Re: Numbers: referencing to cells and multiply them

2015-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
try =sum(Table A::b7:b9)*0.4 put this formula in the table B cell. Make sure you get the table name exact. the formula editor will suggest the table name after you type a few letters and you can just hit enter when it gets the right table name, then just continue typing your formula. The proble

Re: Numbers: referencing to cells and multiply them

2015-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
address. > On Mar 13, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > thanks, you made my day. :-) It worked perfectly well. > You might be able to teach me something else: When I use the formular editor > to take its suggestions for ranges, strange things apea

Re: Sass for the mac.

2015-03-16 Thread Phil Halton
There’s absolutely nothing off-topic about asking about the accessibility of an app that others may be interested in as well. Please keep any responses to this question on-list. > On Mar 15, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > > Hello list. > I am trying to help a friend to complete

Re: Numbers: mirroring columns

2015-03-16 Thread Phil Halton
gt; apear exactly as it is in Table C. Would be a lot of work. Additionally I > want the column in Table C to change if I change values in column B in Table > A. That's why I don't want to simply copy and paste it to Table C. > > @Phil: I agree, it's good to read the

Re: Cleanmymac

2015-03-17 Thread Phil Halton
I have been finding that safari fails quite a bit in certain websites where I try to make a purchase. I can think of three websites off-hand where I recently was kicked out using Safari. It just doesn’t work with Safari. Even my bank yells a bit when I log on with safari although it lets me in.

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-18 Thread Phil Halton
AmadeusPro has a looping feature. I use it with my own homemade guitar rhythm loops. I am not sure, but I think there is a free or trial version that will not limit your abilities in this regard. > On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > Hi all, > I have an mp3 file that I woul

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-20 Thread Phil Halton
Stacy, didn’t you ask if you could do this in QuickTime Player? Chris answered your question in the affirmative. Do you not know that QT Player is a built-in app on the mac? I’m a little confused by your question. BTW: when in doubt, remember that Google is your friend. It can answer all kinds o

Re: audacity help please

2015-03-21 Thread Phil Halton
Is this accessibility true for the latest version of ProTools, or the older, unavailable version for which you did the podcasts? > On Mar 21, 2015, at 1:14 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > OK, but then how do you add a compressor to the vocal track? How do you add > reverb? Can I

Upgrade from iPhone 5 to iPhone6?

2015-03-21 Thread Phil Halton
My 2 year contract ends in a few weeks and I’m tempted to upgrade from the iPhone 5 to the 6. Is this just a lateral move or are there some real upsides to this upgrade? How about downsides? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

Re: Upgrade from iPhone 5 to iPhone6?

2015-03-21 Thread Phil Halton
> * faster processor and cell connection > * Apple Pay, if your area and bank support it > * Touch ID, for using your fingerprint in place of some passwords and to > unlock your phone > * better battery > * larger screen > * better camera > * I know I'm forgetting more &

Re: Upgrade from iPhone 5 to iPhone6?

2015-03-21 Thread Phil Halton
ww.applevis.com/blog/apple-iphone-opinion/why-im-keeping-my-iphone-5-one-more-year> >> On Mar 21, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> New Phone? That’s right, every year it seems they come out with a new phone. >> Wh

Re: Numbers: choosing predicates for filters

2015-03-22 Thread Phil Halton
That’s how it is supposed to work, with the arrow keys alone navigating only the items selected by the filter you apply, and VO arrow keys navigating all table items regardless of filters. As far as the predicate question, VO shift click is the mouse click combo, so I wonder if you have “mouse

Re: updating adobe flash player on the Mac

2015-03-24 Thread Phil Halton
They way I do it is as follows: download the latest flash player for mac by going to, www.get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Follow the steps there to download the latest flash player .dmg file. Once downloaded, close all programs and then open the .dmg and run the installer app. That’s it. The systems pr

Re: How to get information on formula error in Numbers?

