Re: iOs 9
News uses RSS. In typical Apple fashion, you can subscribe to those feeds Apple has published in its store. Anybody can do this, thankfully, but it would've been nice if Apple had only made the News app completely open and allowed you to specify feed URLs. Later comes a dedicated
Re: Install windows xp on a VM without sited assistance, does it possible?
OK, no problem. I haven't much bandwidth here, but when I get home I'll sort you out with the stuff, if someone else here hasn't.
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Re: iOs 9
You should have a News app, yeah. Check your region is either UK or US (unless, of course, you aren't in those regions). You could also change regions just long enough to set up, as there's an option to get news stories emailed to you.
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Re: iOs 9
Silly folder names, when you're sharing the SD card with other devices. And I confused $VRDTB with $VRText at some point when trying to read an ePub. Or is it $VROtherBooks? Hmm. I ended up reading the manual again.You're right, the cloud works best for small transfers, although
Re: iOs 9
Silly folder names, when you're sharing the SD card with other devices. And I confused $VRDTB with $VRText at some point when trying to read an ePub. Or is it $VROtherBooks? Hmm. I ended up reading the manual again.You're right, the cloud works best for small transfers, although
Re: iOs 9
Well in your case, Dark, I imagine you'll find iOS 9 much more than about accessibility, since you've now pretty much got the file system of your dreams, albeit that it's in the cloud (where it should be backed up anyway). Doesn't have to be Apple, neither--just install the app
Re: iOs 9
Oh well, that must mean it's true then. Seriously though, I think it's fairly clear mobile is killing the Mac and PCs generally; pretty sure I remember also hearing Tim Cook saying they devoted all their resources to iPhone and it honestly shows. I think, if the Mac has a future,
Re: iOs 9
Oh well, that must mean it's true then. Seriously though, I think it's fairly clear mobile is killing the Mac and PCs generally; pretty sure I remember also hearing Tim Cook saying they devoted all their resources to iPhone and it honestly shows. I think, if the Mac has a future,
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
It's the direction MS are taking windows, yeah. Sad. Somewhat ironic that people who do know what they're doing and just want to get things done are now having to work harder to stop Windows from being a privacy-invading toy, and start
Re: Install windows xp on a VM without sited assistance, does it possible?
You certainly can and I do this all the time.Required: one ISO of XP, one virtual floppy disk with answer file, one blank virtual hard disk, and a boot by default to the virtual CD.The contents of the answer file
Re: Install windows xp on a VM without sited assistance, does it possible?
You certainly can and I do this all the time.Required: one ISO of XP, one virtual floppy disk with answer file, one blank virtual hard disk, and a boot by default to the virtual CD.The contents of the answer file
Re: iOs 9
@Dark: that's the idea, no iTunes. I suppose it'd be nice if they exposed an internal filesystem over USB, but with the new capabilities in iOS 9 just substitute USB for a folder on your hard drive. Software on your computer would then sync it to the cloud, where iOS could use
Re: iOs 9
iOS 9 is released. I think the most noteworthy improvements are the iCloud Drive app for managing your iCloud data and the ability to save and add multiple attachments in Mail, the available Siri voices in VoiceOver, the ability to remap the VO combination to another key.
Re: iOs 9
iOS 9 is released. I think the most noteworthy improvements are the iCloud Drive app for managing your iCloud data and the ability to save and add multiple attachments in Mail, the available Siri voices in VoiceOver, the ability to remap the VO combination to another key.
Re: WebAIM Screen Reader Survey #6 Results and Opinions
The Play Room has a very specific demographic of advanced computer users, and Window-Eyes is for totally blind users.I appreciate that lots of people love NVDA, and I certainly want to see a truly free screen-reader succeed, but
Re: WebAIM Screen Reader Survey #6 Results and Opinions
So, I'm not the only person who can spot a trend? Yes, Window-Eyes is free, and sure enough, people use it instead of alternatives--even on OS X. Quality matters. I purchased Window-Eyes and I'm glad to see AI Squared get back into
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
Right. Well, this isn't exactly data collection, but now it seems that you'll get the Windows 10 installer, whether you like it or not.And what do you know, my connections are metered. Thankfully, I'm on OS X here, in most places, and
Re: OMG iPad Pro: 12.9-inch, optional keyboard and stylus
Of course, it helps to realise at this point that we are generally in the minority, as neatly illustrated by the poll above. People generally don't care who controls their app ecosystem, as long as they can do what they need to do.
