Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-06 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I'm writing this with the Mantis, but I no longer have access to a Mac, so I'm not able to report on that. With iOS 13.6, it works quite well. The thing to remember is that you are using a QWERTY keyboard with this set up, so many of the things you may have learned about Perkins-style keybo

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-06 Thread Scott Davert
> Thanks, Scott. The wifi feature sounds very cool. Do you like the braille? > One article I read described it as mushy. Also, how is the keyboard. I > remember the Braillenote having HUGE keys. That never made sense to me, and > I didn't care for it. > Cheers, > Donna > >

Re: Mantis case

2020-08-06 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Joe and Donna. I have not received my case either. My understanding from talking to Greg Stilson about this is that the case which ships with the Mantis does not include a cover, but something that you can set the display in while using it. It's not a carrying case. If you want to carry it aroun

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-06 Thread Scott Davert
t;https://aka.ms/o0ukef> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on >> behalf of Scott Davert >> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:38:22 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Mantis Q40? >> >> Hi all. >> I'm writing this wit

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-06 Thread Scott Davert
I would think both the Mantis and the Chameleon would eventually support NLS, given that Humanware is one of the companies contracted out to provide the braille displays that will be distributed by NLS. JMO, Scott On 8/6/20, Scott Davert wrote: > Hi Donna. > Thanks for posting the rev

Re: Mantis case

2020-08-07 Thread Scott Davert
. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Aug 6, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Scott Davert >> wrote: >> >> Hi Joe and Donna. >> I have not received my case either. My understanding from talking to >> Greg Stilson about this is that the case which ships with the Mantis >>

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-07 Thread Scott Davert
well as one > would wish. > > Like I said, he's obviously new to AT, but I figured I'd share the review > for anyone who wants to read it. I'm sure yours will be much more > comprehensive,. :) > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Aug 6, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Scott Da

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-07 Thread Scott Davert
Donna. I'll post it to the list when it is released next week. It's with the editor now... Scott On 8/7/20, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Again, I agree. Would love to see your review. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Aug 7, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Scott

Re: Update to Orbit Writer

2020-08-11 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Peggy. It could be done with Narrator on Windows I expect, though I've never run an update with Nerrorator to try an update from Orbit Research. If your husband's computer is running Windows 10, Nerrorator does a decent job for things like this most of the time. You can bring up Nerrorator by pr

Mantis review

2020-08-16 Thread Scott Davert
I didn't have a Mac to test on, but covered iOS. There were some questions on the list, so I thought I'd pass my article along to this list. Regards, Scott https://www.afb.org/aw/21/8/17143 A Review Of the Mantis Q 40 QWERTY Braille Display by APH and HumanWare Scott Davert In the curre

Re: Follow-up on the Mantis

2020-10-08 Thread Scott Davert
I heard a rumor that the Chameleon may be rebranded as the Brailliant 20 for those outside the U.S. who would work with a Humanware dealer. I have no idea if it's true or not. WHEN the new Brailliant 40 launches, HW claims in December, it is expected to have all of the features of the Mantis, but w

Re: iPhone se22

2022-09-23 Thread Scott Davert
I upgraded from an SE 2 to an SE 3 and have no regrets. The battery life has improved and the internals are much more reliable. I wrote the following review after having the SE 2022 for a week or so. My observations haven't really changed. https://www.applevis.com/blog/iphone-se-3-more-practical-ph

Re: Is there any way to set my phone so that the lock button hangs up phone calls?

2022-11-03 Thread Scott Davert
It's never worked for me either. Even if I dump VoiceOver, it isn't ending the call here. Good thing I don't like to hang up on people I guess, though I hardly make phone calls these days anyway. Scott On 11/3/22, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Thanks for posting this. I will report

Re: iOS/iPadOS 16.1

2022-11-03 Thread Scott Davert
Hi E.T. I have recently used iOS 16.1 and the 16.2 beta with a Focus 40 5th generation without any trouble. Have you tried resetting all settings? I'm not sure if iOS 16 back-ups work under 16.1, but if they are, why not give it a try? Please let us know how it goes. Wishing you the best of luck,

Re: iOS upgrade to 16.3?

