Hello Andrew, You are not using a MacBook or wireless keyboard? And switched the function keys to hardware. i.e. Do you need to include the function key to make it work? Just a thought.
Gena On 13 Nov 2013, at 11:16, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all who responded to my menu extras access shortcut key wows. > > It definitely doesn’t work here. I found that I would use it more than the vo > shortcut key. and I can no longer move along the menu bar with just s > arrow keys, I have to use vo+arrow keys. > > Best wishes > > Andrew > On 13 Nov 2013, at 07:36, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> • can't activate the see more link on the facebook mobile site and >> creating signatures in apple mail [1 Update] >> • Focus display and Mavericks [8 Updates] >> • VO-J and Mail [1 Update] >> • iBooks internal location on the mac? [1 Update] >> • Infovox purchases gone [1 Update] >> • Is Winamp accessivle on the mac? [3 Updates] >> • xcode 5 question [4 Updates] >> • Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages [2 Updates] >> • How does one get to menu extra in Maverick? [2 Updates] >> • Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone? [1 >> Update] >> • Help with Skype [1 Update] >> can't activate the see more link on the facebook mobile site and creating >> signatures in apple mail >> Andrew Head <ath...@bigpond.net.au> Nov 13 06:33PM +1100 >> >> Hi all, >> When I get to the end of a facebook page, the see more link comes up as a >> heading instead of a link and I can’t activate it. Just wondering what’s >> going on here and how to fix it? >> >> also, how do you create a signature in apple mail? >> Andrew >> >> Focus display and Mavericks >> Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> Nov 12 04:27PM -0500 >> >> Okay, I look and I don't see some things that seem to be rather importatn. >> For example, if you are wanting to switch from one open app to another, how >> do you do it with the display. Are you using a keyboard along with the >> display? >> >> Kristeen >> >> >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 12 01:58PM -0800 >> >> Admittedly, yes, I’m also using a keyboard. My opinion is that you’ll >> probably have to do quite a lot of customizing to use a Braille display as a >> primary keyboard. >> >> For switching apps, I’d probably map a braille keystroke to VO-applications >> list. (VO-f1 twice quickly)I don’t think there’s an easy way to map one to >> command-tab. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too >> dark to read."--Groucho Marx >> >> >> Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> Nov 12 04:10PM -0600 >> >> Hi, >> Teresa is correct, you have to do a lot of customizing in order to get your >> focus display to work as your keyboard. Unfortunately, you will have to use >> your keyboard more than you would like to. That's just the nature of the >> beast. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> Nov 12 05:00PM -0600 >> >> True duys, but I know I can get to the menu with my braille display. I c' >> remember how to do it on a Focus 40 although I had one. Can anyone remember >> what the braille keyboard command is for going to the menu and using left >> and right arrows. I found that useful when I was somewhat away from my >> computer. On my Braille Edge, it has some keys on it that will bring up >> Spotlight and the menus and the dock. That may help some. For instance, >> space dd sign will bring up the dock. Space question mark will let you >> interact and space low j will stop interacting. Do you have a list of >> braille key commands that are already in place? >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 12 03:18PM -0800 >> >> It’s s-chord (dots 2-3-4-space). I just use the panning keys to display >> different areas of the menu bar, and then use the cursor-routing keys on the >> item I want. sometimes this doesn’t work, and I have to use dot 4-chord and >> dot 1-chord to navigate through the menus >> >> HtH, >> teresa >> >> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too >> dark to read."--Groucho Marx >> >> >> Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> Nov 12 11:08PM -0500 >> >> Thanks,. This info does help. Can you tell me how I can sellect text? I've >> not been successful. >> >> Kristeen >> >> Ben van Poppel <benvanpop...@gmail.com> Nov 13 04:26PM +1100 >> >> Hi Kristeen, Teresa and the rest. The workaround I did for single-keystroke >> app switching was to write two scripts to simulate command-tab and >> command-shift-tab respectively. Then I assigned running of the scripts to >> focus commands (I used 12-chord and 45-chord). The scripts had one line each: >> Tell application "System Events" to keystroke "tab" using command down >> >> Tell application "System Events" to keystroke "tab" using {command down >> shift down} >> >> In the examples above the "tab" means double quote then press tab then >> double quote again. \t might also be valid. I'm still not applescript >> proficient. >> >> Hope that trick helps you out. >> >> Cheers. Ben >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 12 09:41PM -0800 >> >> Hi, Kristeen, >> >> This is the sort of thing that I meant when I mentioned customization. WHAT >> you’d have to do is go into your Braille settings, go to the display tab, >> choose “assign commands", and assign a Braille command to select text. There >> aren’t separate commands for selecting different amounts of text, so >> honestly, I’m not sure how you’d do this. Also, unless I’m wrong, you’d have >> to use command-b on the keyboard to initiate the Braille command entry. I >> haven’t assigned keystrokes for this, because frankly, it’s more trouble >> than it’s worth to me. Let’s see if anyone else has already done this, and >> if not, I’ll experiment with it and let you know what I come up with. I >> admit I have my doubts that it’ll be an easy process. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham >> >> >> VO-J and Mail >> Janet Ingber <janet.ing...@gmail.com> Nov 12 11:16PM -0500 >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> When I use VO-J to jump from the message list to an individual email,a few >> lines are read and then without my doing anything, I’m back in the messages >> table. This does not only happen with my Gmail account. I am using the >> default mail view and I have not made any changes. This behavior started a >> few days ago. Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> Janet >> >> iBooks internal location on the mac? >> Kliphton ------- <kliphton....@outlook.com> Nov 12 09:44PM -0600 >> >> Hello. I have imported about 700 books in ePub format in to iBooks. They >> read just fine, but I accidently deleted the folder where I originally >> imported them from. Where does iBooks store them so I can try to save them >> to a different folder for my own reference? Thanks. >> >> Kliphton >> ~iMessage&Email~ kliphton....