Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, as far as the mouse over thing, voice over works fine with this, you will notice that on some elements, voice over says clickable after the item this means you can activate this item as if it's a link. As far as flash goes, blame adobe for this, not voice over, Adobe has been unwilling to ex

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
A few other comments here, I agree that the drm issue is more of a fault of the DRM itself, not the mac. I too boycott anything with DRM when I can. Most of the time, flash content is not labeled, so even the windows screen readers will just say button, button, button, etc. And if that's all the

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
As a matter of interest, fine reader is also available for the mac, and it is accessible. On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have had my mac for almost a year now, and I love it. > > I have never been good friends with flash, in my opinion flash also gives > some

Re: Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Either model would work fine for what you want, the only thing is, the mini requires that a monitor be connected, not turned on, just connected. Otherwise voice over will be quite sluggish. If you have a monitor you can connect, I would go with the mini, otherwise the mac book pro would be a goo

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Unless I'm mistaken, voice over does actually support the mouse over thing, it says clickable after reading the item. On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: > Hi, > > Mouse-over works fine with vo and Safari. the only problem is that vo > doesn't announce that the element is a mouse-o

Re: Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can also use any USB keyboard and it will work fine, that's what I do for one of my minis, and I actually like the touch better than the apple keyboards. On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Jeff, > Yes, you can use that wireless keyboard with a mini, and yes, you need a > moni

Re: copying and pasting text from the web

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
When selecting the text, press VO enter, then highlight the text, and press VO enter again, then press command C to copy it. On Aug 7, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I'm having issues copying and pasting text from the web. For example, I log > in to my banking site, see my cr

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
I guess it depends on what you need, the mac version will scan and recognize the page, as well as recognize image files, that should cover most things I think. On Aug 7, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Has something changed such that there is now a full version of fine reader > for the Ma

Re: Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Interesting, I'm using one now, the only thing I had to do was press a few keys so the mac could identify what kind it was, after that it works great, the only issue, and it's not a big deal is that the command and option keys are reversed. On Aug 7, 2010, at 5:55 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Mike

Re: how to select from curser directly to the bottom of text

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
I believe shift command down arrow would do the trick. On Aug 8, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone please remind me how to select from the point of the curser > directly to the end of the text? Like if I want to reply to an e-mail but I > need to cut out the previous

Re: skype question

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is an apple bug, besides apple's own status menus, others are not accessible from the keyboard, apple is aware of it, not sure when it will be fixed. There is a way to get around this, you have to get the mouse pointer to the menu item and click it, in skype's case, it's more trouble then i

Re: right clicking a link in safari

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you want to download a file, make sure your keyboard focus is on the link, then hold the option key and press enter, that will download the file instead of opening it. On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am trying to download some of the podcasts from blind cool

Re: Virtual Box Verses Virtual VMWare

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Vmware fusion is better by far, unfortunately virtual box is completely unuseable with voice over, tried it a few weeks ago. On Aug 9, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay. > > For who ever has used both Virtual Box, (which I believe is free) and VMWare > Fusion. Which do you think is

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I actually don't use fine reader express either, so I'm also basing things on what I have been told, oh yes, for scanning books, kurzweil 1000 works well, that's one of the very few things I still use windows for. I wish they would develop a mac version, but even if they did, I wonder if the sam

Re: Virtual Box Verses Virtual VMWare

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
ac User!!! > > E-Mail: > rforetjr at comcast dot net > Skype Name: > barefootedray > > On Aug 9, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Vmware fusion is better by far, unfortunately virtual box is completely >> unuseable with voice over, tried it

Re: Quick Nav Spontaneously Activating

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I've never had this happen, either using track pad commander on my macbook, or the num pad commander on my mac minis, interesting. On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > This happens to me also and I'm beginning to think there's some gesture on > the trackpad doing it, as I use trackpad

Re: Virtual Box Verses Virtual VMWare

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
ut I would if I could use parallels as my preferred vm system. It seems to > work better than the other two products but is not a useable system for the > VI community. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, I can get this to work, but voice over does not tell you that the item is a mouse over, actually I think using this is an example of bad web design, even if voice over did announce it, because you have to actually move the mouse itself to the link, putting the system focus on it is not suffi

Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is a concept lots of people have a problem with, bt it's really not difficult, and you don't have to interact with everything. All it is really is focusing in on a particular item to examine it more closely. For example, if you come accross a tool bar, and you're interested in it, you can i

Re: Out of box, then what?