2023-02-14 Thread Scott Davert
That would depend on your access needs. There will never be a blanket statement put out that says everyone should upgrade. That never happens because we are all different and thus have different needs. For example, there are a lot of braille bugs in 16.3 that wouldn't impact a speech only, or not a

Re: iOS upgrade to 16.3?

2023-02-15 Thread Scott Davert
rote: > I don’t need blanket assurances or anything, I just asked because I thought > I remembered hearing a little more chatter than normal about this new > version 16 having more troubles than most. Anyway, I think I’ll go ahead and > update. Thanks > > Sent from my IPhone > >

Re: mac os 14 and ios apps

2023-07-14 Thread Scott Davert
Well, it was an answer, just not one you wanted. LOL. Yay for reporting broken stuff, hopefully more people do so. Scott On 7/13/23, mattias jonsson wrote: > now a bug report are done. > > >> 14 juli 2023 kl. 02:04 skrev mattias jonsson : >> >> if you dont want to answer dont write >> anyone hav

Re: Portable keyboard for ipad mini 6th gen

2023-12-04 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Sarai. I was quite happy with my Logetech K380 as well, but I think it would take a larger purse to carry it around. The iClever Tri-fold keyboards are decent, but like Donna said, the keys are kind of small. That said, they have to be more small to fit in that physical form factor. Best, Sc

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-14 Thread Scott Davert
Nice review, Donna! Part of why I have not published an article on this device is because Dream Vision never responded to a couple of questions I had. One of them being the lack of ability to connect to Android. I was hoping to get official confirmation of this before throwing it into the universe,

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-16 Thread Scott Davert
lude it. > > What do you mean by your comment that Launching apps is as simple as > pressing dot 8 and then typing the app name? Which display are you talking > about there? > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:35 AM, Scott Davert >> wrote: >> >&

Re: track pad what can one do with it

2016-07-08 Thread Scott Davert
Many of the gestures you know from the iPhone are the same: double tap to open, flick left and right to go to previous and next item, flick up and down to move through whatever the rotor is set to, etc. There are also gestures to do things like interact, move to certain parts of the operating syste

Re: To Unified English Braille Readers

2016-07-26 Thread Scott Davert
Sorry to say, but no displays and no screen readers are currently supporting the format indicators as far as I'm aware. Quite disappointing indeed! Scott On 7/25/16, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Caitlyn, > > Yes, I have tried almost every configuration I can think of, including > enabling Status cel

Re: Need two bugts tested, please.

2016-08-01 Thread Scott Davert
What bugs are you reporting? I'm running Watch OS 3 also. Scott On 8/1/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Chris, > I’m not running those betas, but interested to know what your bugs aare, > > I’ll flick you a message later. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the iPhone seven

2016-09-02 Thread Scott Davert
Hello all. I'm going to address several messages at once on this thread. Jonathan: you are 100% correct about the access issue for those of us who wear hearing aids and who are blind. Sadly, the market is rarely designed wit our needs being considered because, as you say, we're such a small minorit

Re: Help needed with DJay pro

2015-04-15 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Bill. This podcast may help: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/transform-your-mac-full-fledged-dj-system-algoriddim%E2%80%99s-djay-app Scott On 4/15/15, William Gallik wrote: > The first thing I would like to know is this; how do you get DJ to access > any or all of your iTunes play

Re: iOS 8.3 Accessibility bugfix list

2015-04-15 Thread Scott Davert
I agree with Kim. I had to play a form of chess trying to outsmart the system in to moving apps around to where I wanted them. It was very timely too, as the list of Apple apps that they put on your phone that you can't remove got an adition for me in the form of the Apple Watch app. Just another a

Re: Help needed with DJay pro

2015-04-16 Thread Scott Davert
> * * * * * * * * * > Bill Gallik > wfgal...@icloud.com > > >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Scott Davert >> wrote: >> >> Hello Bill. >> This podcast may help: >> http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/transform-your-mac-full-fledged-dj-system-algo

Re: Eloquence for the Mac.

