Re: Accessible PDF Editor

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there Currently, there is not an accessible PDF editor for the Mac, unless you put Windows on your Mac. However, several of us have contacted the developers of PDF pen pro and have told them that we want one for the Mac last I heard, we got a good B response for excessibility VoiceOver acces

Re: helpful keyboard reference

2012-09-19 Thread Chris
Cheers! Very useful as I am still learning grins. On 19/09/2012 04:01, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, I was looking for how to move by paragraph when I stumbled upon this really extensive keyboard reference. There are a lot of commands in there I never knew about, and I really wish the windows-style

Warnning about the new release of the official Twitter app

2012-09-19 Thread David Eagle
Hi, just to inform you all that the official Twitter app has moved to a new version and accessibility has been broken somewhat. The app seems to still be largely accessible, but the number of tweets, followers and following found on the ‘me’ screen is no longer read out by VoiceOver. They are just

Re: Warnning about the new release of the official Twitter app

2012-09-19 Thread Joanna West
Yes, my husband and I noticed those changes too. We were not happy at all! I hope they fix it very soon! Love endures all things. On Sep 19, 2012, at 6:51 AM, David Eagle wrote: > Hi, just to inform you all that the official Twitter app has moved to > a new version and accessibility has been

KeyRemap not working?

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I am using a cheap usb keyboard with my mac, so it has the windows configuration and no function or eject key. I tried remapping function to f13 and eject to f14 (two of the keys above the six pack), but, though the options are checked in KeyRemap's preference pane, they do not seem to h

Re: Warnning about the new release of the official Twitter app

2012-09-19 Thread David Eagle
Might be worth you contacting them about it too. Otherwise it might just seem like there's only one person being affected by this. On 19/09/2012, Joanna West wrote: > Yes, my husband and I noticed those changes too. We were not happy at all! I > hope they fix it very soon! > > Love endures all th

Re: Warnning about the new release of the official Twitter app

2012-09-19 Thread Søren Jensen
Well, the people behind TweetList do care about accessibility, and it seems as they are testing the app before any update release. :) Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 19/09/2012 kl. 15.38 skrev David Eagle : > Might be wor

Re: Accessible PDF Editor

2012-09-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Eugene, Yes, I will join in do have the contact info so I can contact them, as I need to edit PDFs for work. Right now I am having to rely on someone else to help me with them and wait on their schedule which is really slowing my productivity down On Sep 19, 7:03 am, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi

HTML5 Games As a Possibility?

2012-09-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I'm just tossing ideas around in my brain here. I'm only very basically familiar with HTML. However, I was wondering if it would be possible to create HTML5 games, which would be similar in concept to the flash ones on sites such as sonokids.net or audiogames.net . I bring this up on t

[Maccessibility] No AppStore Problems with VoiceOver in iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] No AppStore Problems with VoiceOver in iOS 6 Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'No AppStore Problems with VoiceOver in iOS 6' Only in the spirit of dispelling incorrect information which is still propagating throughout the community of visually impaired iOS users, we wa

[Maccessibility] A First Look at VoiceOver in iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] A First Look at VoiceOver in iOS 6 Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'A First Look at VoiceOver in iOS 6' Apple’s sixth major release of iOS has finally arrived. Along with the scores of new features for users of all stripes come changes and enhancements to the mobile o

What's new in Accessibility in iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Scott Davert
taken from: http://applevis.com/applevis-blog/apple/whats-new-accessibility-ios-6 Submitted by Scott Davert on 19 September 2012 As with the previous release of a major iOS upgrade (from version 4 to 5), there are many enhancements to iOS 6 not directly related to accessibility. In this release, t

iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Timothy Hornik
Loving git. The Zoom working in conjunction with Voice Over is simply magical. I am low vision, and always hated having to chose one or the other, but now :) About the only thing I am not liking is how Siri and Voice Over works together, or rather not together. This is a small thing for somethi

numbers?

2012-09-19 Thread Kliphton
Hello, finally bought me a copy of numbers for the mac. Does anyone have any tutorials or documentation on how to use it with voice over? Any help is appreciated, and if you want, just email me off list kliph...@gmail.com Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: numbers?

