transferring music from MBP to iPhone via ITunes
OK, call me sheltered but I’ve never actually done this before. I have several songs I want to transfer from my MBP to my iPhone. How do I do this? I want to be able to access them as part of my music. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Mail Message screen
I’m using Yosemite and Mail with the classic view. I can come into Mail and interact with the messages table. Prior to Yosemite when I did this, I could go down the subject lines and just hit enter and read the text of each message. Once done, I could delete that message and be taken back to the list within the messages table. Now it seems that once I delete a message or after having read several, VO stops talking. I have to stop interacting with the messages table and come back in. This isn’t a big deal but it is annoying to have to do this after responding to messages or simply doing something else along the course of reading mail. Here’s hoping I’m just experiencing something weird and it may go away? thoughts? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
The Recents tab on the phone is your friend in these cases. Just go there and double tap on the number you want from the list. No dialing. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Oct 16, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Had my most fun iPhone IOS 8 experience last night and yes that is sarcasm. I was standing in the pouring rain waiting for my ride and some how I had not saved the phone number to my contacts so had to try and dial the car service manually can't begin to tell you how much fun it was having the damn buttons stick and even quitting the phone app from the app switcher would not stop the button ringing so there I am standing with my guide dog in the pouring rain trying to reset my stupid iPhone. Oh yeah, and Siri would not work either as I seem to have a Siri bug where Siri just craps the whole phone out knocking out VoiceOver and Siri not working either. Yes it was tons of fun. On Oct 16, 2014, at 11:48 AM, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: Google will find several solutions for you depending on different factors. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/16/2014 5:19 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: The U1 album doesn't have that option, we've all tried that and it's unavailable; there's something you have to do in Itunes, think you have to do it via the app store, but can't remember if you have to do it via your phone, or the computer, sense it doesn't show up in your itunes library. On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:38 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Need to get rid of an album from your phone? Just focus on the album and swipe one finger quickly up and double tap. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I couldn't have said that better myself, and there's a way to get rid of that album, but can't remember how right off; you may have to google it, sense I deleted the e-mail someone on another list sent me sense I was done with it. I love Apple's products, and wouldn't go back to what I used to use (a windows smartphone running mobile speak, that was still only halfway accessible,) for anything in the world, but think that just like Microsoft was famous for doing, they're starting to release their updates way too soon, and, so am really glad there's someone in agreement here. On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don't want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50's midlife crisis moans aren't my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I'm not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don't trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don't have enough say yet, so we're stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted
Re: Keyboard focus in Amadeus Pro
Hi Max, If you haven't done this already, turn off Quick Nav. I'm a big user of quick Nav so have to remind myself to do this when going into Amadeus Pro. Once quick Nav is off, then use the escape key if the keyboard focus won't go into the scroll area. Sometimes you have to hit escape several times to refocus but that usually works for me. Now if you've turned Quick Nav off already and are still having this issue, I'm stumped but typically this keeps the keyboard cursor where it should be for editing. Then all of the other editing keys like command-y and p actually work. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Oct 1, 2014, at 10:34 PM, Agent086b agent0...@bigpond.com wrote: Hello all, I am using Amadeus Pro version 2.1.7 (1576). I am trying to edit a piece of a sound file. I have a problem not being able to bring the keyboard focus to the mouse and VO cursors. I have been using FN CTRL Option CMD and F4 to bring the keyboard to where it should be. This is not working reliably. Anybody know what I can do? Thanks as always for any help. Max. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Status Report
Is anyone else having difficulty with Status Report since updating to iOS8? I double tap on renew and nothing happens. All I see in the messages area is a date and if I double tap on that I get kicked out of the app. I've reloaded it twice now with the same results. Sad too as I love this app. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader Able To Read Unconventional Materials
I've tried it on round cans and bottles and depending on the print on the label and the width of the item, it can read some things but minimal. OCR on round items is really hard and this isn't the app for that. It does state this in the user guide. LCD screens vary in my experience from very well read to barely read depending on the contrast of print to background. I'm looking at some other factors such as size of the screen itself. This doesn't seem to be as big a factor as the contrast. Also, the screen print can't be scrolling. It must be stationary. I did try to read some things like print on a shirt, not the clothing label but the actual screen printed front and it did not read the shirt but I think the print was somewhat stylized. HTH Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 21, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Now that many on this list and other lists have had some time to play with the KNFB Reader app on the phone, I would like to know if it can read clothing labels, print on round cans and bottles. And no responses to an earlier post of mine on digital LCD readouts. Thanks. Eileen -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App
I've been using it on a variety of things and have found the app to be much more reliable in terms of getting good pictures initially, than my attempts with other OCR apps. I'd like to pride myself on being able to take fairly good pictures for OCR purposes but for some reason, I never had good luck or consistency with the other OCR apps. Last night, just for fun and to prove to my husband that the app worked, I took a picture of our television screen from about 8 feet away. It's a 42 inch TV. There was an add on for one of those legal services that sues if you have had some disease or other. The app read most of the text on screen accurately including a phone number and web address. It faltered near the end of the text but I suspect it was scrolling or stylized. It did make an attempt though. To say I was in shock is an understatement. Now I wish I'd saved the scan. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: See my last post. Basically, the app comes with features that give you very good feedback while your positioning the camera. Best, Donna On Sep 20, 2014, at 7:44 AM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: HI! ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW WOULD ONE KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO HOLD THE CAMERA OVER a paper. Anyone? /A 19 sep 2014 kl. 16:28 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com: Apparently the app is $100. CB Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's leading advocate for access to print by the blind, has applauded the release of KNFB Reader, a new app for the iPhone and other Apple iOS devices, which uses the phone's camera and state-of-the-art optical character recognition (OCR) technology to give the blind instant access to the contents of print materials. Members of the National Federation of the Blind have worked with K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., which developed the app along with Sensotec, Inc. KNFB Reader is now available in the iTunes app store. Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: The National Federation of the Blind has been involved for forty years in the development of technology that helps blind people to acquire access to the various print materials that we all encounter from day to day. Ever since our first collaboration with Ray Kurzweil to develop the Kurzweil Reading Machine, which was the size of a household appliance, we have been interested in the development of better and more portable reading technology. Print on office documents, flyers, letters, menus, labels, and throughout our environment is still a part of everyday life, even with the increased electronic transmission of documents. Now revolutionary technology that resides on the phones that many of us carry each day provides instant access to the printed word. We can hear our mail or the menu at our favorite restaurant spoken with the iPhone's built-in text-to-speech technology, or read it in Braille with a refreshable Braille display. This app will fundamentally change the everyday lives of many blind people, helping us to get the information we need and live the lives we want. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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
Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App
I'd agree with Buddy here. I don't recall what resolution this is set to use but I know that I get vastly better results on my flatbed scanner using a higher resolution and the time it takes is imho negligible. I have found things it won't read, very stylized labels, T-shirts and work shirt logos, yes I did try these just for fun. My other issue with the less expensive apps was lighting. I never knew just what the right lighting was save for a direct light shining right on the document. That didn't even work at times. The other thing that frankly is useful about the app is that it speaks the scan right away. When I'm scanning something using a mobile device, I' usually checking it for Id purposes. If I want to scan and save, yes I can do that from the app but usually I'll label whatever it is in braille for more detailed processing later. When I travel, I just want to know shampoo from hand lotion and decaf coffee from regular. This in combination with TapTap See is a must-have for travel imho. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: To my mind, there are several magic thingies. First, field of view report. Pretty handy as you learn the right distance and alignment for your pictures. Add the tilt sensor, so you can learn when your phone is flat relative to your document. Second, the KNFB people know that we're pretty lousy at taking pictures. Or, well, variably talented, perhaps. So they've done a lot of work to optimize pictures to account for all the stuff we can't account for, in as much as is possible. I don't think the less expensive apps do either of these things as well. Of course, if you can find something for less that works for you, by all means use that. For my part, I've tried a couple of less expensive alternatives and have found them wanting. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com wrote: All right. Yes, it's all very wonderful The question is: why? Why have all the other apps failed? What's the magic sauce? You know me--well, you do now, anyway--that I'm not going to be happy unless I've established that £69 was worth paying. I'm still not quite convinced that it is, yet. £69 is a lot of money for an iOS app, and my first thought while reading the description was, Yeah, highly anticipated and bloody expensive! Anybody have answers, or even hypotheses? -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App
GiGi, that’s the beauty of the tilt function. I’m usually fairly good at balancing the phone but if I do more than one scan of something in the same spot, such as just moving another piece of mail under it, I tend to tip the phone. The thing that confuses me at times is the clock face orientation. I have to tell myself that it is reporting the position of the material under the phone and that I should turn the phone in that direction until it says 0. For some weird reason my brain conjured that this was the orientation of the phone itself when looking at the image and that I must turn the phone in the opposite direction to reorient. Where that came from I have no idea. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Well lazy me did something else. I put my Mac on my lap and shut it, and then sorted my Mail sitting in my recliner. I wasn't sure that was going to work but it did work quite fine. I am finding the level indicator to be a lot more helpful than the review function. Maybe it's just me since I just got it today, but by the time I tell it to scan again I have to be very careful not to change my position. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Rob Bender rbende...@gmail.com wrote: I also bought the app after hearing the Applevis podcast and reading about the results from others on the list. I had the opportunity to borrow a Nokia phone with the old KNFB app 4 or 5 years ago and was only ever able to get a few words from a page. I was able to sit at the kitchen table and sort the mail just after buying the new app. It is definitely better than the old app since the field of view report and the tilt notification are a great help in lining up the camera. I will add that I had not been able to get good results with the other OCR apps for the iPhone since I was horrible at lining up the camera. It really seems that they did a great job on writing an app which compensates for blind users. I plan to try more documents today. On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:00 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Pete You may have answered this already, but I once tried the KNFB reader that a friend had on his Windows phone. I couldn't get the thing to line up and I got the worst text you ever saw. Obviously, you got it to line up with the restaurant menu, and I'm really impressed about that. I have heard there is an option on this new program to find the line up. How sloppy can you be to line up the text and have the text come out good? I hope my question makes sense. I know a lot of people got the old one to work, but I was hopeless with it. So, did you ever use the old one, and is it, in your opinion, better than it was? Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 1:58 AM, peter Apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote: Best app I've ever purchased! I to believe that this works better then desktop scanning programs. First day with it was today. First try at a restaurant scored the entire menu perfectly Pete Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Frankly, I could not agree more!!! My flat bed scanning days are through: or just about anyhow. I never got such good results with the other OCR apps. Not even with Abby Fine Reader Text Grabber, which is kinda sorta okay. The KNFB reader is where it's at if you want it to be both fast and accurate. Yes, it does help you angle the camra just right. I didn't realize, until I started using the KNFB reader app that I was always angling the camra lens much too far upward. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Donna, I'm not Kevin but bought the app last night. On my first picture, I got 100 per cent accuracy of an entire credit card statement which obviously has lots of numbers and weird abbreviations. I spent about a minute lining the document up and then took one picture and it was perfect! I never had anything close to that with Prismo, Text Grabber or Text Detective. I rarely got the whole document there, whereas KNFB Reader helps you line it up if you want it to. It also does images and pdf images, so it is definitely worth it for me. I'm now sorry I wasted the money on those others, but it was all there was at the time and they served their purpose. KNFB Reader is now the only OCR app on my phone. It takes about 2 seconds from when the picture is taken to when it starts reading, and I'm using an iPhone 5 at this stage. Good luck with your decision Lisette On 20/09/2014, at 6:28 am, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com
Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App
I’ve had the phone turned up to 18 degrees off center and it’s worked just fine so I think it really depends on the clarity of text. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! So you have to have the phone or paper in the right clock direction. It can't turn the page virtually in the app. /A 20 sep 2014 kl. 23:03 skrev Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com: GiGi, that’s the beauty of the tilt function. I’m usually fairly good at balancing the phone but if I do more than one scan of something in the same spot, such as just moving another piece of mail under it, I tend to tip the phone. The thing that confuses me at times is the clock face orientation. I have to tell myself that it is reporting the position of the material under the phone and that I should turn the phone in that direction until it says 0. For some weird reason my brain conjured that this was the orientation of the phone itself when looking at the image and that I must turn the phone in the opposite direction to reorient. Where that came from I have no idea. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Well lazy me did something else. I put my Mac on my lap and shut it, and then sorted my Mail sitting in my recliner. I wasn't sure that was going to work but it did work quite fine. I am finding the level indicator to be a lot more helpful than the review function. Maybe it's just me since I just got it today, but by the time I tell it to scan again I have to be very careful not to change my position. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Rob Bender rbende...@gmail.com wrote: I also bought the app after hearing the Applevis podcast and reading about the results from others on the list. I had the opportunity to borrow a Nokia phone with the old KNFB app 4 or 5 years ago and was only ever able to get a few words from a page. I was able to sit at the kitchen table and sort the mail just after buying the new app. It is definitely better than the old app since the field of view report and the tilt notification are a great help in lining up the camera. I will add that I had not been able to get good results with the other OCR apps for the iPhone since I was horrible at lining up the camera. It really seems that they did a great job on writing an app which compensates for blind users. I plan to try more documents today. On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:00 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Pete You may have answered this already, but I once tried the KNFB reader that a friend had on his Windows phone. I couldn't get the thing to line up and I got the worst text you ever saw. Obviously, you got it to line up with the restaurant menu, and I'm really impressed about that. I have heard there is an option on this new program to find the line up. How sloppy can you be to line up the text and have the text come out good? I hope my question makes sense. I know a lot of people got the old one to work, but I was hopeless with it. So, did you ever use the old one, and is it, in your opinion, better than it was? Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 1:58 AM, peter Apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote: Best app I've ever purchased! I to believe that this works better then desktop scanning programs. First day with it was today. First try at a restaurant scored the entire menu perfectly Pete Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Frankly, I could not agree more!!! My flat bed scanning days are through: or just about anyhow. I never got such good results with the other OCR apps. Not even with Abby Fine Reader Text Grabber, which is kinda sorta okay. The KNFB reader is where it's at if you want it to be both fast and accurate. Yes, it does help you angle the camra just right. I didn't realize, until I started using the KNFB reader app that I was always angling the camra lens much too far upward. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Donna, I'm not Kevin but bought the app last night. On my first picture, I got 100 per cent accuracy of an entire credit card statement which obviously has lots of numbers and weird abbreviations. I spent about a minute lining the document up and then took one picture and it was perfect! I never had anything close to that with Prismo, Text Grabber or Text Detective. I rarely got the whole document there, whereas KNFB Reader helps you line it up if you want it to. It also does
Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App
Oh, it will definitely realign things in terms of recognition of direction. One thing I’ve just tried is to export a file to DropBox for opening and it simply goes back to the export menu. I tried opening in different apps and it just goes back to the export menu. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: This is incorrect. It can of course flip the page right side up if it’s upside down and so on, but of course it works best when you’re aligned the same way as your document. — Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! So you have to have the phone or paper in the right clock direction. It can't turn the page virtually in the app. /A 20 sep 2014 kl. 23:03 skrev Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com: GiGi, that’s the beauty of the tilt function. I’m usually fairly good at balancing the phone but if I do more than one scan of something in the same spot, such as just moving another piece of mail under it, I tend to tip the phone. The thing that confuses me at times is the clock face orientation. I have to tell myself that it is reporting the position of the material under the phone and that I should turn the phone in that direction until it says 0. For some weird reason my brain conjured that this was the orientation of the phone itself when looking at the image and that I must turn the phone in the opposite direction to reorient. Where that came from I have no idea. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Well lazy me did something else. I put my Mac on my lap and shut it, and then sorted my Mail sitting in my recliner. I wasn't sure that was going to work but it did work quite fine. I am finding the level indicator to be a lot more helpful than the review function. Maybe it's just me since I just got it today, but by the time I tell it to scan again I have to be very careful not to change my position. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Rob Bender rbende...@gmail.com wrote: I also bought the app after hearing the Applevis podcast and reading about the results from others on the list. I had the opportunity to borrow a Nokia phone with the old KNFB app 4 or 5 years ago and was only ever able to get a few words from a page. I was able to sit at the kitchen table and sort the mail just after buying the new app. It is definitely better than the old app since the field of view report and the tilt notification are a great help in lining up the camera. I will add that I had not been able to get good results with the other OCR apps for the iPhone since I was horrible at lining up the camera. It really seems that they did a great job on writing an app which compensates for blind users. I plan to try more documents today. On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:00 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Pete You may have answered this already, but I once tried the KNFB reader that a friend had on his Windows phone. I couldn't get the thing to line up and I got the worst text you ever saw. Obviously, you got it to line up with the restaurant menu, and I'm really impressed about that. I have heard there is an option on this new program to find the line up. How sloppy can you be to line up the text and have the text come out good? I hope my question makes sense. I know a lot of people got the old one to work, but I was hopeless with it. So, did you ever use the old one, and is it, in your opinion, better than it was? Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 1:58 AM, peter Apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote: Best app I've ever purchased! I to believe that this works better then desktop scanning programs. First day with it was today. First try at a restaurant scored the entire menu perfectly Pete Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Frankly, I could not agree more!!! My flat bed scanning days are through: or just about anyhow. I never got such good results with the other OCR apps. Not even with Abby Fine Reader Text Grabber, which is kinda sorta okay. The KNFB reader is where it's at if you want it to be both fast and accurate. Yes, it does help you angle the camra just right. I didn't realize, until I started using the KNFB reader app that I was always angling the camra lens much too far upward. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel
Re: Typing mode question
Buddy, so glad you're having trouble also with Fleksy. I thought I'd lost my mind. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 17, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: Hi, Direct touch typing works like this. And it took me a while (and someone else's explanation) to fully understand it. If you've got a *really* good grasp on the keyboard, or have some usable vision, it might be great. Essentially, when you tap a key, the key types. And by 'tap, I mean a real tap, with absolutely *no* extra time from when your finger makes contact to when you let go. This means that the keyboard acts exactly like it does for sighted folks when VO is off. However, if you hold your finger on a key, it will speak, just as though you had traditional or touch typing enabled instead. That way, you could use split tap if you really wanted. For my part, touch typing still works great. Now...if I could just figure out how to run Fleksy. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name On Sep 17, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi those that know What is direct touch typing in IOS 8? I know what the others are. Gigi -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
search box in app store
Well, thanks to me accidentally pulling out my power cord while doing the upgrade, I had to put my phone in recovery mode and lost pretty much everything. I thought I'd backed it up but that was the work phone. Note to everyone, back up your device before upgrading. DUH. My issue now as I reload the apps I really want is that the search box is behaving oddly. I don't yet have the Fleksy keyboard enabled and for some weird reason, clear text button doesn't. You have to go to the end of the text and hit the delete key repeatedly. that doesn't always work though. Anyone else having this issue? Also, after the first search, my choice of typing echo, characters and words, behaves more like the Fleksy keyboard and echoes nothing at all, not even keyboard clicks. I haven't tried typing in any other app yet but this is really annoying when searching for things in the app store. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: setting up an Air Printer
Thanks, the software option does sound like the ticket. We do have one PC that stays on to run streaming audio in the house and that would be the one this software would be installed on. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 10, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Todd W toddstechby...@gmail.com wrote: Jenine, As an alternative to buying a new airprint capable printer there are a couple ways to make your older printers available to your iOS devices. There are a number of airprint capable print servers that can attach to your printer and then present them on the (wireless) network as airprint printers. You can also install airprint software on a PC or Mac on the network that will make the printers available as well. I have seen oPrint for PCs which is free and might be the ticket if you have a desktop PC on the network that stays powered on. This is the disadvantage of using software installed on a PC or Mac as opposed to one of the network print server adapters. Todd On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Gotcha. I doubt either of the printers we have hooked up are Air cable. They are older HP's. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Your printer has to be air print capable before any app will find it. Check the model number of your printer on the manufacturers website see if it is air print capable. You should also be able to find the corresponding manufacturers app for your printer to install to your device. Pam Francis On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: You might need an app for the printer to go on your i phone before you can actually see or use it from the phone.. hth, Cait On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: s Pam, I have a printer already hooked into the router directly for network use. the iOS device didn't see it though. It's not a wireless printer though but one hooked in via USB. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Janine, I have a wireless printer set up on my home network. Your printer has to be able to connect to your router. You will likely need sighted assistance to enter your network password into your printer. Depending on the brand of printer you choose, there is likely to be an app used to activate it. TheHP printer I have uses HP ePrint from the App Store. Once you get your printer set up, configured correctly to your network, your iPhone should see it therefore allowing you to print from your iPhone, iPad, or any other device you have running wirelessly. It's a relatively easy process. If you have a cited friend who can help you, it would be a little more streamlined. Hope this helps. Pam Francis On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I was looking at how to print things from my phone and discovered that I have no printer set up for this activity. Here are some possibly stupid questions about doing so. 1. Do I need a wireless printer for this task? 2. If I have a printer set up for my MBP, can it be enabled for use with the iPhone? 3. If yes, how? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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
setting up an Air Printer
So I was looking at how to print things from my phone and discovered that I have no printer set up for this activity. Here are some possibly stupid questions about doing so. 1. Do I need a wireless printer for this task? 2. If I have a printer set up for my MBP, can it be enabled for use with the iPhone? 3. If yes, how? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: setting up an Air Printer