2015-04-20 Thread Scott Davert
Eloquimnce is the main reason I stick with Windows, as it's the only synth I can clearly understand with my type of hearing loss, for whatever reason. While I can use the decent braille support already built in, Eloquince would still be way faster. isn't the current version of this synth on the Mac

Re: Well, I did it, Pre-ordered the Apple watch!

2015-04-27 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Myrna and Kawal. No, the watch itself does not have braille support, but you can control most, if not all, aspects of the watch through the iPhone app. Myrna: I think the store on west 14th is my favorite in Manhatton, followed by the one up by Central park. I was a bit underwhelmed at the st

Re: vario ultra

2015-05-05 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Gene. I'm sure others on the list may find the answers helpful. I have not connected mine to my Mac yet, but have been using it with my iPhone for the past couple of months. What questions did you have? You may also find my review at: http://www.applevis.com/reviews/braille-devices/varioultra-20

Re: vario ultra

2015-05-07 Thread Scott Davert
;ve mentioned before with the > JAWS driver. But I'm very pleased with all my apple connections. > > On 5/5/15, Scott Davert wrote: >> Hi Gene. >> I'm sure others on the list may find the answers helpful. I have not >> connected mine to my Mac yet, but have b

Re: ^qs about braille display issues

2015-06-17 Thread Scott Davert
Hello. The other thing to look in to is whether the key assignments have somehow become corrupted. I've seen this happen a few times in the past, resetting VO preferences may fix the situation. Also, can you get to an Apple Store or to another Mac to try it? Scott On 6/17/15, Eugenia Firth wrote

Re: Anyone else disappointed with the "big" apple event

2016-03-22 Thread Scott Davert
They did announce the smaller iPad and the smaller iPhone. I kind of wish I hadn't gotten a 6S, since the se has all the specs of the 6S but with no 3D touch, which I almost never use anyway. Scott On 3/22/16, Basioli George wrote: > here is a better question. does this mean no september event

Re: Iphone Se.

2016-04-18 Thread Scott Davert
Here's an article that may help: http://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=15138 Among the announcements at Apple's latest event, was the introduction of the iPhone SE. IT has most of the same features as the current flagship 6s and 6S Plus models, but was much smaller. After learning of this a

Re: Iphone Se.

2016-04-18 Thread Scott Davert
$399 for 16 GB $499 FOR 64 GB on SE. Don't have price points for 6s and 6s Plus handy, but you can always go look that up on Apple.com yourself. Sound quality is about the same with the exception of what I wrote below. Scott On 4/18/16, Jessica Moss wrote: > What’s the price compared to the 6S/6

Re: Iphone Se.

2016-04-19 Thread Scott Davert
I think that not everyone likes even the larger screen. I'm a braille display user, for example, so I'm happier with the smaller screen size. I'm also not a huge BSI user, so that is another reason I'd like the larger screen thrown out the window. Battery life? I purchased a case with a battery onb

Support for the Braille Pen Slim on the Mac?

2016-01-15 Thread Scott Davert
Does anyone know if the Braille Pen Slim is compatible with the Mac? I know the pen itself is supposedly supported, but someone was asking me about the keyboard itself that doesn't include the display. Thanks for any help! Scott -- The following information is important for all members of the Ma

Re: It's finally here, a comprehensive guide to Pages on the Mac with VoiceOver

2016-02-29 Thread Scott Davert
If you don't want to pay for it, and you feel so strongly that it should be free, why not go out there and do all of the work yourself for free and publish your own independent guide that is better for no charge? $35 is quite affordable, when you consider a comprehensive tutorial on, say, JAWS for

