Thanks for info.
When I worked in the NHS I used a setup like this for my windows Laptop. The
reasoning was that I would leave this sort of device on my desk for serious
connectivity to devices like printers, scanners speakers etc and then simply
disconnect the laptop to take it away for meetings
Great tip David - Thanks -
Andy
- Original Message -
From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com
To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:55 PM
Subject: RE: Mail busy message
Try command 1 when you are lost in Mail and you should
Chris - Thanks for these helpful messages/encouraging messages. What I would
say from what I have found, is that in most cases ]I think text editing
might be an exception] but the instruction command X to cut doesn't actually
work. Apple prefer to use the term 'move' rather than cut, so to move
Hi All,
A couple of months ago, someone asked on list whether it were possible to save
visual voicemail messages from the iPhone, and we discussed the PhoneView app.
PhoneView is an accessible application for the Mac that lets you directly
access and retrieve items from your iPhone or other
Chris,
I'm probably having similar problems here and there in mail to Andy, since
we're both pretty new at the Mac. I do have a large amount of messages in
GMAIL but think also that it may be our errors that are causing problems.
Certainly, earlier today I was looking at my music in iTunes
Hi all,
I've just discovered I only have Daniel working here, which I have been using
since working with the Mac. Last time I looked, I could see a number of voies
available to me. Now I cannot, though can still move between the other speech
settings.
Any suggestions, please?
Carol P
---
Doesn't always work for me. That is why, in a previous message, makes it rained
that I had to use a right arrow at one stage, though this wasn't in mail!
Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch
On 19 Jul 2013, at 02:19 AM, Chris Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com wrote:
Wo! Will
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the explanation and the time you put into doing so. I do understand
these points And, if I know I am in having two apps open, I do often use the
command tab option rather than command one. Old Habits die hard! and have all
these little things in my mind now.
Carol P
Sent
Hi,
the VLC media player for iOS is back in the AppStore after it was removed two
years ago. I've installed the player, which can be used for many media related
things, and a first quick look was very promising regarding the usability.
The app can be found in the AppStore by searching for VLC
Yes, you're probably right.
On 19/07/2013, at 7:14 PM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote:
Thanks for info.
When I worked in the NHS I used a setup like this for my windows Laptop. The
reasoning was that I would leave this sort of device on my desk for serious
connectivity to
Did you pay for a vocalizer trial or did the other voices come with the Mac?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:53 AM, Carol carol.pearso...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I've just discovered I only have Daniel working here, which I have been using
since working with the Mac. Last
Excellent I will get the app today.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Christian Schoepplein ch...@schoeppi.net wrote:
Hi,
the VLC media player for iOS is back in the AppStore after it was removed two
years ago. I've installed the player, which can be used for many media
Carol - Did you download any of the extra voices? The Mac comes with Alex and
Daniel by default, but you can download other voices by doing VO F8 For Voice
Over utility, go down to Speech, and arrow right to voices. The selected one
with be listed with a pop up button, if you click that button,
Hi all -
At the moment, the way things are set up is confusing me when I am trying to
edit text in mail or Text Editor. When I try to delete a character, or correct
a spelling manually, I'm fiddling about trying to get the focus on the right
character to delete. All too often, I find the wrong
I've been trying for years now, and on my phone, I haven't gotten used to
the deletion stuff.
Glenn
- Original Message -
From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com
To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: The
I agree that you should try and get used to the Mac way of doing things. I
to found it confusing to begin with but you do get the hang of it
eventually. Once you understand that all that happens is that Voiceover
speaks the character the cursor passes over, irrespective of the direction
it is
I have trouble with this too, and I hope someone will help out here.
Seems like I have been before and after what I want to delete, and I always
take out the wrong character.
Glenn
- Original Message -
From: Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Thanks Esther - some very helpful tips and suggestions here. I'll have a
play, and no doubt will become more practiced -
Andy
- Original Message -
From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject:
Remember that if you make a mistake deleting the wrong character or word, you
can also undo commands with Command+z and redo them with Command+Shift+z.
