I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. I realize that there is no Armenian
voice in Voiceover and the Armenian Braille is not supported by the Mac. With
that said, does anyone know of any 3rd party apps or scripts or anything that
one could download to at least have access to Armenian braille on
hopefully, since this is Apple related, this isn't o/t. I apologize if it is.
I'd like to learn more about the Apple TV and how it increases accessibility
for the blind with regards to TV watching. Who can tell me more, or point me to
a blindness resource where I can learn more? Also, I have Cab
Hi guys,
I'm trying to add Facebook friends to custom lists I've made. So far, it's
doable but super slow, Facebook has given me tons of accessibility crap with
this. I can't find a way to do it in the iPhone app without going through my
entire friends list and hand selecting everyone. FB's full
Hi guys,
Do you know of an accessible online meeting platform, like a conference call
line except for an online platform instead of a phone one? I'd like to use
something like webx or gotomeeting for my direct selling businesses, but not
sure if there's a VO friendly one out there.
Thanks
Laur
Hi all, question. You know how groups have tags that help people find that
particular group when they search for certain terms and stuff. How do you
create tags for your group with Voiceover? I know that under the edit settings
is where you go to create tags, and using FB's normal site, not thei
t that works in Safari on the Mac.
>>
>> Lastly, while the folks at FB are undeniably making great strides in terms
>> of site accessibility, I have a sense that they are still prone to making
>> random, unannounced back-end changes that alter the layout and behavior of
>&g
it in ios, how ever that won't help here. lol!
>
> Take care of yourself and be blessed.
> On Jun 16, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> I know this might be a dumb question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway. How do I
>> tag somebody by first name
y with
> this as I am not sure either how to do this and also cannot get this done.
>
> I know how to do it in ios, how ever that won't help here. lol!
>
> Take care of yourself and be blessed.
> On Jun 16, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>>
I know this might be a dumb question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway. How do I tag
somebody by first name only on Facebook? Like I'll see people tagged in
something and only their first name shows up. Also, I know how to tag people in
a status, but how do I do so in a comment? The directions I find
Hi all,
I think my mac charger just died tonight. It quit working, and I know it's not
my computer, the plug it was connected to or anything else. I borrowed my Mom's
mac charger, and that worked, but mine wouldn't work. So, how common is it for
a mac charger to suddenly quit working like that w
Hi guys,
When I use the mail app on my iPhone I can have a set signature that gets
inserted directly at the end of my message, but i can't seem to make that work
on the mac the same way. I'd like to have a set signature at the bottom of my
email messages. I tried this once before but it placed m
back door type way to
get this voice installed on a mac, it's just, we haven't found it yet. Thoughts?
Laurel
On May 8, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
> This voice is very good, from the little I know about Hebrew. It is for NVDA.
> Salome in Yeshuah.
>
>
>>
Hi guys,
I ran across an interesting piece of information today regarding a Hebrew voice
for text to speech solutions. Apparently, Nuance has developed recently and put
out a Hebrew voice, named Carmit. This voice is available on windows and
Android platforms. Now, what makes this interesting is
it on both my desktop and my phone and all my favorites are right
>>> there. Not sure if you use a mac or not but the phone app is nice Take a
>>> look. Hope that helps.
>>>> On May 7, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
Tim, what is Radium? I use Tune In almost every day, so I'm sad to see that I
can't use the latest update.
Laurel
On May 7, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Tim Emmons wrote:
> Looks like Radium more and more on this end, Lol. I hate they broke it. Maybe
> they'll get it fixed but I think I'll use Radium more
hem when signing into Skype. I have mine set to just show online contacts
> and it shows all online contacts.
> On May 4, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have been using the Adium messenger in order to do Facebook chatting for
>>
feel like happiness is the truth!
>
> On 04/05/2014 20:50, Laurel and Stockard wrote:
>> Thanks Chris, I actually got it to work. :-)
>> The rest of y'all, I'm sorry for posting multiple messages, I just took
>> awhile to get things to work.
