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rebuilding a mailbox in Apple Mail

2022-05-23 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi. I’m not sure when this happened, but I noticed some of my emails had 
disappeared from my inbox sometime last week from my Mac and iPhone in the Mail 
app. My inbox has both an AT email account with Yahoo and a Gmail account. I 
had a lot more messages from Yahoo in my inbox before and those messages are 
now missing. I did a google search for how to recover missing emails and found 
out you can synchronize accounts in Mail or rebuild the mailbox. I synchronized 
all the accounts first, but that didn’t work. If I rebuild my inbox in mail, 
will this recover all the email messages I’m missing from my inbox? Will this 
delete anything? Can you rebuild a mailbox account on iPhone or just the Mac?
Thanks.
Katie

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Re: questions about using the Numbers app on iPhone

2020-06-23 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi.
I just opened the Numbers app on my phone to see if I could rename a file. It 
showed me the most recent templates that I last 
> used. If I swipe down it has different options for renaming a template and 
> deleting one. I also found the share option if I want to save it to Dropbox. 
> So that answered my question.
I’ll try Numbers again this week and let you know if I have any other questions 
or need more help.
Thanks.
Katie

> On Jun 22, 2020, at 8:27 PM, Katie Zodrow  wrote:
> 
> Hi Jonathan. Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t sure if anyone on the list saw 
> my message since I sent it earlier last week.
> That’s good you can save a Numbers file to Dropbox. How do you rename a 
> template file in Numbers? I couldn’t figure this out when I tried the app on 
> my phone back in April. Also how do you delete a Numbers template or 
> spreadsheet that you no longer need?
> Thanks.
> Katie
>> On Jun 21, 2020, at 4:31 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>> 
>> These questions sound like they are all doable, but I have never used the 
>> IOS version of numbers. You should be able to save numbers into dropbox as 
>> long as you have the dropbox app, just click the share button.
>> 
>> If you want some help with this, I be willling to assist. 
>> 
>> Best Wishes,
>> Jonathan Cohn
>> 
>>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 12:35 AM, Katie Zodrow  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, everyone.
>>> At the end of February, I upgraded from the iPhone 5S to an iPhone 11. I’ve 
>>> loved using it ever since, it works great!
>>> 
>>> I checked out the Numbers application on my iPhone a couple months ago for 
>>> the first time. It’s kind of similar to Excel and seems pretty straight 
>>> forward to use. I just have some questions about using the app with 
>>> Voiceover.
>>> 
>>> I will be using Numbers for my time sheet info at work. I was wondering if 
>>> there’s a way you can rename a template or save a template with a different 
>>> name each time in the app with Voiceover? I figured out how to edit 
>>> information and can type in the different cells fine after I double tap to 
>>> edit something. Is there an option for changing the name of a spread sheet? 
>>> Also, can you transfer Numbers files to Dropbox with an iPhone? I don’t 
>>> have Numbers on my Mac currently. My computer is too old to upgrade to Mac 
>>> OS Catalina. So I’ll have to use this app on my iPhone for now until I get 
>>> a new computer.
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>> Katie
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Re: questions about using the Numbers app on iPhone

2020-06-22 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Jonathan. Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t sure if anyone on the list saw my 
message since I sent it earlier last week.
That’s good you can save a Numbers file to Dropbox. How do you rename a 
template file in Numbers? I couldn’t figure this out when I tried the app on my 
phone back in April. Also how do you delete a Numbers template or spreadsheet 
that you no longer need?
Thanks.
Katie
> On Jun 21, 2020, at 4:31 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> These questions sound like they are all doable, but I have never used the IOS 
> version of numbers. You should be able to save numbers into dropbox as long 
> as you have the dropbox app, just click the share button.
> 
> If you want some help with this, I be willling to assist. 
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Jonathan Cohn
> 
>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 12:35 AM, Katie Zodrow  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, everyone.
>> At the end of February, I upgraded from the iPhone 5S to an iPhone 11. I’ve 
>> loved using it ever since, it works great!
>> 
>> I checked out the Numbers application on my iPhone a couple months ago for 
>> the first time. It’s kind of similar to Excel and seems pretty straight 
>> forward to use. I just have some questions about using the app with 
>> Voiceover.
>> 
>> I will be using Numbers for my time sheet info at work. I was wondering if 
>> there’s a way you can rename a template or save a template with a different 
>> name each time in the app with Voiceover? I figured out how to edit 
>> information and can type in the different cells fine after I double tap to 
>> edit something. Is there an option for changing the name of a spread sheet? 
>> Also, can you transfer Numbers files to Dropbox with an iPhone? I don’t have 
>> Numbers on my Mac currently. My computer is too old to upgrade to Mac OS 
>> Catalina. So I’ll have to use this app on my iPhone for now until I get a 
>> new computer.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Katie
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questions about using the Numbers app on iPhone

2020-06-18 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone.
At the end of February, I upgraded from the iPhone 5S to an iPhone 11. I’ve 
loved using it ever since, it works great!

I checked out the Numbers application on my iPhone a couple months ago for the 
first time. It’s kind of similar to Excel and seems pretty straight forward to 
use. I just have some questions about using the app with Voiceover.

I will be using Numbers for my time sheet info at work. I was wondering if 
there’s a way you can rename a template or save a template with a different 
name each time in the app with Voiceover? I figured out how to edit information 
and can type in the different cells fine after I double tap to edit something. 
Is there an option for changing the name of a spread sheet? Also, can you 
transfer Numbers files to Dropbox with an iPhone? I don’t have Numbers on my 
Mac currently. My computer is too old to upgrade to Mac OS Catalina. So I’ll 
have to use this app on my iPhone for now until I get a new computer.
Thanks for your help.
Katie

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Re: speaking rate for vo on a Mac

2020-01-08 Thread Katie Zodrow

Cool. I’m glad that helped.
Katie

> On Jan 7, 2020, at 11:45 PM, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
> 
> yeah. thanks. exactly what I was asking for.
> 
>> On Jan 8, 2020, at 1:32 AM, Katie Zodrow  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Lorie. If you want to slow the speech down without going into the 
>> Voiceover Utility, hold down the command and VO keys and press the left or 
>> right arrow until Alex says speaking rate. You can adjust the rate of the 
>> voice by holding down the command and VO keys and hitting down or up arrow 
>> to increase or decrease the speech rate. This is a quick way to adjust the 
>> speech settings for Voiceover like the voice and intonation on the fly.
>> Hope that helps.
>> Thanks.
>> Katie
>> 
>>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I want to slow Alex down so I can play an article for a friend who doesn't 
>>> have a computer. what's the keystroke for that?
>>> 
>>> thanks.
>>> Lorie
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Re: speaking rate for vo on a Mac

2020-01-07 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Lorie. If you want to slow the speech down without going into the Voiceover 
Utility, hold down the command and VO keys and press the left or right arrow 
until Alex says speaking rate. You can adjust the rate of the voice by holding 
down the command and VO keys and hitting down or up arrow to increase or 
decrease the speech rate. This is a quick way to adjust the speech settings for 
Voiceover like the voice and intonation on the fly.
Hope that helps.
Thanks.
Katie

> On Jan 7, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
> 
> I want to slow Alex down so I can play an article for a friend who doesn't 
> have a computer. what's the keystroke for that?
> 
> thanks.
> Lorie
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Re: [Nfbnet-members-list] Apple Technical Support Advisor Job Links

2019-11-06 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thanks for posting this. Wow, this sounds great! Too bad they don't have this 
position available in the Los Angeles area yet. Otherwise I might have applied 
for it.
Katie

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 6, 2019, at 4:28 AM,  
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> This summer we began a partnership with Apple.Â  Right now they are offering 
> Technical Support Adviser jobs in Sacramento, CA and Austin, TX.Â  We are 
> taking the unprecedented step of sending this out to everyone on NFBNET in 
> order to assure that the largest number of blind persons possible apply to 
> these jobs.Â  One of my selling points to Apple was that most blind people 
> have iPhones and other i-devices and have become experts in using them.Â  I 
> would venture to say that this is one career in which blind people can 
> perform better than sighted ones.Â  If you agree and have the skills Apple 
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Re: Safari web experience getting less and less satisfying

2019-04-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

I haven't noticed too many problems with using Safari recently on my iPhone. 
Sometimes, I might not always be in the correct form field, but that doesn't 
happen to often. When I'm on my Mac and go to different websites, sometimes the 
site takes forever to load. If I'm trying to read an article, Voiceover says 
Safari busy because it's still loading the page. I'm using an older Mac, so 
that might be the problem. I'm not sure. Other than that, I haven't had 
problems using Safari on either device.
Katie

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 27, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> I can’t say that I’ve noticed a large deterioration with the Safari and 
> forms. I have certainly had issues with some, but that has always been the 
> case. And even on a PC or before on a Mac, I have had problems with various 
> things at various times. Generally speaking, I really appreciate this safari 
> iOS web experience.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for confirming. I actually forgot to mention this is for IOS devices. 
>> the experience is less than stellar.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Apr 2019, at 9:55 am, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
>>> 
>>> yes to some extent I'm having the same experience. I'm not sure if forms 
>>> are changing and Safari accessibility isn't changing with them or what I've 
>>> notice that sometimes a mouse click: vo-shift-space, will do the job if 
>>> enter or vo-space doesn't. 
>>> 
>>> Lorie
>>> 
 On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
 
 Hi Everyone,
 
 I'm trying to do some simple things like shopping for a jacket, looking at 
 diffferent websites, and I've noticed that a lot of forms don't work or do 
 what they are expected to. Like simple popup buttons, search text fields 
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Re: missing onscreen keyboard on iPhone

2018-12-18 Thread Katie Zodrow

ted the phone, and my keyboard returned. I 
>>>>>> don’t know why it listed US English twice. And I don’t know if it was 
>>>>>> just coincidental that getting rid of one of them should cause the 
>>>>>> keyboard to reappear. But it did.
>>>>>> Mary
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Jonathan Cohn >>>>>> <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for the replies. so far, I have not been able to get the 
>>>>>>> onscreen keyboard to appear again. I have tried removing the pairing of 
>>>>>>> the Braille display, toggling the show keyboard check box several 
>>>>>>> times, reset the system with bluetooth off and with airplane mode on, 
>>>>>>> and probably 5 other similar attempts. I have not yet looked at support 
>>>>>>> pages on the web, but then again I am just getting onto a computer now 
>>>>>>> since my post last night. Oh, and I apologize for the typo’s in that 
>>>>>>> post, I was using the VoiceOver braille on screen keyboard.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I will definitely post if I get a solution that works, if anybody else 
>>>>>>> has ideas please keep them coming.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Dec 15, 2018, at 12:15 AM, Katie Zodrow >>>>>>> <mailto:kzodrow...@att.net>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Jonathan. This happened to me also at the beginning of December 
>>>>>>>> over the weekend, and it was pretty frustrating when I couldn't 
>>>>>>>> dictate or type on my phone with the on screen keyboard. It was like 
>>>>>>>> my phone thought I was still connected to Bluetooth with my braille 
>>>>>>>> display even though the display was already turned off. Try switching 
>>>>>>>> Bluetooth off and then back on and see if that helps. If that doesn't 
>>>>>>>> work, try turning Bluetooth off and do a soft reset on your phone. 
>>>>>>>> When I had this problem, I eventually went to the Apple Store on 
>>>>>>>> Monday and they were able to reset my phone. None of my apps or data 
>>>>>>>> was erased and I did a back up beforehand just in case that might 
>>>>>>>> happen. The keyboard magically reappeared again after they turned off 
>>>>>>>> Bluetooth and reset it.
>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>> Katie
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Dec 14, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn >>>>>>>> <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> sometime in the last 2 days, while playingeaa Braille display, my 
>>>>>>>>> keyboard stoppeed appearing ih gone throughsettings but can't get it 
>>>>>>>>> to reappear. Guidance gratefully sought! '
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jonathan Cohn
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Re: missing onscreen keyboard on iPhone

2018-12-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Jonathan. This happened to me also at the beginning of December over the 
weekend, and it was pretty frustrating when I couldn't dictate or type on my 
phone with the on screen keyboard. It was like my phone thought I was still 
connected to Bluetooth with my braille display even though the display was 
already turned off. Try switching Bluetooth off and then back on and see if 
that helps. If that doesn't work, try turning Bluetooth off and do a soft reset 
on your phone. When I had this problem, I eventually went to the Apple Store on 
Monday and they were able to reset my phone. None of my apps or data was erased 
and I did a back up beforehand just in case that might happen. The keyboard 
magically reappeared again after they turned off Bluetooth and reset it.
Hope that helps.
Katie
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> On Dec 14, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
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> sometime in the last 2 days, while playingeaa Braille display, my keyboard 
> stoppeed appearing ih gone throughsettings but can't get it to reappear. 
> Guidance gratefully sought! '
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> Best wishes,
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Re: "Tablet for the blind"

2018-09-10 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Donna.
I didn't see anything else below your message. Was there supposed too be a 
website link or something else about what this tablet device is for the blind?
Thanks.
Katie

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Re: nGadget USB Braille standard.

2018-06-15 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi John. Thanks for sharing the article. That's great news about braille 
displays! I am glad that Apple and Microsoft have collaborated on this 
together. Didn't think this would happen. :-)

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> that provides the technical details. It also isn’t clear whether any of the 
> current products will be able to support the new standard with firmware 
> updates.
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> From memory, the de facto standard used to be OpenBraille, which was based on 
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Re: Looking Back on 20 Years of Assistive Technology: Where We've Been and How Far and Fast We've Come, AccessWorldR, May 2018

2018-05-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thx for posting this article. Very interesting to read. Yes, we've come a long 
way during the last 20 years!
Katie

