Re: help installing vuescan

[Josh Gregory]

Thanks for the clarification Esther, greatly appreciated.

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 15, 2013, at 10:04 PM, Esther  wrote:

> Hi Cathy,
> 
> A few more details about Gatekeeper.  In Mountain Lion, as a security 
> precaution, Apple instituted a process by which application developers could 
> get a certificate they would use to "sign" their software to indicate that 
> they certify it to be free from malware. All software from the Mac App Store 
> is signed this way.  Third party software that you download may, or may not 
> be "signed".  Older third party software, even widely used and accepted 
> products such as VueScan, will probably not be signed.   This means that in 
> order to proceed with installing such software on your system, you either 
> have to knowingly temporarily disable Gatekeeper, or else use the "open" 
> dialog from the context menu, as Josh indicated, to indicate that you're 
> aware that you want to override the automatic warning that the software 
> you've downloaded is not signed.
> 
> Someone installing the same software on an older version of Mac OS X would 
> not receive this warning.   I think that Gatekeeper was actually activated in 
> the last version release of Lion (OS X 10.7), but not in the earlier 
> versions.  I'm just giving you this explanation because you are likely to 
> encounter this when you try to install other software.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Apr 15, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:
> 
>> That is gatekeeper, in order to open the file, do a voiceover shift m on it 
>> and go to open.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Cathy  wrote:
>> 
>>> hello
>>> I am having difficulty installing vuescan on my Mac. the message I get is:
>>> 
>>> can't open because it is from an unidentified developer.
>>> 
>>> please let me know how to allow the file to open?
>>> 
>>> also, I'd like some recommendations for an inexpensive scanner from Amazon 
>>> to go along with the vuescan.
>>> I have two scanners that I have tried and my Mac will not recognize them. 
>>> perhaps they are too old?
>>> 
>>> thank you.
>>> 
>>> Cathy
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Re: help installing vuescan

[Esther]

Hi Cathy,

A few more details about Gatekeeper.  In Mountain Lion, as a security 
precaution, Apple instituted a process by which application developers could 
get a certificate they would use to "sign" their software to indicate that they 
certify it to be free from malware. All software from the Mac App Store is 
signed this way.  Third party software that you download may, or may not be 
"signed".  Older third party software, even widely used and accepted products 
such as VueScan, will probably not be signed.   This means that in order to 
proceed with installing such software on your system, you either have to 
knowingly temporarily disable Gatekeeper, or else use the "open" dialog from 
the context menu, as Josh indicated, to indicate that you're aware that you 
want to override the automatic warning that the software you've downloaded is 
not signed.

Someone installing the same software on an older version of Mac OS X would not 
receive this warning.   I think that Gatekeeper was actually activated in the 
last version release of Lion (OS X 10.7), but not in the earlier versions.  I'm 
just giving you this explanation because you are likely to encounter this when 
you try to install other software.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Apr 15, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:

> That is gatekeeper, in order to open the file, do a voiceover shift m on it 
> and go to open.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Cathy  wrote:
> 
>> hello
>> I am having difficulty installing vuescan on my Mac. the message I get is:
>> 
>> can't open because it is from an unidentified developer.
>> 
>> please let me know how to allow the file to open?
>> 
>> also, I'd like some recommendations for an inexpensive scanner from Amazon 
>> to go along with the vuescan.
>> I have two scanners that I have tried and my Mac will not recognize them. 
>> perhaps they are too old?
>> 
>> thank you.
>> 
>> Cathy
>> 

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Re: help installing vuescan

[Josh Gregory]

That is gatekeeper, in order to open the file, do a voiceover shift m on it and 
go to open.

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Cathy  wrote:

> hello
> I am having difficulty installing vuescan on my Mac. the message I get is:
> 
> can't open because it is from an unidentified developer.
> 
> please let me know how to allow the file to open?
> 
> also, I'd like some recommendations for an inexpensive scanner from Amazon to 
> go along with the vuescan.
> I have two scanners that I have tried and my Mac will not recognize them. 
> perhaps they are too old?
> 
> thank you.
> 
> Cathy
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help installing vuescan

[Cathy]

hello
I am having difficulty installing vuescan on my Mac. the message I get is:

can't open because it is from an unidentified developer.
 
please let me know how to allow the file to open?

also, I'd like some recommendations for an inexpensive scanner from Amazon to 
go along with the vuescan.
 I have two scanners that I have tried and my Mac will not recognize them. 
perhaps they are too old?

thank you.