>>
>> As fo
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 messenger in order to do Facebook chatting for
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 wro
Apple boy wrote:
> 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, La
Hi all,
I have been using the Adium messenger in order to do Facebook chatting for the
last several months. I'm not satisfied with it though and I want to find a
different app to connect to my facebook on my mac so that I can chat with it. I
have 2 facebook accounts, one is my primary account an
My dad and I are starting a business, we're looking at the Quickbook program
for record keeping, transaction record keeping and credit card processing in
combination with Intuit. Is there anybody who has had experience with Quickbook
and can speak to its accessibility?
Laurel
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band. Of course,
> I did all this under the old garage band. But I think it will be the same
> situation for the new garage band.
>
> Sent from my IPhone
>
>
>> On Apr 21, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Christopher,
>> What
Hey guys,
Under the library browser in Garageband, I am able to see my virtual
instruments that I can choose and play. Via online reading I've seen several
instrument options, world instruments for example, that I don't have and want.
I've looked for the directory of Garageband files to see just
nd
> reinstalled and attempted at least 3 or 4 times over the past few months to
> get it working, but I never was very impressed with what I got with it.
>
> I dono though, maybe XPand2 has just spoiled me in ProTools, along with the
> Piano Tech 4 Stage plugin.
>
> Chris.
&g
This is a music app for the mac available from the app store. I know it can be
used by itself, and its sounds, instruments and loops, can be used with
Garageband. Does anybody in this community have any information regarding the
Mainstage app's accessibility? I'm primarily interested in the soft
Hi everyone,
So, I noticed while installing updates this morning that Apple, as of about
March 20, has updated Garage Band for the mac. Supposedly, this update includes
improvements to the app's accessibility/voiceover. Has anybody played with it
lately, and does anybody have any specific inform
Hi Gordon and all,
Currently, I'm using wordpress.org in combination with iPage.com to build a
website. I'm glad you mentioned some of the other web building platforms out
there as I might find them helpful in the future. My question sort of branches
off this topic, hence the subject change.
Wha
on the 404 error messages Thise are not my doing.
> Heha.
>
> Good luck.
> On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>> So, upon discovering straight from the Samnet Socializer people that it's
>> not built for the mac, not
Hi guys,
So, upon discovering straight from the Samnet Socializer people that it's not
built for the mac, not generally accessible with the mac, and not recommended
for mac, I've decided not to buy. So, that brings me to my subject here. I was
going to use Samnet for the personal website feature
u can sign up for a free seven
> day subscription to try all of the features of sam net and I don't think you
> will look back hope this helps
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of
So, I'm looking at using Samnet Socializer sold by Serotek. I've heard it can
help me better access social media as well as blog and run a personal website.
Do any of you use this with the mac, iPad and iPhone and with Voiceover? Would
you recommend this product? And finally, how compatible is t
t; <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html>
>> or at the public Mail Archive:
> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>.
>
> On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>> I'm having trouble searching face
Hi all,
I'm having trouble searching facebook, specifically searching for groups to
join, using Voiceover in Safari on the mac. Does anybody have any tips for how
to use this function? Also, where can the archives for this list be found and
searched? I believe there are a few other pieces of inf
To piggy back off your question, could somebody tell me how to use the mac to
iMessage? I know it's possible, I'm just not sure how to set it up.
Laurel
On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been using iMessage lately and its a sure improvement on the standard
> SMS
my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sarah, I do use the track pad commander to change roter options like
>> navigating by word, paragraph etc, is there a way to customize this to add a
>> language option?
>>
an access it with a turn of the rotor clockwise whilst holding down the
> vo keys. . to turn it off reverse the jester.
>
> The track pad commander will work similarly on the mac as it does with ios
> with some additional jesters.
>
> Take care.
> On Feb 9, 2014, a
Hi guys,
So, I work with 4 or 5 different languages everyday, and I'm a huge fan of the
language roter on the iPhone/iPad. It's really helpful to do one simple gesture
and change the voiceover language. Is there a language roter on the mac that I
can use? I do know how to do the command option c
opping up. I can see though where this really would be confusing. I know
>> at first for me it sure was. I was like... OK, where on earth's that other
>> window, for goodness sake!
