Hi,
1. You can use Terminal; it works well enough.
2. Not that I'm aware of – Terminal has always fit my purposes.
3. Textmate is perfectly accessible. The Learn Ruby On Rails tutorial
suggests using Sublime, but it's not accessible. I haven't written Ruby
on Rails code with any IDEs, though,
to work with
VoiceOver? When I downloaded TextMate and brought up files which I know have
content, VoiceOver keeps telling me I’m in an empty scroll area.
Thanks,
Ray Campbell
ray153...@gmail.com
On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
1. You can use
Hi,
There are two ways of doing this. One is to keep your phone in the
portrate position, and the other is to turn it around to the landscape
position. In both cases, you lean the phone against your other fingers
behind it, and cradle the phone in both hands. Since the keyboard is now
at the
any faster. I'll just use my
pointer finger.
On May 27, 2014, at 3:18, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
There are two ways of doing this. One is to keep your phone in the portrate
position, and the other is to turn it around to the landscape position. In both
cases, you lean
Hi Desi,
As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is
known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to
type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow,
however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even
, Glenn wrote:
Parham,
Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will
have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch
somewhere.
Lifting off will enter the character.
HTH.
Glenn
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Hi,
Yes, I’ve been definitely experiencing this since IOS 6.0. The only workaround
I’ve found to date is to explore the screen until VoiceOver reads what I think
should be one of the results, and then I start flicking left/right. This
sometimes works, but sometimes throws you out of the area
Hi all,
Some CLI applications output their information in a table (E.G. ps). I
was wondering whether there's a trick to reading these comfortably with
Voiceover (E.G. finding out the header for this column, moving down a
row but within the same column, etc).
Thanks.
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Hi Amin,
You can use TextMate. I believe it has a plugin that allows you to edit files
straight from an FTP. You can then install an FTP server on your Unix server
and edit them in real-time.
Please go to the TextMate website and download the Alpha 2.0 version (which is
free). It is
Hi all,
Does anyone know how I can perform gestures in the IOS simulator? I am
beginning to learn IOS development, but I can’t even open my app in the IOS
simulator as of now :-)
Thanks.
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Hi all,
I can’t see any controls while watching a video on Youtube. Is there a way to
watch Youtube videos with Os X 10.9 Mavericks?
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Hi all,
The NVDA screen reader reads Farsi text. Since I need to read Farsi text now
and then, I”m looking for the quickest way to run NVDA under Mac. I hear that
Parallel Desktops allows running Windows applications under Mac, but I feel
(based on previous experience using Wine) that this
can run the other operating system natively without waiting for any
kind of virtual machine to boot up.
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
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On 27/11/2013 07:53, Parham Doustdar wrote:
Hi all,
The NVDA screen reader reads Farsi text. Since I need to read Farsi text now
board from one os to another with out loosing changes.
Take care.
On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:36 AM, Chris H christopher...@gmail.com wrote:
True. Fusion is your only option then.
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On 27/11/2013 09:38, Parham Doustdar wrote:
Hi Chris
Hi all,
Is there a way I can get VO to read indentation levels, or the number of spaces
at each line? I have read the solution provided by one of the members on this
list for reading hard indentations (tabs), but since tabs go against the coding
standard we are following, it doesn’t work for
confirmed, and already bug-reported.
Dónal
On 18 Nov 2013, at 07:55, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote:
I've noticed this as well. Looks like a bug apple needs to fix. Let's hope
they can soon.
Tc.
On Nov 17, 2013, at 22:48, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all
Hi all,
Since I’ve switched to Mavericks, I haven’t been able to use the “jgoto
desktop” hotkey which is VO+shift+D. Has anyone else experienced this, and is
there a workaround (aside from command-tabbing to Finder)?
Thanks.
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Hi Sarah,
Thanks. Is there a way to work around this, or should I just bear through with
it? It is particularly annoying when I’m reading books in iBooks.
On Nov 9, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote:
sounds like dickens
Hi all,
I have been getting this annoying issue that I don’t know how to solve. When
reading by paragraph using Voiceover, I hear “quotation mark” or “double quote”
based on what synthesizer I have enabled. For example, here is a text I have
copied using vo+shift+c:
Once, upon a shoreline
it up as I thought apple would fix
it.
On Nov 9, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I have been getting this annoying issue that I don’t know how to solve. When
reading by paragraph using Voiceover, I hear “quotation mark” or “double
quote” based
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Sent: 04 November 2013 16:16
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Subject: Customizing reading of punctuation in Voiceover
Hi all,
Is there a way to customize how Voiceover reads punctuation
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Sent: 04 November 2013 05:59
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Subject: Re: Jumping to the end of a table/list with Voiceover
Hi all,
Allow me to explain more what my question is really about.
I am navigating a webpage
Hi Shannon,
The VO+home/end (which is FN+home/end) keys are for navigating to the
very first and last element at the current level. That means that to be
able to move to the beginning and end of anything, you would first have
to interact with it.
