Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Chris Apple boy
I would put the screen brightness to 0 then adjust it where necessary. Screen curtain only puts a virtual curtain around your screen and doesn't affect how it contrasts. On 10/05/2014 10:48, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I am concerned about battery life on my ageing iPhone 3GS running the

Re: Be ware of the Tune-in update.

2014-05-08 Thread Chris Apple boy
Tunein and Radium are both internet radio apps. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 08/05/2014 05:02, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote: what does the app do Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2014, at 00:51, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Tim, I really agree with

iOS browsers was Re: IOS 7, probably the most buggy I've ever seen yet!

2014-05-08 Thread Chris Apple boy
Hi all Have you considered either Chrome or Instabrowser as your second browser for iOS? Granted you can't make them default browsers but they may work better with VoiceOver. I of course realize this is only a workaround and doesn't solve the current problems and so writing to

Re: auto webspots on IOS

2014-05-05 Thread Chris Apple boy
Web spots are not available on iOS period. Maybe in a future major update who knows. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 04/05/2014 21:48, William Lomas wrote: Hi all does anyone know if i can use auto webspots on iOS just curious as to whether it would work

Re: publishing to wordpress.

2014-05-04 Thread Chris Apple boy
Are you using Mars Edit to do this? I managed to publish both a test blog and a page successfully with this app. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 04/05/2014 04:47, Ian McNamara wrote: Hello all, I have just created a blogg on wordpress and am trying to

Re: ditching adium, need app recommendations for Facebook chatting

2014-05-04 Thread Chris Apple boy
Did you know the stock Messages app can handle Facebook? Just set it up using the Jabba protocol and use chat.facebook.com as the server. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 04/05/2014 19:57, Laurel and Stockard wrote: Hi all, I have been using the Adium

Re: publishing to wordpress.

2014-05-04 Thread Chris Apple boy
I would it's very good and looking at the trial seems worth every penny. Haven't bought it yet but plan to do so. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 04/05/2014 19:08, Ian McNamara wrote: No, I will take a look at that app smily. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access

Re: ditching adium, need app recommendations for Facebook chatting

2014-05-04 Thread Chris Apple boy
out of it that I wanted. Too many little Voiceover quirks for me to want to keep using it. Do y'all even know if this app is being maintained and updated anymore? Laurel On May 4, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know the stock Messages app can handle

Re: Accessibility with Simplify

2014-04-29 Thread Chris Apple boy
Ar yes. It's called Blinkbox Music and is certainly accessible on both iPhone and iPad. It works like Spotify with a much cleaner and accessible interface. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 29/04/2014 06:27, António Silva wrote: Thank You António Manuel

Re: Nicecast and Voiceover.

2014-04-23 Thread Chris Apple boy
Knowing Rogue Amoeba a resounding yes. They have a pleasant reputation for making all their Mac applications totally accessible. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 23/04/2014 21:37, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi Gang: Is Nicecast compatible with Voiceover?

Re: Dock oddities

2014-04-12 Thread Chris Apple boy
I'm confused.com. If I want an app in the dock all I do is highlight it in the applications folder and press command-control-shift-t. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 12/04/2014 13:44, William Lomas wrote: hi to all in mac osx 10.9 we cannot seem to simply

Re: Dock oddities

2014-04-12 Thread Chris Apple boy
-shift-control-t to add it to the dock. Hope this helps. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 12/04/2014 18:01, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote: Chris, not everyone has your knowledge, hence the list. - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher

Re: Connecting a Mobile Broadband to Mac

2014-04-11 Thread Chris Apple boy
I was going to answer this one but wasn't sure if they were asking about connecting to mobile broadband via a dongle. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 11/04/2014 19:43, Sarah k Alawami wrote: Find the wifi signle name if it is set to show up. under the

Re: voice dream reader

2014-04-09 Thread Chris Apple boy
If you have Dropbox why not upload it to that then download to Voice Dream Reader that way? Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 09/04/2014 11:32, Ian Harrison wrote: Dear listers I have a daisy audio book on my mac mini that I want to transfer into

Re: not notified of battery drain in mac 10.9

2014-04-07 Thread Chris Apple boy
On my Macbook Pro I get one single notification marked low battery. I don't know how low it is as I haven't checked the battery in the Extras Menu at the time. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 07/04/2014 19:18, William Lomas wrote: hi all is the battery

Re: Web Development

2014-04-05 Thread Chris Apple boy
Hi Gordon and all I am trying Mars Edit and it is brilliant. It recognized my Wordpress account right away once I entered in the required information. I was able to post both a blog and a page, make edits to it and so on. I plan to buy it probably from the App Store soon rather than the

Re: Web Development

2014-04-05 Thread Chris Apple boy
And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at Sunnyside Academy, Colby Newham, Middlesbrough! On 5 Apr 2014, at 12:33, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gordon and all I am trying Mars Edit and it is brilliant. It recognized my Wordpress account right away once I entered

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
Yes. Just disable all the keystrokes for Mission Control. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 08:18, Ben J Bloomgren bbloomg...@icloud.com wrote: Is there a way to disable the mission control without disabling the dashboard. Ben J. Bloomgren

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
...@btinternet.com wrote: fair point but do I not need mission control Sent from my iPhone On 26 Mar 2014, at 08:02, chris Apple Boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Open System Preferences. 2. Click on Mission Control. 3. Disable all the keyboard shortcuts by setting them all to - (dash) which