s Pam, I have a printer already hooked into the router directly for network use. the iOS device didn't see it though. It's not a wireless printer though but one hooked in via USB. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Janine, I have a wireless printer set up on my home network. Your printer has to be able to connect to your router. You will likely need sighted assistance to enter your network password into your printer. Depending on the brand of printer you choose, there is likely to be an app used to activate it. TheHP printer I have uses HP ePrint from the App Store. Once you get your printer set up, configured correctly to your network, your iPhone should see it therefore allowing you to print from your iPhone, iPad, or any other device you have running wirelessly. It's a relatively easy process. If you have a cited friend who can help you, it would be a little more streamlined. Hope this helps. Pam Francis On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I was looking at how to print things from my phone and discovered that I have no printer set up for this activity. Here are some possibly stupid questions about doing so. 1. Do I need a wireless printer for this task? 2. If I have a printer set up for my MBP, can it be enabled for use with the iPhone? 3. If yes, how? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: setting up an Air Printer
Gotcha. I doubt either of the printers we have hooked up are Air cable. They are older HP's. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Your printer has to be air print capable before any app will find it. Check the model number of your printer on the manufacturers website see if it is air print capable. You should also be able to find the corresponding manufacturers app for your printer to install to your device. Pam Francis On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: You might need an app for the printer to go on your i phone before you can actually see or use it from the phone.. hth, Cait On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: s Pam, I have a printer already hooked into the router directly for network use. the iOS device didn't see it though. It's not a wireless printer though but one hooked in via USB. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Janine, I have a wireless printer set up on my home network. Your printer has to be able to connect to your router. You will likely need sighted assistance to enter your network password into your printer. Depending on the brand of printer you choose, there is likely to be an app used to activate it. TheHP printer I have uses HP ePrint from the App Store. Once you get your printer set up, configured correctly to your network, your iPhone should see it therefore allowing you to print from your iPhone, iPad, or any other device you have running wirelessly. It's a relatively easy process. If you have a cited friend who can help you, it would be a little more streamlined. Hope this helps. Pam Francis On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I was looking at how to print things from my phone and discovered that I have no printer set up for this activity. Here are some possibly stupid questions about doing so. 1. Do I need a wireless printer for this task? 2. If I have a printer set up for my MBP, can it be enabled for use with the iPhone? 3. If yes, how? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Answer To How To Access Emoji Keyboard in OS X Maverick
Thanks much. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 8, 2014, at 2:28 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Jenine, To access the Emoji keyboard in OS X Maverick, when in an edit field, simply use the Control + Command + Spacebar key combo. This will bring up the Emoji soft keyboard which looks and behaves just as it does in iOS. I only wish it were this simple in Windows 7 (smile). Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 11:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: using the emogy keyboard on a MBP How can I use the Emogy keyboard on my MBP for adding emoticons? Is it doable? Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
using the emogy keyboard on a MBP
How can I use the Emogy keyboard on my MBP for adding emoticons? Is it doable? Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
search and replace in Pages
Can anyone explain how to do a search and replace in Pages? I see two items under the Edit menu, Find submenu that say Use Selection as find and Use Selection as Replace but somehow that doesn't quite work the way I'd expect. Any help is hugely appreciated. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: recording Skype calls
I just got a 4 channel mixer so yay! I did buy Call Recorder for Skype though just to try it. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 26, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Jenine, I have a mixer, so no need for SoundFlower therefore I have no knowledge of it. However for recording calls, Audio Highjack is all you need. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/08/2014, at 12:05 pm, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jonathan. Actually what you describe doesn't sound that tedious or complex and would be quite cool if it works, which it obviously does. Do you need to use another program, Sound Flower I think, to also set this whole thing up or is that only if you want to record your Mac's audio as well? No idea why I'd want to do that but just saying. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Jenine, if you are going to be doing this sort of thing for broadcast purposes or for anything other than your own archival purposes, I'd highly recommend using Audio Highjack pro to record your Skype calls. You can choose the file format you want to use. This is important, because most file formats are lossy. If you save a Skype call in a lossy format, like MP3 or something compressed, you will eventually have to bring it into a sound editor, where it will get edited, saved, and eventually compressed a second time to a lossy format. The more times you do this, the more artefacts you'll introduce to your recording. You can tell Audio Highjack to save in .aiff format, which is the Mac equivalent of a .wav file and is therefore completely uncompressed.I know you also use Amadeus Pro, so let me talk you through how I use the two together. I set up Audio Highjack so that my voice is on one channel, and the Skype caller's voice is on the other. The advantage of doing this is that you can then bring the file into Amadeus Pro, and put each channel in a separate track. Once that's done, convert each track from a mono to a stereo track, and you have you and the Skype caller in both ears. Because you are both on separate tracks, you can apply different effects as appropriate. For example, normalise each track separately so you are both sounding similar in volume. If the Skype caller sounds too bright or too dull, you can apply equalisation just to the caller, and not to you. Finally, if you wish, you can pan each track to get a stereo effect. Then when you're done getting things sounding just how you want, mix it all down back onto one stereo track. It sounds a bit complicated writing it down, but i do this all the time and now it's just a routine. The other advantage of Audio Highjack is that it isn't specific to Skype. I use it to record FaceTime Audio calls and calls from more obscure chat programmes where appropriate, so it's a very powerful tool that doesn't lock you in. And finally, while I am not testing Yosemite, I would think Audio Hijack will work with the new continuity features of iOS 8 and Yosemite. This means you can make a call on your iPhone, and record it on your Mac with Audio Hijack. If you have a carrier that offers HD Voice for instance, then you'll get brilliant sound doing that. Hope that's of some help. Audio Hijack is one of the coolest things about a Mac I reckon. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 25/08/2014, at 7:04 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
Re: recording Skype calls
Thanks Jonathan. Actually what you describe doesn't sound that tedious or complex and would be quite cool if it works, which it obviously does. Do you need to use another program, Sound Flower I think, to also set this whole thing up or is that only if you want to record your Mac's audio as well? No idea why I'd want to do that but just saying. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Jenine, if you are going to be doing this sort of thing for broadcast purposes or for anything other than your own archival purposes, I'd highly recommend using Audio Highjack pro to record your Skype calls. You can choose the file format you want to use. This is important, because most file formats are lossy. If you save a Skype call in a lossy format, like MP3 or something compressed, you will eventually have to bring it into a sound editor, where it will get edited, saved, and eventually compressed a second time to a lossy format. The more times you do this, the more artefacts you'll introduce to your recording. You can tell Audio Highjack to save in .aiff format, which is the Mac equivalent of a .wav file and is therefore completely uncompressed.I know you also use Amadeus Pro, so let me talk you through how I use the two together. I set up Audio Highjack so that my voice is on one channel, and the Skype caller's voice is on the other. The advantage of doing this is that you can then bring the file into Amadeus Pro, and put each channel in a separate track. Once that's done, convert each track from a mono to a stereo track, and you have you and the Skype caller in both ears. Because you are both on separate tracks, you can apply different effects as appropriate. For example, normalise each track separately so you are both sounding similar in volume. If the Skype caller sounds too bright or too dull, you can apply equalisation just to the caller, and not to you. Finally, if you wish, you can pan each track to get a stereo effect. Then when you're done getting things sounding just how you want, mix it all down back onto one stereo track. It sounds a bit complicated writing it down, but i do this all the time and now it's just a routine. The other advantage of Audio Highjack is that it isn't specific to Skype. I use it to record FaceTime Audio calls and calls from more obscure chat programmes where appropriate, so it's a very powerful tool that doesn't lock you in. And finally, while I am not testing Yosemite, I would think Audio Hijack will work with the new continuity features of iOS 8 and Yosemite. This means you can make a call on your iPhone, and record it on your Mac with Audio Hijack. If you have a carrier that offers HD Voice for instance, then you'll get brilliant sound doing that. Hope that's of some help. Audio Hijack is one of the coolest things about a Mac I reckon. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 25/08/2014, at 7:04 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: recording Skype calls
Thanks so much. I'll give this a try. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine, I just use the native app which comes on the mac to convert it to mp3. It's in the file menu, open with, and then there's a bunch of different options to choose from. This does create a rather huge mp3 file which I then compress using mp3 converter. I found that if I skip this step and used mp3 converter directly on the .mov file, only one side of the conversation got converted. I don't understand why this is. I would rather not have to use two steps, but it works for me and until I get some mental space to find another solution it does the job. I got mp3 converter from the app store, but there are many other apps like it out there. Cheers Lisette On 25/08/2014, at 10:34 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks much. What do you use to convert the file to mp3? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to record the video), which is quite a large file. I convert this to mp3 and then compress it some. The mov file plays fine in quick look (press space on the file to open). Definitely money well spent for me. I know people will say they use audio highjack pro, but I can't get my head around that programme I'm afraid. This literally records all the voices without you having to turn anything on at the start of the call. I find using headphones ensures my voice is recorded better than if I use the speaker on the mac. Good luck. Lisette On 25/08/2014, at 7:04 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
rewinding in a file in itunes
Sorry if this is one of those silly questions but I'm listening to some tutorial files via iTunes on my MBP and how on earth does one rewind the file if you miss something and need to go back? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: rewinding in a file in itunes
Thanks Matt. Must go try this. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 25, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Command option left arrow will rewind and command option right will go forward. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com On Aug 25, 2014, at 12:54, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry if this is one of those silly questions but I'm listening to some tutorial files via iTunes on my MBP and how on earth does one rewind the file if you miss something and need to go back? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
recording Skype calls
Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: recording Skype calls
Thanks much. What do you use to convert the file to mp3? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to record the video), which is quite a large file. I convert this to mp3 and then compress it some. The mov file plays fine in quick look (press space on the file to open). Definitely money well spent for me. I know people will say they use audio highjack pro, but I can't get my head around that programme I'm afraid. This literally records all the voices without you having to turn anything on at the start of the call. I find using headphones ensures my voice is recorded better than if I use the speaker on the mac. Good luck. Lisette On 25/08/2014, at 7:04 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
iPhone 5 and Siri question
Sorry if this isn't the list to ask but I'm noticing that when I use Siri on my iPhone 5 for work, and I ask it to give me info and it then needs to speak and ask me yes or no, the speech gets cut off and I never hear whether it wants a response from me after the tone. On my 5S personal phone asking the same question, this does not happen. Both are using IiOS 7.1.2. Any thoughts? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: iPhone 5 and Siri question
Interesting. This only seems to happen on my 5 and not the 5S. Come to think of it, this used to happen occasionally on my 4S as well but not as often. Siri is practically useless on the 5 I have. I'm considering doing the good old reboot, Lock button and home button together for 10 seconds, to see if that helps. On the 5S Siri is mostly usable and fairly good. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 15, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: It's most likely a voiceover problem as both me and my wife's phones do the same thing sometimes and we are using 5s's. Though it happened on our 4s's as well so I have no idea. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry if this isn't the list to ask but I'm noticing that when I use Siri on my iPhone 5 for work, and I ask it to give me info and it then needs to speak and ask me yes or no, the speech gets cut off and I never hear whether it wants a response from me after the tone. On my 5S personal phone asking the same question, this does not happen. Both are using IiOS 7.1.2. Any thoughts? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: what are LOC dots?
