Remote Control for a DVR

2013-02-12 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Yes, I know not a mac question, but just wwanted to check if anyone here knew of a good remote control that might have voice navigation to control a Timw Warner DVR, and if not Time Warner, if anyone has found a good remote control to use with a DVR. I have been a long time Tivo user and

Re: messages app question

2013-02-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
hi, Your phone number is added automatically if you've set up iMessage and/or FaceTime on your iPhone. Once set up on the iPhone, it will sync with your Apple ID on all devices set up for iMessages and FaceTime with that same Apple ID. As your phone number is not showing up, then I'm guessing

searching for stations in radium

2013-02-12 Thread Daniel Miller
Hello, I just downloaded the trial or Radium version 3, and am stumped on how to search for station. From what it seems, this app doesn't seem as accessible as people are making it out to be. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: messages app question

2013-02-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I see account controls, and I can add new email, but cannot add phone number. On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > "How do you change messages to have your phone number at the default on your > Mac"? > > In Messages Preferences under the Accounts tab. There is an option t

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I did have to use VO-shift-space to activate the text area within the pdf document. Sorry, I forgot to mention that part in my first post. VO-space wouldn't do anything but the simulated mouse-click VO-shift-space activated the text area for me. Hope it works for you. Later... Tim Kilb

Re: gMail won't download new messages

2013-02-12 Thread kari johns
The account is online, I've already checked that. The only thing that isn't rite as far as I can see is the get new mail button. It's dimmed like it's downloading the mail, but never actually does it. And if the account was off line I shouldn't be able to send mail, which I can, I just can'd

Re: Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Hall
Yes. Cmd-left/right moves to the start or end of the line, up/down to the top or bottom of the edit field. Option-left/right moves by word, up/down by paragraph. Add shift to select by the movement instead of just moving by it. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:54, Georgina Joyce wrot

Re: Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there The cursor behavior in VoiceOver can be changed if you want to behave like Windows. I haven't done it myself; I just got used to it. If you want to change it, first go to the VoiceOver Utility with VO F8. You will need the FN key maybe if you have a laptop and haven't changed the beh

Re: Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Thanks to you both, I'll play with it again next time I boot the mini. Also are there commands for moving to the beginning and end of a line? Including the highlighting of that line? To the top and to the bottom? Thanks. Gena On 12/02/2013 22:40, Alex Hall wrote: Also, it is impor

OT: selling my mac.

2013-02-12 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all, I'm sorry to be writing this today. For work and school which i use my mac for most of this just isn't working out for me. I need to do heavy formatting with papers and complex pdf files for my classes. My question for anybody on this list is: How much do you feel is a reasonable asking pri

Re: Craig's list app?

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Hall
I can't help with the app, but I can say that discussions of apps are encouraged on here. Also, in case you don't know about it, www.applevis.com is a great resource for looking up apps to find out about their accessibility. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:03, "Christina C." wrote:

Re: Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Hall
Also, it is important to disabe quicknav when editing. As to cursor tracking, just leave the vo defaults for cursors following each other and you should be fine. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 16:56, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I think this might be a case of you not being use t

Re: Editing .plist files.

2013-02-12 Thread Chris Blouch
There used to be a standalone property list editor app that came as part of xcode but it seems that got merged into the main app a while ago. You can still open a plist file within Xcode and use their hierarchical editor, which seems to work pretty well with voiceover. Just have to remember to

Re: Editing .plist files.

2013-02-12 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Chris. You are wright, plist has been changed to binary files. Thank you. I will try that, but you know, I am not good at working in terminal. If anybody should know a program, that can be used, I still would be interested. Can we use bbedit? Best regards Annie. On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:13 PM,

Re: Craig's list app?

2013-02-12 Thread Christina C.
Ooops, I apologize, I meant to send to viPhone list. I wasn't sure if iOS apps were on topic here. Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Feb 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, "Christina C." wrote: > Hi, > > Which Craig's List app do you recommend that is very VO friendly. I have the > free version of Craig's

Craig's list app?