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, there is no serial number to enter, and no activation nonsense to deal with The command key is next to the space bar, there's one on either side. You can press the key stroke after you hear the music. At this point, after pressing the key stroke, voice over will offer you the tutorial, you m

Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
You dn't have to interact with an email message to read it. Just move your voice over cursor to the text area, if you want to read it line by line, use the regular arrow keys. On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email messag

Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I like the interacting in mail, because it prevents me from having to listen to all of the columns for each message. I interact with the messages table and go to the subject column. Then when I arrow through my messages, that's the only column I hear, trust me, you can get through your messages

Re: Spellchecking emails.

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi Jeff, you bet. Actually, the mac supports spell checking in any text area, even on web sites, it's system wide. In most applications, you can set whether spelling is checked as you type, personally I don't use this, but it's there if you want it. On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Geoff Waaler wro

Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is probably one of the primary differences between voice over and the windows screen readers. Voice over does not assume you want certain things spoken. Does this mean you do a bit more navigation on the mac than you do in Windows? Perhaps, but it leaves decisions up to the user which is ho

Re: Insuring Windows are Maximized with VO?

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, to do this, press VO tilda, that's the accent key shifted. Voice over will say window resize menu, and you will have 2 options, horizontal or vertical. Select each one, and press the right arrow or dwn arrow key as appropriate for a few seconds, this will maximize the window in both directio

Re: Insuring Windows are Maximized with VO?

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually, command m minimized a window, there is an option in the window menu that seems to do this though, it's called zoom. On Aug 10, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > You could just type command+M. If you want to do it with VoiceOver, then > VO+M then arrow over until you get to the Win

Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac

2010-08-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I have mine set up the exact same way. I only interact with a message if I want to click a link, otherwise, that's not needed. On Aug 11, 2010, at 2:48 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Donna, > > I don't use the Preview pane, and in the Viewing section of Mail Preferences, > I have Show h

Re: Skype.

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
You need to copy the skype application to your applications folder. Open the disk image, and highlight the skype application, and press command c to copy it. Now go to the applications folder and press command v to paste it there. Currently, there is no way that I know of to tell the status of a

Re: Strange behavior from adium

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have growl installed? I think adium offers to install that, and this can cause problems with voice over, if growl is installed, you might try removing it. On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:27 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm getting some strange behavior from voiceover when adium is running

Re: Three-Finger Flick

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sounds like you're doing it correctly. Make sure you're fingers are spread out slightly, otherwise it may think you're using less than 3 fingers. On Aug 12, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Ana G wrote: > Hi all, > > How do you flick up and down with three fingers? > > I'm trying to learn to scroll through

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
What disk are you using to install snow leopard? Is it a disk that came with another mac or is it a snow leopard disk that was purchased as an upgrade? In this case, ironicly you need to be using a snow leopard upgrade disk. Using a snow leopard disk that came as a restore disk with a mac won't

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Isn't it awesome to be able to install the operating system without sighted help? Does this macbook have the multitouch track pad? If not, you could get the magic track pad. On Aug 13, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Rich Ring wrote: > I don't know why the lol, but that was the problem. I have another Snow

Re: VmWare Fusion 3.1.1

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
H, on one of my mac minis, I upgraded, and the audio is working fine with windows XP. On Aug 13, 2010, at 7:36 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, > > I cannot recommend upgrading to the most recent version of VmWare's Fusion. > Not only have they not corrected the volume issue, there is now a

Re: what the heck is going on!?