Cathy

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Re: Emergency calls from iPhone

[Esther]

Hello Paul,

Once you press the "Preview and Save" button, the lock screen  image gets saved 
to your camera roll.  The step 3 notice on the Wallpaper screen tells you to 
"change wallpaper under iPhone settings".  Switch to "Settings" and flick to 
the "Brightness & Wallpaper" button, which is two flicks past "General".  
Double tap and flick to the "Change wallpaper" button.  Flick to your "Camera 
Roll" button and double tap.  The wallpaper you created will be the last item 
in your camera roll.  I do a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen 
to move to the last element, which will be an announcement like "5 photos", or 
however many there are in your camera roll. Flick left to the last photo and 
double tap to select it.  There will be two buttons: "Set" and "Cancel".  
Double tap "set" to set this image as either your lock screen or your home 
screen, or both.  You'll then have button options to "Set Lock Screen", "Set 
Home Screen", "Set Both", or "Cancel".  I'm not sure whether the message is 
visible on the home screen, because the grid of your apps will overlay it.   
Anyway, you can select "Set Lock Screen" or "Set Both".  Now when you lock your 
screen, assuming that your screen curtain is not turned on, the emergency 
message you typed will be displayed on the screen.

You'll probably need sighted assistance to check the results.  The problem is 
that most OCR apps don't work well if there is a colored background, and this 
is using a picture.  If you have a perfectly white background for the 
wallpaper, then you can take a screen capture and send this to an OCR app that 
can use inputs from your camera roll.  That's why I said that it's possible to 
simply create your own lock screen wall paper using a note app and just taking 
a screen capture by simultaneously pressing the home and power buttons. The 
reason that I use the custom wall paper is that I can't easily check whether 
the font is too small, or if the information is centered in the screen for best 
visibility, and not lying under the clock display of time.  Also, I don't want 
the contact telephone number to stand out too much -- so that someone looks 
over to read it.  I figure that the default wallpaper is chosen to look like it 
could be wallpaper, but is still designed to have the emergency information be 
easy to read.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther


On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote:

> Hello Esther, 
> Many thanks for the attached detailed reply. I have now installed the 
> iEmergency+ App on my iPhone 3GS and can see how most of it works. 
> 
> However I am unclear about how to set up the wallpaper containing the 
> emergency contact information which will be displayed on the locked screen. 
> The create wallpaper function of the above App will let me enter the required 
> text but I am unclear on what happens next. I am happy to go with the default 
> wallpaper provided by the App. so presumably I just enter the desired contact 
> information and then press the preview and save wallpaper button. What do I 
> then have to do to get this wallpaper displayed on the locked screen? 
> 
> Is there any way that I can check the results without sighted assistance? 
> Could I put the iPhone on my scanner and use OCR to check that the emergency 
> contact information really is on the locked screen? 
> 
> Many thanks as always for your fantastic help. 
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Paul Hopewell 
> 
> On 15 Apr 2013, at 04:08, Esther  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> There are generally two kinds of ICE (in case of emergency) functions -- the 
>> ones where you can quickly get access to emergency information, like having 
>> your medical information about your doctor, drug allergies, blood type, 
>> current medications, and any existing conditions in one place, and the ones 
>> where you can supply emergency contact numbers from your home screen that 
>> someone else can use if they find your iPhone, and either need to get in 
>> touch with you, or have a contact number in case you cannot use the phone 
>> (e.g., you're in an accident).  
>> 
>> As various people have said, there are facilities for calling 911 (in the 
>> US), or similar emergency contact number from your contacts. None of these 
>> methods or apps are designed to let anyone use your phone for any purpose if 
>> it is locked. Various ICE apps will put a contact phone number on the 
>> wallpaper of your lock screen.  This only works if they can view your locked 
>> screen.  In your case, someone sighted would either have to know about doing 
>> the three-finger triple tap to turn the screen curtain off, or do the 
>> triple-click home in order to be able to view the lock screen.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, when this discussion came up some time ago, I got the 
>> temporarily free iEmergency+ app by Kavapoint LLC:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency+-in-case-emergency/id317958642?mt=8
>> 
>> This app regularly lists for

Re: Emergency calls from iPhone

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello Esther, 
Many thanks for the attached detailed reply. I have now installed the 
iEmergency+ App on my iPhone 3GS and can see how most of it works. 

However I am unclear about how to set up the wallpaper containing the emergency 
contact information which will be displayed on the locked screen. The create 
wallpaper function of the above App will let me enter the required text but I 
am unclear on what happens next. I am happy to go with the default wallpaper 
provided by the App. so presumably I just enter the desired contact information 
and then press the preview and save wallpaper button. What do I then have to do 
to get this wallpaper displayed on the locked screen? 

Is there any way that I can check the results without sighted assistance? Could 
I put the iPhone on my scanner and use OCR to check that the emergency contact 
information really is on the locked screen? 

Many thanks as always for your fantastic help. 

