Re: Body Cams

2020-05-11 Thread Eric Oyen
I would also like to find one. I have my reasons (mostly dealing with neighborhood issues and the like). It would be nice to experiment with it and see (bad joke for me) how they work. -Eric. > On May 10, 2020, at 11:15 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I'm looking into getting o

Re: Five tips to speed up your Mac - CNET

2020-05-24 Thread Eric Oyen
Very true. Every time I try to open the Cnet website on safari, the browser goes into total lockdown and I am forced to use the force kill system application in order to break the lockout. It seems that some (or all) of the ads on that site cause resource issues inside the the browser. Btw, thi

Re: Five tips to speed up your Mac - CNET

2020-05-24 Thread Eric Oyen
ebsite using SaFari v13.1 on macOS > Catalina. > Of course my new Mac mini 2018 has maxed out RAM, so maybe that makes a > difference. > > - Brad - > > > On May 24, 2020, at 09:48, Eric Oyen <mailto:eric.o...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Very true. > >

Re: App for Testing Read/Write speed of Hard drives?

2021-08-06 Thread Eric Oyen
There may be one. However, I use DD with the bs option (block size). A script can be created easily enough in terminal to run it several times and then give the results each time. You will know when you pass the max file transfer efficiency hump when numbers start heading back downward. I will h

Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac with Voiceover

2021-08-07 Thread Eric Oyen
Check out audacity. It’s not just a mixer app. You can use it to edit and change audio files. The site that hosts it has extensive tutorials. -Eric > On Aug 7, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Frank Ventura > wrote: > > Hi all, can anyone recommend an easy to use audio editing program for the Mac > that w

Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac with Voiceover

2021-08-09 Thread Eric Oyen
r accessibility issues. What > version should I be looking for? > > thanks > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2021 1:47 AM > To: [MacVisionaries] > Subject: Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac wit

Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac with Voiceover

2021-08-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, considering the cost, wouldn’t it be better to have a two tiered setup here? Pro tools is great if you are in the professional audio editing and production field, but many of us don’t have that kind of cash laying around. How about a basic version that gives us some basic functions (like

Can't seem to enter verification code for 2fa

2021-08-13 Thread Eric Oyen
Ok, I recently needed to setup 2FA and include my Mac mini so that I can synch data across both devices. The problem comes when trying to enter the verification code sent to my iPhone. A similar dialog shows up on my Mac mini asking for that code. I try to enter it, but it appears that the edit

Re: Encryption which works on both Mac and iPhone

2021-09-05 Thread Eric Oyen
Actually, an app like that would certainly be handy. There is an app on the App Store called crypto disks and files explorer. Not sure if there is the same for OS X. This was just one of the things I found when I did a search for “file encryption” via my iPhone. -Eric > On Sep 4, 2021, at 8:0

Emails from this list ending up in gmail spam folder repeatedly

2021-12-04 Thread Eric Oyen
any way you can get hold of google from your administration interface and appraise them of the problem? They don’t appear to be paying any attention to us end users. Thanks, Eric Oyen -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Alternate Browsers on Mac

2021-12-11 Thread Eric Oyen
Google chrome seems to work ok, although it doesn’t poll the keychain access file for passwords (it tries to store them internally). On sites where some of the elements aren’t workable in safari, chrome might work (although this is hit or miss a lot of the time). Oh, and forget about Firefox as

Re: Alternate Browsers on Mac

2021-12-11 Thread Eric Oyen
; > On 11/12/21 15:29, Eric Oyen wrote: >> Oh, and forget about Firefox as it is barely accessible and tends not to >> render some sites in a way the screen reader understands). > Recent versions of Firefox are very accessible with VoiceOver. Mozilla > recently rewrote their

Re: Alternate Browsers on Mac

2021-12-11 Thread Eric Oyen
shows up all I hear is the Table with x rows and y > columns. > > Dave Carlson > Woodworker, Oregonian, Pioneer, Musician, Engineer, and Farfar > > On Dec 11, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Eric Oyen <mailto:eric.o...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Google chrome seems to work

Re: strange behavior on my Mac

2021-12-27 Thread Eric Oyen
I have had this several times since 2 updates back. It appears to be a kernel crash bug of some sort. I also have a 2012 late model Mac mini. This may be a problem in the kernel specifically or an external trigger. One thing I noted in the system logs was that logging would cease about 30 minute