2013-02-12 Thread Christina C.
Hi, Which Craig's List app do you recommend that is very VO friendly. I have the free version of Craig's List Pro. It used to be much more accessible and now I find it quite cumbersome and I keep getting lost and having to ask for sighted assistance. Thanks, Christina C. -- You received this

Re: Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think this might be a case of you not being use to how the cursor acts on the Mac. On the Mac, the cursor position depends on the direction your navigating in. If navigating to the right, the cursor is located to the right of the last character or word spoken by Voiceover. If moving to

Editing text

2013-02-12 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello All, I'm struggling to have fluent cursor tracking. Whether it's the mail app, pages or safari's search field. It seems VO is not reporting the cursor position correctly. As there are several ways of using VO i.e. VO cursor locked to cursor, locked to mouse etc. How do I get the best cu

Re: to all time capsule owners

2013-02-12 Thread John Panarese
I have a list of ports from an apple support article. I'll send it when I'm back in the office. Sent from John's iPhone. On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:41 PM, "Kliphton" wrote: > What ports should I use, are there others more stable? > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionarie

RE: to all time capsule owners

2013-02-12 Thread Kliphton
What ports should I use, are there others more stable? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: to all time capsule owners You do it

Re: to all time capsule owners

2013-02-12 Thread John Panarese
You do it with Airport Utility. You want to edit your time capsule and choose the network tab. There is a table for ports and you have to add new port information. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www

to all time capsule owners

2013-02-12 Thread Kliphton
Does anyone know how to port forward with the time capsule? I have a network attached storage that is capable of being some cloud storage without a monthly fee, and I need it to be online all the time, so I can access it from my I-devices. I have goggled this, and found nothing, I have asked in c

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi again Tim. After your post, I tried to edit a copy of a 1040 form that I filed for 2011. It should work since as I know, I didn't do something that would make it read only. I did the edit toolbar which I din't know about until you said. I interacted with it, and found the text toolbar, final

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yes, my doctor office once gave me a PDF form that all you could do was print out the thing and then fill it in by hand. Go figure. The least they could have done was make it so it could be filled in on the computer, even if you couldn't save it out. I have seen some state forms that let you fil

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread ppowells09
Thank you for all of the good suggestions. I have a question with reference to the type of form. Are there forms that will not lend themselves to be filled out on the computer regardless of whether one has adobe acrobat or not? I have heard, there are some government forms that are coated in suc

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
I would think you have to be careful about using an OCR program or a text program to edit a file that was done as a PDF previously. I've been told it can mess up the format, and sometimes that is not allowed by some of these governmental organizations such as the IRS for example. Regards, Gigi

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Tim Thanks for the information, and I'll see if I can get it to work. I tried it a time or two, and I couldn't get it to work, so I guess I assumed it couldn't happen. See what happens. Regards Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, I

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2013-02-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
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Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Actually, I was reading some documentation the other day and it mentioned that Preview works for editable PDFs. Open your document in Preview, select Edit from within the ToolBar, then select the TextTool from within the Edit ToolBar and you should be able to fill out pdf forms. I tried i

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Randy George
Or I guess our workaround would be to partition your drive, boot your system as windows, download jaws for Windows or window eyes, and fill out the forms that way. Just another thought. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Pam > I have some unfortunate n

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Randy George
What about a BBY fine reader? I have used in the past and it has worked really well for me. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Pam > I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF forms > is an issue we have talked about before a

Re: Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Pam I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF forms is an issue we have talked about before and will no doubt talk again until it is resolved. Unless you put Windows on your Mac and download Adobe Acrobat Reader to your computer, there is not yet a good way to do t

Accessible means to fill out forms on the mac

2013-02-12 Thread ppowells09
Hi folks, I receive forms from my state periodically to re- determine my eligibility for state funds. Does anyone know of an accessible means to reliably fill out the paperwork on the computer, printed, and sign it? I can print it, I can sign it. However filling out the forms is a major issue. I

Re: Possibility of File Transporter voiceover Accessible?

2013-02-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, in my experience, the price of an app is no indicator of accessibility at all. I've bought apps for a buck that worked wonderfully with Voiceover, and apps for $30 that were completely inaccessible. I recommend getting in contact with the developers if possible and asking if there is a de

Possibility of File Transporter voiceover Accessible?

2013-02-12 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, Lately some buzz in the mac ecosystem is about File Transporter, which is a personal cloud storage system. This sounds very interested and the price seems fair-enough for the product. My question is because of the moderately priced product what is the likelihood that the software

Re: context key

2013-02-12 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Either that or do what I had to do, and download Sharp keys... just google for it... and install that on the Windows side, then assign a hotkey mapping the application's key to something else. I'd never be without sharp keys on my windows setup on the mac! Chris Gilland. Founder of CLG Produc

Re: context key

2013-02-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Just to add, you might have to use the FN key plus shift F10 to bring up the context menu. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 10, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: > hello there, > > please press shift f10 and you'll