Re: More Pages strangeness

2013-08-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I just tried this and either I don't understand, or it doesn't work. If I do a mouse click (VO+Shift+SpaceBar) I find myself in Force Quit. ?? On 16/08/2013, Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for that, it will save my sanity. I am trying to be all-in on Pages for the next

Re: More Pages strangeness

2013-08-16 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
to interact with it then bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-click to bring the focus to that field. Cheers, Anne with new guide dog, Galda On 15 Aug 2013, at 19:48, Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com wrote: OK, am I a complete idiot, because I can't make head nor tail

More Pages strangeness

2013-08-15 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
OK, am I a complete idiot, because I can't make head nor tail of this! If I interact with the header or footer and enter text, it appears in the body of the text and not the header or footer! Can anyone help me? JT --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address

Anyone a DeafBlind Mac user?

2013-07-11 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I could benefit from asking a few questions of a DeafBlind Mac user - this is related to my job. If anyone can help, please get in tuch: jonathan.ty...@gmail.com Thanks. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: Anyone a DeafBlind Mac user?

2013-07-11 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
- Original Message - From: Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date sent: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:16:08 +0100 Subject: Anyone a DeafBlind Mac user? I could benefit from asking a few questions of a DeafBlind Mac user - this is related to my

Re: Anyone a DeafBlind Mac user?

2013-07-11 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
...@btinternet.com wrote: I am deaf and blind. What is the issue? David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Tyrer Sent: 11 July 2013 17:16 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Anyone

Re: VoiceOver and IOS7.

2013-06-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Do you really need an answer to this question? Surely, if you sit in a dark room, on your own, in silence, and ask yourself this question, you will find the answer. I'd be amazed if anyone risked there primary phone with a very early beta version of the oS. On 12/06/2013, Geoff Waaler

Re: Installing Lion or Later

2012-08-04 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Not wanting to point out the obvious, but aren't we on the Internet now? On 04/08/2012, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Ah thanks. will try this. will it format with the guid partition and stuff? I assume it will. lol! When I tried this with the old version of carbon cloner and lion

Re: BUYING A MAC.

2012-07-07 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
If funds are tight, then you really need to ask yourself if a Mac is for yu. Macs are lovely machines, but you can get a lot more for your money by buying a Windows machine and using a screen reader such as NVDA. At this moment in time, Macs are expensive play machines. JT On 07/07/2012,

Re: Why do blind people like the iPad?

2012-05-26 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Lame! On 20/05/2012, Chris Moore moor...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I was so waiting for someone to comment on that :) On 20 May 2012, at 16:18, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Jane! Well Sorry about this but Fanny has a different meaning here! A better term could be Butt or Bumbag! Just one of those

Re: My PC died

2012-02-10 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Kristeen If you have a Pc and a screen reader you know how to use, together with some apps you need to use, then there is no advantage at all in replaceing your PC with a Mac. There is nothing you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC. Addedd to this is the time it will take to learn a new

Notebook app

2012-01-23 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Has anyone any experience of using the Mac app Notebook? Also, has anyone had any success with any of the other note-taking apps such as Evernote that have versions for both Mac and iPhone? I've been using Notational Velocity with SimpleNote, but I don't like SimpleNote and would like to use a

Re: tv guide on the i-phone

2012-01-18 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I use TV Plus, it's really useful and even allows me to set my Sky+ recordings. Now you mention it, it doesn't tell you the channel numbers, but it's never been a problem. Before getting this app, I used to pay for MyDigiGuide.com, it used to seem worth the money. Now I just use TV Plus for all

Re: story mill.

2012-01-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
It's cool that there's an app of this sort that is useable. It would be great if you could do a write-up for the Mac section of AppleVis. JT On 06/01/2012, Ian McNamara ianandri...@googlemail.com wrote: Mac app. It's fantastic i like it just learning how to use it properly. Ian McNamara ---

Re: the i-phone 4 s and phone calls

2012-01-02 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
This is a strange one, I was totally in the same boat as you with my iPone 4 - it was unuseable without the workarounds you mentioned. I still had people saying it wasn't happening to them and that it was just me! Now have a 4S and I can say it is a lot lot better. I can't say it never