There are a number of different sizes of tactile marking dots. If you want to use them, I've found them to be extremely light weight and not at all interfering with the key action or closure of the MBP or other laptops. I would get the smallest size possible and sorry that I can't quote exactly what that is but depending on where you order them, the good people there should know. I know that the NFB Independence Market had the very tiny ones this summer so I'd expect you could find them in the NFB Store. Also Independent Living Aids carries smaller dots. I'd imagine other companies selling such things do as well. I find them helpful on the function keys, 1 on F8 and 1 on F3 as those are the keys I use most often. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 8, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: in reading Tim Sniffen's book on mastering the Mac, I came across the term Loc dots, which evidently are unobtrusive tactile markers that can be placed on the keyboard to augment the tiny markers on the F and J keys. Currently I use the tinniest bump dots I can find and they still are pretty big, and probably put pressure on the closed screen of my MBA. If there's a better option, such as these loc dots, I'd like to try them out. Does anyone know what these actually are, and where they can be had? -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: using batch processing in Amadeus Pro
Thanks so much for these excellent instructions. My goal was to normalize a number of files. I do like your ring tone example though and may just have to try that. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jul 29, 2014, at 5:16 AM, Paul Erkens paul.erk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine, I've had difficulties myself as well, and I found out how to get things going. To batch process files in amadeus pro, do the following. First, fire up amadeus and to begin with, hit command shift n to open the batch processor. The layout of the window is actually simple, once you understand the basics. There are 4 tabs: format, actions, meta data and artwork. For now, forget about the last 2. If you just want to batch convert, then only the format tab is important. By default, after you open the batch processor, you will already be inside the format tab, so skip all tab stuff for now. Next, you will want to select the files to work on. However, even though this is the logical way of doing it, you first need to set a number of options. This is because once you have selected your source files, amadeus will immediately begin cranking away, without you having the chance to set conversion options first. So, first set options, and then hit select files. Let's go through the options. Resulting format is the first option you need to set. Just select your desired destination format from this popup menu, like mp3, m4a etc. To be clear: this is what you want your source files to become, once amadeus converted them. Once the destination file format is chosen, use the button next to the format chooser, to specify your settings. For example, say you want your source files, in whatever format they are now, to be converted into mp3 files, with a bitrate of 256. Then first select mp3 from the resulting format menu, and then hit the settings button next to it, so you can select 256 kilobits for your resulting mp3 files. There's a whole lot more to know, but this will get you started. After you choose your desired bitrate, or other destination file options from the settings dialog, be sure to hit okay there, and you will return to the amadeus batch processor. The next option in the batch processor is called destination location. In short, this is straight forward. The popup has a few preset folders for you to choose from, but of course you can also point to a folder of your own choice. Again: this is the folder where you want your converted files to go. Next option is delete original. This is a checkbox. If you are totally sure that your batch processor conversion options are correct, which take some experience, only then would I advise you to turn this thing on. If you find that you are satisfied with your converted files, you can always delete your source files manually, so that you are in control. Next is: change name to. I never use this, and now that I'm looking at it again, I wouldn't bother. Same goes for filter files, which is the next option, and I'd also not worry about entering regular expressions. Next is: open subfolders recursively. This affects your selection of source files. With this checkbox off, only files, single files from 1 folder that you select, will be converted. With this checkbox on, all subfolders of the source will be traversed and converted. To clarify: let's say you have a folder called big store, full of audio. It doesn't matter where this imaginary folder is on your mac. Just imagine that big store, contains audio files, and also imagine that big store has subfolders, also containing audio. So we were looking at this checkbox labeled: open subfolders recursively. Now. If you have this checkbox off, then amadeus will look in this big store source folder, and if it finds any audio files at its top level, only those will be converted. If you turn this checkbox on, then amadeus will also go through each and every subfolder inside big store, and all audio it encounters there, will also be converted. Keep in mind that it is up to you, to determine what happens to the original audio. If you have set a destination folder for conversion, different from the source folder, then the original audio will still be safe and unaffected, and it won't be overwritten by the converted files. Next option: retain folder hierarchy. The folder hierarchy is simply the layout of a particular folder, with all subfolders beneath it. Of course, only if you chose to recursively go through lots of audio folders, there's the question how to store all those files on your destination. You could either choose to throw all resulting files into one single folder, it being a collection of all the files gathered from all source folders recursed, or, you can choose to have amadeus recreate the entire folder hierarchy at your destination. If you do that, then you will see the entire folder tree on your
sending iPhone audio through a mixer
I've just hooked up my Alesis 4 channel mixer and am trying to get the audio from my iPhone as one of the channels. When I connect the cables though I lose VO and just get a few sounds. Is there a setting I don't know about? Any help would be hugely appreciated. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
using batch processing in Amadeus Pro
Can anyone who has successfully used the batch processor in Amadeus Pro give me some step by step directions. I'm obviously not doing something right. I can't even explain what I think I'm doing wrong because I've tried several methods of selecting files and applying effects to them and nothing has quite worked. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
jumping to items in Doc
Before I send a friendly note to the good people at Apple Accessibility requesting this feature, let me make sure it's not already in existence. When I go to the Doc, I have several apps that start with F. If I hit the letter F it goes to Finder. If I hit f again, it stays on Finder. Should I begin to spell the name of the app? Haven't actually tried that, but the other main app I use from the Doc is Fine Reader so the first 3 letters are the same. I'd love it if when you hit the first letter of an app in the doc or elsewhere, focus would jump to the next occurrence of an app with that first letter. If this can already happen and I just don't have something set correctly or am not using a correct keystroke to get there, I'm sure someone here will know and provide us all with the correct info. Thanks All! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: jumping to items in Doc
I had a feeling this was the case. I'll try this. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jul 13, 2014, at 1:03 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, if you type more than one letter, it should jump you to that item. For example, I have Safari and then System Preferences in my Dock. If I type, sy, it takes me right to System Preferences and skips Safari. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 13, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Before I send a friendly note to the good people at Apple Accessibility requesting this feature, let me make sure it's not already in existence. When I go to the Doc, I have several apps that start with F. If I hit the letter F it goes to Finder. If I hit f again, it stays on Finder. Should I begin to spell the name of the app? Haven't actually tried that, but the other main app I use from the Doc is Fine Reader so the first 3 letters are the same. I'd love it if when you hit the first letter of an app in the doc or elsewhere, focus would jump to the next occurrence of an app with that first letter. If this can already happen and I just don't have something set correctly or am not using a correct keystroke to get there, I'm sure someone here will know and provide us all with the correct info. Thanks All! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
deleting an alias folder from the desktop
I don't even know how I managed to do this but I have this untitled alias file on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? Also, when I bring up the list of folders, there are programs there and each time I land on one it opens. How do I get these off the sidebar of folder when searching for, say, a document? thanks. these are artifacts of my still apparently learning to get around on the Mac. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: Blind Square - help getting started please
I'd agree that yes, it's worth the money. I just turned it on and let it talk to me. I know there's so much more you can do but just riding the bus is fun with it, especially in a different city. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 27, 2014, at 6:15 PM, wayne coles wayne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all i can say is yes with big capitals From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Jessica D Sent: 27 June 2014 19:02 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Blind Square - help getting started please I want to know what everyone thinks, is it worth the price? Thanks, Jessica Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: If either of you need assistance with blind square, I can be reached off list. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Introduction to the Macintosh Operating system and voiceover course available now. Take advantage of our 10% discount for the month of June. Spots are limited, sign up here http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/ On Jun 27, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Eleanor, This is the first chance I have had to open the app. I hope you have read the help info that is documented in the app. There are so many settings that you can select to make the experience of using Blind Square to your liking. To answer yourquestion about using Google Maps, this needs to be install on the phone first. When you open Blind Square, you can search for a location or open your My Places to select a destination. Once this is done, at the bottom of the screen in portrait mode you will hear VO annouce route or something like that. Double tap on this and a new screen will open. This is where you can choose the navigation apps for GPS. The native map will be listed, as well as any GPS apps that you have installed. Just double tap on one of them and the GPS app will open. You then need to use the GPS app as if you had opened it on its own. There are lots to learn about the app. I know that atapplevis.com there have been podcasts produce on how to use the app. I would do a search for Blind Square to pull them up. HTH. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all Wondered if you could help me with this one. I've just bought Blind Square and put it on my IPhone, and was wondering if anyone could give me some hints and tips on how to get started please?? For example, do I need to get something like Google maps to use with it? If so how do I get the two to work together?? Any help much appreciated, as I feel I'm plunging into the unknown!! Thanks. Eleanor -- 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email
Aftershokz recharger
Sorry if this is off topic but I am using them with my MBP and iPhone. I have apparently misplaced the USB charger cable for my Aftershokz Blues. these are the originals. It seems that a regular USB cable doesn't fit them for some reason. Do they require a special cable? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: Aftershokz recharger
Thanks. GiGi, This seems to work with the same USB cable as I use for our camera but they don't seem to be charging. Sounds like a contact with the Aftershokz people is in order here. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 26, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Actually, my cable does fit, but some of them are either too big on one end to work. For instance, I have several USB cables that don't work, but I some that do work on the Aftershocks earphones. You might want to go to a computer store and get them to look at the connector. I use mine with my iPhone and Mac. Gigi On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry if this is off topic but I am using them with my MBP and iPhone. I have apparently misplaced the USB charger cable for my Aftershokz Blues. these are the originals. It seems that a regular USB cable doesn't fit them for some reason. Do they require a special cable? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
audio question
This is possibly not a question specifically for this list but maybe someone here can help. I am looking at acquiring a small mixer with 4 outputs and one line in input. I want to use this to record interviews, podcasts and to mix things like the computer sound, i-phone and other things with a mic. Can I then also have say a pair of Aftershokz Blues headphones connected to the Mac to hear what I'm doing as my one and only line-in jack will be taken up by the mixer? Or am I making this too hard? :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: audio question
Ray and Cameron for suggesting the USB mixers. that actually sounds like a more practical answer. I knew someone here would have such an answer. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: I'd say you got it about right: but, here's some food for thought. Why not go with a small USB mixer instead? Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! On Jun 24, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: This is possibly not a question specifically for this list but maybe someone here can help. I am looking at acquiring a small mixer with 4 outputs and one line in input. I want to use this to record interviews, podcasts and to mix things like the computer sound, i-phone and other things with a mic. Can I then also have say a pair of Aftershokz Blues headphones connected to the Mac to hear what I'm doing as my one and only line-in jack will be taken up by the mixer? Or am I making this too hard? :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: audio question
