Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
thanks for this link again, Ann! I had it bookmarked on my mac when I was running snow leopard, but lost it and then couldn’t remember which paper it came from! 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

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Caitlyn, Yes, there’s the blind/PS version, but I think it just gives you the information to set up the crossword on a crossword board, which is the way I used to do them until the standard version became accessible. I like the fact that I can check that I’ve got the right answer, and

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 that I

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 You can find

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

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

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
anne at first i thought i had to set a web spot then re-read it and set a hot spot is this right? when i find a clue though that i know i can solve now, not necessarily the top clue VO space just reads clues out in a huge string of text. i know i can work it out just baffled but want to get

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
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 a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic crossword most

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 had a

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 on

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 a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the Standard version. A new page will