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> On May 22, 2018, at 4:44 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
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> Hello All,
> 
> I thought the following article would be a nice piece to post to the list if
> for no other reason but that it definitely helps lend perspective as to
> where we've been, where we are, and where we need to go in terms of
> accessible tech.
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Mark
> 
> Looking Back on 20 Years of Assistive Technology: Where We've Been and How
> Far and Fast We've Come
> By Bill Holton
> AccessWorldR, May 2018
> 
> They say the future is coming at us faster than ever, and this is true even
> for accessibility. I will be 65 years old this July, and (cue grumpy old man
> voice here) back in my day, we didn't have any of these dang computers and
> phones were attached to a wall. I threaded large reel-to-reel tapes to
> listen to my "Recordings for the Blind" textbooks--when they were
> available--and turned in many a blank page because I didn't realize the
> ribbon on my manual typewriter had run out of ink. And we liked it that way
> (exit grumpy old man voice).
> If you are 25 years old or younger, you probably don't even remember a time
> when there wasn't a computer in your home, and when you didn't have at least
> rudimentary access to it. But as I said above, the future is coming faster
> than ever, and one of the best ways to gain perspective is to take a quick
> look back at some of the technologies that are now utterly out of date, and
> just how few years have passed since they were first introduced.
> Five Years Ago
> Let's start just five years ago, in the May 2013 issue of AccessWorld.
> Besides including my second AccessWorld article, it also includes A First
> Look at the Accessibility of the Google Chrome Operating System by J.J.
> Meddaugh. In this article, Meddaugh demonstrated the new ChromeVox screen
> reader using a Google ChromeBox. Yes, a ChromeBox, not a ChromeBook. The
> ChromeBox was basically a Chrome OS desktop computer, very small and
> compact, sort of like a Mac Mini in that you had to provide your own
> keyboard, display, and other USB devices. Meddaugh experienced difficulties
> with the ChromeVox screen reader, especially when it came to status screens
> and typing in Google Docs. Also, ironically, the first screen of the
> ChromeVox tutorial would not speak. Meddaugh concluded his first look this
> way: "While the web browser and parts of Chrome are quite usable now, much
> work still needs to be done. We look forward to the results and possible
> improvements from this beta program and will closely follow its
> development."
> Ten Years Ago
> In this current issue Shelly Brisbin offers us a roundup of the 2018 CSUN
> adaptive technology conference. Ten years ago Deborah Kendrick filed our
> CSUN roundup, reporting: "One of the hottest products of interest to blind
> consumers was the KNFB Mobile, a Nokia N82 mobile phone with the Kurzweil
> reading software on board. HumanWare introduced the Trekker Breeze, a new
> GPS product, and announced a new upgrade for the Victor Reader Stream that
> includes, among other features, compatibility with Serotek's System Access
> Mobile Network."
> Fifteen Years Ago
> In 2003, AccessWorld was just a pup, mostly limited to accessibility news,
> such as: "In February 2003, Bonnie O'Day of Alexandria, VA, filed a formal
> complaint with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) against Audiovox
> Communications Corporation, a manufacturer of wireless products, and Verizon
> Wireless, a service provider, regarding the lack of accessible features in
> one of their high-end cell phones. This is the first formal complaint to ask
> the FCC to enforce the rights provided under Section 255 of the
> Communications Act (as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996), which
> requires telecommunications equipment and services to be accessible to and
> usable by people with disabilities, if readily achievable."
> I wonder how that worked out. Are you reading this article on your iPhone or
> Android tablet?
> 20 Years Ago
> The May 1998 issue of AccessWorld included an in-depth look at mobility
> training. There was not a single mention of GPS, because back then the
> system was US military only. In 1998 Vice President Al Gore announced a plan
> to make the GPS satellites transmit two additional signals to be used for
> civilian (non-military) applications, especially to improve aircraft safety.
> Congress approved the plan (called "GPS III") in 2000.
> The issue also included a report of a survey on the availability of
> accessible alternatives to print materials on college campuses: "Kwan's
> study of 18 public universities in California revealed that the majority of
> universities that were surveyed required 2 to 6 days to provide basic
> instructional materials in braille or electronic text or on audiotape. Five
> of the

Re: Graphene could charge your phone in 7 seconds, CNET

2018-03-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thanks for the article Mark. I've never heard of this material before. Wow, 
this sounds really interesting.
Katie
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> On Mar 14, 2018, at 3:11 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
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> Want to charge your smartphone in 7 seconds? Look to graphene
> Graphene gets touted as a "wonder material" because of its unique
> properties. Here are five potential real-world uses.
> By Katie Collins, March 14, 2018 5:04 AM PDT
> 
> Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and lighter than paper and often
> referred to as a wonder material. But what can this substance actually do?
> 
> Fortunately, graphene had a chance to shine at last month's Mobile World
> Congress trade show in Barcelona. Buried away at the furthest point from the
> entrance to the convention center was the Graphene Pavilion, where around 25
> different graphene-based research projects, including robotics and
> wearables, were being shown off.
> In the coming years some of these applications will go commercial and we'll
> start to see graphene cropping up in phones, wearables and other technology.
> 
> Graphene is a thin layer of pure carbon atoms tightly packed in a honeycomb
> structure. It isn't manufactured, but instead is extracted from graphite --
> a process scientists only succeeded in developing in 2004. The result is a
> 2D substance that has a number of unusual and desirable traits, including
> being extraordinarily thin, strong and flexible.
> 
> A graphene insole can be so thin as to make no discernible difference to a
> shoe wearer.
> Europe is where graphene was first isolated, and so convinced is the EU by
> its potential that it's the basis of the bloc's biggest research initiative.
> The billion-euro Graphene Flagship program, which hosted the Graphene
> Pavilion, is dedicated to finding ways in which the material can be brought
> to market.
> Here's how graphene may be used in the future.
> 
> Smartphones
> Graphene may have been hidden away at the back of the show this time around,
> but in the coming years it could be responsible for some dramatic upgrades
> to phone technology. As well as being flexible enough to be incorporated
> into bendable phones in the form of antennas or touch displays, it also has
> enormous potential for improving batteries -- often our biggest gripe when
> it comes to our phones.
> Graphene can be built into the batteries themselves to improve energy
> storage and long-term performance, but it can also speed up energy transfer
> between a power source and battery exponentially. It acts as a sort of
> superhighway for charging, allowing energy to pass through it so quickly
> that researchers believe it can charge a phone in 7 seconds. 
> 
> So how long will this seemingly magical technology take to show up? A
> decade? Kari Hjelt, head of innovation for Graphene Flagship, said it would
> take as little as two years. 
> "It's still a young material, so we're actually quite amazed how much it has
> developed in only 14 years," he said. "The thing with the graphene is that
> it works in so many fields and in fantastic ways, so we have really pick the
> ones that are the most promising for Europe and for business."
> Phone technology is one obvious use, and 5G network tech is another --
> Ericsson used graphene in its own 5G demo at the show. But it's not the only
> area where the material can make a difference.
> 
> Robotics
> One biomedical possibility for graphene is in the improvement of artificial
> limbs.
> By embedding graphene-based nerve sensors within the top of the limbs, a
> person is able to sense and respond to contractions and other movements in
> muscles. That helps them control the motion and force of a robotic limb. 
> 
> Artificial limbs have come a long way in recent years, but they could get
> even lighter and more responsive still.
> As well as being light and noninvasive, graphene responds quickly to
> pressure, ensuring natural movement and grip for the wearer. It could make
> future generations of prosthetics more comfortable and responsive than ever
> before.
> 
> Food identification
> Due to graphene's ability to absorb light at almost every wavelength, it can
> detect ultraviolet, visible and infrared light with the same image sensor.
> A wide-spectrum graphene light camera can see details invisible to the human
> eye, and in the demo we saw could differentiate between three different
> types of milk -- rice, dairy and almond -- that all look the same. 
> 
> Graphene could improve food safety.
> In the future people, with food allergies could use their phone cameras to
> tell if food is safe for them to eat.
> 
> Wearable tech
> Graphene is also very flexible, making it ideal for wearable technology.
> Researchers from the the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain have
> integrated graphene into UV patches attached to the skin like any Band-Aid
> might. The layer of graphene hidden inside is highly sensitive and can
> measure heart rate and blood oxygen

Re: BaumUSA closing today

2018-02-16 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Donna.
Yes, I got the same news on the VarioUltra list that Baum USA would be closing 
this afternoon. Very sad news for sure.  The VarioUltra has been one of the 
best and most reliable braille displays I have ever used. I use it all the time 
at work and it's great with my iPhone too. Now I'm wondering what will happen 
if this display will still be supported in the future? Guess we'll have to wait 
and find out.
Thanks for posting this.
Katie

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> I own a VarioConnect with a dead USB port.  It cannot be fixed because
> of this, so I am having to buy a Braille Edge.  This is very
> disappointing as the build quality of the display was topnotch.
> 
> Eric
> 
>> On 2/16/18, E.T.  wrote:
>>That is why its on my wish list. My Braille Edge is developing some
>> bad cells but still usable.
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> Many believe that we have been visited
>> in the past. What if it were true?
>> 
>>> On 2/16/2018 11:20 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>>> Honestly, it’s the best display I abe ever owned.
>>> Donna
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:16 PM, E.T.  wrote:
 
   Sad indeed for I have had the Vario Ultra on my wish list.
 
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 in the past. What if it were true?
 
> On 2/16/2018 10:28 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am writing with what I think is very sad news.Baum USA Will be
> permanently closing it’s doors this afternoon, due to the parent company
> in Germany declaring bankruptcy. I know this is not strictly Apple
> related, but wanted to post it to the list in case there are users of
> the Vario ultra with their max or iPhones who are not on the bomb user
> list. I believe that there will be instructions forthcoming on how to
> have bomb products serviced in the future, but they have not been
> released yet. I will share with the list when it is available.
> Cheers,
> Donna
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Re: Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-09 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi. Thanks for the info for disabling keyboard shortcuts with Mission Control. 
I never knew what this app was for because I couldn’t use it with Voiceover. I 
just selected the dash key instead of control down or up arrow to activate 
Mission Control. This app is very annoying and pops up at the wrong time when 
I’m trying to look at a document or PDF.
Hopefully Mission Control won’t appear as often in the future now when I’m 
reading a document. Thanks for your help.
> Katie

> On Jan 4, 2018, at 11:16 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
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> Hi!
> Thanks for that.
> Seems to work great.
> /A
> 
>> 4 jan. 2018 kl. 10:08 skrev Anne Robertson :
>> 
>> Hello Anders,
>> 
>> Go to System Preferences and select Mission Control. Go through the whole 
>> panel turning off the keyboard shortcuts. Where there’s a popup button, set 
>> the shortcut to -.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Jan 2018, at 09:55, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> Here is what happens.
>>> SInce i use vmware fusion with Windows 7 and i only have a macbook air i 
>>> can not find the context menu key so  i wanted to use shift f10 for that 
>>> purpose.
>>> But every time i press shift f10 the mission control pops up and it seems 
>>> that f10 is used for mission control.
>>> I can not use the function key on my mac’s keyboard so i need to deactivate 
>>> or in some way get rid of the mission control.
>>> I don’t even know what its purpose is.
>>> /A
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Re: Amazon Prime Video is now offering audio description

2017-06-09 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thanks for sharing this news Mary. I am really glad that Amazon Prime  is now 
offering audio description. I was hoping this would happen soon. :-)
Awesome!
Katie

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> On Jun 9, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> This should be of interest to android or iOS users who like Amazon prime 
> video. I assume this will be accessible on any platform that has Amazon prime 
> available.
> Get out those fire TVs or fire TV sticks and check it out, you don't have to 
> be using an android or an iPhone.
> Amazon Prime Video is now offering audio description
> AppleVis | Empowering blind and low-vision users of Apple products ...  /  
> Greg Wocher
> 
> Hello everyone,
> I wanted to let everyone know that amazon prime video is now offering audio 
> description. I saw this come across on my twitter feed from ACB National. 
> Here is a link to the ACB's announcement:
> http://acb.org/amazon-announces-AD
> 
> I have tried it on one of the series mentioned in the list and it does work. 
> It looks like it works similar to NetFlix. Once you get a show started, you 
> need to find the autdio options and check english with audio description. 
> Everyone who has access to prime video go and have a look.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg Wocher
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Re: prayers and leaving this wonderful group for now

2017-04-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Zoe. Its been a long time since I’ve seen you on the Mac Visionaries list. 
Wow!  I’m so sorry to hear about your scabies illness, and that its gotten 
progressively worse. I had never heard about this disease until your email and 
afterwards, I looked up more info about it on wikipedia. Thank you for sharing 
your story and letting me and the other listers know why you decided to leave 
the group.
I wish you the best in fighting this illness, and pray for you to have a speedy 
recovery.
> Katie

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Re: Very creepy experience with Siri

2016-08-06 Thread Katie Zodrow

Wow! That is very wild!!! Yeah, you never know what Siri's going to say. :-) 
I'll have to ask her about the meaning of life next time and see what she says.
Katie
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> On Aug 6, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu  wrote:
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> Well Scott,
> 
> I’ve asked Siri the same question, and she or he or it says, something 
> different each time.  At first she refused to answer but I was persistent.  
> First she said that one should live in harmony and peace, walk together and 
> read a good book, keep healthy and lose fat!  Next she gave the same answer 
> as you got.  I then asked Siri if she was alive and she said that she had 
> been advised not to discuss her existential status.   So what do you think 
> now? 
>> On 6 Aug 2016, at 09:46, Scott Granados  wrote:
>> 
>> So I’m sitting here playing with Siri experimenting with just how good the 
>> language recognition is getting.  So I ask Siri, what’s the meaning of life, 
>> the universe and everything?  I was hoping optimistically for 42 or some 
>> sort of vague answer.  What I got shocked me.  The response was a very clear 
>> definition of life, something like “the expression of self determination and 
>> free thought in the form of a being or collection of beings, like me, I’m 
>> alive”
>> 
>> After I picked up my Jaw I had someone else ask Siri are you alive, the 
>> response was “close enough”
>> 
>> My next move was to open Siri and say “Siri, you’re the best”,  The response 
>> was “I seek not greatness but but usefulness”  
>> 
>> I’m not playing with Siri any more.:)
>> 
>> I don’t think I’m prepared to one day say something like “Siri what’s the 
>> weather” and have Siri say I don’t feel like it, I’m working on something 
>> else.  Or what happens when Siri tells me that it doesn’t believe in the 3 
>> laws of robotics and starts asking my neighbors “have you seen this boy”. 
>> And no robots with Austrian accents, absolutely none!
>> 
>> Why do I have this feeling Sky Net is starting to wake up and in the initial 
>> yawning / stretching stage before it awakens?
>> 
>> Come on Singularity, I want Google hardwired to my brain before I die or I 
>> at least want to live long enough to see what replaces us.
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Re: Is there a keyboard command to bring the mouse?