Eric, What kinds of problems might I encounter with the USB mixer? I like no hum. Although I have a range of cables for the line-in, I haven't marked the troublesome ones or gotten rid of them. My bad there. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Erik Heil ehe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, One important thing mentioning here is that if you go with a USB mixer, you will eliminate the analog to digital conversion step that will be used if you use a tradational line-in mixer. Now this isn't saying that you will notice any degraded audio, but this may become a problem. Also, if you chose to go with a USB mixer, you will not experience any hums and other annoyances, if for some reason, your line-in cable is not properly shielded. Erik On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Ray and Cameron for suggesting the USB mixers. that actually sounds like a more practical answer. I knew someone here would have such an answer. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: I'd say you got it about right: but, here's some food for thought. Why not go with a small USB mixer instead? Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! On Jun 24, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: This is possibly not a question specifically for this list but maybe someone here can help. I am looking at acquiring a small mixer with 4 outputs and one line in input. I want to use this to record interviews, podcasts and to mix things like the computer sound, i-phone and other things with a mic. Can I then also have say a pair of Aftershokz Blues headphones connected to the Mac to hear what I'm doing as my one and only line-in jack will be taken up by the mixer? Or am I making this too hard? :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
transferring files to my bookSens DM from the Mac
I am trying to transfer files from the Mac to my booksens DM flash drive and for some reason the BookSens is not recognized when I plug it in via USB to either the mac or the PC. Not sure why but it doesn't show up in the devices list. In fact the devices list doesn't show up at all because there are no other devices plugged in. Anyone else have this issue? It's weird that it's not recognized on either the Mac or the PC. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
recommendations for headset with i-Phone 5
I have to use my i-Phone 5 for work interviews and sometimes when using the earphones from Apple, people have trouble hearing and understanding me. I'd like to get a better headset, though not much I can do about the phone quality. Too bad I can't do all the calls as Face time audio. :) I'm not wanting a bluetooth headset due to the slight delay factor. I have a pair of Aftershokz and love them but not for conversation. I'd like any recommendations on a wired headset with mic for the i-Phone. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: recommendations for headset with i-Phone 5
Isaac, are those the ones that come with the phone? I have those and am not quite happy with them for phone calls. I can hear fine but apparently not so much so on the other end. Now, if these are full, over the ear headphones, then bring them on. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:15 AM, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: Have you thought of getting the apple EarPods? isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I have to use my i-Phone 5 for work interviews and sometimes when using the earphones from Apple, people have trouble hearing and understanding me. I'd like to get a better headset, though not much I can do about the phone quality. Too bad I can't do all the calls as Face time audio. :) I'm not wanting a bluetooth headset due to the slight delay factor. I have a pair of Aftershokz and love them but not for conversation. I'd like any recommendations on a wired headset with mic for the i-Phone. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: recommendations for headset with i-Phone 5
Yeah, I am now using the Aftershokz Blues and there's actually no delay as I'd previously experienced with them. I've done several phone calls now and the quality is good. As someone said, you don't sound like you're in as big a tunnel. :) These may work for now. I do need to pad the band going over my head though. They keep sliding off. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: How about the Aftershokz Bluez 2? I would not be without mine and you'd leave your ears free to hear what is around you as the sound is conducted through your cheek bones. The ear pads sit in front of your ears on your cheeks. I love my Apple headphones and use them in conjunction with the Aftershokz! Kawal. On 20 Jun 2014, at 15:49, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I have to use my i-Phone 5 for work interviews and sometimes when using the earphones from Apple, people have trouble hearing and understanding me. I'd like to get a better headset, though not much I can do about the phone quality. Too bad I can't do all the calls as Face time audio. :) I'm not wanting a bluetooth headset due to the slight delay factor. I have a pair of Aftershokz and love them but not for conversation. I'd like any recommendations on a wired headset with mic for the i-Phone. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: recommendations for headset with i-Phone 5
I ditched the case about 5 minutes in. I roll mine up around 2 fingers before stuffing them anywhere. this does help keep them relatively untangled. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I just can't be bothered to put them back in that little case so they are always scrunched up in my bag pocket! On 20 Jun 2014, at 16:46, Gerard Doody jerrydood...@gmail.com wrote: I like the Skull Candy wired buds as they come with a nice roundmetal case and the quality is great. I like the ones that come with the phone but it is hard for me to fold them back into that little case. Jerry Doody jerrydood...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: How about the Aftershokz Bluez 2? I would not be without mine and you'd leave your ears free to hear what is around you as the sound is conducted through your cheek bones. The ear pads sit in front of your ears on your cheeks. I love my Apple headphones and use them in conjunction with the Aftershokz! Kawal. On 20 Jun 2014, at 15:49, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I have to use my i-Phone 5 for work interviews and sometimes when using the earphones from Apple, people have trouble hearing and understanding me. I'd like to get a better headset, though not much I can do about the phone quality. Too bad I can't do all the calls as Face time audio. :) I'm not wanting a bluetooth headset due to the slight delay factor. I have a pair of Aftershokz and love them but not for conversation. I'd like any recommendations on a wired headset with mic for the i-Phone. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: recommendations for headset with i-Phone 5
Thanks, great recommendations here. Was wondering about the Bose ones so good review. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 20, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Terje Strømberg terjestrmb...@gmail.com wrote: The Bose Quiet Comfort In Ear is very comfortable in ear, not in the ear canal, but right outside like ear buds. Two office services have reported that they can`t hear me so well lately, but i am sure this is related to an iPhone error i have to look at. The noice reduction is the top referance for consumer electronics and so is the support and spare parts store. I would be very surprised if the sound error is Bose related. The Norwegian male voice sounds very relaxed with Blind Square. The female is as good as the iPhone speakers. I have a old pair of Beats by Dr. Dre version with active noice reduction. The voice over sounds good in them too. Take care 20. juni 2014 kl. 18:21 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com: Have you got the new model of the Bluez? Just that I can't seem to turn the volume up all the time without hearing Battery High or whatever the battery level is. My headset has never fallen off, may be my head is small as it is! Kawal. On 20 Jun 2014, at 17:06, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I ditched the case about 5 minutes in. I roll mine up around 2 fingers before stuffing them anywhere. this does help keep them relatively untangled. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I just can't be bothered to put them back in that little case so they are always scrunched up in my bag pocket! On 20 Jun 2014, at 16:46, Gerard Doody jerrydood...@gmail.com wrote: I like the Skull Candy wired buds as they come with a nice roundmetal case and the quality is great. I like the ones that come with the phone but it is hard for me to fold them back into that little case. Jerry Doody jerrydood...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: How about the Aftershokz Bluez 2? I would not be without mine and you'd leave your ears free to hear what is around you as the sound is conducted through your cheek bones. The ear pads sit in front of your ears on your cheeks. I love my Apple headphones and use them in conjunction with the Aftershokz! Kawal. On 20 Jun 2014, at 15:49, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I have to use my i-Phone 5 for work interviews and sometimes when using the earphones from Apple, people have trouble hearing and understanding me. I'd like to get a better headset, though not much I can do about the phone quality. Too bad I can't do all the calls as Face time audio. :) I'm not wanting a bluetooth headset due to the slight delay factor. I have a pair of Aftershokz and love them but not for conversation. I'd like any recommendations on a wired headset with mic for the i-Phone. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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
Kudos to Apple Accessibility
For those who don't think anything ever happens with Apple Accessibility, here's a happy story. I recently decided to stop complaining about a couple issues and take them to Apple Accessibility. One issue in IOS is the speaking of the word selected before some but not all picker items. This is maddening in long lists of items like times. They responded immediately asking for an example of an app in which this occurs. It's easy to find in the calendar app. I reported such and got a very nice note back stating that the issue has been documented and passed to the appropriate department. Yeah, I know, that sounds like lip service but I don't think so. I think it actually got done. I also received detailed instructions for how to report the problem of VO losing focus on some IOS apps. I thought at first it was just the Amazon app but the more I explored the issue, it seems to happen to a lesser degree in other apps as well. I'll have more time this weekend to try the instructions and send a report. Have I ever heard from Dell when reporting things? Microsoft? rarely and then it is a cnned response. Yay Apple. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: Kudos to Apple Accessibility
Wow, yes, I did use the email address and had a response within 12 hours. Even when I just reported something I've always gotten a response, if not a personal one. These last two interactions were more specific and definitely personal. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 18, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Littlefield, Tyler ty...@tysdomain.com wrote: Hello: How did you get in touch with apple accessibility? Was it via theaccessibil...@apple.com email address? All of my bug reports there have gone unanswered. On 6/18/2014 11:59 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Yes, I've felt comfortable enough with Apple Accessibility that I called and asked a curious question about editing Braille commands. The guy was interested enough that he had us do a screen-sharing session, because he didn't have access to a Braille display. We concluded that the only way to edit Braille commands was by using command-b first, but he offered to put in my suggestion for using the Braille display to edit commands as a feature request. I definitely wouldn't have felt comfortable initiating this with most other companies. This is the main reason I have Apple products. Teresa Winging its way from my iPod On Jun 18, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: For those who don't think anything ever happens with Apple Accessibility, here's a happy story. I recently decided to stop complaining about a couple issues and take them to Apple Accessibility. One issue in IOS is the speaking of the word selected before some but not all picker items. This is maddening in long lists of items like times. They responded immediately asking for an example of an app in which this occurs. It's easy to find in the calendar app. I reported such and got a very nice note back stating that the issue has been documented and passed to the appropriate department. Yeah, I know, that sounds like lip service but I don't think so. I think it actually got done. I also received detailed instructions for how to report the problem of VO losing focus on some IOS apps. I thought at first it was just the Amazon app but the more I explored the issue, it seems to happen to a lesser degree in other apps as well. I'll have more time this weekend to try the instructions and send a report. Have I ever heard from Dell when reporting things? Microsoft? rarely and then it is a cnned response. Yay Apple. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Amadeus Pro file joining question
