Hi. I have been reading through a lot of these and understand a lot of the
frustration that is out there. i know for myself it is very irritating that
ovens and microwaves are now all button oriented instead of knobs and I hate
that because I have to rely on a sighted person to put tape on th
Hi.
I just got access to my drive about 2 days ago.
when I download the google drive for mac DMG file and try to mount it,
i get an warning from disk image mounter that says that the disk is
not recognized. I tried downloading the setup 3 times, and had no
luck.
Did any body experience a similar pr
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On Apr 28, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Okay, thanks. I'll try vo-j, but I figured out I can just hit enter to read
> the message, then cmd-w the window when I'm done.
Okay, I created a time machine backup on an network attached storage, and
I'm trying to restore from there. It let's me get to the point where I
choose where the back up is, but won't let me select it. My fault, it let's
me select it, but when it tells me to connect now to the storage device, it
I know there will be furious complaints that this was published here, but I
cannot thank you enough, Karen, for posting this. This made my night. Please
write to me off-list and tell me how I can write to this fine gentleman, and
tell me how on earth this is an article I have never seen before!
Okay, thanks. I'll try vo-j, but I figured out I can just hit enter to read the
message, then cmd-w the window when I'm done. Still not too elegant, but better
than arrowing all over the place. I think I'll stick to the normal view, since
I get a great deal of messages from mailing lists and i w
Good Day:
>
I've put the answers to your questions, at least as much as I know of
them, in the extract from your original message below. Since I've only used Mac
OS Lion, though, someone else might have additional information. At any rate,
here goes.
HTH:
Henry
Education never ends.
Ricardo,
I can think of two.
There is a special category in all social security administration
payments specifically for the blind...but the way it is defined is not
especially positive.
granted there is the assumption that providing something in braille works
for everyone too, never mind les
When I went into gmail settings, I could not find anything to enable immediate
deletion of messages. I recall some time ago when there was an option in
Google Labs supporting an option to make gmail's IMAP emulation work like
normal IMAP servers but I haven't heard anything more on this since t
Hi, I think someone said on here the names of programs to make flash accessible
earlier today ...? Flash something and youtube 5 or something? Can someone send
me the names and how they work-whether useful? Lost the email ...
Thanks.
Kirsten.
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Hi all,
I'm still having trouble with this.
I have Flip and the snow leopard QT and the WMV thing which I can't remember
the name of. They all work, and when I insert my cd with WMA files on they play
on my mac beautifully. However, I can't seem to be able to export them to M4A
and transfer th
Hi all,
It is the twitter client, Yorufokuru, causing the problem. It focuses itself
whenever a new tweet comes in. Any idea how to stop this from happening?Î
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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Hello List; A fellow just sent me a .m4v file. I can't play it on my
computer, so i also can't upload it to my website to show others. Could
someone tell me how i go about converting it to something that will play in
quicktime? any help will be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to sell this r
Hi all,
I'm trying to use the mac more, now that it seems to run better with the
monitor. However, I've noticed something very annoying, ealier while in Safari
and now in VLC. Randomly, focus will change to Yorufkuru (you know what I
mean). When I cmd-tab out, I'm placed in the application I wou
Well, In my humble opinion, equality isn't there, so that, isn't fair
treatment. the Americans with Disabilities Act should include the blind or
visually \impaired just as vigorously as it does every other disability in this
country.
there aren't any services, that I know of at this point, tha
What I mean is can you highlight a file in a list
and issue a command that will convert that file to mp3.
On Apr 28, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean, can you use another application to
> convert the files? Or, once the files have been
Hi Mark,
Some of the assistive technologies that we have are pretty nice. You are
right though that our freedom of being equal with others when it comes to
trying to shop for ourselves is taken away because the store layout is
always changing or we need the assistance. Like you, I've enjoyed th
Hi,
I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean, can you use another application to
convert the files? Or, once the files have been converted in iTunes, can you
find it in the finder? Honestly, I think using iTunes is the easiest way to
convert such files. Especially if you have your recently a
Hi,
Keep in mind, fair doesn't always mean equal. I'm sure if we looked hard
enough, we can find some services offered exclusively to those who are visually
impaired and or blind.
Ricardo Walker
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On Apr 28, 2012, at 6:1
Is there a way to highlight an m4a file and convert it without having to go
into iTunes to find it?
Step by step instructions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much.
Stacey and Chesley
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Hi Gigi,
interesting points, but are you not perhaps making a few assumptions. Well
meaning yes, but the very sort of assumptions that contribute to the
problem?
first, blindness is not a uniform experience for anyone. the suggestion
that *every* person within the technical range of 20/200 to
In my opinion, accessible movies, TV shows, appliances, etc, should fall under
the ADA.