Best wishes

Paul Hopewell 

On 15 Apr 2013, at 04:08, Esther  wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> There are generally two kinds of ICE (in case of emergency) functions -- the 
> ones where you can quickly get access to emergency information, like having 
> your medical information about your doctor, drug allergies, blood type, 
> current medications, and any existing conditions in one place, and the ones 
> where you can supply emergency contact numbers from your home screen that 
> someone else can use if they find your iPhone, and either need to get in 
> touch with you, or have a contact number in case you cannot use the phone 
> (e.g., you're in an accident).  
> 
> As various people have said, there are facilities for calling 911 (in the 
> US), or similar emergency contact number from your contacts. None of these 
> methods or apps are designed to let anyone use your phone for any purpose if 
> it is locked. Various ICE apps will put a contact phone number on the 
> wallpaper of your lock screen.  This only works if they can view your locked 
> screen.  In your case, someone sighted would either have to know about doing 
> the three-finger triple tap to turn the screen curtain off, or do the 
> triple-click home in order to be able to view the lock screen.
> 
> For what it's worth, when this discussion came up some time ago, I got the 
> temporarily free iEmergency+ app by Kavapoint LLC:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency+-in-case-emergency/id317958642?mt=8
> 
> This app regularly lists for $0.99 and used to be among the top ranked ICE 
> apps, if you read the AppAdvice app guides:
> http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/ice-apps
> 
> The problem is, it hasn't been updated in some time, and there are 
> particularly complaints that it, and its successor iEmergency ICE Family Pro 
> app updated for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, doesn't really support the sharper 
> retinal graphics of the newest iPhones.  (The original app may continue to 
> work for your device, though -- I had it on my iPhone 4.)
> 
> If you want to give this a try, you can download the free iEmergency Lite 
> version.  I think it may have ads, and lack the option to add as much 
> detailed medical information and contacts in one place for your own use.  
> Also, you may have to choose a photo from your camera roll to use as 
> wallpaper for the lock screen instead of just selecting the default image 
> that came with the iEmergency+ app.  In a pinch, you could just screen 
> capture your blank Notes screen.  You could even create your own ICE 
> wallpaper for the lock screen by typing in the information you want displayed 
> into a notes app,  doing a screen capture to camera roll by pressing the home 
> and power button together, and then using that as your lock screen wallpaper. 
>  Make sure that your screen curtain is not turned on if you do a screen 
> capture, and the display should not be set too dark -- maybe at least 30 per 
> cent brightness level.
> 
> Here are the App Store links to the two older Kavapoint LLC ICE apps that I 
> know are accessible:
> • ICE iEmergency Lite (free) by Kavapoint LLC  (I would try this free version 
> first on your iPhone 3GS)
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ice-iemergency-lite/id321411203?mt=8
> • iEmergency+ (In Case of Emergency) ($0.99) by Kavapoint LLC (the app I got 
> for my iPhone 4 when it was free for a short time)
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency+-in-case-emergency/id317958642?mt=8
> 
> On my version of the app, there 5 tabs at the bottom of the screen: "My 
> Info", "Contacts", "Medical", "Wallpaper", and "Help".  The instructions are 
> under the "Help" tab, but you really only need to use the "Wallpaper" tab to 
> input the emergency number, a short message, and select a wallpaper (or in my 
> case I just double tapped the "Preview and Save" button, which uses a default 
> wallpaper that came with the app).  Then you go to Settings, and select the 
> wallpaper you saved to your camera roll to be your lock scre

Re: Puzzle games?

[Ian McNamara]

yep I tried candy crush because my brother plays it but not accessible. It's 
odd because he said that diamond dash and bubble island are a bit like candy 
crush and we can play them.

Ian McNamara
On 15 Apr 2013, at 15:53, Will  wrote:

> Any puzzle games we play other than word games? Shame not play candy crush?
> I have iPhone 4S
> Thanks
> 
> 
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Puzzle games?

[Will]

Any puzzle games we play other than word games? Shame not play candy crush?
I have iPhone 4S
Thanks


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Re: Emergency calls from iPhone

[Sarah k Alawami]

I did not know this. If anyone else can verify that info, with out calling the 
number of corse, I'll keep that on my mental desk top as that was *not* what I 
was taught as a kid growing up.

Take care.
On Apr 15, 2013, at 5:21 AM, Shaun Oliver  wrote:

> the international number is 112 it's recognised across the world.
> 
> On 15/04/2013, at 3:48 AM, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:
> 
>> You hit the button and I think from there you can dial 911. that's the 
>> number for the us, but I assume it's the same procedure in the other 
>> countries.
>> 
>> Take care.
>> On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:36 AM, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello, 
>>> I use an iPhone 3GS running the latest IOS with VoiceOver. 
>>> Being paranoid about security I have a PIN code to protect my iPhone 
>>> contents. Is there any way (maybe an app?) which would enable someone who 
>>> does not know my PIN code to use my iPhone to call my home number or the 
>>> emergency services in case of accident or in case they found my iPhone on 
>>> the train or in a cafe. 
>>> 
>>> There is a button labeled "emergency calls" on the screen on which you 
>>> enter the PIN code after turning on the iPhone. What does this button do? I 
>>> don't want to try it in case it dials the emergency services (999 in the 
>>> UK). 
>>> 
>>> As a further complication I have screen curtain on on my iPhone to save 
>>> battery life. If the phone were to be found by a sighted person could they 
>>> find the emergency calls button? If not is there any way I could set screen 
>>> curtain off for the PIN entry screen and screen curtain on everywhere else?
>>> 
>>> I heard somewhere that there is an ICE (in case of emergency) facility in 
>>> the iPhone contacts app. Does anyone know what this does? 
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for any tips. 
>>> 
>>> Paul Hopewell
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Re: Unable to Restore to New iPhone 5, Please Help

