Hi Ricardo, Regarding iBooks, have you figured out a way to access collections? I have an embarrassingly large iBooks library, and it is divided into collections. Collections are one of the things that makes iBooks outstanding in my opinion. So can I have my collections accessible on Mavericks? Mary
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think you bring up an excellent point. In my opinion, There is no really > one super addition to Mavericks. ibooks is cool, I’ve read 3 books with it > already, but accessibility wise, it feels like its still in beta. That being > said, it really doesn’t need much to become awesome. Label the buttons, fix > voiceover in the table of contents, and add a continuously read function with > Voiceover. I feel strongly that these are things we will see pretty soon. > Same thing with mail. If you are a person who uses mail extensively with an > IMAP gmail account, especially if you have a bunch of labels, rules and > filters set up, your going to feel put out I think. Again, I feel strongly > this will be fixed pretty soon. Why? It’s honestly in Apples best interest > to do so. Who likes bad press right? Even if your OS is free. haha. Plus, > it is obvious to see that Apple is trying to position itself as a more viable > option for productivity. Not working well with the largest e-mail provider > in the world isn’t a good way to get the ball rolling. lol. But besides > these 2 things, which are indeed significant, Mail more than iBooks, > Mavericks is pretty good. If you feel these two things are show stoppers? I > don’t feel you will be missing much by waiting a little while to upgrade. > > That being said, since its free, You can always make a partition, and install > Mavericks on that and take it for a little test drive. That’s what I really > recommend to those on the fence. > > JMO. > > > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Oct 26, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As someone who has read everyone of these Mavericks post, and has yet to >> update, the answer to this question for a gmail user seems to be No. I >> usually upgrade to the new operating systems in the first week or two, but >> from what I have read, I can't seem to find one thing that makes Mavericks >> worth the upgrade. Please do correct me if I am wrong, but since I would >> list email and mammal towards the top of what I use my computer for, it >> sounds like either Apple or Gmail dropped the ball somewhere big time. I >> don't plan on using Ibooks and I am disappointed to hear that Apple failed >> miserably when building the accessibility in to it. As a die hard Apple fan, >> iMac, Mac Air, iPhone 3S, 4S, and 5S, I feel Apple has really been slipping >> in testing accessibility for releases. Considering how buggy IOS 7 is, and >> now Mavericks, I might have to start paying more attention to what the other >> guys are doing. I have gotten rid of anything running Windows in my house so >> am disappointed by the results to Apple's latest releases. Hopefully the bug >> improvement schedule won't be on the same schedule fixing numbers has been, >> 8 years. >> On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Well, it makes sense, as Nuance bought Loquendo a few years ago. >>> >>> Matt Dierckens >>> matt.dierck...@gmail.com >>> Assistive Technology Trainer >>> IOS and Macintosh User support >>> Windsor area >>> >>> >>> On 2013-10-26, at 4:34 PM, BBS <bigbigshawn....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> My favorite voice for Vocalizer Expressive is Karen because she sounds >>>> more human than the rest of them. I kinda find it funny that Nuance put >>>> the original Loquendo voices, (Alison, Kate, and Susan) into Vocalizer >>>> Expressive. Funny and a little bit saddened that they didn’t keep the >>>> ability for those three to do exclamations anymore. >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> Sent From My White Mac Book >>>> >>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, if you go into Voiceover’s speech settings and choose customize from >>>>> the default voice popup, or from the same popup in System Preferences > >>>>> Speech and Dictation > Speech tab, you’ll find them. As usual, check the >>>>> ones you want, they will download, and there you go. Off the top of my >>>>> head, the new voices are kate, Ava, Allison, Oliver, Susan, and an India >>>>> one whose name I don’t remember. My personal favorite is Ava, but they >>>>> are all pretty good. >>>>> >>>>> Mario, your messages are reaching the list. I’m not sure what tutorial >>>>> you mean, though. >>>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:23 PM, mario navarro <mario....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> hi guys, sorry for making dynamic reading, but I do not know if my >>>>>> messages are reaching the group. >>>>>> please tell me. >>>>>> read below. >>>>>> hi folks. >>>>>> for those who have already upgraded to the Mavericks: >>>>>> someone can tell me if the manual VoiceOver Getting Started >>>>>> is now available for the mavericks? >>>>>> would be nice to take some questions. >>>>>> I think it's still a bit early but ... >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks. >>>>>> cheers. >>>>>> Em 26/10/2013 16:58, Maggie's Dobermail escreveu: >>>>>>> Well, for what it’s worth, I don’t think they are really “new”, just >>>>>>> improved a bit. For example, you don’t get any new choices to my >>>>>>> knowledge other then the usual Samantha, Daniel, etc.. >>>>>>> I know somebody will correct me if this is off base.. >>>>>>> Cait >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Courtney Curran <moopiecur...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> Wait a minute, there are new vo voices? >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Courtney >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iMac >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> new >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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