Not to be politically incorrect here, but if people in wheelchairs can get them
for free and most places are made to be accessible for them, and the deaf get
closed captioning for almost every TV show and
the issue is not the iPad itself, it is the apps that companies develop for it.
most of those companies don't consider us much of a market (either by public
perception or flawed fiscal analysis). there had already been one debacle
involving a pad type computer (kindle) and a major institution (A
HI all,
In sendspace wizard I see the list of remote files but cannot find a way to
find link to the file so I can send it again to people.
THanks for helping me out here.
In windows it was possible with a keyboard shortcut to add it to clipboard.
Best,
Ioana
Please check out my cd on www.ioan
When you do this, are the messages being moved to Trash or they actually going
away? Slso, are you absolutely sure they are being removed from the All Mail
folder? A lot of people fail to realize that as long as messages are in All
mail, they are around forever.
On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:00 PM, M.
Hello Caitlyn et al,
I read your message very carefully.
Currently, I have several G Mail iMap accounts that I access with Apple
Mail. I have no problems at all in deleting messages from any of them; I
have re-installed Lion several times since its release without having ever
experienced the
I'll have both. The government need not provide anything except a law mandating
availability. I think we should have sighted people only have access to audio
devices for one week, but with every other one of life's amenities to which
they are accustomed. After all, seeing action is a luxury. Let
It's even worse than that. While we can use our accessible devices, we still
can't go to a humble Wallmart and shop independently; or, for that matter, the
local 7/11. We must be assisted when purchasing anything in a large store
prone to layout changes, robbing us of much of the credibility w
Hi all,
I finally got a monitor working! Here's a handy tip for anyone looking to do
this with a Mini or any Mac that has a thunderbolt port: just pick up a Mini
Display Port to VGA adapter. It turns out that Thunderbolt is
backwards-compatible with Mini Display Port, so the adapter goes into th
Hi all,
I finally got a monitor (more on that in another post). Now I'm using the mail
app again. For reference, I am on a Mac Mini with the latest OS.
1. I deleted a message, but vo said nothing and I was jumped to the bottom of
the mail list. What happened?
2. Why can I not quickly read messag
Try moving them to [Gmail]/Trash instead. That's what I do.
See my other mail about deleting. You could follow that route for a while and
then go into that folder of deleted messages and move them to [Gmail]/Trash.
Too bad we can't write a macro for Apple Mail to do this. That's what I do when
So true, so true!!!
That's why I commend Apple for their accessibility efforts and I hope the trend
could spread over other things. I like to think that maybe IOS apps could be
written more easily than building entire new tactile interfaces on appliances
but then again, I just got a Sony dock f
Yeah, this is the strangest thing! It didn't do this before I had to reinstall
Lion a couple of weeks ago.
It does seem like if I actually go in and read the message, it does stay
deleted, but if I don't choose to read it, it comes back like the plague!
Totally annoying!
Cait and Nicky
On 20
I also have gmail accounts here and have been experimenting around with Mac
Mail to figure out the best behavior for message deletion. First off, I do not
see a good way to delete messages from gmail with the Mac mail client. Rather,
you ultimately have to get the unwanted messages moved to [G
Caitlin, I have my account set the same way and it won't delete my messages
either. I'm just as puzzled about this as you are. Sorry, no answers here yet.
Veronica
Watch and hear The Guide Dog Glee Club sing the Star-spangled Banner at
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Then find more
Hi everyone!
I was just wondering if anyone had successfully paired the BrailleSense On Hand
with a MacBook air. I'm pretty new at both pieces of gear but after looking at
everybody's instructions, I came oh so close. So I just thought I'd see if any
of you had tried and/or succeeded at doing th
It is such a wonderful experience to be able to sit down with my son and listen
to the mp3 of one of his favorite movies and have him not ask, "Mom, what do
you think is going on?" I watch movies I saw years ago and realize things I
missed. It makes a difference, and would have really been signi
That's interesting about extra functionality. However, my complaint has been
that if you happen to be arrowing through a data detecter field letter by
letter or even word, it keeps saying "data detecter" for every keystroke. that
is what I would wanna be rid of. I think I like the idea of a s
Arguably, anything beyond the things required for daily living is a luxury.
Plenty of people do not have computers or TV's. I personally have found a
greater appreciation for movies and television shows when they are described,
and it is exceedingly frustrating when one cannot watch a foreign f
Hi,
I hope somebody has some suggestions about my mail problem.
After a reinstall of Lion a couple weeks ago, I of course had to reinput my
mail account. I am using my gmail account. Now,, mail isn't deleting my
messages after I read them. The next time I reopen mail, the same messages are
what sold this for me was the use of the ipad as a complete business solution.
For some work, I need straight access to certain information over the net,
direct email, etc and this baby offers it. Yes, taking a laptop on the road is
OK but not as practical.
lew
On 28 Apr 2012, at 18:32, chri
Hi guys.
