Yes, it's accessible.
• To the right of the tool bar there should be a table. Interact
with this table and use the VoiceOver keys (control and option together) along
with the up and down arrows to select contacts.
• Stop interacting with the table and then navigate wi
Tid Bits Publishers produce a great series of books on how to use Mac OS X.
It's called the Take Control series. In particular, they have a new Take
Control of Apple Mail in Mountain Lion book. It goes through how to set up Mail
in great detail. At first I thought it was silly getting a whole bo
Hi Jed.
I think there is no way of doing this.
I will look around the settings a bit more.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Jed Barton wrote:
> Hey guys,
> Forgive me for so many questions. How do I make it so wheni close the lid
> on my macbook, it doesn't go to sleep?
> This is kind of annoying as
hmmm, do macbooks dream of electric sheep?
sorry! could not resist.
Still if there are no Philip K fans here,
ahem.
Kare
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Jed Barton wrote:
Hey guys,
Forgive me for so many questions. How do I make it so wheni close the lid
on my macbook, it doesn't go to sleep?
This is ki
Hey guys,
I am having some difficulty retreiving my email using apple mail. I'm using
gmail, and it's not working. I enabled imap. I can send email with no
problem, yet when I go to retreive it, no go, but yet it isn't giving me any
errors.
I can send myself a message and it shows up on my phone
Hey guys,
Forgive me for so many questions. How do I make it so wheni close the lid
on my macbook, it doesn't go to sleep?
This is kind of annoying as I'll keep it closed most of the time as I use an
external keyboard?
Thanks,
Jed
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I just got the macbook pro and am getting things up and running. I got
skype to load but can't seem to see any of my contacts. Any idea how to
find them?
Also, when I do, how do I either call or have a conversation with them?
Thanks,
Jed
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Huh, interesting. I use a portable drive for my time-machine backups, but
haven't done much else. I'm sure this will make more sense once I'm actually
trying to do it.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:50 PM, J.P. wrote:
> No, it would automatically show the backup drive. You would interact
thanks for the clarification, Ricardo. I'm sure this will all make more sense
once I actually try and do it.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 3, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yes. You would. You would first need to go into iTunes preferences and under
> advanced, uncheck that option
I actually was curious about that as well; I'd like to be able to download
videos from youtube on occasion, and was wondering if there was such a thing.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can someone recommend an accessible app to download video from the interne
Hi all,
I have a gmail account and I'm able to send messages to it from my mac and my
hims voicesense.
If I try to send a message to this account from my iPhone however, I get a
message that the message can't be delivered.
Help.
Stacey Robinson
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Hey Kliphton,
Thanks. I think the idea of doing this all wirelessly sounds very cool. If I
get a time-capsule, I may pick your brain more about how you did this.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 3, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Kliphton A M wrote:
> I do it. I didn't partition my time capsule, but I did put the mov
You don't when you select gmail as the account type it should configure the
proper settings for you, except your username and password.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 9:00 PM, Jed Barton wrote:
> It said that imap is enabled on the gmail side.
> Where do I set that in apple mail?
>
> -Original Message
Hi Phil,
Thanks. I guess I'll just have to try it and see what happens. What I want is
to continue to keep music on my MBA, but keep movies externally. Sounds
doable, I'll have a go at it and see what happens.
Cheers,
Donna
On Feb 3, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Phil Halton wrote:
> I have my iTunes l
"The only question I have: How interested might Microsoft be to make the Mac
more attractive to blind users?"
I don't think Sara would have joined this thread if Microsoft were not
interested in making MS Office for Mac accessible.
However, I agree with you that making the Mac a viable alternat
It said that imap is enabled on the gmail side.
Where do I set that in apple mail?
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I do it. I didn't partition my time capsule, but I did put the movies in there
own folder. Works flawlessly. I have itunes set to point to the files, not
copy them to my library. Just for your knowledge. HTH
On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> We already have ho
Please read this entire message to the ends, to find a link to get more
information. Apparently, the date of Super Bowl being when iOS 6.1 jailbreak
will be out, was slightly incorrect. The website below explains that it is 91%
of the way complete, and the next step is to be released. According
Have you set up your account on other devices? I'm wondering if you do not have
IMAP enabled on your gMail settings yet.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 7:47 PM, "Jed Barton" wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Trying to setup my gmail using apple mail.
> I've had gmail for years, this is a brand new computer, but it is
Hey guys,
Trying to setup my gmail using apple mail.
I've had gmail for years, this is a brand new computer, but it is not
retreiving my email from gmail.
Yet it will send, and no errors are coming up. Any ideas?
This makes no sense.