[Sarah k Alawami]

Really? I just plugged in to my mac, and restored that way.  Took no more then 
about 10 minutes. I almost never use iCloud  as I have a big big back up. about 
5 gigs lol! You are right that it is not both. but I never do the set up wizard 
either.  I restore using the ipsw to do it then follow all the directions from 
the computer.

Take care.
On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Matthew Chao  wrote:

> Hi, Sarah and All.  Figured out how to restore to my new iPhone 5.  Kind of 
> counterintuitive.
> 
> 1.  Erase all content and settings on iPhone.  Keeps the Wi-Fi passwords.
> 
> 2.  after making sure that's what you want to do, it reboots.  Howver, no 
> speech.  If tripple-click was enabled, you're in luck; otherwise you need 
> sighted help.
> 
> 3.  Go through setup, and DO NOT pick New iPhone.  Instead pick restore.
> 
> 4.  Type in username and password, go through the steps, and find the backup 
> you want to restore from iCloud.  Then, tap Restore.
> 
> May have missed some steps, but my phone's being restored as I write this.  
> You don't need the computer to restore; in fact, it's either iCloud or 
> PC/Mac, but not both.  Just make sure you're plugged into wall power and 
> connected to Wi-Fi.
> 
> And thanks for all the quick responses.
> 
> Matthew Chao
> 
> At 06:30 PM 4/14/2013, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
>> What steps have you taken. This will further help us troubleshoot the matter.
>> 
>> thanks.
>> On Apr 14, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Matthew Chao  wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi, Folks.  I just got a new iPhone 5, and can't seem to restore my apps.  
>> > What do I do?  Thanks.
>> >
>> > Matthew Chao
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Re: Unable to Restore to New iPhone 5, Please Help

[Matthew Chao]

Hi, Sarah and All.  Figured out how to restore to my new iPhone 
5.  Kind of counterintuitive.


1.  Erase all content and settings on iPhone.  Keeps the Wi-Fi passwords.

2.  after making sure that's what you want to do, it 
reboots.  Howver, no speech.  If tripple-click was enabled, you're in 
luck; otherwise you need sighted help.


3.  Go through setup, and DO NOT pick New iPhone.  Instead pick restore.

4.  Type in username and password, go through the steps, and find the 
backup you want to restore from iCloud.  Then, tap Restore.


May have missed some steps, but my phone's being restored as I write 
this.  You don't need the computer to restore; in fact, it's either 
iCloud or PC/Mac, but not both.  Just make sure you're plugged into 
wall power and connected to Wi-Fi.


And thanks for all the quick responses.

Matthew Chao

At 06:30 PM 4/14/2013, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

What steps have you taken. This will further help us troubleshoot the matter.

thanks.
On Apr 14, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Matthew Chao  wrote:

> Hi, Folks.  I just got a new iPhone 5, and can't seem to restore 
my apps.  What do I do?  Thanks.

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Re: Emergency calls from iPhone

[Shaun Oliver]

the international number is 112 it's recognised across the world.

On 15/04/2013, at 3:48 AM, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:

> You hit the button and I think from there you can dial 911. that's the number 
> for the us, but I assume it's the same procedure in the other countries.
> 
> Take care.
> On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:36 AM, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
> 
>> Hello, 
>> I use an iPhone 3GS running the latest IOS with VoiceOver. 
>> Being paranoid about security I have a PIN code to protect my iPhone 
>> contents. Is there any way (maybe an app?) which would enable someone who 
>> does not know my PIN code to use my iPhone to call my home number or the 
>> emergency services in case of accident or in case they found my iPhone on 
>> the train or in a cafe. 
>> 
>> There is a button labeled "emergency calls" on the screen on which you enter 
>> the PIN code after turning on the iPhone. What does this button do? I don't 
>> want to try it in case it dials the emergency services (999 in the UK). 
>> 
>> As a further complication I have screen curtain on on my iPhone to save 
>> battery life. If the phone were to be found by a sighted person could they 
>> find the emergency calls button? If not is there any way I could set screen 
>> curtain off for the PIN entry screen and screen curtain on everywhere else?
>> 
>> I heard somewhere that there is an ICE (in case of emergency) facility in 
>> the iPhone contacts app. Does anyone know what this does? 
>> 
>> Many thanks for any tips. 
>> 
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Re: Entering Unicode characters

[Esther]

Hi Catherine and Colin,

I thought that Catherine was probably using TextEdit, but the instructions I 
gave her should have worked for Mail (and notes in Mail), too. Catherine, when 
you type in your first string, just type the semi-colon and the a, and then 
press tab.  Then, in the next field, paste in the apostrophe with Command+v and 
press return.  You want your string to end with a character, and you want your 
substituted text to also end with a character.  If you're typing a space after 
the semi-colon and the a in the table, that might be the problem.