2015-03-25 Thread Phil Halton
That makes two of us! I’ve always used VO space to view/edit the formula. > On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Option-return? I didn't know about that, thank you. I've been wondering how > to look at the formula, even for cells that *do* work. >> On Mar 25, 2015, at 12:54 AM, Ti

Re: An NVDA with Fusion question

2015-03-25 Thread Phil Halton
possibly the easiest way around the caps lock problem is to set nvda, or JAWS, to use the insert key as its modifier. Then in fusion key remapping preferences, you can set a key like the grave accent to instead produce an insert key. Then, essentially, the grave accent key which is just above th

Terminal command to concatenate all files in a folder

2015-03-26 Thread Phil Halton
I have a folder containing around 120 .rtf files and I want to concatenate them into one large file. They are sorted and listed in the order in which I wish to have them joined together. I know I could do this one at a time by some such command as file1+file2+file3, etc. Is there a one-shot comm

Re: Terminal command to concatenate all files in a folder

2015-03-26 Thread Phil Halton
catenation of all of them >> might not be valid. You might be able to use the cat command to concatenate >> all the files, open the resulting file with textedit and then save it wiping >> out the redundant header/footer info. Maybe. >> >>> On 03/26/2015 08:35 AM, Phi

Re: An NVDA with Fusion question

2015-03-26 Thread Phil Halton
gt; I hope this helps. > > Grant > > On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:41 AM, Caitlyn Furness <mailto:caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I’d like the steps in remapping the insert key within fusion using just the > fusion way, please. > > I thought I had done this, bu

Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-26 Thread Phil Halton
another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with

Re: vmware fusion 7 and windows 7 becoming unactive

2015-03-26 Thread Phil Halton
I remember something like this happening to me a long time ago. I believe it happens because when you access the windows bootcamp installation via fusion, it is as though you are running windows, and everything in it, on a new computer. The fusion virtual environment is essentially a simulated

Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-27 Thread Phil Halton
; > I can’t find new textedit menu with selection in services. it’s mostly about > google and maps and looking up in dictionary and things like that. am I in > the wrong place? > My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud > >> On Mar 26, 2015, at

Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-27 Thread Phil Halton
gt;> preferences. >>> David Griffith >>>> On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen >>> <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on >>>> Twitter y

Re: Numbers: Easy way to read and change formulars

2015-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
That’s a great tip Jürgen. I’ll give it a try next time I’m having trouble editing a formula (if I remember it that is, ;-) > On Mar 28, 2015, at 5:34 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Jürgen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To u

Re: Moderators

2015-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
This sounds like Mario is either demon possessed, way off his meds, or it's just some kid who hacked his account and is having himself a high time. Whatever the case it's beginning to lose its amusement value, Not upsetting, just boring. Sent from my IPhone > On Mar 28, 2015, at 8:18 PM, mário

Re: Problem with numbers

2015-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
Sometimes numbers just throws a shoe. Try to stop interacting with the table move away then back and interact again. Sometimes that corrects things and it starts working okay. Otherwise, just close out numbers and then restart. I've had this happen to me recently and this is fix the problem. At

Siri not available

2015-03-29 Thread Phil Halton
I am getting “siri not available , connect to the internet” messages all of a sudden when I try to use Siri. Siri works fine when I’m on my wifi network, and it used to work fine when away from internet connections as well. But now, if I turn off wifi or move out of network range, I get this mess

Re: learning to use numbers

2015-03-29 Thread Phil Halton
Hi Laura, The best resource I’ve found is the numbers help system. There are no tutorials per se. I suggest starting out making a simple spreadsheet with one table and start experimenting. Read the help files from the very beginning and move along through the materials testing things out in your

Re: learning to use numbers

2015-03-29 Thread Phil Halton
I’ll take a stab at this. if you create a header row or a header column in your table and place a text description in that header cell, then you can reference that label in the formula editor to refer to the entire row/column. for example, if you have one header row with contents columnA, columnB

Re: Siri not available

2015-03-30 Thread Phil Halton
ems with iTunes and the >> App Store. I think these problems were also eventually resolved at the >> Apple End. >> >> >> David Griffith >> >> On 29/03/2015 20:00, Phil Halton wrote: >>> I am getting “siri not available >>> , connect to th

Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

2015-03-31 Thread Phil Halton
Chris, when you open a pdf in preview, the default pdf viewer, you need to interact twice in the pdf content group. then you can VO arrow up and down through the text, or select the entire text with command-A. Just copy and paste into a textedit window and you have it. As to setting up text edit

Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

2015-03-31 Thread Phil Halton
I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default settings and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 60% of original size. I don’t really understand all the settings in handbrake, but there is a compression factor percentage that you can fiddle with to get even s

Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

2015-04-01 Thread Phil Halton
lto:stacey...@bellsouth.net> >> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default settings >> and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 60

Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

2015-04-01 Thread Phil Halton
I’ve successfully created a PDF to Text service for finder, but I can’t find where Automator stores the saved service. I want to remove it from the finder context menu. Do you know where services are stored and is it just a matter of deleting it from wherever it is in order to remove it from the

Re: new macbook user making the trancision from windows

2015-04-02 Thread Phil Halton
Hi Ted, You should set your function keys to work as software function keys first. The Mac defaults to hardware function. That way you won’t have to keep pressing the FN key along with the function keys to invoke the VoiceOver functions. To do this, go to System Preferences as follows: 1

Siri not available problem resolved

2015-04-02 Thread Phil Halton
a few days ago I sent a message about a condition where siri and other apps like safari would only work on wifi and wouldn’t use cellular data to connect to the internet. Well, it turned out that I had just replaced the SIM card a few days earlier and AT&T accidentally shut off my data plan on m

Re: Bying a new mac.

2015-04-04 Thread Phil Halton
I also use a MacBook Air 13 inch. It has 8GB ram 256GB ssd and an I7 processor. I use it for everything including audio/video editing and windows virtualization with no problems. My first Mac was an iMac 22” but it gets very little use since buying the MBA. If you want a laptop, get the Air eith

Re: function keys with windows on a MacBook pro

2015-04-05 Thread Phil Halton
Does the same holds true in Mac applications? If so, you'll need to set the keyboard function keys to act as software keys in system preferences. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 5, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: > >> I’ve got a 2012 MBP with windows 7 via boot camp. My function keys f1-f12,

Re: I might need a new audio interface for recording. What's accessible?

2015-04-06 Thread Phil Halton
I use the Roland QuadCapture audio interface. the control panel is practically inaccessible, but the important stuff is accessible. you can set various important settings like sampling rate etc, but you can’t use the built-in effects like compression etc. But, that’s not a problem since those fu

Dictation questions

2015-04-07 Thread Phil Halton
I have a hand injury that prevents me from using the keyboard. Is there some way I can use dictation to launch apps, close windows, etc. question Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Copying text from websites

2015-04-08 Thread Phil Halton
Is there anyway to copy text off a website using the Safari iOS browser, or any other iOS browser for that matter? Using Safari, I can select text but I don't have anyway of copying it or exporting it. Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: Copying text from websites

2015-04-08 Thread Phil Halton
rrelavent stuff in it from that > copied item, and if what you need to paste spands over multiple Safari > Voiceover items, then yeah, it's gonna be a pain in the ass, but! again, it > does work. That's the important thing. > > Chris. > > > -Original Mes

iOS browsers

2015-04-08 Thread Phil Halton
What browsers can I use on iOS other than Safari? I have a particularly tricky website I need to use that Safari with voiceover just can't handle. Thanks, Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fr

I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
Certain apps that store files in iCloud drive are not showing up in the Mac browser for iCloud drive. Specifically voice stream writer although the files are actually stored there, there is no folder showing up for for Voice dream writer. In addition, the folder for Prismo isn't showing up in

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
MacOS Finder. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 10, 2015, at 14:10, Phil Halton wrote: > > > > Certain apps that store files in iCloud drive are not showing up in the Mac > browser for iCloud drive. Specifically voice stream w

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
r's folder > in my drive. Are you running Yosemite with the latest update? Perhaps this > got silently fixed? >> On Apr 10, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Tim, that's a real big help. I'm assuming

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
rd party app folders become visible to the MacOS Finder. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 10, 2015, at 14:10, Phil Halton wrote: > > > > Certain apps that store files in iCloud drive are not showing up in the Mac > browse

Are there no alternate iOS browsers?

