RE: powerpoint

2017-05-09 Thread daj.griffith 
This is a bit puzzling  as I do not recognise   pbx   as anything to do with 
Powerpoint.  Putting this file type into Google tells me that pbx  is actually 
an Outlook Express message folder file.

It may be anew filetype that I have never come across in relation to Powerpoint.

Anyway the normal workaround for maximum access is to to open a Powerpoint PPS 
or similar file in Powerpoint and then immediately esxport it as a PDF file.

Then use your PDF Viewer of choice to read the exported Powerpoint  
presentation. It is normally much easier to do things this way rather than 
working from within the slides in Powerpoint.

David Griffith
.


From: May Anderson
Sent: 09 May 2017 12:16
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: powerpoint

Hi all.

Can someone please help out in regards to powerpoint? I start school this week 
and I've been trying to figure out how the heck to read pbx files. Any and all 
assistance would be appreciated.

May, Baby J and Luna Moon
www.canadianlynx.ca
m...@canadianlynx.ca



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RE: An accessible audio convertor between m4a and wave to mp3

2017-04-15 Thread daj.griffith 
Bizarrely the instruction for using iTunes to convert seem to have been deleted 
in the email I sent.
Trying again.
Go to iTunes preferences and change the import preferences to mp3 and select 
the bitrate of your choice.
Now find the file you want to convert in iTunes.
Bring up the context menu on the file shift VO M.
Now select create new version. Then create mp3 version.
You should find the converted file in the iTunes Media Library in Finder.

David Griffith


From: daj.griff...@gmail.com
Sent: 15 April 2017 14:44
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; Ramy Moustafa
Subject: RE: An accessible audio convertor between m4a and wave to mp3

You certainly used to be able to do this in iTunes  but I have not tried it 
under Sierra.
>From memory.
1. Go to iTunes Preferences.
2. Go to import preferences and change that to mp3 and the Bit rate you want to 
use.
3. Find your m4a  track you want to convert in iTunes .
4. Bring up the context menu  shift VO M – I think it is  then creat new 
version and then create mp3 version.
5. Go to your iTunes Media library in Finder where hopefully you will find the 
mp3 version of the file alongside the m4a version.
As I say I have not done this for a while but hopefully it will still work. I 
have certainly done this in the past.

David Griffith


From: Ramy Moustafa
Sent: 15 April 2017 12:38
To: mac mailing list
Subject: An accessible audio convertor between m4a and wave to mp3

Hi all:

I’m trying to convert some mm4a files to mp3, i get the Pro audio convertor and 
am trying to use it, it’s so em how accessible, but the app can not convert 
anything. it keeps counting 4% 5% then 0% etc.
do you have any other solution for audio converting?
Thanks in advance

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RE: An accessible audio convertor between m4a and wave to mp3

2017-04-15 Thread daj.griffith 
You certainly used to be able to do this in iTunes  but I have not tried it 
under Sierra.
>From memory.
1. Go to iTunes Preferences.
2. Go to import preferences and change that to mp3 and the Bit rate you want to 
use.
3. Find your m4a  track you want to convert in iTunes .
4. Bring up the context menu  shift VO M – I think it is  then creat new 
version and then create mp3 version.
5. Go to your iTunes Media library in Finder where hopefully you will find the 
mp3 version of the file alongside the m4a version.
As I say I have not done this for a while but hopefully it will still work. I 
have certainly done this in the past.

David Griffith


From: Ramy Moustafa
Sent: 15 April 2017 12:38
To: mac mailing list
Subject: An accessible audio convertor between m4a and wave to mp3

Hi all:

I’m trying to convert some mm4a files to mp3, i get the Pro audio convertor and 
am trying to use it, it’s so em how accessible, but the app can not convert 
anything. it keeps counting 4% 5% then 0% etc.
do you have any other solution for audio converting?
Thanks in advance

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RE: Shopping on Amazon using Safari on Mac OS

2017-04-14 Thread daj.griffith 
I have not been on Amazon on the Mac for a while  and am not sure if this is 
the problem you are encountering but a known problem was that they introduced a 
carousel of suggested items which goes around and around which many 
screenreaders struggle to cope with or get out of by normal navigation.

If you are stuck in this Carousel the advice used to be to navigate out of this 
carousel by using the heading command to navigate either up or down.
Typically in my experience you will get this carousel of suggested items to 
purchase after making a purchase and at other times also.

After using the heading command then basically try and navigate away  from this 
page dominated by the carousel  to a normal search page.

David Griffith




From: Paul Hopewell
Sent: 14 April 2017 15:11
To: macvisionaries
Subject: Shopping on Amazon using Safari on Mac OS

Hello, 
I am using VoiceOver with the latest Safari on the latest El Capitan on my late 
2008 iMac. 
I have just had a very frustrating time trying to shop on Amazon. I have not 
done this for several months and it used to be pretty simple. but things seem 
to have recently changed and I now keep getting unwanted pop-up windows which I 
cannot make go away. In particular I keep getting a pop-up window showing the 
customer review ratings for an item I am trying to look at. This pop-up windows 
has a “close” button which I hoped would make the pop-up go away but that 
button seems to have no effect. 
I also get pop-up windows about other sellers and thereby get totally lost on 
the Amazon site.
These problems only seem to happen while shopping on Amazon. Other sites behave 
well. 
Any suggestions on what is going on and what to do about it? 
Many thanks. 