I love audio description as much as any blind person could. Before you couldn't
get them, I bought several movies on those tapes, movies I wanted to watch
again. However, and maybe I'm showing my age here, but I consider audio
description to be a luxury for us. I watched movies and TV
I might get an iPad in the future. I hear the speakers are better than
even the iPhone which don't get me wrong is excellent but the more the
merrier I say. Also because the screen is large I may enjoy using iOS
more as typing on the iPad I predict will be less laborious thanks to
the large scr
not getting it just yet, figuring out finances, etc so should have it end of
may. snowed under at the mo with a machine restoration. a vintage industrial
machine I'm completely rebuilding ready for use. so today's been spray work and
drying. tomorow's the same.
then after that it's assembly wor
Christine, I agree with you completely. There is a screenreader company who
also provides access to described content as part of their network. I wonder
if these offerings were gotten completely on the up and up? I use the vault
myself for my own entertainment and nothing more. I'm not tryi
Well, I'm using Lion with a Macbook Air from Summer 2011.
I have no idea what webkit is, I'll have to look that up. I use Safari.
Thanks,
Traci
Sent by Macbook Air Mail
On Apr 27, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> A couple other points.
>
> 1. THere is an option to have the VoiceOVe
Hi,
Can anyone help with vm fusion 4?
I had to reinstall it and now nothing is working like before. For instance,
there is no menu bar when I do vo m.
I am running a trial version of fusion since I was thinking that maybe the
version I had before wasn't playing nice with lion. this is only th
I agree with you.
If they don't provide accessible movies or TV shows that we can buy, then we
have to get them where we can.
I'm tired of getting the short end of the stick and when I take advantage of
such options, getting condemned for it.
either they can level the playing field, or just sh
Ipads themselves are perfect. The trouble is, how do you ensure that the
software that is installed by schools is ully accessible so blind and vis
impaired students get the same access to what they are supposed to as their
sighted peers? Do IT people relaly take that into account, or do they s
No problem, and to answer the other question, I don't think there is but you
can email him at supp...@facedekk.com and see if he plans to make a version for
the computer, The Developer's name is Tony and he is pretty good at getting
back to people.
Ed
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Hi there!
Well although it is not perfect [but nothing is] We here in the UK have audio
description available on our normal TV services! each company has to provide a
certain amount of Audio description and like Subtitles it can be turned on or
off!
I agree that Itunes should have more content!
Because many of the educational platforms used by schools and apps out there
are not VoiceOver accessible. I was initially ecstatic at the push for the
iPad, rather than something like the Kindle being used in classrooms. But my
daughter, who has an iPhone, has been stymied more than a few times
Hi Lew,
congrats on your iPad. they really are cool devices. My husband has one, and
I thought long and hard about getting one too. But eventually I decided that
since I didn't need the larger screen, that the iPhone could do everything I
needed, so it didn't make sense to duplicate devices.
nice one donna, I fully agree.
the iPad is a product which can truly change the lives of blind users
throughout the world. I'm in the process of buying an iPad as it's needed for
work both in the workshop and on site as a rep for a company, so the online
catalogue needs to be available and acce
Hi Christine,
I'm perplexed. How do you see the push to have iPads in classrooms as
something that leaves the blind/VI student out? If anything, I see that as
something that better enables us to participate, thanks to the fact that Apple
has made the iPad a fully accessible device.
Best,
Donn
I think it's terrific that he is doing this, and thanks so much, Ed, for
getting the ball rolling.
On Apr 27, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Ed Worrell wrote:
> He is fixing the inaccessible parts of the app. HE just wants to get the
> fixes right,and see if there is any other suggestions of better ways to g
With all due respect, Scott, laws which disparately impact certain groups or
classes of people have been flouted through civil disobedience since the
introduction of legal systems, e.g., civil rights, disability rights,
employment rights, etc. The United States might not exist were it not for
d
What is WebKit?
On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Greg Aikens wrote:
> Did you try restarting Safari? You could also try visiting the site using
> webkit.
>
> If those things don't work, it could just be a send space problem. I have
> run into strange issues trying to download from them sometime
I am sure commenting on this only adds fuel to the fire, but I did want to
point out that as I recall the person that is responsible for this movie vault
thing also runs a legit company. I would find it difficult to believe that he
has not checked into this because no one would want to put their
Hi,
And may i add to this that if you click or context menu click on a data
detector that contains an email address, for example, it looks like Mail tries
to gather as much relevant info as possible, such as phone number, address and
so on so that you easily can make a new contact.
As the case s
An interesting question is if there's a Facedekk for the Mac in the pipeline? I
would love to have a full featured facebook client for the Mac but with a
Twitter client like interface, rather like Facedekk has.
/Krister
27 apr 2012 kl. 23:05 skrev Ed Worrell:
> He is fixing the inaccessible par
Hi,
I can confirm the bug with being thrown to places you don't want to be. In my
case, and this only happens when showing the mobile version of Facebook, is
that i get tossed onto the "home" button and when i try going back and interact
with the html contents, VO dings like there was nothing th
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