Re: It's finally here, a comprehensive guide to Pages on the Mac with VoiceOver

2016-02-29 Thread Scott Davert
Also, for those who want a free resource, which isn't quite as comprehensive on pages, you may wish to check out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mastering-macintosh-voiceover/id899197795?mt=11 It's certainly not as extensive as this book, but it should get you started. Scott On 2/29/16, Caitlyn

Using 3D touch with VoiceOver

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I developed both a guide and podcast on this, so for those struggling, maybe one or the other will help. The guide can be found at: http://applevis.com/guides/ios-iphone-voiceover/voiceover-users-guide-3d-touch-iphone-6s The podcast can be found at: http://applevis.com/podcast/episodes/demo

Re: iPhone 6S+ vastly improved cellular performance

2015-09-29 Thread Scott Davert
If you plan to use 3D touch, I would think it would be worth it. I've also noticed some improvement of battery life over the 6, though this could be iOS 9 or something else. I know the battery in the 6S is actually slightly smaller. On 9/29/15, george b wrote: > Chris, > > I went from a 6 pluse t

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-02 Thread Scott Davert
No, it's not just you. Braille support is still sub-par in many cases on OSX, with bugs I've reported 2 years ago still not fixed. Because I only have one mac, and am heavily dependent on it, I cannot put betas on it or risk upgrading because I'm afraid of the bugs I may encounter. I'm still runnin

Re: 10.11 and braille

2015-10-05 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Blee and others. I quit upgrading my mac, but am hoping to bring a mac with EL Cap online soon to test the latest build. The other issue, beyond what you've outlined quite well, is that I cannot get the rotor to work on the braille display. I can press space with dots 2-3 or 5-6 to move to the n

Re: Braille Support in OS X

2015-10-06 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Eileen. Many of the iOS commands you have come to know will work great on OSX. here's a podcast which may also help you get started. http://applevis.com/podcast/episodes/using-braille-displays-mac Scott On 10/6/15, eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: > As I use the app MBraille to compose this po

Smart Beetle Display

2015-10-08 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I'm playing around with the ability in the Smart Beetle to emulate a bluetooth keyboard. Wow, what a complicated set of commands, and what an inconsistent performance of such commands. I'm running iOS 9.0.2, and was able to pair the bluetooth keyboard emulation and the bluetooth pairing for

Re: Smart Beetle Display

2015-10-12 Thread Scott Davert
me as vertical flick with > one finger (if memory serves, I prefer to use gestures on the touchscreen). > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 9 Oct 2015, at 02:15, Scott Davert wrote: >

Re: Smart Beetle Display

2015-10-12 Thread Scott Davert
to the HIMS listserv? That would be a good place > for your feedback to go. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 10/8/2015 6:15 AM, Scott Davert wrote: >> Hi

Smart Beetle with the Mac via USB?

2015-12-01 Thread Scott Davert
HI all. Has anyone been able to connect to the Mac via USB with the Smart Beetle? I've tried this under Yosemite and El cap, and neither appear to work. I've also connected other displays via USB on this Mac, and they function just fine. According to the manual, this is supposedly working. I've eve

Re: Mac Air and Windows

2015-12-01 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Michelle. If you have no vision, Bootcamp may be an issue for you once you have switched to the Windows installation. I have found that Bootcamp makes Windows run a bit faster on my macbook Air, which has 8 GB of ram, but even with a virtual machine, things weren't too bad. As Caitlyn pointed ou

Re: Humanware displays under Mavericks

2013-10-25 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Matt. I can confirm what Alex is saying. The Apex works fine with Bluetooth and USB. The Focus displays seem to be having Bluetooth issues though. At least, from my testing yesterday. Everything functions fine on USB from what I can tell, it's the Bluetooth connections that seem to be having iss

Re: [HIMS-Notetakers] Mavericks and HIMS Braille displays.