If your Mac is accepting letters and key combinations from your Maltron 
keyboard, then you should be able to do the character substitution.  Can you 
check whether you can use the Windows key of your Maltron keyboard as a Command 
key so that you can copy with Command+c and paste with Command+v?  That's 
usually what works with PC keyboards that have a Windows key.

If I type a note with ";a" (where I omit the quotation marks, and where I've 
changed the substitution characters to match the ones you've used), as soon as 
I press the spacebar after typing the "a", the string turns into an apostrophe 
for me.  This should work for you, too.

By the way, is it easier for you to repeat using the arrow keys to move to the 
"Add" button, or would you prefer to use item chooser menu (Control+Option+i) 
and type "a d" to move to the "Add" button?

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther



On Apr 14, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Red.Falcon wrote:

> Hi sorry I've got nothing about the coding but you said you did not have 
> textedit!
> But if your using a MBA MBP textedit is already on there to use!
> 
> On 15 Apr 2013, at 08:31, Catherine Turner 
>  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Esther,
>> 
>> Thanks for these instructions.  I haven't been able to get the text
>> substitution to work though.  This is most likely something I've done
>> wrong but I can't figure out what.
>> 
>> I haven't got Textedit at the moment but I was trying it out with
>> Notes.  In notes if I go to edit, Substitutions, Show Substitutions,
>> the checkbox "Text replacement" s checked, and I press the Text
>> Preferences button.  In the ensuing preferences the "use symbol and
>> text substitution" checkbox is selected.  I pressed the add button and
>> used the string ;a that's semicolon a space.  I've tried other strings
>> too ad can't get any of them to work.  When I interact with the table
>> of substitutions now at the bottom is the one I've added and the
>> checkbox on the left of it is checked.  I've gone in and out of the
>> preferences a few times and it's still there so I guess it's saved.
>> But it doesn't appear in notes when I type it.  I tried out some of
>> the other substitutions from that table like left paren c right paren
>> for copyright symbol and it works.  I can only think that there's some
>> small thing I haven't noticed but not sure what.  Let me know if you
>> get any ideas.  I'll see if I can go to a Mac store though it's a bit
>> awkward because they're quite noisy and don't know if there'd be a
>> space I could set my stuff up with a desk I could get under (I'm in a
>> wheelchair).  Anyway at least I have the unicode entry working now...
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Catherine
>> 
>> On 4/14/13, Esther  wrote:
>>> Hi Catherine,
>>> 
>>> If you simply need to type an apostrophe, then the quickest way to enable
>>> you to do that is to use your Mac's facility for keyboard substitution.
>>> This will let you continue to use your Maltron keyboard, but give you access
>>> to the apostrophe character when you type some other string.  Here's how to
>>> do this.  I'm going to set up a shortcut so that the 2-letter combination
>>> ";l" when typed together, with no space between the semi-colon and the "l",
>>> will be substituted with an apostrophe character.  So the substitution will
>>> use the two character groups:
>>> ;l '
>>> (that's semi-colon+l, a space separator, and the apostrophe character, so
>>> you can copy and paste).  You should choose a convenient key or key
>>> combination that is easy for you to type on your Maltron keyboard in place
>>> of the semi-colon+l that I use in my example. Those two keys are next to
>>> each other on the Mac keyboard, and it's unlikely that you'll type a
>>> semi-colon+another letter without an intervening space in regular usage.
>>> 
>>> I think the following instructions will minimize the number of keystrokes,
>>> but you'll have to use sticky keys.  I'll assume that you have the TextEdit
>>> application open.  Before you start the steps below, use Command+C to copy
>>> the apostrophe character to your clipboard so you are ready to paste it in.
>>> Here is the apostrophe character again on a line by itself:
>>> '
>>> 1. Control+F2 to move to the menu bar
>>> 2. Press "e" to move to the "Edit" menu
>>> 3. Down arrow into the "Edit" menu
>>> 4. Press "s u" to move to "Substitutions"
>>> 5. Right arrow to the "Show Substitutions" submenu option, then press
>>> "return"
>>> 6.

Re: Help changing keystroke in QuickNav Commander

[Catherine Turner]

Hi,

Thank you, this worked, phew.  Though it doesn't have the effect I was
hoping for.  I was wanting to press a key to skip past a load of links
and get to the next non-link stuff on a page, I guess this isn't the
keystroke I'm after, perhaps there's another one, I'll keep looking...