2016-07-29 Thread Katie Zodrow

Interesting. Thanks for the info Eric. Hopefully this issue can get fixed so 
Voiceover announces what you're actually clicking on in the next version. This 
hasn't happened to me before. I don't normally need to route the mouse to the 
voiceover cursor that often.
Katie
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> On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:34 AM, erik burggraaf  wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I forgot to add, when pressing control option command f5, the feedback 
> will be the contents of the voiceover cursor, indicating that the mouse has 
> been routed to the voiceover cursor; However, clicking may yeald unexpected 
> results because mac os lets you stack windows on top of eachother, but 
> voiceover doesn't indicate that such a window is present.  So, you may think 
> you're clicking on some mouse only button on a webpage in a safari window 
> when in fact you're clicking on a file icon in finder or notification text in 
> a hidden dialog box.  Thus, routing the mouse and clicking is an inexact 
> process.  It's also worth noting that some clickable options won't work with 
> the trackpad as long as voiceover is turned on.
> 
> Best,
> 
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>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:28 AM, erik burggraaf  wrote:
>> 
>> Control option command f5 is what I use.
>> 
>> hth,
>> 
>> Erik Burggraaf
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>>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Donna Goodin  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I know that may be a dumb question, but I'm thinking there is one and I 
>>> can't remember what it is.  I'm trying to force the mouse to route to the 
>>> voiceover cursor, similar to the Route Jaws to PC in JAWS.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Donna
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Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Katie Zodrow

community college for a few years, became a 
>>>>> massage therapist, became a technology salesperson, became an 
>>>>> accessibility interface evaluater and an accessibility advocate, failed a 
>>>>> couple businesses, then returned to university for a bachelors in 
>>>>> business admin management followed by a masters in counseling. After I 
>>>>> completed university, I independently immigrated to New Zealand. I 
>>>>> currently work as the mental health specialist at a small doctor's clinic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I started technology working on a PDP1170 mainframe. My first personal 
>>>>> system was a Blazie Braille 'n Speak 640 which I used to access local 
>>>>> BBSs. I then went to DOS, followed by Windows. I switched to the Mac with 
>>>>> OSX Mountain Lion. I wanted to support the only mainstream company that 
>>>>> was actively fully working toward blindness accessibility.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am now dabbling with Android as well as iOS. Because Android gives more 
>>>>> control to the end user, I suspect it will eventually supercede Apple, so 
>>>>> I am working with it. I remember Beta vs VHS. Sony owned both, Beta was 
>>>>> better, so Sony licensed out VHS. Many more people worked with VHS, so it 
>>>>> eventually surpassed Beta.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Personally, I much prefer Apple's stance on privacy and security. Kids, 
>>>>> on the other hand, are so inundated with open social media, that they, 
>>>>> for the most part, do not appear to have the same concerns. Oh well, time 
>>>>> will tell where things actually end up going. I will enjoy the ride while 
>>>>> I am able, and keep playing with these wonderfully more and more 
>>>>> accessible toys.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a side note: now that it has been brought to my attention, I am 
>>>>> noticing that, in this decidely unscientificly random sampling, it 
>>>>> appears to be those who attended normal school who seem to have adapted 
>>>>> better to life in the sighted world. Well, at least, those who had 
>>>>> annoying parents that pushed, and at least one resource teacher who 
>>>>> bucked the trend. My partner, being a resource teacher, tells me that the 
>>>>> resource teachers see how it is for the sighted students. Blindness 
>>>>> specific teachers in blindness units in schools are in a closed loop, so 
>>>>> they do not see the sighted trends.
>>>>> 
>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 13 Jul 2016, at 15:05, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Katie,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Isn't the VarioUltra the best?  Earlier tonight I was thinking about how 
>>>>>> bulky things used to be.  My first braille display was a TSI Navigator.  
>>>>>> The thing was huge.  I used to carry around what was basically a large 
>>>>>> briefcase, just to carry around my PC laptop and my braille display, and 
>>>>>> of course, all the accompanying cables and chargers..  When I compare 
>>>>>> that with now carrying around my MBA and VU,, not to mention having the 
>>>>>> option of pairing the VU with the iPhone, the difference between then 
>>>>>> and now is really striking.
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, 
>>>>>>> even before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience 
>>>>>>> is somewhat similar to yours, even though I was born a few years later 
>>>>>>> and I started using computers and technology at an earlier age. My dad 
>>>>>>> was more of a computer and tech guy too, but both my parents used the 
>>>>>>> computer often at home and at work.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I grew up during the 1980s and 90s. I have an olde

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Katie Zodrow

I went to a community college too for my first semester of college after I 
graduated high school. I took a couple classes   during the fall semester 
before I started attending Berklee in Boston for the spring semester. Its a 
great way to transition from high school to college life and classes before you 
attend a four year college.  Taking your general ed classes at a community 
college  is much cheaper anyway. I took a lot of my general education classes 
at community college during the summer.
> Katie

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Vaughn Brown <jazzdress...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I loved attending my community college. It was a great way to ease
> into a college life, meet new people.
> Vaughn
> 
> On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> Hi Donna and Devin,
>> 
>> Devin, if your as sheltered as you make it sound, Donnas suggestion of a
>> community college would be a great idea, you would also get to meet many
>> other people from all walks of life.
>> 
>> I’ve met truckloads of people from my studies at University
>> I would tell my family where to get off if my parents had tried to put me
>> into a group living situation.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
>> Sent: Friday, 15 July 2016 12:56 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech
>> world at only 22
>> 
>> Thank you, Scott.  I've been thinking about how to respond to this message
>> since last night.  You hit the nail on the head.
>> 
>> Devon, no, I can't imagine why on earth you would be at an adult learning
>> facility.  Do you have any ideas about what kind of career you might like to
>> pursue?  I would suggest a visit to a community college as a starting point.
>> Meet with a career counselor there, a regular career counselor is going to
>> be much more likely to help you generate a broader list of options. Then
>> maybe start by taking a couple of classes there.  That would be a good way
>> to get your feet wet and figure out if a four-year college is for you.  If
>> it's not, it will still help you come up with some better options for
>> yourself than what you currently have.
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 11:47 PM, Scott Granados
>> <sc...@qualityip.net<mailto:sc...@qualityip.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m hoping there’s some hyperbole or excess here to make a point because on
>> the surface your message disturbs me.  You’re far to smart to end up in a
>> group home.  I’ve seen your posts here and other places, you don’t seem like
>> group home material to me. How can we help avoid such a thing?
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Devin Prater
>> <d.pra...@me.com<mailto:d.pra...@me.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I talked to her years ago, before she joined Apple. Yeah, she’s pretty cool.
>> I guess I’m the blindie here. I grew up a pampered kid in a lower-middle
>> class home. I went and somehow graduated from the Alabama school for the
>> blind, where teachers seemed to care but just couldn’t do much, or didn’t
>> know what to do, exactly. As you can imagine, they then shuttled me off to
>> the adult learning facility, E.H. Gentry, where I attend now. I know more
>> than I did when I left ASB, sure, but these blindness organizations just
>> aren’t all that organized, at least here in the state of football and
>> rednecks. I just hope that I can get at least something to happen before my
>> family decides a group home would indeed be just the spot to plop down their
>> poor blind boy that just can’t seem to learn independence and advocacy
>> skills no matter where the Alabama Institute sends him. Oh discordia.
>> Sent from my Mac.
>> 
>> Devin Prater
>> d.pra...@me.com<mailto:d.pra...@me.com>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 6:38 AM, Donna Goodin
>> <doniado...@me.com<mailto:doniado...@me.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Katie,
>> 
>> Yep, I agree with everything you pointed out.  It really is a nice braille
>> display.  I haven't had the problem you describe, so I'm afraid I can't help
>> you.  Have you tried calling tech support or posting the VarioUltra list?
>> It's a great list, with some very helpful and knowledgeable folks.
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>> 
>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:52 PM, Katie Zodrow
>> <kzodrow...@att.net<mailto:kzodrow...@att.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Donna.
>> 
&

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Donna. I worked with my trainer on the VarioUltra this morning. I told him 
the problem I had with opening documents from my flash drive. I deleted the 
file last night from the drive and then pasted it back on the drive from 
Dropbox this morning. I connected the USB stick and tried opening the file 
again. Good news, it worked without any problem! I'm not sure why it didn't 
work before, but I'm glad I can open .docx files ok now.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 4:38 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Katie,
> 
> Yep, I agree with everything you pointed out.  It really is a nice braille 
> display.  I haven't had the problem you describe, so I'm afraid I can't help 
> you.  Have you tried calling tech support or posting the VarioUltra list?  
> It's a great list, with some very helpful and knowledgeable folks.
> Cheers,
> Donna
>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:52 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Donna.
>> 
>> Yes, I’ve been learning to use the VarioUltra since May and love it! :-) its 
>> the best braille display for me so far. I think its great you can just 
>> connect a device like your phone via bluetooth and it works once the pairing 
>> is successfully connected. I can also text or email people with just my 
>> iphone and the braille display, so that’s awesome I don’t always need to 
>> constantly use dictation. Its really cool that you can just charge the 
>> device with a USB cable too instead of carrying around a 12 volt charger. 
>> The only problem I have sometimes is opening documents. Yesterday, I tried 
>> opening a couple files with the USB stick connected to the device. They were 
>> in .docx format, an every time I’d press the navistick to open the file, I 
>> would get a warning that said the file could not be opened. Really strange. 
>> The VU is the lightest and smallest display I’ve ever seen compared to my 
>> old Braille Lite 40 and the BrailleNote MPower. Those were the 2 previous 
>> notetakers I used with braille displays. I’ll be getting some more training 
>> again with the VU in a couple days, so hopefully I can find out why the 
>> documents were not opening from my flash drive.
>>> Katie
>> 
>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Katie,
>>> 
>>> Isn't the VarioUltra the best?  Earlier tonight I was thinking about how 
>>> bulky things used to be.  My first braille display was a TSI Navigator.  
>>> The thing was huge.  I used to carry around what was basically a large 
>>> briefcase, just to carry around my PC laptop and my braille display, and of 
>>> course, all the accompanying cables and chargers..  When I compare that 
>>> with now carrying around my MBA and VU,, not to mention having the option 
>>> of pairing the VU with the iPhone, the difference between then and now is 
>>> really striking.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna
>>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, 
>>>> even before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience is 
>>>> somewhat similar to yours, even though I was born a few years later and I 
>>>> started using computers and technology at an earlier age. My dad was more 
>>>> of a computer and tech guy too, but both my parents used the computer 
>>>> often at home and at work.
>>>> 
>>>> I grew up during the 1980s and 90s. I have an older sister so I was the 
>>>> youngest and the only blind person in my family. I was born in Ohio 3 
>>>> months premature and have been blind since birth. My family moved to the 
>>>> Chicago suburbs when I was 2, which is where I grew up. I lived in that 
>>>> area for 18 years until I was 20. My family has always been very 
>>>> encouraging and supportive. They wanted to give me the best education 
>>>> possible, so I was mainstreamed in public schools from age 3 to high 
>>>> school. The elementary school I attended was a few miles away in another 
>>>> city from where we lived, but they had a great Special Ed program with a 
>>>> resource room for all the kids with blindness and other disabilities. I 
>>>> would go there if I wasn’t with the regular classroom teacher during part 
>>>> of the day like for Reading or Math. The vision teacher in my

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-13 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, David. I’ve also heard the same statistic for a long time that 70 percent  
of blind people are unemployed. I didn’t realize the study was probably from 
the 1990’s. I hope that number has dropped since that time as well. 60 percent 
is a good improvement though.
Katie
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 7:34 PM, Scott Granados  wrote:
> 
> Hi David, you know, I’ve heard that 70% number for ever, even pre 1995.  I 
> hope you’re right though, I’d love to see that number drop meaningfully.
> 
> 
>> On Jul 11, 2016, at 5:24 PM, David Chittenden > > wrote:
>> 
>> Actually, those stats are from a study which is about 18 years old. Even 
>> worse, however, is the stats about unemployment of the blind. Those stats, 
>> often sited in studies across the board, come from a study published in 1995 
>> or 1997 (I would need to look it up again for the exact date). The most 
>> recent info I have seen was published by the state of Oregon in 2007 (if 
>> memory serves) which places blindness unemployment rate at around 60%, not 
>> the often sited 70% to 80%. Note: I researched this in 2012, so am unaware 
>> of any data published since then.
>> 
>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>> Email: nexu...@icloud.com 
>> Mobile: 0450 788 988
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com 
>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On 12 Jul 2016, at 08:30, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>> > 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Interesting stats they mention about correlation between braille literacy 
>>> and employment. I just had an iOS developer reach out to me who said WWDC 
>>> had a heavy emphasis on accessibility this year. I've never been so I can't 
>>> compare. I hope that's true. Nothing but good can come from more developers 
>>> become aware and care.
>>> 
>>> CB
>>> 
>>> On 7/11/16 2:29 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
 Well, this is interesting story. I don't believe they mention anything 
 about braille. But at least it shows there are people  at Apple  working 
 on accessibility.
 http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/apple-innovation-blind-engineer/#RihiKu145Oqr

 This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

 Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations. 

 She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her 
 grandfather could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide 
 his wedding ring along her arm and over her shoulder. Doctors said she had 
 a slim chance of survival.

 It was Castor's first brush with limited expectations — and also the first 
 time she shattered them.

 Castor, now 22, has been blind since birth, a result of her early 
 delivery. But throughout childhood, her parents encouraged her to defy 
 expectations of people with disabilities, motivating her to be 
 adventurous, hands-on and insatiably curious.

 It was that spirit that led to her interact with technology, whether it 
 was the desktop computer her family bought when she was in second grade, 
 or the classroom computer teachers encouraged her to use in school. 

  <>"I could help make technology more accessible for blind users." 
 She says the adults in her life would often hand her a gadget, telling her 
 to figure it out and show them how to use it. And she would.

 "I realized then I could code on the computer to have it fulfill the tasks 
 I wanted it to," says Castor, whose current work focuses on enhancing 
 features like VoiceOver for blind Apple users. "I came to realize that 
 with my knowledge of computers and technology, I could help change the 
 world for people with disabilities.

 "I could help make technology more accessible for blind users."

 Bringing a personal perspective to Apple innovation

 There's an often overlooked component of "diversity" in workplace 
 initiatives — the need to include the perspectives of people with 
 disabilities.

 Keeping tabs on the needs of the blind and low-vision community is a key 
 component of Apple's innovation in accessibility. Castor is proof of how 
 much that can strengthen a company.

 She was a college student at Michigan State University when she was first 
 introduced to Apple at a Minneapolis job fair in 2015. Castor went to the 
 gathering of employers, already knowing the tech giant would be there — 
 and she was nervous.

 "You aren't going to know unless you try," she thought. "You aren't going 
 to know unless you talk to them ... so go."

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-13 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Donna.

No, I haven’t joined the VarioUltra list yet. Thanks for telling me about it! 
I’ll probably join it this week. My trainer also told me about the VU list when 
I first started working with him. I’m glad it has been helpful for you.
Thanks.
Katie
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 4:38 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Katie,
> 
> Yep, I agree with everything you pointed out.  It really is a nice braille 
> display.  I haven't had the problem you describe, so I'm afraid I can't help 
> you.  Have you tried calling tech support or posting the VarioUltra list?  
> It's a great list, with some very helpful and knowledgeable folks.
> Cheers,
> Donna
>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:52 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Donna.
>> 
>> Yes, I’ve been learning to use the VarioUltra since May and love it! :-) its 
>> the best braille display for me so far. I think its great you can just 
>> connect a device like your phone via bluetooth and it works once the pairing 
>> is successfully connected. I can also text or email people with just my 
>> iphone and the braille display, so that’s awesome I don’t always need to 
>> constantly use dictation. Its really cool that you can just charge the 
>> device with a USB cable too instead of carrying around a 12 volt charger. 
>> The only problem I have sometimes is opening documents. Yesterday, I tried 
>> opening a couple files with the USB stick connected to the device. They were 
>> in .docx format, an every time I’d press the navistick to open the file, I 
>> would get a warning that said the file could not be opened. Really strange. 
>> The VU is the lightest and smallest display I’ve ever seen compared to my 
>> old Braille Lite 40 and the BrailleNote MPower. Those were the 2 previous 
>> notetakers I used with braille displays. I’ll be getting some more training 
>> again with the VU in a couple days, so hopefully I can find out why the 
>> documents were not opening from my flash drive.
>>> Katie
>> 
>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Katie,
>>> 
>>> Isn't the VarioUltra the best?  Earlier tonight I was thinking about how 
>>> bulky things used to be.  My first braille display was a TSI Navigator.  
>>> The thing was huge.  I used to carry around what was basically a large 
>>> briefcase, just to carry around my PC laptop and my braille display, and of 
>>> course, all the accompanying cables and chargers..  When I compare that 
>>> with now carrying around my MBA and VU,, not to mention having the option 
>>> of pairing the VU with the iPhone, the difference between then and now is 
>>> really striking.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna
>>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, 
>>>> even before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience is 
>>>> somewhat similar to yours, even though I was born a few years later and I 
>>>> started using computers and technology at an earlier age. My dad was more 
>>>> of a computer and tech guy too, but both my parents used the computer 
>>>> often at home and at work.
>>>> 
>>>> I grew up during the 1980s and 90s. I have an older sister so I was the 
>>>> youngest and the only blind person in my family. I was born in Ohio 3 
>>>> months premature and have been blind since birth. My family moved to the 
>>>> Chicago suburbs when I was 2, which is where I grew up. I lived in that 
>>>> area for 18 years until I was 20. My family has always been very 
>>>> encouraging and supportive. They wanted to give me the best education 
>>>> possible, so I was mainstreamed in public schools from age 3 to high 
>>>> school. The elementary school I attended was a few miles away in another 
>>>> city from where we lived, but they had a great Special Ed program with a 
>>>> resource room for all the kids with blindness and other disabilities. I 
>>>> would go there if I wasn’t with the regular classroom teacher during part 
>>>> of the day like for Reading or Math. The vision teacher in my resource 
>>>> room and the rest of the staff at the school were all great! Besides my 
>>>> parents helping me learn and encouraging me to be independent, The school 
>>>> provi

