Greetings,
I'm teaching myself c++ so as to unrust my programming skills, and attempting
to come up with the most painless way to test the sample programs and practice
exercises in the text.
I know a little about building via the command line using G++, but it seems
that taking the long term
Hi Paul and Paula,
To expand on Paula's advice, this article describes how to dictate punctuation
including line breaks, caps, etc. It is applicable for both Siri and the
Dragon app (which I long ago deleted). BTW, Siri does appear to know all the
cuss words (not that I ever utter them :) ).
Go into settings - general - accessibility - voiceOver and toggle the switch
labeled: Speak Notifications in Lock Screen.
HTH.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Terry Cooper
To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility'
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 8:31 AM
Subject: Automatic reading of
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Automatic reading of text
Actually I don't think that will work. Mine is on as well and it will still
read them when the screen is not locked. Drives me nuts.
On Jan 6, 2012, at 8:35 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote
Hi Eric,
I am seeing alerts from WeatherRadio in my 4S's notification center. It was
not clear to me from your initial post that you checked this, though its likely
that you have. Anyway, for what its worth, verify that the app (s) in question
appear under settings - notifications - heading
keep it with me very much so I
really miss having the notifications on my phone.
Everyones thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
Eric Caron
On Dec 23, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Eric,
I am seeing alerts from WeatherRadio in my 4S's notification center
Greetings y'all,
Navigon NorthAmerica 2.01 was released on Monday, and I would presume there are
applicable updates for other world wide offerings.
VoiceOver was specifically mentioned in their documentation of recent changes,
so hopefully the sluggishness will abate for those who are not
According to my talking kitchen scale, my 64 GB 4S weighed .1 oz more than my
32 GB 3GS. I didn't think to try metric weights, but that would equal
approximately 3 grams. Perhaps the greater storage capacity or the 4s
processor chip accounted for the disparity in our observations? Despite
Hi Glenn,
The diameter of the 4S lends was increased along with a nearly tripling in
resolution (8MP vs 5MP). To help explain why 8 is nearly three times greater
than 5, remember your exponents and consider a square inch with five dots per
inch. You would need 25 dots (5*5) to fill that
for one would not have understood the instructions below
unless I already knew what the person was attempting to convey.
On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings y'all,
This afternoon I took a trip via Para transit. I pulled the
destination up in favorites, set
Perception of accessibility is subjective, however, to reiterate my prior
post on this topic, I believe that for those using an iPhone 4S, Navigon 2.0
is absolutely no less accessible than the previous version. While its true
that its no longer possible to cancel a route or change the speed
Hi Deb,
As you explore the live chat window you'll notice an item identified as HTML.
After interacting with that item, you can peruse the entire history.
HTH.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Deb Lewis
To: mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:43 PM
Maybe because it was almost 50% cheaper?
- Original Message -
From: Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Fusion 4.1
Hello Sarah
Why did you buy it on DVD?
Hi Sarah,
where did you find that? Their site shows a promotional price of $50.
Thanks and best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 4:08 PM
Subject: Re:
with the correct contact, it worked fine. BTW, the same thing
was happening with text tones too.
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@mac-access.net
On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
This one is hard to describe, and I've not yet ascertained a pattern
presentable to Apple
This is an interesting discussion. I will see what happens on my 4S when I
actively follow a route. Meanwhile, when playing with this yesterday, my
initial impression was that I could easily get to all the settings and plan
routes. I even had access to GPS data which was invisible
Hello Bryan and list,
As stated previously I kill the app to return to the main screen from the
active route Window. IMHO, this is acceptable as a short term work-around.
Other navigation seems to be mostly unchanged. EG from the settings window
I can double tap the map tab (on the bottom
Hi Mike,
These are all personal preference questions. Some prefer the keyboard in
landscape mode. For me, hearing VO quit reading or ducking under music to
announce portrait or landscape drives me nuts, so I locked it in landscape
mode by going into the app switcher by double tapping home,
Greetings y'all,
This afternoon I took a trip via Para transit. I set pulled the destination up
in favorites, set the route type to car and started navigation.