Thanks,
Catherine

On 4/13/13, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:
> Hello. Hit the add button in the qn single key strokes option, then hit d
> then vo right to the menu and choose what you want. Since I don't know
> where it is in the menus as those are set to defaults, good luck finding
> it.
>
> Good luck.
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Catherine Turner
>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wanted to change one of the single key presses used in Quick Nav and
>> in attempting to, seem to have removed the command I wanted to alter.
>>
>> I want to use the letter d to move to the next different item.  At the
>> moment that is used to find previous checkbox.  I don't particularly
>> mind about having a keystroke at all for previous checkbox.  In
>> attempting to change this I've gone wrong somewhere and e item "find
>> next different item" has disappeared from the list of commands.
>> Please can anyone help me how to get it back in there and then how do
>> I assign the letter d to go to next different item?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Catherine
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Re: Entering Unicode characters

[Catherine Turner]

Hi,

Ah, silly me, had thought because it wasn't in the Dock, and also
wasn't sure if it was of the optional things I didn't pay for when I
ordered the Macbook, thought I didm't have it.  But it is in
Launchpad, thanks for pointing that out...

Catherine

On 4/15/13, Red.Falcon  wrote:
> Hi sorry I've got nothing about the coding but you said you did not have
> textedit!
> But if your using a MBA MBP textedit is already on there to use!
>
> On 15 Apr 2013, at 08:31, Catherine Turner
>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Esther,
>>
>> Thanks for these instructions.  I haven't been able to get the text
>> substitution to work though.  This is most likely something I've done
>> wrong but I can't figure out what.
>>
>> I haven't got Textedit at the moment but I was trying it out with
>> Notes.  In notes if I go to edit, Substitutions, Show Substitutions,
>> the checkbox "Text replacement" s checked, and I press the Text
>> Preferences button.  In the ensuing preferences the "use symbol and
>> text substitution" checkbox is selected.  I pressed the add button and
>> used the string ;a that's semicolon a space.  I've tried other strings
>> too ad can't get any of them to work.  When I interact with the table
>> of substitutions now at the bottom is the one I've added and the
>> checkbox on the left of it is checked.  I've gone in and out of the
>> preferences a few times and it's still there so I guess it's saved.
>> But it doesn't appear in notes when I type it.  I tried out some of
>> the other substitutions from that table like left paren c right paren
>> for copyright symbol and it works.  I can only think that there's some
>> small thing I haven't noticed but not sure what.  Let me know if you
>> get any ideas.  I'll see if I can go to a Mac store though it's a bit
>> awkward because they're quite noisy and don't know if there'd be a
>> space I could set my stuff up with a desk I could get under (I'm in a
>> wheelchair).  Anyway at least I have the unicode entry working now...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Catherine
>>
>> On 4/14/13, Esther  wrote:
>>> Hi Catherine,
>>>
>>> If you simply need to type an apostrophe, then the quickest way to
>>> enable
>>> you to do that is to use your Mac's facility for keyboard substitution.
>>> This will let you continue to use your Maltron keyboard, but give you
>>> access
>>> to the apostrophe character when you type some other string.  Here's how
>>> to
>>> do this.  I'm going to set up a shortcut so that the 2-letter
>>> combination
>>> ";l" when typed together, with no space between the semi-colon and the
>>> "l",
>>> will be substituted with an apostrophe character.  So the substitution
>>> will
>>> use the two character groups:
>>> ;l '
>>> (that's semi-colon+l, a space separator, and the apostrophe character,
>>> so
>>> you can copy and paste).  You should choose a convenient key or key
>>> combination that is easy for you to type on your Maltron keyboard in
>>> place
>>> of the semi-colon+l that I use in my example. Those two keys are next to
>>> each other on the Mac keyboard, and it's unlikely that you'll type a
>>> semi-colon+another letter without an intervening space in regular usage.
>>>
>>> I think the following instructions will minimize the number of
>>> keystrokes,
>>> but you'll have to use sticky keys.  I'll assume that you have the
>>> TextEdit
>>> application open.  Before you start the steps below, use Command+C to
>>> copy
>>> the apostrophe character to your clipboard so you are ready to paste it
>>> in.
>>> Here is the apostrophe character again on a line by itself:
>>> '
>>> 1. Control+F2 to move to the menu bar
>>> 2. Press "e" to move to the "Edit" menu
>>> 3. Down arrow into the "Edit" menu
>>> 4. Press "s u" to move to "Substitutions"
>>> 5. Right arrow to the "Show Substitutions" submenu option, then press
>>> "return"
>>> 6. In the "Substitutions" window, right arrow through, and make sure
>>> that
>>> the "Text Replacement" box is checked. Continue to right arrow to the
>>> "Text
>>> Preferences" button and press it (with your up+down arrow keys if
>>> QuickNav
>>> is on, or with VO-Space). If your keyboard is set up so that you can use
>>> NumPad commander and this is turned on, I think you can also press the
>>> "5"
>>> key.
>>> 7. You'll be on the "Text" pane of the "Language & Text" preferences.
>>> Right
>>> arrow in the pane. The first entry in the pane should be a check box for
>>> "Use symbol and text substitution" that should be checked by default. If
>>> it
>>> isn't already checked, check this box. Then continue to right arrow to
>>> the
>>> "Add button"
>>> 8. Press the "Add" button to append an entry to the "Substitutions"
>>> table
>>> 9. Type the letters you want to use for substituting (e.g.,semi-colon+l,
>>> in
>>> the above example)
>>> 10. Press tab, then type or paste the character you want substituted.
>>> Here
>>> is where you can press Command+v to paste in the apostrophe symbol. Then
>>> press "return"
>>> 11. Press Command+w to close the "Text Pr