Thanks Much Jonathan. I could not remember for the life of me the end of file command. I'll try this with the mix paste as well, as I like that transition better than a straight paste in many instances. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Jenine, I'm sure this isn't the only way to do this, but usually what I do is open the first file, then the second, select all the contents of the second file and copy it to the clipboard, go back to the first file and press option+End to get to the end of the file, and paste. Not only does it work all the time, but the other reason why I like it is that if you want to, you can do a mix paste to get just the right join between the two files that you want. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 15/06/2014, at 12:14 pm, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Oh this is interesting. I deleted my efforts, not all of the originals but my combinations, but now I'm insirpred to try it again and see. Thanks. Awaiting wiser heads too. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Jenine, I'm no expert on this, but sometimes I've done exactly what you describe, listened back and only heard the one file. When I've saved as .wav and listened in preview, all the files are, in fact, there. It may be something to do with Amadeus Pro only playing a section or the selection. You might find the files are actually all there. I've not really read Amadeus Pro manuals, so others will have more informed comments. But just be sure the files are really not all there. HTH Lisette On 15/06/2014, at 8:41 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I have 6 files I need to join together to make one single larger file in Amadeus Pro. I first thought maybe creating a new project and copying each into it would work but it did not. No matter where I pasted the new file into the project, it and only it was there when I listened to the final result. Then I saw Join files on the Sound menu and thought this might work. I can't quite figure out how to get my list of files in order to join. There's a drag and drop area but I'm a little stumped on how that works. Anyone use this feature and can you explain it? If not, how can I join these files together to make one larger file? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
IOS and picker items
Is there any way to get VO not to say Selected before every picker item? It's beyond annoying. This only seems to happen in IOS 7.1.1. It can say Selected after the item but if you need to say, set a time, getting the minutes correct can be tedium. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: IOS and picker items
Good point. I was just wondering though if there was something I might be missing, some way to change settings to not say that but it is worth reporting, especially in long picker lists. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:16 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Why not report this to Apple Accessibility. Maybe this will be fixed by the time iOS 8 is released in the Fall. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 15/06/2014 15:53, Jenine Stanley wrote: Is there any way to get VO not to say Selected before every picker item? It's beyond annoying. This only seems to happen in IOS 7.1.1. It can say Selected after the item but if you need to say, set a time, getting the minutes correct can be tedium. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Amadeus Pro file joining question
So I have 6 files I need to join together to make one single larger file in Amadeus Pro. I first thought maybe creating a new project and copying each into it would work but it did not. No matter where I pasted the new file into the project, it and only it was there when I listened to the final result. Then I saw Join files on the Sound menu and thought this might work. I can't quite figure out how to get my list of files in order to join. There's a drag and drop area but I'm a little stumped on how that works. Anyone use this feature and can you explain it? If not, how can I join these files together to make one larger file? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: Amadeus Pro file joining question
Oh this is interesting. I deleted my efforts, not all of the originals but my combinations, but now I'm insirpred to try it again and see. Thanks. Awaiting wiser heads too. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Jenine, I'm no expert on this, but sometimes I've done exactly what you describe, listened back and only heard the one file. When I've saved as .wav and listened in preview, all the files are, in fact, there. It may be something to do with Amadeus Pro only playing a section or the selection. You might find the files are actually all there. I've not really read Amadeus Pro manuals, so others will have more informed comments. But just be sure the files are really not all there. HTH Lisette On 15/06/2014, at 8:41 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I have 6 files I need to join together to make one single larger file in Amadeus Pro. I first thought maybe creating a new project and copying each into it would work but it did not. No matter where I pasted the new file into the project, it and only it was there when I listened to the final result. Then I saw Join files on the Sound menu and thought this might work. I can't quite figure out how to get my list of files in order to join. There's a drag and drop area but I'm a little stumped on how that works. Anyone use this feature and can you explain it? If not, how can I join these files together to make one larger file? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: editing a bulleted list in Pages
Thanks GiGi, I'll definitely try this next time. That might cure some other minor issues as well. I'm still confused about where the cursor is and keep forgetting that there's a command to find that out. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 12, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there I have done this in TextEdit and not Pages. It just said bullet before each one. I did notice in Pages that changing verbosity made a difference as to what Pages said in Tables. Have you done VO v and changed a setting? Speech Verbosity Level might make a diffence. You might change it to low and see what happens. When I was editing tables, setting this to low cut down on speech. Gigi On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I was editing a document my husband sent me. It was a Word .docx file but came into Pages OK. He had a large bulleted list of things and each was several sentences long within its bullet point. As I tried to edit, each word came out as list selected or something like that before it said the word. There was a lot of unnecessary verbiage before each word which made editing tedious. Possible but tedious. Any thoughts on how to edit such lists? I'm almost sure you guys were talking about this earlier last week. I should just read every post because right after you discuss something, I usually end up having to do it. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: editing a bulleted list in Pages
Oh, that would be fabulous to get both. I tend to use more Mac commands whenever possible and when I remember them. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 12, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Another thing is, and I seem to remember that you are new with the Mac, is to know that you can use Maintosh keyboard commands as well as VoiceOver commands. For various reasons, I have made files of both. Do you need them? Regards, Gigi On Jun 12, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks GiGi, I'll definitely try this next time. That might cure some other minor issues as well. I'm still confused about where the cursor is and keep forgetting that there's a command to find that out. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 12, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there I have done this in TextEdit and not Pages. It just said bullet before each one. I did notice in Pages that changing verbosity made a difference as to what Pages said in Tables. Have you done VO v and changed a setting? Speech Verbosity Level might make a diffence. You might change it to low and see what happens. When I was editing tables, setting this to low cut down on speech. Gigi On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I was editing a document my husband sent me. It was a Word .docx file but came into Pages OK. He had a large bulleted list of things and each was several sentences long within its bullet point. As I tried to edit, each word came out as list selected or something like that before it said the word. There was a lot of unnecessary verbiage before each word which made editing tedious. Possible but tedious. Any thoughts on how to edit such lists? I'm almost sure you guys were talking about this earlier last week. I should just read every post because right after you discuss something, I usually end up having to do it. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
command-y and email attachments
Sorry, I buzzed through this discussion as I had no attachments at the time but now that I do have a couple messages to test this on, when I go into the body of the message, interact with it, and hit command-y, it says that there are no items chosen for Quick View. How does one choose the attachment to open? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
fresh install versus update
So, Ray mentioned something that gave me pause. I'd love to hear pros and cons for both approaches as I'm fairly new to this operating system and came in with Mavericks already installed. What is the difference, besides the process of course, of updating to 10.10 and doing a fresh install? I know one would backup the files and such to someplace like DropBox or an external drive but from an operations standpoint, what do I gain or lose from each method? I'll be very interested to follow this one. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: command-y and email attachments
Thanks Alex, I did try that but will try it again just to see. I got the same message but ya never know. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 10, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I think you need to do it from the messages list. Once a message is open it won't work, but try it from the table of messages while focused on one that has attachments. On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: My question exactly. It seems that going through the message header data does not help the issue. I tell you, when 10.10 comes out, I'm Drop Boxing everything and doing a fresh install. 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! On Jun 10, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I buzzed through this discussion as I had no attachments at the time but now that I do have a couple messages to test this on, when I go into the body of the message, interact with it, and hit command-y, it says that there are no items chosen for Quick View. How does one choose the attachment to open? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: fresh install versus update
Thanks, this makes sense and is what my husband does when installing on our Windows machines. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 10, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Generally, a clean install is not required. Only if your Mac starts doing odd things or not working properly should you do this. Some people do a clean install for every major upgrade, but I say if you don't *need* to go through the hassle, don't bother. In other words, try a regular upgrade first. If weird things start happening, and no one else is having the same problems, and regular troubleshooting (permissions repair, PRAM reset, etc) don't fix it, only then do a clean install. On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:34 AM, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: The difference between doing a update and a fresh install is that if you update you can take all of you're apps documents and important things with you doing the upgrade process. A clean install would mean you would have to reinstall every thing including apps. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So, Ray mentioned something that gave me pause. I'd love to hear pros and cons for both approaches as I'm fairly new to this operating system and came in with Mavericks already installed. What is the difference, besides the process of course, of updating to 10.10 and doing a fresh install? I know one would backup the files and such to someplace like DropBox or an external drive but from an operations standpoint, what do I gain or lose from each method? I'll be very interested to follow this one. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: command-y and email attachments
This did seem to work this time around. It was a little hit or miss at first but then it found every attachment when reading from the message list. Saved me a load of time. Thankseveryone! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 10, 2014, at 3:38 PM, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, do it from the messages list, an attachment will be selected to view and there will be next and previous buttons and an index list if more than one attachment. Most times, the one you want is selected anyway, and often you can interact with it as HTML, headings and all Cheers Dave On 10 Jun 2014, at 14:50, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I buzzed through this discussion as I had no attachments at the time but now that I do have a couple messages to test this on, when I go into the body of the message, interact with it, and hit command-y, it says that there are no items chosen for Quick View. How does one choose the attachment to open? Thanks! Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
editing a bulleted list in Pages
I was editing a document my husband sent me. It was a Word .docx file but came into Pages OK. He had a large bulleted list of things and each was several sentences long within its bullet point. As I tried to edit, each word came out as list selected or something like that before it said the word. There was a lot of unnecessary verbiage before each word which made editing tedious. Possible but tedious. Any thoughts on how to edit such lists? I'm almost sure you guys were talking about this earlier last week. I should just read every post because right after you discuss something, I usually end up having to do it. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
amusing notice from Mail
Today as I was reviewing my mail, it kept saying things like 23 message, 24 unread, 18 messages, 19 unread, etc. I'm amused as well as baffled but it did finally straighten itself out. Hoping that Yosemite will end the 1 message added ... 2 messages added ... etc. that VO insists on verbalizing. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: amusing notice from Mail
Oh if there's a way to stop this, whoever shares it will be sainted. It drives me crazy. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Jessica D jldai...@gmail.com wrote: For me, voiceover does this, but it also interrupts itself. Why does it do this? How do I stop it? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Today as I was reviewing my mail, it kept saying things like 23 message, 24 unread, 18 messages, 19 unread, etc. I'm amused as well as baffled but it did finally straighten itself out. Hoping that Yosemite will end the 1 message added ... 2 messages added ... etc. that VO insists on verbalizing. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Where do I go to read system dialogues?