Re: strange behavior on my Mac

2021-12-28 Thread Eric Oyen
;re running? I suppose I need a new computer. > >> On Dec 28, 2021, at 1:18 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> I have had this several times since 2 updates back. It appears to be a >> kernel crash bug of some sort. I also have a 2012 late model Mac mini. This >> ma

Re: Password generation and security app

2022-02-14 Thread Eric Oyen
If you are willing to install the macports app and the associated command line tools, you can install the macport version called PWGEN. It’s a very nice and simple command line tool. You can generate random passwords of random length, choose a length, types of characters and. The like. I have us

Re: A question for mac fanfiction readers?

2021-02-01 Thread Eric Oyen
I already encountered that. I simply took a screen capture and sent them a picture of it via twitter. After about a dozen or so of these things, I finally got someone to respond. Once they understood the problem their settings were causing, they started work on it. Also, Cloudflare often pops u

Re: A question for mac fanfiction readers?

2021-02-02 Thread Eric Oyen
Lorie > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 10:36 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >> Hi Eric, >> Part of why i wrote is that others have not gotten such a response. >> did you contact ffn on twitter, or cloudflare? >> How would you feel about sharing that exchange? >&

Re: A question for mac fanfiction readers?

2021-02-02 Thread Eric Oyen
e. > did you contact ffn on twitter, or cloudflare? > How would you feel about sharing that exchange? > Thanks, > Karen > > > > On Tue, 2 Feb 2021, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I already encountered that. I simply took a screen capture and sent them a >> picture of

Re: accessible vpn

2021-02-07 Thread Eric Oyen
Try private internet access. I use them on my Mac mini with very little trouble. -Eric > On Feb 7, 2021, at 4:22 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I know this has been discussed before but can anybody recommend an accessible > vpn for my Mac? I have one on my phone but it's only for phones. > > t

Re: Mail often hangs in Bigsur 11.2

2021-02-09 Thread Eric Oyen
I have only encountered this on occasion. I don’t use the VO+J command. I simply go to the message of interest and read it directly. And yes, I am running latest version of Catalina (system updated today in fact). Mail does sometimes hang whenever the server gets too busy. Also, if trying to loa

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-14 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, I have a gripe with the entire 14.x series of iOS releases. Ever since going to 14, my phone has done the strange thing when holding down the home button: it double chimes upward indicating ready to accept voice input only to immediately double chime downward indicating operation canceled.

Re: Comparing VoiceOver And NVDA

2021-03-01 Thread Eric Oyen
Yeah, He sounds like a total windows user. I Happen to be very conversant with both windows and OS X. Right now, I am still on Catalina. Most of the issues he alluded to in VoiceOver don’t seem to crop up all that often. However, some javascript running on a few of the more busy news sites will

Re: strange message when logging into Bookshare from my Mac

2021-03-04 Thread Eric Oyen
Matt, Apparently that domain is up for sale. I keep getting a site that says it’s parked. Clicking on the other links doesn’t reveal an edit box in which to enter the data (in this case, email). I thought you would want to know. -Eric > On Mar 4, 2021, at 4:59 PM, 'Matthew Dierckens' via Mac

Re: Torrent clients.

2021-04-04 Thread Eric Oyen
Also, Utorrent is another good one. I have used that one for retrieving Linux images before. It’s got a simple to use interface and it’s preferences dialogue is easy to work with, even with a screen reader. Also, you might have to install Xcode tools as well as macports and then install RTorren

Re: IRC CLient

2021-04-20 Thread Eric Oyen
Another irc client you can try is HexChat )formerly XChat). Sure, it’s a full GUI client, but it does have some nice features that make it a dream to work with VoiceOver. -Eric > On Apr 20, 2021, at 6:09 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > Amazingly enough I had speech unchecked in notifications under

Re: IRC CLient

2021-04-20 Thread Eric Oyen
021, at 8:41 PM, > wrote: > > What is great about hexchat and VoiceOver? > > Thanks. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Eric Oyen

Re: Help with new external hard drive

2021-06-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, The answer should be yes, that it is relatively easy. Sometimes, However, things don’t work quite that way. So, if the drive doesn’t come up as it should, you can go into DiskUtility, choose the drive from the sidebar, press VO+SHIFT+M and choose erase. Name it in the edit box, choose the