There were a couple other pick-ups/drop-offs along the way, resulting in the
need for a lot of rerouting. Throughout the nearly 50
this.
On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings y'all,
This afternoon I took a trip via Para transit. I set pulled the
destination up in favorites, set the route type to car and started
navigation.
There were a couple other pick-ups/drop-offs along the way, resulting
Hi Tracy,
Depending on your scenario you may not need a sim cutter. I recently
upgraded from a 3GS to a 4S using the same carrier (ATT here in the US) and
the microsim card was apparently coded to my phone number and installed in
China. From your price quotes, however you may be in the
Greetings,
Perhaps this is hard to answer on an international list, but I am seeking
suggestions about a dock for my iPhone. Last year I purchased a Logitech
Pure-fi. I was very impressed with the size and sound, but would never
recommend this device based on my experience. I believe I was
support. I sure they would be willing to help. HTH
Bubba
bubbatheg...@gmail.com
-Original Message-
From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Geoff Waaler
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:06 PM
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Subject
say that their cables work for all cases except the Otterbox cases.)
Geoff Waaler ordered one of these directly from CableJive when he had to be
on a waiting list before the first batch was produced well over a year ago.
In addition to the dockXtender product that came out in May 2010
points and we
should not loose our skills we've learned when we use seri. I'm not a seri user
at all, not yet but I will see myself using it every day when I do get my new
phone in 6 months.
On Oct 30, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Are you two serious? The natural extension
As useful and fun as I find Siri, Apple needs to address a few apparent bugs
related to using Siri and voiceOver.
The reader will observe that when voiceover is turned off:
1. Lift to speak is more reliable -- hardly perfect, but lots more consistent.
2. Siri begins listening automatically upon
to improve as
time goes on.
TC :)
james
On 30 Oct 2011, at 23:07, Geoff Waaler wrote:
As useful and fun as I find Siri, Apple needs to address a few apparent
bugs related to using Siri and voiceOver.
The reader will observe that when voiceover is turned off:
1. Lift
Hi Eric,
Sadly, I left my keyboard at my Mother's place, hence won't have access to it
for a while. In my testing under IOS4, the on-screen keyboard (which
presumably would include the dictate button) was unavailable whenever the BT
keyboard was on and paired. I noticed that after some
Hi Chris,
Its in the middle of the status bar. VO output no longer is emitted through
the loud speaker during calls, so you have to listen hard and hope the other
party isn't talking to loudly. To me, this is still better than the old way
where the person you're talking with hears everything
: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Checking the time whilst on a call
people have never been able to hear vo when in a call with me even while in
speaker phone so I'm not sure what you're talking about
--
From: Geoff Waaler
of it. That is according to the
connection I have. I would still file the bug report providing any logs you
might have.
On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
Under settings - general - Siri I have raise to speak toggled on. More
often than not, however, I do not hear
Greetings all,
As reported last week, after attempting to update the software, my Apple-tv was
only emitting static through the toslink port. When I attached it to a tv I
was able to hear vo output and navigate the menus. When ever I attempted to
update or reset I got a message indicating
a standard USB to Micro USB cable to do this. Those cables
are readily available at most computer accessory stockists.
Gordon
On 21 Oct 2011, at 17:07, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
As reported last week, after attempting to update the software, my Apple-tv
was only emitting static
HTH,
Bryan
On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Earlier today my out of warrantee mid 2010 13 inch MBP was functioning
normally. I left it powered up and unattended for a few hours. There were no
electrical storms and my MBP did not experience any spillage or shock. Now
on to this nice little
troubleshooting trick.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
HTH,
Bryan
On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Earlier today my out of warrantee mid 2010 13 inch MBP was functioning
normally. I left it powered up and unattended for a few hours
Okay, I had a neighbor help, and I apparently picked an apt subject line as the
sound was muted.
Now time to work on a recovery plan!!