@outlook.com >> ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 >> ~Text only~ 914-820-2298 >> "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >> >> Infovox purchases gone >> "Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr." <freethau...@gmail.com> Nov 12 10:12PM -0500 >> >> I get a message that reads >> >> "this is an evaluation version of Acapela text to speech synthesizer." >> >> >> >> >> Is Winamp accessivle on the mac? >> Rob <musicmaker...@gmail.com> Nov 12 05:37PM -0600 >> >> Hi, >> Have any of you tried winamp for the Mac? >> Thanks, >> Rob >> You can leave me a voice mail or fax at >> 206-426-3505 >> "God is good all the time, & All the time God is good" >> >> Michael Marshall <mightymaggie...@gmail.com> Nov 13 12:19PM +1100 >> >> hey, >> sadly no, i tryed out the mac version and there is just nothing you can do >> in the program. i don’t think winamp is even beeing made for the mac from >> what i have read. >> >> Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> Nov 12 07:33PM -0600 >> >> Would not recommend it. Nothing like the windows version. >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> >> >> xcode 5 question >> "Littlefield, Tyler" <ty...@tysdomain.com> Nov 11 02:06PM -0500 >> >> Helloo: >> Thanks a lot for the info. When it says I have a new window, I have no >> way of getting to that window. presumably that's where the variable gets >> its name and everything. Does the window just pop up, or do you need to >> do something special to get there? >> Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. >> On 11/11/2013 2:01 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >> >> -- >> Take care, >> Ty >> http://tds-solutions.net >> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that >> dares not reason is a slave. >> >> "Littlefield, Tyler" <ty...@tysdomain.com> Nov 11 04:05PM -0500 >> >> I think I may have figured out the issue. with xcode 5 apparently you >> are supposed to control+drag, which draws a blue line. clicking and >> holding down doesn't work, because I don't get the blue line. Is there a >> way to control+drag with voiceover? >> On 11/11/2013 2:01 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >> >> -- >> Take care, >> Ty >> http://tds-solutions.net >> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that >> dares not reason is a slave. >> >> "Littlefield, Tyler" <ty...@tysdomain.com> Nov 11 06:40PM -0500 >> >> It appears this method does not work for me as well. I drag and drop and >> hear 'xcode has new window" and that's that. nothing happens and we're >> back to square 1. >> On 11/11/2013 6:32 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> -- >> Take care, >> Ty >> http://tds-solutions.net >> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that >> dares not reason is a slave. >> >> "Littlefield, Tyler" <ty...@tysdomain.com> Nov 11 02:06PM -0500 >> >> Hello: >> sorry for the double message. Yes, in my routing step I did mean route >> the mouse to the voiceover cursor. I just mixed the two up. >> Thanks again, >> On 11/11/2013 2:01 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >> >> -- >> Take care, >> Ty >> http://tds-solutions.net >> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that >> dares not reason is a slave. >> >> Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages >> Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Nov 12 11:05PM +0100 >> >> Hello Ibraheem, >> >> In the new Pages, if you stop interacting with everything, the second item >> on the page is the Change tracking and annotations toolbar group. Interact >> with this and click the Next button the changed text will be highlighted. >> You can read it with VO-F6 and decide what to do about it. >> >> If you’re using the old version of Pages, you really need a Braille display >> to see the changes. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> then >> >> >> Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Nov 12 11:15PM +0100 >> >> Hello Nic, >> >> Tracking changes is working much better in the new version of Pages. It >> tells you whether the change is an addition or a deletion, but I haven’t yet >> figured out how to find formatting changes. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> >> How does one get to menu extra in Maverick? >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 12 01:53PM -0800 >> >> Odd. control-f8 works fine for me in Mavericks. This is the standard non-VO >> keystroke. For that matter, VO-m twice quickly also works. Sometimes the >> menus balk when a program is hanging, though. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> On the other hand, there are different fingers. >> >> >> Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> Nov 12 04:13PM -0600 >> >> Hi, >> >> I have run into that situation several times where control-f8 doesn’t work >> with Mavericks. I’ve found that when it doesn’t work, I have to restart to >> git it back. I have no idea what causes this. It is true that you can git to >> the status menus with vo-m twice, but you can’t move through the menus with >> the arrow keys, and sometimes that’s useful. >> >> The Finder keystrokes you mention work the same in Mavericks. At least, they >> are for me. >> >> >> On Nov 12, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> I’ve just upgraded to Mavericks. The very first thing I’ve noticed is that >> the command ctrl+f8 to activate the menu extra no longer works. Nor can I >> open a folder with command down arrow or command + o. It has to be now >> command + shift + o. Is that right? >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone? >> Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> Nov 12 04:12PM -0600 >> >> Hi, >> Yes, it is gone. They want you to eat sync your contacts with iCloud, which >> quite honestly, I think everybody should do. But that's just my opinion. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Help with Skype >> Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> Nov 12 04:58PM -0500 >> >> Ok, so I get that Skype changed a bunch of stuff recently and I can no >> longer access Skype on my iPhone as they seem to have gotten rid of logging >> in through Facebook. I am able to log in to Skype on my computer through >> Facebook, but can't seem to find any way to change my password so I can >> access Skype on my iPhone. I used the Skype desktop app to take me to the >> website to mange my account, clicked change password but this seems to take >> me to an inaccessible screen as I get the heading for Change Password but >> then there is nothing to interact with. Anyone know how to log in to Skype >> on your iPhone when your account was created through logging in to Facebook >> on the desktop? 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