete the account from my computer, but not from the web itself. Thanks. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving em

Re: deleting Facebok or Twitter accounts using Safari 6.1.5, Mountain Lion and Voiceover?

2014-07-21 Thread Mark Baxter
Both these settings panes are found on the websites themselves? If so, I just cannot make VO and Safari play well with those sections of the sites, but thanks. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: deleting Facebok or Twitter accounts using Safari 6.1.5, Mountain Lion and Voiceover?

2014-07-21 Thread Mark Baxter
Okay, thanks. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.

storing music sent through Mail in the music app

2014-07-25 Thread Mark Baxter
If I send my wife a song as an attachment in Mail, how does she store it so that the Music app on her iPHone 4S can access it? Thanks. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group

Re: twitter client

2014-07-31 Thread Mark Baxter
Does that one (I can't ever spell it, sorry) work well with Mountain Lion? Syrinx used to be great, but it just stopped working for some reason a while back and I've lost touch with the whole thing. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because y

Re: IOS8 issue already

2014-09-19 Thread Mark Baxter
I've got it installed on my iPad 2 32G; my iPhone 5 is defunct in the extreme. I see changes to notification center and app switcher, and can record and send audio but not video iMessages. What else should I look for, and what VO improvements if any are there? When I try to upgrade to iCloud

Re: IOS8 issue already

2014-09-19 Thread Mark Baxter
Only "Bug," I have found so far is that I can't find the "record video," button on iMessages, even though it says there should be one. :) More like a mite than a bug. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Sending Messages in iOS 8.0.2

2014-10-06 Thread Mark Baxter
I have no problem sending messages from iMessages in 8.0.2, and am running it on an iPad 2 32G. My problem is that I cannot seem to prevent VoiceOver from announcing every character I type, not just the words, as I have it set in settings/accessibility/VoiceOver/keyboards/software ... VO is sp

MacSmart?

2014-10-17 Thread Mark Baxter
I was downloading a file from SendSpace the other day; they have a new downloader app for Mac that you have to install to download the file. Now, I've got something called "Macsmart," that I can't get rid of and which pops up ad pages in Safari every time I open a page, despite my having blocke

Re: MacSmart?

2014-10-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Thanks a lot for this answer; very informative. Oddly, I did not give my password at any time to install anything. I shall have to track that down in Settings. Thanks again. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: MacSmart?

2014-10-17 Thread Mark Baxter
Yes, I usually do click on that, but it did not show up on the page anywhere. This "Sendspace," page was quite different, and didn't have that trusty link on it at all. Curious. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Having Voiceover speak on Yosemite login screen

2014-10-18 Thread Mark Baxter
I just now upgraded to Yosemite, and VO worked through the launcher and at the log-in screen. So far, nothing's really all that different ... * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Yosemite updating weirdness?

2014-10-18 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi, folks. I just successfully restarted and installed all software updates for my Macbook Pro15 (circa 2008). However, when I look in menu/apple/about this mac, it says Software version 8.5. ... Isn't Yosemite 10.9? However, the behavior of Safari has changed. When I try to access my bank

Re: Yosemite updating weirdness?

2014-10-18 Thread Mark Baxter
I ran Software Update again, and even though it said, "An error has occurred," I hit the "free upgrade," button, and now Appstore reports that it will take 7 hours, 15 minutes to complete the download. *shrug* it's a rainy day ... * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You

Re: MacSmart? + Yosemite upgrade

2014-10-18 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi! I am still trying to get the whole upgrade. It's coming down at a ridiculously slow rate, probably due to appstore congestion.I uninstalled Macsmart through Extensions, which seemed to be the advice bottom line. Oddly, this significantly changed the behavior of Safari, in that my bank

Re: MacSmart? + Yosemite upgrade

2014-10-20 Thread Mark Baxter
I think it's because I deleted all tracking data and cookies. 922 websites had stored cookies or other tracking data! That's ridiculous, so I removed all tracking data. I believe that I just have to hit the "log in," button on the bank site, not just put in name and continue, so that it can r

Yosemite, Mail and VO

2014-10-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Okay, I finally un-paused the silly thing, and let it install. Took about half an hour just for the installation, but after permissions repair, lag is negligible. However, I wonder if there’s a way to get Mail to put an “add contact,” button after every message header field? I have to tab abo

extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I have a cable connection, 60 MBPS. Why is my Yosemite update downloading as if I was running an Apple 2E with 64K and a 2400-baud modem? is this me, or Appstore? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I have an issue with documents not opening at all when I press command O, and my TextEdit VO shortcut key is not working. Oddly, when I manually open Textedit from the apps folder, my document is there. Also, my Macbook Pro15 seems to keep losing my network and thus not being connected to the