2013-10-25 Thread Scott Davert
Hmm. My Braille Edge is functioning fine with Bluetooth and Mavericks. I didn't get to test the Braille Sense products yet. The Mac I tried this on had never been paired with the Edge before, so I'm not sure if the problem is speratic or what. Scott On 10/24/13, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there >

Re: Follow-up On s/electing Text With a braille Display

2013-11-27 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Teresa. The rotor kinda sorta works, bu tnot quite. I cannot seem to get space with dot 3 or space with dot 6 to work. Have you found a way around this when only using a braille display? Thanks for any help! Scott On 11/26/13, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, all, > > A few weeks ago, some of us h

Re: Help From The Community

2013-12-03 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. You can't blame a guy for dumping a project that was free. if it happened to QRead itself, or Hope, you'd have a valid point, but for things that are free, it essentially means you support it out of your own free time. This seems like a good Kickstarter campaign to me. Since I purchased the

Re: Braille display and VO on the Mac

2014-09-04 Thread Scott Davert
It's usable, but there are some bugs and you just have to work around them until they get fixed. As noted before, don't expect it to be like what you would find running JAWS or something on Windows. If you have used braille on iOS, the experience is fairly close to that in terms of typing with the

Re: Braille display and VO on the Mac

2014-09-04 Thread Scott Davert
something that shows people how to use >> braille on the Mac? I love using it on the iPhone, but wanna learn how to >> use it on the Mac. I mean, come on, I bought those things :-) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Scott Davert >

Re: a couple questions about IOS 7

2013-06-11 Thread Scott Davert
For the record, iOS 7 will be available for the iPhone 4 and higher, all iPads except for the original, and only the 5th gen iPod. They did confirm that it will be a fall release, but didn't specify a date. My somewhat educated guess would be September, but you really never can tell with Apple. Sc

Re: IOS 7 did I hear something right?

2013-06-11 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I think the voices they were using in the demo were Vocalizer Expressive. The male voice, at any rate, sounds like an expressive version of Tom. However, for me at least, there was not a long enough sample to really be sure that's what it was. Scott On 6/11/13, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote:

Re: braille edge display and voice over?

2013-07-16 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I've had to fight with the Edge to get it installed on 64-bit versions of Windows, and have found that it only works with Bluetooth on Windows 8. So if you are considering purchasing this device and run bootcamp, that's something you should be aware of. At this time, NVDA only supports inpu

Re: MacBook Air upgrade options

2013-07-16 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I assume if I want to upgrade my MacBook Air, I have to send it back to Apple? Thanks, Scott On 7/16/13, Phil Halton wrote: > That's my thinking too. I'll upgrade from the baseline processor to a > mid-level, then get 8GB ram and a 256 SSD (ccan't really afford a 512 ssd) > > - Origi

Re: Bluetooth Brail Display without Keyboard

2013-07-24 Thread Scott Davert
Eric is correct about the Pen. I, too, would recommend the Brailliant 24, if you can find one. Also, if you wish to use a display and need to unhide the virtual keyboard, press space with 1-4-6 and it will toggle it on and off. HTH, Scott On 7/24/13, erik burggraaf wrote: > I'm not sure but I th

Re: Seeking Feedback on Using Braille Displays with the Kindle App

2013-07-31 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Christina. I echo Annie's thoughts. Also, I noticed with some magazine content that sometimes, when pressing space with o to turn pages, the display does not advance. However, pressing it a second time will move you forward 2 pages. So I'm guessing there is some sort of refresh issue with bra

Podcast: Using braille displays with iDevices

2013-08-01 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. Just thought I'd pass this along. I did this podcast after recording my Using Braille Displays with the Mac and getting some requests for it. I go through some general info, demo pairing a braille display, show some commands, and finally how to get help. I hope this helps someone, somewher

Re: alva?

