I always recommend the apple BlueTooth keyboard. It's solid, tough, reliable,
quick to type on and feels good under your fingers.
There is an amazon wireless keyboard that was reviewd on the AppleVis podcast
feed a while ago and I think some plantronics ones that are getting good
reviews but I
I actually payed for this app despite it's highly over priced nature and I'm
surprised to say, it's quite good. I wish other apps on iOS bothered to have
hot keys on bluetooth devices. I'd love iOS mail to have a reply, reply all,
forward and even better, next previous message. It'd go such a
I'm not sure what functionality you require so can only guess. Stuffit Expander
has fulfilled all the compression requirements I have but that doesn't mean it
will for you. I mostly want decompression and it certainly fills my needs in
that respect and the price is great. I've set it as the
HI Ricardo,
I agree. Hence I said I accept that you prefer things differently. I originally
thought that quoting the original messages was just something people did out of
habit, not intentionally because you actually needed the original message there
for some reason. I still think it's
Hi there.
As i said in an earlier letter, even we in Sweden would love for MS Office to
be fully accessible on the Mac. I've heard assistive technology vendors over
here say that until the day Office becomes accessible, the mac isn't a viable
alternative in the work situation, so therefor it
Dcheree Heppe here:
The mail on my IOS devices has the features you say you are missing. IOS
interfaces seem much more directly interactive than older keystroke driven
platforms.
Expansion in IOS should open files exchange and editing while leaving behind
the clumsiest of the corded, multi
Hi there
I'm a little confused here. I have the reply forward, replh, reply all,
forward and all that on my iPhone. Also, when you consider the price of note
takers, this app is cheap. So, what is it you say you are missing?
Regards
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:20 AM, Danny
Hi all, this probably is a Dum question, but here it is, it seems every time I
press the number 7 key while in a edit field I hear a toggle that says hiding
on or hiding off. Do I have something odd turned on, and how do I turn it off?
I am writing this from my VM ware, because I can't use the
Hi there
I haven't had that problem of my Mac getting hot since I doubled the memory in
my MacBook Pro to 8 Gigabytes. Now it doesn't get hot anymore, And it seems
faster.
Regards
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
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Hi,
lucky
Hi there
Yes, you can go to the verbosity menu with control option B and set the options
to speak for the items that you want to hear.
Regards
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 2, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all.
This should be my last question about
Hi again
The inaccessibility of Office did not stop me either from making the switch. I
probably would never have made the switch except that I became frustrated with
Freedom Scentific and MicroSoft not getting themselves together so that, when
MicroSoft made a change, Jaws changed at the
Hi there!
To aline left press command+shift+[
And to aline right press command+shift+]
And to centre command+shift+\
Hth Colin
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Yes, you can go to the verbosity menu with control option B and set the
options to speak
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HI and thanks again Esther,
I got that to work just as you said. Interestingly, the art well doesn't appear
unless I navigate to it using the item finder. Not sure how you discovered
that, but thanks so much for the tip. I noticed in between the comments item
and the genre, there is an album
Hi.
I am going to purchase a license for Audio Hijack Pro today, and wondering
if it's worth it to buy the AHJ and Fission bundle, which is discounted. Is
Fission accessible?
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Hi.
Thanks for this lead. I pinged their support email, but no response so far.
Do you have other email addresses I can try?
Also, would love to hear off list about other developers you have contacted
for accessibility issues.
My email address below.
Thanks.
BILL HOLTON
Email:
Hello all,
I'm new to this list and have a question. Seriously thinking about purching
a mac, but not sure what I should purchase. I'm looking at either a mac
book air or mac book pro. What are the differences between the two? Is one
better than the other? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Hi Wendy,
I hope you're doing well. I'm fairly new to the MacWorld as well, however, I
have quite a bit of experience working on them. I recently bought a MacBook Pro
for the 14 inch display (non-retina display) with a 1 TB hard drive and eight
gigs of RAM and it is absolutely wonderful. I've
I just bought Pages yesterday. I am wondering if there are a lot of messages
about it in archives. I think there are a lot of keystrokes I need and I don't
even know how to get into an area of a document so I can start typing.
Kristeen
On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Red.Falcon
You have echoed my thoughts and concerns so well. Many with whom I have dealt
in the rehab field do not see the Mac as fitting into the average workplace,
and a huge reason for this is lack of MS Office voiceover accessibility. In a
sense, the unwillingness of microsoft to step up to the plate
Hello, Although you may be able to get a non retina display at this point I'm
not sure that that is still the case.