Thanks,
Jed
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On 2013-02-03, at 4:07 PM, "Scott Berry" wrote:
>
>
> Nope just have to keep checking the idownload blog I am sure Jeff will let
> us know as soon as it's released.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macv
Thanks. Problem turned out to be with Audio Hijack Pro. I had bought a
license today and plugged in the code. After that as long as it was running
it was taking the audio from Skype and noa allowing it to come through to
me. I restarted the Mini, and now all is working fine. Only problem is
no
I'm trying to record a voicemail message from my iPhone into GarageBand on the
iMac. I've decided the quick and easy way to do this is just to hold the
iPhone, with speakerphone on, up to the builtin mic.
Its a late 2011 21.5 iMac. I assume the mic is in the center of the top edge of
the screen
Hi,
yes. You would. You would first need to go into iTunes preferences and under
advanced, uncheck that option to copy added media to your iTunes folder. After
that, you just add your movies to iTunes from your external drive like you
would anything else. But, instead of copying the movies t
I have my iTunes library on an external drive and I have several movies
contained therein.
If you disconnect the external drive, and then start iTunes, I believe you
will be prompted for the location of a library for iTunes to use.
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Sen
No, it would automatically show the backup drive. You would interact with both
drives for your specific setup. You would decide what you want where. Most
portable drives are very user friendly to understand. Just remember to keep
extra backup of portable, in case of fail.
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Yes it can, but you'd need then to get a cellular iPad, plus the app you use
may charge you to have a phone number which landlines or other cell phones can
call. Also, you cannot hold the iPad up to your ear, so if you are out and
about you'd need to use the speaker/microphone in the iPad or car
Softfoon by acrobits
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Op 3 feb. 2013 om 23:27 heeft "Ramy Moustafa" het
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> Regular calls?
>
>
> Cheers:
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> If music be the food of love... play on.
> Mobile:
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OK, now I'm confused. Are you saying I don't have to tell iTunes too look for
content on the portable drive, it will do that automatically?
Thanks,
Donna
On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:31 PM, "J.P." wrote:
> It would work with time machine. Your portable drive would show there. You
> could configure wha
It would work with time machine. Your portable drive would show there. You
could configure what to save to portable. It shouldn't affect your iTunes.
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Hi,
thanks. I figured the drive would need to be connected in order to access the
movies. What I meant by my second question is, if the drive is not connected,
is iTunes rendered unusable, i.e. can I play music or access other content that
does reside on my computer?
Also, how do you configu
Ipad mini can also do calls with the right app
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Op 3 feb. 2013 om 23:12 heeft Alex Hall het volgende
geschreven:
> That depends on what you want it for. The iPhone5 supports the phone things,
> like messaging and phone calls, and is pocket-sized. The iPad Mini is larger,
> and canno
Hi.
Yes, you can store them on a portable drive, but the drive does need to be
connected in order for iTunes to access them, otherwise they'll just be stubs
in your library that aren't able to be played.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have two questions re the
That depends on what you want it for. The iPhone5 supports the phone things,
like messaging and phone calls, and is pocket-sized. The iPad Mini is larger,
and cannot do phone calls or texts, plus rumor has it that a new one will be
out pretty soon. So, if it is a phone you want, go with the iPho
Hi all,
I have two questions re the storing of movies in the iTunes library.
1. Is it possible to store them on a portable hard drive?
2. If the answer to No. 1 is yes, if the drive is not connected to your Mac,
does that mess up your iTunes library?
Thanks for any thoughts or experiences an
Hi all:
I found an I pad mini with a good price, don't know buy it or the original
ipad? Or buying the iphone 5? I have only 3gs. I need your advices please.
Cheers:
Ramy Moustafa
If music be the food of love... play on.
Mobile:
0020102221750
Personal email:
ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com
Msn and aim
Ah, you need to set not only the output to use the headset, the input must also
be set that way also.
HTH.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 3, 2013, at 3:17 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote:
> Hi.
> Had Skype working fi
Hi all,
Can someone recommend an accessible app to download video from the internet? I
tried RealPlayer Downloader, but it's interface is not accessible with VO.
Cordially,
Rafael
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Dear Listers,
I've just tried to buy an audiobook for a friend in iTunes 11. Previously I had
no problems going into the actions menu when finding a book I wished to buy for
somebody and choosing buying it as a gift. A new dialogue would open which
would allow you to do so. However, now this ha
Hi Bill,
If possible, with the USB headset plugged in, go to system preferences, to the
sound category. Change the sfx tab, input, and output tabs, to all use your
headset as the default device.
that may help,
Rachel
On Feb 3, 2013, at 1:17 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote:
> Hi.
> Had Skype working f
Hi.