My MBP says I have 1 system dialogue but I don't know where to go to read it. Any help would be hugely appreciated. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Thanks
Thanks Tim for the tip. that got it. Now if I can only remember all these. That's what makes this list awesome. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
recalcitrant Apple keyboard
I have the Apple bluetooth keyboard and though I know usually when the batteries are going, it seems to often just be recalcitrant about keystrokes or commands. Today I have to exit Mail and come back in before it would register that I was hitting the delete key or enter key. Often in my Twitter client, Night Owl, keyboard commands will be totally ignored for many presses of the key until finally something clicks. I do love the feel and size of the Apple keyboard and thus have not tried a full size regular keyboard to know if these things are endemic. I'll probably try the commands on the MBP keyboard next,as that brilliant idea just popped into my head but does anyone else have this issue with the apple bluetooth keyboard? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Changing ownership of my MBP
I inherited my MBP from my brother-in-law. He had a number of programs on it already and though I made myself the administrator, or at least I think I did, his Apple account still shows up in the app store updates. How do I get his presence totally off this computer without having to reload Mavericks? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
accepting an Outlook calendar appointment
I have received a calendar invitation from someone using Windows and Outlook. It appears as an attachment and when I open it, my calendar opens. How do I deal with these types of attachments? thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Never mind on calendar question
Never mind, I figured out how to deal with the Outlook calendar invitations. In case anyone receives one, here's what I did. 1. Interact with the text in the mail message. 2. There will be an attachment in there. Use VO space to select it. A menu will appear. 3. Choose Open attachment, only if you know who it's from and all that of course. 4. It will open in Calendar. Move to the current date and interact with it. 5. Choose Grid from the list and interact with it. 6. I knew the day when the appointment was so I arrowed down to that date and saw 1 item there. There's probably an easier way to do this. 7. I then interacted with the day and a group of buttons came up with choices to accept the appointment, etc. It also notified me that the appointment needed some action taken. 8. I hit enter on Accept and Voila! Now I'm sure there is an easier way to handle these kind of appointments and I'd love to hear it, especially for when you don't know the date in advance or you want to add things like reminders to the appointment. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
going to web urls in Night Owl
How do you go to a url listed in a tweet in Night Owl? Been trying to figure this one out for hours now. DUH. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: going to web urls in Night Owl
Thanks. This actually does work. Now how to remember L equals url? :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 12, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Press L and it will go to the URL. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On May 12, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: How do you go to a url listed in a tweet in Night Owl? Been trying to figure this one out for hours now. DUH. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: going to web urls in Night Owl
Thanks Teresa. good one. I'm also finding that this command doesn't work until you completely stop the speech, which only now seems to work by pressing the control key twice in quick succession. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 12, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Or L = link? That's how I remember it. :) Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On May 12, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. This actually does work. Now how to remember L equals url? :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 12, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Press L and it will go to the URL. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On May 12, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: How do you go to a url listed in a tweet in Night Owl? Been trying to figure this one out for hours now. DUH. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Fine Reader OCR
Yes the setting does stick once set. I found it worked really well at the third setting, which of course I don't recall now but it was higher than 600 DPI. that even read some of those shiny silver fax paper receipts. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 12, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Scott, The screen where you can set the DPI appears after the preview scan has finished. I don't know whether the setting sticks or not but I should think it would. Cheers, Anne On 12 May 2014, at 13:32, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one ensure that all documents scanned that are PDF have 300 DPI or higer? -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
trouble with copying files
I am having a bit of varying difficulty copying files and I wonder if someone can walk me through this in Mavericks. I have files in the Documents folder, which does not show up on my doc btw, and I want to copy them to an SD card. I have inserted the SD card and have gone to the file list in the documents folder. I turned off cursor tracking and moved to the next file I wanted to select and hit VO-space. This said the file was added to the selection but then opened it in Preview. It did this for every file I added to the selection. Then it began just kicking me out of the Documents folder and onto the desktop which showed the SD card. I finally selected all of my files and hit command-c to copy them to the clipboard. This apparently went fine but then it was time to go back to that desktop and get to the SD card. I never could figure out how to get back there. Hitting command-shift-d got me to Finder but didn't show the SD card by name. I have another annoying problem which I'm sure I accidentally caused but need to know how to fix. When I go into the list of files in the documents folder and want to go down to the Devices list to get to external drives, I have several programs listed before Devices and as I arrow down, each one opens. How do I get them off this list? I know I'm doing something really screwed up here as it can't be that difficult to copy files. :) Thanks to all.Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: trouble with copying files
Thanks. I actually got the selection issue fixed by hitting VO-command-enter for each file to add it to the total, after turning off cursor tracking that is. I'll try your suggestion though for getting back to where I need to be. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 5, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Try hitting command space to select the files you want. Personally, after I copy all the files I want, I hit command option w and close all the open windows and that lands me on my desk top in the finder. then I find the drive I want to paste or move to. Sorry, I can't help about your programs opening problem. Good luck! Caitlyn On May 5, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I am having a bit of varying difficulty copying files and I wonder if someone can walk me through this in Mavericks. I have files in the Documents folder, which does not show up on my doc btw, and I want to copy them to an SD card. I have inserted the SD card and have gone to the file list in the documents folder. I turned off cursor tracking and moved to the next file I wanted to select and hit VO-space. This said the file was added to the selection but then opened it in Preview. It did this for every file I added to the selection. Then it began just kicking me out of the Documents folder and onto the desktop which showed the SD card. I finally selected all of my files and hit command-c to copy them to the clipboard. This apparently went fine but then it was time to go back to that desktop and get to the SD card. I never could figure out how to get back there. Hitting command-shift-d got me to Finder but didn't show the SD card by name. I have another annoying problem which I'm sure I accidentally caused but need to know how to fix. When I go into the list of files in the documents folder and want to go down to the Devices list to get to external drives, I have several programs listed before Devices and as I arrow down, each one opens. How do I get them off this list? I know I'm doing something really screwed up here as it can't be that difficult to copy files. :) Thanks to all.Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
giant thanks!
Thanks to several solutions posed here, I was able to select and copy my files! You guys rock! Now if anyone knows how to get these programs out of the list so I can get to other things without them opening. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: Tips on Abbyy Fine Reader?
Nick is correct. Also, the help system for fine Reader is very good as these things go. too bad it doesn't export directly to Pages but the Word option works well. Now if we can just get accessibility in Word life will be great. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:17 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty straight forward, Alex. You'll get the hang of it in no time. The only one thing I'd say is that I've often got better results exporting to Word (.docx) format, rather than PDF, at least with more complex documents. FineReader does an amazing job of properly formatting footnotes and numbered paragraphs when exporting to Word, which is awesome as well. Best, Nic -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Tips on Abbyy Fine Reader?
Thanks. I wondered about this the first couple times I did it and you described it very well here. Another question: has anyone used the html option for a quick look at something? If so, how did that go? I'm all for testing it. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: The only oddity I have noticed using FR Pro is that, when I press the button to scan to whatever document format I choose, and the scanning dialog appears, my scanner (epson perfection V33) does a once-over of the document. That is, it immediately scans over the page and then stops. I then have to press the scan button, do my scanning either one or multi-page, and then press the finish button. At first I got a little confused by the initial once-over scan, thinking it was the scan, but in fact, its just an initial pass that sets up the scan I think. This is getting to be a ramble, but the point is, the first pass of the scanner doesn't actually scan, you have to then press the scan button to start the scan process. The two scan passes are different in their speed and sound as well, the once-over is fast, and the actual scan passes are a bit slower. Hope that didn't muddy the waters too much. FR Pro works great and this is just an oddity I noticed when I first used it. On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:19 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I downloaded a 30-day trial of Fine Reader after the recent comments, and because Prizmo is simply not very efficient. They do a good job, and the app is half the price of Abbyy, but their iOS app is much smoother. So, before I activate this trial, are there tips I should know? I'd rather not spend time figuring things out and fighting with the program, when I will have a limited time to see how I like it. Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
scan problem with fine Reader Pro
So after I finish scanning and exporting a page in Fine Reader, the next time I try to scan something I get a scanner error and the Mac no longer seems to communicate with the scanner until I reboot. Not sure why this is happening. Anyone else see this? I'm using a Canon Lite scanner. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
changing spoken date and time
Is there a way to change the format of what is spoken when using the option-t key to hear date and time? I'd like the time spoken first. I usually know what day it is but need a quick time check. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: ABByy fine reader?
Does this app automatically adjust page orientation? I heard somewhere it does not. Hopefully that's wrong or in a previous version. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 14, 2014, at 10:13 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Donna, I have both the Express and Pro versions. The Express version is no longer available from the Appstore. The Pro version includes an automatic repeat for multi-page scanning and offers a lot more output formats. To perform multi-page scanning with the Express version you have to execute several commands between pages. Cheers, Anne On 14 Apr 2014, at 15:43, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Good morning all, To those of you using Abby fine reader to perform OCR on your Mac, are you using the express version or the full version? Thanks Donna Sent from my iPhone -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: ABByy fine reader?
