Here's the thing, VoiceOver is kind of strange in that sense. I don't
understand why vo can't work with programs just like other screen
readers do, I mean we have 4 processor cores or 2 or even more for
something. You alt tab on the mac and it's still busy busy busy busy
because a program is doing
OK guys, I realise we've probably flogged this horse to death, but reading
through all the posts, it suddenly occurred to me that, if apps or whatever
exist to solve captchas, what on earth use are they as a security method
anyway?
Best
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Hi Donna,
I'm sure you have tried this already, but how about going to the audio books
folder under home/music/itunes/media/audiobooks? Just a thought. I was able to
successfully delete audible books this way. I hope this helps. I havne't tried
the way you have with Itunes yet. Have a great
Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone has some tips on using the trackpad. I shop at a chain
store here in Spain. TO add things to the basket, you have to click it with the
trackpad not the keyboard. So, never having used the trackpad, I am unsure how
to accomplish clicks and focusing it where I
Hello,
In VO Utility, you can adjust the delay of VoiceOver speaking when the mouse
pointer is moved. I have mine set to no delay, so the moment I move over
something with my finger, VoiceOver speaks it, and I find that very helpful.
I have just done a search through the VO Utility, and I am
Hi Alex. If you don't like Safari's approach to browsing the internet, perhaps
you should try Chrome. Chromevox has been updated significantly so you can use
up and down arrow keys like in Windows. In regards to your comment about
replying to an email in Mail and getting the busy message, I am
Hi Allison,
That's my next step. :) But you've always been able to delete them from within
iTunes before, so I was wondering if there was something I was missing. I find
it just much easier usually to be able to delete from within iTunes.
thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers,
Donna
On Dec 3,
Hi Rahul. When I used Safari in Lion in full screen, I noticed similar
problems. Voiceover would only jump to the first visible heading that it saw
and navigating was difficult all in all. I was hoping that Apple would fix
these issues but I see they haven't. You might want to send this to
What's weird! Is that it does not do it on my MacBook Pro with Mountain lion
install. But on their Mac it does every time!
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On Dec 2, 2012, at 14:46, Scott Rumery blindfait...@gmail.com wrote:
I have had this happen a few times and I have not been able to get it to
Hi all,
I'm looking at an online tool used at my university and it's telling me that I
need to install Microsoft Silver Light. I've never seen this on a Mac before.
Has anyone installed Silver Light? If so, how was the experience in terms of
accessibility?
Cheers,
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MLB.com used it for a year or two. I installed it and it let me play my ball
games, but forget about accessibility. It's sketchy enough under windows. If
you have to do more than watch a video from start to finish or something you
might be in pretty big trouble.
Have fun,
Erik Burggraaf
Hi Erik,
That's what I suspected. thanks for the info.
Donna
On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:03 AM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote:
MLB.com used it for a year or two. I installed it and it let me play my ball
games, but forget about accessibility. It's sketchy enough under windows.
Hi.
I have the following icons on my Apple tv which I can't figure out what are
used for: MLB tv, NVA, Vidia, Flicker and WSJ Live. Does somebody know what
those are used for, and where I can read more about it? I'm sorry if some of it
is spelled wrong, but I don't know of any ways to get
The NBA and MLB TV icons are for watching basketball or baseball games from
the paid subscriptions the NBA and MLB offer.
Flickr is for posting pictures, and Vimio is like a youtube thing, but not
nearly as good in my eyes.
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Don't forget that vo can simulate a mouse click, which is usually sufficient.
Get vo to what you have to click, then hit vo-cmd-f5 to route the mouse to that
spot. Finlly, hit vo-shift-space to click once and see if that does the trick.