Re: Help with new external hard drive

2021-06-09 Thread Eric Oyen
at you feel when > he's late > > >> On Jun 9, 2021, at 4:50 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> Well, >> The answer should be yes, that it is relatively easy. Sometimes, However, >> things don’t work quite that way. >> >> So, if the drive doesn

Re: Internet Archive

2021-06-28 Thread Eric Oyen
It’s relatively easy. There are going to be several links to a file, including the torrent one. Choose the most appropriate link and it should start a download immediately. In the case of media type files, it might just start playing them in window on you. In that case, hit VO+SHIFT+M and go to

Re: Internet Archive

2021-06-30 Thread Eric Oyen
PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > the link to the book that somebody sent me lets me start playing it but when > I hit the context menu to download it, download is not in the menu, just a > bunch of stuff about the page. > >> On Jun 28, 2021, at 10:28 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >>

Re: Internet Archive

2021-06-30 Thread Eric Oyen
his > situation. I suppose chrome is accessible or you wouldn't have recommended > it. do you know anything about Brave? > >> On Jun 30, 2021, at 4:43 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> Hmmm. That’s weird. What browser are you using? If It’s safari, I have found &g

Re: Internet Archive

2021-07-01 Thread Eric Oyen
Firefox is a freaking joke on OS X when it comes to accessibility. It still has major issues that make it a non-starter. -Eric > On Jul 1, 2021, at 1:47 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > What about Firefox? > >> On Jun 30, 2021, at 7:46 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>

Re: Internet Archive

2021-07-02 Thread Eric Oyen
yeah, Mozilla org doesn’t seem to see that accessibility on all platforms for everyone is important to their product. -Eric > On Jul 2, 2021, at 2:01 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > ok. thanks. I used to like it in windows. oh well. > >> On Jul 2, 2021, at 1:20 AM

Re: Mac cleaner

2021-07-09 Thread Eric Oyen
OK, I’ve been having the same issue. I am running OS X Catalina here, and I went to the titanium website and download the appropriate version of ONYX. I installed it, went into system preferences and set up accessibility for the app. I still get the problem of “onyx has no windows“. I don’t see

Re: Mac cleaner

2021-07-09 Thread Eric Oyen
OK, this is message number two on the subject. The only way I can get onyx to run on my Catalina system is that I actually have to go view the package contents drop down through the direct restructure inside said contents pain, and then select the Onyx units executable and do the VO shift M and

Re: Mac cleaner

2021-07-09 Thread Eric Oyen
I did exactly that and was faced with “Onyx has no windows.” I removed it from the table, uninstalled the application, deleted it from the trashcan and then restarted my system. Then I installed the fresh copy, opened system preferences, opened the security and privacy applet, tabbed to the tabl

Re: Mac cleaner

2021-07-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Ok, it was under “disk access” and was not checked. Seems like that’s two places inside security and privacy that needs to be looked at. Will try it out now and see if it works appropriately. -Eric > On Jul 9, 2021, at 8:12 PM, ernest mccullough > wrote: > > Eric: > I finally got onyx to wo

Re: How to move data from a notetaker that uses slowly season to function to my MacBook Pro and how to secure this data because it is sensitive.

2021-07-18 Thread Eric Oyen
You can install macports and then install a package called GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard). You can then encrypt your data after creating both a public and private key. Then store it on a USB device with a braille tag attached to let you know what it is. If you don’t want to go through the hassles of i

Re: How to move data from a notetaker that uses slowly season to function to my MacBook Pro and how to secure this data because it is sensitive.

2021-07-18 Thread Eric Oyen
ault would be a good idea, > if you haven't done so already. This encrypts all of your data files, just in > case you accidentally write sensitive information to a file that is not > otherwise encrypted. > > > On 18/7/21 2:48 pm, Eric Oyen wrote: >> You can install macpo

Re: How to move data from a notetaker that uses slowly season to function to my MacBook Pro and how to secure this data because it is sensitive.

2021-07-18 Thread Eric Oyen
eDrive has a security vault. > Is there such a thing in iCloud or Word for the Mac? > Sounds a little less intimidating. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2021 3:25 PM > To: [MacVisionaries]

Re: How to move data from a notetaker that uses slowly season to function to my MacBook Pro and how to secure this data because it is sensitive.