HTH
On 11/4/2013 3:56 PM, Shannon Reece
Hi all,
Is there a way to customize how Voiceover reads punctuation? For
example, I am at the Most level, but would like Voiceover to read
symbols such as “, ”, – and —. I know one way to do this is to switch to
the All punctuation level, but that would mean symbols such as period,
comma,
Hi Andy?
The problem is that when I'm navigating the web, I can't really interact
with a list; its items are flattened and i don't need to interact with
anything to read its contents (this also happens with tables). I have
been able to jump over a table by pressing VO+= so that I'd have to
Hi all,
I’d like to be able to jump to the end of a table or a list of links while
navigating the web. Is such a thing possible using Voiceover?
I have looked at the keys that currently exist for navigating in the web, but
haven’t found anything relevant. To that end, I thought to ask whether
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Sent: 03 November 2013 18:18
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Subject: Jumping to the end of a table/list with Voiceover
Hi all,
I'd like to be able to jump to the end of a table or a list of links while
navigating
that up in the vo
manual.
There are also next and same heading and element keystrokes.
Tc.
On Oct 31, 2013, at 0:13, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Travis,
I'm aware of highlighting and the page markup being in different bits.
However, I have to reiterate here: I'm not trying to find
Hi George,
If you press command+f5 to close and open Voiceover again, Daniel will
start speaking as expected.
HTH
On 10/30/2013 11:15 PM, George Cham wrote:
I have added Daniel to my list of voices in mavericks , but when i go to select
him , I get Daniel compact , and just Daniel .
Ive
Hi Travis,
I'm aware of highlighting and the page markup being in different bits.
However, I have to reiterate here: I'm not trying to find what problems
Voiceover has, I'm just trying to see if they are possible to
circumvent. That is, I'm trying to see how I can get an experience like
that
Hi Dane,
The button is not visible when you haven't typed anything yet. After you
type at least one number, the delete button appears above the 3
button, in the upper right corner of the keypad.
HTH.
On 10/29/2013 10:09 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
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Hi!
Hi David et al,
Let me raise my issue and see if you have a better way of solving it,
other than hiding the windows, which, as I've found so far, is not possible.
As you know, the Iranian government has censored lots of websites. To
that end, I ssh to a friend's PC in the UK and create a
in
the tutorials and in m my daily usage of the mac. lol!
Tc.
On Oct 25, 2013, at 4:05 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I had spoken to a friend regarding the sluggishness I’m experiencing with my
Mac Mini, even though its processor is core I7 and it has 4 GB of DDR3 ram. He
had guessed
Hi.
On Windows, I use the “minimize to tray” functionality for apps such as
messengers, so that they won’t be in my way when alt-tabbing.
Is there such a thing in Mac? If so, what is it called?
Thanks.
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the app's
menu and there will be an option to hide the app. Substitute the word app
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On 25/10/2013 08:39, Parham Doustdar wrote:
Hi.
On Windows, I use the “minimize to tray” functionality for apps
Hi Chris,
The announcement you mentioned also happens when you have multiple tabs open.
Try opening a new tab and pressing command+w.
On Oct 25, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Chris Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com wrote:
OK, this is so! getting reported on bug reporter. Has anyone noticed that in
Hi,
I found a temporary display. While this has made the “Busy” announcement in
AppStore go away, the issue with FaceTime is still there.
When I open FaceTime, I see only close, minimize and zoom. Going into the menus
and choosing preferences (or pressing command+comma) tells me “Preferences…”
Hi,
I had spoken to a friend regarding the sluggishness I’m experiencing with my
Mac Mini, even though its processor is core I7 and it has 4 GB of DDR3 ram. He
had guessed that it may be related to the lack of displays. However, right now
I’m finding that it is, in fact, not.
Yesterday when
a little delay but its not enough to cause any
major issues here.
On 25 Oct 2013, at 10:05 pm, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I had spoken to a friend regarding the sluggishness I’m experiencing with my
Mac Mini, even though its processor is core I7 and it has 4 GB
Hi all,
Is it possible to reorder the columns in list views, particularly in mail? The
columns which mention how many messages are in a thread and whether that thread
is read are at the very end and I’d like to move them to the beginning.
Thanks.
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typing your password and hitting enter. You'll get the
message every keystroke, but hopefully afterwards it will go away…
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On Oct 23, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Yes. Command-tabbing tells me the name of other windows, but nothing else
Hi all,
When trying to use FaceTime, I can only view the close, minimize and maximize
buttons. Also, when trying to access the preferences, the preferences item gets
dimmed along with 99% of other menu options.
Is this because I have no displays, or am I doing something wrong here?
Thanks.
attached to your Mini. The
article can be found at this link:
http://macfortheblind.com/?p=591
BTW, which Mini model are you running?
Cheers,
Bryan
On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Having thrown my problems around with this whole busy announcement, I
that the accepted wisdom nowadays is to connect a display, even on a
Mac Mini.
Best,
Zack.