2013-08-01 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Buddy. The Alba kind of reminds me of the old Braille Lites in that sense. You had a lot of flash memory that you couldn't do much beyond reading with, and very little in the way of memory available for editing of documents. Cait: As for the Brailliant, if the Edge isn't an option, I would also

Re: alva?

2013-08-01 Thread Scott Davert
Hi again Kait. If they did not allow you to see the Brailliant BI, it has expanded quite a bit. There are now thumb kieys on the front, braille input keys, and it will of course connect to iDevices. however, I will say that I do not like the design of the input keyboard, as the spacebars, yes there

Re: VoiceOver online manual

2013-08-15 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Daniela. I assume you mean for the Mac? http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/English.lproj/index.html HTH, Scott On 8/15/13, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Hello all: > I have been trying to find the VoiceOver online manual latest version in the > Apple accessibility page, but I just can't

Re: VoiceOver online manual

2013-08-15 Thread Scott Davert
e back, perhaps? for regular lion, I created a text edition of this >> manual sending it to anyone who wrote me privately. Let me do the same >> for this one. as nice as on line can be, there are advantages to simply >> using a manual outside of the device as you learn. >&g

Re: corection, was VoiceOver online manual

2013-08-15 Thread Scott Davert
es due to major size. requires less > > effort in my person ale > experience. Your experiences clearly vary lol. > Karen > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2013, Scott Davert wrote: > >> Here's a Mountain Lion version of it. This may be easier so that >> anyone can just grab

Re: How do you delete music from your iPhone?

2013-08-15 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Chenelle. I'm assuming you're running iOS 6. Find the song you wish to delete, and then flick up with one finger to the delete action, and double tap. That's it. If you're running something with iOS 5, I think the process is more involved, unless there was a more simple way to do this before tha

Re: corection, was VoiceOver online manual

2013-08-15 Thread Scott Davert
n the site itself. > Has the ml manual been updated since you created the one you shared? > Kare > Kare > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2013, Scott Davert wrote: > >> Hi Karen. >> Do you have the same version I have? I'd be curious to know. And, as I >> said, I wasn't

Review: The Limeade 18000 MAH battery pack: a lot of power for the money

2013-08-16 Thread Scott Davert
below is a review I wrote concerning the product mentioned in the subject. I tried to describe it as best I could for those who cannot see pictures of it. taken from: http://www.applevis.com/accessory-reviews/miscellaneous/limeade-18000-mah-battery-pack-lot-power-money Introduction The Limeade lin

Resorting to iOS 5.1 with my iPod

2013-08-17 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. I have an iPod 4 here that I would like to return to iOS 5.1. I have the IPSW file from Apple, so I assume I should be able to do this with no trouble? Thanks for any help! Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsu

Re: setting up MacBook Pro with voiceover

2013-09-10 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Jodie. I'd like to second what Adrienne said, especially the part about already being familiar with VoiceOver on the iPhone. Many of the gestures you have used on your iPhone you will be able to use on the trackpad on the Mac. Gestures such as flicking left and right, double tapping to activa

article: What’s New in iOS 7 Accessibility for Individuals who are Blind, Deaf-blind, or who have Low Vision

2013-09-18 Thread Scott Davert
http://applevis.com/blog/apple/what%E2%80%99s-new-ios-7-accessibility-individuals-who-are-blind-deaf-blind-or-who-have-low Introduction: Just like the last several Autumn seasons, this one comes with another new iOS release. And just like other releases, this release brings a lot of new features

Re: PORTABLE CHARGERS

2013-09-27 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Wayne. My questions to you are: 1. how much do you want to spend? 2. How many charges do you wish to get out of the external battery? TO charge an iPad once, it requires a 2.1 amp output port. Scott On 9/27/13, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > I can't send you a link because I got mine from

Re: captcha solving service for the mac.

2012-12-02 Thread Scott Davert
Chris: I don't think it's fare to criticize Brandon, it's not like he is the one demanding that you solve catpchas for creating accounts and whatever other things you need to do to be productive. He's offering the solution to a problem that currently has no other solution for the Mac. If you can de

Re: captcha solving service for the mac.