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, the disk is defaulting to icon or column view, press command 2 to switch to list view. On Aug 13, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > OK, this is weird. So I got the disk in, and everything worked fine. I took > it out, and when I put it back in, I started getting that weird Image br

Re: alternative vm software

2010-08-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you want the fastest windows experience, boot camp is the way to go, since all of the processor and memory resources are devoted to windows when using it. VMware fusion currently is the only accessible virtualization package for the mac, if you give us more details, we might be able to figure

Re: renaming my macbook

2010-08-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can rename the computer itself in the sharing part os system preferences. I think you can change the name that is displayed, but to actually change the name of the account, you would need to create a new one, which may be more trouble than it's worth. On Aug 14, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Allison Ma

Re: Can't Switch Through Applications Sometimes...

2010-08-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Haven't seen this, but another way to switch applications is to press control option F1 twice, or do a 2 finger double tap on the left of the trackpad, this will open the application chooser menu. On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > Hey everyone, > Just recently, I've been r

Re: IS There a VM Fusion Keystroke to lock the virtual machine window?

2010-08-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try pressing command control enter to go in to full screen mode, that usually works. On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Alfredo wrote: > I have been looking ont he web and have found no shortcut key to lock > the virtual machine window when I am in it. For example when I press > the shortcut commandop

Re: Can't Switch Through Applications Sometimes...

2010-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Oh, thanks, much appreciated, if you were using JFW, you've definitely moved on to something better. On Aug 26, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Mike, for what it's worth, I like your podcasts and they have been very > helpful. > > - Original Message --

Re: voice over.

2010-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey Scott, glad you're enjoying the mac, it sounds like you're coming along quite well. I have 3 macs now, while I still run windows XP on my macs occasionally for a couple things, by far, I use the mac for most things now and it's great. I don't miss the PC at all. On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:47 PM,

Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn

2010-08-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would consider window eyes, or better yet, system access, these are great products, certainly better than jaws in my opinion. I would try system access first, it's much cheaper than the others and may meet your needs. On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > I realize the question mi

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files. Do a search for a program called the unarchiver. It will handle these kinds of files. After extracting the files, you can copy the book to a device, or open the xml file in your browser. On Aug 29, 2010,

Re: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually, the mail program on the mac works with Microsoft Exchange, you should not need office for that. On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Hi, > I have installed the mac version of MS Office. Is this accessable? It seems > to have buttons available but for example viewing n

Re: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Open office works, there's also apple's iwork suite. On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:47 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > Ok, that works. > > There's always open office as well. I have VM Fusion working correctly > though so that's a good solution. > > On Aug 30, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Cameron wrote: > >> Hi. O

Re: audio recording on the mac

2010-08-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, yes, you sould use amadeus pro, this is a multitrack sound editor. On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Robert Hooper wrote: > I am a Windows user who recently decided to try switching to a Mac. I don’t > yet have the new Mac computer, but I thought I’d ask a few questions > regardless. > On window

Re: MOving to the bottom or top of a document in Text Edit

2010-08-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, use command up arrow or command down arrow for this. On Aug 31, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Hi Folks: > > As the subject line says, this is what I need a fool proof method to > accomplish. I'm familiar with the FN/VO/shift/left arrow to move to the top > or bottom of tables

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Just a few comments to add to this. First, I think gw-micro is a great company and window eyes is a great product, I'm using it with my work computer to write this message. With regard to supporting the web, at this point at least, voiceover is actually ahead of window eyes, because it handles

routers

2010-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi all, well, I might be looking at getting a new router, mine has started having some strange problems, so it may be going bad, was wondering which routers are the most accessible with their web interfaces. I know the linksys routers work well, what about net geer, belkin or d-link? I've heard

Re: routers

2010-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, if I need to get another one, I'll probably go with another linksys. That's what I have now, and it's totally accessible because it's a standard web page. For some reason, dsl modem router combinations are very common, but I have yet to see a combination cable modem router. -- Email serv

Re: routers

2010-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
I >>>> tried it. >>>> >>>> That said I've been using this 2wire for a while and it's been a long >>>> time since I fiddled with a linksys router. But when I did, it was >>>> completely accessible all the way, at least under wind

Re: routers

2010-09-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
r...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 7:41 p.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: routers > > Mike, don't do it. Linksys is so bad you'll thank me when you see how a > router with a real forwarding engin

