Re: displaying only Unread messages regardless of mailbox?

2013-02-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
In that case I'm not sure there's anything you can do. You could possiblly create a rule, but it would run in to the same problem as the smart mailbox. However, the first time you create the rule you can apply it to your existing messages and this might work. But from then on all new messages wi

Re: Maybe a little off topic

2013-02-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Oh, you're trying to get the contacts from the phone to Outlook? I don't think that's going to work. You definitely can't get your iCloud contacts to sync with Outlook. You could perhaps export any iCloud contacts and import them into Outlook, and then sync them with the phone. Otherwise the iPh

Re: More on Firefox

2013-02-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Just curious, if it's buggie as you say, what makes you think it will be your browser of choice if/when they fix those things? What about it makes you so happy? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

Re: VoiceOver and HTMLVoiceOver Getting Started Table of Contents

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks for that, but what I'm looking for are resources on coding HTML for VoiceOver, not reading HTML with VoiceOver. I'm fine with using VoiceOver, but the HTML code I have written doesn't seem to be read by VoiceOver all that well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: Need some pointers on using Dropbox

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Just a little personal tip. I like to create sub folders within my Dropbox folder (which, as Alex says, is located in your home user folder). Then, I add these subfolders to the Finder sidebar and/or my doc, and create aliases on my Desktop. Adding them to the Finder sidebar in particular makes

Re: frustrated with mail

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Just to ad a little to Alexes explanation. I agree that standard view is the way to go. However, I collapse the preview pane as otherwise messages are marked as read as soon as you put focus on them, even if you haven't actually read them. However, if this doesn't bother you then having the pre

Re: Can anyone help with mail

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Is your account using IMAP or POP? Is it enabled to use IMAP/POP on the server? What was the conclusion of the Apple person you spoke with? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Re: VoiceOver and HTMLVoiceOver Getting Started Table of Contents

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Bill. I've learnt HTML already. Indeed, HTML is HTML, but different screen readers read it differently. For instance, for links, does it read the on-screen text of the link first, its URL (href attribute), its title attribute or the alt text attribute? JAWS is set to read the on-screen t

Re: VoiceOver and HTML

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Chris. I've had VoiceOver announce the file names and extentions even for links without title attributes. Do you think this is a bug, or is it a feature? That is, is this just the way VoiceOver reads HTML? Maybe I just need to do some experimenting myself to determine how this is working. Als

Does Chromevox read Flash Content in Google Chrome?

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi all, The subject really says it all. How accessible is flash content in Google Chrome with Chromevox? Cheers Nic -- 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 e

Arrangement Track in GarageBand

2013-03-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Does anyone know how to use the Arrangement Track in GarageBand with VoiceOver? Thanks, Nic -- 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 macvisionarie

Re: File Sharing Alternatives

2013-03-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yeah, I was going to suggest PhoneDrive. I think Dropbox is by far the best though. -- 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...

Re: Arrangement Track in GarageBand

2013-03-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
That is a shame,. It would make life so much easier. Looks like a great feature indeed. I hope they fix this in an update. I'll go write Apple Accessibility about it right now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe f

Re: [Dropbox Support] DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-14 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I've never had and am not currently having any problems with Dropbox accessibility whatsoever. -- 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+

Re: Log on screen Screen Saver And VoiceOver Problems On Mountin Lion

2013-03-30 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Other tricks that have worked for me are to click on the trackpad randomly wherever it happens to be, and just typing my password and pressing return/enter even though I get no keyboard sound in response. Sometimes I press Command-F5 to turn VoiceOver off. This does nothing at first. After arou

Re: bluetooth headsets

2013-03-30 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Have any of you had problems using bluetooth headsets with the Mac? I had some serious issues which has led me never to try a bluetooth headset with my Mac again. In particular, when the headset ran out of batteries, turned off and then I turned it back on again, I could get system sounds throug

Re: beat box and voice over?