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Laurel an
my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, but you know what, I think your suggestion about command plus accent
>> and then command plus / is just what I was looking for. Somebody aught to
>> create a voi
can press the command plus slash key to go to your contacts, and command
> plus the accent key to go through your windows.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I've noticed that adium periodica
rom my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> I've tried for example command plus the number 1, and it won't do anything.
>> I know that once I find the conversation, it's in the html content, but
>>
ones out there? I've only found ones
from years ago.
Laurel
On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Laurel and Stockard
wrote:
> I've tried for example command plus the number 1, and it won't do anything. I
> know that once I find the conversation, it's in the html conte
any of the number keys on the keyboard to
> go to that conversation. The message is in the HTML content.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>> It's been a while since I've use
Hey guys,
It's been a while since I've used Adium messenger for the mac, but I've started
using it again. So, question. When somebody sends me a message, I can't seem to
figure out where the message is for me to view, unless I click on my contacts
name to see if it came from them or not. When it
; Anyway, the link for the MV-DEV list is:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/mv-dev
>
> From recent activity, I would think you'll have much better luck if you
> repost over there, and I will definitely follow the thread!!
>
> Best regards.
> Geoff
>
>
>
Hi guys, so, I found a tutorial on starting out with Xcode by Apple. It starts
by having you create a simple to do list app. I've made it as far as the
"create storyboard" heading section, but now I'm stuck. Could somebody who is
good at Xcode/with voiceover take a look at this and help me get u
tricks that you guys know of would be really
helpful!
Laurel and Stockard
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Hi all, hopefully this reply will send and my email is now working. Phill, are
these directions for the previous, non mavericks, version of garage band? I
didn't have garage band before mavericks, and only was able to get it after
getting mavericks. I can't seem to get the instrument list popped
erent email other than my Laurel.Stockert email which showed in the
from field. Any help or suggestions on this would be greatly a
ppreciated.
Thanks
Laurel and Stockard
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cursor keys to move through the open Windows of Skype, when you find the one
> you want press the return key.
>
> Note that Voiceover will tell you which is the current window etc.
>
>
> On 19 Dec 2013, at 8:43 am, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I
Hey guys,
I use skype a lot and have a question. I know for sighted people, there's a way
to make each skype chat conversation open in a new window. Is there a way to do
this with voiceover, so I can just tab, or command tab, my way through may chat
windows with skype? I think it would be easier
want as right now I feel like I've been
> kicked by a mule. lol!
>
> Basically you will do that and choose your agent to be firefox 11 for
> windows. This will make the page radically different and easy to use.
>
> Tc all and be blessed.
> On Dec 16, 2013, at 1:41 PM, L
easier to deal with.
>>
>> I don’t think this is a vo issue, though, rather an issue with facebook
>> accessability itself. they are constantly changing the interface over
>> there, etc.
>> Caitlyn
>>
>>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>>
Hi all,
What's the best way to make facebook accessible on the mac using voiceover? I
mean, I can navigate ok, but really, it's not as accessible as I would like it
to be. I know it has been discussed here a long time ago, but just real quick,
anybody have any suggestions as far as anything I ca
ing headsets if
> this is the case.
> Best,
> Zack.
> On 12/16/2013 12:45 PM, Laurel and Stockard wrote:
>> HI guys,
>> I'm running OS 10 Mavericks on my mac, and lately, I've noticed that iTunes
>> will open just randomly. Like without me pressing any keys,
HI guys,
I'm running OS 10 Mavericks on my mac, and lately, I've noticed that iTunes
will open just randomly. Like without me pressing any keys, or doing anything
to open it. Sometimes, music will start playing without me even doing anything
to open it, and sometimes not. Has anybody else experi
think to get this working, and probably
will even be impossible, but on that note, I'll let others maybe with more
knowledge than I comment.