If not, just use the routing command and physically click
Hi Daniel.
thanks very much for your quick reply. I don't see how Flicker can be useful on
an Apple tv if it's only used for posting pictures.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
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Den 03/12/2012 kl. 14.39 skrev Daniel Miller
I am not experiencing these busy busy busy problems. Once in a while, a
particular program will hang and go busy but in most of those cases, it is
stuck doing something like trying to get new mail or like yesterday when I
accidentally told the bookmarks menu to open all 47 bookmarks in
First, I use standard view, and second, I have a grand total of 2gb of ram to
work with. smile I know I need more, but I'm saving up for a macbook so I
don't want to sink any money into this mini if I don't have to. My point with
that example, though, was that you have to know how the mac works
Well, for sighted people, more or less.
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Subject: Re: Apple tv questions
Hi Daniel.
I would also think it better to delete from within iTunes because iTunes does
maintain an internal catalog of your content and that would get out of sync if
you pull out files from under it by other means. I'm not sure if iTunes has a
way to clean itself up or not.
On Dec 3, 2012, at 4:06 AM,
Hey all I connected my apple tv 2 to add some content to it it says my tv
is in recovery mode and I tired to restore it and it says apple tv not
found
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What did you connect your apple tv to?
You don't have to connect it to anything to add content to it.
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You can't add content to the apple TV via iTunes.
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 7:55 AM
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Subject: Re: Apple TV help
What did you connect your apple tv to?
Connected it to my mac
On 2012-12-03 9:56 AM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote:
You can’t add content to the apple TV via iTunes.
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How would I restore it if itunes won't let me when I click on restore
On 2012-12-03 9:56 AM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote:
You can’t add content to the apple TV via iTunes.
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Oh dear. I honestly don't know, since I hardly connect my apple tv to my
mac. It's a pain to get it to be recognized anyway.
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You need to connect it to your TV and work with it there.
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I think she's trying to say that her apple tv can't even boot, since somehow
it got put into recovery mode. I don't know how to exit that mode on an
apple tv, unfortunately.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. That's why I was hoping to be able to do it
that way.
Best,
Donna
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On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Steve Holmes steve.holme...@gmail.com wrote:
I would also think it better to delete from within iTunes because iTunes does
maintain an internal
I don't have a idfferent mac (yet) so can't say for sure. What I can say is
that 2gb is not enough; if you do get the mini, which allows the user to
upgrade the ram, I'd go for the cheapest option and then pick up 8gb of ram,
which can be had for around $40, and pop it in in place of the
Hi,
How about I explain a little detail about the Apple TV to clarify:
1. There's no need to connect your Apple TV directly with a USB cable other
than to restore it.
2. Your Apple TV connects either wirelessly via WIFI or with an ethernet cable
in order for it to access content from your
I experienced this busy busy busy thing a while back on a new iMac running
ML. Just working in the help system would freeze the system. I did a disk
repair from the recovery partition as suggested and there hasn't been a
problem since.
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ON the other hand, it's good if you need to listen to a radio stream which
requires it. In that respect, I ain't had any trouble at all with it. That, I
suspect, is because once it's installed, and strictly with respect to listening
to radio station streams which require it, you don't need to
For those interested, the WebAIM folks every so often do some survey
research on screen readers. IN amongst the piles of stats is the Primary
Screen Reader breakdown:
http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey4/#primary
Unsurprisingly, for desktops, Jaws is the leader with 49% but NVDA is
These, in fact, are very sad news for the blind as I understand.
Apple's software continues to be accessible (there is no doubt about
it) but usability is getting worse lately for us.
There is another serious issue in Itunes 11: When you do hundreds of
interactings (those that are needed to
If you poke through the history on this thread you can find some of my
previous background on captchas but I can give you a short summary of
their purpose here. Basically companies need a way to figure out if you
a person or a computer to ensure you're not some bad actor trying to
create a
My two cents, I would get a iPod touch and an Apple keyboard. It would be much
easier to learn and much less expensive. She could Always upgrade to a computer
later point.