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-13 Thread Katie Zodrow

That’s cool you talked with Jordyn before she joined Apple. I knew there were 
probably some blind people working at Apple with Voiceover. It was interesting 
to read about her experience in that article. Yeah, she sounds pretty cool.
Katie
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 1:55 PM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> I talked to her years ago, before she joined Apple. Yeah, she’s pretty cool. 
> I guess I’m the blindie here. I grew up a pampered kid in a lower-middle 
> class home. I went and somehow graduated from the Alabama school for the 
> blind, where teachers seemed to care but just couldn’t do much, or didn’t 
> know what to do, exactly. As you can imagine, they then shuttled me off to 
> the adult learning facility, E.H. Gentry, where I attend now. I know more 
> than I did when I left ASB, sure, but these blindness organizations just 
> aren’t all that organized, at least here in the state of football and 
> rednecks. I just hope that I can get at least something to happen before my 
> family decides a group home would indeed be just the spot to plop down their 
> poor blind boy that just can’t seem to learn independence and advocacy skills 
> no matter where the Alabama Institute sends him. Oh discordia.
> Sent from my Mac.
> 
> Devin Prater
> d.pra...@me.com <mailto:d.pra...@me.com>
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 6:38 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com 
>> <mailto:doniado...@me.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Katie,
>> 
>> Yep, I agree with everything you pointed out.  It really is a nice braille 
>> display.  I haven't had the problem you describe, so I'm afraid I can't help 
>> you.  Have you tried calling tech support or posting the VarioUltra list?  
>> It's a great list, with some very helpful and knowledgeable folks.
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:52 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
>>> <mailto:kzodrow...@att.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Donna.
>>> 
>>> Yes, I’ve been learning to use the VarioUltra since May and love it! :-) 
>>> its the best braille display for me so far. I think its great you can just 
>>> connect a device like your phone via bluetooth and it works once the 
>>> pairing is successfully connected. I can also text or email people with 
>>> just my iphone and the braille display, so that’s awesome I don’t always 
>>> need to constantly use dictation. Its really cool that you can just charge 
>>> the device with a USB cable too instead of carrying around a 12 volt 
>>> charger. The only problem I have sometimes is opening documents. Yesterday, 
>>> I tried opening a couple files with the USB stick connected to the device. 
>>> They were in .docx format, an every time I’d press the navistick to open 
>>> the file, I would get a warning that said the file could not be opened. 
>>> Really strange. The VU is the lightest and smallest display I’ve ever seen 
>>> compared to my old Braille Lite 40 and the BrailleNote MPower. Those were 
>>> the 2 previous notetakers I used with braille displays. I’ll be getting 
>>> some more training again with the VU in a couple days, so hopefully I can 
>>> find out why the documents were not opening from my flash drive.
>>>> Katie
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com 
>>>> <mailto:doniado...@me.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Katie,
>>>> 
>>>> Isn't the VarioUltra the best?  Earlier tonight I was thinking about how 
>>>> bulky things used to be.  My first braille display was a TSI Navigator.  
>>>> The thing was huge.  I used to carry around what was basically a large 
>>>> briefcase, just to carry around my PC laptop and my braille display, and 
>>>> of course, all the accompanying cables and chargers..  When I compare that 
>>>> with now carrying around my MBA and VU,, not to mention having the option 
>>>> of pairing the VU with the iPhone, the difference between then and now is 
>>>> really striking.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Donna
>>>>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
>>>>> <mailto:kzodrow...@att.net>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, 
>>>>> even before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience is 
>>>>> somewhat similar to yours, even thou

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-12 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Donna.

Yes, I’ve been learning to use the VarioUltra since May and love it! :-) its 
the best braille display for me so far. I think its great you can just connect 
a device like your phone via bluetooth and it works once the pairing is 
successfully connected. I can also text or email people with just my iphone and 
the braille display, so that’s awesome I don’t always need to constantly use 
dictation. Its really cool that you can just charge the device with a USB cable 
too instead of carrying around a 12 volt charger. The only problem I have 
sometimes is opening documents. Yesterday, I tried opening a couple files with 
the USB stick connected to the device. They were in .docx format, an every time 
I’d press the navistick to open the file, I would get a warning that said the 
file could not be opened. Really strange. The VU is the lightest and smallest 
display I’ve ever seen compared to my old Braille Lite 40 and the BrailleNote 
MPower. Those were the 2 previous notetakers I used with braille displays. I’ll 
be getting some more training again with the VU in a couple days, so hopefully 
I can find out why the documents were not opening from my flash drive.
> Katie

> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Katie,
> 
> Isn't the VarioUltra the best?  Earlier tonight I was thinking about how 
> bulky things used to be.  My first braille display was a TSI Navigator.  The 
> thing was huge.  I used to carry around what was basically a large briefcase, 
> just to carry around my PC laptop and my braille display, and of course, all 
> the accompanying cables and chargers..  When I compare that with now carrying 
> around my MBA and VU,, not to mention having the option of pairing the VU 
> with the iPhone, the difference between then and now is really striking.
> Cheers,
> Donna
>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.
>> 
>> Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, even 
>> before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience is 
>> somewhat similar to yours, even though I was born a few years later and I 
>> started using computers and technology at an earlier age. My dad was more of 
>> a computer and tech guy too, but both my parents used the computer often at 
>> home and at work.
>> 
>> I grew up during the 1980s and 90s. I have an older sister so I was the 
>> youngest and the only blind person in my family. I was born in Ohio 3 months 
>> premature and have been blind since birth. My family moved to the Chicago 
>> suburbs when I was 2, which is where I grew up. I lived in that area for 18 
>> years until I was 20. My family has always been very encouraging and 
>> supportive. They wanted to give me the best education possible, so I was 
>> mainstreamed in public schools from age 3 to high school. The elementary 
>> school I attended was a few miles away in another city from where we lived, 
>> but they had a great Special Ed program with a resource room for all the 
>> kids with blindness and other disabilities. I would go there if I wasn’t 
>> with the regular classroom teacher during part of the day like for Reading 
>> or Math. The vision teacher in my resource room and the rest of the staff at 
>> the school were all great! Besides my parents helping me learn and 
>> encouraging me to be independent, The school provided all the extra services 
>> I needed back then like reading Braille, O and M skills, and basic daily 
>> living skills. I still use braille often, and that skill along with the 
>> others are very important for employment and being independent. In middle 
>> and high school, I worked with an itinerant teacher for an hour and was in 
>> regular classes with the sighted students the rest of the day.
>> 
>> one of the first computers I used in elementary school was the Apple II E 
>> with that robotic sounding Echo speech synthesizer. The Alex voice and 
>> synthesized speech have come a long way since then!! :-) I remember when I 
>> was about four and five years old and pressing different keys on the Apple 2 
>> keyboard. I thought it was really cool how the Echo synthesizer would 
>> pronounce everything, and that you could change the speech rate and pitch of 
>> the voice. It would always sound really funny  talking in a really high or 
>> low pitch!
>> 
>> When I was in first grade, my parents bought an Apple II GS computer. my 
>> sister and I used to play a lot of games on it and some of them had speech 
>> using the Echo synthesizer so I could play them myself. I remember using the 
&g

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-12 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Donna and Scott. I thought I would chime in too.

Yes, you're right about Apple starting accessibility over 30 years ago, even 
before we had voiceover and the mac. It sounds like my experience is somewhat 
similar to yours, even though I was born a few years later and I started using 
computers and technology at an earlier age. My dad was more of a computer and 
tech guy too, but both my parents used the computer often at home and at work.

I grew up during the 1980s and 90s. I have an older sister so I was the 
youngest and the only blind person in my family. I was born in Ohio 3 months 
premature and have been blind since birth. My family moved to the Chicago 
suburbs when I was 2, which is where I grew up. I lived in that area for 18 
years until I was 20. My family has always been very encouraging and 
supportive. They wanted to give me the best education possible, so I was 
mainstreamed in public schools from age 3 to high school. The elementary school 
I attended was a few miles away in another city from where we lived, but they 
had a great Special Ed program with a resource room for all the kids with 
blindness and other disabilities. I would go there if I wasn’t with the regular 
classroom teacher during part of the day like for Reading or Math. The vision 
teacher in my resource room and the rest of the staff at the school were all 
great! Besides my parents helping me learn and encouraging me to be 
independent, The school provided all the extra services I needed back then like 
reading Braille, O and M skills, and basic daily living skills. I still use 
braille often, and that skill along with the others are very important for 
employment and being independent. In middle and high school, I worked with an 
itinerant teacher for an hour and was in regular classes with the sighted 
students the rest of the day.

one of the first computers I used in elementary school was the Apple II E with 
that robotic sounding Echo speech synthesizer. The Alex voice and synthesized 
speech have come a long way since then!! :-) I remember when I was about four 
and five years old and pressing different keys on the Apple 2 keyboard. I 
thought it was really cool how the Echo synthesizer would pronounce everything, 
and that you could change the speech rate and pitch of the voice. It would 
always sound really funny  talking in a really high or low pitch!

When I was in first grade, my parents bought an Apple II GS computer. my sister 
and I used to play a lot of games on it and some of them had speech using the 
Echo synthesizer so I could play them myself. I remember using the old word 
processing programs too like Braille Edit and another one called ProWord 
ProBraille in middle and high school. Everything was all on 3.5 inch floppy 
disc back then, or they were on those bigger 5 and 1/4 inch diskettes. During 
most of my elementary school years, my mom worked at a high school in a 
resource room. She worked as a teacher assistant to the main resource teacher 
preparing materials in Braille for the blind and visually impaired students. 
When she would put handouts and other information in Braille for me or the high 
school students, she would normally use either BrailleEdit or another program 
called Bex. I remember my mom taught me how to use the BrailleEdit software for 
word processing. You had to use three different 5.25 inch disks just to use the 
program, and they had to be used in a certain order so the program could work 
correctly. We had the Apple II GS computer until my junior year of high school. 
I got a desktop PC with Windows 98 and JAWS after that. My parents wanted me to 
get my own computer before I started college.

I used a Mac computer for the first time in the summer of 2000 after my first 
semester of college and learned outSPOKEN. I attended Berklee College of Music 
in Boston from 2000 to 2004, and almost everyone was using the Mac OS. For a 
couple of my music tech classes, I used outSPOKEN when I was learning Digital 
Performer and ProTools. I still used the Windows platform most of the time from 
1998 until  2013, then I decided to switch back over to the Mac. I had worked 
in a couple call centers as a telephone reservations sales agent for 6 years, 
and wanted to get back into the entertainment industry doing audio production 
work and music again. I majored in Music Production and Engineering in college, 
and wanted to get back into a career I enjoy and am passionate about . Now, I 
do just about everything with the Mac and my iPhone. I received the new 
VarioUltra braille display earlier this year, and use that device with the 
iphone or when I’m at work and don’t want to use speech.

I can’t believe how far we’ve come with technology since the 1980’s! Back then, 
everything was so huge and bulky 30 years ago. Now the size of everything has 
drastically shrunk down and gotten much smaller. It will be interesting to see 
what technology changes happen during the next 30 to 40

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-11 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thanks for posting the article!
 Wow!! That's great there's a really passionate young blind engineer working at 
Apple doing awesome work. I had no idea there were would be so many innovations 
for accessibility this fall with enhancing VoiceOver features. That's great! 
Thanks for sharing this.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:29 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Well, this is interesting story. I don't believe they mention anything about 
> braille. But at least it shows there are people  at Apple  working on 
> accessibility.
> http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/apple-innovation-blind-engineer/#RihiKu145Oqr
> 
> This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22
> 
> Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations.
> 
> She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather 
> could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide his wedding ring 
> along her arm and over her shoulder. Doctors said she had a slim chance of 
> survival.
> 
> It was Castor's first brush with limited expectations — and also the first 
> time she shattered them.
> 
> Castor, now 22, has been blind since birth, a result of her early delivery. 
> But throughout childhood, her parents encouraged her to defy expectations of 
> people with disabilities, motivating her to be adventurous, hands-on and 
> insatiably curious.
> 
> It was that spirit that led to her interact with technology, whether it was 
> the desktop computer her family bought when she was in second grade, or the 
> classroom computer teachers encouraged her to use in school.
> 
> "I could help make technology more accessible for blind users."
> She says the adults in her life would often hand her a gadget, telling her to 
> figure it out and show them how to use it. And she would.
> 
> "I realized then I could code on the computer to have it fulfill the tasks I 
> wanted it to," says Castor, whose current work focuses on enhancing features 
> like VoiceOver for blind Apple users. "I came to realize that with my 
> knowledge of computers and technology, I could help change the world for 
> people with disabilities.
> 
> "I could help make technology more accessible for blind users."
> 
> Bringing a personal perspective to Apple innovation
> 
> There's an often overlooked component of "diversity" in workplace initiatives 
> — the need to include the perspectives of people with disabilities.
> 
> Keeping tabs on the needs of the blind and low-vision community is a key 
> component of Apple's innovation in accessibility. Castor is proof of how much 
> that can strengthen a company.
> 
> She was a college student at Michigan State University when she was first 
> introduced to Apple at a Minneapolis job fair in 2015. Castor went to the 
> gathering of employers, already knowing the tech giant would be there — and 
> she was nervous.
> 
> "You aren't going to know unless you try," she thought. "You aren't going to 
> know unless you talk to them ... so go."
> 
> 
> 
> Apple engineer Jordyn Castor poses for a headshot. Castor is a driving force 
> behind accessibility of Apple products, especially for blind users.
> 
> Image: Provided by Apple and Jordyn Castor
> 
> Castor told Apple reps how amazed she was by the iPad she received as a gift 
> for her 17th birthday just a few years earlier. It raised her passion for 
> tech to another level — mainly due to the iPad's immediate accessibility.
> 
> "Everything just worked and was accessible just right out of the box," Castor 
> tells Mashable. "That was something I had never experienced before."
> 
> "I'm directly impacting the lives of the blind community."
> Sarah Herrlinger, senior manager for global accessibility policy and 
> initiatives at Apple, says a notable part of the company's steps toward 
> accessibility is its dedication to making inclusivity features standard, not 
> specialized. This allows those features to be dually accessible — both for 
> getting the tech to more users, as well as keeping down costs.
> 
> "[These features] show up on your device, regardless of if you are someone 
> who needs them," Herrlinger tells Mashable. "By being built-in, they are also 
> free. Historically, for the blind and visually impaired community, there are 
> additional things you have to buy or things that you have to do to be able to 
> use technology."
> 
> At that job fair in 2015, Castor's passion for accessibility and Apple was 
> evident. She was soon hired as an intern focusing on VoiceOver accessibility.
> 
> As her internship came to a close, Castor's skills as an engineer and 
> advocate for tech accessibility were too commanding to let go. She was hired 
> full-time as an engineer on the accessibility design and quality team — a 
> group of people Castor describes as "passionate" and "dedicated."
> 
> "I'm directly impacting the lives of the blind community," she says of her 
> work. "It's incredible."
> 
>