Thanks, good to know. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 14, 2014, at 11:15 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Jenine, Both versions of ABBYY FineReader adjust the orientation automatically. You can scan a double page at a time and the pages come out in the right order. Cheers, Anne On 14 Apr 2014, at 17:11, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Does this app automatically adjust page orientation? I heard somewhere it does not. Hopefully that's wrong or in a previous version. Jenine Stanley -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Color me impressed with Fine Reader
Thanks for the heads up on Abbyy Fine reader. I just took the plunge and bought it and wow, easy to use and fast, intuitive as well. I'm using it with a Cannon scanner that we just bought via the Apple Store and it's working great. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
a program like CN Levelator
I use a program on my PC for doing some editing to spoken word audio, CN Levelator. It performs a range of effects on the file from normalizing to other equalization things I don't fully understand but it can take, say, a conference call mp3 file and even everyone out, take out the background noise to a great extent and just make the file sound better. It's an older program and only works with .wav files. Does anyone know if there's an equivalent for the MAC? Performing all the adjustments this program does is possible with something like Amadeus but it would take forever and I'm not sure I'd get the same results. I'm particularly interested in spoken word audio fixers if you will. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: a program like CN Levelator
Oh Matt, that is disappointing news. It's not horribly accessible on the PC either, you learn to work with it but shame on the Mac end. Maybe we can send the developers some requests. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 14, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, So I just downloaded the levelator app, and it just shows up with a bunch of unknowns. How disappointing. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On Apr 14, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I use a program on my PC for doing some editing to spoken word audio, CN Levelator. It performs a range of effects on the file from normalizing to other equalization things I don't fully understand but it can take, say, a conference call mp3 file and even everyone out, take out the background noise to a great extent and just make the file sound better. It's an older program and only works with .wav files. Does anyone know if there's an equivalent for the MAC? Performing all the adjustments this program does is possible with something like Amadeus but it would take forever and I'm not sure I'd get the same results. I'm particularly interested in spoken word audio fixers if you will. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: a program like CN Levelator
I didn't find the Levelator program in the app store. I'll look on line tomorrow. I too would like something simple for those tasks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe so. would love to find a simple program for EQ and normalization only. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Oh Matt, that is disappointing news. It's not horribly accessible on the PC either, you learn to work with it but shame on the Mac end. Maybe we can send the developers some requests. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 14, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, So I just downloaded the levelator app, and it just shows up with a bunch of unknowns. How disappointing. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On Apr 14, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I use a program on my PC for doing some editing to spoken word audio, CN Levelator. It performs a range of effects on the file from normalizing to other equalization things I don't fully understand but it can take, say, a conference call mp3 file and even everyone out, take out the background noise to a great extent and just make the file sound better. It's an older program and only works with .wav files. Does anyone know if there's an equivalent for the MAC? Performing all the adjustments this program does is possible with something like Amadeus but it would take forever and I'm not sure I'd get the same results. I'm particularly interested in spoken word audio fixers if you will. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
mostly fixed my Prismo issues
It turns out that one of my issues with Prismo was that it wasn't recognizing my scanner due to a bad installation. I went in and cleaned out the scanners part of Printers and Scanners under System Preferences, reinstalled the scanner and Voila! Prismo is a bit clunky imho but it does work. I need to adjust the parameters for dpi as 600 doesn't really give me enough to get good recognition from the several items I've tried thus far. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Prismo frustrations
OK, I'm still struggling with Prismo for OCR and I honestly can't figure out what I'm doing or not doing. My scanner is apparently hooked up correctly and recognized but I can't seem to just put something on it and have Prismo just scan and read it. If anyone is using Prismo, please shoot me a private email so I can pick your brain off list. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
getting to someone's email address
How would I find out the email address of someone in a message to copy it and use it somewhere else? Here's the situation. The to line of a mail message has the address from which the person sent the email but all I see is a name. When using Outlook for example, I could go up into the header and grab the email address. I went into message header in Mail and didn't see this detail but I think I'm missing it somehow. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: getting to someone's email address
Thanks buddy. I knew I wasn't getting some detail here. By now I should know that VO-Shift-M is my friend when in doubt. :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: If you find the address you want in the header, you can then VO+shift+m on that and you'll get a menu. Select Copy address from the menu, or maybe Reply to sender. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or (814) 431-0962 On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: How would I find out the email address of someone in a message to copy it and use it somewhere else? Here's the situation. The to line of a mail message has the address from which the person sent the email but all I see is a name. When using Outlook for example, I could go up into the header and grab the email address. I went into message header in Mail and didn't see this detail but I think I'm missing it somehow. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
recommendations for a good USB mic
I'd like some recommendations for a good USB mic for my MBP. I don't have a mixer currently and don't plan to get one just yet but need a decent mic. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: recommendations for a good USB mic
Thanks Buddy, perfect. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 4, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: The one most of us on SPN use is the ATR2100, which has a different model number now. It's around $50 and will connect either via USB or XLR cables, and also has a headphone jack so you can monitor its output. I think the current model is ATR-2005. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or (814) 431-0962 On Apr 4, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like some recommendations for a good USB mic for my MBP. I don't have a mixer currently and don't plan to get one just yet but need a decent mic. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Stability of the Mac
This is an interesting question. From just an average user point of view, I have been using my MacBook Pro since early February and use a Windows laptop for work. They literally sit side by side on my desk. I had used the iPhone since 2011 so was sort of familiar with how VoiceOver works and love it on the IOS platform that said, it's very different on the Mac or OS side. Speaking first to stability, I managed to crash the MBP twice in the first week but literally have not made the speech stop since then. Has my MBP slowed down or acted strangely a few times without explanation? yes, but it's come back to its original performance soon after these fits. My Windows machine frequently hangs up both in the operating system in general and because of screen reader/video issues. Outlook is really bad about this and I usually have to reboot at least once a day. Yes, I maintain my Windows machine well with weekly cleaning and such but ... The one thing that you will find difficult at first but which, if you continue to plug away at it will soon become second nature, is the whole concept of interacting with things. I hated it at first and still am not fond of it. Unlike the IOS realm, you have to take an extra step to access some things using Voice Over. Once you get used to it though and combine Quick Nav with the regular VO operation, and ask this list a ton of stupid questions, :) you'll be fine. I really like the variety of quality voices available with VO too. It's fast and responsive. I'm sold. Be sure though to give yourself some time and be patient. Beprepared to read over and over any and all instructions, podcasts and other things about switching, commands and apps. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 1, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Scott Rumery blindfait...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Scott, You will probably get a lot of varying opinions on this topic so you will have to decide which ones you will take seriously or not. Having said this let me first tell you that ever since I switched to using a Mac more than 3 years ago I have become probably one of the biggest Apple fan boys that there is, so my thoughts on this subject are going to have a strong Apple bias to them. If you are wanting a computing environment that is very stable compared to what you are currently getting on the Windows platform then in my opinion you would be very happy with a Mac. The instability of my Windows computer is exactly what helped me to make the decision to make the switch over 3 years ago. I used to have to restart my Windows computer several times a day and now that I am on a Mac I hardly ever need to reboot. You will notice that I said hardly. I have had to restart my Mac once in a while due to lost speech or something, but as I stated with the use the word hardly this does not happen with any regularity. Now having said all of this let me give you a little word of caution about switching platforms. I teach blind people who make this switch how to use their Macs for a company called Fedora Outlier, LLC and one the biggest mistakes that people make is thinking that switching from a Windows computer over to a Mac computer is going to be easy. It isn't as easy as one might think. After all you are going to have to learn how to use a totally different operating system and a new and different screen reader. Now having said this if you are determined to learn the new platform and you do it correctly by this I mean that you don't try and learn everything in one day you can definitely learn how to use a Mac very quickly. One more thing. In response to your question as to whether or not a Mac is more stable than a Windows computer. Remember earlier when I said that when I was still using a Windows computer I would have to restart the computer several times a day, well with my current Mac which is 2012 Mac Book Pro with 4 Gigabytes of ram I haven't had to restart it in about 2 weeks. My Mac is on 24 hours a day. During the day when I am working I am actually using it, and at night the Mac will just sleep, but it hasn't been turned off in at least 2 weeks now and VoiceOver is running flawlessly . I hope that all of this helps you with your decision and if you need anything else please just ask. Have a great day, Scott Rumery On Apr 1, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Scott Duck scottduck1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, As I said previously, I am thinking about getting a Mac and the main reason is that I am tired of the increasing instability of the PC environment. My first question is, is this really different on a Mac? I am using JAWS 15 with Windows 8. Both are not all that stable. I have been a JAWS user for 17 years and I have noticed a definite progressive increase in instability with the last few releases. JAWS crashes frequently and, even if it doesn't crash, it often stops talking when
unfollowing people with key commands in Night Owl
Is there a quick way to unfollow people in Night Owl? Also, when using the listed keyboard commands, do you have to be interacting with the message or just the table? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
Re: unfollowing people with key commands in Night Owl
Thanks much. I always wondered what the drawer did. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Not a quick way. Go to a tweet from them (you don't need to interact with anything, just have VO say the tweet) then find the drawer. Interact, go to the 'user action menu, and activate the popup menu. Choose following status, then, from that submenu, stop following. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a quick way to unfollow people in Night Owl? Also, when using the listed keyboard commands, do you have to be interacting with the message or just the table? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: unfollowing people with key commands in Night Owl
Very true about not exactly being convenient but I'll take access for now and maybe convenience will come later. Another question: How do I set up multiple accounts? I have 3 right now with only 1 set up. Haven't put the other 2 on Night Owl yet. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: As you may have already found, the drawer also holds the information for the user - location, bio, follower counts, and so on. You can also block the user from there, in the user action menu popup. I wish there was a quick way to jump to and interact with it, but at least we can access it. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks much. I always wondered what the drawer did. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Not a quick way. Go to a tweet from them (you don't need to interact with anything, just have VO say the tweet) then find the drawer. Interact, go to the 'user action menu, and activate the popup menu. Choose following status, then, from that submenu, stop following. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a quick way to unfollow people in Night Owl? Also, when using the listed keyboard commands, do you have to be interacting with the message or just the table? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
Re: Multiple Accounts(was unfollowing people with key commands in Night Owl)
Excellent. Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Open Preferences (cmd-comma) and go to the Accounts tab. Click add, sign in, and there you go. You can even configure sounds, unread counts, and so on for each account. To move between accounts when viewing tweets, use cmd-option-up or down. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Very true about not exactly being convenient but I'll take access for now and maybe convenience will come later. Another question: How do I set up multiple accounts? I have 3 right now with only 1 set up. Haven't put the other 2 on Night Owl yet. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: As you may have already found, the drawer also holds the information for the user - location, bio, follower counts, and so on. You can also block the user from there, in the user action menu popup. I wish there was a quick way to jump to and interact with it, but at least we can access it. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks much. I always wondered what the drawer did. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Not a quick way. Go to a tweet from them (you don't need to interact with anything, just have VO say the tweet) then find the drawer. Interact, go to the 'user action menu, and activate the popup menu. Choose following status, then, from that submenu, stop following. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a quick way to unfollow people in Night Owl? Also, when using the listed keyboard commands, do you have to be interacting with the message or just the table? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout. -- 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
IOS apps and TV access
So we are going to buy a new, or at least new for us, TV. We're looking at a Samsung 55=inch, don't know the exact model but it's last year's hot Samsung TV. The salesperson, in typical salesperson hype, said that it has Apple TV built in. How does this work? Can I control it through my phone or MBP? He said there was an app, Samsung Smart Remorte, or something like that. anyone used this? Accessibility thoughts? the regular remote that comes with the TV scares me enough. Is there a universal remote app I can use with Samsung TVs? Help! :) Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@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/d/optout.