Re: Entering Unicode characters

[Red.Falcon]

Hi sorry I've got nothing about the coding but you said you did not have 
textedit!
But if your using a MBA MBP textedit is already on there to use!

On 15 Apr 2013, at 08:31, Catherine Turner  
wrote:

> Hi Esther,
> 
> Thanks for these instructions.  I haven't been able to get the text
> substitution to work though.  This is most likely something I've done
> wrong but I can't figure out what.
> 
> I haven't got Textedit at the moment but I was trying it out with
> Notes.  In notes if I go to edit, Substitutions, Show Substitutions,
> the checkbox "Text replacement" s checked, and I press the Text
> Preferences button.  In the ensuing preferences the "use symbol and
> text substitution" checkbox is selected.  I pressed the add button and
> used the string ;a that's semicolon a space.  I've tried other strings
> too ad can't get any of them to work.  When I interact with the table
> of substitutions now at the bottom is the one I've added and the
> checkbox on the left of it is checked.  I've gone in and out of the
> preferences a few times and it's still there so I guess it's saved.
> But it doesn't appear in notes when I type it.  I tried out some of
> the other substitutions from that table like left paren c right paren
> for copyright symbol and it works.  I can only think that there's some
> small thing I haven't noticed but not sure what.  Let me know if you
> get any ideas.  I'll see if I can go to a Mac store though it's a bit
> awkward because they're quite noisy and don't know if there'd be a
> space I could set my stuff up with a desk I could get under (I'm in a
> wheelchair).  Anyway at least I have the unicode entry working now...
> 
> Thanks,
> Catherine
> 
> On 4/14/13, Esther  wrote:
>> Hi Catherine,
>> 
>> If you simply need to type an apostrophe, then the quickest way to enable
>> you to do that is to use your Mac's facility for keyboard substitution.
>> This will let you continue to use your Maltron keyboard, but give you access
>> to the apostrophe character when you type some other string.  Here's how to
>> do this.  I'm going to set up a shortcut so that the 2-letter combination
>> ";l" when typed together, with no space between the semi-colon and the "l",
>> will be substituted with an apostrophe character.  So the substitution will
>> use the two character groups:
>> ;l '
>> (that's semi-colon+l, a space separator, and the apostrophe character, so
>> you can copy and paste).  You should choose a convenient key or key
>> combination that is easy for you to type on your Maltron keyboard in place
>> of the semi-colon+l that I use in my example. Those two keys are next to
>> each other on the Mac keyboard, and it's unlikely that you'll type a
>> semi-colon+another letter without an intervening space in regular usage.
>> 
>> I think the following instructions will minimize the number of keystrokes,
>> but you'll have to use sticky keys.  I'll assume that you have the TextEdit
>> application open.  Before you start the steps below, use Command+C to copy
>> the apostrophe character to your clipboard so you are ready to paste it in.
>> Here is the apostrophe character again on a line by itself:
>> '
>> 1. Control+F2 to move to the menu bar
>> 2. Press "e" to move to the "Edit" menu
>> 3. Down arrow into the "Edit" menu
>> 4. Press "s u" to move to "Substitutions"
>> 5. Right arrow to the "Show Substitutions" submenu option, then press
>> "return"
>> 6. In the "Substitutions" window, right arrow through, and make sure that
>> the "Text Replacement" box is checked. Continue to right arrow to the "Text
>> Preferences" button and press it (with your up+down arrow keys if QuickNav
>> is on, or with VO-Space). If your keyboard is set up so that you can use
>> NumPad commander and this is turned on, I think you can also press the "5"
>> key.
>> 7. You'll be on the "Text" pane of the "Language & Text" preferences.  Right
>> arrow in the pane. The first entry in the pane should be a check box for
>> "Use symbol and text substitution" that should be checked by default. If it
>> isn't already checked, check this box. Then continue to right arrow to the
>> "Add button"
>> 8. Press the "Add" button to append an entry to the "Substitutions" table
>> 9. Type the letters you want to use for substituting (e.g.,semi-colon+l, in
>> the above example)
>> 10. Press tab, then type or paste the character you want substituted.  Here
>> is where you can press Command+v to paste in the apostrophe symbol. Then
>> press "return"
>> 11. Press Command+w to close the "Text Preferences" window
>> 12. Press Command+w to close the "Substitutions" window
>> 
>> You should now be able to type the letter combination you selected, and have
>> it replaced with an apostrophe.  You'll have to type your letter combination
>> and then press space for the substitution to be made.  This means that
>> you'll have to press the left arrow key or the delete key to move back.
>> 
>> HTH.  Cheers,
>> 
>> Esther
>> 
>> On Apr 13, 2013, at 9:

Re: Entering Unicode characters

[Catherine Turner]

Hi Esther,

Thanks for these instructions.  I haven't been able to get the text
substitution to work though.  This is most likely something I've done
wrong but I can't figure out what.