The Command+z shortcut also works if you accidentally delete a file and want to
immediately get it back. It won't work, though, if in between
Thanks David - this helps too, and now I know about the forward delete too,
it feels like I'm getting more of a feel for it -
Andy
- Original Message -
From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com
To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013
Hello Andy,
In addition to the change that Anne describes under Verbosity in the VoiceOver
utility to speak text to the right of the cursor, you can forward delete a
character on a Mac laptop keyboard by pressing Fn+delete, where the Fn key is
at the bottom left corner of the Mac laptop or
I'm never in the shutdown dialog I just use the keyboard shortcut. Might try
going in there though and seeing if it is ticked. Cheers.
On 19 Jul 2013, at 16:24, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote:
When you're in the shutdown dialog, there is a checkbox that says something
like reopen
That should work, if not let us know.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
wrote:
I'm never in the shutdown dialog I just use the keyboard shortcut. Might try
going in there though and seeing if it is ticked. Cheers.
On 19 Jul
When you're in the shutdown dialog, there is a checkbox that says something
like reopen apps when logging back in or something to that effect.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm having yet another one of those
The best way I have figured to do this is to go right before the word or
letter I want to work with. I right over it and then back left. When it
says the same letter the second time you are actually on the one you
want to work with. If you delete at this point it should remove the one
you
If you consider the cursor as a line rather than a block it may help. If you
imagine the cursor as a vertical line which jumps over a character you may
get it.
So consider my name David.
At the beginning the cursor is before the first capital D. If I press the
right arrow the cursor jumps over D
All,
I have finally had a response from Apple Accessibility in regards to Logic X.
The response is as follows:
'Hello,
Thank you for your email. At this time, support for accessibility in Logic Pro
X is limited. We are continuing to work on improving accessibility. We
appreciate your
Chris,
I'm highly amused. I hit send, which caused a send and receive and lo and
behold your mail came through.
I'm not as encouraged as you I think we've both been fobbed off with the same
message. it's a case of go on, buy the product find the bugs for us and we
will aspire, maybe, if we
Nope that was unticked. Not to worry I'll do it the old terminal way and see
if there are any defaults I can write to prevent it.
Dónal
On 19 Jul 2013, at 16:32, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote:
That should work, if not let us know.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:30
This reminds me of humanware, LOL.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
wrote:
Well this is truly helpful! Really Apple accessibility customer care (or
whatever the PR gurus call them these days) have excelled themselves. See
the
You want the box to be check to prevent them from opening.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
wrote:
Nope that was unticked. Not to worry I'll do it the old terminal way and see
if there are any defaults I can write to prevent it.
Hello. Here is an article I snagged I think from mac os hints. I could not get
some of the paths to work even though they did exist but here.
10.7: Completely disable Resume
This hint describes a way to completely, once and for all, disable all Resume
features (that is, 'Reopen windows when
It's the same canned response I received with GB as well. In fact I doubt they
will continue to improve accessibility in GB as I have not ten no more
responses even through the bug tracker I use.
On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:29 AM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote:
This reminds me of
They were the ones that came with the Mac, so far as I know. I purchased
second-hand and was given a fresh install before the Mac was sent to me.
Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch
On 19 Jul 2013, at 01:00 PM, Isaac Hebert isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote:
Did you pay for a vocalizer
David - Yes, VO speaks the character the cursor is going over regardless of
direction, but when I want to delete a character, I keep finding I am
deleting the one in front of the one I want to delete, or the one after, the
same when I want to insert a character. But I probably in the main agree
When you connect the cable, does the phone make a chirp sound? This
usually indicates the connection. Does the battery percentage not
increase at all, or does it increase and then drop off very quickly
after disconnecting the cable?