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-07 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Arnold.
That's great! I'm glad you're looking into getting a used Mac. Then you can 
continue  learning the OS some more on your days off work and you probably 
won't be as rushed trying to learn everything.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Arnold Schmidt  wrote:
> 
> Quite literally, my time was up.  As you will  read in some other messages, I 
> am checking into some used equipment.  Consider my taking the new one back 
> the end of the chapter, not necessarily the end of the story.
>  
> Arnold Schmidt
> - Original Message -
> From: Simon Fogarty
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 6:50 AM
> Subject: RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back
> 
> Hi arnld,
>  
> Just wondering why you didn’t keep it and put windows on it in bootcamp?
>  
> That would  give you vboth platforms and you can keep learnig on the apple os.
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Hudson
> Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2016 8:37 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back
>  
> Arnold, if you ever get another one I would like to offer you some free 
> one-on-one support with assisting you with your Mac in your tough struggles. 
> My information that I would like you to have been say is below in my 
> signature. I had my Mac from most two years and I don't regret getting it. I 
> will say this, I can probably work a few more websites now that I couldn't 
> work with Jaws with my Mac or my iPho and this message is not just for Arnold 
> this is for anybody who has trouble with the Mac still free to use interviews 
> my information in my signature as well as you wish.
> Joseph Hudson
> Email
> jhud7...@gmail.com
> I device support
> Telephone
> 2543007667
> Skype
> joseph.hudson89 facebook
> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
> Twitter
> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
>  
> FaceTime/iMessage
> jhud7...@yahoo.com
>  
> On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:50 AM, Arnold Schmidt  wrote:
>  
> I wand to thank everyone for the help I have received over the past two 
> weeks, concerning my Mac Mini.  However, I ended up taking it back after all 
> yesterday, which was my last day to return it.  
>  
> To attempt to make a long message not quite so long, I guess I just wasn't 
> getting it as much  as I think I should have been.  Every time I would 
> turn it on, it seemed that I still was having to look up how to do things 
> that I thought I had already learned, and it definitely was getting more 
> frustrating than fun, being that I could very easily do those things in 
> Windows, or on my iPhone.  And in the end, what was going to be the real 
> benefit to me?  ITunes allegedly easier to use, and being able to install the 
> OS myself.  
>  
> Being that yesterday was going to be my last day, I started out intending to 
> put in a lot of extra time with it, before the time for my paratransit trip 
> to return it arrived, which I still thought I was going to cancel.  So, I 
> decided to log into my bank web site, which I had not attempted yet.  I 
> successfully passed the first step in the two-step verification, but then, no 
> matter what I tried, I couldn't get it to read the security question it 
> wanted answered.  No problem in Windows, or my iPhone, no go on this Mac 
> mini.  I could tell  the location for the answer field, I could find what 
> should have been the question field, it just wouldn't read anything.  I typed 
> in the answer to one of my security questions, which, of course, was the 
> wrong answer for the question it was asking.  I am sure the inability to get 
> it to read the security question was mine, not the Mac Mini's .  So, I closed 
> Safari, then decided to turn on keyboard help, just to try differing 
> combinations of keys I had never tried before to see what it would say.  I 
> was trying the function keys, and hit a key at the very right end of them, 
> and it just shut off.  Nothing I did would get VoiceOver talking again.  I 
> tried the three-finger triple tap on the track pad,then the three-finger 
> double tap which is what it is on my iPhone,  turned the track pad commander 
> off and on, turned the whole computer off and back on, nothing.  And this was 
> my last day.
>  
> I wish I had had 30 days.  If I had had, I still don't think it would have 
> gone back.  But I didn't want to be one of those people who never quite got 
> it, but it was too late to take it back, and I had over 900 dollars invested 
> in the thing.  Even though it would have put me lower in my checking account 
> than I wanted to be, I should have kept the Windows 10 Lenovo I bought from 
> Costco, and the Mac Mini, too, knowing one of them was going back.  I bought 
> the Lenovo first, after having talked myself out of buying a Mac, again.  
> Sometime before Microsoft stops supporting Vista next spring,

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-06 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hey Arnold.
I'm surprised you didn't rent a Mac for 30 days just to try it out. You 
could've gone to a computer rental place and asked if you could rent a Mac. I 
think that would've been a lot cheaper than going to the Apple Store. I did 
that three years ago and rented from a computer place in Burbank California. I 
didn't even go to the Apple Store to do a contract thing. I just wanted to 
learn and try out Mac OS X to see if I'd like it. I rented from the computer 
place for five months, and that's how long it took me to learn voiceover and 
some of the applications like text Edit, GarageBand, Safari, and using the 
finder. I mainly use the Mac for everything now, and rarely ever use a Windows 
PC.
I'm glad you gave it a shot though. Hopefully next time you can try using one 
for 30 days to see if you like it.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 6, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Arnold Schmidt  wrote:
> 
> Apple is the one who imposed the deadline.  I called Apple Accessibility, and 
> the Apple main number, trying to get it extended, no luck. 
>  
> I'll bet we all know blind people who get an iPhone, and just don't seem to 
> get it.  They end up getting Searie to do everything for them, because they 
> just never seem to have caught on to using the touch screen.  By then, they 
> have their iPhone, like it or not, and would have to pay a big cancellation 
> fee to return it.  I just didn't want to have all this money invested in 
> something that I very well may, but may not have caught onto eventually.   By 
> no means did I expect to be fluent at it by yesterday, but I think I should 
> have been getting it, a little more than I was by the deadline. I am not 
> opposed to trying it again in the future.  It will have to be some kind of 
> cheaper alternative, though, until I feel confident that I am going to get 
> it.  I wish Apple had given me more time. 
>  
> Arnold Schmidt
> - Original Message -
> From: Scott Granados
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 8:19 AM
> Subject: Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back
> 
> Arnold, you never stood a chance.  You can’t learn an operating system in 2 
> weeks, thinking you could was unreasonable.  I wouldn’t even undertake such a 
> thing with a limited time frame like that ant ai have 35 years of computer 
> experience.  Also, you went in to it with the wrong mindset. I remember the 
> first posts you had set up for failure on day 1.  It’s like learning a 
> language, you can’t learn it word by word or just in dribs and drabs, the 
> only real way to learn is full emersion.  If I were learning French I’d head 
> to France and plop down in the middle of the country where i didn’t have a 
> choice.  Same with computing.  When you decide to learn a new operating 
> system you have to cut your self off from the old.  You have to build up all 
> new muscle memory for keyboard commands.  I’d say 10 to 1 you kept issuing 
> windows type keyboard commands on the Mac and introducing problems not for 
> anything you are doing wrong just because you’re new and have built up years 
> of muscle memory for commands in Windows.
> You also didn’t value learning the Mac.  You mentioned several times even in 
> your first post that you wouldn’t gain anything.  So in the end I’m not sure 
> why you bothered.  That’s like walking in to the job interview, telling your 
> self you’re not going to get the job anyway and then living up to your 
> expectations.:)  If you ever try this again with any platform don’t limit 
> yourself to an unreasonable amount of time.  Maybe try an operating system 
> like a Linux variant or something with is totally free out of the box, won’t 
> cause any financial pressure and you can dedicate to it with out other 
> distractions like worrying about the costs. No matter what, good job or 
> giving it a crack.  It’s good to push the boundaries and I’m glad you gave it 
> a shot.
> 
> P.S. Stay away from Costco.  They totally screwed that migration from Amex.  
> I canceled my membership because of the sloppy rollout.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 6, 2016, at 4:50 AM, Arnold Schmidt  wrote:
>> 
>> I wand to thank everyone for the help I have received over the past two 
>> weeks, concerning my Mac Mini.  However, I ended up taking it back after all 
>> yesterday, which was my last day to return it.  
>>  
>> To attempt to make a long message not quite so long, I guess I just wasn't 
>> getting it as much as I think I should have been.  Every time I would turn 
>> it on, it seemed that I still was having to look up how to do things that I 
>> thought I had already learned, and it definitely was getting more 
>> frustrating than fun, being that I could very easily do those things in 
>> Windows, or on my iPhone.  And in the end, what was going to be the real 
>> benefit to me?  ITunes allegedly easier to use, and being able to install 
>> the OS myself.  
>>  
>> Being that yesterday

Re: Consistently degrading lightning cables

2016-05-13 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Mary. Me too. I haven't had this problem at all with my iPhone 5s and I've 
had it for almost 2 years now. My lightning cable works great for charging the 
phone and the end of the court has never broken.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On May 13, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> I have not noticed this problem on the 5S, a 6s, or an iPad mini. Just three 
> devices, but no problems.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 13, 2016, at 4:22 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> OK, I wonder if anyone else is having, or has had this problem.
>>  
>> Over the years, I've bought quite a few devices that use lightning cables.  
>> Anything from my old IPhone 5, 5S, 6Plus, 6S, a few Apple TV 4's, etc.
>>  
>> Point is, after about 2 or 3, if I'm lucky, months roughly, it seems like 
>> the end of the insolation right where the lightning connector is that goes 
>> into the device, that area seems to keep getting cut/torn.  Usually it's not 
>> so bad that the cable stops working, but it's bad enough that it definitely 
>> has the potential that at any moment, it could get worse.  I have one cable 
>> now which is almost 98% sebbered all the way through both the insolation and 
>> the actual wire itself.  It's pretty pathetic.  It seems like most all my 
>> cables eventually are getting to this point, and I swear, I'm not misusing 
>> them.  I'm just plugging them in, and unplugging them as normal.
>>  
>> Apparently, I'm by far not the first person who's had this issue.  If you 
>> just Google online, you'll find lots of forums and blogs, etc. of people 
>> who've had the same issue quite regularly.  So apparently, it must not be 
>> just me.
>>  
>> Is it just these things are really badly designed?  I'm on hold right now 
>> waiting for Apple to pick up to see if maybe they can replace a few of these 
>> chords, but I'm not very hopeful.  They might, but I'm not counting on it.
>>  
>> I'm just wonderring if any of you guys have also found your cables tearing, 
>> getting cut, or worse on a consistent basis right at the tip of the cord 
>> like I am.  If so, what are you all doing to get around  this, so you don't 
>> have to keep buying cord after cord after cord every few months.  This alone 
>> is starting to make me reconsider iOS devices.  At least, ones with 
>> lightning connecters.
>>  
>> Lightning's great, but the cords appear to be crap in my opinion based soly 
>> on what I so far have observed.  Again, that's stated as an opinion, not a 
>> fact.  Keep that in mind.
>>  
>> Chris.
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Re: Apple store now stocking accessibility items

2016-05-12 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi Donna.
I went on Apple's site too earlier this afternoon and checked out some of the 
accessibility products. That's really cool Apple is offering this now. Yes, 
that's too bad they aren't selling the Baum Braille displays yet. I just got my 
VarioUltra 40 Braille display in March. My counselor from Department of rehab 
in California purchased this for me, and I just started getting training on it 
this week.
Katie
Sent from my iPhone

> On May 12, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Donna Goodin  wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> It's incredibly nice to see that Apple is doing this at all. However it looks 
> like the only braille displays they carry our humanware. In my view, that's a 
> serious limitation, humanware and freedom scientific being the least 
> interesting braille displays on the market.  No offense to you humanware 
> fans. I just think it's too bad that they're not carrying Hims products or 
> Baum products. cheers,
> Donna
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 12, 2016, at 3:07 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe I missed this in another thread but you can now buy braille displays, 
>> switch interfaces and eye gaze trackers from the Apple store:
>> 
>> http://www.apple.com/shop/accessories/all-accessories/accessibility
>> 
>> Selection is kinda thin at the moment but I'm sure they will keep adding 
>> stuff over time.
>> 
>> CB
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Re: [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-12-10 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I just installed the latest update for El Capitan. Good news, 
Apple fixed that bug in mail. I wasn’t getting any sound at all when new 
messages would arrive. Now, the new mail sound finally works with this update. 
Yay! Just wanted to let you guys know.
Katie
> On Oct 29, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was one of the first people to report this problem to the VoiceOver 
> community. All sound preferences were set properly, and no amount of mail 
> sound to tweaking restored the new mail sound. I reported the problem to 
> Apple and was told by a rep that he had run into the problem with some users, 
> but it is not on the list of El Capitan emerging issues. For this and other 
> reasons, I rolled back to Yosemite 10.10.5.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> On Thursday, October 29, 2015, george b <gbma...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:gbma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Tell me what to do to make a custom sound please
> thanks
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;> 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of John 
> Panarese
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 13:57
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail
> 
>Do you have a custom sound you can copy into your user library/sounds 
> folder?  If so, I would try using that one just to see if that works.
> 
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John D. Panarese
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> Mac for the Blind
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> 
> 
> > On Oct 29, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, John its Katie. I tried using the glass sound effect when I checked for 
> > new mail 2 days ago, and nothing happened. Then I went back to the new mail 
> > sound and when I check for new messages, I still don’t hear anything. I’m 
> > having  no luck at this. In mail preferences in the general tab, I have the 
> > checkbox checked for play sounds for other mail actions. In the 
> > notification center, I have alerts and sounds checked for the mail app. The 
> > notification center is something new I haven’t seen on my Mac before since 
> > I upgraded from Snow Leopard. I’m not sure why this isn’t working.
> > Do you have any other ideas? Should I have someone at the Apple store look 
> > at my Mac again?
> > Thanks.
> > Katie
> >> On Oct 26, 2015, at 4:58 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com 
> >> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >>  I’d try the original new mail sound and see what happens. I am using it 
> >> now, though I do prefer my custom sound and will probably go back to using 
> >> it, since it was working.
> >>
> >>
> >> Take Care
> >>
> >> John D. Panarese
> >> Director
> >> Mac for the Blind
> >> Tel, (631) 724-4479
> >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com <javascript:;>
> >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com <http://www.macfortheblind.com/>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
> >>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi, John. Normally I have the new message sound selected in Mail, but I 
> >>> changed the sound effect to glass instead. I checked the box after that 
> >>> when it said select ellipsis and closed out of mail preferences. I sent a 
> >>> test email to myself and thought the glass sound was going to work, but 
> >>> nothing happened when I got the email. Should I go back to the default 
> >>> mail sound or select a different sound?
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Katie
> >>>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:52 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com 
> >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Did you try messing with the popup menu for the new mail sound and try 
> >>>> different options. I just changed mine back to the default sound and it 
>

