Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
least of the quick >> crossword? >> Caitlyn >> >> On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:13 AM, William Lomas wrote: >> >>> can i do easy crosswords to get me started, in the same way? >>> any equivalents from the newspapers do you know anne, for IOS? >>> i

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Anne Robertson
did you notice that they have a “blind/ps” version, at least of the quick > crossword? > Caitlyn > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:13 AM, William Lomas wrote: > >> can i do easy crosswords to get me started, in the same way? >> any equivalents from the newspapers do you know a

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Lomas wrote: > can i do easy crosswords to get me started, in the same way? > any equivalents from the newspapers do you know anne, for IOS? > i know we have 4 down etc. but they are not taken from local media but > rather, from the developers own creative thinking > > On 6 Jan 20

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-07 Thread Sandratomkins
Hello anne and will, I too am a fan of the Guardian crosswords. I do them most days on my iPhone for running 613. I also have a for S running the latest 7.04 release. However, using the latest release on my for S the access ability of the Guardian crossword has been broken. So, I'm glad t

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
Okay, so I do not select the blind or partially sighted mode? Many thanks, Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Jan 2014, at 19:36, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Will, > > From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the > Standard version. A new page will open. Here, use the

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, >From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the >Standard version. A new page will open. Here, use the Web rotor to find the >first level 4 heading, the Accross clues. Without interacting with the clue, >press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you’ll be o

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm late in on this discussion and I know nothing whatever about crosswords so not sure whether this information would be of help or practical. I used to use a piece of software called Marsedit to edit my Blog back in the days when I maintained one. The same developers of Marsedit

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
ok anne no grid is present Vo just says pressed whn i VO space, so going to tackle it again tomorrow confused otnight On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Will, > > The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic > crossword most da

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, Try interacting with the clue to read the text more slowly. You set a Hotspot before doing VO-Space to jump to the grid where you just start typing the solution. You then jump back to the Hotspot to go to the next clue. I reuse the same Hotspot all the way through. Cheers, Anne

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
started On 6 Jan 2014, at 17:49, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Will, > > The quick crossword is also accessible in the same way. Choose the standard > version and it should work just fine. > > I haven’t tried these crosswords on my iPhone for ages. They used to be > rather t

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The quick crossword is also accessible in the same way. Choose the standard version and it should work just fine. I haven’t tried these crosswords on my iPhone for ages. They used to be rather tricky to do, but that was a couple of IOS versions back. I haven’t looked for any other

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
can i do easy crosswords to get me started, in the same way? any equivalents from the newspapers do you know anne, for IOS? i know we have 4 down etc. but they are not taken from local media but rather, from the developers own creative thinking On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson wrote

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic crossword most days on my Mac. You just need to set a Hotspot on the current clue, press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you can check to see whether you have any letters for the solution, and then jump

crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
hi all, I know 4 down and other similar word games exist for the iPhone and iPad, but are any crosswords available for the mac and indeed, more on IOS? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net Y

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-09 Thread Travis Siegel
The first time you click on the colored balls (just a vo-space does the trick) it will show as selected. Click again if you want them to drop out. That should do the trick. On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:30 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: Hello: I find this a nice game, but I can't click on the balls. I fin

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: I find this a nice game, but I can't click on the balls. I find out which of them have adjacent balls or the same coulor, but when I click any of them, nothing happens. How do you click? I tried using Vo+space bar, clicking on the trackpad and vo+shift+space bar. Any suggestions or what I

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Travis Siegel
On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Harmony Neil wrote: there aren't all that many accessible games/puzzles etc for the mac out there which is annoying. As I keep pointing out, and as folks keep ignoring. I have games on my mac pages, located at http://www.softcon.com/mac/ You'll find a yahtzee gam

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Anne Robertson
ve for the clues I find more difficult. That's the normal way of doing crosswords. If you find a clue you just can't get, you can even cheat by clicking the Cheat button and the answer will be filled in for you. Cheers, Anne On 7 Apr 2013, at 15:37, Will wrote: > Anne so if we have

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Will
these sound great will take a look On 7 Apr 2013, at 14:35, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Will, > > The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's > crossword page and select either quick or cryptic, then choose the Standard > version. > >

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Will
Anne so if we have been given lettres for clues they are given to us for easy completion? On 7 Apr 2013, at 14:35, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Will, > > The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's > crossword page and select either quick or cry

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's crossword page and select either quick or cryptic, then choose the Standard version. On the crossword page, the clues are lists under level 4 headings. Use Hotspots to mark your place in the list of

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Harmony Neil
I haven't heard of any, but it doesn't mean they don't. I haven't really looked to be honest, but there aren't all that many accessible games/puzzles etc for the mac out there which is annoying. On 7 Apr 2013, at 12:53, William Lomas wrote: > hello to all do acces

crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread William Lomas
hello to all do accessible crosswords for the mac, exist? <--- 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 de

A useable Crosswords puzzle for iOS?

2013-02-18 Thread Mario Lang
Hi. Does anyone know of an accessible, classic, crosswords game for iOS? Preferably internationalized so that I could play german crosswords puzzle too? -- Regards, Mario Lang Graz University of Technologymailto:ml...@tugraz.at Department Computing http

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Trevor, Hotspots are not webspots. To get back to your hotspot, you press VO and the hotspot number, in this case 0. So the command is VO-0. Sorry for not making that clear. You can then set the same hotspot for the next clue and it will remove the first one and set the new one. You only

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-02 Thread trevor
is the URL for the Guardian crosswords: > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords> > > If you use the Web Rotor, you can go to Headings and type the number 3. This > will give you the choice of either the quick crossword or the cryptic > crossword. Select the one you want and click

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-02 Thread trevor
Thank you so much Anne, I miss doing the crosswords in the morning. I'm sure a lot of people will have taken your advice. I don't know how you managed to work it out but, I am so glad you did. Thanks again, Trevor On 1 Sep 2012, at 22:13, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Trevor, >

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Trevor, First of all, here is the URL for the Guardian crosswords: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords> If you use the Web Rotor, you can go to Headings and type the number 3. This will give you the choice of either the quick crossword or the cryptic crossword. Select the one yo

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-01 Thread trevor
Hi Anne, I'm really very sorry if you have got this message a few times, I have had a problem with my BT internet. I am definitely interested in how you do the guardian crosswords. I used to do the blind gamers crosswords on the windows machines. It is very kind of you to take the tr

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-01 Thread Laurel and Stockard
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 Trevor, >

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Trevor, I do the Guardian crossword online using my Mac. If you're interested, I'll explain how to work it. Cheers, Anne On 1 Sep 2012, at 11:59, trevor scott wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked before but, are there any accessible crossword > puzzles for the mac? > > Thank you, >

Re: Are there any accessible crosswords for the mac?

2012-09-01 Thread krystal watson
Are there any accessible applications for crossword for the iPhone and I Sent from my iPad On 01/09/2012, at 7:59 PM, trevor scott wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked before but, are there any accessible crossword > puzzles for the mac? > > Thank you, > Trevor > <--- Mac Access At Mac Acces