Re: the i-phone 4 s and phone calls

2012-01-02 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
On 02/01/2012, Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com wrote: This is a strange one, I was totally in the same boat as you with my iPone 4 - it was unuseable without the workarounds you mentioned. I still had people saying it wasn't happening to them and that it was just me! Now have a 4S

catchup TV/On Demand on Mac

2011-12-27 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I've been unable to watch anything on the BBC iPlayer, ITVPlayer or 4OD on the Mac. I can use all three services on my Windows machine and my wife can use them on her Mac - she's not a VO user. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? I can't believe none of these sites work with VO on a Mac, that

Re: Some concerns about Adium

2011-11-08 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
with sounds and speech, for example you can set up an event which will play a sound when your friend has written a message and read that message out to you. On 07/11/2011, at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: I've been told by people on this list that Adium is a good accessible with VO messenger client

bbc.co.uj/iplayer

2011-11-08 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I'm over tired and feeling a bit dozy. Maybe that's why I can't use the iplayer online? I'm not seeing the usual play/pause buttons Etc. that I see with JAWS. Help? JT --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You

Re: bbc.co.uj/iplayer

2011-11-08 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I'm a bit confused, Flash works on Macs, but not on IOS. My wife watches things on the web inlayer all the time. do you just mean it won't work with VoiceOver? Jonathan On 08/11/2011, Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk wrote: Hello Jonathan, Presumably you are asking about the BBC iPlayer

Some concerns about Adium

2011-11-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I've been told by people on this list that Adium is a good accessible with VO messenger client. Well guys, I guess I'm not using it right and I really need some help. Once I've seen a friend of mine is online and have pressed Enter on there's details and sent them a message, how do I know when

Re: bluetooth keybboard commands

2011-10-31 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I think there's a list on AppleVis.com - not sure if it's been updated. JT On 31/10/2011, Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: anyhone know where to get a list of the key commands for VO, using the blluetooth keyboard on IOS? thanks! i heard there's new ones, so... :) Sent from my iPhone

Re: Apple and Windows

2011-10-31 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
HI Niam I have only one word of advice, if you need to carry on using Microsoft Office, you'll need to run Windows. Otherwise, you can go all mac all the time. There are other office suites that work with the Mac, but I'm talking about professional MS Office use that is business critical. Oh I

indepth guide on using Pages with VO?

2011-10-31 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Is there such a thing as an in-depth gide on creating documents using Pages as a VoiceOver user? If not, would you be willing to pay for such a thing and how much would you be willing to pay? Jonathan --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Siri - is it me or is it you?

2011-10-30 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I've had an iPhone 4S for three days now. Getting Siri wasn't my reason for getting the phone, but I was looking forward to using it. I have to say, I'm very underwhelmed so far. OK, I accept that the business search feature isn't available in the UK, but it also told me that turn-by-turn

Re: new to mac

2011-10-26 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Hi It might be that your Downloads file is being displayed as a Stack - I'm not really sure what that is, but to sort it out do this: go to the Dock using VO+d move to the Files section using FN+DownArrow activate the context menu using Shift+VO+m then you want to check the options for view as

Re: Radio player that works on iphone in the UK

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
anyone recommend a easy to use radio player for the iphone 4s. I want to be able to get all the BBC stations, -Original Message-amongst others. Thanks. Terry From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Tyrer Sent: 16

Re: User manual for iphone 4s

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Not that I know of, not an entire manual. But the free book on iBooks is really good and all the diagrams have descriptions you can easily follow. Jonathan On 17/10/2011, Terry Cooper terrycoope...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Is there a user guide that concentrates more from the perspective of a vo

Re: Unable to Fully Delete contacts on My iPhone

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Have you actually found the delete contact button? I know it used to be hard to find, often not appearing if you are just flicking right/left. From memory, it's bottom right, in a bit and up a bit. Hope this helps or I might be way off track. Jonathan On 17/10/2011, Matthew Chao

Anyone got an opinion on compact voice and performance?