The Macbook Pro I have which is a 15 inch has a retina display and does NOT
have a DVD drive in it so I bought their external DVD writer. I haven't needed
it very much luckily.
Perhaps you could use an Apple Script then? You could find the button in the
window and simulate a click on the answer or define buttons. Then tie that to a
service, and give the service a hotkey, so it would be global. Yes, that might
work. I'm sure someone has done it before; you should ask
Sara,
Let me just say that I am encouraged by this thread. I would dearly love to see
the Office suite become accessible on the Mac, for more than just being able to
create documents for use by most of people who I communicate with on a daily
basis.
In 2009 the NFB won a federal suit against
The Pro is a beefier computer and comes with more storage options, but on a
mechanical hard drive. The Air is slimmer and lighter, but has less connection
ports and jacks and less storage. However, the storage on the Air is
flash-based, much faster (though of lower capacity) than the mechanical
However, my question is this. How many blind Mac users are able to use the Mac
in there workplaces? And, how many employees of state agencies can teach the
Mac? If Office were accessibil, many more blind individuals would be in a
position to insist that their Rehab specialists teach them the
Actually both of my machines have SSD drives. The one on the MBP is 768gb and
the MBA is 512gb.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote:
The Pro is a beefier computer and comes with more storage options, but on a
mechanical hard drive. The Air is slimmer and lighter,
Hi,
Yes Fission is accessible. It takes a little getting used to but for the
occasional time I've had the need to edit audio, it worked just great for me.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-02-02, at 6:46 AM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am going to
Oh, I'm sorry for the misinformation. I didn't recall the new Pros having SSDs
now. My mistake.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:55 AM, David McLean david.mcl...@cox.net wrote:
Actually both of my machines have SSD drives. The one on the MBP is 768gb and
the MBA is 512gb.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:46 AM,
Hi Wendy, Welcome. I'm Ray.
I too say the Mac book Pro is better. You'll have to buy a DVD drive with the
new Mac book Pro also-I believe.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 2, 2013, at 8:49 AM, Randy George
Actually, the correspondence I have received from SSA as Word documents read
just fine in TextEdit.
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding
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On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Keith Watson tkwatso...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you all so much for giving your feedback. This is exactly what I was
hoping to come from this endeavor. I think Sara was a little shocked when I
told her what I had to do to run Office. With her willingness to read this
post, and then joining leaves me encouraged. The fact that so many of
The Functionality is on the phone. What I was trying to say is I would like
keyboard commands for such functions like AccessNote has so command r for reply
etc. there are already navigation text selection copy cut and paste keyboard
commands built into iOS so why not other such keyboard
Hey guys,
This post is slightly off topic, but important. Twitter announced yesterday
that they had a breach of 250, 000 users. You might want to change your
password if you do. Have a great day everyone!
j. p.
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I am wondering what wireless headsets users have found to be ideal for Skype
conference calling?
Also, would it be ideal to use such a headset for podcasting - insuring the
quality is optimal?
Thanks for any help anyone can
Wait a moment.
The macbook pros non retina are still being sold
I have the 2012 model and it has a dvd drive as well.
I'm perfectly happy with it, i have easily upgraded the ram from 4 gb ram to 8
gb ram.
You can also upgrade to an ssd.
I had the macbook air 2012 and it was nice but i honestly
I might be a little late for this thread. But I wanted to reply and give my
thoughts anyway. I would love for Microsoft office to be accessible on the map.
I work at a university and everyone uses Microsoft. I have to open other
peoples documents on pages and then save them as word docs.
Yes the Apple keyboard will work with the Apple TV.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 02/02/2013 01:00, Les Kriegler wrote:
Subject line says it all. Any recommendations on wireless keyboards that will
work with Apple TV? I have the latest generation; my Apple Keyboard was
designed for the iPad,
Hi, my name is Katie Zodrow. I used to be on the MacVisionaries list about 7 or
8 years ago when Tiger and Voiceover were just released. I'm currently renting
a Mac for a few months with Snow Leopard os 10.6. For the past 2 weeks, I've
been learning the Mac and how to use Voiceover and so far,
Hi, I forgot to mention I'm using a Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard.
Katie
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hi gang,
How do I access the suggestions that mac/voiceover gives me when i have
incorrectly spelled a word? I hear the noise that indicates they are
available, and it says suggestions, but I have no idea how to get to them and
select the one I want.
Thanks a bunch,
Randy
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Hi Bill, if you have Twitter, they seem to respond pretty readily there.