2012-12-04 Thread Scott Davert
Well, the sky isn't always blue, sometimes it's different colors. LOL. If you don't wish to help others on this list, or any other for that matter, it's your choice. No one is saying you have to do it. People help others because they want to. I really don't see how you can interpret a disagreement

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-11 Thread Scott Davert
I'm not an iTunes fan. In fact, if Android ever gets their acessibility act together, it will be the biggest reason I change from an Apple portable device to an Android one. Why should I have to run a piece of bloated software to simply transfer data from my computer to my phone? Yes, there are alt

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-11 Thread Scott Davert
;re all resistant to change to some degree. > > I'll stop now. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-12-11, at 7:07 AM, Scott Davert wrote: > >> I'm not an iTunes fan. In fact, if Android ever gets their >> acessi

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-12 Thread Scott Davert
Hi all. Kim: I'll have to look into syncing iCloud with my documents, I have Pages for iOS, but not the Mac. I'm quite new to the Mac world, so I'm still trying to get on my feet from that perspective. I love how you can use braille displays to essentially control the entire computer, without ever

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Scott Davert
Wait So if I want to read iBooks I've purchased for my iPhone on the Mac, I cannot do this? That seems a bit stupid on Apple's part. You would think they would want to make things you do work just as well with the Mac as with iDevices. Wow. That's a shame. Scott On 12/12/12, Cheryl Homiak wr

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-13 Thread Scott Davert
erything and don't be afraid to keep sending any > questions to us here on the list. There's always someone who can help in > some way. > > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > > On 2012-12-12, at 8:49 AM, Scott Dav

Re: locking the vo keys

2012-12-14 Thread Scott Davert
I'm not sure why this function is useful, but maybe it was before Snow Leopard? I think that QuickNav also pretty much eliminates the need for this. Scott On 12/14/12, Alex Hall wrote: > Yes it does. It is basically as though you had managed to glue your control > and option keys down, so any ot

Re: New Braille Sonar iOS App

2012-12-14 Thread Scott Davert
HI. I've already recommended to the few people that I know who are studying contracted braille with iDevices that they get this one. I like how it lists the rules associated with the translation along with the dot combinations. I hope they'll develop one for UEB as well. The dev indicated that it i

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-14 Thread Scott Davert
NO worries Shawn. Again, I know most software has its own flaws, and while I'm glad iTunes is reasonably accessible, I just wish I wasn't required to use it. Oh well, I'm about to load my iPhone on my new Macbook air, and from what I've read, it should be a more enjoyable experience than working wi

Re: locking the vo keys

2012-12-14 Thread Scott Davert
way of doing something. On just about all of > the screen readers, there's usually more than one way for getting something > done. > On Dec 14, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Scott Davert wrote: > >> I'm not sure why this function is useful, but maybe it was before Snow >>

Assigning braille keyboard commands to nonvoiceover functions?

2012-12-14 Thread Scott Davert
HI all. In my quest to eliminate the need for my keyboard, I'm I have been giving some common commands like VO plus J a braile keyboard equivalent. However, there are a couple of taks I can't seem to accomplish. One of them being closing a window (Command W on the keyboard), and another being to qu

Re: Extremely Disappointed

2012-12-26 Thread Scott Davert
If you were having so much trouble purchasing the gift card in iTunes, why not just go to apple.com, click on the store, and purchase the giftcard from there? That would probably have saved you much of the head ache. Glad it was resolved anyhow. Scott On 12/25/12, Chris H wrote: > Hello all > I

Re: Extremely Disappointed

2012-12-26 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Chris. You can purchase iTunes giftcards or Apple store ones via the website. As for giftcards on iTunes, first select the featured tab and then proceed as outlined previously. Works fine here. Scott On 12/26/12, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > It made me wait too late to say this, but I ha