Had Skype working fine yesterday on my Mac Mini with a desk mike and my
speakers.
Today I tried adding a usb headset, and everything went downhill.
I have Skype set to use the usb headset in the call speakers pop up box, and
the volume is set to 75%. I have ringers set to use all devices.
No
The battery life is okay. The range is about 40 to 50 m. No there is no answer
call button.
Jeffry miller
On Feb 2, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Nicholas Parsons
wrote:
> 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
Yes indeed.
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Sent: Saturday, 2 February, 2013 17:03
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: help with script speaking bluetooth
Hi all.
Would people be interested in a V
Nope just have to keep checking the idownload blog I am sure Jeff will let
us know as soon as it's released.
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Sent: Sunday, 3 February, 2013 8:55
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This article link will give easy to follow instructions
http://m.imore.com/how-manually-transfer-media-your-iphone-and-ipad-itunes-11
HTH J.P.
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hey all please could some one explane to me how to manuly sink albums
to my ipod with the new iTunes? your help with this question would be
most welcome kind regards trahern.
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I know this is a bit off topic for this list, but many of us have iOS devices
on here. Don't forget that today is the last day to get BrailleTouch for $15;
tomorrow it goes up to $20. If you are on the fence about upgrading, consider
taking the plunge today, since that same plunge tomorrow will
Just to add some. My wife has it. I can access most menus but none of the
editing area. This is why I don't use word. I need access to view the document
I am building. I have not explored this thoroughly by any means. I wish to have
it accessible because it is a good program, but will either pat
I surely did try a restart.
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On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Have you tried a good old restart? It sounds like all your status menus are
> gone, so resta
Hi Tim,
We already have home-sharing turned on. We were thinking that it would be cool
to store our movies on a drive that connects wirelessly to my MBA. but I
suppose if we have to use a standard portable drive, that isn't the end of the
world. But it does raise another question or two. Ca
Have you tried a good old restart? It sounds like all your status menus are
gone, so restarting everything might bring them back. As I understand it,
Spotlight is part of that group of menus, so you'll need them back before
Spotlight will return.
On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Richard Ring wrote:
Where on the word are you? Also, are you possibly mistaking the "misspelled
word" sound for the "suggestions available" sound? The former is the sort of
ratchet sound, the latter a higher, shorter tone. Finally, do you have "correct
spelling as I type" enabled in system preferences and in the ap
I'm running Mountain with all updatees. When I hit vo m 3 times I go back to
the Apple menu.
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On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:46 AM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote:
> What happened when
Hi,
The VO-m three times is no longer available as a Spotlight shortcut. The
cmd-space is a built-in function of the Mac so you shouldn't need to create it
yourself. Not entirely sure why yours is not working but you could just use
cmd-f (Find) when in the Finder which accesses the same engin
What happened when you hit VO-M three times? WHich version of the OS are you
running?
Best wishes,
On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Richard Ring wrote:
> I can no longer use Spotlight search. When I press command space, nothing
> happens. I tried vo m 3 times, no joy. Then I repaired permissions
I can no longer use Spotlight search. When I press command space, nothing
happens. I tried vo m 3 times, no joy. Then I repaired permissions from the
recovery partition. I also checked system preferences to make certain I had a
keyboard shortcut set. I am out of ideas now, any advice would be gr
The only question I have: How interested might Microsoft be to make the Mac
more attractive to blind users?
Am 03.02.2013 um 17:18 schrieb Annie Skov Nielsen :
> Hi.
>
> I agree with you Christer.
>
> Here in Denmark it is exactly the same situation.
>
> A very important thing will be to make
Hi Sara,
I don't have MS Office for the Mac and can't give you any specific details on
its inaccessibility . However, I want you to know I would purchase it if I
heard on this list it became useable with Voiceover. Thanks for your interest
in making MS Office accessible.
Rod
On Jan 31, 2013
Hi,
I believe that it may be technically possible but not extremely practical. You
would need to probably partition your TC so that the backups were on a separate
partition then set your Mac to automatically mount the other partition where
your iTunes content is stored. Then when you started
Hi,
Try going up to the Bookmarks menu, select Show All Bookmarks, then you're able
to Cut and Paste items from one area to the other. There will be two Tables,
one that lists your categories like Bookmark Menu, Bookmark Bar etc and another
that lists the contents of the selected category. Si
Hi all
Does anyone know if it is possible to use time capsule to store your movies
library and iTunes and to play movies from there?
Cheers,
Donna
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Greetings:
Is there a way to move bookmarks from the bookmarks bar to the main bookmarks
menu? I wasn't aware that the bar was only for those favorites you wanted to
access often. And i'd like to move them to the regular menu, below the bar.