2013-03-30 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I've had a similar problem before but have yet to find a solution. I've avoided using bluetooth headsets/speakers with the Mac ever since. Would be very interested if anyone had a solution to this problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: Bookmarks

2013-03-30 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, it's the horizontal splitter to the right (in VO terms at least) of the search field. Interact with it and increase it to show your bookmarks. To open a bookmark, press VO-SHIFT-M on it and then select open. Alternatively, access them from the bookmarks menu in the menu bar. -- You recei

Re: Bookmarks

2013-03-31 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, as always, you're absolutely right, Esther. I never knew this before so thank you for revealing this for me as well. Even though I usually access my bookmarks from the bookmarks menu in the menu bar, it's still good to know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: Reading List

2013-04-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
In Safari on the Mac I think you can press Command-SHIFT-L to view your reading list. In Safari on an iOS device, tap the bookmarks button at the bottom of the page, then from the root folder choose Reader. You can then choose to filter your reading list by all or unread. I use reader all the ti

Re: help with favorites bar in mail pls

2013-04-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, in full screen. Use the TrackPad. Check the mouse is where you want it to be with VO-F5. Then, with TrackPad commander turned off, you can click and drag on the TrackPad slightly to the left or right to move the item. However, if this is proving too difficult just remove it completely from

Re: Python Appications on the Mac?

2013-04-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Teresa, I had this exact same problem with SoundRTS on my Mac. I eventually got it to work. I ended up buying Take Control of Terminal specifically to learn how to launch that file in Python. I can't now remember what the exact syntax was that I used in Terminal. I remember I needed to play

Re: creating repeating appointments on calendar with osx

2013-04-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Here's some explanations and solutions to your problems. 1. When the alert pops up asking whether you want to change all future events or only this event, you can navigate to it by opening the window chooser menu. You do this by either pressing VO-F2 twice quickly, or by doing a two finger doub

Re: SoundRTS, WasRe: Python Appications on the Mac?

2013-04-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Awesome. Glad it worked for you. It's a great game. The first few times I played I was so confused by the whole thing, but after a few games it becomes a bit like second nature. I still customise the rules.txt file to simplify it a bit though. Have fun! Nic -- You received this message becau

Re: ITunes Duplication question

2013-04-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Not to my knowledge, but perhaps someone else such as Esther knows better. I have found some peculiar phenomena with iTunes duplications though. I have many duplications but each is a slightly different length in time. Sometimes only by a few seconds, but still different. I can't work out why th

Re: Nisus writer pro VS anything else

2013-04-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
This sounds great. Does VoiceOver read out the footnotes as well as letting you insert them? And how well does VoiceOver work with the footnotes? Is it difficult but do-able, or simple and straight forward? Is it possible to navigate by heading, page or chapter? Is it possible to go to a partic

Re: Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Speaking of doing legal work on the Mac… My work involves referring to court transcripts. Court transcripts in Australia (as elsewhere perhaps) are marked with page numbers and line numbers. A transcript for a multi day trial will be broken into several files, but the page numbering is continuo

Capital Letters

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Below is an email I sent to accessibil...@apple.com. They said they could not reproduce the issue. I've replied with a more detailed explanation. But, in case they continue to have difficulties, I thought I'd check with the list to see if other people have this issue as well. Thanks in advance

Re: Twitter and Facebook Witget not working from Notification center

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I have no idea how to fix the problem, but I too have had the issue lately on my MacBook Air. As well as not being able to activate the buttons in Notification Center, I also could not activate the share to Facebook/Twitter menu options in Safari. The whole time those features have been working

Re: Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
AS far as I can work out they're not in the body of the text at all. The page numbers are obviously generated by whatever word processor the court uses to produce its transcripts. I'm not sure if they're in the footer or somewhere else, but I guess probably the footer. They seem to be created i

Re: Capital Letters

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks for that! When you use speak Cap does VoiceOver still say capital as well as cap? E.g. "cap capital x" for X? -- 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 ema

Re: Nisus writer pro VS anything else

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
It does sound great. I'm actually now really happy with Preview, thanks to a few people on this list. It does everything I could want in a PDF reader. Even working with properly marked tables of contents. VoiceOver reads perfectly by line, word or character. I guess it doesn't read well by para

Re: Capital Letters

2013-04-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks for that. Yes, I think our brains sometimes tune that stuff out automatically because it knows it's not important and we just retain the knowledge that it's a capital letter, without focusing on how we know it. But when I'm spelling out a word in all caps it becomes really annoying and n

Re: Capital Letters

2013-04-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Anne, The problem isn't that the pitch doesn't change. The pitch does change. The problem is that in addition to the pitch changing VoiceOver still says the word "capital" before the letter. PERHAPS THE BEST EXAMPLE IS FOR YOU TO READ SOMETHING IN ALL CAPS SUCH AS THIS SENTENCE BY CHARACTER.

Re: Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Wow, thanks for going to such lengths looking stuff up for me. Yes, the Supreme Court of New South Wales here in Australia has 50 lines on each page not including headers or footers. I guess each court probably has their own specifications but they're all equally precise. Seems I will have to c

Re: Nisus writer pro VS anything else

2013-04-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Jürgen, I've never had the jumping around issue myself. I have had the issue you mention regarding VoiceOver reading the end of previous lines etcetera. However, I only seem to have it when I change direction from going down to up, or up to down. A similar thing happens while reading by word

Re: Capital Letters

2013-04-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, everyone. Indeed, now I've switched to Alex it's reading capitals as it's supposed to. But I hate the Alex voice. I have to set it to really, really slow to be able to understand it. Neither of the male or female Australian voices — my number one preference being Karen — read capitals p

Re: safari commands?

2013-04-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Also, if you wish to mail the link of the current Safari tab to someone just press Command-Shift-I, and Mail will open up a new message with the link already in the body of the message. There's also a pop up button which will allow you to choose whether to send the page as a link only, reader —

Re: Nisus writer pro VS anything else

2013-04-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Annie. I've downloaded it now and will hopefully get around to trialling it soon. Looking forward to it. Cheers, Nic -- 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, s

Software Update

2013-04-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Does anyone else have problems with VoiceOver jumping all over the place in the HTML content area of the Mac App Store app when doing a software update in the update tab? Sometimes trying to navigate through the list of updates is near impossible as VoiceOver focus keeps jumping back to the begi

Re: App Accessibility: Please Read!

2013-04-22 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I agree that: • Some indication of an app's accessibility prior to purchase would be incredibly useful; however • A simple user rating system would be inadequate for the following reasons: – It would require someone to purchase the app in order t

Re: pdf files when in a web site

2013-04-22 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Can't you just uninstall Adobe Reader from your user account anyway as you shouldn't need it? Or do other people use your account who like Adobe? I would have also thought you could disable plugins from the Advanced tap in Safari Preferences. -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Software Update

2013-04-22 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Okay, thanks, Maria. I'll give that a go next time. -- 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.com. To post to thi

Re: App Accessibility: Please Read!

2013-04-24 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI JP, Have you listened to the latest Tech Doctor podcast? It's an interview with an app developer who, prior to being contacted by blind users of his app, had no idea about VoiceOver. It's an interesting insight into the mind of a mainstream iOS app developer. Cheers, Nic On 24/04/2013, at 4

Re: pdf files when in a web site

2013-04-24 Thread Nicholas Parsons
H. Cheers, > > Esther > > On 23 Apr 2013, at 14:00, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Hi there >> I couldn't find the option for disabling plug-ins and Safari preferences. I >> will look again. No, nobody else but me uses my Mac. If I disable plug-ins, >> howe

Kindle Apps

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Has anybody actually tried the Kindle app for the Mac? I know there's an accessible one for Windows, and books on the iPhone app apparently can't be read by VoiceOver, but what's the deal with the Mac app? Cheers, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: Kindle Apps

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Maria, thanks for your response. It's a real shame. I am very interested about how you convert your Kindle books so I'll contact you off list to discuss it. Hope that's alright. Best, Nic On 26/04/2013, at 4:52 AM, Maria & Joe Chapman wrote: HI. I don't use caliba. I use a programme cal

Re: Introducing Browser Extensions for Keeper

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Nancy, I think the idea here is meant to be that with these extensions installed, Keeper will automatically fill in your username and password when you navigate to a website for which you have stored usernames and passwords in Keeper. Sounds like what KeyChain does, if you've had experience

Sophos Anti Virus and VirusBarrier Express

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI listers, I've been having a recurring problem with a Microsoft Exchange email account in Mail on Mountain Lion. Every so often the account kinda dies on my Mac, even though it works fine on my iPhone. If I delete it and re-add it, it works fine. For a while. And then the problem reoccurs. A

Accessible Uninstallation Apps

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi listers, I recently tried installing and using CleanApp, which is an app which is meant to help remove related files when you trash an application. However, it seemed a complete mess to me, at least from a VoiceOver perspective, and so I deleted it. Are there any good and accessible apps si

Re: Accessible Uninstallation Apps

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
most of these cases. Also, you will need to Restart your computer before you can Empty the Trash. Once this is done, Sophos will not be active anymore. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-25, at 8:43 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi listers, > > I recen

Re: Installing Flashplayer

2013-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, I have always ben able to update Adobe FlashPlayer normally. You open the disk image, open the app, then, as Teresa said, you navigate with tab and press space bar to activate the relevant buttons. If you navigate with VoiceOver you just here "image", and are not able to see the buttons. Bu

Re: Sophos Anti Virus and VirusBarrier Express

2013-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks. Actually, my question was how to disable or get rid of all anti virus software on my Mac, not to get new ones. :) But I'll keep your recommendation in mind if I decide to get anti virus software again in the future. On 27/04/2013, at 3:20 AM, Terje Strømberg wrote: Hi I read in macrou

Re: Installing Flashplayer

2013-04-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yep, sounds like everything worked perfectly and you should now have flashplayer on your system. Well done. -- 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 ma

Re: problem with messages going to the Cloud

2013-05-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Gigi, Are you talking about Mail messages here or Messages as in iMessages? I'm assuming Mail messages as I don't know anything about archiving iMessages… • What account is this you're having trouble with? • Have you designated which Mailbox to use for archiving? Y

Re: some strange mail errors

2013-05-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Jed, that's not an error. It's a feature. By default Mail groups your messages into what it calls conversations. This means that a message is grouped together with any replies. for instance, if someone sends you an email which was a reply to an email you originally sent them, Mail will disp

Re: problem with messages going to the Cloud

2013-05-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Gigi, What type of email account is it you're using? Gmail? iCloud? Some other IMAP account? I think the problem is going to be related to selecting the right folder/mailbox to use as your archive folder/mailbox. This is important to get these working properly and syncing across different de

Re: problem with messages going to the Cloud

2013-05-03 Thread Nicholas Parsons
And it's definitely an IMAP account, right? Okay, well try navigating to that folder called Archive in your mailbox table under/below the heading of that account you're using. Then, in the Mailbox menu, choose "Use this mailbox for" sub-menu. Select Archive. This folder should then disappear fr

Re: Kindle.

2013-05-03 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Kindle audiobooks are just audible audiobooks. But ordinary Kindle books can now be read by VoiceOver, so they can be considered audiobooks in that sense. Of course, I don't think any of us would think of that as being audiobooks. So, in short, they're really just e-books you can read with a scr

Re: problem with messages going to the Cloud

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
to find the entry that said iCloud and then press tab from there. I was pasting when VO said the name of the folder, but I didn't go down arrow to iCloud. It worked once I did. Thanks for your suggestions. Regards, Gigi On May 3, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: >

Re: Question about Dictation.

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I would guess that it's more to do with the internet connection and microphone quality than any setting. I don't think Siri/dictation rely on settings to pick your accent. There are simply too many accents for this to work. A Scottish accent is probably more different from the Queen's English th

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Why don't you just turn the screen curtain on instead of lowering brightness? Or do you still need the screen to look at? P.S. That blows my mind a little, Ricardo, that you discovered that connection. The last thing I'd think to experiment with in trying to solve a problem like that would be s

Re: buying a season pass for a TV show on iTunes?

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
It is a bit pricey. But it's great to have the episodes become available so soon and download themselves automatically to your Mac. And much easier, in my opinion, than stuffing around with DVD discs, complicated websites and the like. Game of Thrones season three episodes are now available to d

Re: Tap Forms

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Harry, This really interests me. Is the idea that you can create your own databases with this software? Can you do advanced searches limited or filtered by criteria which you have added to entries in the database? Is it available through the Mac App Store? I'll go search for it now but if no

Re: Tap Forms

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
could probably live without. Have you tried the iOS version yet? If so, is it accessible too? On 06/05/2013, at 11:42 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: Hi Harry, This really interests me. Is the idea that you can create your own databases with this software? Can you do advanced searches limited or filter

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
e that has just been made accessible with Voiceover, I like to go through every single setting and testing the effect they have on accessibility and usability if any at all. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 5, 2013, at 9:32 PM, N

Re: Screen Curtain (was Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover()

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
.info On May 5, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Why don't you just turn the screen curtain on instead of lowering brightness? > Or do you still need the screen to look at? > > P.S. That blows my mind a little, Ricardo, that you discovered that > connection. T

Re: buying a season pass for a TV show on iTunes?

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Aye, addictive it is. and costly, especially when you get hooked on something like Big Bang Theory which is now in its sixth season. I haven't watched TV in many years, but I love downloading shows like this, which are largely dialogue driven, through iTunes so I can watch them whenever I like.

Re: TV Series Question

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Jane, Why do you want SD instead of HD? When syncing to an iDevice there's always the option to use SD for movies and TV shows. Anyway, apparently if you go to the iTunes Store, interact with the Web Content Area or whatever name it goes by, and then click on the Purchased link, down the bo

Re: FaceBook app?

2013-05-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I also used to use one called MenuTabs. Again, it's a third party app and is basically the mobile site in a box. Given the website is pretty much accessible now (though still a bit of a pain), and with OS X Facebook integration, I don't need a desktop Facebook app and have deleted MenuTabs. On

Re: Getting Back into the Kindle Library from Within a Book?

2013-05-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Don't you just double tap to bring up the menu, and then select Home? On 16/05/2013, at 3:08 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi all. Yes, it seems like an obvious question, but I can't find a way to do this at all. Can someone get me out of this silly jam? :) Thanks, Teresa -- You received th

Re: Organizing Notes

2013-05-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Tracyi, Yes there is. On the Mac at least. Go to the menu bar, View, Sort by. There are three options: Date Created, Date Edited and Title. Your selection here seems to be specific to that device. So you can choose to sort notes by date created on one Mac and date edited on another. I'm not

Re: Reading Ebooks

2013-05-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Adobe Digital Editions reads DRM protected e-books. You can only read a page at a time though. NO line, word or character navigation, but you can copy and paste each page into another app such as Notes or TextEdit and read it normally. I'm guessing this would make hyperlinks impossible or diffic

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Jürgen, This is odd because it works perfectly for me. I'm sure we must be able to get it to work for you too. For me, the best way to get mailboxes from my mailbox list into the favourites bar is to use the VO-Period and VO-SHIFT-Period commands. Are you able to describe the steps you've t

Re: Mail on the MacBook Air

2013-05-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Katey, When you're on the threaded conversation in the messages list, press Command-O to open the message. To move to another message in that conversation, press VO-SHIFT-UP ARROW to stop interacting, then move left or right with VO-Left or VO-Right until you get to the other message you wan

Accessibility of Mac OS X

2013-05-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi list, Below is a link to a blog article where I've discussed what I think are some of the key accessibility issues with Mac OS 10.8. https://nicholascharlesparsons.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/accessibility-of-mac-os-x-things-to-address-in-10-9/ Of course, it is by no means comprehensive. I'd we

Re: Anyone else having "mail busy" issues when they wake their Mac up?

2013-05-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I stopped having these issues once I upgraded my RAM to 16GB. On 19/05/2013, at 10:23 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: Hi I also get these annoying "busy" messages in different programs from time to time. Command + Q and restart solves the problem in short - term. I am also curious about why this h

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Jürgen, Okay, so maybe there's nothing to be done about it. That would be strange and unfortunate though. I won't waste your time with trying things you've already done, but one last idea – could it have anything to do with the view you're using in Mail? E.g. classic versus modern view? Whe

Re: Ideas for games?

2013-05-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
1. Texas Hold'em Poker. This should be relatively easy to develop, could be completely accessible to both blind and sighted, could be multiplayer and absolutely brilliant. AllInPlay is a fantastic platform but unfortunately non-existant on the Mac or iOS. 2. Monopoly. There are some great Mono

Re: Ideas for games?

2013-05-21 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I'm sorry, everyone, all of you who said Uno or sports got the answer wrong. Clearly the right answer, and best game by far, is Texas Hold'em, followed by Monopoly and strategy games. Now, let me go and create some dummy accounts to lend voice to the truth I have just revealed. P.S. Uno is a gre

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-24 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I've never had an "I hate Mac day" myself. When it says something is hidden, I think it usually means there's some other window or application blocking that item on the screen. Using VoiceOver it is of course very difficult to get an idea of what this might be. So what usually works for me is j

Re: Expanding & collapsing mailboxes in Mountain Lion

2013-05-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Just to clarify, in your mailbox list, at the top, are a bunch of special mailboxes. These are special because they group together mailboxes of the same type from different accounts. These include inbox, sent, drafts, trash, archived etcetera. YOu can expand and collapse each of these (inbo

Re: What would you all like to see in scripts to speak system status?

2013-05-25 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Alex, This is a fantastic project you're doing. Thanks for your time and effort as it will benefit many. RE time, would it be possible to separate the date and time, so we could have one key for the time and another for date? Wifi and RAM usage you've already mentioned, and I reckon they're

Re: What would you all like to see in scripts to speak system status?

2013-05-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Shawn, I can't now remember where I got the script. But if you Google VoiceOver script to speak MacBook batery status I reckon you'll find it. If you email me off list I'll be happy to email you the script. You just copy it into the VoiceOver folder in your scripts folder in Library I think.

Re: VO improvements in the next update

2013-05-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Don't mean to crash the party, but the article, on my reading, did not say VoiceOver improvements to "text AND PDF" (and as in A N D), but "text IN PDF" (that is, I N). That means, improvements to the way VoiceOver reads text in PDFs, not how it reads text in other text documents. So, unfortuna

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
My 2 cents: • I have all the same relevant settings as John. • I can successfully drag and drop mailboxes to the favourites bar on both my iMac and MacBook Air. Just tested now on my MacBook Air and it worked first time. • I interact with the mailbox list before dragging, but not with the mailbo

Re: VoiceOver Preferences and Sharing Programs Between Accounts

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Is there anyway to do that with VoiceOver on iOS? On 27/05/2013, at 10:35 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: To the best of my knowledge it works. I guess there's only one way for you to know, huh. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Jürgen Fleger" To: Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 4:47 AM Subje

VoiceOver Settings on iOS (was VoiceOver Preferences and Sharing Programs Between Accounts)

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Is there a way to export and inport VoiceOver settings on iOS? And if I reset my iPhone and restore from a backup will that restore my VoiceOver settings or will they revert to default settings? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Well done, detective Tim. Sounds like you've uncovered one of the mysteries. My show VoiceOver curser setting was checked and the magnification set to 1. From what Ricardo said, it sounds like the actual lines outlining the VoiceOver curser might be blocking the mailbox when magnification is hig

Re: Bibliographically citing material when using eBook readers

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, I believe Kindle does provide this information (hardcopy page numbering), at least for people who can see. Not sure how to access it, if it's even possible, with VoiceOver. I believe iBooks does not provide hardcopy page numbers, not even for people who can see. This is a real shame as yo

Skype Apple Scripts

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, A while back on this list someone posted a link to some Apple scripts for Skype. I have these and have finally gotten around to trying to set them up. But I can't remember or work out where they are to go? Do I set these up as services or does Skype have a scripts folder somewhere? Or if I

Re: mountain lion keyboard short cuts

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Google Mountain Lion Keyboard Shortcuts and I think it will be within the first few results you get. Best, Nic On 28/05/2013, at 7:50 AM, Rhonda Hornbacher wrote: Hi, Would someone be so kind as to assist me in finding a complete list of Mountain Lion keyboard short cuts? Thanking you in adv

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI, Re getting rid of favourites: • Do not use the VO-shift-space keystroke. As Tim said- 1. Navigate to the mailbox you wish to remove; 2. Make sure your TrackPad commander is off by holding down the VO keys and rotating two fingers counter clockwise on th

Re: Skype Apple Scripts

2013-05-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Fantastic, thanks for this, Alex. That all makes sense. I forgot about simply using keyboard commander. But I only like to use letters for keyboard commander located on the opposite side of the keyboard from the option key I've assigned to keyboard commander. Otherwise the keystrokes are awkward

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-29 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Les, I decided to get the TrackPad with my iMac, but I'm sure the Magic Mouse will work just the same. I suppose you'll just need to click and drag the mouse away from your iMac instead of clicking and swiping on the TrackPad. Let us know if you have any difficulties with that. Jürgen, I'm n

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks to David Woodbridge's podcasts, I've always known about the two finger double tap to answer and end calls. However, I've been having difficulty lately with this. I do a two finger double tap but the call doesn't hang up. I often have to repeat it two or three times before it works. Anothe

Re: Adding footnotes

2013-05-31 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Rahul, Nisus offer a free 15 day demo of Nisus Writer Pro from their website. It's pretty easy to insert footnotes, but finding them again can be a little tricky. It seems much easier to use than Pages to me. Best, Nic On 31/05/2013, at 7:35 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi all, I have to submi

Re: question about time readout for Macbook battery

2013-06-03 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I think it would be even better if those numbers were read out as hours and minutes, rather than just numbers. So, for instance, 90%, not charging, 3 hours and 10 minutes remaining, or 50%, charging, 1 hour until charged. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-06-03 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI all, I'm using a case. In fact, now you mention it, I've probably been having these problems since I got my new JuicePack case. I also use a bluetooth headset from time to time. It's the Bose bluetooth 2 earpiece thing. I seem to have the problem when not using the bluetooth earpiece as well

VoiceOver Incorrectly Announcing Call Recipient on iPhone

2013-06-03 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi list, I've noticed recently VoiceOver will incorrectly announce the person I'm calling on my iPhone. Whoever I call, it will tell me I'm calling my girlfriend's iPhone. She was at the top of my favourites list and I thought this might have something to do with it. I tried moving her, however

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