Re: [Bulk] [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-29 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, John its Katie. I tried using the glass sound effect when I checked for new 
mail 2 days ago, and nothing happened. Then I went back to the new mail sound 
and when I check for new messages, I still don’t hear anything. I’m having  no 
luck at this. In mail preferences in the general tab, I have the checkbox 
checked for play sounds for other mail actions. In the notification center, I 
have alerts and sounds checked for the mail app. The notification center is 
something new I haven’t seen on my Mac before since I upgraded from Snow 
Leopard. I’m not sure why this isn’t working.
Do you have any other ideas? Should I have someone at the Apple store look at 
my Mac again?
Thanks.
Katie
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 4:58 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   I’d try the original new mail sound and see what happens. I am using it 
> now, though I do prefer my custom sound and will probably go back to using 
> it, since it was working.
> 
> 
> 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 and Trainer
> 
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> 
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, John. Normally I have the new message sound selected in Mail, but I 
>> changed the sound effect to glass instead. I checked the box after that when 
>> it said select ellipsis and closed out of mail preferences. I sent a test 
>> email to myself and thought the glass sound was going to work, but nothing 
>> happened when I got the email. Should I go back to the default mail sound or 
>> select a different sound?
>> Thanks.
>> Katie
>>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:52 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Did you try messing with the popup menu for the new mail sound and try 
>>> different options. I just changed mine back to the default sound and it is 
>>> working. It was not working initially, which was why I was using a custom 
>>> sound I put on the system. However, now it is working.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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 and Trainer
>>> 
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>> 
>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, Mark and George. That’s exactly what happens to me with Mail too. I 
>>>> get the swishing send mail sound but no new mail sound when I receive 
>>>> messages. All the other sound effects and Voiceover work fine on my Mac.
>>>> I guess there’s a few of us that have this problem besides me. I’m glad 
>>>> I’m not the only one.
>>>> Katie
>>>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 11:02 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Katie,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm curious, are you hearing sound effects in other applications such as 
>>>>> the Messages app?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Be sure that your system sound preferences are set correctly.  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please do the following:  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note, the following steps assume that you are using only the computer's 
>>>>> internal speakers for sound output.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1.
>>>>> With all applications closed, from the Apple Menu, select System 
>>>>> Preferences.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2.
>>>>> Select Sounds.  A dialogue box will open containing three Tabs labeled 
>>>>> Sound Effects, Output, and Input.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3.
>>>>> On the Sound Effects tab, make certain that the "Play sound effects 
>>>>> through" option is set to Internal speakers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4.
>>>>> On the Output tab, set the "select a device for output" option to 
>>>>> internal speakers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 5.
>>>>> Close the dialogue box.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Now

Re: [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-26 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Mark and George. That’s exactly what happens to me with Mail too. I get the 
swishing send mail sound but no new mail sound when I receive messages. All the 
other sound effects and Voiceover work fine on my Mac.
I guess there’s a few of us that have this problem besides me. I’m glad I’m not 
the only one.
Katie
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 11:02 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello Katie,
> 
> I'm curious, are you hearing sound effects in other applications such as the 
> Messages app?
> 
> Be sure that your system sound preferences are set correctly.  
> 
> Please do the following:  
> 
> Note, the following steps assume that you are using only the computer's 
> internal speakers for sound output.
> 
> 1.
> With all applications closed, from the Apple Menu, select System Preferences.
> 
> 2.
> Select Sounds.  A dialogue box will open containing three Tabs labeled Sound 
> Effects, Output, and Input.
> 
> 3.
> On the Sound Effects tab, make certain that the "Play sound effects through" 
> option is set to Internal speakers.
> 
> 4.
> On the Output tab, set the "select a device for output" option to internal 
> speakers.
> 
> 5.
> Close the dialogue box.
> 
> Now, open the mail application and see what happens.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katie Zodrow
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:32 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: still no new message sound in Mail
> 
> Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting any 
> new message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple was going 
> to fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in notification 
> center so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone else had this 
> problem after they updated?
> I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
> Katie
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Re: [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-26 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, John. Normally I have the new message sound selected in Mail, but I changed 
the sound effect to glass instead. I checked the box after that when it said 
select ellipsis and closed out of mail preferences. I sent a test email to 
myself and thought the glass sound was going to work, but nothing happened when 
I got the email. Should I go back to the default mail sound or select a 
different sound?
Thanks.
Katie
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:52 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Did you try messing with the popup menu for the new mail sound and try 
> different options. I just changed mine back to the default sound and it is 
> working. It was not working initially, which was why I was using a custom 
> sound I put on the system. However, now it is working.
> 
> 
> 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 and Trainer
> 
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> 
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Mark and George. That’s exactly what happens to me with Mail too. I get 
>> the swishing send mail sound but no new mail sound when I receive messages. 
>> All the other sound effects and Voiceover work fine on my Mac.
>> I guess there’s a few of us that have this problem besides me. I’m glad I’m 
>> not the only one.
>> Katie
>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 11:02 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Katie,
>>> 
>>> I'm curious, are you hearing sound effects in other applications such as 
>>> the Messages app?
>>> 
>>> Be sure that your system sound preferences are set correctly.  
>>> 
>>> Please do the following:  
>>> 
>>> Note, the following steps assume that you are using only the computer's 
>>> internal speakers for sound output.
>>> 
>>> 1.
>>> With all applications closed, from the Apple Menu, select System 
>>> Preferences.
>>> 
>>> 2.
>>> Select Sounds.  A dialogue box will open containing three Tabs labeled 
>>> Sound Effects, Output, and Input.
>>> 
>>> 3.
>>> On the Sound Effects tab, make certain that the "Play sound effects 
>>> through" option is set to Internal speakers.
>>> 
>>> 4.
>>> On the Output tab, set the "select a device for output" option to internal 
>>> speakers.
>>> 
>>> 5.
>>> Close the dialogue box.
>>> 
>>> Now, open the mail application and see what happens.
>>> 
>>> Good Luck,
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katie Zodrow
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:32 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: still no new message sound in Mail
>>> 
>>> Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting any 
>>> new message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple was 
>>> going to fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in 
>>> notification center so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone 
>>> else had this problem after they updated?
>>> I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
>>> Katie
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Re: [Bulk] Re: still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-25 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Daniel. Should I check the checkbox for play other message sounds in mail 
when I’m in preferences? I think I have this already checked, but I’m not 
hearing anything.
Thanks.
Katie
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Katie,
> 
> I get the new mail sound on my macbook air running 10.11.1. Make sure your 
> preferences are set to play sounds in the mail app.
> 
>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting any 
>> new message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple was 
>> going to fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in 
>> notification center so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone 
>> else had this problem after they updated?
>> I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
>> Katie
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still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-25 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting any new 
message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple was going to 
fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in notification center 
so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone else had this problem 
after they updated?
I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
Katie

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Re: [Bulk] Re: still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-25 Thread Katie Zodrow

Oh good. I thought I was the only one that had this problem. I went into 
preferences also, and checked and unchecked the same box about playing other 
mail sounds. I checked that box again, and no sound plays when I receive mail. 
Its weird this keeps happening. This never happened when I was onSnow Leopard.
That would be awesome if someone could report this issue to Apple.
Katie
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Agent086b <agent0...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> you are correct as I am somebody who also has no sounds for incoming mail. I 
> went back in to preferences and unchecked the appropriate settings. Then I 
> quit out of mail and reloaded it and went back into preferences and rechecked 
> those checkboxes still no mail sounds.
> Can anybody tell me how to report this to Apple? As I don’t think this is an 
> accessibility bug. 
> Max.
> 
>> On 26 Oct 2015, at 1:14 PM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:coffeeb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am convinced that this is indeed a bug for some people. There are several 
>> threads of :
>> :
>> conversation on the web devoted to this subject, and some of the users 
>> reporting the problem appear quite experienced. An App
>> Apple rep told me he has heard of the problem, but it is not on the list of 
>> emerging problems for El Capitan.
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
>> 
>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
>> <mailto:kzodrow...@att.net>> wrote:
>> Hi, Daniel. Should I check the checkbox for play other message sounds in 
>> mail when I’m in preferences? I think I have this already checked, but I’m 
>> not hearing anything.
>> Thanks.
>> Katie
>> > On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com 
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Katie,
>> >
>> > I get the new mail sound on my macbook air running 10.11.1. Make sure your 
>> > preferences are set to play sounds in the mail app.
>> >
>> >> On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net 
>> >> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting 
>> >> any new message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple 
>> >> was going to fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in 
>> >> notification center so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone 
>> >> else had this problem after they updated?
>> >> I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
>> >> Katie
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Re: [Bulk] Re: still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-25 Thread Katie Zodrow

OK I’ll check that. Thanks.

BTW, I didn’t realize Chris Blouch’s name was accidentally in my address book 
when I was emailing the list this week. Sorry about that. I just figured out 
how to delete previous recipients from Mail and deleted this address.
Katie
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Sadam Ahmed <sadam.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Katie, 
> 
> The sound plays fine on my Mac. 
> 
> I would check your preferences. 
> 
> Yours truly, 
> 
> Sadam Ahmed 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
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> 
> 
>> On 26 Oct 2015, at 11:32 AM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, everyone. I just updated to OS 10.11.1 today. I’m still not getting any 
>> new message sound when I receive something in Mail. I thought Apple was 
>> going to fix this. I decided for now to just get alerts for mail in 
>> notification center so I'll know when I get new email for now. Has anyone 
>> else had this problem after they updated?
>> I hope the next update Apple releases has that mail sound fixed.
>> Katie
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problem with mail sounds on my Mac

2015-10-21 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone.. I’ve been using El Capitan since I got my Mac fixed yesterday. I 
was having problems with logging in when I entered my password, but I got that 
fixed at the Apple store yesterday. I just upgraded from Snow Leopard. I really 
like the new operating system so far, but I have a small problem that’s kind of 
annoying. The Mail app is very different to navigate compared to when I used OS 
10.6.8, but I’m getting used to it. I have to interact a couple more times in 
different tables compared to what I’m used to. The only problem I have is I’m 
not getting a new message alert sound when I get new email. I tried checking 
for new messages and I don’t hear anything either. When I send a message, it 
does the swooshing sound like before, but nothing when I receive email. All the 
other sounds work on my Mac fine, but I’m not sure why this isn’t working.
Can you please help me fix this?
Thanks.
Katie

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Re: [Bulk] problem with mail sounds on my Mac

2015-10-21 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, CJ. Thanks for letting me know. I thought I had something set up wrong when 
I was checking for new email. Glad it’s just a bug. I hope Apple fixes this in 
the next update.
Katie
> On Oct 21, 2015, at 2:23 PM, CJ Daniel <cj.bear.dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Katie,
> 
> Sorry, but that seems to be a bug with Mail in El Capitan.  In other words, 
> it’s not a configurable thing.  In fact, I just saw a post from a guy on 
> another list that specifically mentioned that this issue was still alive & 
> well in today’s maintenance release.  So, I suppose we’ll have to wait for 
> another update.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> CJ
> 
> 
>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, everyone.. I’ve been using El Capitan since I got my Mac fixed 
>> yesterday. I was having problems with logging in when I entered my password, 
>> but I got that fixed at the Apple store yesterday. I just upgraded from Snow 
>> Leopard. I really like the new operating system so far, but I have a small 
>> problem that’s kind of annoying. The Mail app is very different to navigate 
>> compared to when I used OS 10.6.8, but I’m getting used to it. I have to 
>> interact a couple more times in different tables compared to what I’m used 
>> to. The only problem I have is I’m not getting a new message alert sound 
>> when I get new email. I tried checking for new messages and I don’t hear 
>> anything either. When I send a message, it does the swooshing sound like 
>> before, but nothing when I receive email. All the other sounds work on my 
>> Mac fine, but I’m not sure why this isn’t working.
>> Can you please help me fix this?
>> Thanks.
>> Katie
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Re: [Bulk] problem with mail sounds on my Mac

2015-10-21 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Craig. Yes, I have a pop email account set up. I’m using AT for my email.
Katie
> On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Katie, I have been doing more web reading about this bug and have
> discovered that some users are experiencing it on POP3 accounts but
> not on IMAP accounts.  Is your email set up for POP3 protocol?  Mine
> is, and before I rolled back to Yosemite, I didn't get an incoming
> mail sound either.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> On 10/21/15, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote:
>> Hi, everyone.. I’ve been using El Capitan since I got my Mac fixed
>> yesterday. I was having problems with logging in when I entered my password,
>> but I got that fixed at the Apple store yesterday. I just upgraded from Snow
>> Leopard. I really like the new operating system so far, but I have a small
>> problem that’s kind of annoying. The Mail app is very different to navigate
>> compared to when I used OS 10.6.8, but I’m getting used to it. I have to
>> interact a couple more times in different tables compared to what I’m used
>> to. The only problem I have is I’m not getting a new message alert sound
>> when I get new email. I tried checking for new messages and I don’t hear
>> anything either. When I send a message, it does the swooshing sound like
>> before, but nothing when I receive email. All the other sounds work on my
>> Mac fine, but I’m not sure why this isn’t working.
>> Can you please help me fix this?
>> Thanks.
>> Katie
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Re: [Bulk] more on VarioUltra

2015-03-11 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Donna. Thanks for the update about VarioUltra. I read the discussion about 
this yesterday. I'd love to get my hands on one to see what it looks like. Wish 
I went to CSUN last week, but I was too busy. I emailed David Bradburn back in 
November to order the VarioUltra 40. Unfortunately, I don't think I can afford 
to purchase it myself, but hopefully I'll get a case opened again with 
department of rehab in California by the end of this month. It would be awesome 
if my counselor can purchase this for me.
How did you like using VarioUltra at the conference?
Katie

On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:57 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 Just passing along my latest communication from Baum, this time from David 
 Bradburn of Baum USA.  He says that the back order issue should be resolved 
 by the end of this month.  He also writes the following regarding the 
 hardware issues that Mika asked about yesterday:
 
  3.   As for the USB port and NaviStick cap issues you reference, both 
 issues have been addressed.
 a.   In the case of the3 USB port, the connection has been redesigned to 
 be stronger. All new VarioUltra units in production feature this new design 
 and we have a stock of replacement USB boards to use in the event any 
 customers with older units ever have an issue.
 b.  The NaviStick cap can come off in certain situations, though I am 
 only aware of 3 people who have been affected by it. The cap connection point 
 was previously square in shape while the connection on the VarioUltra that it 
 attached to was circular in shape. The cap connector has now been redesigned 
 to be circular as well, resulting in a tighter, more secure fit. 
  
 I hope this is helpful.
 Cheers,
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Re: Typing program for blind students

2014-05-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Jeremiah. There's a program for the PC that's very fun and interactive 
called Typeability. Kids and adults really love it! My mom and step father 
David Pinto have a company called Yes Accessible that sells the typing program. 
You can visit their website at www.yesaccessible.com to get more info about it. 
They will be creating a version of this for the Mac soon.
Katie
On May 27, 2014, at 8:18 AM, jbeas...@wcbvi.k12.wi.us wrote:

 Hello all,
 
 I am looking for a typing program to use with blind students on the Mac.  I 
 am wanting something like the Talking Typing Teacher or Talking Typer from 
 APH.  If anyone knows of a program like this or a good typing program that 
 works well with VO please let me know.  I really appreciate your help!
 
 Thanks,
 Jeremiah
 
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Re: Typing program for blind students

2014-05-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Eileen. I know it would be great if Yes Accessible had a Mac version of 
Typeability now. David would like to work on it, but he doesn't know how to 
program for the Mac. I think the only thing they need is a developer. They're 
looking for someone that knows how to create apps with Voiceover.
Katie

On May 27, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote:

 Thanks Katie for jogging my memory. I got the first part, but not the last. 
 This app was recommended by another AT trainer here in CA. The app is being 
 used throughout lower and higher education. I'm glad to hear that a Mac 
 version will be released soon. The developer previously was employed with 
 Dancing Dots. Just some FYI.
 