>
> Again, this is not in any respect meant to down your level of knowledge, I
> just think you're personally gonna get very very fru
rough apt to do that. You might be able to pipe a command
> through grep and figure it out. Not knowing the package, nor having the
> documentation in front of me, it's kind of hard to really guide you
> specifically.
>
> Chris.
>
>
> Chris.
>
> - Or
Linux distro like Ubuntu/Debian, or
> Fedora, etc. So yeah...
>
> In summation, it's possible, but don't hold your breath to it.
>
> Chris.
>
> - Original Message - From: "Laurel and Stockard"
>
> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility"
t/sources.list is probably totally
> different from the repos you'd find in a Linux distro like Ubuntu/Debian, or
> Fedora, etc. So yeah...
>
> In summation, it's possible, but don't hold your breath to it.
>
> Chris.
>
> - Original Message - From:
t and then we'd have ourselves a Hebrew
voice for voiceover.
Anybody interested?
Laurel
On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:48 AM, meadowlark77 wrote:
> I'm with you there. Hebrew would be beautiful with our iPhone. Why not?
>
> Take care,
>
> Brenda
>
> mailto:meadowlar...@c
So, I'm looking at an open source program that would help me with learning
another language. Here's the thing, it says the program is for windows or
lennox though, but, I've been told that Lenox is pretty similar to actual OS 10
Mavericks. So, as my subject line says, could an open source progra
a search for the list
> "macvisionaries" , and then search that list for things like "fusion" "screen
> readers" etc
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I need somebody to help m
text-to-speech programs.
>> As an African-American, myself, I would like nothing better, male or
>> female, although African-American female voices are probably harder to pin
>> a dialect down because of different inflexions from various parts of the
>> country.
>>
&g
bout specifically how voices
> are recorded to build text to speach engines. One of my bucket list life
> dreams would be to work creating voiceover voices in other languages that I
> speak, like Hebrew for example.
> Laurel
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:
>
&g
Hey guys,
Sorry for all the questions tonight, I'm just doing a lot of computer work.
Now, this'll be the last one, I promise. :-)
I know the subject sounds weird, but I have a friend who is looking for a voice
for voiceover on the mac that speaks, in her words, more of an African American
sound
Josh Gregory wrote:
> It's probably a lot to do though…
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>> wrote:
>>
>> Oh that's cool, so I'm assuming that even for the different languages and
>> all,
r and
>> it’s not fun, but it is worth it in the end.
>>
>> Take care.
>>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Laurel and Stockard
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, sorry, but curiosity got the best of me. As my subject says, how does
>>> apple create it
Ok, sorry, but curiosity got the best of me. As my subject says, how does apple
create it's voiceover voices?
I got to thinking about all the screen reader voices out there, particularly
Apple's voiceover, but also JAWS, SAPI screen reader voices, NVDA, Window Eyes,
etc. With regards to voiceove
When moving through the voiceover utility or roter on the mac, selecting
different voices, is there a way to order the voices in the order of your
favorite, or the ones you would use the most, so it's easier to switch between
them?
Also, how do you go about selecting a specific voice for a speci
Hey guys,
I need somebody to help me out with an aspect of vm fusion, but I don't want on
list help because what I need deals with the windows side of vm fusion,
specifically running a certain screen reader on the windows side. Since this
list is only for the mac side of vm fusion, I don't want
it at. I don’t ue the new gb so am not
> much help here.
>
> Take care.
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I like the tutorials that Sarah referred me to, their great! I do need help
>> though. I can't f
Hey guys,
I like the tutorials that Sarah referred me to, their great! I do need help
though. I can't figure out how to add an apple loop to a track. I know the
normal directions say to drag and drop the loop into the track, but I can't
seem to do that. Some of the older garage band tutorials we
Hey guys,
I just got the latest version of Garage Band. Do any of you know of any good
voiceover tutorials for the current version of garage band? I'm having a hard
time learning how to do things, specifically add loops to a track, and I can't
seem to find a good vo tutorial either. I'm not sure
Hey guys, this might sound stupid, but I'm about to buy the numbers app, and I
want to know how well it works with voiceover. Obviously, since it's an apple
app it's accessible, but do y'all find it easy to work with?