2021-07-18 Thread Eric Oyen
wrote: > > I imagine creating an encrypted disk is like creating a VM > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2021 3:41 PM > To: [MacVisionaries] > Subject: Re: How to move data from a

Re: Parler Social in Safari accessibility

2020-06-21 Thread Eric Oyen
I gave up on it because of the captcha. I have no visual help here. There have been numerous attempts by me to contact the company that created the Parler network, but all they have are online forms that also use a visual only captcha. Seriously, for a social network that wants everyone to join,

Re: Parler Social in Safari accessibility

2020-06-23 Thread Eric Oyen
. I do hope the developers are going to be receptive or else we will be > locked out of Parler altogether. > > Andrew >> On 22 Jun 2020, at 03:04, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> I gave up on it because of the captcha. I have no visual help here. There >> have been n

Re: Moderator Note - Signatures and Politics etc on the List

2020-07-02 Thread Eric Oyen
Hmmm. Never caught that thread. Usually, when I see politics, I simply delete and move on. Political discussions often devolve into meaningless arguments, insults, name calling, labeling and argumentative fallacies. I get enough of that on Facebook, twitter, tick tock, snapchat, what sap, and Li

Re: Enough is Enough.

2020-07-02 Thread Eric Oyen
Actually, Clara did respond and advised cessation of the politics. I added my 2 cents worth afterward. Honestly, Politics doesn’t have anything to do with Mac accessibility, except where the law is concerned with accessibility in general. Anything else outside of that is just arguing to be argui

Accessibility issues inside the amazon application

2020-08-13 Thread Eric Oyen
Hello all, Recently, I had a bit of a go around with disability support on amazon. Essentially, I was confronted with their captcha system when trying to get the app to log in. After the password was accepted, the captcha came up and I tapped the audio alternative, only to be confronted with a

Re: Accessibility issues inside the amazon application

2020-08-14 Thread Eric Oyen
captcha solutions have been >> nonfunctional for several months now at least. >> My conversations with Amazon indicate their disability team exists to put >> items in carts, not to address correct or impact any aspect of inclusion at >> all. >> Kare >> >> >> &g

Re: Zoom on a Mac

2020-08-21 Thread Eric Oyen
Big giant question, which package do I choose out of the App Store here. Several meet the conditions for the name and all appear to have similar features but none of them are expkicitly named zoom. -Eric > On Aug 21, 2020, at 6:07 AM, Robert Carter wrote: > > Hi Lorie, > > VO+space on your

Re: Zoom on a Mac

2020-08-22 Thread Eric Oyen
ill wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > Don’t use the App Store. Go to zoom.us <http://zoom.us/> website and the > correct installation will be available under the “downloads” section. > > Regards > Kerry > >> On 21 Aug 2020, at 4:05 PM, Eric Oyen > <mailto:eric.o

Exporting as pdf in mail app questions

2020-10-03 Thread Eric Oyen
Hello folks, I have a question about exporting pdf files from mail. It gets the subject just fine, but what I want the export tool to also get is the date and who sent the email made as part of the filename with the date being first, name being second and subject being last. Anyone have any goo

Re: More on my Win Clone problem. Please read below?

2020-11-03 Thread Eric Oyen
I might be able to help a bit. If they have an audio captcha, I can send them a message for you. You might have to send me the info in a private mail. -Eric > On Nov 2, 2020, at 12:18 AM, Maurice Mines wrote: > > I found the company that makes the software. But it appears that I'm unable > t

Re: Deeper look at Apple’s recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns

2020-11-13 Thread Eric Oyen
Hmmm, I wonder what ports and protocols are used? That information might make it possible for me to configure my hardware firewall for proper permissions. As far as I am concerned, apple only needs to know if any of their system apps crash. -Eric > On Nov 13, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Brad Snyder w

Re: Apple Mail on Bigsur: where have All Archive, All Bin, and All Junk gone?

2020-11-16 Thread Eric Oyen
Wow, instead of just displaying them by default, you now have to add them to see them. Just so cute, Apple Inc! It’s these types of interface changes without prior notice that are the bane of many blind users existence. It means having to relearn the interface, or if possible, resetting back to

Re: Favorite Mac Twitter client?