Re: extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I stuck it out and got it, but when I tried to relaunch Mail, it wouldn’t send, nor would Safari open a page; I had to choose the modem’s wireless port, rather than the router’s, to re-establish my net connection. Seems to be better now. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

Re: Two questions

2014-10-24 Thread Mark Baxter
I have just done both these things successfully, oddly enough. CMD-Option-L still worked to show me the download I was doing and I started it by clicking the link in a Mail message. Hmmm. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subs

Yosemite not keeping network connection, and persistent snail-slow download speed

2014-10-25 Thread Mark Baxter
Whenever I put my Macbook Pro15 (4G RAM) to sleep after upgrading to Yosemite, when I wake it up, my WIFI menu extra panel says “looking for network …” The only way to fix this seems to VO-space-bar on the network which already has a check mark by it, E.G. my wireless cable Netgear modem. Any

Re: Yosemite not keeping network connection, and persistent snail-slow download speed

2014-10-25 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi! I can’t find a “retina display one,” but I did change my graphics settings from “better battery life,” to “power performance.” Not sure if this is what you’re talking about, but it’s in Prefs/Energy Saver. Also, another repair permissions and restart may have fixed at least the network acq

Re: Yosemite not keeping network connection, and persistent snail-slow download speed

2014-10-25 Thread Mark Baxter
Yes, it’s an MBP15 from about 2008. Most troublesome right now is Safari’s continued odd behavior with my banking website; it behaves fine when going through the user-name and ID-shield questions, then when I put in my password, I get “empty HTML content.” • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://M

Yosemite: The ghost in the machine?

2014-10-28 Thread Mark Baxter
Ever since upgrading my MBP15 (built around 2008, 4G RAM), random things have been changing, every time I put my Mac to sleep and wake it up again. For example: Safari will not access my banking website (www.usbank.com), and shows an empty HTML pane after I enter my password. However, I can l

syncing to my girlfriend's Iphone 4s instead of my Iphone 5

2013-06-08 Thread Mark Baxter
I can sync music from my Macbook Pro to my Iphone 5 manually just fine. When I tried to sync to my girlfriend Amy's Iphone 4S, the first time I attempted it, Itunes saw "Amy's Iphone," in the "add to playlist," menu once I'd selected the tracks, but then everything froze up and nothing ever syn

weird error message from Terminal

2013-07-12 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi. Up til now, I've used an exercise timer written in BASH script without any problems. It has a line in it which calls out the percentage of completion and number of loops at every interval. Lately, I'm getting this error instead of the time announcement: MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput::Propagate

Need help importing a ringtone to my Iphone 5

2013-07-19 Thread Mark Baxter
A friend send an M4R tone file to my Iphone 5 via E-mail. When I double-tap and hold, I can bring up a context menu which includes the choice to open in AudioShare, quick-look,k, or mail. There is nowhere a save or Import option. When I mail the tone to my Macbook to import it to Itunes there,

Gmail on my Iphone stopped working due to password hacking

2013-07-29 Thread Mark Baxter
Someone apparently tried to hack my Gmail account, and I had to go reset the password on the Gmail site, which I did successfully. However, my Iphone STILL won't log me in, even though my Macbook Pro will, and I've obviously reset the password on my phone. What's up with this, how do I fix it?

Re: activities (was easy way to use iMessage on mac)

2012-12-02 Thread Mark Baxter
The lag when switching apps only gets worse if you choose a different voice, and it's the one single drawback to Activities, which is otherwise an extremely powerful way to use VO. I have, now, two activities; the normal one, which I use for everything except messaging clients. I use AIM inste

Re: helping a blind friend get technology

2012-12-02 Thread Mark Baxter
GIGI: Not to shamelessly promote and use the list for ad space, but I work for one organization, and am planning to set up my own similar organization soon, which trains blind persons on Mac and IOS devices. Check out www.blindaccesstraining.com and see if one of our trainers may be able to hel

Re: iTunes again

2012-12-02 Thread Mark Baxter
This brings up another point I don't quite get. The only way to see those tracks now appears ti be to interact with a table, interact with an album group, then interact with an album grid. I CANNOT get the column grouser to un-dim, and as it is, this way's just clunky • Mark BurningHawk Bax

Re: iTunes again

2012-12-03 Thread Mark Baxter
I agree there are more steps, and I"m wondering if VO's sweet spots might be able to help here, or landmarks, but I"m not sure how. Another issue seems to be that, at least with my library being so huge, (How Huge Is IT!?!) Often, when interacting with the table, all I hear is "row 1,048, one i

Re: iTunes 11: iCloud button and other issues.