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I don't have any information on podcasts or tutorials, but I will tell you that if you have any experience with Excel, you should have no trouble at all with numbers. I just started doing it and explored the menus, and I was up and running. Just thought I would offer more encouragement.

RE: numbers?

2012-09-19 Thread Kliphton
I do have experience with excel, but when I opened up one of my spread sheets, the layout was hard to navigate. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eugenia Firth Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there The first thing I like about iOS six is that voiceover volume turns itself up when you're on the Iphkne. will say that you got to be careful if you have a screenful of contacts anymore move down to the next one you got to move your three fingers a little bit differently I noticed. Se

Re: numbers?

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I think I know what may be the trouble, maybe. Numbers has a different method for telling VoiceOver what to announce. By default, you have one column heading and one row heading. Programs like Jaws have other methods for telling the speech what to say. You may be able to insert an extra

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I really like it. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > The first thing I like about iOS six is that voiceover volume turns itself up > when you're on the Iphkne. will say that you got to be careful if you have > a screenful of contacts anymor

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Here's the thing. I'm updating right now. Is my Iphone supposed to do the update and then recycle it's power when the update is finished so that it turns itself off then on and Voice Over starts automatically? Been waiting a little while now and the last thing I heard was "verifying update".

RE: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello Ray. It takes a while. After it's done you get a setup wizard to set up IOS 6 with ICloud, etc. You also have an ITunes and a Mountain Lion update. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Wednesday, September 19,

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ray Just hang in there, and it will come back. However, I don't remember my iPhone making any noise when he came back it was just all of a sudden there. I touch screen, and voiceover started talking. You do have to go through a setup procedure when it comes back. I think it's four steps, but

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep, it came back just now. Set it up and all. thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Ray > Just hang in there, and it will come back. However, I don't remem

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey guys, about how long did the update take? Just started installing now. Thanks On Sep 19, 2:19 pm, Timothy Hornik wrote: > Loving git. > > The Zoom working in conjunction with Voice Over is simply magical. I am low > vision, and always hated having to chose one or the other, but now :) > > Ab

VoiceOver Sluggish after Upgrading to 10.8.2

2012-09-19 Thread Austin Seraphin
I just upgraded my iMac to Mac OS 10.8.2. Now I have a serious VoiceOver lag. It stops speaking and words get broken up. I sort of hope it just resolves itself, but I thought I'd post here to see if anyone else has experienced it. I rebooted once after the upgrade but that didn't help. Any sugge

unabile to download Fusion from VMWare site

2012-09-19 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Running ML and the latest Safari, I cannot seem to cause a download of the free trial version of Fusion 5.0 from the site. I find the download link on the page, select my product, but no download starts. Clicking on Downloads or Support for Downloads gives me the same "free trial version," ad,

RE: VoiceOver Sluggish after Upgrading to 10.8.2

2012-09-19 Thread Missy Hoppe
I haven't noticed any VO sluggishness on my system. Boot time was slow right after the update, but I think that's normal. I'll start up the mac again at some point and let the group know if I notice any weirdness. Does anyone know what was fixed or changed in this update? I haven't heard much abo

Re: VoiceOver Sluggish after Upgrading to 10.8.2

2012-09-19 Thread brianna Snyder
Hi, I did notice this, but it's resolved itself for me. Brianna On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:29 PM, "Missy Hoppe" wrote: > I haven't noticed any VO sluggishness on my system. Boot time was slow right > after the update, but I think that's normal. I'll start up the mac again at > some point and

Re: VoiceOver Sluggish after Upgrading to 10.8.2

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't updated yet, but the behavior sounds like the mac is just doing a lot in the background. As for features, the major ones are facebook integration on the os (notification center, share menus, and so on) and improved battery life for macbooks. On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, brianna Snyder

Re: VoiceOver Sluggish after Upgrading to 10.8.2

2012-09-19 Thread Austin Seraphin
Yes I believe it has resolved itself. I still feel a little on edge, but things appear better. I think this happened after another update now that I think about it. Yes the new update adds those things. I like it. And I like the iCloud tabs in Safari. - Austin Pay no attention to that man beh