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On 02/12/2012, at 10:46 PM, Eugenia Firth
Hi,
sometimes I need to record sounds from Internetexplorer in Windows 7 installed
in Bootcamp on my MacBook Air 2010. On PCs I use Total Recorder for this and it
works just fine. I installed Total Recorder in Windows on my MacBook Air but it
seems not to work in this environment. Windows
Here's a related question: Could you tell me what Compilation in iTunes exactly
means? I just know this term from iTunes.
Thanks and all the best
Jürgen
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If you interact with it and click it with the VO mouse click, and you have the
ClicktoPlugin extension, you can use shortcut keys, such as space for play and
pause, arrow keys for skipping backward and forward, and F for full screen.
Netflix uses it.
HtH,
Teresa
Slow down; you'll get there
It was always my understanding that it was there to help hide how many
keystrokes you type for your password. I do not know why it works like
this one one computer, and does not have the constant clicking on
another.
But with the extra clicking, it is harder for someone else within ear
shot to
I agree there are more steps, and Im wondering if VO's sweet spots might be
able to help here, or landmarks, but Im not sure how.
Another issue seems to be that, at least with my library being so huge, (How
Huge Is IT!?!) Often, when interacting with the table, all I hear is row
1,048, one
Hello,
I want the video camera of my MacBook will automatically turn on when the call
is activated.
Any instruction please?
Thank you.
Nene
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Well, that's more or less true, except if you want to raise or lower volume,
pause or mute, see the name of the current song or program, or basically do
anything other than listen.
Best,
Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net wrote:
ON the other hand, it's good if you need to listen to a radio
Hi there.
The iCloud button updates your data.
HTH
Matthew
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On Dec 2, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Chris Moore apple.geek.ch...@gmail.com wrote:
That is exactly how I prefer to use iTunes also. Anyone worked out what that
iCloud button does yet?
On 2 Dec 2012, at 03:38, Steve
Okay, maybe I'm missing something here; maybe you want to do something more
than I am thinking but I'm having no problems deleting audible books from
iTunes. I did this on a Mac so if you are talking about iTunes in Windows maybe
this won't help.
i chose books from the pop-up. At first I then
did the column browser completely disappear? or, can you bring it back up
from the view menu?
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I think that's the way it works by default. If you answer a video chat
request Skype will wake up the camera.
CB
On 12/3/12 12:27 PM, Estelita wrote:
Hello,
I want the video camera of my MacBook will automatically turn on when
the call is activated.
Any instruction please?
Thank you.
Nene
Hi there.
A lot of blind people are stuck with whatever their employer wnts to do.
However, it's going to be real interesting to see how things go. Both my
brother's company and my sister's hospital
bought their employees iPads. My sister is a nurse practitioner who does work
full time these
Might be worth trying to do it with a virtual machine. Then the Windows
audio is just another Mac app making sound which you can then record
with your favorite mac audio recorder. In other words, try to move the
problem into the Mac domain and you'll probably be able to solve it easier.
CB
Ok, what about you guys that have Mac Book Airs? I'blind have to find out if
she wants to use BARD. I suspect she would want to do that, but I haven't asked
her.
On Dec 3, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't have a idfferent mac (yet) so can't say for sure. What I
The colum browser did not disappear. You need to check the songs radio button.
Then, the colum browser will not be dimmed out .
Hope this helps,
Rod
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On 03/12/2012, at 11:59 AM, Jesus Garcia jesusga...@gmail.com
Depending on your definition of cheap, you can get a new mackie 402-VLZ3
for about $100
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/mackie-402-vlz3-compact-audio-mixer
Two XLRs with preamps and a stereo 1/4 input, so it's sort of a
three-channel mixer but one of them is stereo. There are 1/4
That sounds like the broader trend of companies allowing people to
self-select their devices rather than mandate hardware. There are some
who suspect that a lot of people already use their person iPhones for
work, leaving the corporate provided blackberry in a drawer.