2020-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
I also use night owl and was one of it’s earliest adopters back when OS X Lion was King. :) Other than a few hiccups (like not completely following twitter API when it comes to counting characters on hashtags and names) it’s been ok. -Eric > On Nov 24, 2020, at 2:06 AM, Julie Rattray wrote: >

Re: youTube to Mp3

2020-12-05 Thread Eric Oyen
handbrake. That’s my go to app. Get a copy of the video from YouTube using a downloader and then run it through handbrake. -Eric > On Dec 5, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Christina wrote: > > Greetings, > > Can someone please either tell me how to or recommend an accessible Mac or > iOS app to turn a

Re: basic finder question

2022-06-26 Thread Eric Oyen
Actually, I open up terminal and then cd to the folder I want. In there, I issue the command: mv file1 /path/to/folder/ and hit the enter key. It’s easy peasy. -Eric > On Jun 22, 2022, at 11:07 AM, Andrew Leland wrote: > > Hey all, > > I'm a lifelong sighted Mac user currently in the proces

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-04 Thread Eric Oyen
Actually, if you can install wget, you can acquire the video file and then use ffmpeg on it to break out the audio only. I have done this downloading audiobooks from YouTube. Works like a charm. -Eric > On Jul 3, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I just took out a YouTube premium free

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-04 Thread Eric Oyen
that helps. -Eric > On Jul 4, 2022, at 6:02 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Then you should know how to do that on the Mac. > And also the right commands for wget and ffmpeg. > /A > >> 4 juli 2022 kl. 13:18 skrev Eric Oyen : >> >> Actually, if yo

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-05 Thread Eric Oyen
> > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:18 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> Btw, I also have an alternative that I use. Download using wget and then >> open for streaming/saving in VLC. From there, choose audio and the bitrate >> and choose a

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-05 Thread Eric Oyen
;> 4 juli 2022 kl. 15:18 skrev Eric Oyen : >> >> Btw, I also have an alternative that I use. Download using wget and then >> open for streaming/saving in VLC. From there, choose audio and the bitrate >> and choose a location to save. It should open up a dialog that w

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-05 Thread Eric Oyen
ng, that I would’ve been very interested in doing that. Now though, I’m >>> like the car mechanic who quit the profession, forgot most of what he knew, >>> and just wants to drive the damn things. Thanks anyway🙂 >>> >>> Sent from my IPhone >>>

Re: Creating Screen Recordings on Mac

2022-08-05 Thread Eric Oyen
I use QuickTime player myself. In some ways, its a bit faster than trying to go through the built-in routines. It does not, however, allow one to select a single app only, so maximizing the app and moving it to the front is a big help. Didn’t know about the package called loopback. Hopefully, th

Re: I have just discovered that I can launch VoiceOver in safe mode using Apple Silicon

2022-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
Ok,, this might work for previous versions. Did you do the usual cmd+F5 or something else? -Eric > On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:34 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey all, > I'm sure I'm not the 1st to have discovered this but I had to go into safe > mode to check something and after following th

Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-11-09 Thread Eric Oyen
There shouldn’t be much difference between any of the external drives, although some marketed specifically for apple users might have some hardware optimizations (unsure on this, so don’t quote me on it). Now, most externals work with USB and often work best with USB 3.0. There are some with the

Re: Question about update

2022-11-28 Thread Eric Oyen
I have a 2012 Mac mini on Catalina. Can you email me so that we can discuss how to upgrade? My contact is eric.o...@gmail.com thanks. > On Nov 27, 2022, at 10:31 PM, bbsshawn via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi. I know this thread ended a few days ago, but I just wanted to add that > 2017 Ma

Re: VMware Fusion Vs Virtualbox.

2022-12-01 Thread Eric Oyen
VMWare is definitely the superior product. However, Voiceover won’t do anything once you are inside the virtual session. You would have to install NVDA or JAWS inside the VMWare session in order to make windows fully accessible. Btw, I don’t trust narrator to be more than basic system accessibi

Re: VMware Fusion Vs Virtualbox.

2022-12-03 Thread Eric Oyen
have never done this before, so I’m going to need some > guidance, whether we do a team viewer session, back and forth e-mail’s, or > exchange numbers and stay on the phone as long as one of us is able; I’m open > to any of these. > >> On Dec 2, 2022, at 12:45 AM, Eric Oyen wrote

Re: Attaching Contiguous Files to Email Message

2022-12-03 Thread Eric Oyen
I’ve found that simply doing a copy and paste works quite well. Just select the items you want, hit the cmd+C and then go to your mail client and hit cmd+v inside the message composition window. No muss, no fuss. -Eric > On Dec 3, 2022, at 8:34 AM, Fazil M. wrote: > > Hi, Group. > I am tryin

Re: Anyone Having a Problem with Nightowl?