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
Open the Dashboard and then open the Window Chooser menu it should be in there. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 14:46, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Right… Where is the widget manager? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2014, at

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
And how do you install this Widget Manager? Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 20:49, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: First you have to install widget manager. Next go in to system preferences then go to widget manager then choose the

Re: Chrome Web Store - ChromeVox

2014-03-21 Thread Chris Apple boy
Hi all Can we use Os X's system voice with ChromeVox? I have it set to British English Daniel. Thanks! Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 21/03/2014 01:49, JAKE JOEHL wrote: Hi everyone. I’ve been playing around with Chromevox a bit, and I love it. I just

Re: Virtual Mouse Click

2014-03-20 Thread Chris Apple boy
wrote: OK but I am thinking in terms of Windows and doing a right or a left mouse click or is that not possible on the Mac? - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:43 PM

Re: Screen Capture

2014-03-20 Thread Chris Apple boy
Command-shift-3. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 20/03/2014 09:38, Eleanor Burke wrote: What are the keys to use for a screen capture? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Chris Apple boy
Sounds good will try this cheers. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 19/03/2014 12:57, Travis Siegel wrote: Ellen, it might be easier for you to navigate the pages if you activate groups mode. In groups mode, vo combines web features into a single group,

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Chris Apple boy
. - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's Questions The Web Sounds good will try this cheers. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without

Re: Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread chris Apple Boy
...@btinternet.com wrote: Ah well I don't have a number pad so culd not do that last thing. - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's Questions

Re: Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread chris Apple Boy
- From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's Questions The Web Sounds good will try this cheers. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

Re: Chrome has no windows

2014-03-19 Thread chris Apple Boy
I use Keyboard Commander to do this. No other screen reader that I know of has this awesome little feature. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 19 Mar 2014, at 18:07, Juaanita Marttin jordmar...@suddenlink.net wrote: Is there a hot key for opening GC like the

Re: Chrome has no windows

2014-03-19 Thread chris Apple Boy
it under system preferences. I looked under keyboard and I see modifiers. Is that it? On Mar 19, 2014, at 2:13 PM, chris Apple Boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I use Keyboard Commander to do this. No other screen reader that I know of has this awesome little feature. Regards Chris Clap

Re: Recording on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Chris Apple boy
It is but sometimes you have to think it may be worth every penny. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 19/03/2014 21:39, Eleanor Burke wrote: Very expensive app though Chris. - Original Message - From: chris christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS

Re: Virtual Mouse Click

2014-03-19 Thread Chris Apple boy
Vo-shift-space. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 19/03/2014 21:33, Eleanor Burke wrote: How do I do a virtual mouse click please on the Mac? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Item Chooser turning VO off

2014-03-18 Thread Chris Apple boy
Use web rotor instead vo-u. I get something almost the same if I press vo-command-n when in an open message in Mail. It simply crashes and restarts VoiceOver! Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 18/03/2014 02:09, Kristeen Hughes wrote: When I am in Safari,

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
Subject: Re: Adium as of today it works, how ever the prefs don't read well at all. I'm using the nightly build btw. but yeah it works even better then before. Take care. On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:13 AM, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: How is Adium as of today? The last time I

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
conversations going a time. It is important I know who has just updated or pinged me. No other IM does this sort of thing. It is all configurable and is one of the best IM chats on the market. Sean On 16/03/2014 8:35 am, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: True and yes I probably did

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
a roof! On 17/03/2014 00:44, Christopher gilland wrote: I never have had that problem, ever. You have to be sure that you set your events up correctly, but as long as you do that, it works very very well. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
- From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys You can turn quicknav on and off anywhere but especially on web pages where navigation is far more

Re: VO not announcingfolders in mail

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
Look in the view menu I saw option to expand or collapse in there. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 23:15, JAKE JOEHL wrote: I am getting the “expanded” and collapsed” messages spoken by VoiceOver. But what I’m wondering is this. Is there a

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
: How do I use quick nav for words and characters? - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 8:40 AM Subject: Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys I'm saying that yes

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Apple boy
you to commanders. 3 Arrow across to quickNav tab and select it. 4, There you will find the check box to start single key navigation and a button to show info about what key does what! HTH Colin. On 17 Mar 2014, at 08:40, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I'm saying that yes

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
yourself, it doesn't come like that by default Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:13 AM, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: How is Adium as of today? The last time I used it it was ok but didn't like the system voice announcing when someone is connected then online

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
Whenever you lock the VoiceOver keys they remain so until you unlock them. Whether this is reset when restarting VoiceOver I do not know. To save even more keystrokes why not toggle quicknav on and off with left-right. You then just use arrow keys for navigation. Regards Chris Clap along if

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
it works even better then before. Take care. On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:13 AM, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: How is Adium as of today? The last time I used it it was ok but didn't like the system voice announcing when someone is connected then online. If they're connected then to me

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
to have it on and when to turn it off by trial and error or can you give me a rule of thumb about it? - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:25 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's

Re: Microsoft Messenger type app for IOS

2014-03-15 Thread Chris Apple boy
I got Facebook linked to IM+ Pro too. I just followed the instructions part of which is web based and it worked. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 15/03/2014 21:16, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! You use IM+ too? Can you have a look at the Facebook account

Re: Microsoft Messenger type app for IOS

2014-03-15 Thread Chris Apple boy
wrong. On 16 Mar 2014, at 8:51 am, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I got Facebook linked to IM+ Pro too. I just followed the instructions part of which is web based and it worked. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 15/03/2014 21:16, Dane