CB
On 12/3/12 1:14 PM,
Hi all,
I just noticed that when I forward mail, the message includes all headers
before you get to the actual text. I just want the usual forward stuff, like
sender, subject, and time, not the receive paths and all that. I don't know
what I changed to have this happen, and any information
Great hint. Thank you very much. I'll try it out.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 03.12.2012 um 19:19 schrieb Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com:
Might be worth trying to do it with a virtual machine. Then the Windows audio
is just another Mac app making sound which you can then record with your
favorite
Hi, Alex,
You can go into Mail prefs and choose the viewing tab. There's a drop-down
that will allow you to set which headers show by default. Also, when you
interact with message headers in a message, you can choose whether details are
shown or not, regardless of your default setting.
HtH,
Hello,
Hello,
I just spoke to Apples accessibility department. I let them know of various
iTunes 11 issues, including asking about what that button that simply says
'iCloud' is. They told me it's not really a button you can click, that's
just showing you that you have things stored in iCloud
I have all headers shown so I can quickly see to whom a message is addressed if
I need to. I just didn't think that this would affect my forwarding, since
those headers are not in the message text. If I understand you right, this
seems like a very odd choice for Apple to have made.
On Dec 3,
Good Day:
For headers, the default setting will show you, among other standard
details, the person to whom the message is addressed. It omits all the
information about exactly which servers were involved in the transmission of
the message.
HTH;
Henry
Education never ends. It is a
Hi all. Just wondering if there's any way Max MSP can be made accessible
or if there are some scripts of some sort available for it?
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Weird. Nope, I am talking about a Mac. and I've tried it several times, tried
restarting the computer, etc.
Best,
Donna
On Dec 3, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, maybe I'm missing something here; maybe you want to do something more
than I am thinking but I'm
Hey Daniel,
That's great. thanks for taking the time to talk with them.
Cheers,
Donna
On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Hello,
I just spoke to Apples accessibility department. I let them know of various
iTunes 11 issues, including asking about
Can you explain specifically what happens when you do vo-shift-m? And I know
this is going to sound obvious, but are you interacting with the books table? I
ask that only because at one point I couldn't do vo-shift-m and realized that
while it said the book was selected I wasn't interacting.
I have the exact 180 problem. lol
I'm Using a mac too, when deleting 1 book, (Using the delete key) it
deletes every book from the mac.
Before, I would just open the book I wish to delete, do cmd + A to
select all, then tap the backspace key to delete.
Doing the same steps, all books are sent to
I wonder if it's because you are not using the list radio button and therefore
all or none of the books are being selected instead of the one you wanted. In
fact, the two of you with opposite problems could both possibly be experiencing
a selection problem. I know that I was having a problem
I still have not seen an answer as to what steps I take to get my column
browser back? I see the browser submenu off the View menu, but it's all dimmed
out. I cannot find in Preferences or anywhere else the reason for this.
Having the browser back would go a long way to alleviate my
Mark,
Change your view to songs, and then it will function like it did in iTunes
10.x
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What do you have selected in the view menu and in view optins: command-j and do
you have a particular radio button selected? I'm assuming your library popup is
on music probably.
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Oh, The easy solution--no wonder I didn't find it. *grin* thanks.
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Hi, Cheryl. At the moment, I was viewing by Artists, but changed it to Songs.
Until now, the column browser options menu in didn't come up. Thanks.
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Hi:
Interact with the album, press vo shift m then play on a track.
On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Agent086b wrote:
Hello all, sorry for another iTunes question. When going through my albums in
the previous iTunes I could press enter on an album to go through the tracks.
This does not appear to
I like it too, granted, the album grid is a little weird, but, I usually use
song view anyway, I think this interface is much less cluttered than the old 1
and I can get to things a little bit faster.
On Dec 1, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote:
I actually like the new
Yeah, it should be, but it doesn't, my husband has to set up the camera.
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Automatic video camera on Skype?
I think that's the way it works by
Hey is there a way I can search my iPods music? I see search library but it
doesn't search my iPods music
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On 03/12/2012, at 7:04 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com
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Hi:
Interact with the album, press vo shift m then play on a track.
On Dec 2, 2012,
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