Re: portrait lock

2010-09-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, first, press the home button twice to go to the application switcher. Now comes the interesting part, you need to flip 3 fingers either to the left or right depending on what page it starts on, and once you do that you will find an option for the portrait lock. On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:12 AM,

Re: trackpad gesture that mutes speech in voiceover

2010-09-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think it's a 3 finger triple tap that does it. On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Yesterday, while using my magic trackpad, I did something that muted > voiceover. I was trying to do the rotor gesture. My trackpad has been acting > weirdly lately anyway; I thought the batteries

Re: allegiant air website not accessible with vo and safari

2010-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi Mary, this is indeed a problem site, I do have a wrk around though. Move your voice over cursor to the date you want, and press control option command f5 to place the mouse on the item. Now press control option shift space to do a mouse click, this calendar seems to require actual mouse click

Re: allegiant air website not accessible with vo and safari

2010-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
I was also in dom mode, that's what I always use, haven't really found that group mode makes things faster or easier, that's a personal preference of course. On Sep 14, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Colin, > Were you in dom or group mode? That's the only thing I didn't think of, > tryin

Re: two internet questions with voiceover on a Mac

2010-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Last I checked, firefox doesn't work at all. You can press VO command j to move t the next control, this will move you through all controls though, not just buttons. On Sep 15, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > hi everyone I have two questions about the internet on a Mac. > > 1. With Voi

Re: Braille Sense and the Mac

2010-09-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might ask gw-micro about this. I've never used this product, but you might give it a try. If it has a braille display mode, enable that, then connect it with usb or pair it using bluetooth and see if it works. On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi folks, > I'm wondering if a

Re: VO navigation seems changed / that mail problem again

2010-09-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
There is an option in the voice over utility that sets whether to automatically interact with items, especially when using the tab key. Personally I have this disabled, if I want to interact with something, I will use the keystroke, but that's a personal preference. On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:15 PM,

Re: VO navigation seems changed / that mail problem again

2010-09-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
Quick nav allows you to use the regular arrow keys for navigation instead of their regular purpose. Left and right arrow move left and right, and the up and down arrow use the roter setting. To activate the item in the voice over cursor, press the up and down keys together. Pressing the up and l

Re: good spanish voices for voiceover

2010-09-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
Take a look at the acapela voices, www.assistiveware.com On Sep 18, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Samuel wrote: > I'm looking for a good spanish voice for voiceover. It's a tad > frustrating that ios has a spanish voice built in but os x doesn't > > Any suggestions for voices that are cheap but good? > > --

Re: My Passport External Hard Drive

2010-09-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sounds like the drive is frmatted with NTFS. Use the disk utility to erase and reformat it as a mac drive. On Sep 19, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > Hi to the list. > > I had purchased a My Passport 500 GB external hard drive, when connecting it > to the Mac, a message came up asking

Re: A Quick Question About The Multi-Touch Trackpad

2010-09-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think double tapping the track pad will open the message, to do that, just press enter and then use command w to close the window and return to the in box. On Sep 22, 2010, at 2:57 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > This may be obvious to some but... > > I find that I'm using m

Re: losing my place in preview

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
The way I do this is, before switching applications, I turn off cursor tracking, then I reenable it when I go back to preview, and pick up where I left off. On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > Hi everyone, > Is there something I can set so that I do not lose my place in Preview ev

Re: A Quick Question About The Multi-Touch Trackpad

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
ion. I don't know, it seemed that >> since one can do so many things from the TrackPad actually opening an email >> message should be one of them. >> >> Mark >> On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> I don't think do

Re: finder dialog

2010-09-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try pressing VO F1 twice to get to the app list, you may have an entry that says system dialogs, opening that should take you to the dialog, alternatively, if it's actually a finder dialog, select the finder entry, then choose the dialog. On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi g

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think he said it was a beta. It is very disappointing indeed, really, Microsoft has no excuse for this one, it's not like they were not aware of accessibility and voice over, they just chose not to do anything with it. Apple has created a built in screen reader and provided the APIs to m

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
The same thing happened with messenger for the mac, the messages could not be read. Fortunately, there is a great alternative, adium, which works great and is very accessible. On Sep 26, 2010, at 3:58 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Mark, > > I suspect Microsoft is simply not interested in accessibil