Original message:
It is with a sinking feeling that I
Hi Andy,
I try not to go back to my windows machine but, like you, when I do, I tend to
be pressing function keys all over the place!
Yes, it is getting a little better, but I still have way, way to go!
It's also far too hot to do much!
Thanks for your continued support.
Carol P
Sent from my
Hi all,
I'm having yet another one of those braindead days. Can someone remind me how
to stop apps from reopening on a system reboot? Note I'm not talking about the
situation where things might be designated as login items. I'm talking about
the saved state of the apps being opened when the
No sound and no indication on the status bar that the phone is charging I am
afraid.
-Original Message-
From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
Sent: 19 July 2013 21:33
To: mac-access@mac-access.net
Subject: Re: iPhone
Thanks Andy. I was sure I had more than just Alex and Daniel, but anyway I will
follow your instructions and get myself some more voices. Yes I do have the
full voice of Daniel, couldn't stand the compact!
Carol P
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On 19 Jul 2013, at 01:49 PM, Andy Collins
Hi David,
It sounds as though the voltage detector switch for your iPhone is not working,
This is what determines the speed of charging, which will vary according to
your connected source (e.g., if you connect any iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad to
an external Apple charger, it will charge at the
Hi David,
It sounds more as though a reset of your phone would have taken care of the
problem. This occasionally also works when people lose VoiceOver for obscure
reasons, and I should have thought of this. You hold down the Home and power
button together for about 15 seconds (longer than
I have just turned my iPhone off for a couple of hours and have just started
it up again. This time it started charging on exactly the same cable on the
same power source that it had previously refused to charge on.
So why it should now decide to charge when previously it was not is
mystifying.
I
I usually hold it down for 10 seconds and it works.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hi David,
It sounds more as though a reset of your phone would have taken care of the
problem. This occasionally also works when people lose VoiceOver
As far as I can see this is not available in the UK.
David Griffith
-Original Message-
From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christian
Schoepplein
Sent: 19 July 2013 12:59
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Subject: storeVLC media
You might try resetting the phone, I think you hold the home and power
buttons for around 10 seconds. I remember readingthat this fixed that
problem for someone.
Original message:
No sound and no indication on the status bar that the phone is charging I am
afraid.
-Original Message-
Hi all -
I've been playing around trying to save links using Text Editor.
When I typed saving links in to the help menu, I saw instruction for saving
clickable links, but it didn't work with VO; it said to type in the link, and
then hold down control and click the link. But of course, VO
I have just started using apple devices for the last year and is was
confusing at first. Just remember that if you are navigating to the left,
the cursor is to the left and if you are navigating to the right, the cursor
is now to the right.
- Original Message -
From: Glenn
Hello all,
If I get the iShare app on sendspace for iPhone, can I then, transfer
the files back to my computer?
Thanks,
Brenda
mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net
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Well this is truly helpful! Really Apple accessibility customer care (or
whatever the PR gurus call them these days) have excelled themselves. See the
reply in its entirety below:
Does my sarcasm come across?
Dónal
(message starts)
Hello,
Thank you for your email. At this time, support
Keep in mind this is a jail brake app. I remember seeing it as such. This is
probably why sendspace can do what it can do on ios. I fyou are jail broken
you might be able to use the app. Not sure.
Take care.
On Jul 19, 2013, at 4:22 PM, meadowlar...@cox.net wrote:
Hello all,
If I get
Hi Brenda,
The iShare app only works if you jailbreak your iPhone, and get the iShare app
from Cydia repository. It's not in the App Store. And if you are running the
latest version of iOS 6, I don't think there's a jailbreak solution.
If you want to transfer files back to your computer I
Got the exact same response, after contacting Apple accessibility. It's good
that they're continuing to work on it. Since they say it's limited, I'm still
wondering how limited? It could just be a couple of things that aren't
accessible, or a lot that isn't. Not sure.
On 2013-07-19, at
Oh, Okay, then, I don't want it.
Thanks,
Brenda
mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net
- Original Message -
From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: iShare app for sendspace for iPhone
Keep
Thanks. I guess I won't even try sendspace then.
Take care,
Brenda
mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net
- Original Message -
From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: iShare app for sendspace for
Hello y'all,
I'm about to get a friend of mine an iPod Touch 5th Generation. I have a
cookbook that will be in mp3 files. The cookbook has subfolders under the
main folder. Can we transfer the whole book, including subfolders to the
iPod?
Thanks, in advance,
Brenda
Thge short answer is not the way you want.
You can take each part that is a folder and turn it into a long audio file. Or
you can re-tag each file for a recipe or whatever. Then you can put them all in
the same album and tag them as an audio book. Then your friend can navigate
through the book
I have trouble with the iPhone because I am using the on-screen keyboard,
and I don't know if delete takes out the letter to the left, or to the
right.
Glenn
- Original Message -
From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com
To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net
Always Always to the left.
- Original Message -
From: Glenn glenner...@cableone.net
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: The insertion point when working with text
I have trouble with the iPhone because I am using
Okay, then, how about if we don't do an mp3 book, but text or something like
that? Should we just make one big text book and she could navigate that?
And, if I do it that way, then, what would be the best way to go about that?
I don't have a Mac Computer, but I do have a Windows XP system.
Okay, but on an iPhone, and using the delete key, are you deleting the
character to the left, or the right?
Glenn
- Original Message -
From: Andrea Breier abre...@kc.rr.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: The
Hi Glenn,
On the iPhone using the delete key, you are always deleting the character to
the left of the insertion point, just as Andrea said. However, the character
that VoiceOver announces as you move your cursor, depends on the direction you
are moving in. It's always the last character you
Always the character to the left.
- Original Message -
From: Glenn glenner...@cableone.net
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: The insertion point when working with text
Okay, but on an iPhone, and using the delete
If you already have a text file of the book, it's doable. You can turn it into
an epub and she can read it in iBooks.
Otherwise, I have no idea what to tell you.
Jane
On Jul 19, 2013, at 10:08 PM, meadowlar...@cox.net wrote:
Okay, then, how about if we don't do an mp3 book, but text or
First of all, very good play on words in your subject line. That's an
incredibly! good song! She's getting that from Peter Paul and Mary's: Where
have all the flowers Gone. LOL! Anyway, ok, down to business.
First of all, if you press vo+F8 to go to the voiceover utility, navigate in
your
OK, let me ask you something: the times when you have had to use the right
arrow key, before you do so, are you hearing something to the effect of
either, closed/collapsed, or opened/expanded?
If so, this could explain why, especially if you're hearing the former,
you're having to hit right
OK, be careful here. You probably didn't mean what you actually typed, but
it's actually vo+F1 F1, not command+1.
Chris.
- Original Message -
From: Carol Pearson carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 7:15
Hmm, since when did the mac come with Daniel? I was under the impression
that had to be installed/downloaded separetly? Granted, it's definitely
free to do so, but I was unaware. I know about Alex and Fred, but, yeah...
Chris.
- Original Message -
From: Andy Collins
I've just bought the Phile audio app from the Mac app store.
I've converted the tracks into mp3, and set the location to my documents.
The conversion finished, but no files were found.
Where am I going wrong?
Typed with Fleksy
reply://george.c...@outlook.com
George,
Sent from my iPad
I agree. I'm pretty much at the point where frankly, I've given up on ever
e-mailing Apple Accessibility. It just never seems to be any use.
chris.
- Original Message -
From: Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent:
And, though I cannot go into the specifics due to NDA, I'll say this, and
under no circumstances anything more. I've reported through bug reporter
many many bugs as I'm an Apple Dev both for IOS and for OSX. In both cases
a lot of the bugs had to do with things in IOS7 and in Mavericks both
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