Paul Hopewell 

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RE: Text Edit question

2017-04-10 Thread daj.griffith 
I had to look this up myself once and this is what I found on Google.

To insert a page break, choose Format > "Wrap to page" (or press 
Command-Shift-W) so the break is visible. Position the cursor where you want to 
place
the page break. Press Control-Q, then press Control-L. To remove the page 
break, press Delete.

This is a little weird as it uses the control rather than the command key but 
it certainly used to work for me. I have not tried it recently though.

David Griffith



From: Linda
Sent: 10 April 2017 22:44
To: MacVisionaries
Subject: Text Edit question

I researched but can't find the answer.  In text Edit, what is the keyboard 
shortcut to creat a New Page?  In Page it is command-entr but that doesn't seem 
to work in Text edit.  Many thanks.
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RE: Emptying El Capitan's clipboard

2017-04-06 Thread daj.griffith 
I believe an automator function is discussed on 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3287773?tstart=0


David Griffith
From: Jonathan Cohn
Sent: 06 April 2017 13:31
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Emptying El Capitan's clipboard

I am not sure exactly what your concerns are about emptying the clipboard. It 
could be possible that the same functionality that allows windows to reappear 
on reboot / relogin also saves the clipboard so you might not be clearing it by 
logging out. If this is something you regularly want to do, a one or two line 
apple script should be able to do this. This could then be assigned to to the 
keyboard using a VO commander, or if you have a key macro package, I am sure it 
has ways of controlling the clipboard, though mostly I have seen utilities go 
the other way, and keep a set of clipboard entries in cache to be recovered at 
will.


Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn 


On Apr 5, 2017, at 5:33 PM, David Griffith  wrote:

I have just tested the old workaround of simply copying a space to the 
clipboard and this works for clearing the clipboard of any readable text 
although obviously it is not technically icily cleared.

David Griffith.



On 5 Apr 2017, at 19:09, Angus MacKinnon  wrote:

I see if you go to OS 10.11.6’s Finder and Edit in the menu, a person can 
Dissplay the clipboard. However, how does a person clear the Clipboard? A 
person should not have to shutdown and boot everytime just to clear the 
clipboard. Thank you.

Angus MacKinnon

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RE: windows keyboard not passing some of the commands to voice over?

2017-04-05 Thread daj.griffith 


I know others have had different experiences but I have never  personally been 
able to make any of my various Windows Keyboards work properly on my iMac and I 
often got non responsive key presses and strange unpredictable output.
Specifically I could never get the Microsoft Natural to work properly though 
this may have been due to inaccessible driver setup which was supposed to make 
the keyboard Mac compliant.
Certainly the advice for many keyboard options is that you need to use special 
Mac drivers to make them work properly.

Apple keyboards or Apple clone keyboards like the Tactile pro one I use work 
perfectly fine so I have decided for an easier life to stick to them.

David Griffith
From: The wolf
Sent: 05 April 2017 22:36
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: windows keyboard not passing some of the commands to voice over?

also vo k is working perfictly when I use her keyboard on her macbook 
air its the windows keyboard that we can't get to access the voice over 
features
On 4/5/2017 2:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you have an Apple keyboard that you can connect at the same time, then you 
> should be able to turn on keyboard help with the VO-k command.  Then start 
> pressing keys on the Windows keyboard and see what is announced.  It's 
> perfectly fine to have two keyboards connected simultaneously.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On Apr 5, 2017, at 13:57, The wolf  wrote:
>
> Hello I tried the suggestions given and am still unable to get to the minue
>
> I tried everything.
>
> what else should I check?
>
> clearly something isn't set up properly but have no idea what it could be.
>
> thanks
>
> Hank
>
>
> On 4/5/2017 10:45 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I thought of that one, except if the regular VO-m isn't getting her up to 
>> the Menubar, then I question if VO-k will work given that the keys may be 
>> mixed up to begin with.
>>
>> Later...
>>
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:33, E.T.  wrote:
>>
>>I am jumping in at this point. There is a very easy test that she can do 
>> to verify key placement. Do a VO-k and Voiceover will announce any valid key 
>> or key combinations. Press escape to get out of this mode.
>>
>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>
>> On 4/5/2017 10:29 AM, The wolf wrote:
>>> yes I am sure that she is using the right keys
>>>
>>> I will be going over there some time today to try to fix this issue fore
>>> her.
>>> thanks
>>> Hank
>>>
>>> On 4/5/2017 2:05 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
 Are you sure she is using the correct keys?

   Remember that on a windows keyboard the alt and ctrl keys are not
 together,

   On the left hand side of the space bar you have from right to left,
   Ctrl, windows key or command key on a mac and then alt or option on
 a mac,

   Your friend needs to hold down ctrl and alt / option and hit M to
 bring up the menus,

   Give that a try,
 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of The wolf
 Sent: Wednesday, 5 April 2017 5:57 AM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: windows keyboard not passing some of the commands to voice over?

 Hello
 I am trying to help one of my friends on her mac.
 she is using a windows bluetooth keyboard the command that allows you
 to get in to a minue isn't working what so ever so fore example when I
 open a app I can't get to the minues is there something that I need to
 change?
 we tried several keyboards external and bluetooth the command only
 works when using the macbook keyboard.
 surely there is a way to fix so folks can use non apple keyboards?
 if any one could help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated.
 thanks
 Hank

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