Jonathan
On 3/02/2013, at 2:49 AM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
Thanks for this lead. I pinged their support email, but no response so far.
Do you have other email addresses I can try?
Also, would love
I honestly don't know why you wouldn't use Apple Wireless. Unless you just
don't want to deal with multiple pairings. Personally I think it's wasting
money to get another. However, if you do.. Amazon Basics is rated well. Be
prepared though, it's not as substantial as Apple's!
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Hi Danny, Access Note is a really good start and I agree with you about
shortcut keys on other apps. I hope Apple implement this since they would be of
use to anyone with a Bluetooth keyboard, not just VoiceOver users.
Jonathan
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Twitter has revoked access tokens and forced a password change for the
compromised accounts.
Jonathan
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Hey guys,
This post is slightly off topic, but important. Twitter announced yesterday
that they had a breach of 250, 000 users. You
First, I want to apologize for my earlier message. I did not know that there
was someone from Microsoft he was reading this and willing to work with us.
Sarah, I very much appreciate your willingness to listen and to begin to work
with us on accessibility. When I try to use Microsoft office on
They should just appear in a list right under the field you're typing in.
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whether or not they do i have no idea, as I have no clue how to access them.
whenever i use the arrow keys it just takes me out of the word and I've tried a
number of other tricks that I know of with no avail.
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They should just
That's what they say. However, when you belong to a compromised site.. You
should always change password. Even if you were lucky not to be compromised.
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I've not had much luck selecting text in Safari, but try using shift with up
and down arrows. To select text in a document, just add shift to any navigation
command. For instance, to select the next word, use shift-option-right; to
select to the end of the document, use cmd-shift-down.
On Feb
Well, that explains it. Mountain Lion introduced the easy selection in Safari,
but it is still possible in earlier versions. The process is rather tedious and
involves disabling cursor tracking in some way, but I don't know the details.
Sorry I can't help more.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Katie
Hi Katie,
To select text in Text Edit, make sure quick Nav is off. Then interact with the
text, and press vo+enter to start your selection. Use normal nnavigation
commands to get the text you wish. Wehn finished with the selection, press
vo+enter to end.
In Safari, try shift+down arrow to
Both Audio Hijack Pro and Fission are great and I think it's worth the
bundle. Record with Audio Hijack Pro then edit with Fission without any
loss in quality. The cool thing with Fission is you can save the file as
an iPhone ringtone. If the file is too long you will be asked to use the
first
When you hear the sound, pause to let vo tell you the correction it thinks you
mean. If you like it, just hit space, else keep typing your word. If there are
multiple corrections, that's when you can press down arrow, then left/right
through them and enter to choose one. In addition, you can
Hi Alex,
Thank you so much for the assist, I really appreciate it. Your explanation has
been really helpful.
I was just testing it out, and let me give you an example of where I'm having
trouble. I was typing the word really. When I got to the second l in really,
the sound for
Both of your examples are exactly what should have happened. Vo read real, so
you hit space and it inserted the word, same for the second example. As I said,
only when there are multiple choices will you see multiple options through
which you can arrow.
As to sounds, yes, you can mute these in
thanks again, I see an audio menu but not a sounds menu. Is that what you're
referring to? Yeah, even when turning VO on and off repeatedly over the past
few months I've been with out these sounds. Very strange.
Thanks,
Randy
On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com
Hello,
In that version of OSX, in order to select text on web pages, you need to go to
the area where you wish t begin selecting text, then press VO+return. Then,
press VO up and down arrows to move by line and VO+right and left arrows to
move by word. When you are finished, press VO+return
Yes, audio menu, sorry about that. Just make sure you don't activate the mute
speech or mute Voiceover items!
On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Randy George george.ra...@gmail.com wrote:
thanks again, I see an audio menu but not a sounds menu. Is that what you're
referring to? Yeah, even when
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I honestly don't know why
I'm afraid that's how I've come to look at it as well, as an entertainment
console.
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hi, all,
Is there an accessible application to convert avi files to dvd format? I have a
friend who uses a Windows computer, and I want to give her a dvd. I could also
transfer the avi files. They total 6.2 GB. How does that work out for dvd
formats? Is there compression involved?
Anyhow, has
I bought a Freetalk Wireless headset directly from Skype. It was around $99. It
worked seamlessly with Skype and had answer/hang up and volume controls on the
headset itself. It also had an adjustable mic. It had a USB dongle for wireless
connectivity, and charged via USB cable into the dongle.
Hi all.
Would people be interested in a VO apple script or a list on scripting VO?