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Geoff Waaler
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:54 AM
Greetings,
Earlier today my out of warrantee mid 2010 13 inch MBP was functioning
normally. I left it powered up and unattended for a few hours. There were no
electrical storms and my MBP did not experience any spillage or shock. Now,
sounds are only emitted through the headphone jack -- I
So the remote lock feature is accessible? How did you accomplish that one?
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Zachary Kline
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: iCloud.com
Hi Joe,
You're missing something,
; please don't think that. I just want to find
out why things are so very different for you.
Lynne
On 16 Oct 2011, at 02:06, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Lynne,
Like Bryan, I am getting absolutely nowhere attempting to use the iCloud
site. I've tried the latest webkit running under Lion 10.7.2
Hi Desi,
Wow, it only took me an hour, but then I reformatted my drive and went from
scratch. I gather you installed from the app store and let it migrate from SL?
Has it restarted? Did you try starting vo using command-f5? If vo is
functional it should give you some idea what's happening.
dictation speech recognition on the iphone 4s is
server based, if there is a problem with the network connection or apple's
servers, it will not work. How do you enable or disable siri, I'm assuming you
can do this in settings?
On Oct 15, 2011, at 1:32 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
My guess
I can confirm this on a 4s, so a faster processor won't help this one.
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Lewis Crack
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Papa Sanga
Hey Chris.
this is now confirmed, I tried
Hi Lynne,
Like Bryan, I am getting absolutely nowhere attempting to use the iCloud site.
I've tried the latest webkit running under Lion 10.7.2 and all the latest
available WinXP browsers (IE8, Mozilla7, and GoogleChrome14). In all instances
my experience is pretty much as Bryan describes.
Hi Matthew,
I can confirm your findings -- the folders were retained, however none of my
apps from the app store were copied to my 3GS upon upgrading IOS from 4.3.5 to
5.
In itunes, I went into the apps tab under iPhone settings and noticed that the
option to sync apps was not checked. I
Hi Lynne,
To add language to the main rotor, you would go to settings - accessibility -
voiceover - language Rotor and select more than one option. BTW, Daniel
doesn't sound all that bad to me except that he has this weird accent and
probably would refer to an elevator as a lift :).
Best
-access.net
On Oct 13, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
I assumed that was how it was suppose to work, but presumably because of
yesterday's network overload something FUBARed during the update. My problem
now is how to un-fubar it. Perhaps the next step is to connect to HDMI
://www.apple.com/support/appletv
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@mac-access.net
On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:24 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
That would be very helpful if you can find it. My theory is that it *is*
turning on because it emits static when I press a button on the remote
Greetings all,
I have an Apple tv connected to my stereo via toslink. This afternoon I
attempted to install the IOS5 update by going into settings - general - check
for updates. The first time it appeared to hang on the update button, but when
I selected it again, got a dialog asking whether
Hi Jane,
I assume you installed Chromevox from the web store? I'm not having this
problem under Lion. What kind of Mac are you using and which kitty?
Have you tried reinstalling Chrome from scratch in case something got all
fubared during the install?
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original
Your question peeked my curiosity since I've been pleasantly surprised at what
the Siri app understands.
First of all, when I launched Siri it displayed a notice that it will seas to
function on October 15. I was aware that the app was removed from the store,
but next Saturday anyone who
I'm very puzzled by a lot of the negative reaction to the 4S and suspect that
many who are now mashing their teeth would have been singing Apple's praises
had they announced an identical device, but instead named it the iPhone 5?!?!
Frankly the specs mostly conform to the iPhone 5 roomers when
Greetings all,
I read that all iPhone4 accessories are applicable for the 4S, however that
seems inconsistent with information in the announcement regarding the 4s's
larger camera aperture.
Since my Otterbox defender has paid for itself several times over in terms of
preventing damage to my
Chris,
Assuming that you're entering the wi-fi password correctly on the second phone
I would try the following in order so as to be as uninvasive possible.
1. In settings - wi-fi forget the offending network if there is an entry for
it.