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi Mark, have you tried open office for the mac, it's not perfect, but it does work reasonably well, also, iwork 09 is quite accessible, though it's probably not worth spending any money on that since 10 is probably around the corner. On Sep 26, 2010, at 4:17 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > I fear that y

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
ilto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 11:03 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver > > I don't think he said it was a beta. It is very disappointing indeed, >

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver

2010-09-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
agraph in a document as a separate edit box. Also > you couldn't select using vo commands and you couldn't select whole blocks > of text because you couldn't select line by line, which makes it hard when > selecting long pieces of text. > /Krister > 27 sep 2010 kl. 00.02

Re: getting a mac mini to G4 to boot from a USB drive?

2013-06-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can not boot a power pc mac, which is what this is, from a USBZ drive, you will need to use fire wire. Original message: hello guys, I m working on a friends mac mini G4 (yeah I know, its old), and I need to install OS X 10.5 on it from a USB stic. There is no DVD Drive available on this

Re: Cepstral Version 6 Has Been Released

2013-06-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Have they improved the voice quality? Last I heard these voices, they were very choppy, and yes, very buggy with the mac. On Jun 6, 2013, at 6:22 PM, "BBS" wrote: > Hi guys. I got an email from Cepstral today saying that they have released > version 6 of their voices. At first I thought they we

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. Original message: Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
on, and integration into our communities at every level. Christine On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. Original message: Do

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
ommtechusa.net phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 Fax: (480) 535-7649 On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. Original message: Does an

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
d services accessible. This perpetuates the idea that we require marginalized goods and services as well, which has ramifications for education, employment, recreation, and integration into our communities at every level. Christine On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Mike Arrigo <mailto:n0...@charter.ne

Re: Trying to imagine Fleksy as an alternate keyboard

2013-06-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
On android, you can choose what your default keyboard is. So, if you made fleksy your default keyboard, it would appear any time you needed to enter text. And you could enter it directly in to an application, no need to enter the text, then copy and paste it. I have not done much of this yet, bu

Re: IOS 7 did I hear something right?

2013-06-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would love to know which voices these were, Nuance has purchased a few other TTS providers, it could be voices from loquendo. As far as I know, Apple still has not provided a way to change the default keyboard, so Fleksy will work the same. On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:36 PM, "Michael Babcock, Market

Re: IOS 7 did I hear something right?

2013-06-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would be interested in hearing the new voices, see if I could figure out which ones they are. On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi, > Could someone be able to upload the IOS portion of it somewhere? > Thanks. > > On 2013-06-10, at 5:45 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > >> yes,

features I wish Apple would have included

2013-06-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
After looking at the new features of IOS 7, a few things are missing that I was hoping Apple might have considered. Perhaps some of these are there and were just not mentioned, or these could be things Apple will never include because of the experience they want to provide. I will list what I th

Re: IOS 7 did I hear something right?

2013-06-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
For the google TTS, the british one is much better. These 2 voices are great quality, I don't think I have heard them before. The male one sounds somewhat like Tom, but a bit different. Hopefully these will become available on the mac as well. On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:10 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >

Re: features I wish Apple would have included

2013-06-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm also on the android list. These are just features I wish Apple would have included. Original message: Is it just me, or is it at all possible you're on the wrong mailing list? I'm sure there's an Android list around somewhere that would be happy to have you. Perhaps you don't understa

Re: I Broke FaceTime on my Mac

2013-06-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I remember experiencing this on my mac mini. I think the program could handle this better though. It should either allow you to do audio only calls, or if it requires a camera, it should bring up a dialog box explaining this, then exit after clicking ok. Original message: Hi Pam, I sure do, yes

Re: features I wish Apple would have included

2013-06-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
; brought up below. Keep it up Mike. > > Michael Babcock > Marketing and Sales Manager > Commtech LLC > Web: http://commtechusa.net > phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 > Fax: (480) 535-7649 > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:57 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> After lookin