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there If I had to guess I would say 30 minutes or more. I would do it I hope when you're not in a hurry. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey guys, about how long did the update take? Just started installing > now. Thanks > > On Sep 19, 2:19 pm, Timo

Siri

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys Somebody said that they had a conflict with Siri and voice over in the new iOS update. What is the problem? I have not had one yet, and I would like to tell you guys what I just did, because it amazed me. I asked Siri to search for Couvillion recipe. I didn't think it was going to work,

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Christine Grassman
When I tapped for the installation, it began to download, said "downloading," and "1 percent". Then I received a message when I touched the screen again: "one hour remaining". It now says "download progress 2 percent," when I touch the screen above the dimmed downloading button, so you should b

[Maccessibility] Touch Typing with VoiceOver in iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] Touch Typing with VoiceOver in iOS 6 Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'Touch Typing with VoiceOver in iOS 6' In addition to the more significant changes detailed in our First Look at VoiceOver in iOS 6, there are other minor tweaks to accessibility in Apple’s sixth ver

Slightly worrisome: Downloading IOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Christine Grassman
It has been at two percent, at least according to the spoken downloading progress, for twenty minutes now. Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To uns

RE: Slightly worrisome: Downloading IOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Daniel Miller
Try downloading at a later time, when apples servers aren't so bogged down with traffic. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:53 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegr

RE: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread wayne coles
Hello has anybody had trouble deleteing when typing only since my update deletteing has not working when i use the delete key So any help would be most helpful -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

Re: Slightly worrisome: Downloading IOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Christine Grassman
Good point. On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:53 PM, "Daniel Miller" wrote: > Try downloading at a later time, when apples servers aren't so bogged down > with traffic. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Gr

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I've had no issues so far! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:53 PM, "wayne coles" wrote: >Hello has anybody had trouble deleteing when typing only since my > update deletteing has not working when i use the delete key > > So any help would be most helpful > -Original Me

weird issues with k1000 sound

2012-09-19 Thread Will_C
Hi all, I've been having some interesting problems when running k1000 under vm fusion. K1000 seems to cut words and sentences short and you won't hear more than the first syllable or so. This happens when I'm going through menus, trying to navigate through text, or just letting k1000 read alo

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there No, I have not had any trouble with the delete function. I've done several of them. So, I don't know what could be causing your trouble. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:53 PM, wayne coles wrote: >Hello has anybody had trouble deleteing when typing only since my > up

Re: iOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Chris
Using touch typing mode just touch and let go of the delete button and it will delete. On 19/09/2012 22:53, wayne coles wrote: Hello has anybody had trouble deleteing when typing only since my update deletteing has not working when i use the delete key So any help would be most helpf

Expanding messages

2012-09-19 Thread Agent086b
Hello, in Mail how do I expand a group of messages? I have tried VO + Vertical line I thought I read this is how to do this but it doesn't work. Thanks for any help. Max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, s

Re: Expanding messages

2012-09-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there No, it is the oh back/to do expanding and collapsing Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hello, in Mail how do I expand a group of messages? > I have tried VO + Vertical line I thought I read this is how to do this but > it doesn't work. > Thanks for an

OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Grant Hyde
Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part of the upgrade to OS6 on my iPhone 4! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsub

Re: Warnning about the new release of the official Twitter app

2012-09-19 Thread Steve Holmes
Yes, Tweetlist is an excellent app. I've been using it for almost a year now. On Sep 19, 2012, at 7:44 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Well, the people behind TweetList do care about accessibility, and it seems > as they are testing the app before any update release. :) > Best regards: > Søren Jense

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Becky Knaub
Same here. Becky and Ceil On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Grant Hyde wrote: > Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part > of the upgrade to OS6 on my iPhone 4! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionarie

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
That's apples way of defragmentation. Lol! Just my opinion. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Grant Hyde wrote: > Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part > of the upgrade to OS6 on my iPhone 4! > > -- > You received this message because y

Re: weird issues with k1000 sound

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. I had the sane problem and here is my suggestion, abandon vmfusion and use Boot Camp you will notice a signifant performance improvement with both operating systems. On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Will_C wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been having some interesting problems when running k1000 u

accessible bible?