2015-04-09 Thread Phil Halton
I am still wondering if there is another iOS browser that I can use other than Safari. Are there really no alternatives to Safari on iOS? Thanks for any help. Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscrib

Re: VoiceOver and Word processors

2015-04-09 Thread Phil Halton
There is a very good accessible document drafting app called scrivener. I don't know where to get it but I'm sure you can Google scrivener and find it somewhere. It is a paid app, but there is a free trial and a very good tutorial That comes with it I don't do a lot of drafting, because the docu

Finding iCloud Drive folder in terminal

2015-04-11 Thread Phil Halton
Can anyone tell me where in the OS X file structure can be found the iCloud Drive folder? For some reason I cloud Drive is not appearing fully in my finder window so I want to try to get out these folders through terminal. Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Finding iCloud Drive folder in terminal

2015-04-11 Thread Phil Halton
iCloud Drive. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 11, 2015, at 07:46, Phil Halton wrote: > > Can anyone tell me where in the OS X file structure can be found the iCloud > Drive folder? For some reason I cloud Drive is not appearing fully in

Re: Finding iCloud Drive folder in terminal

2015-04-11 Thread Phil Halton
Nope exclaim no joy exclaim I only get four folders one for Automator, numbers, pages, and TextEdit. All the other folders that show in terminal do not show in the finder for some reason. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 11, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Phil, what if you go

Re: voiceover and settings

2015-04-11 Thread Phil Halton
May, you can port your voice over preferences by going into voice over utilities in the general pain, and then set up the portable preferences. You will see the buttons and etc. that you need to follow. I'll leave the rest to you. Good luck BTW: in the set up for portable preferences it will be

Formatting options in TextEdit

2015-04-14 Thread Phil Halton
I have noticed that TextEdit now allows to specify the line spacing before and after a paragraph. This is something I've never seen before. This can be seen in the line spacing toolbar pop up menu. Noticed now that there are three numbers one is a line height and interline spacing and a third fo

Re: iOS 8.3 Accessibility bugfix list

2015-04-15 Thread Phil Halton
I'm happy to see that they fix the bug where you couldn't always move icons on the home screen. Some apps would move and some wouldn't, there was no rhyme nor reason to it, it was just a bug and it was making me really buggy. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:39 PM, 'Chris Blouch' vi

Re: Amadeus Pro and stereo channels.

2015-04-15 Thread Phil Halton
In order to work with a single channel on the stereo track, I have always done a split stereo to mono tracks command and then worked with the individual tracks. Then you can recombined the monos into a single stereo. As far as selecting individual channels on a single stereo track, I think that

opening non text files in Voice Dream Writer

2015-04-17 Thread Phil Halton
Bill Holton wrote a review of VoiceDreamWriter in an edition of AccessWorld where he basically said that his one and only gripe was that you could only import .txt files into the app, and that it would be a great improvement if you could import .rtf, .pdf etc. Well, I just realized that anything

Re: Cant' access help menu in Microsoft Word for mac

2015-04-18 Thread Phil Halton
Does anyone know when this software is supposed to go live? Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 18, 2015, at 3:13 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: > > Hi Barry, I’d say auto-update is a critical part of the Office Preview, since > builds quickly expire once updates are released. If auto update isn’t being >

help with unix commands

2015-04-21 Thread Phil Halton
In a terminal session, I have navigated to the voice dream writer folder of iCloud and I now want the ability to copy that folder’s contents to my main documents folder. Here is the command I have been attempting in terminal, which is returning a usage error. CP *.* ~documents/VoiceDreamWriter

Re: Tools needed for potential authors?

2015-04-21 Thread Phil Halton
scrivener is a good and accessible drafting app. It has a built-in tutorial that will help with the learning curve. > On Apr 21, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Guies, > > I have a couple of questions. First off, I don't think this will completely > become a success

Re: reminder type thing?

2015-04-22 Thread Phil Halton
Or, you could simply ignore their gesture of kindly help. I guess everybody gets to have a bad day once in a while Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 22, 2015, at 6:00 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > Sorry telling me to use an iphone on a mac list is not acceptable. I dont > have an iphone and i refu

Re: Clean installation of Yosemite stalled

2015-04-22 Thread Phil Halton
You may have a race the entire hard drive. When I look under disk utilities I can recognize the recovery partition and distinguish it from the regular Macintosh HD system by the text description field off to the far right. The recovery partition occupies about 1.4 GB, and the Macintosh HD occupi

Re: need a way to very pitch on recording and uncertain where to turn now

2015-04-23 Thread Phil Halton
Ray, I use the pitch and speech change unit in Amadeus Pro all the time. It works fine for me. Don't give up on it because it works really well. I use it to change the key and the BPM speed of various guitar rhythm tracks that I use. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:49 AM, Ray Foret

Re: An odd problem with Amadeus Pro

2015-04-23 Thread Phil Halton
That sounds vaguely familiar to me. That sort of thing used to happen when I first started using Amadeus, and I quickly realized the best procedure is to use the P Kee to set markers. You can always re-name and manipulate your markers in the markers window. I avoid using the M and ship them keys

Re: macbook

2015-04-26 Thread Phil Halton
I have that same MacBook air, only it's I believe the mid 2013 model. It has a 256 GB flash drive and eight gig of RAM. It works flawlessly and I have absolutely no trouble with it. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 26, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > > Hi all. Does anyone have experience

Re: Major trouble with internet: Warning: not for the basic user!

2015-04-27 Thread Phil Halton
So Chris, you mean to say that you can't lay a cable along the baseboards in your room? Where do you live? In a maximum-security prison? Does is landlord actually live in the room with you? Weird! Good luck with all of that. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 27, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Christopher-Mark

Mark down editors

2015-04-29 Thread Phil Halton
Is there a good accessible markdown editor for OS X? I've just started experiencing markdown while using Voice Dream writer and I think it's great. I'd like to find a good editor that I can use on the Mac side. Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: bootcamp

2015-05-03 Thread Phil Halton
is there a question in here somewhere? I mean, one that doesn’t require mind reading? > On May 3, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Krysti .Power wrote: > > I wanted to bootcamp but currently ham using vm7 because I had touble with > bootcam and was wondering what I did wrong > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 6:1

Re: renaming tables in Numbers, revisited

2015-05-03 Thread Phil Halton
there is a script that makes easy work of this task. All that is necessary is to have focus on the desired table, and then to run the script. It is best run from the extras menu bar which requires it to be placed in a certain folder and have the scripts icon turned on via script editor. I’m sure

MBA headphone jack failure

2015-05-04 Thread Phil Halton
I bought this MBA in August 2013 and yesterday the headphone jack failed. I have a feeling its indicative of a bigger problem, maybe a motherboard? At the least I don’t think its going to be an easy fix. Of course, I could be way off. Any experience with getting this sort of problem fixed? --

Re: MBA headphone jack failure

2015-05-04 Thread Phil Halton
ertified Assistive Technology Specialist >> Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer >> U.S. number: 573-401-1018 >> Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> >> >> On May 4, 2015, at 12:23, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wr

Performance difference between iPhone 5 and iPhone six

2015-05-05 Thread Phil Halton
How much of the performance boost when I get by upgrading from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 6? Is there a big processor improvement with the six? I notice a lot of lag at times with the iPhone 5 and I am wondering if it would be better on an iPhone 6. Of course, then there may be another piece of ha

Re: strange mail issue

2015-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
Are we actually supposed to know what nuke and pave means? English please. Sent from my IPhone > On May 6, 2015, at 6:55 PM, jeff `greene wrote: > > Hi I’ve got a strange mail issue. The other day I had to do a nuke and pave > on my mac. VO all of a sudden wouldn’t work right, i couldn’t ev

SIRI not using enhanced quality voice on my new iPhone6

2015-05-08 Thread Phil Halton
I have U.S. english enhanced quality voice installed and selected as default language on my new iPhone6. However, SIRI appears to revert to the non-enhanced quality voice. Other than that, everything is as it should be with the voice. Any suggestions? I’ve looked everywhere I know to look and ca

Re: SIRI not using enhanced quality voice on my new iPhone6

2015-05-08 Thread Phil Halton
s sighted assistance to get VO up and talking during setup. Any help > on this? They set up a geniusBar appointment for me just in case I need the help, but I’d like to do this on my own if possible. > On May 8, 2015, at 9:27 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I have U.S. english enhanced qualit

Is VO avbailable during the setup process on IOS8.3?