Re: features I wish Apple would have included

2013-06-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
; they'll find themselves just another tech company, like Microsoft. BTB, still using your podcasts for an occasional refresher on OSX. Great job on those. In fact, you helped me make the switch & not one regret. Cheers, CJ On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:57 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: A

Re: what's the current state of firefox accessibility with the latest version of mac os10

2013-06-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
The newest official release seems to work ok, though it presents some things differently than safari does. Voiceover says leaving row quite a bit. I'd say it's usable but still a bit ruff around the edges. On Jun 15, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > 21 is the latest stable version. Fire

Re: what's the current state of firefox accessibility with the latest version of mac os10

2013-06-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Chrome works pretty well, the only part that doesn't work is list boxes, you can use chromevox, or use it with voiceover. On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:31 PM, shane christenson wrote: > While we seem to be on the subject of web browsers, although I haven't tried > it in quite a few months, I'm curious

Re: mac equivalent for the 'my computer' in windows

2013-06-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try command shift c, I think that opens the computer window. Original message: Hi listers. What's the Mac equivalent of the windows 'my computer', and how do I get to it from desktop? Thanks. Shane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries

Re: fan often goes to high speed now

2013-06-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
You may need to reset the smc, there should be an article on the apple support site describing how to do this On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Okay, This is really weird. Ever since my OS reinstallation back a couple > of weeks ago, I noticed that every time I do anything wi

Re: fan often goes to high speed now

2013-06-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
In order to reset the SMC, shut down the computer and plug in the charger. Hold these keys on the left side of the keyboard, shift, control and option then press the power button. Release them all at the same time, then press the power button to power up. Hopefully that will solve it. On Jun 21,

Re: fan issue solved

2013-06-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might try reinstalling again, perhaps something happened during the install. Here's another thought, does this happen if you boot in to the recovery and do something like surf the internet from that? On Jun 22, 2013, at 12:21 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > No. My Apple Care expired this past No

Re: battery packs

2013-06-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
How do you charge the battery itself? Can you use USb for that or does it use a separate wall charger? On Jun 23, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > I spent a lot of time looking at these, whilst I didn't want to under > purchase, in that I wanted at least 1 full charge+ out

blind square on android

2013-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
How about a version for android? That would be awesome, and you would not have to include a TTS engine with it since Android allows the built in tts to be used. We need more developers to spend time on android the way they do on IOS, especially because more and more blind people are starting to

Re: The Sendero App.

2013-07-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
This confused me at first too. When you get to the search box, just choose the search option without typing anything. On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > How do you search for points of interest? That is, I can't figure out how to > get a listing under a category. When

Re: What is vo-enter for?

2013-07-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually this command starts selecting something such as text. You then move the cursor to the end of what you want to select and press the command again, it should select all items between the start and end point. On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:00 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > If you start keyboard h

Re: So, this Blindsquare thing...

2013-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
This leads to a question, when launching the third party apps for navigation, is it specified what type of root to create, driving, walking, etc? Or does the third party app use whatever is set as the default? Original message: 1) Kind of. It itself has this getting warm, but it supports many 3r

Re: Virtual machine backup strategies

2013-07-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
That should work fine, I also don't use snap shots, just back up the file on another hard drive. Original message: Now that my Win7 VM is working great, I want to protect it. I know there are snapshots that I can take on a scheduled basis, but I don't like that option and I understand that snap

Re: Anyone know what ever happened to NLS Bard's iPhone App

2013-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's still in the works, will hopefully be out later this year. Original message: Hey all, I remember several months ago that NLS Bard was testing their iPhone app in Beta and that it was scheduled to be released in July. Well, July is almost over, has anyone heard anything further about NLS co

Re: pop-up button?

2013-07-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
A button is just something you select, such as ok or cancel. A pop up button usually opens a menu of choices, much like a drop list in windows. Original message: hi. could someone tell me, what is the difference between a button and a pop-up button? thanks. Vivianna -- You received this

Re: Firefox any better yet?

2013-08-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's useable, but does not provide the information as cleanly as safari or chrome does yet. Original message: Okay, Just wondering if anybody out there is using the latest stable Firefox and if it's any better than it was accessibility wise. Ready for prime time yet? Sent from my mac, th

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