Re: [Mac-access]: Bootcamp V. VMWare Fusion

2015-04-27 Thread Eleanor burke
I know that my Apple store would not assist you in installing windows. On 27 Apr 2015, at 06:55, Brian Hartgen brianhart...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I received my first Mac on Saturday. I have done a lot of studying and I think I am quite proficient at the screen-reading with it.

Re: [Mac-access]: Bootcamp V. VMWare Fusion

2015-04-27 Thread Eleanor burke
know someone there maybe work with them. The folks at apple are willing to bend over backwards to help me. take care. On Apr 26, 2015, at 11:51 PM, Eleanor burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: I know that my Apple store would not assist you in installing windows. On 27 Apr

Re: [Mac-access]: weirdness with messages syncing across devices

2015-04-21 Thread Eleanor burke
you have to sort of link them up together. On 21 Apr 2015, at 20:44, Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com wrote: how to fix it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Hey everyone, I have a MacBook Air, an iPad Mini, and an iPhone 5s. Each device is only receiving some of the text and iMessages

Re: [Mac-access]: test

2015-04-21 Thread Eleanor burke
your email to the list is getting through in any case. On 21 Apr 2015, at 17:36, Esther Kinsman ekins...@seasidehighspeed.com wrote: Hello: I subscribed to this list, but when I post I'm informed that I'm not registered to post to this list. Can someone please help. --- This email

Re: [Mac-access]: IOS BT keyboards was re:: Iphone 5 or 4S

2015-04-14 Thread Eleanor burke
where is the key that turns on and off the virtual keyboard on the bluetooth keyboard for use with the iphone? On 14 Apr 2015, at 23:24, Diane Bomare bomon...@earthlink.net wrote: I have the Amazon Basics keyboard, and an Apple bluetooth keyboard. Here are advantages of each. Amazon

Re: [Mac-access]: reliable braille translation software.

2015-04-14 Thread Eleanor burke
there is Louis On 14 Apr 2015, at 15:04, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: Hi Folks: Is there a good relyable Braille translation software package out there for the mac? Thanks all over the place gang. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To

Re: [Mac-access]: Yosemite has made my macbook run very slowly

2015-03-03 Thread Eleanor Burke
I had the problem last night regarding the lack of speech on the fly when trying to adjust volume and yet VO was fine otherwise. I turned VO off and on again with Command F5 and then it worked fine for me. However, I cannot suggest anything regarding the slowness only to ask if your Mac was

[Mac-access]: e-mail Closing on Reply

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, I know I have asked this before but I am still puzzled. Whenever I reply to an e-mail, the original e-mail does not close. I have to actively close it with command W. This I find strange, even if it is an e-mail from an individual and not via an e-mail list. Any ideas please?

[Mac-access]: Updates on Mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, I am wondering if there is something wrong with my Mac updates as I haven’t had any for weeks and I am always getting them for iPhone and iPad Mini. I am using mobile broadband and wondered if it has something to do with this at present. Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

[Mac-access]: Sendspace VO Extended Accessability

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi Chris and All, I found that this was set as default, just checked it out when Chris mentioned it. I found it in the Menu under Options and the option for me was disabled extended voice over compatibility. Thanks Chris for broadening my knowledge here. I also succeeded in changing the

Re: [Mac-access]: e-mail Closing on Reply

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant – Alternative Format Transcriber: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby Newham MIDDLESBOROUGH Cleveland TS8 0RJ ——— On 15 Jan 2015, at 14:55, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I know I have asked this before

[Mac-access]: Mac Questions

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
When I am logging in to my Mac the volume of voice over is just fine but once I get to finder the volume is greatly increased. I have reduced this volume when at the finder but again next time I login again the volume has again reverted to very loud. How can I make it that it does not do

Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
Dianne when I first raised this question on list, Sarah said she had written more than once to sendspace about this to no avail. It is unfortunate that her e-mails went ignored. Eleanor -original message- Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac From: Diane Bomare

Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
!! I asked him to do this, several times. Just because Sarah wrote to him, and I wrote doesn't mean that no one else should bring the issue with his program. Diane Bomar Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2015, at 01:56, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Dianne when I first raised

[Mac-access]: iPhone Questions

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, I am wondering why my contacts on my iPhone and iPad Mini are identical but they are displayed differently on my Mac. Why is this? I am also wondering how I can select a line of text say within a message to copy and paste elsewhere. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to

Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
What exactly under security?? Does it mean unlocking the padlock permanently? I unlock it each time I want to make a change or is it some other setting I need to change? -original message- Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac From: Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: [Mac-access]: iPhone Questions

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
saying they're sorted differently, by last name then first name, instead of first name last? I'm just a bit confused on how they look different. It's gonna be very hard for us to help, not knowing the specifics. Chris. - Original Message - From: Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu

Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
to see what's going on. Chris. - Original Message - From: Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 6:01 AM Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Installing the sendspace wizard for mac Well I was just saying

Re: [Mac-access]: Updates on Mac

2015-01-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
——— On 15 Jan 2015, at 14:52, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am wondering if there is something wrong with my Mac updates as I haven’t had any for weeks and I am always getting them for iPhone and iPad Mini. I am using mobile broadband and wondered if it has

Re: [Mac-access]: audio conversion software

2015-01-06 Thread Eleanor Burke
I took the liberty of downloading from your Dropbox Antonio as you put it on list. Now when I went to unzip it, there seemed to be a couple of apps, is this correct and if so do I just copy them to the apps folder? Sorry still feel relatively new when it comes to Mac though I believe I will

Re: [Mac-access]: Downloading MP3 files from Sendspace

2015-01-06 Thread Eleanor Burke
Well this is great, but for the benefit of those who have not heard the podcast for whatever reason, hearing impairment for example, would you be so kind as to re-state in writing (or someone else) s to how one can request VLC to be the default player for MP3 files? Many thanks. Eleanor On 6

[Mac-access]: Connecting A Nokia Phone to My Mac

2014-12-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, I want to connect my Nokia E6 to my Mac in order that I can access the Memory Card, copy a file from it and paste the file on the Mac. The file I want to copy is Talks which is used on Nokia phones as a screen reader. I then want to cut and paste the Talks file to another Nokia

Re: [Mac-access]: Confused about podcasts on iPhone 5S

2014-12-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
I could not get it to play by going to the link, sorry! If anyone can help I would appreciate it. Eleanor On 20 Dec 2014, at 16:39, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: A lot. You can create playlists for certain podcast groups, I have 2 for tech and audio booms for those I follow. I

Re: Deleting Premium Voices from Mac

2014-07-31 Thread Eleanor Burke
I have succeeded in doing this now Isaac and cannot believe how many voices I had to delete. Still have a lot. Can anyone tell me which are the most responsive voices as I only want to keep the most responsive ones. On 31 Jul 2014, at 13:28, isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: To delete the

Re: Dropbox Has No Windows in Doc and in Applications Folder

2014-07-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
Can I not put it on the doc then? On 29 Jul 2014, at 23:27, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, so if you go to your dropbox folder by hitting cmd shift h from the finder then hit cmd down arrow on your dropbox folder you should get it to open. You don't need to ever use the app

Re: Dropbox Has No Windows in Doc and in Applications Folder

2014-07-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi Colin, when I open the Dropbox Alius in Finder, it does not show up in the Doc so I cannot do that what you say, open menu and choose to leave in Doc. On 29 Jul 2014, at 23:51, Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com wrote: Hi Eleanor! OK forget the Doc and the Applocations! Use the

Re: Verbosity in E-mail

2014-07-27 Thread Eleanor Burke
Nothing, then press Return. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jul 2014, at 20:17, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: It hasn't made any difference when I change to minimum, it is still reading out everything from type face to colour etc etc. Eleanor On 25 Jul 2014, at 18:56, Zachary