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
@Nocturnus: yep, that's perfectly reasonable. I have no idea what the root cause is either, but it almost seems certain to be about the majority, and then we get into the whole discussion about whether the majority is always right,
OMG iPad Pro: 12.9-inch, optional keyboard and stylus
So, what, the end of OS X has just been announced? This thing is basically Apple's answer to the Surface RT. All it needs now is keyboard access, and that's it: the iOS ecosystem is more than broad enough. Even with OS X El Capitan just
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
Hey Nocturnus. I certainly respect that POV and you're not the first person by any means to express it. However, as a technologist, I'm well aware how the Internet works. I am not the target demographic because I understand the concept
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
Firefox accessibility is the main reason I wouldn't consider Linux at the moment. It's still way too brittle and unpredictable.Windows 10 gathers a lot of information, though most of it is through the mandatory collection when the
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
I doubt you'll experience problems just being disconnected, you just won't send any data, perhaps until you come back online.I don't think using XP is viable anymore, simply because it's out of support and you aren't guaranteed that new
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
Why? They've tasted data and they like it a lot. In somewhat related news, there's a new update to Fusion for Mac, version 8. One of the noticeable things for us is that PC speaker is now emulated for Mac too. And the virtual machine
Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
FYI, Microsoft intensifies data collection on Windows 7 and 8 systems.Right now you can remove the updates and then hide them, assuming they are not depended upon by future updates and that they will not be unhidden at a later time (as has
Re: Windows 7 and 8 Now Getting The Spyware Treatment
@Chris: it's anonymous usage and crash data, so-called "Telemetry". Obviously some people will have no problem with this, but it does include potentially sensitive information, and unless you feel a particular obligation to send it, you
Re: Mac questions
Well, Im not sure Id go that far: cross-platform is important because Windows isnt the only OS in the world, but equally you can hardly avoid it if its your only choice. Then, yes, Windows is becoming less and less relevant, so cross-platform is now a growing concern. I
Re: Mac questions
Well, Im not sure Id go that far: cross-platform is important because Windows isnt the only OS in the world, but equally you can hardly avoid it if its your only choice. Then, yes, Windows is becoming less and less relevant, so cross-platform is now a growing concern. And
Re: Mac questions
Exactly, so for example Steam and Unity are both ported to Mac, but if the game dev didnt write a native game on OS X where there exists a native game on Windows, then Windows it is. However, I think its fair to say that many gamers are being sorely disappointed by
Re: Mac questions
Ill have a MacBook with me, actually. I hope to get a mobile Mi-Fi hotspot device equipped with a Turkcell SIM, and my iPhone can stay an iPhone in my home country for SMS and non-data services (though Ill of course be avoiding calls). However Ive never had any great
Re: Mac questions
Ill have a MacBook with me, actually. I hope to get a mobile Mi-Fi hotspot device equipped with a Turkcell SIM, and my iPhone can stay an iPhone in my home country for SMS and non-data services (though Ill of course be avoiding calls). However Ive never had any great
Re: Mac questions
Disabling _javascript_ seems to do it on iOS. No surprise there really.As to Supernova, well, I suppose one could try to obtain an earlier version from Dolphin. Theyve supplied me with replacements for my old Hal5 disks before now, so hopefully theyll be helpful enough to
Re: Mac questions
Supernova was by far the most technically literate of all the Windows screen readers. Those were happy days indeed, that I used Pegasus Mail as my email client which nobody else could touch.But times change and I think the need of a screen reader to be competent far
Re: Mac questions
Supernova was by far the most technically literate of all the Windows screen readers. Those were happy days indeed, that I used Pegasus Mail as my email client which nobody else could touch.But times change and I think the need of a screen reader to be competent far
Re: Mac questions
Mmm, games arent non-existent on Mac, but there are far, far fewer of them: Chess included, Draconis, AudioQuake and all the stuff now coming out of audiogame.it. But if you already have them on Doze you of course dont need to worry about them on Mac. Same for IF and
Re: Mac questions
Obviously the only sure way to know if it would work is to test the apps/pages themselves in OS X, however Im pretty certain what youre talking about is just mouse manipulation and thats supported. MouseOver works; in fact you can have the mouse pointer move with the VO
Re: Mac questions
Warning: contains naughty bits.Ah yes, Flash. That diseased plug-in that the BBC simply will not give up because theyre more interested in shagging their content licensers than getting accessibility right. My answer of course is just Fuck the BBC, they never have anything
Re: Mac questions
How you organise things is up to you. You could either have two lists, each maintained on separate devices or, more likely, you sync both to iCloud and end up merging them. Contacts do not have to contain any particular data; if a contact has no email address, or no phone