On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:08 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
When trying to use FaceTime, I can only view the close, minimize and
maximize buttons. Also, when trying to access
Hi all,
I'm learning Mac as I go. However, I'm curious to see how an advanced Mac user
uses their Mac.
To that end, I'm looking for podcasts that help one learn to use a Mac. Are
there any podcasts that are usually recommended by the members on this list?
Thanks!
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Hi all,
I'm playing mp3 files using Safari. When I move to the scrubber and interact
with it, pressing VO + arrow keys just tells me a time, but doesn't actually
fast forward or rewind. Also, when I press VO + space bar, VO says increment,
but the file keeps on playing.
Any ideas on how I
Hi,
When trying to bring up the context menu on a link in Safari, pressing VO +
shift + m on it brings up the context menu for the page (I.E. it has options
like back, forward, save, and so forth).
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
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it to
the accessibility team.
Best,
Zack.
On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
When trying to bring up the context menu on a link in Safari, pressing VO +
shift + m on it brings up the context menu for the page (I.E. it has options
like back, forward
Hi Zack,
Thanks. I sent them a mail.
On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote:
Hi,
he address is accessibil...@apple.com. You can call them as well, but I don’t
remember the number off hand.
Best,
Zack
On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Parham Doustdar parha
resources I found very useful when getting started, and advancing a
little are:
the macfortheblind website, the vision austrailia website, and the applevis
website -
Andy
On 24 Oct 2013, at 15:58, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm learning Mac as I go. However, I'm
Hi Michael,
As far as I know, VO + home will go to the visible beginning, meaning that if
you have too many items in one folder, it won’t go to the very first item.
Try pressing VO + shift + home?
HTH.
On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:01 PM, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com
wrote:
hey
Hi all,
When in iTunes, Airport utility, or even in VLC player when
fast-forwarding using command-option-right arrow, I would hear
Application name busy, like iTunes busy.
Why does this happen? In some cases, it makes the application unusable
until I close it and reopen it (it mostly
Hi all,
When I wanted to install Proxifier (using its .pkg installation
package), at the very end, OSX would ask me for a password. If I tried
to navigate in this window or waited too much, I would hear
Authentication busy. If i would alt-tab away and back, I would hear
Authentication has no
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Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:58 AM
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Subject: Authentication has no window When Installing an app
Hi all,
When I wanted
PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Well, at this point, Voiceover gets stuck and keeps saying No windows when I
press VO + f2, whether I press it once or twice.
Thanks.
On 10/23/2013 7:24 PM, wayne17a wrote:
Hello try vo and press f2 twice to open the window choser
the settings.
David Griffith
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Sent: 19 October 2013 07:49
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility
Subject: Question: Reading Webpages
Hi,
I'm using Mac OSX 10.8.5
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Sent: 21 October 2013 07:00
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Subject: Re: Question: Reading Webpages
Hi David,
Thanks a lot. I did as you had suggested (adding line to the router),
but I met
Hi,
I'm using Mac OSX 10.8.5. When trying to read the Google search results
and moving to the next item using VO + right from the heading that has
the webpage title, I hear things like this (each comma between the text
enclosed in quotes means I press VO + right at this point):
Test.com |
Hi,
Where can I download the Voiceover premium voices for Mac OSX?
Thanks.
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Hi all,
I'd like to have a player with iTunes' capabilities, but with an
easier-to-navigate interface. Here are the things I'm looking for:
- Playing music by folder structure, rather than tags: I have a lot of
songs taht are not tagged properly. Using them with iTunes is a pain.
- Easy to
Hi,
Today I was searching the Apple store for the iBooks app, but didn't
find anything. The only thing I found, however, was iBooks Author.
How can I read ePub files on my Mac?
Thanks.
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Sent: 13 October 2013 08:27
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Subject: iBooks For OSX?
Hi,
Today I was searching the Apple store for the iBooks app, but didn't
find anything. The only thing I found, however, was iBooks
Hi all,
The reason for quicknav, I'd think, is to quickly navigate to other
items without turning it on and off all the time. Wouldn't interacting
with a text box mean that you want all the keys to be typed, whereas
when not interacting, you'd want them to be used as quicknav keys?
Thanks.
up in
the list. :-)
Thanks!
On 9/1/2013 9:46 AM, Danny Noonan wrote:
To be correct, your problem is with quick nabs functionality rather than it
being buggy. It works the way it's intended too.
Danny.
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On 01/09/2013, at 3:12 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote
use it to move to a button
then turn it off as I have access to other elements of vo and links and stuff
with those keys that are in the quick start and help menus.
Take care all and be blessed.
On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The reason
do it but I don't think he has a mac.
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Some how I don't think it is. I could be wrong though.
Take care and be blessed.
On Aug 25, 2013, at 9:27 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all
Hi all,
I'm new to this list and a (hopefully) future Mac user. The biggest
issue for me is using eSpeak with VoiceOver. Is such a thing possible?
Thanks!
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be fairly
easally ported, but I'm not sure how it would be accomplished.
Sorry I couldn't be any more help, but that's the brutal answer of truth.
Chris.
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