On 01/02/2013, at 9:28 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I found a toggle bluetooth script online, and I'm trying to expand it so the
mac voice will say the status as I toggle bluetooth on/off.
Just to add a little to Alex's explanation. If you have already typed a word or
hear VoiceOver announce a word as misspelled, you can
• navigate to the word;
• ensure the curser is at the end of the word, before the space
or punctuation;
• ensure quick
Actually, I can do that. If I do as you said and place the cursor just after
the last letter in the word, I can arrow to the correction I want and just
press enter to have the word replaced with that correction. I am running the
very latest OS10 if that matters.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:11 PM,
Yes, I would. I have recorded some scripts, but if I had the motivation from a
list, that would encourage me to work on more scripts.
Teresa
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman
On Feb 2, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Sean Murphy mhysnm1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
Ahh, yes, now you mention it that works for me too. Not sure if this has only
happened since Mountain Lion or whether I just never tried that obvious step.
Nicely spotted Alex and thanks for the tip. Nice to know there's a few ways of
doing things.
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Hi All,
Still not having any luck arrowing down and then left/right to suggestions to
press enter on, and I found a word that said it had like 10 suggestions.
Running os10 with mountain lion, got it in november.
Thank you all so much for the suggestions.
Randy
On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:19 PM,
I would love to learn. I've started, and it's always been something on my to do
list, but it just always gets put on the back burner. The list would be great
though if I ever manage to teach myself.
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does the roter have to be set to a specific setting?
On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, I can do that. If I do as you said and place the cursor just after
the last letter in the word, I can arrow to the correction I want and just
press enter to have
What happens when you arrow down? Are you sure you're exactly to the right of
the last character? Have you turned quick nav off?
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What happens when you arrow down? Are you sure you're exactly to the right of
the last character? Have you turned quick nav off?
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No, the rotor does not need to be set to a particular setting. In fact, you
should not have the rotor as you should have quick nav turned off.
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Sounds like you might have quick nav turned on.
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If you want a good head Set it's really cool, it's the Plantronics audio 995.
It may not be Bluetooth, but it's still wireless. You just plug it in with the
little dongle, into your USB port, and it works just as good as the Skype when
used to. Hope this helps.
Jeffry miller
On Feb 2, 2013,
Hi,
I have a large amount of bookmarks that were transferred through I-cloud
from my phone to my Mac. They were synched from my PC to my phone and many
of them are in folders. I've tried accessing some of them on my Mac without
success. I have made sure show all bookmarks is checked, and have
Does the Plantronics audio 995 have an answer call button on the headset?
What's the wireless range and battery life like? I had a Plantronics headset,
can't remember which model, but I remember the range and battery life being
fairly poor.
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When on the bookmark in the table, press VO-SHIFT-M to open the context menu,
then press O to navigate to open and press enter or VO-SPACE.
You can also copy all those bookmarks from whatever imported folder they are
in, and paste them into the Bookmarks Menu folder. That way you can access
I am helping a friend who has an IMac. The cursor seems to jump all over the
page. Is there any way to eliminate this?
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I was actually wondering that myself; I have that same trouble when it comes to
my mac/IPhone, and have no idea how to go about correcting it. I do fine when
it comes to the current word, but if it comes to trying to find a list, that's
a whole different story, so would love some advice as
Getting the list is as easy as putting your cursor just past the last character
of the word and then down arrowing, or moving to anywhere in the word and
hitting vo-shift-m. On iOS, when you hear the auto-correct sound, you can swipe
down (the rotor should auto-select corrections, but if not
i'm sorry, but i'd only be guessing. in system preferences there is a place
where you can change the cursor settings including delay between moving arrow
keys and cursor movement. wish i could be more help. good luck, max
On Feb 2, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Dawn Johnson wrote:
I am helping a friend
Hi Max, we will try it, Thank you
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i'm sorry, but i'd only be guessing. in system preferences there is a place
where you can change the cursor settings including delay between moving arrow
keys and
Hi,
Thanks for your quick response. When I was on one of those bookmarks in the
table, I did the Vo-shift-m, and I had two choices, rename bookmark and
delete bookmark. Hitting the letter o put me on the delete bookmark option.
Eventually, I think your idea of copying them all into the
Hey guys,
Well today is the day, I am getting mynew macbook pro.
Very excited. I've got a question. Obviously coming from windows, I need
to import my favorites to safari from firefox.
Is there a way I can do that?
Obviously I'd have to expore to a file somehow on windows, then impot in
safari.
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