Re: Mac questions
I suppose its possible that you didnt get the How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb reference. In any event, yes, you will indeed be pursued from your bedside by the Mac faithful, wielding pitchforks and torches and praising the Messiah Saint Jobs, his
Re: Mac questions
I suppose its possible that you didnt get the How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb reference. In any event, yes, you will indeed be pursued from your bedside by the Mac faithful, wielding pitchforks and torches and praising the Messiah Saint Jobs, his
Re: Mac questions
I suppose its possible that you didnt get the How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb reference. In any event, you will indeed be pursued from your bedside by the Mac faithful, wielding pitchforks and torches and praising the Messiah Saint Jobs, his greatness,
Re: Mac questions
I suppose its possible that you didnt get the How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb reference. In any event, yes, you will indeed be pursued from your bedside by the Mac faithful, wielding pitchforks and torches and praising the Messiah Saint Jobs, his
Re: Mac questions
Supernova is a good baseline, actually, in that, like Mac, the movement between interaction and exploration is basically frictionless. Tab works, but you can still navigate. Text entry works without you doing anything. You can switch between using the cursors for moving
Re: Mac questions
You probably have the right idea with a dual-computer setup, assuming that you really have the space for it. Obviously, Id like to encourage you to consider the many benefits of ditching that diseased OS altogether (which, incidentally, does include looking at later
Re: Mac questions
You probably have the right idea with a dual-computer setup, assuming that you really have the space for it. Obviously, Id like to encourage you to consider the many benefits of ditching that diseased OS altogether (which, incidentally, does include looking at later
Re: Mac questions
You probably have the right idea with a dual-computer setup, assuming that you really have the space for it. Obviously, Id like to encourage you to consider the many benefits of ditching that diseased OS altogether (which, incidentally, does include looking at later
Re: Mac questions
OK, fair enough, screen. So get a 27-inch iMac, and spec it up to the maximum. Total cost is some £3000+. But seriously, check AppleVis, and the Store. You can play with the configurations there; see what happens.
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Re: Mac questions
You probably have the right idea with a dual-computer setup, assuming that you really have the space for it. Obviously, Id like to encourage you to consider the many benefits of ditching that diseased OS altogether (which, incidentally, does include looking at later
Re: Mac questions
Click on arbitrary object: move mouse pointer to centre with VO-Command-F5; click with VO-Shift-Space.I prefer Column View in the Finder. You dont need the VO keys to navigate in columns; up/down to move there, left to ascend the tree, and right to descend into it.
Re: Mac questions
You probably have the right idea with a dual-computer setup, assuming that you really have the space for it. Obviously, Id like to encourage you to consider the many benefits of ditching that diseased OS altogether (which, incidentally, does include looking at later
Re: Mac questions
Click on arbitrary object: move mouse pointer to centre with VO-Command-F5; click with VO-Shift-Space.
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Re: Mac questions
The Mac is less Computery-wutery than Windows. This is by design. Apple built their computers for people who wanted to get stuff done, not be impressed by computery-wutery things. Mail will autocomplete any email address or contact name that was recently used or is in
Re: Mac questions
iOS and Mac integrate very well together, so youll probably notice that, but otherwise theyre really different platforms for different purposes. I think it makes perfect sense that iOS gets a lot of new type of game because the whole format is different; as I think Ive
Re: Mac questions
iOS and Mac integrate very well together, so youll probably notice that, but otherwise theyre really different platforms for different purposes. I think it makes perfect sense that iOS gets a lot of new type of game because the whole format is different; as I think Ive
Re: Mac questions
OK, cheapest 27-inch iMac with either 1 TB Fusion or 256 GB SSD is £1609. Ill check the refurb store in a moment to see if you can get it any cheaper, just now.I suggest 1 TB Fusion (essentially an SSD and HDD combined); all the power of SSD without the sacrifice in
Re: Mac questions
OK, cheapest 27-inch iMac with either 1 TB Fusion or 256 GB SSD is £1609. Ill check the refurb store in a moment to see if you can get it any cheaper, just now.I suggest 1 TB Fusion (essentially an SSD and HDD combined); all the power of SSD without the sacrifice in
Re: Mac questions
Apple refurb are very good; its basically indistinguishable from brand new in my experience. My current iMac is still going and that was bought for £500 less, which of course made it very worthwhile for me. Having said that, Id give it five years before thinking of it as
Re: Countermeasures 3 Released Next Month
Series 4 released early.Third listen-through.Unavoidable conclusion: its all over, really. Its just not the same anymore.