2023-01-14 Thread Eric Oyen
You know what? You aren’t the only one. Mine stopped working while still online and then when I went to restart it, it got caught in an authentication loop that even my sighted roomie can’t get around. I have tried contacting the developers and even posted a screen capture video to their twitte

Re: Changing .pls file to open in vlc

2023-01-16 Thread Eric Oyen
CMD+I then scroll down to open with picker item and choose VLC as default and then check the checkbox for open all with this app. -Eric > On Jan 16, 2023, at 8:26 AM, Michael Babcock wrote: > > Hi all! > > I’m sure it’s a little thing, but could someone please help! > > .pls files open in m

Re: Anyone Having a Problem with Nightowl?

2023-01-16 Thread Eric Oyen
At this point, Mastodon is looking like a viable alternative. Been posting via the twitter site as responses to many of my followers tweets to cross post and follow on mastodon. And yes, twitter apparently shut down the 3rd party app API on Thursday 2023-01-12 without announcement or comment. Th

Re: What does Selection Replaced Mean

2023-01-26 Thread Eric Oyen
Usually, it means that VoiceOver read the change from an autofill dialog on those edit boxes. I get this a lot when typing in an address, typically 3 characters and it will autofill and tell me selection has been replaced. 99 times out of 100, this works very well. -Eric > On Jan 26, 2023, at

Re: Looting Apple Stores is Pointless, as these people quickly found out, iMore

2023-09-29 Thread Eric Oyen
Your link threw up an error 404. -Eric > On Sep 27, 2023, at 2:46 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Looting Apple Stores is pointless, as these people quickly found out > By iMore > published about 2 hours ago > > People have been stealing things from Apple Stores for as long as Apple > Stores have b

Re: Facebook Messenger on iPhone

2023-09-29 Thread Eric Oyen
It’s the Facebook messenger app that is the problem. Time for all of us to start reviewing them on the App Store and marking as 1 star, and then place a bug report in the review edit box along with the statement “not recommended for blind VoiceOver users until the problem is fixed”. This will ge

Re: A very handy way to deal with junk mail

2024-04-19 Thread Eric Oyen
I wish the same worked better for gmail. Like you, I faced a large incursion of junk mail in my iCloud account. Your solution is one of several. Another good one involves the use of rules on your mail client (in my case, the mail app client found in OS X/XI/XII, etc). So far, it is proving to be

Re: What VPN service are people using?

2024-06-17 Thread Eric Oyen
I use surf shark here. Same deal: supports 5 devices, can be installed or configured on the router, available for all devices (apple and android or windows). About $59 for 3 years. -Eric > On Jun 16, 2024, at 9:06 AM, 'Kliph Miller Sr' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >> I use express VPN, it’

accessible iMovie?

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Oyen
I am thinking of getting back into using iMovie. I have the older program (version '09) and the scroll areas are not accessible nor are some of the buttons. does anyone have any updated information about iMovie and using voiceover? -eric -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: accessible iMovie?

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Oyen
ar 7, 2012, at 6:26 AM, Mike Malarsie wrote: > I have been making YouTube videos in iMovie for a few months. What do you > want to accomplish? > > Mike Malarsie > > > > On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I am thinking of getting back

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-09 Thread Eric Oyen
sophos is partially accessible. the only problem is getting to the system icon (it is invisible to voiceover and further left of apple scripts). virus-barrier is a $29 package available at the apple app store. this one is accessible in all but the scan progress window (according to others). I ha

Re: VoiceOver

2012-03-16 Thread Eric Oyen
did you use the form controls part of the rotor. I have only a few problems posting to Facebook directly. I use TheFriendMail.com to handle most postings. -eric On Mar 16, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Dawn Johnson wrote: > Hello, I am trying to help my friend who is blind use VoiceOver. She has an > IMac

Re: VoiceOver

2012-03-16 Thread Eric Oyen
ied using forms controls. it will highlight the post > button but when you hit the VO space keys, it will not post. Help. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 16, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> did you use the form controls part of the rotor. I have only a few probl

anyone else noticing mail.app wierdness?