I haven't got Textedit at the moment but I was trying it out with
Notes.  In notes if I go to edit, Substitutions, Show Substitutions,
the checkbox "Text replacement" s checked, and I press the Text
Preferences button.  In the ensuing preferences the "use symbol and
text substitution" checkbox is selected.  I pressed the add button and
used the string ;a that's semicolon a space.  I've tried other strings
too ad can't get any of them to work.  When I interact with the table
of substitutions now at the bottom is the one I've added and the
checkbox on the left of it is checked.  I've gone in and out of the
preferences a few times and it's still there so I guess it's saved.
But it doesn't appear in notes when I type it.  I tried out some of
the other substitutions from that table like left paren c right paren
for copyright symbol and it works.  I can only think that there's some
small thing I haven't noticed but not sure what.  Let me know if you
get any ideas.  I'll see if I can go to a Mac store though it's a bit
awkward because they're quite noisy and don't know if there'd be a
space I could set my stuff up with a desk I could get under (I'm in a
wheelchair).  Anyway at least I have the unicode entry working now...

Thanks,
Catherine

On 4/14/13, Esther  wrote:
> Hi Catherine,
>
> If you simply need to type an apostrophe, then the quickest way to enable
> you to do that is to use your Mac's facility for keyboard substitution.
> This will let you continue to use your Maltron keyboard, but give you access
> to the apostrophe character when you type some other string.  Here's how to
> do this.  I'm going to set up a shortcut so that the 2-letter combination
> ";l" when typed together, with no space between the semi-colon and the "l",
> will be substituted with an apostrophe character.  So the substitution will
> use the two character groups:
> ;l '
> (that's semi-colon+l, a space separator, and the apostrophe character, so
> you can copy and paste).  You should choose a convenient key or key
> combination that is easy for you to type on your Maltron keyboard in place
> of the semi-colon+l that I use in my example. Those two keys are next to
> each other on the Mac keyboard, and it's unlikely that you'll type a
> semi-colon+another letter without an intervening space in regular usage.
>
> I think the following instructions will minimize the number of keystrokes,
> but you'll have to use sticky keys.  I'll assume that you have the TextEdit
> application open.  Before you start the steps below, use Command+C to copy
> the apostrophe character to your clipboard so you are ready to paste it in.
> Here is the apostrophe character again on a line by itself:
> '
> 1. Control+F2 to move to the menu bar
> 2. Press "e" to move to the "Edit" menu
> 3. Down arrow into the "Edit" menu
> 4. Press "s u" to move to "Substitutions"
> 5. Right arrow to the "Show Substitutions" submenu option, then press
> "return"
> 6. In the "Substitutions" window, right arrow through, and make sure that
> the "Text Replacement" box is checked. Continue to right arrow to the "Text
> Preferences" button and press it (with your up+down arrow keys if QuickNav
> is on, or with VO-Space). If your keyboard is set up so that you can use
> NumPad commander and this is turned on, I think you can also press the "5"
> key.
> 7. You'll be on the "Text" pane of the "Language & Text" preferences.  Right
> arrow in the pane. The first entry in the pane should be a check box for
> "Use symbol and text substitution" that should be checked by default. If it
> isn't already checked, check this box. Then continue to right arrow to the
> "Add button"
> 8. Press the "Add" button to append an entry to the "Substitutions" table
> 9. Type the letters you want to use for substituting (e.g.,semi-colon+l, in
> the above example)
> 10. Press tab, then type or paste the character you want substituted.  Here
> is where you can press Command+v to paste in the apostrophe symbol. Then
> press "return"
> 11. Press Command+w to close the "Text Preferences" window
> 12. Press Command+w to close the "Substitutions" window
>
> You should now be able to type the letter combination you selected, and have
> it replaced with an apostrophe.  You'll have to type your letter combination
> and then press space for the substitution to be made.  This means that
> you'll have to press the left arrow key or the delete key to move back.
>
> HTH.  Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Catherine Turner wrote:
>
>> Hello Esther,
>>
>> Wow, thank you muchly for your comprehensive reply here.  I'm sure
>> there'll be something in here to help me.  I'll have a play with these
>> things but in the meantime If I explain further my problem maybe
>> you'll have an idea...
>>
>> Basically my keyboard, a Maltr