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Re: flac(lossless) vs mp3 (320 bitrate) - music files
Opus is incredible. Heres to hoping it gets more adoption, even if it has to push past some very rich opposition. Right now it cannot be hardware-accelerated, IIUC.
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Re: FS: iMac 27-inch 2011 (iMac 12,2) 3.4 GHz quad-core I7 ...
Just FYI, the machine was sold.Thanks for the interest.
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Re: FS: iMac 27-inch 2011 (iMac 12,2) 3.4 GHz quad-core I7 ...
I edited the first post to reflect the £300 price drop and inclusion of mouse and keyboard from the refurb.
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FS: iMac 27-inch 2011 (iMac 12,2) 3.4 GHz quad-core I7 ...
Heres the contents of an email I just sent to the macvisionaries list for VI Mac people, advertising an iMac for sale. To protect the forum from any backscatter, please dont negotiate, post personal details or make offers in the
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@pitermach: yeah, Spotlight is seeing more love, but OS X still doesnt have a simple way to run an executable with arguments, AFAICT. That is damn useful when your SR has locked up again ( oh wait, that never happens on OS X, does it? ) and youre trying to
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@pitermach: yeah, Spotlight is seeing more love, but OS X still doesnt have a simple way to run an executable with arguments, AFAICT. That is damn useful when your SR has locked up again ( oh wait, that never happens on OS X, does it? ) and youre trying to
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
NVDA is great when you control all the software like in a VM, but it falls over very rapidly when you start using anything thats not native or nearly-native. No, I think the difference between VoiceOver and NVDA is the entire ecosystem; all the developers
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
[[wow]]. OK, my thoughts on the comments so far:I think a lot of the issues in Apples hardware/software (but mostly software) are general issues not related to accessibility, which is part of the reason Ive been so edgy of late. However, on the positive
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
NVDA is great when you control all the software like in a VM, but it falls over very rapidly when you start using anything thats not native or nearly-native. No, I think the difference between VoiceOver and NVDA is the entire ecosystem; all the developers
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
NVDA is great when you control all the software like in a VM, but it falls over very rapidly when you start using anything thats not native or nearly-native. No, I think the difference between VoiceOver and NVDA is the entire ecosystem; all the developers
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Chris: yeah, not all Intel Macs could boot USB, but yours does.What process are you using to make the USB drive? Copy over all the files, and then use bootsect.exe /nt60 from Windows; have you done that?
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Yes, Setup will format, but not partition, when launched from talking PE disks. This is because, from Setups point of view, there is already working access to the distribution and target partition. You will have to
Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
Im awfully sorry, Windows apologists, but while Im perfectly happy using software that gives me flexibility, the fact of the matter is that modern-day Windows is utter crap.So Ive put Yosemite on my iMac. Not a hard choice, of course, given who made the
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@Brad: Indeed. Different strokes, etc. Whatever works for you is right. Be objective.@camlorn: happily I dont actually write much Python, and Xcode already has auto-tabstops. I dont use Xcode much either, as I said, but when I do need to (because the dev
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Chris: which Mac is it? It might not be modern enough to perform USB boot; then youll have to burn it to a DVD.@Dranelement: Re the partition issue, are you sure you have a volume Windows understands? FAT32 or NTFS.
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@Brad: Indeed. Different strokes, etc. Whatever works for you is right. Be objective.@camlorn: happily I dont actually write much Python, and Xcode already has auto-tabstops. I dont use Xcode much either, as I said, but when I do need to (because the dev
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@Brad: Indeed. Different strokes, etc. Whatever works for you is right. Be objective.@camlorn: happily I dont actually write much Python, and Xcode already has auto-tabstops. I dont use Xcode much either, as I said, but when I do need to (because the dev
Re: Uncle! Yosemite it is, then.