2. Power cycle the router -- keep it powered down for
Hi Eric,
About six weeks ago I installed DropBox 1.1.43 which was then the current
public release. Following these lists I was under the impression that I would
need to install a beta, but perhaps their accessibility improvements made it to
the public release by the time I finally took off my
Hi Kevin,
Thanks so much for this as it did indeed resolve my ChromeVOX issue on Lion
posted in detail on Friday.
You've clearly been doing an excellent job testing and thoroughly documenting
issues for Google, and thanks to your efforts this may finally result in a
viable browsing option on
Hi Donal,
I'm no Apple fan boy as you would no doubt have surmised from my previous post,
but unlike most on this and another list I'm kind of excited. Perhaps if I
upgraded from the 3GS to the 4 last year I would feel differently, but even in
that event I would have considered the
Kevin C already brought a few of these issues to Google's attention on another
list -- specifically the cumbersome table navigation and inability to save
speech settings. This is why I wanted to give a little hat tip since I know
good testing when I see it. It may be a good idea to join one
Greetings,
Hopefully Zack or another subscriber found a workaround. I installed
GoogleChrome version 14.0.835.186 dated Sept 19 2011. Next, I opened
chrome://flags and enabled experimental APIS. I relaunched Chrome and verified
my flag setting, however when ever I attempt to open
and the two slashes
On 29 Sep 2011, at 05:35, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Orin,
Treat it as you would a URL, but instead of opening http://... you would
open chrome://flags
HTH.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Orin
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent
Hi Courtney,
I know it doesn't help you, but this went smoothly on my MBP under both SN and
Lion.
As I recall I brought my JB into pairing mode by moving the power switch to
the upper most position as you must have also done. I think it worked the same
way in SL, but I then went into
, at 6:10 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings,
When opening a scriptable dictionary file (e.g VoiceOver.sdef) the
available commands and objects are placed in a tree view. I assume
there must be a quick way to view text associated with the item in
focus, but it eludes me so far
Hey Michael,
How bout posting your payPal password for us please?
- Original Message -
From: Michael Busboom
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:14 PM
Subject: Very sorry for posting to entire list
The subject says it all. I meant for my
Greetings all,
I'm expecting an Apple tv shortly, and recall reading that the mini USB port is
not intended for use by consumers. Is this correct?
If so, presumably it's not possible to update the IOS version and I will not be
able to use it out of the box without getting someone to go into
.
We plan to do a podcast on this shortly, when Gordon is up to it.
Lynne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 16:55, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
I'm expecting an Apple tv shortly, and recall reading that the mini USB port
is not intended for use by consumers. Is this correct?
If so
the Apple TV into your network, or
configure its wifi network and the software is downloaded via the Internet.
Lynne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 20:17, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Lynne,
Thanks much for the info. I understand that IOS5 will render it possible to
update without need to connect to iTunes
Hi James,
This makes no sense, but Annie recently mentioned that she successfully
installed by running the dropbox.app file from the disk image rather than
copying it to the applications folder. This made all the difference for me --
I never tried it from terminal, but was never presented
On 21 Sep 2011, at 22:44, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi James,
This makes no sense, but Annie recently mentioned that she successfully
installed by running the dropbox.app file from the disk image rather than
copying it to the applications folder. This made all the difference for me
-- I
?
helo Geoff
iTunes doesn't see the device. You don't configure it that way. Write me
privately.
Lyne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 20:52, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Lynne,
Since your last post the little box was delivered. I didn't expect iTunes
would find it unless I first entered a WPA2 key
? :)
- Original Message -
From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup?
For the benefit of anyone following this list who might be interested
Hello Michael,
This is one of the keyboard commander defaults. In vo utility you will need to
select keyboard commander and make certain that the allow voiceOver to be
controlled with Applescripts box is checked under the general tab.
If you actually want to peruse that script, its a rather
Hi Bill,
The Apple TV has both wi-fi and an eathernet port, hence you probably would not
attach it to your iMac. Others who actually have the device may be able to
assist further but I suspect that since it will play your content on iTunes, if
you add old tv shows to your collection you can
Totally agree about MusicDoc, and more over using voiceover, one can ascertain
what's on all channels. I suspect this would be perfect for Bill's stated
requirements. For me I have the added subscription to Sirius exclusive content
such as the NFL. This year on-line only channels 661-885
Hi Paul,
I experienced random weirdness until I restarted my MBP. If you've not already
tried that, its probably worth while.