Thanks,
Rachel
On Feb 3, 2013, at 2:30 AM, Nicholas P
Hi.
I agree with you Christer.
Here in Denmark it is exactly the same situation.
A very important thing will be to make tables and all text areas accessible. We
are having major problems with tables on the mac as VoiceOver users, they are
not accessible in any application. To make ms office ac
Does anyone know what time today or even if it will be released today I already
prepared my iPhone 4S for the jailbreak according to idownloadblog
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On 2013-02-01, at 12:18 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" wrote:
> Hi, The iDownloadBlog is always a good source. Their site is
> http://
Yep, I sure am.
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On Feb 3, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Nicholas Parsons
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> Before you press the down arrow, are you hearing the noise to indicate that
> there are suggestions?
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I'm sure you're right about forms, the forms I personally had to read were on
the web.
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On Feb 3, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Keith Watson wrote:
> It depends on the form that you
Before you press the down arrow, are you hearing the noise to indicate that
there are suggestions?
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Hello,
My friend Mike Malarsie has recorded a new tutorial on his How To Be Blind
website and I thought that some people might like to check it out. He is doing
a really good job creating some useful content on his site, and he also
produces a very good podcast if I do say myself. I made that
Hi.
I have in fact godt prizmo to work, but I would recommend to do the scanning
with vuescan, and do the OCR with prizmo.
I bought it a wile ago on a macupdate desktop offer.
The Ocr is very good. In fact I got better results with some cookbooks than in
finereader 11. But I have an a3 scanner
It depends on the form that you get. Some of the forms have complex tables and
elements that text edit don't handle very well. Sure you can get the gist of
the letter but there are elements that are add to the docs in order for them to
be 508 compliant per SSA requirements. And text edit does no
Hi Esther,
Thanks for the link to the demo. As John indicated, it's hard to figure out
how to perform an actual scan. I did interact with the toolbar and was able to
configure settings, but that's as far as I've gotten.
Les
On Feb 1, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hello Mary, Les, and Ot
Sometimes after my iMac has been asleep, usually overnight, VoiceOver will not
come up talking right away after I press a key and the system wakes up.
Sometimes it takes several minutes.
In fact, its not only
VO, but system sounds as well that are tardy after a wake up.
I've also noticed the
I feel like an idiot because the down arrow trick just simply is not working
for me. VO shift m does work, but no matter what I do, the down arrow followed
by left-right to get to the list of words does nothing for me.
On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:49 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Getting the list is as eas
Hi Jessica,
If I can figure this out I'll definitely let you know, because like you I am
able to fix a current word, but I'm still not able to, and have never been able
to get to this list of corrections. Same with my iPhone, I have no clue how to
do it there either. Alex and a few others ha
I know a number of people who are employed who have to use office because
that's what their employers insist upon. Making MS Office would make the Mac
such a viable solution. Freedom Scientific and GW Micro wouldn't like it, but
we would!
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! -
Sorry, I meant to say, most of my work "revolves" around Microsoft Office, :)
On 3 Feb 2013, at 12:02, Chris Moore wrote:
> lol so it is not just me then Riccardo, I am finding the same problems with
> Numbers. Shame really, as it could be quite a nice app.
>
> If MS Office was accessible, I
lol so it is not just me then Riccardo, I am finding the same problems with
Numbers. Shame really, as it could be quite a nice app.
If MS Office was accessible, I would buy it within a heart beat. Most of my
work resolves around using MS Office on Windows, but for everything else, I try
to us
I've asked once before but thought I'd ask one more time as this issue is
getting worse. Several times a day, mail will crash telling me there's a
problem with the quicktime mail plugging and restart mail.
Is this a known issue? Any solutions round or is there a way I can attempt to
track down
Hmm, that's odd. I get Open, Open in New Window, Open in New Tab, Rename
Bookmark…, Edit Address, Copy and Delete. Not sure why this is so. If you
VO-Left Arrow from the bookmark, do you get its address? A work around might be
for you to copy that address, press Command-L to move to the address
I exported my favourites to Dropbox, and then imported that file from Dropbox
into Safari. It's really quite easy. There should be an export menu in Firefox,
probably in the file or bookmarks menu. Follow the instructions to save the
file wherever you want; on a flash disc, for example. And then
In iOS, if you hear the sound, you can just double tap to dismiss the
suggestion. If you wish to accept the suggestion, just press space. To review
the suggestions, as Alex said you just need to swipe down.
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Hi, just press the spacebar to open the bookmark.
Ronald
Op 3 feb. 2013, om 02:37 heeft Mary-Jo Lord het
volgende geschreven:
> 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 th
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