2012-09-19 Thread Timothy Clark Music
hello - anyone know where i can get an accessible bible for my mac? like some kind of software where that will allow me to search by words or frazes? thanks. God Bless. Timothy. Your friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com 7244011224 -- You received this m

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hunt
I understand your disappointment. Iphone 4 cannot run serie because the chip isn't fast enough. If you want Serie you will need the Iphone 4s or5. On Sep 19, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Grant Hyde wrote: > Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part > of the upgrade to

Re: Slightly worrisome: Downloading IOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Hall
Mine got stuck at 96% for about that long, so don't worry. Besides, downloading is doing nothing to your phone, so even if the download fails you will still have a working device. It is if the installation had problems that you, too, would have problems. On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Christine Gr

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Mimms
It was announced long ago that it would not be part of the upgrade for devices earlier than iPhone 4S as well as not for the iPad 2. On 9/19/2012 7:34 PM, Grant Hyde wrote: Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part of the upgrade to OS6 on my iPhone 4! --

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Hall
In the interest of full disclosure, this is not true. Those who jailbreak have been able to run Siri on iPhone4 and even iPod models with good success. Besides, all the interpretation takes place remotely, so the iTouch really has to do very little in the way of processing what you say. On Sep 1

Re: weird issues with k1000 sound

2012-09-19 Thread Will Cummings
Thanks Paul, It's interesting you should say that because my system does seem to get really hot when I'm working with k1000. It's really the only thing I do in windows on my Mac actually. If there was a native Mac reading solution on par with k1000 i would make a total switch from the pc world

Re: Slightly worrisome: Downloading IOS 6

2012-09-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Mine got stuck at 96% as well. I also noticed that the actual installation takes quite a while, so don't panic if that happens. Cheers, Donna On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Mine got stuck at 96% for about that long, so don't worry. Besides, > downloading is doing nothing to yo

Re: weird issues with k1000 sound

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hunt
Wil I was able to install my version of Windows 7 in boot camp. On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Will Cummings wrote: > Thanks Paul, > > It's interesting you should say that because my system does seem to get > really hot when I'm working with k1000. It's really the only thing I do in > windows

Re: Expanding messages

2012-09-19 Thread Agent086b
Hi, thanks for your reply. I am not having much luck. I have tried VO + backslash Don't know what I am doing wrong. Max On 20/09/2012, at 9:52 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > No, it is the oh back/to do expanding and collapsing > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Agen

Re: Expanding messages

2012-09-19 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, Please make sure you have Quick Nav turned off, and then simply press right arrow to expand messages and left arrow to collapse them. Hope this helps, Harry On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:34 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hi, thanks for your reply. > I am not having much luck. I have tried VO + backslash

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

2012-09-19 Thread Grant Hyde
Thanks for the update...still dissappointed, but am ordering an iPhone 5 soon. On Sep 19, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Paul Mimms wrote: It was announced long ago that it would not be part of the upgrade for devices earlier than iPhone 4S as well as not for the iPad 2. On 9/19/2012 7:34 PM, Grant Hyde wr

Re: Expanding messages

2012-09-19 Thread Agent086b
Thanks, I did not know quicknav was on when I was trying to expand the messages. Max. On 20/09/2012, at 1:39 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > Hi, > > Please make sure you have Quick Nav turned off, and then simply press right > arrow to expand messages and left arrow to collapse them. > > Hope this h

How to do I undelete files from the trash

2012-09-19 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, I have deleted a file in error. How can I restore it from the trash? Thanks again for the help. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe f

Re: How to do I undelete files from the trash

2012-09-19 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Max. Go to the trash, in the dock, and find the file. You can hit vo shift m and a menu will pop up and hit restore. Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hi all, I have deleted a file in error. How can I restore it

Re: How to do I undelete files from the trash

2012-09-19 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Just to add to this, if ypu've just recently sent something to the trash, pressing command Z will put it back. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 20, 2012, at 12:30 AM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Hi Max. > Go to the trash,

Re: How to do I undelete files from the trash

2012-09-19 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Ricardo. Thanks I just learned something new! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Just to add to this, if ypu've just recently sent something to the trash, > pressing command Z will put it back. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletoth