Re: Shutting up Voiceover in I O S 7.02

2013-10-12 Thread Carol Pearson
Chris, Try a two fingered single tap! Hope it works view Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille On 10 Oct 2013, at 11:28 pm, Christopher Gilland wrote: Hello guys. I have a question that is really starting to puzzle me a bit. I am using an IPad 4th Gen with a wireless bluetooth

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-04 Thread Carol Pearson
OK, Chris, very interesting, especially as people are reporting that Siri seems to be working better without VO on. Thanks for this explanation. I'll look for more examples. carol P Sent from my iPod On 4 Oct 2013, at 12:43 PM, Chris H wrote: When I asked it to check the weather,

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-04 Thread Carol Pearson
Chris, can you please give an example, a specific question asked, so that we can see what you mean? carol P Sent from my iPod On 4 Oct 2013, at 12:33 PM, Chris H wrote: Have you guys noticed Siri behaves differently whether VoiceOver is on or off? With VoiceOver on Siri is more descriptive

Re: a friend of mine wants to get the old Siri back

2013-09-19 Thread Carol Pearson
Thanks, it seems to be working okay for me. I will let everyone know if I find any specific things that make me think that it is not working so well to have the American voice over here in UK. I don't think, though, that this will be the case! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille

Re: a friend of mine wants to get the old Siri back

2013-09-19 Thread Carol Pearson
I agree, Daniel sounds not quite as good as he did before! Oh, so we missed out on the new voice as well! I am sorry about this because I liked the sound of her! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille On 19 Sep 2013, at 02:47 pm, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Worth noting that the new voice

Re: Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-14 Thread Carol
Haven't really got into Hotspots yet, though have looked at them, so may give that a try too. Thanks for the idea. Carol P On 13 Aug 2013, at 15:34, wayne17a wrote: > Hello as I am quite new to the mac I might be wrong here but could > you set a hot spot for your mail boxe

Re: Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-13 Thread Carol
Brian, Thanks for your input, also Sara. I will give it a go and come back if I have problems. Thanks. Carol P On 13 Aug 2013, at 00:17, Bryan Jones wrote: > Assuming you are running Lion or Mountain Lion, one way to accomplish this is > to use Mail's Favorites Bar. Mailbox Alias

Re: Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-13 Thread Carol
ortcut also but thought I'd ask anyway. Thanks for your input. Carol P On 12 Aug 2013, at 20:40, Andy Collins wrote: > Carol - > > Somebody with more knowledge will tell you better than perhaps I can, but I > don't think you can do this. However, would it really save y

Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-12 Thread Carol
s with the In-box, etc. Is it possible to do this and, if so, I'd really like to know how? Thanks. Carol P <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto

Re: Adding extra rows in Numbers

2013-08-10 Thread Carol Pearson
Sorry, brain already frazzled today! Glad you found the answer though! Well done! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 10 Aug 2013, at 07:28 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - > > Sorted this now. All I needed to do was hit the enter key as many times as I > wante

Re: Adding extra rows in Numbers

2013-08-10 Thread Carol Pearson
At lines above your calculation. Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 10 Aug 2013, at 05:34 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - > > How do I do this? It seems that by default, new spreadsheets only go down by > 30 rows, and I can't find in the menus anyway to ex

SYSTEM VOICE AT LOG-IN NOT SPEAKING

2013-08-10 Thread Carol
by the way. Carol P <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft

Re: If you use 1Password 3 for iOS and Dropbox sync, take action by September 1 | Agile Blog

2013-08-10 Thread Carol
Hi, Thanks so much for giving me some resources of help. It is a fairly recent purchase so I should have no problem, thanks. Carol P (New to Mac) On 10 Aug 2013, at 00:59, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Okay, well if you bought the 1 Password App for IOS quite some time ago then > its most

Re: If you use 1Password 3 for iOS and Dropbox sync, take action by September 1 | Agile Blog

2013-08-09 Thread Carol Pearson
Thanks for this. I purchased OnePass for iOS a little while back but couldn't find them out quite what I did with it. I have put in my master password and now wonder how I put in the rest. Do I have to visit each site in turn, and enter their password once! Or how does it work? Carol P

Re: General Help With Numbers

2013-07-26 Thread Carol Pearson
ypass a good deal of what one would have to learn if I needed to create spreadsheets from scratch. Perhaps this gives you a better idea where I'm coming from. I basically needed to move some of the computer equipment in my home and in order to do this, I do need another way to produce my sp

General Help With Numbers

2013-07-26 Thread Carol
It's not a large, complicated spread sheet so I am hopeful Numbers will handle it. If anyone can give me a bit of a start with this then that would be appreciated. Thanks. Carol P Sent from my MacBook - which now has its own deskspace ... <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->

Re: can we make the language rotor be quiet

2013-07-23 Thread Carol Pearson
I never leave the rotor set on language. I always leave it on letters or words so that I'm sure that I don't keep knocking it. Works for me! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 23 Jul 2013, at 02:52 AM, wrote: > Yeah, I'm seeing that you have to be careful, al

Re: MAIL HAS NO WINDOWS

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
Andy, I'm a bit brain-dead, so this may not be worth saying, but do you use VO J? This cycles between Message header messages and/or mailbox, I think. Now I'm off the phone also. Enough for today! May do better tomorrow! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2

Re: MAIL HAS NO WINDOWS

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
What! All that sweat andtoil… Well it taught me some things! Sorry to ramble! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 08:21 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Next time, try command-1 and that will take you back to the inbox in Mail. > > > Take Care

MAIL HAS NO WINDOWS

2013-07-20 Thread Carol
27;s obviously to do with wrong keystrokes ... Is there an easier way out than I've given here? Thanks and I'm off the Mac now for today! Carol P <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You c

Re: Where have all my voices gone?

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
not sure quite weather will end up and what I have to do next! Getting there, slowly! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 04:15 PM, Gordon Keen wrote: > Hi > > When you go in to the voice over utility and select speech then tab along to > voic

Re: Where have all my voices gone?

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
Yes, tried it, doesn't work! They were there once…. Still, never mind! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 01:43 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > Carol - Holding down VO command, and using the right arrow key, I can get to > the voices available to me on this

Re: Where have all my voices gone?

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
That's why I think I really did have Alex and Fred at one stage. Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 06:03 AM, "Chris Gilland" wrote: > Hmm, since when did the mac come with Daniel? I was under the impression > that had to be installed

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
You're right, I probably don't. I often say one thing that mean another. I was mean what I mean though! Smiley Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 06:01 AM, "Chris Gilland" wrote: > OK, be careful here. You probably didn't mean

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-20 Thread Carol Pearson
No. I don't think it's that. If I can recall correctly, I was hearing the word blank spoken. Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 20 Jul 2013, at 06:00 AM, "Chris Gilland" wrote: > OK, let me ask you something: the times when you have had to use the rig

Re: Where have all my voices gone?

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
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 Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 19 Jul 2013, at 01:49 PM, Andy Co

Re: READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
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 fr

Re: WHERE HAVE ALL MY VOICES GOINE??

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
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 wrote: > Did you pay for a vocalizer trial or did

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
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

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
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" wrote: > Wo! Will co

WHERE HAVE ALL MY VOICES GOINE??

2013-07-19 Thread Carol
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? Ca

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-19 Thread Carol
(Go figure)! I certainly don't understand. Thanks though for your thoughts which I will be glad to bear in mind. Carol P On 19 Jul 2013, at 02:05, Chris Gilland wrote: > Andy, how many messages do you have all total in your unified inbox? By > unified inbox, what I mean is, you know h

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-18 Thread Carol Pearson
t! If you can tell me how to deal more gently and effectively with this problem in the future, that would be most useful, thanks! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 18 Jul 2013, at 05:47 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Andy and Carol, > > I really don't have this

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-18 Thread Carol Pearson
for a newby! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 18 Jul 2013, at 05:30 PM, "ANDY COLLINS" wrote: > Hi Carol - I'm actually finding mail a bit of a pain, just when I think I can > navigate it ok, the appearance changes, or Having interacted with a message, > wh

Re: BBC IPlayer revisited

2013-07-18 Thread Carol Pearson
Andy, I'm sure you are done this, but I just googled get iPlayer alternator and found quite a lot of different results. Maybe, as a last resort, you can look at these pages again. Sorry I can't help further. I just don't use it and haven't got to that stage at all!