2015-05-08 Thread Phil Halton
I need to do a reset and restore from backup on my iPhone6, but I don’t think VO is readily available at that point. Don’t I need a sighted person to initially turn it on on the iPhone? Oh wait, Can’t I turn on VO from iTunes? Please give me any details on reseting and restoring with VO? -- Yo

Re: Is VO avbailable during the setup process on IOS8.3?

2015-05-09 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Chris, I found that out on an Apple this podcast by David Woodbridge. And I gave it a try and it worked. Sent from my IPhone > On May 8, 2015, at 10:18 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Phil, > > You're gonna be just fine. Once the phone boots up,

Re: SIRI not using enhanced quality voice on my new iPhone6

2015-05-09 Thread Phil Halton
at 11:02 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Phil. You can triple click the home button to start Voiceover during > setup. But that shouldn't be necessary to reset your phone. As a matter of > fact, what Apple Accessibility told you to do is wrong. The enhanced quality &g

internal mic on MBA

2015-06-14 Thread Phil Halton
Does the built-in mic on the macbook Air and other laptop models have auto gain control? I didn’t see a setting for AGC in the system prefs for sound, but I can’t hear a whole lot of difference using a range of mic gain settings? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: Taking Video for Youtube

2015-06-14 Thread Phil Halton
Brandon, currently I'm using the built in QuickTime app to do all my video recording. You can then just upload the video clips to YouTube from within the app if you desire. As far as an auto position and you in the frame, I'm sorry to say you can forget about that. I have a little bit of site an

Re: Taking Video for Youtube

2015-06-14 Thread Phil Halton
Yes I do, I use my MacBook air for the camera, and I have an external snowball blue Snowball microphone. Sent from my IPhone > On Jun 14, 2015, at 8:42 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Do you record from your computer, Phil? > > Caitlyn > >> On Jun 14, 2015, at

Customizing envelope printing in Contacts

2015-06-15 Thread Phil Halton
I would like to adjust the positioning of the sender address (upper left corner) when printing envelopes from within Contacts. For some reason, my old printer is cutting off the first two characters of the sender, probably a margin setting somewhere. However, in the envelope printing dialog, th

Re: Taking Video for Youtube

2015-06-16 Thread Phil Halton
40 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Regarding the snowball, how then did you manage to get the thing close enough > to your mouth? Did you use the stand that comes with it? > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Phil Halton" > To: >

Re: Taking Video for Youtube

2015-06-16 Thread Phil Halton
our microphone, while still > leaving the tip of your thumb on the same hand on your bottom lip. That's > how I generally teach my students to start gaging it. OK, you may have to > back off a little more, or come in a little bit more, but generally, that > should get you in

Re: prismo for mac question

2015-06-21 Thread Phil Halton
I don't believe it can do those things. I use it primarily for reading mail and find it does pretty good job reading printed pages. As far as captures and reading computer screens, I really don't think so, but maybe someone will chime in with more information. Sent from my IPhone > On Jun 21,

Re: Can Windows 10 preview install on Boot Camp?

2015-06-24 Thread Phil Halton
I think you're going to have to be the trailblazer on that one! Sent from my IPhone > On Jun 24, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > I was wondering if I could install Windows 10 technical preview on my 2009 > MacBook running Yosemite? > Thanks in advance > Rob > > -- > You received th

Quirky cell behavior in Numbers

2015-07-07 Thread Phil Halton
Using the latest OS X and Numbers, I have encountered a problem from time to time where I cannot edit certain cells. Normally I enter the formula editor by pressing VO spacebar and that lets me edit the contents of a cell. With certain cells however, VO+spacebar kicks me into the formula editor w

Re: Quirky cell behavior in Numbers

2015-07-08 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Nick, Option return did the trick. It let’s me edit the desired cell contents. But, if I press VO spacebar on the same cell, it puts me in edit mode on the cell to the immediate left. There doesn’t seem to be any discernible pattern as to when this happens. The particular case I have a t