Thanks
Laurel
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Hey guys,
So, the other day I was trying to convert a pages document to word, using
voiceover on my mac. I go to file, then export, then celect word, follow the
prompts, save it with a different name, and finish. It saves it as a pages
document and will not convert to word. I also tried, as some
into my
documents folder to view it, it still says it's a pages document. Somehow, it's
not actually making it a word document.
Thoughts?
Laurel and Stockard
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r a chat program or solution for web chat? Adium is the
> chat program I recommend for chats via instant messaged. It is very
> accessible.
> On 14/11/2013, at 9:08 AM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I know there are a lot of just plain chat rooms o
Hey guys,
I know there are a lot of just plain chat rooms out there, where you can talk
to other people all over the world, practice languages, etc. Do any of you know
of an online chatting environment that is voiceover accessible using a mac?
Also, I know a lot of websites and things use differ
having this problem a little while back, and as I recall a reboot solved it.
> Best,
> Zack.
> On Oct 27, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Laurel and Stockard
> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys. I've got OS 10.9 installed and that seems to be working well.
>> I've downloaded som
Hey guys. I've got OS 10.9 installed and that seems to be working well. I've
downloaded some of the new voices for voiceover, Allison, Ava etc, but they
sound weird. When I listen to the sound samples, and then listen to my
computer, the voices sound way low and way different on my computer tha
Is it necessary to back the computer up to the Time Machine in case the
Mavericks assistant does not work first before you start the install?
Laurel and Stockard
> On Oct 24, 2013, at 14:15, Josh Gregory wrote:
>
> First off,it is worth noting that unlike previous updates, this
Hey guys, is updating to the Mavericks OS 10.9 hard? How long on average did it
take you. I'm just curious before I actually do it.
Thanks
Laurel
On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> Hi Zach,
>
> Yes, I too have adjusted to using the VO+Shift+Home/End keystroke to move to
> top or
Hi,
Could you briefly describe what the Fritz box is? I've never even heard of
that, but it sounds really neat. Thanks a lot.
Laurel
> On Oct 20, 2013, at 21:05, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> If you have an iPhone and a Fritz! Box then you may wish to take advantage of
> the new Fritz! A
Hey all,
I don't post much on here, but I have a question. Somebody sent me a microsoft
excel spread sheet containing information that I want to access. What's the
best way to access this document via voiceover and the mac? I know there are
ways to convert the excel document to other formats, bu
Hey guys,
I'm sorry if this has been already covered recently, I've been out of the
country for awhile so if it has, forgive me. I was renewing my Bookshare
subscription and I saw that it's possible to read books on the web directly
from the sight. It said though that in order to use all the rea
ht. Thanks again,
Laurel
Laurel and Stockard
On Jan 26, 2013, at 20:47, Josh Gregory wrote:
> You couldn't install it directly through Safari, you'd have to find it in the
> downloads folder, but yes other than that to my knowledge it should work as
> you described.
>
>
you know, some of you all who have a tun of experience with this vm fusion
stuff, really aught to write a blog post about it. I bet if we could get some
experienced people to make a check list so to speak for what people need to
know before installing, and during the process of using vm fusion i
Awesome, this info is really helpful. I will probably try and install soon, and
if I have any more questions, I will let you know. Thanks so much! And anybody
who is about to do this too, if you all have an questions chip in.
Laurel
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:39, Gordon Smith wro
Ok. This is all really helpful. :) I have a couple more questions, where can I
get edsharp? And what is a cpu, you were talking about 1 cpu or 4 cpu? I am
pretty good with computers, but sometimes I miss the technical words. Also, do
I need boot camp going in order to use vm fusion? And I dont n
I would also love to know where I can find an accessible crossword app or
puzzle for the mac/iPad/iPhone. If you know of one, please tell us how you make
it work. :)
Thanks
Laurel and Stockard the guide dog
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 1, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Tre
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