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Paul Hopewell
To: mac-access
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 11:24 AM
Subject: Drop Box question
Hi Michael,
The answer will depend on your location and needs. If I read mail headers
correctly, you posted from London. It does not appear that the nextbus site
works outside North America, but perhaps you can find an equivalent. In areas
served by NextBus, you can open a site in Safari
FWIW, I have ios 4.3.5 installed on my 3GS and am having no problems whatsoever
with the current version of Navigon NorthAmerica (v 1.82). I can't imagine
that the map disparity is a factor?
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Dónal Fitzpatrick
To: Mac OSX iOS
Gordon,
Wouldn't exploitation of the activities feature introduced in Lion possibly
serve as a work-around? That way you can have the numbers read as words in the
Mail app, but as digits everywhere else?
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Gordon Smith
To: Mac OSX
Greetings,
The MacUpdate site is offering Prizmo for $30 US today which is $20 off the
regular price.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the MacOS version is not nearly as
voiceOver friendly as the IOS app. Has anyone tried this, who might be willing
to comment on it's accessibility?
Greetings all,
Amazon's price beat Crucial, so I ordered 8GB of memory for my 13 inch mid 2010
MBP yesterday. Though I didn't request an expedited shipment it arrived today
(Sunday). Very strange, but as long as it's here I was going to try and
install it.
So I see the ten screw holes on
Thanks to Colin, Lynne and Esther for your help. I kept waiting for Colin to
arrive here in Chicago where I'm visiting my Mother but he never came, so I ran
out to Wallgreens which is a drug store chain that also carries some groceries
and other nicnacs. They had a tiny unmagnatized Phillips
Greetings all,
I'm hoping that someone out there has played with xCode and has a little time
to address a few novice questions.
I was trying to ascertain whether the IOS simulator is accessible; the sample
MoveMe project described in Apple's creating an iPhone application tutorial
apparently
Greetings all,
Some time back I believe it was Ann R who described a workable procedure to
copy a portion of a web page. Either the technique does not work in Lion or
I'm missing a step or two.
Running Lion 10.7.1 and the Aug 17 nightly webkit build I took the following
steps:
1. Define
Greetings Jim and others, Nicolai seemed to have this fixed for a while. To
read Nic's emails and some from Gordon in MSOE, you'll need to open the
attachment in notepad.
HTH.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Gordon Smith
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Sent: Monday,
Hi Bryan and others,
According to OtherWorld computing my 7,1 box can address 8GB. Since my bus
speed is 1.07 GHZ, I assume there would be an advantage installing 1333 MHZ
over the 1067 that I have?
I guess the answer to my next question depends on my normal level of disk
activity. I
Thanks for the clarifications Bryan and Gordon.
I was wondering whether the bus speed was independent of the memory -- ie upon
installing the 1333 GHZ memory I would notice a new bus speed of 1.33 GHZ.
From Gordon's comments it sounds as though that would not be the case, hence
the faster
Hi Kristeen and list,
It's like swatting a fly with a hammer, but Lion installs with iTunes 10.3.
Therefore you have the option of doing a clean reinstall of lion and decline
the iTunes update.
Best regards.
Geoff
- Original Message -
From: Kristeen Hughes
To: Mac OSX iOS
Hi Lynne,
I love the trackpad commander, but am also plagued by that problem where a
random palm touch alters the insertion point during text entry, resulting in
very amusing and hard to put back together data.
I wonder though if activities could offer a solution -- i.e. automatically turn
Greetings all,
While using SnowLeopard, I backed up my iTunes library to an external drive and
installed Lion via a DVD (HD was completely erased). I then pulled for updates
which sadly installed iTunes 10.4. Upon launching iTunes, it did not prompt
for a library.
I attempted to copy my
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