Re: textDetective versus knfbReader

2015-07-10 Thread Phil Halton
Personally, I think this list is for all things Apple, iPhones computers tablets whatever even now with the I watch. Should've would've could've, I consider asking questions on this list the form of research anyway. I appreciate the question because I'm thinking of buying KNFB myself. Anybody ou

web-based text editors and VoiceOver

2015-07-10 Thread Phil Halton
There is an open source web text editor app called “CKEditor” that is used by a lot of websites for rich format text input. When focused in CKEditor, VoiceOver gives no spoken feedback when typing. The editor does work with the standard UNIX commands, and VoiceOver will speak text contents as yo

Re: Pages and document creation

2015-07-12 Thread Phil Halton
stop interacting with the table by pressing VO shift up arrow. I think that’ll get you out of the table. > On Jul 12, 2015, at 9:18 AM, 'Graham' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I began looking at using Pages yesterday. Having selected a blank document > from the template chooser, I

Re: safari crsor tracking

2015-07-13 Thread Phil Halton
VO shift plus F3 will toggle cursor tracking on and off. You might want to try that. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 13, 2015, at 1:38 AM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a question. When I am moving by object in safari, and land at an aria > that I just want to turn off quick mo

creating EPUB documents

2015-07-17 Thread Phil Halton
I want to be able to create ePub docs with chapter navigation for reading in VoiceDream reader. Is Pages the easiest way? Here’s what I’ve tried: 1 I loaded a text doc into pages and assigned heading style to various chapter titles. 2 I inserted a table of contents at the top of the d

Re: web-based text editors and VoiceOver

2015-07-18 Thread Phil Halton
e you are entering >> information into the editor then the editor should pass this to Safari for >> rendering and Safari should pass it to voice-Over. >> >> At least that is how I see the flow should go. >> >> Sean >>> On 11 Jul 2015, at 8:58 am, Phil

Re: creating EPUB documents

2015-07-18 Thread Phil Halton
; Windows. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 18 Jul 2015, at 05:32, Kliph wrote: >> >> What is the command to insert headings in to a pages document? >>> On Jul 17, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >>> >>> I want to be able to c

Re: creating EPUB documents

2015-07-18 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks very much Ann, this is going to make life a lot easier. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 18, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Phil, > > To get access to the menus for the styles, interact with the table and find > the appropriate style, Bring the mouse

Re: Question about safari

2015-07-20 Thread Phil Halton
Hello Grace, what you are referring to is called the item chooser. You activate it with VO plus I. That will give a listing of every element on the page be a static text links, tables, buttons, etc. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 20, 2015, at 9:10 AM, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net > wrote: > >

Re: What about Logic Pro?

2015-07-23 Thread Phil Halton
Hey Chris, great information. I might just check out ProTools Sunday and that tutorial looks like it might be a great help. Oh, by the way that too and you did digging up bones, really great job I liked it. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 23, 2015, at 5:30 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote:

Shake to edit settings when I am in text applications such as notes or VoiceStream writer, if I happen to shake the phone it brings up a editing context menu where I can cut copy undo etc. It's very a

2015-07-24 Thread Phil Halton
When I am in text applications such as VoiceStream writer, or notes, whenever I shake or bumped the phone it brings up an editing context menu where I can cut copy undo etc. I am assuming it is a general setting for "shake to edit" and I can't seem to find where to turn it off. Does anyone know

Re: Notes App Suggestions

2015-07-30 Thread Phil Halton
Notes certainly has the ability to create separate folders for categorizing your notes. > On Jul 30, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Brandon A. Olivares > wrote: > > Hello, > > Yes, but as I said in my original message, I want a way to separate notes > into folders or notebooks. I don’t see a way of doing

Re: best word processor for mac and voiceover.

2015-07-30 Thread Phil Halton
Scrivener is an excellent drafting app. It is more suited to writing large documents like books etc. because it lets you outline and then fill in the outlines and's etc. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 30, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Sunshine wrote: > > no what i mean is for someone who is in the proces

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