Re: Verbosity in E-mail

2014-07-25 Thread Eleanor Burke
It hasn’t made any difference when I change to minimum, it is still reading out everything from type face to colour etc etc. Eleanor On 25 Jul 2014, at 18:56, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Yes, you can change this behavior in the text tab, but you can also use vo-v to do it

Re: Mac Keyboard Key and Word Echo

2014-07-23 Thread Eleanor Burke
the VoiceOver Utility with vo-f8, press command-0 to select activities in the categories table. Now I'm not sure how you remove these so rather than guessing will stop there and let others chime in. On 22/07/2014 22:07, Eleanor Burke wrote: Thanks Chris. Now why is VO saying when I am

Re: [Bulk] Closing A Programme Before Deleting It

2014-07-23 Thread Eleanor Burke
Again this is not the issue the programme is meant to be running in the background, just as Dropbox runs in the background. All I want is to know how to close it before removing it. Eleanor On 23 Jul 2014, at 11:06, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: I use Clean my Mac for all

Re: Mac Keyboard Key and Word Echo

2014-07-22 Thread Eleanor Burke
Thanks Chris, working well now. Cannot imagine how I did that though I was looking around in that area before. On 22 Jul 2014, at 20:46, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Well to change typing echo from the defaults to words do the following: 1. Press vo-v to open the

Re: Mac Keyboard Key and Word Echo

2014-07-22 Thread Eleanor Burke
Thanks Chris. Now why is VO saying when I am at the Finder, Finder Activity? On 22 Jul 2014, at 20:46, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Well to change typing echo from the defaults to words do the following: 1. Press vo-v to open the OS X equivalent of the Adjust JAWS

Re: Focus Blu now Connecting Via Bluetooth

2014-07-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
Great Anne, I am now up and running with Braille display. Now if I want to use my Braille display rather than the keyboard, where can I get information on using the display for writing? On 17 Jul 2014, at 19:15, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Eleanor, In VoiceOver

Re: General Mac Query - A Clarification

2014-07-05 Thread Eleanor Burke
Ah I am going to attempt a reply here so that I am participating as well as asking questions. The Dock is a designated area running along the bottom of the screen and your commonly used apps are housed there. Some people have a lot of apps on the dock whereas others do not. The advantage of

Time Capsule

2014-04-01 Thread Eleanor Burke
Anyone on list using this? Eleanor --- 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:

Re: Time Capsule

2014-04-01 Thread Eleanor Burke
yet. What error messages if any are you getting? What steps have you taken to troubleshoot the problem etc. Take care. On Apr 1, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Anyone on list using this? Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply

Re: Time Capsule

2014-04-01 Thread Eleanor Burke
capsule are you using? Us list members need to know this in order to better assist. Take care. On Apr 1, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Apologies Time Capsule? - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS

Re: new iPhone user

2014-04-01 Thread Eleanor Burke
Is type2phone for the phone or does one have to download it on to the Mac also? - Original Message - From: Juaanita Marttin jordmar...@suddenlink.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:33 PM Subject: Re: new iPhone user I’ll let

Re: Time Capsule

2014-04-01 Thread Eleanor Burke
a cheap 1tb drive for my time machine back ups that will hopefully soon be replaced with a 2 or 4 tb elements drive by WD. Hope that helps now that we know what you want answers to. Take care. Take care. On Apr 1, 2014, at 12:02 PM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote

Audasity

2014-03-31 Thread Eleanor Burke
Anyone on list using Audasity? My question is this, once I record I am currently having to tab around to stop which defeats the purpose of recording something as all the vo speech is coming through. How can I stop? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please

External DVD

2014-03-30 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi, I have an external DVD player for my Mac Book Air. Do not know how to eject the DVD or CD from it. Eleanor --- 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

Re: External DVD

2014-03-30 Thread Eleanor Burke
, 2014, at 7:39 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi, I have an external DVD player for my Mac Book Air. Do not know how to eject the DVD or CD from it. Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac

Re: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed

2014-03-30 Thread Eleanor Burke
. 2. If there is however a program called install or setup you will have to run that from the disk image. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 30 March 2014 02:35

iPhone Question

2014-03-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
On a virtual keyboard on the iPhone there are numerous emoticons to choose from. Is there any way of accessing the same icons using a bluetooth keyboard? I am aware of various key strokes that produce emoticons but this is not what I am after. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To

How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed

2014-03-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
I downloaded a programme to my Dropbox and from there installed it but I do not know if it is installed. Following the installation it ended up on Finder. The programme is a peace of software that works with Audasity to allow export to different formats. Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac

Re: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed

2014-03-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
Applications folder. You open this folder with Cmd-Shift-a. Cheers, Anne On 29 Mar 2014, at 22:26, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: I downloaded a programme to my Dropbox and from there installed it but I do not know if it is installed. Following the installation it ended up

Re: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed

2014-03-29 Thread Eleanor Burke
on the desktop to eject this virtual drive. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 29 March 2014 21:27 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: How Do I Tell IF A Programme

Re: Hi all, Skype and vo problem and info from apple accessiblity

2014-03-28 Thread Eleanor Burke
I have Skype on my phone and it works just fine. - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Hi all, Skype and vo problem and info from apple accessiblity

Skype Call from Mac

2014-03-27 Thread Eleanor Burke
Once I am on a contact what do I do next to initate the call? --- 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

Re: Unmuting Voice Over on the Mac

2014-03-27 Thread Eleanor Burke
three finger double tap Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2014, at 21:34, Juanita Martin jordmar...@suddenlink.net wrote: I was playing with the track pad trying to get through several hundred messages and I muted VO. I don't know how I did it, so I don't know how to undo it. So, how do I

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
is useless to us. So this is why I disable Mission Control on my computer. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2014, at 09:04, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: fair point but do I not need mission control --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
Mar 2014, at 09:04, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: fair point but do I not need mission control --- 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 posted

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
cut enabled. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2014, at 09:21, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: What is the function of the dash board? - Original Message - From: Ben J Bloomgren bbloomg...@icloud.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday

Re: Skype on the Mac

2014-03-25 Thread Eleanor Burke
on a call? thanks! Cait On Mar 24, 2014, at 4:33 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Thank you for this Sarah. Eleanor - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Monday, March 24

Mac Error with VO

2014-03-25 Thread Eleanor Burke
As a beginner I am probably making mistakes but sometimes when I hit vo shift and m instead of getting menu I get time machine. What is happening and how do I stop this happening? Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Skype on the Mac

2014-03-25 Thread Eleanor Burke
On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:44 AM, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: Yes that is the case you will have to sign in to Skype every time. On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:43 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Isaac, I was told in the Apple store that I would have to sign in to Skype every

Re: Skype on the Mac

2014-03-24 Thread Eleanor Burke
mcarell...@comcast.net wrote: Hello there. If you are logged into it on the mac and then sign into it on another device it will sign you out. There should be a checkbox or something that says keep me signed in or something like that or remember password. On Mar 23, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Eleanor

Beginners Question Setting Up Voice Control

2014-03-24 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, I have set up voice control on the Mac, e.g. instruction the Mac to close a window by saying 'close ' or 'open e-mails. All settings have been configured correctly but I have been unable to calibrate the microphone as this would appear to be something requiring visual assistance.