 Eileen 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On May 27, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:
 
 Hi, Jeremiah. There's a program for the PC that's very fun and interactive 
 called Typeability. Kids and adults really love it! My mom and step father 
 David Pinto have a company called Yes Accessible that sells the typing 
 program. You can visit their website at www.yesaccessible.com to get more 
 info about it. They will be creating a version of this for the Mac soon.
 Katie
 On May 27, 2014, at 8:18 AM, jbeas...@wcbvi.k12.wi.us wrote:
 
 Hello all,
 
 I am looking for a typing program to use with blind students on the Mac.  I 
 am wanting something like the Talking Typing Teacher or Talking Typer from 
 APH.  If anyone knows of a program like this or a good typing program that 
 works well with VO please let me know.  I really appreciate your help!
 
 Thanks,
 Jeremiah
 
 _
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 Assistive Technology Specialist
 Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
 jbeasley at wcbvi dot k12 dot wi dot us
 Web: www.wcbvi.k12.wi.us
 iAccess Blog: www.iaccessblog.com
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Re: Typing program for blind students

2014-05-27 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Alex. I already gave them your email address. If you want to contact 
YesAccessible  directly and let them know you're interested in creating a Mac 
version of Typeability , their email is i...@yesaccessible.com.
Thanks. Hope that helps.
Katie
On May 27, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote:

 Feel free to give them my email address. I don't have a lot of experience, 
 but I know what I'm doing with Objective-C, Xcode, and Cocoa. If nothing 
 else, I could offer advice or prototypes.
 On May 27, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:
 
 Hi, Eileen. I know it would be great if Yes Accessible had a Mac version of 
 Typeability now. David would like to work on it, but he doesn't know how to 
 program for the Mac. I think the only thing they need is a developer. 
 They're looking for someone that knows how to create apps with Voiceover.
 Katie
 
 On May 27, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote:
 
 Thanks Katie for jogging my memory. I got the first part, but not the last. 
 This app was recommended by another AT trainer here in CA. The app is being 
 used throughout lower and higher education. I'm glad to hear that a Mac 
 version will be released soon. The developer previously was employed with 
 Dancing Dots. Just some FYI.
 
 Eileen 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On May 27, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:
 
 Hi, Jeremiah. There's a program for the PC that's very fun and interactive 
 called Typeability. Kids and adults really love it! My mom and step father 
 David Pinto have a company called Yes Accessible that sells the typing 
 program. You can visit their website at www.yesaccessible.com to get more 
 info about it. They will be creating a version of this for the Mac soon.
 Katie
 On May 27, 2014, at 8:18 AM, jbeas...@wcbvi.k12.wi.us wrote:
 
 Hello all,
 
 I am looking for a typing program to use with blind students on the Mac.  
 I am wanting something like the Talking Typing Teacher or Talking Typer 
 from APH.  If anyone knows of a program like this or a good typing 
 program that works well with VO please let me know.  I really appreciate 
 your help!
 
 Thanks,
 Jeremiah
 
 _
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 Assistive Technology Specialist
 Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
 jbeasley at wcbvi dot k12 dot wi dot us
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learning to encode files to DAISY format

2013-06-20 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I sent this email last week, but I haven't received any 
responses. I hope someone can help me with this or has suggestions.

I hope this isn't to off topic. I'm planning on working at a recording studio 
in Northridge California soon. They produce video descriptions
for TV networks, documentaries, online music videos and have worked on adding 
description to educational videos for classrooms. They will also be working
on a proposal to get a contract for recording books and putting them in DAISY 
format for the NLS which should start this fall if everything goes well.
I'm trying to figure out what the best software is for converting and encoding 
audio files to DAISY format. I went on wikipedia last night to learn what
DAISY is and also browsed 
www.daisy.org
. When I looked at the links for production and conversion tools, there's 
plenty of different software that you can download. I wasn't sure which software
to look at that works well for encoding audio books for navigation and 
converting them into DAISY format. It looks like some of this software also 
works
on Mac as well as Windows. I'm curious if the Mac versions are accessible with 
Voiceover.
Any help I can get on this would be very appreciated.
Thanks.
Katie

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Re: A Look at ProTools Part 1 has been uploaded

2013-06-17 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Chris. Thanks for posting these podcasts about learning ProTools using 
Voiceover. I listened to part 1 of Kevin Reeves tutorial on PT a couple 
weeks ago and it was excellent! The more I can learn about using PT the 
better.

I'll listen to your first episode tomorrow.
By the way, I listened to your song Crayons on the Floor a few weeks ago and 
it was very beautiful! The only processing I would edit out is some of the 
auto tune on the vocals.

Katie

- Original Message - 
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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:50 AM
Subject: A Look at ProTools Part 1 has been uploaded



Good morning, or evening everyone, depending on where you're located.

In the past, there has been a lot of discussion both on and off list about 
the accessibility and use of ProTools from an accessibility standpoint 
with Voiceover.  I've been asked to appear on certain podcasts and then 
due to things that were completely out of my control, I was unable to 
participate in those submitions.  This is going to be going out to a lot 
of places.  I'm hoping to put this link out on my Twitter, as well as my 
Facebook,


@gilland_chris

http://www.facebook.com/christopher.gilland

As well as my own personal podcast:

http://www.clgpodcast.net

This furthermore is in the process of being approved for an Applevis 
submition.


I plan to make this series as in depth as I possibly can make it, and as 
thorough as I can possibly make it as well.  We'll be talking about the 
use of ProTools, how to interact with the application using Voiceover, 
certain work arounds to things that might not be the most accessibly 
intuitive, as well as we'll also be learning about some crucially 
important sound production techniques/skills that you must be able to 
master in order to have the most optymal benefit from ProTools.  This is 
really big guys, as I know a lot of you all have wanted me to do this for 
quite some time, and now, I'm finally getting the time to do so.  Here's 
what I am going to say as far as other podcast interviews.  Let's wait, 
and let me get this whole series finished and out to you guys, and then 
once I've finished up the series, if at that point, you want to interview 
me, we'll talk.  I'm doing it this way, so that you'll up front have a 
working idea of my knowledge, as well as my style in how I present things.


So all this being said, here is the link to Part 1.  This recording runs 
just over half an hour.  I can't promise you that all the recordings are 
going to be this short, but this one will be.  Let's get some feedback. 
If you all want me to continue the series after hearing this, I'd be more 
than happy to!  I will admit that Kevin Reeves who is in the blind 
community has done an absolutely fantastic! couple of mp3 files which are 
quite in depth, however some people have said that they didn't really like 
his style.  I don't really know why that is, as I personally thought it 
was brilliant! but, whatever.  Each is to their own.  The other thing is, 
he only did maybe about 3 files all total.  What I! plan to do, is make 
this into a continuing series, and really get very serious about really 
showing you all the true power of this software.  I'm not only gonna cover 
the basics, but hopefully, over time, as the recordings progress, and we 
build off what you already know, we can actually begin to dive into more 
advanced parts of the program.


You all are gonna be a huge factor in what things I show you in these 
files. A lot of it will be crutial that I show you, but if there is 
anything specific that you want for me to show, please let me know, and 
I'll see what I can do.


OK.  So, here we go!  Here's the link for part 1.

http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/wfvhz7

You guys let me know what you think, and we'll go from there.

Chris.
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Re: learning how to encode files to DAISY format

2013-06-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Slau. I also posted the email to MacVisionaries yesterday, but I haven't 
received any replies yet. I might repost the email on the list and see if I can 
get any responses.
Katie
  - Original Message - 
  From: Slau 
  To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:14 PM
  Subject: Re: learning how to encode files to DAISY format

  Hi Katie,

  I think some folks over at the MacVisionaries email list would probably have 
more useful information on the subject. Unless somebody here can chime in, I 
think that'll be your best bet.

  Cheers,

  Slau

  On Jun 13, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Katie Zodrow wrote:

Hi, everyone. I hope this isn't to off topic. I'm planning on working at a 
recording studio in Northridge California soon. They produce video descriptions 
for TV networks, documentaries, online music videos and have worked on adding 
description to educational videos for classrooms. They will also be working on 
a proposal to get a contract for recording books and putting them in DAISY 
format for the NLS which should start this fall if everything goes well. I'm 
trying to figure out what the best software is for converting and encoding 
audio files to DAISY format. I went on wikipedia last night to learn what DAISY 
is and also browsed www.daisy.org. When I looked at the links for production 
and conversion tools, there's plenty of different software that you can 
download. I wasn't sure which software to look at that works well for encoding 
audio books for navigation and converting them in DAISY format. It looks like 
some of this software also works on Mac as well as Windows. I'm curious if the 
Mac versions are accessible with Voiceover.
Any help I can get on this would be very appreciated.
Thanks.
Katie

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learning how to encode files to DAISY format

2013-06-13 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I hope this isn't to off topic. I'm planning on working at a 
recording studio in Northridge California soon. They produce video descriptions 
for TV networks, documentaries, online music videos and have worked on adding 
description to educational videos for classrooms. They will also be working on 
a proposal to get a contract for recording books and putting them in DAISY 
format for the NLS which should start this fall if everything goes well. I'm 
trying to figure out what the best software is for converting and encoding 
audio files to DAISY format. I went on wikipedia last night to learn what DAISY 
is and also browsed www.daisy.org. When I looked at the links for production 
and conversion tools, there's plenty of different software that you can 
download. I wasn't sure which software to look at that works well for encoding 
audio books for navigation and converting them in DAISY format. It looks like 
some of this software also works on Mac as well as Windows. I'm curious if the 
Mac versions are accessible with Voiceover.
Any help I can get on this would be very appreciated.
Thanks.
Katie

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flash player issues

2013-03-24 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I tried going onto you tube today and yesterday with Safari. I 
tried playing a couple videos with flash player, but nothing happens. The 
videos never played. I was using the Mac I'm renting with OS 10.6 and also 
another Mac with Mountain Lion. Is anyone having problems playing videos with 
flash? This is very strange. The flash player seemed to work fine for me on 
Friday.
Katie

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cycle region and selecting tracks in Garage Band

2013-03-22 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. So far, I've been having fun learning to use Garage Band. I've 
been creating a project with this software the past few days this week. I have 
50 bars of drum tracks recorded so far in my song. About half the measures are 
drum loops. For the last section of the piece, I wanted to select the first 24 
bars of the song and wanted to know how to do that without moving the regions. 
There are 3 different drum loops I used for this 2 of these are each 8 measures 
long, 1 is 6 measures long and the last loop is 2 measures long. How do I 
select these tracks?
I also recorded a shaker track on the keyboard without turning on the cycle 
region. I want to record another drum track on the keyboard and overdub parts 
on the same track for each drum part I'm playing along with that shaker part. 
Since I didn't turn cycle region on before, How do I do this? I don't want to 
have cycle region start playing from the beginning of the song.
Thanks for your help.
Katie

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Re: FS:15 inch I7 quad core mac book pro with 512gb ssd, 8gb ram, and AppleCare...

2013-03-21 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Cameron. What's the price for this Mac? I may be interested in buying 
it.

Thanks.
Katie
- Original Message - 
From: Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com

To: macvisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:51 PM
Subject: FS:15 inch I7 quad core mac book pro with 512gb ssd, 8gb ram, and 
AppleCare...

Hi everybody! I'm selling my mint condition mac book pro which was
upgraded by Apple. This would be a killer rig for pro tools, garage
band, logic, sonar with windows via bootcamp, or just every day
general computing and entertainment! Details/specs below... I always
ship with tracking and full insurance. I only accept payment via pay
pal and will only ship to a confirmed address in the USA, Canada, the
UK, or Europe. Please write me off list if interested.

The machine has Applecare until November 30, 2014. It's in
mint condision,
has no issues, and has only seen lite use in my smoke free home. I had
Apple upgrade it with a 512gb solid state hard drive and 8gb of ddr3
ram. It was done by Apple with Apple supplied hardware, (unlike a lot
of upgraded mbps around on e bay and other places that someone did
with inferior ssds etc.) All in all it was a bit over $3500.

Includes world wide power supply, pouch style protective case,
OSX/iLife dvds, documentation, and a bootable copy of OSX Mountain
Lion on a thumb drive. I'll reformat the machine and do a fresh
install of Mountain Lion before shipping.

Specs:

unibody aluminum design
MagSafe power port
15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy
Supported resolutions: 1440 by 900 (native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720,
1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768,
800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768,
800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched; 720
by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect
ratio stretched
AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory5
Automatic graphics switching
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native
resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an
external display, both at millions of colors FaceTime HD camera
Intel quad core I7 2.2gHz processer with four physical cores
8gb of ddr3 ram
512gb solid state hard drive
Gigabit Ethernet port
FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)
Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
Intel Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)
Audio line in
Audio line out
SDXC card slot
Kensington lock slot
Wi-Fi wireless networking2 (based on IEEE 802.11n specification);IEEE
802.11a/b/g compatible
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) wireless technology
10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Stereo speakers with subwoofers
Omnidirectional microphone (located under left speaker grille)
Audio line in minijack (digital/analog)
Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)
Support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone
8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVDąR DL/DVDąRW/CD-RW) Maximum write: 8x
DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer),
DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW Maximum read: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R,
DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer),
DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD
Native Mini DisplayPort output
DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (optional)
VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (optional)
Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
supports 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (optional)
HDMI audio and video output using a third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI 
Adapter

full size backlit US English keyboard
Multi-Touch glass trackpad for precise cursor control; supports
inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe,
four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities
Highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
Mercury-free LED-backlit display
Arsenic-free display glass
BFR-free
PVC-free3
Energy Efficient Ethernet
Reduced packaging volume
Meets ENERGY STAR Version 5.2 requirements
Rated EPEAT Gold4

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adjusting system volume without going to status menu

2013-03-19 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. When I've wanted to listen to a webstream or podcast, sometimes 
I'd like to adjust the system volume level. Normally, I've gone in the status 
menu with vo M twice, and then vo right arrow 3 or 4 times to system sound 
volume. Then I've used the down and up arrows to turn the volume up or down. 
How can you adjust the system volume though on the fly without going in the 
status menu? I can't figure this out.
Thanks.
Katie

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drop box

2013-03-19 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, again. I've heard a lot of users talk about dropbox on the list and I'm 
just wondering what this is? What is Dropbox and what can you store on this ap?
Thanks.
Katie

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Re: adjusting system volume without going to status menu

2013-03-19 Thread Katie Zodrow

Thanks Matt. I'll give that a try.
Katie
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From: Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: adjusting system volume without going to status menu

Hi.
hit f12 to turn up volume and f11 to turn it down.
Matt
Sent from my mac
Twitter: matt692

On 2013-03-19, at 5:58 PM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:

Hi, everyone. When I've wanted to listen to a webstream or podcast, 
sometimes I'd like to adjust the system volume level. Normally, I've gone 
in the status menu with vo M twice, and then vo right arrow 3 or 4 times 
to system sound volume. Then I've used the down and up arrows to turn the 
volume up or down. How can you adjust the system volume though on the fly 
without going in the status menu? I can't figure this out.

Thanks.
Katie

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Re: adjusting system volume without going to status menu

2013-03-19 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Rachel. Yep I have a laptop so I'd have to use the fn key anyway.
Katie
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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: adjusting system volume without going to status menu

Or fn+f11 and fn+f12 respectively. If your system is set that way.

On Mar 19, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com 
wrote:

Hi.
hit f12 to turn up volume and f11 to turn it down.
Matt
Sent from my mac
Twitter: matt692

On 2013-03-19, at 5:58 PM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:

Hi, everyone. When I've wanted to listen to a webstream or podcast, 
sometimes I'd like to adjust the system volume level. Normally, I've gone 
in the status menu with vo M twice, and then vo right arrow 3 or 4 times 
to system sound volume. Then I've used the down and up arrows to turn the 
volume up or down. How can you adjust the system volume though on the fly 
without going in the status menu? I can't figure this out.