Re: Reading epub files on the Mac

2013-01-02 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Anne. As I'm a fairly new Mac user, and do most of my reading through iBooks, I have very limited experience with iText Express using braille. However, from the few files I used it with, it seemed to respond fine to my Braille Edge 40. HTH, Scott On 1/2/13, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Thanks so much

Re: Braille Display Questions

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Davert
You can email me off list, but I think this discussion can most likely help others. Even if not imediatley, someone may later wish to search the list archives for this topic and will find the thread you started. Scott On 1/3/13, erik burggraaf wrote: > you can email me off list if you like. > >

Re: Braille Display Questions

2013-01-04 Thread Scott Davert
x27;blind want to make sure >>>>>> you have the braille display turned on before you tell Vo to find it. >>>>>> That sounds obvious, but these things can be kind of sensitive if they >>>>>> don't find each other right away. >>>

Re: TypeInBraille: Leaves a lot to be desired

2013-01-04 Thread Scott Davert
And this, folks, is a prime example of why we need UEB. I wish Bana wasn't taking their sweet time on the transition. Hopefully the UK will be onboard sometime soon as well. Scott On 1/4/13, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Actually I kind of like typeinbraille but I think I will be much faster with > Bra

Re: Braille Display Questions

2013-01-04 Thread Scott Davert
HI Gigi. She was asking about VO plus J, which jumps to the text content of an email mesage. This is different than interacting with an item. I'm not trying to be rude or anything like that, I just thought I should clerify. Unless I'm the one off base here? Scott On 1/4/13, Scott Dav

Re: Question and Comment on Using a Braille Display with a Mac

2013-01-09 Thread Scott Davert
Not only that, but if there is not a command associated with a VoiceOver keyboard command, you can assign a command to it on your braille keyboard. I did this with VO plus J. It's now J-chord on my Braille Edge. Scott On 1/9/13, Les Kriegler wrote: > Alex, thanks for this. As is often the case,

Re: Question and Comment on Using a Braille Display with a Mac

2013-01-09 Thread Scott Davert
this to occur, but I could have missed it. > Les > On Jan 9, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Scott Davert wrote: > >> Not only that, but if there is not a command associated with a >> VoiceOver keyboard command, you can assign a command to it on your >> braille keyboard. I did this wit

Re: Question and Comment on Using a Braille Display with a Mac

2013-01-10 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Les. Well, I was able to do this at one time, but I'm missing a step in the process now as well. I'll have to contact someone I know off list and get this info for you. Sorry about that. I know it's possible, because I sat at a table a few months ago and went through the process with someone, bu

Re: Question and Comment on Using a Braille Display with a Mac

2013-01-11 Thread Scott Davert
n Jan 10, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> Okay, thanks for the assist on this one. I'll look forward to hearing the >> resolution. >> >> Les >> On Jan 10, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Scott Davert >> wrote: >> >

Re: Accessible word processor

2013-01-18 Thread Scott Davert
If all you are looking to do is basic word processing, I'd say Text Edit should work fine. Although, iText Express is free as far as I can remember, so if you're not getting enough out of Text Edit, you may want to give it a try. Best of luck, Scott On 1/17/13, Becky Knaub wrote: > You could use

Re: Reading braille books on the Mac

2013-01-19 Thread Scott Davert
I have also had this issue the few times I used it. If you have access to Bookshare, I would think there would be a way to open the xml file in the text only Daisy version of the book and read it in Safari? Has anyone been successful with this? On 1/19/13, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I've noticed thi

Re: A little bit about iOS 6.1 release date, and the progress with the jailbreaking iOS six end up

2013-01-27 Thread Scott Davert
I suspect you will be disappointed in iOS 6.1 in terms of accessibility enhancements. However, avid users of Siri will most likely enjoy it from what I've read. Scott On 1/27/13, Michael Babcock wrote: > I don't know, if you watch the video series, you learned that they > completely redesigned t

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