@Brad: Indeed. Different strokes, etc. Whatever works for you is right. Be objective.@camlorn: happily I dont actually write much Python, and Xcode already has auto-tabstops. I dont use Xcode much either, as I said, but when I do need to (because the dev
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Sean and @Chris: Ill have some answers when I try doing a clean install of Win8.1 on my MBP Retina. In short, though, youd better have a pair of headphones handy in case the output levels are not up to it, though
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: ah, OK, cool, thanks.@Sean: yes, you can do a USB boot. So you create the USB version of the PE and boot from it with the Option key held, and choose the Windows option.But I think youre right; start with
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: what is new in the updated Eloquence version?@Sean: do you know what model of Mac Mini you have? If you still have Mac OS X installed, go to Apple, About This Mac, System Report, and youll find the model
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: cool.The important reason to do this for me is use on GPT-partitioned disks, where you just cant let the Windows installer perform the partitioning. But if it is possible to launch GUI setup from PE, this
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Anybody tried running Windows XP setup using this method?Just asking.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: Im souring on OS X, hence booting it natively. But Ill start with a VM to see if I can bootstrap.Your pastes are not showing up for me. Any reason you cant simply link to the target file directly rather
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: Im souring on OS X, hence booting it natively. But Ill start with a VM to see if I can bootstrap.Your pastes are not showing up for me. Any reason you cant simply link to the target file directly rather
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Gellman: Im souring on OS X, hence booting it natively. But Ill start with a VM to see if I can bootstrap.Your pastes are not showing up for me. Any reason you cant simply link to the target file directly rather
Re: Problem with my brother's computer
+1 for driver packs. A damn good idea, really.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Macs use EFI 1.1 and not UEFI (essentially EFI 2.0); MS supports EFI 1.1, as compatible with Macs, since Windows 8.Macs can, of course, continue to boot Windows with an MBR table. However, you cannot then install an
Re: The people behind TTS voices
I think that Graham, from Acapela, must be Stephen Thorne (sample), the British actor and narrator.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@gellman: ta.Ill test this out shortly; it will be on a Mac which should make things very interesting. Anyone know which version of WinPE is in use? If its Win8, that would make it EFI-bootable on Macs.
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Re: Major Upgrade For Windows Users's On The Way, For "Free!"
Lamentations on Apples software quality in recent times.Depressing, but true.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Tangentially related, Im sure, but where do you get Windows 8.1 from? I only have a Windows 8 DVD; I didnt know 8.1 was available as a DVD yet.
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Re: Major Upgrade For Windows Users's On The Way, For "Free!"
With Apple, I think its now pretty clear that hardware is driving their OS releases, so as of Mavericks, they can charitably be called service packs, with very minimal feature enhancement and almost no under-the-hood change,
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
OK, so Im uploading both the already-mentioned disk.zip for when somebody figures out if or whether it actually works, and then the bundle of four self-extracting files I already have (possibly including the above
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Mayson: going now, ta.@gellman: got it, ta. Will verify.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Mayson: going now, ta.@gellman: got it, ta. Will verify.So, this is to be booted up on an EFI machine, or you must have a copy of the bootsect tool to render an MBR disk bootable, then?I will put together an archive
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Bloody hell, I was recently given such, too!Will grab and check against my copy. To be honest though, I dont know the provenance or legitimacy of these things.I wonder why I forgot? No, serious question …Edit: no
Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
Bloody hell, I was recently given such, too!Will grab and check against my copy. To be honest though, I dont know the provenance or legitimacy of these things.I wonder why I forgot? No, serious question …
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@Mayson: going now, ta.
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Re: talking windows pe four 64 bit installation of windows now available.
@Mayson: going now--very, very slowly though. Ta.@gellman: got it, ta. Will verify.So, this is to be booted up on an EFI machine, or you must have a copy of the bootsect tool to render an MBR disk bootable, then?I
Re: Major Upgrade For Windows Users's On The Way, For "Free!"
Well, I think theres a bit of both in there, as its all somewhat self-perpetuating. Certainly new hardware purchases are a long-held chance for Redmond to foist the latest tripe upon the masses, but its really also true that
Re: Blind friendly Unattended OS installation
I dont know how well the files work; I didnt use that site. Perhaps Ill give it a try for my next install, but I already have WAIK set up.Yes, Autounattend.xml, in the root directory, and booting from the device. It ought to work.
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