Skype on the Mac

2014-03-23 Thread Eleanor Burke
Can I keep logged in to Skype on my Mac? I have to enter my Password every time I wish to use it on the Mac. How do I use Skype on the Mac? Is there a podcast on this? I know how Skype comes up on my iPad Mini and iPhone but it does not seem to come up like this on the Mac. --- Mac

Audasity and Sound Flower

2014-03-22 Thread Eleanor Burke
I listened to a podcast on this but I just found it too complicated for my simple starter brain. Has anyone on list recorded using these 2 softwares? Maybe there is a single software tht will do the same without having to marry up these two. What I want to be able to do is to record using my

Re: Virtual Mouse Click

2014-03-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
-space will accomplish a left click. Didn't know about the other one other than it opened a contextual menu but vo-shift-m will do a control click, the mac equivalent to right click. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 19/03/2014 21:46, Eleanor Burke wrote

Screen Capture

2014-03-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
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 You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive:

Re: Minimising Maximising on the Mac

2014-03-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
of these. In terms of minimising windows try using command M or alternatively command H to hide a window. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 20 March 2014 08:39 To: OS X iOS

Emoticons

2014-03-20 Thread Eleanor Burke
Firstly forgive the spelling. Secondly is it possible to use these on the Mac? i am actually wondering if like the iPhone they are already there and just need inserting in to a message or e-mail. Eleanor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your

Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
I am having problems accessing links, headings etc on the web in an effecient manner. Quick Nav is turned on and I have also checked that navagating by single character is checked. Now my problems are that the only way I am able to navigate a page is by using the right arrow so 10 presses of

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
and the right bracket together. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2014, at 5:32 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: I am having problems accessing links, headings etc on the web in an effecient manner. Quick Nav is turned on and I have also checked that navagating by single

Re: poor results tap tap see

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
Try another app instead William. - Original Message - From: William Lomas w.d.lo...@btinternet.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:19 PM Subject: poor results tap tap see hi all i note that with tap tap see when one pays for the

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Beginner's Questions The Web Lol no problem, no you don't have to use the voice over plus u command, you can just use the arrow keys and it will take you through the roter options Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Sorry to be stupid here, do you mean after I press vo and u to navagate this way with the arrow keys? - Original Message - From: Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
can use the voiceover search function and try to find the text that the link contains… Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Yes but what I want is to cut time and instead of arrowing down through all the links say, I want to ump

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
. On Mar 19, 2014, at 5:32 AM, Eleanor Burke wrote: I am having problems accessing links, headings etc on the web in an effecient manner. Quick Nav is turned on and I have also checked that navagating by single character is checked. Now my problems are that the only way I am able to navigate

Re: Beginner's Questions The Web

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
on, andhave vo functions assigned to the arrow keys) and each right arrow press gets me the next chunk of text. Simple and convinient. hth. On Mar 19, 2014, at 5:32 AM, Eleanor Burke wrote: I am having problems accessing links, headings etc on the web in an effecient manner. Quick Nav is turned

Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
also that about using the quick nav feature? You can assign commands to quick nag to get to things faster such as links headings lists and check boxes and text fields.On Mar 19, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Ah well I don't have a number pad so culd not do

Re: Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Is anyone using virus protection on the Mac or just leaving it to Apple's security.- Original Message - From: isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 19

Re: Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
. Any comments and questions can be left on the show notes page. On Mar 19, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Was it expensive? - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net

Virtual Mouse Click

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
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 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

Re: Recording on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Is this app just for the Mac or for iOS devices generally? How accessable is it? - Original Message - From: isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, March 12

Re: Virtual Mouse Click

2014-03-19 Thread Eleanor Burke
Subject: Re: Virtual Mouse Click 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

Radio Volume and VO Volume

2014-03-18 Thread Eleanor Burke
If I am listening to the radio and want to increase the volume, how do I do this independent of the voice over volume please? --- 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

Re: Radio Volume and VO Volume

2014-03-18 Thread Eleanor Burke
tried them yet. Hth. Jake JAKE JOEHL jajo...@att.net On Mar 18, 2014, at 4:54 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: If I am listening to the radio and want to increase the volume, how do I do this independent of the voice over volume please? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi Colin, I checked the below and single character is checked. Is there anything I need to do with the button? Eleanor - Original Message - From: Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 8:59 AM

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
overall a breeze as I can just use it one handed thanks to quicknav. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 23:33, Eleanor Burke wrote: Are you saying I can use quick nav instead of using the locked vo keys? - Original Message - From: Chris Apple boy

Re: Zoom on the Mac verses Zoomtext

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
16, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: for Zoom. However, one thing I do notice is that as I use reverse colours, black background and white text, the mouse is white too, however, unless I have the window maxamised, then the white mouse can get lost in the area

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
-right arrows together until it says words or characters. To navigate simply use the up or down arrow keys, not together but individually. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 17/03/2014 11:03, Eleanor Burke wrote: How do I use quick nav for words and characters

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
! On 17/03/2014 11:00, Eleanor Burke wrote: Hi Colin, I checked the below and single character is checked. Is there anything I need to do with the button? Eleanor - Original Message - From: Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent

Re: Zoom on the Mac verses Zoomtext

2014-03-17 Thread Eleanor Burke
, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Brian, I wonder if there are any keyboard commands to control Zoomtext, e.g. increasing and decreasing the magnification and exiting Zoomtext. I did resolve the mouse issue by increasing the speed. --- Mac Access At Mac

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
Is Adium available through the Mac app store? How much does it cost? - Original Message - From: Sean Murphy smur7...@bigpond.net.au To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Adium as of today Adium I use all the time.

Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, to clarify, can I simply lock the voice over keys when I open my Mac and keep them locked for the duration? or do I just lock the voice over keys when I want to do a command like interacting with a table where it requires both hands? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply

Zoom on the Mac verses Zoomtext

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi All, while I have not tried out Zoomtext at a cost of £375 (not even tried the demo) as I now know how to use Zoom on the Mac and would never dream of spending that amount of money for Zoom. However, one thing I do notice is that as I use reverse colours, black background and white text,

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
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 you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 20:18, Eleanor Burke wrote: Hi All, to clarify, can

Re: Beginner's Clarification On Voice Over Keys

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
, commanders, quicknav tab. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 20:29, Eleanor Burke wrote: OK now I am not quite following you Chris, I know about quick nav but are you saying toggle it on and off as and when? I guess I can only get to know when I have

Re: Adium as of today

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
free, and no. go to: http://www.adiumx.com Chris. - Original Message - From: Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:08 AM Subject: Re: Adium as of today Is Adium available through the Mac app store

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Eleanor Burke
by going to System Preferences / Accessibility / Zoom. That same preference pane lists the available hotkeys for toggling Zoom and for zooming in and out. Are these hotkeys not working on your system? Bryan On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Brian

Re: trying to sync with my iPhone on my new iPad Mini

2014-03-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
to keep that switch set for quick muting on the iPad. Cheers Thuy Sent from my iPad On 15 Mar 2014, at 12:57, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Isnt there a physical orientation lock button on the side near the volume on the iPad? There is one on my iPad mini. - Original

Face Book App

2014-03-15 Thread Eleanor Burke
What accessable Face Book App are people using on their Mac? --- 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

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-14 Thread Eleanor Burke
guessing you’re new to the mac and the concept of interacting with objects? Its a bit different from the PC/JAWS world. You need to get into the habit of exploring thoroughly the interface of any new window/app/dialog. On Mar 13, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-14 Thread Eleanor Burke
Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 14 March 2014 09:13 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Magnification with Mac I am now at the Mac but I did do exactly what you say below and I could not find an option related to the Zoom. - Original Message - From: Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com To: Mac

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
-based screenreader. There is, however, a magnification feature in Voiceover that has a range of magnification every bit as wide as Zoomtext. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Eleanor Burke wrote: Anyone on this list using Zoomtext on their Mac? I am

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
, richie Gardenhire richie.gardenh...@gmail.com wrote: Zoomtext is a Windows-based screenreader. On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Eleanor Burke wrote: Anyone on this list using Zoomtext on their Mac? I am interested in obtaining a copy and running it in Demo mode but would like to find out first how

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
: Magnification with Mac I use zoom text on MAC. I don’t like the one comes with mac. If I where you I would buy it. The zoom text on mac the magnification is more clea then the one comes with mac. On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Why

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