Re: Mail busy message

2013-07-18 Thread Carol Pearson
both are getting there slowly! I think there may be a keystroke we're both missing, so I hope somebody will chime in here! Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 18 Jul 2013, at 04:58 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - > > A lot of the time, when I stop interacting wit

Re: iPhone5 ate my mail?

2013-07-17 Thread Carol Pearson
ys works for me. Sorry can't help really any more with your particular problems. Carol P On 17/07/2013 17:27, meadowlar...@cox.net wrote: Believe it or not, there is no outbox folder. There's everything else but an outbox folder in the gmail account. Evidently, Ihave had nothing get s

Re: READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-17 Thread Carol Pearson
Oh Andy, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I had used these at the beginning, learned a lot of keystrokes, then forgotten about them and went to the wrong bit of help someware. However, now back on track and beginning to make progress once again! All thanks to you! Carol P Sent from my

READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-16 Thread Carol
y into a podcast, as that is what it is, but then I just couldn't locate it and was lost again. I hope someone can help here. Thanks! Carol P Sent from my MacBook <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.

ITUNES AND DOWNLOAD QUESTIONS

2013-07-15 Thread Carol
be glad of information about which keystrokes I could have used and how I could have jumped to a particular track. Which HELP item and where is it found to give me that information, please? Thanks for any help forthcoming. It's appreciated. Carol P <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: get iplayer automator (was Accessible Internet Browsers) FortheMack and Voiceover withMountain Lion

2013-07-14 Thread Carol Pearson
at that's where others would be too! I also saw recently that there are four different ways that you can install files, but I don't remember where I saw it and don't know any more than that at this moment. I have only installed dropbox so far and make sure that I just followed

Re: get iplayer automator (was Accessible Internet Browsers) For theMack and Voiceover withMountain Lion

2013-07-13 Thread Carol Pearson
May I ask a question here, please? I have been trying to download music which I have purchased from iTunes onto the Mac. It appears to go, I hear the sound, but then I cannot locate the Music in question. It just appears not to be there. What could I be doing wrong? Carol P Sent from my iPhone

Re: Dropbox Question

2013-07-13 Thread Carol Pearson
he folders, then I can find it and use it in the table view, so long as I don't get in a mix up on the way!. Is there anything That anyone can advise on this one for new be users Or is this how you would expect it to work? Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 13 Jul 2013, at

Re: Bible App.

2013-07-13 Thread Carol Pearson
IOS. Forgive me if I misunderstood your requirements Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 13 Jul 2013, at 08:00 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Carol: > > Thanks for your response. > > Are you talking about an IOS Bible or one for a Mac? > > I have not bee

Re: Bible App.

2013-07-13 Thread Carol Pearson
g at the moment anyway. There are some restrictions, which tend to change a bit with versions, but it is pretty accessible. Enjoy! You may like to sign up also at the website, if only to give you more scope in what you can do and what you can see. Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On

1 STEP FORWARD ... 5 STEPS BACK!

2013-07-09 Thread Carol Pearson
ok like a good set of tutorials on Lion by Noteboom but hesitated to spend money only to find out that the video tutorials were all so visual that they wouldn't work well for me. If anyone has some suggestions to move me on from this startingpoint then please, I'd be glad to have th

Re: cannot access the blind mice movie volt using safari

2011-08-23 Thread carol forrester
The site as far as I know unusable for anyone in the Uk, it no longer works with windows either On 23 Aug 2011, at 03:08, Candie Stiles wrote: > For some reason I am not able to access the blind mice movie volt at blind > mice mart with safari. I tried accessing it at work today using internet

Re: Skype On iPod Touch

2011-08-22 Thread carol forrester
I have found it great, it is in the free top tens and such like list in the store. I find it better on the iPod touch apart from it does eat the battery, take care, Carol On 22 Aug 2011, at 03:09, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Just look up Skype on Itunes, the Skype there is universal though

Re: busy

2011-08-02 Thread carol forrester
if it is anything to go by, I get it all the time tooo, carol On 1 Aug 2011, at 18:48, Tracy Duffy wrote: > I've been getting that a lot and I'm still using Snow Leopard. I think > there's aproblem with safari or something. > > Blessed are the flexible, for they shal