2012-12-03 Thread Mark Baxter
I still have not seen an answer as to what steps I take to get my column browser back? I see the browser submenu off the View menu, but it's all dimmed out. I cannot find in Preferences or anywhere else the reason for this. Having the browser back would go a long way to alleviate my misgiving

Re: iTunes 11: iCloud button and other issues.

2012-12-03 Thread Mark Baxter
Oh, The easy solution--no wonder I didn't find it. *grin* thanks. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: iTunes 11: iCloud button and other issues.

2012-12-03 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi, Cheryl. At the moment, I was viewing by Artists, but changed it to Songs. Until now, the column browser options menu in didn't come up. Thanks. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurning

SHipment Number Detected

2012-12-05 Thread Mark Baxter
When I open a context menu with VO Shift M and press Track Shipment, I hear, "System has new window," but no new window appears, nor is the shipment tracked. Anyone know about this? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • M

Re: SHipment Number Detected

2012-12-05 Thread Mark Baxter
If someone sends you an E-mail, and within that E-mail is a tracking number for a Fedex or USPS or UPS delivery, VO says, "Shipment number detected." But, when you VO-M context menu, the "track item," option just seems to disappear without doing anything. I even checked in Dashboard and it's no

Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-06 Thread Mark Baxter
I imported an album of songs to my Music library. Despite the fact that the songs are labeled, "01," "02," etc. sequentially, numerically, numbers still meaning the same as they usually do… despite that, Itunes seems to put them in "by name," and won't be talked out of it. I've tried VO Vertic

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-06 Thread Mark Baxter
I mean that in the folder I imported them from on my hard drive, they were labeled "01 - This is the FIRST song," and "02 - THis is now the SECOND song," and Itunes decided that 06 should come first, followed by 05 (3, sir, 3!) and didn't keep the numbers. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Sk

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Bloody hell, IT USED TO! I could count on the file names and order being preserved. Oh well; the songs are all there, it doesn't matter except in the case where the album doesn't make sense if the tracks are not played in order. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHaw

Re: basic podcasts on vo?

2012-12-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Alex: Your friend might wish to sign up with Blind Access Training, ( www.BlindAccessTraining.com ) we provide training in Vo from basics to advance levels. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkB

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Yeah, geez; what a heinous painus in the … bum. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-07 Thread Mark Baxter
Vo vertical bar used to put them in the right order though; now it doesn't appear to do so. Oh well. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because

Accessibility of Astral Garden?

2012-12-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Friends of mine on Facebook are raving on about Astral Garden; I can't figure it out, what with badly tagged objects and misleading labels and so on… anyone got any tips here? Thanks. :) • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com

Re: Mountain Lion and banking

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
I have a US Bank account, and while their page is poorly laid out, IMHO, and needs to be grouped better, it's all very accessible, if keystroke-intensive. THey claim they're making changes, so hopefully they won't go all java 3 on me or something. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and

Re: Mountain Lion and banking

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
Hating Java won't make it any more accessible. Why don't we get up a committee to present to the developers a reasoned and sound argument, including legal issues and responsibility, and write it out without typos or spelling mistakes and with good grammar, four-part harmony and feeling, and pres

Re: Mountain Lion and banking

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
I do know that the Java developers are notoriously unavailable for contact. I am also woefully ignorant of how the accessibility war is fought in other countries, and so don't know who you turn to when you need to change things. It just seems to me that if we found the correct application spot,

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
I cannot get it to open either. I just spent $10 on it too. *Unimpressed. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
Okay, I got it to open. I had to interact with the browser and VO Click on it, but it does seem to work as advertised, though I"m not sure I understand how the navigation works. As for how you get a refund, I have no idea; I won't need to be asking for one. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM,

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
It took quite a while to come up speaking, and the first thing you'll hear is an alert asking you if your headsets are on and comfortable, so as not to blow out your eardrums. After that, you might as well turn VO off, in fact it might help. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitte

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
It works now. I repeat. The game has opened and I'l eventually have time to figure it out, but not right now. but there's NO need, I repeat NO NEED! to start a rant about this with Apple or anyone else, at least not for me, so if you do it, do please leave my name off it? heh • Mark BurningHa

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.2, I have a MBP15 that's about 4 years old with 4G of RAM. What I did to get it started was go to the Applications folder, Select it by thing "change" and then interacting with the browser and doing a VO space to click it. It said, "Opening selected browser item,

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
One other thing to keep in mind is that, if you do not have a system voice set, or if you have system speech turned off for whatever reason, you may not hear anything, and the app will launch in the background. It just occurred to me that this might be the problem with thinking it's not open.

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
Audio's excellent, and if the Draconis game engine hype is to believed, the engine itself will allow audio game play for other games. *I* personally want to see a first person shooter like AudioQuake for Windows, because I can tell you from PAINFUL experience that the AudioQuake for Mac client

Re: Changereaction: A new game from Draconess intertainment for blind in the Mac app store

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Baxter
Okay, am I playing correctly, or is this a simple left or right arrow and space bar type side-scroller game? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message

Re: Accessibility of Astral Garden?

2012-12-16 Thread Mark Baxter
I never did figure out Astral Garden and haven't had much time to mess with it. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: for advanced voice over users only

2013-01-05 Thread Mark Baxter
I haven't tested this out, but my theory is that you might be able to add them to the VO pronunciation dictionary to be spoken differently. For example, if you know what keystroke is used to make a symbol that is ignored when VO comes to it, you could tell VO to pronounce that symbol as whateve

Re: for advanced users only

2013-01-05 Thread Mark Baxter
Okay, how about another approach. Go through with a "find and replace," function and replace all the examples of Theta or Iota or Nu or whatever with the words "theta," "iota," "nu." This is your copy of the textbook, you can mark it up however you want. Also, in passing, I would note that dif

Re: for advanced users only

2013-01-06 Thread Mark Baxter
This is a perfect example of something that needs to be brought up with accessibility!apple.com Why not create a voice that has the settings to pronounce all those special symbols and characters? I should think it'd just be a matter of a different dictionary, but maybe it's something you coul

Re: Quick, please!: Can't Slow Down REading Voice

2013-01-07 Thread Mark Baxter
Hold down VoiceOver keys plus the command keys, all three in a row, and use left and right arrows to navigate to the VO parameter you wish to adjust, then use up and down arrows, while still holding down all three keys, VO and Command, to set it as you want. Then let up on the three keys, VO an

Re: What a mess in Skype for Mac.

2013-01-08 Thread Mark Baxter
Skype's layout is a wonderful example of why it's helpful to be able to visualize the screen and where things are on it. Vo is making lots of sounds to tell you "this table is below the screen in relation to the tool bar, but this table is right next to it, separated by a vertical bar,, and res

Re: how we became apple users

2013-01-12 Thread Mark Baxter
BEX *DOES* exist on the Mac; it's called TextEdit, and it can do WAY more than Bex ever could. THough, I did go to Dartmouth with an Apple 2C as my main computer, and wrote all my papers with BEX. I also had sorta a crush on Jessie Casum from Raised Dot computing. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter

Re: how we became apple users

2013-01-12 Thread Mark Baxter
I had ProWords and used it and Proterm, when I needed a nice simple WYSIWYG processor for a quick paper. ProTerm was how I got addicted to chatting and the "internet," such as it was at the time. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@ho

Re: how we became apple users

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Baxter
My first Mac was an old Mac running, I think, system 4 or 5; it had 1 meg of internal RAM and a 20 meg hard drive in it. It used OutSpoken, the screen reader which I found worked amazingly well, and I wrote my first novella-length work on it. Then I think I sold it for some reason which eludes

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Baxter
I'm watching House right now. … There's no description, but I really don't care. *grin* But, here's the question: Is there a schedule of programs for each channels? Someone mentioned Trek reruns. I'd tune in for that if I was real bored or something… • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skyp

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Baxter
Hey, this is kinda cool. You don't NEED an IOS app; I'm currently watching the Simpletons on my Ipad. *grin* with the cover on no less. sweet! • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.ne

Re: Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Baxter
Check in the LCD section of Itunes; interact with that and all your info should be there. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subs

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