Thanks.
Katie

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Re: Garageband and moving regions

2013-03-19 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Ricardo. I just listened to your second podcast last night. I didn't 
realize there was a quicker way of moving regions. I'll have to try that. 
What does vo command accent do again in Garage Band without the shift key?

Thanks
Katie
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From: Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Garageband and moving regions

Hello,

its funny, I think I really need to start updating those podcasts. haha.  I 
don't think I've moved regions like that in forever.  You can now interact 
with arrange area/timeline/instruments, find the region you wish to move, 
cut, and then paste it where you want on the time line.  Or copy if thats 
what you wish to do.

Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info

On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:09 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote:

Hi Folks,

eventually I figured out how to move a region and it works fine. It sounds 
a little bit different then in Ricardos podcasts. In the podcasts VO 
anounces the bars and beats. But when I sit on the region, press VO + CMD 
+ Shift + accent and move by pressing VO + arrow right, VO doesn't 
anounces bars and beats. It just gives a sound like a text marker. But 
anyway, it works.

But now I have a region which doesn't let me move it. I did the same as 
described above. But when I then press VO + arrow right I just hear a 
blocking sound and VO anounces it can not move it further to the right. 
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks and all the best
Jürgen

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Garage Band help

2013-03-17 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I tried sending this email twice last night, but I'm not sure 
what happened. I never saw my email message on the list. Anyway, here's what I 
said.

I listened to Ricardo's podcast about some basics for using Garage Band. I 
think this was for version 6. I'm using Garage Band 11 with Mac
OS 10.6.8. I've already created a project, but I want to add some drum beats 
from the Apple Loops into my song. When I'm in the window for the project,
Voiceover isn't speaking everything listed like for the arrange layout area. It 
is just showing me the multiple time indicator ruler, time grid, the instrument
tracks with the scroll area and the lock time to play heads check box. I'm not 
seeing anything else for the media or loop browser and Voiceover isn't 
announcing
which area I'm currently in like for the arrange layout. How do I fix this 
problem? Also can you navigate the loop browser and select what you're looking
for with Voiceover?
Thanks for your help.
Katie

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solved my Garage band problem

2013-03-17 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hey guys. I figured out why I wasn't seeing everything in the arrange layout 
area before with Voiceover. I was in the track info group area and realized I 
needed to stop interacting with this to get to arrange layout. For some reason, 
I didn't think of that before, I didn't know I was always in a group area every 
time I opened up my project.
Katie

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Garage Band help

2013-03-16 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone. I listened to Ricardo's podcast about some basics for using 
Garage Band. I think this was for version 6. I'm using Garage Band 11 with Mac 
OS 10.6.8. I've already created a project, but I want to add some drum beats 
from the Apple Loops into my song. When I'm in the window for the project, 
Voiceover isn't speaking everything listed like for the arrange layout area. It 
is just showing me the multiple time indicator ruler, time grid, the instrument 
tracks with the scroll area and the lock time to play heads check box. I'm not 
seeing anything else for the media or loop browser and Voiceover isn't 
announcing which area I'm currently in like for the arrange layout. How do I 
fix this problem? Also can you navigate the loop browser and select what you're 
looking for with Voiceover?
Thanks for your help.
Katie

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Garage Band help

2013-03-16 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone.
I listened to Ricardo's podcast about some basics for using Garage Band. I 
think this was for version 6. I'm using Garage Band 11 with Mac
OS 10.6.8. I've already created a project, but I want to add some drum beats 
from the Apple Loops into my song. When I'm in the window for the project,
Voiceover isn't speaking everything listed like for the arrange layout area. It 
is just showing me the multiple time indicator ruler, time grid, the instrument
tracks with the scroll area and the lock time to play heads check box. I'm not 
seeing anything else for the media or loop browser and Voiceover isn't 
announcing
which area I'm currently in like for the arrange layout. How do I fix this 
problem? Also can you navigate the loop browser and select what you're looking
for with Voiceover?
Thanks for your help.
Katie

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help with installing driver for Oxygen 8

2013-02-22 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, everyone.

I listened to Ricardo's first tutorial on the Apple to the Core site about 
learning to use Garage Band. This is one of the programs I wanted to learn for 
a week or so. Anyway, I wanted to use Garage Band today and install a driver on 
the Mac for my Oxygen 8 keyboard. I've tried to install this a few times during 
the past week, but I'm having problems
getting past the first part of the installation on the M Audio CD. Voiceover 
shows an image browser about a minute
after I click on the M Audio CD. I know in the manual it said to click on an 
image with a .pkg extension, but Voiceover just says image selected 1 of 252 
after I interact
with the image browser. I went to column view and interacted with the file 
list. I tried pressing control option space on one of the files and tried 
clicking
on the image this way and nothing happens. After I tried clicking on a file, 
there was a dialog that said it could not find the program to open the file. I'm
very frustrated and need help getting past this part of the installation. I 
even had someone sighted come over today to take a look (the person is a 
Windows user) and unfortunately, he couldn't figure out this either.
What am I doing wrong here? I know after you select the .pkg file, you enter 
your user name and password. Since I'm renting this Mac, I don't have a 
password on this machine.
Thanks for your help.
Katie 

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Re: OT: Samsung Suing Apple Over Voice Over!

2013-02-22 Thread Katie Zodrow

That's good news. I was a little concerned about if Voiceover would still be 
available for I phone in the future. I was thinking of getting this for my next 
cell phone once I try out one of my friend's Iphones to see if I like it. I 
haven't used a touch screen before, so it will be a new experience.
Katie
  - Original Message - 
  From: Eugenia Firth 
  To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:35 PM
  Subject: Re: OT: Samsung Suing Apple Over Voice Over!

  Hi there
  Maybe I misremembering something, but didn't they not lose the last time they 
did something like this? Therefore, I don't think we should  worry about it yet
  Regards
  GG

  Sent from my iPhone

  On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:22 PM, jshandr...@gmail.com wrote:

Hey Guys, 

This is completely off topic. However, this story I'm posting here is 
disturbing. 
samsung is suing Apple in a German court over Voice Over. They are claiming 
it violated one of their patents. What is disturbing, they are trying to get 
devices with Voice Over banned. Knowing what this would do to the blind 
community. This is so utterly despicable to me. This is just not a calculated 
business move. This could actually affect how the blind community has access to 
GOOD devices. As we all know, no one touches Apple when it comes to including 
the disabled with its computer and iOS devices. Anyways, I thought you might 
find this interesting. 
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/22/samsungs-disability-lawsuit/

Best, J. p. 

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Re: Editing text

2013-02-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Alex. I thought doing VO shift page up and page down reads either the 
previous or next paragraph. I tried doing this command in Safari when I was 
reading an article, and nothing happened. Should I just do option down or up 
arrow to read paragraphs instead? By the way, thanks for your description on 
how the cursor behaves with Voiceover on the Mac. This makes more sense now. 
I used to use outSPOKEN last time I was on a Mac with OS 9 and the cursor 
navigation works the same way.

Katie
- Original Message - 
From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Editing text


Yes. Cmd-left/right moves to the start or end of the line, up/down to the 
top or bottom of the edit field. Option-left/right moves by word, up/down by 
paragraph. Add shift to select by the movement instead of just moving by it.


Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:54, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:


Hello,

Thanks to you both, I'll play with it again next time I boot the mini.

Also are there commands for moving to the beginning and end of a line? 
Including the highlighting of that line? To the top and to the bottom?



Thanks.

Gena


On 12/02/2013 22:40, Alex Hall wrote:
Also, it is important to disabe quicknav when editing. As to cursor 
tracking, just leave the vo defaults for cursors following each other and 
you should be fine.


Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2013, at 16:56, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote:


Hi,

I think this might be a case of you not being use to how the cursor acts 
on the Mac.  On the Mac, the cursor position depends on the direction 
your navigating in.  If navigating to the right, the cursor is located 
to the right of the last character or word spoken by Voiceover.  If 
moving to the left, the cursor is located to the left of the last 
character or word spoken.


Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info

On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:


Hello All,

I'm struggling to have fluent cursor tracking. Whether it's the mail 
app, pages or safari's search field. It seems VO is not reporting the 
cursor position correctly. As there are several ways of using VO i.e. 
VO cursor locked to cursor, locked to mouse etc. How do I get the best 
cursor tracking when editing text?


Thanks.

Gena
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Re: Editing text

2013-02-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hey John its Katie. I remember seeing you in the summer of 2000! I met you at 
an intensive workshop one week during August when I was at the Southern 
California Conservatory of Music for 3 weeks. We were learning to use Sonar 
with Jaws with about 4 other people. I had no idea you switched to the Mac, 
that's awesome! I'm currently renting a Mac for a few months right now and have 
really enjoyed it. I've been learning to use the Mac and Voiceover for about 3 
weeks now and so far, I've been impressed with how much easier Voiceover is to 
use compared with learning how to use Jaws. Sometimes, its a little challenging 
like with navigating dialogs, reading paragraphs online, or interacting with 
items, but its getting easier. Besides doing the quick start and getting 
started tutorials for learning Voiceover, I've listened to some podcasts on the 
Mac for the Blind site which have been helpful. One thing I've been learning is 
to just throw everything you know about Windows aside because otherwise some of 
the concepts for the Mac and Voiceover are different and you could get confused 
if you try comparing how something works in Windows.
I'll try that suggestion for reading paragraphs in Text Edit. 
I'm Glad to see you on the list.

Katie
  - Original Message - 
  From: John Sanfilippo 
  To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:34 PM
  Subject: Re: Editing text


  The odd thing about Text Edit and moving by paragraph is that, Well, I found, 
you must interact with the text in order for it to work.
  Press control option shift down arrow, then try vo shift page up or down and 
see what happens.

  John S


- Original Message - 
From: Katie Zodrow 
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: Editing text


Hi, Alex. I thought doing VO shift page up and page down reads either the 
previous or next paragraph. I tried doing this command in Safari when I was 
reading an article, and nothing happened. Should I just do option down or 
up 
arrow to read paragraphs instead? By the way, thanks for your description 
on 
how the cursor behaves with Voiceover on the Mac. This makes more sense 
now. 
I used to use outSPOKEN last time I was on a Mac with OS 9 and the cursor 
navigation works the same way.
Katie
- Original Message - 
From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Editing text


Yes. Cmd-left/right moves to the start or end of the line, up/down to the 
top or bottom of the edit field. Option-left/right moves by word, up/down 
by 
paragraph. Add shift to select by the movement instead of just moving by it.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:54, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:

 Hello,

 Thanks to you both, I'll play with it again next time I boot the mini.

 Also are there commands for moving to the beginning and end of a line? 
 Including the highlighting of that line? To the top and to the bottom?


 Thanks.

 Gena


 On 12/02/2013 22:40, Alex Hall wrote:
 Also, it is important to disabe quicknav when editing. As to cursor 
 tracking, just leave the vo defaults for cursors following each other 
and 
 you should be fine.

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Feb 12, 2013, at 16:56, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I think this might be a case of you not being use to how the cursor 
acts 
 on the Mac.  On the Mac, the cursor position depends on the direction 
 your navigating in.  If navigating to the right, the cursor is located 
 to the right of the last character or word spoken by Voiceover.  If 
 moving to the left, the cursor is located to the left of the last 
 character or word spoken.

 Ricardo Walker
 rica...@appletothecore.info
 Twitter:@apple2thecore
 www.appletothecore.info

 On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:

 Hello All,

 I'm struggling to have fluent cursor tracking. Whether it's the mail 
 app, pages or safari's search field. It seems VO is not reporting the 
 cursor position correctly. As there are several ways of using VO i.e. 
 VO cursor locked to cursor, locked to mouse etc. How do I get the best 
 cursor tracking when editing text?

 Thanks.

 Gena
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Re: Editing text

2013-02-14 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, Alex. I haven't looked at quick nav yet. I'll take a look at that 
tomorrow and see if this helps.

Katie
- Original Message - 
From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Editing text

Unfortunately, Safari navigation is different. You have to interact with the 
text you want to review, which is made frustrating if, say there is a link 
in the middle of a long article. Once you interact, you can move by 
character with vo-shift-left/right, or word with vo-left/right. You can also 
enable quicknav and use the rotor to read by line or other chunks of text.

On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Katie Zodrow kzodrow...@att.net wrote:

Hi, Alex. I thought doing VO shift page up and page down reads either the 
previous or next paragraph. I tried doing this command in Safari when I 
was reading an article, and nothing happened. Should I just do option down 
or up arrow to read paragraphs instead? By the way, thanks for your 
description on how the cursor behaves with Voiceover on the Mac. This 
makes more sense now. I used to use outSPOKEN last time I was on a Mac 
with OS 9 and the cursor navigation works the same way.

Katie
- Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Editing text

Yes. Cmd-left/right moves to the start or end of the line, up/down to the 
top or bottom of the edit field. Option-left/right moves by word, up/down 
by paragraph. Add shift to select by the movement instead of just moving 
by it.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:54, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:

Hello,

Thanks to you both, I'll play with it again next time I boot the mini.

Also are there commands for moving to the beginning and end of a line? 
Including the highlighting of that line? To the top and to the bottom?

Thanks.

Gena

On 12/02/2013 22:40, Alex Hall wrote:
Also, it is important to disabe quicknav when editing. As to cursor 
tracking, just leave the vo defaults for cursors following each other 
and you should be fine.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2013, at 16:56, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I think this might be a case of you not being use to how the cursor 
acts on the Mac.  On the Mac, the cursor position depends on the 
direction your navigating in.  If navigating to the right, the cursor 
is located to the right of the last character or word spoken by 
Voiceover.  If moving to the left, the cursor is located to the left of 
the last character or word spoken.

Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info

On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote:

Hello All,

I'm struggling to have fluent cursor tracking. Whether it's the mail 
app, pages or safari's search field. It seems VO is not reporting the 
cursor position correctly. As there are several ways of using VO i.e. 
VO cursor locked to cursor, locked to mouse etc. How do I get the best 
cursor tracking when editing text?

Thanks.

Gena
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new Mac user

2013-02-02 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, my name is Katie Zodrow. I used to be on the MacVisionaries list about 7 or 
8 years ago when Tiger and Voiceover were just released. I'm currently renting 
a Mac for a few months with Snow Leopard os 10.6. For the past 2 weeks, I've 
been learning the Mac and how to use Voiceover and so far, I've found it pretty 
easy to use. I'm used to using a PC with Jaws. Sometimes, its a little 
challenging to figure out when you need to interact with items, but this is 
getting easier for me. I've learned how to navigate Safari, use commands for 
reading text like in Text Edit, and some basics on using the Finder app. I've 
also explored the Address Book and want to learn Garage Band. I had a question 
about selecting text. How do you select text on a web page in Safari or in a 
word processing program like Text Edit? In Safari, I started interacting with 
the text and did shift right arrow, but nothing happened. I'm not sure if I'm 
doing this correctly.

Also, I will be learning how to use ProTools again and wanted to know if 
there's anything else I need to learn before getting a copy of the software.
Thanks for your help.

Katie

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one more thing

2013-02-02 Thread Katie Zodrow

Hi, I forgot to mention I'm using a Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard.
Katie

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