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
It feels like the compact voice responds quicker on my iPhone 4 and that when I switch to the big voice, it becomes more sluggish - kinda obvious. I'm not sure if I'm just imagining it and using it as an excuse to upgrade to a 4S though. I'm using the big voice on my iPad 2 and it's fine, which

I'm really struggling with Adeum

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I'm trying to chat with a friend. I've gone into the program, found her line in the Contacts table and seen she's online. I've pressed Enter and found myself in a Edit field within a box. I type a message and press Enter and she sees my message. She replies and I don't get anything. Can anyone

Re: Personal Hotspot Creation

2011-10-17 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Strange, it is and always has been on my main sessint page, right after WiFi. Jonathan On 17/10/2011, Lewis Crack lewiscr...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Gordon. Yes, sorry forgot to mention that, it's under Settings, then General, Then Network, then Personal Hotspot. Regards. Lewis. On 17

QuickNav question

2011-10-16 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
When I turn on QuickNav, none of the single letter commands seem to work on web pages, what am I doing wrong? Jonathan --- 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: QuickNav question

2011-10-16 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
. Hope this helps Cheers Thuy Sent from my iPhone On 16 Oct 2011, at 21:52, Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com wrote: When I turn on QuickNav, none of the single letter commands seem to work on web pages, what am I doing wrong? Jonathan --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-13 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
else. Regards, Nic On Oct 13, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: Why not try ading US English or whatever to the language rotor and changeing it that way? I think that if you do that, there's no need to mess around with the regional settings - mine switches happily between British

Re: an upcoming podcast on itunes

2011-10-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I'm struggling to see any differences to be honest. give me a clue? JT On 12/10/2011, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Ok I took for ever to edit it but at 9 am Pacific time my podcast on a glance at iTunes 10.5 will be coming. I go over the positives and negatives in the app and

Will you help me create accessible Mac app list?

2011-10-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I've been asked to put together a list of Mac apps that are useable with VoiceOver. I'd be really grateful to anyone who can let me know what apps they use, what they do and how usable they really are - are they fully useable or do they need a bit of work. I already know about the basic apps -

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Not yet, but I'm glad the premium voice is her - I hate Daniel! JT On 12/10/2011, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: hi has anyone gotten hq samantha here in the UK on ios five? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I read it downloads the Premium voice when your plugged into the mains - tried that? JT On 12/10/2011, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: all I can get is daniel On Oct 12, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: Not yet, but I'm glad the premium voice is her - I hate Daniel

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-12 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Why not try ading US English or whatever to the language rotor and changeing it that way? I think that if you do that, there's no need to mess around with the regional settings - mine switches happily between British and US English voices on IOS 5. Best wishes. Jonathan On 12/10/2011, Mrs.

Twitter on OS X?

2011-10-11 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Is it me or is the official Twitter client for OS X useless? Coming to OS X from and iPhone, it still surprises me how many apps on are unuseable compared to iPhone apps and how if they are unuseable, they are really unuseable. there's no sorta kinda getting something to work like there is with

Re: Twitter on OS X?

2011-10-11 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
, authorize the app, and you're on your way. You can explore the menus and get keyboard shortcuts for just about everything. Jane On Oct 11, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: Is it me or is the official Twitter client for OS X useless? Coming to OS X from and iPhone, it still surprises me

Re: I think I already have iPhone 4S!

2011-10-10 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: I just held down my home button and said, call John Smith. The iPone replied, John Smith, home or work? --- 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: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
OMG! I'm glad it's morning. Apple is a company that produces products to sell. If you odn'don't want to buy them, don't. Luckilly it's not yet against the law to choos not to upgrade your phone. I love the living in the real world bit. God bless. Jonathan On 06/10/2011, william lomas

I think I already have iPhone 4S!

2011-10-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I just held down my home button and said, call John Smith. The iPone replied, John Smith, home or work? JT --- 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: iphone 4s

2011-10-05 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I seriusly love to hear how Android is more accessible. Maybe you'd let me know off-list? JT On 05/10/2011, Dane trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: I'm not going to comment much on this as its getting to be off topic but your comment is very subjective. Some may say that the Android

Re: Apple TV isn't accessible for blind people

2011-09-04 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
Maybe instead of being so bloody superior and laughing up your sleeves at the poor pled who isn’t lucky enough to be one of the chosen Dane, you should contact him and offer him some assistance. Then, he to can enjoy the benefits of what is most certainly an accessible and most excellent device.

Re: Apple TV isn't accessible for blind people

2011-09-04 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
of accessibility thus avoiding any further confusion. On 5/09/2011 4:01 AM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: Maybe instead of being so bloody superior and laughing up your sleeves at the poor pled who isn’t lucky enough to be one of the chosen Dane, you should contact him and offer him some assistance