2012-03-21 Thread Eric Oyen
hello all.. I seem to be encountering some weirdness of late with mail.app and hotmail.com. the weirdness is the fact that mail.app will work normally and then kick up a dialog box saying that hotmail.com rejected my password. since I have not changed my password in a long time and I routinely

Re: anyone else noticing mail.app wierdness?

2012-03-21 Thread Eric Oyen
nfo > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:06 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> hello all.. >> >> I seem to be encountering some weirdness of late with mail.app and >> hotmail.com. the weirdness is the fact that mail.a

Re: anyone else noticing mail.app wierdness?

2012-03-22 Thread Eric Oyen
w.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:55 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> oh yeah, I also get one other problem (unrelated to mail.app): >> any attempt to do anything more than simply browse the hotmail site results >> in their non-standard javascript crashing Safar

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-23 Thread Eric Oyen
that has already happened. you can't play it out loud because they have already declared it a public performance. even the protests in front of the American Authors Guild HQ a couple of years back didn't even sway them. they did offer to setup a registry of blind people that purchase from Amazon

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-23 Thread Eric Oyen
thats the very point: MONEY. to them, the 25 million of us that are print disabled aren't a large enough market to worry about. considering how many people actually read in the US, our population is roughly 10% of the overall population. that is a non-trivial market. If they simply allowed us to

Re: pdf converter

2012-03-23 Thread Eric Oyen
I think they want to go the other way. making a PDF is easy. converting to another format (like reich text or some other document format) is a bit harder. there are a few utilities in Linux that can do this. not sure if there is anything for windows that can do this that don't cost a mint. -eri

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-24 Thread Eric Oyen
the problem isn't Amazon. its the American Author's Guild. Amazon is simply the marketplace. now, Amazon has also done its own little bit when it came to their tablet device (and they were forced to have to deal with us after their contract with ASU popped up a problem with blind students). I am

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-24 Thread Eric Oyen
the iPad has more computing power and also uses a solid state drive. that and its greater battery life make it an excellent portable device. -eric On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:43 AM, David Hole wrote: > hi folks. > I just wonder, and many here have asked, so I thought I'd ask you in > this group. > Wh

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-24 Thread Eric Oyen
not sure what they are, or are not, doing. I am thinking that they may think the case may be hard to win. personally, it may be about the cost the lawyers are going to extract before any monies get paid to the recipients of the class. anyway, I really hate to have to use the hammer of the law,

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-25 Thread Eric Oyen
I have a nice solution if someone wants to know how I lost my sight. I simply explain it. I give them the short story and let them fill in the blanks from there. now, if a prospective employer were to ask me about how I handle my blindness, I can tell them "easily enough". if they press the iss

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-25 Thread Eric Oyen
any implication otherwise is simply in error. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype name: >>> barefootedray >>> >&

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
I really wish there was a financing program for the blind when it comes to mac hardware (laptops, desktops, iPad, iPhone). given that I (and a great many others) am living on a disability income (more than 85% of the blind in the US are), I find it nearly impossible to save up for any equipment.

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
ave a "disability" or not it is up to you > to determine your financial priorities so that you can purchase the things > you want. Note that you does not refer to you as Eric. :) > > > On Mar 26, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I really wish there

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
use failed me all the time, the wrong software, wrong > hardware and operating systems which by their own admission were poorly > managed and had huge issues. hence me taking on the matters in person and > resolving them. a battle I don't want to entertain ever again. > > It&#

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
also be asked to sit in a wheel chair for a year. Wear ear pluges > for a year, etc. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:53 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> at least you h

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
pletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:53 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> at least you had stuff to sell. I don't even have that. I would get about >> $100 for this machine on the used market. the linux laptop even l

Re: iPad, iPhone, Mac for the blind

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
n, I think it is time to change that (and not the kind of change that was promised to us in 2008). -eric On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:40 AM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > Yes, Matthew A. Dunn Congressman from PA 1933-41 > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I understand

Re: copying a wedding dvd

2012-03-26 Thread Eric Oyen
depending on the type is going to dictate the tools you use. for most data dvds, all one needs is a command line app called dd. the command reads like this: dd bs=1048576 if=/dev/ of=/Users//dvd.iso for video DVD's, you may need to use a different tool as you would also have to deal with the CS

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