I was having a similar problem with my Mac Mini but found I had a bad memory
stick. My husband was watching and it appears that voiceover was trying to load
but took it a minute or two. It's so hard when you don't know whether voiceover
is on or not.
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:46
Hi,
Its pressing VO F5 quickly. I think its like a reset in a way.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
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www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Phil Halton wrote:
> looks like I struck gold on this thread.
> hitting Command F5 4 times sounds weird,
Hmm... I'm using Mountain Lion, and all that happens when I arrow in the text
is the share menu opens. I can vo-arrow, but that's no better than Quicklook. I
did hit cmd-2 to enter single page mode as you suggested, and I did interact
with the text.
On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Tim Kilburn wro
Agreed. I don't like American Nuance either, that's why I prefer Serena
(British) or Lee (Australian). Here's how odd my tastes are: if I had my way,
I'd be using eSpeak with Voiceover on my iPhone and mac. Yes, eSpeak. If you
haven't heard that one, google it; it is absolutely horrible at first
Hi,
I navigate to the pdf wherever it is located on my computer, then open it. My
default app for PDFs is Preview so it opens Preview. I then press cmd-2 if
I've not already done so in an earlier read of the PDF which puts it into
Single-page mode. I can then navigate with VO-right arrow to
Voices preferences are such an individual thing that I think a person just has
to try different voices and make a decision. I personally don't like Nuance -
at least the US English voices - but some people really like those voices, and
you can find people who really like Alex and people who don'
How do you read line by line? I can enable quick nav and rotor to lines, but
that is not perfect and can be laggy. Up and down arrows just move to the
previous or next item and open it in quicklook, which I understand preview to
be. Am I missing an app others are using?
On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:10
Well, I still like Alex over any other U.s. English voice available on the Mac.
If Ivona were on the Mac, I would have a different opinion, but it isn't, so be
it. I'm still using Snow Leopard, so perhaps Alex changed for the worse on
newer versions of the os. I'm just not taken with the A Capel
No, I'm using the newest version and it works fine. You have to install the
safari extension first. Here's the link to the installation guide for blind
users.
http://skipinput.com/bps/install.html
--
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May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my
Hi,
Is the file on an external HD? Sometimes, if the external HD is formatted
MSDOS instead of HFS you'll get that sort of error.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-02-20, at 11:28 AM, cait furness wrote:
> Ok, I'll give it a go later when i have a sec.
> Thanks.
> Cait
>
Hello, Cheryl:
I just tried to register with skip input only to have a message come up stating
it doesn't support my current browser which is safari. Does it only support
older versions?
On 2013-02-20, at 8:39 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Actually, I understand some people are using webvissum on
thanks, I have seen this before, just going senile
On 2013-02-20, at 9:09 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Go to the vo utility, select speech from the table, select the voices tab,
> open the voice popup menu, and select customize. Once the resulting window
> loads, use the table to check all the voices
Hi,
Preview usually works just great for me, line by line or whatever method I
choose. I do, however, find it much easier to use in Single-page mode which
you can enter by pressing cmd-2 in ML. I use it for multi-page curriculum
guides, various manuals and much, much more.
Later...
Tim Kilb
Hi Kerri,
To download the voices, you'll go to your Voiceover utility with Vo+F8. Go to
the "speech" category, and the voices tab should be selected. Vo+Right arrow to
where it says "default" and you'll then see a popup button with your currently
selected voice. Vo+space on that menu, and go do
Go to the vo utility, select speech from the table, select the voices tab, open
the voice popup menu, and select customize. Once the resulting window loads,
use the table to check all the voices you want, then hit the download button.
You will be asked if you really want to download the voices a
Actually, I understand some people are using webvissum on firefox on the Mac.
And as for skipinput, which is what I am using, I don't do anything; the
captcha is just solved when I get to it. But once in a while that doesn't
happen so it's good to have alternatives. Neither of these solutions is
Where does one get the nuance voices?
On 2013-02-20, at 7:13 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> That's why I use Nuance, specifically Serena or Lee. I found that Alex tends
> to be too broken, as though you can often hear the individual voice samples
> that are strung together to form speech, instead of ju
It actually is easier to solve them via windows using firefox and web vissum.
On 2013-02-20, at 8:12 PM, Kirsten Edmondson
wrote:
> Reading between the lines here Ray your message seems to suggest it's easier
> to solve captures using Windows, is this the case? Is there something for
> Window
Thank you Brandon, this was the one I was thinking of. I'll give it ago.
Kirsten
Sent from my iPhone
On 21 Feb 2013, at 01:33, Brandon Olivares wrote:
> It depends which one you mean. Mine is ZCaptcha and is found at
> www.azavia.com/zcaptcha. I'm sure there are more that others can recommen
Reading between the lines here Ray your message seems to suggest it's easier
to solve captures using Windows, is this the case? Is there something for
Windows? I was planning on using the Mac and using Brandons website. In the
instance I am wanting it for, there is no audio version, however, I
My favorite voices-for the moment-are the Acapela voices. They are quick and
responsive and they have the best characteristics of Alex for entonation but
the quuickness of response of the nuance voices. To indicate capitol letters,
I just needed to reset VO so that it plays a sound when ever c
That's why I use Nuance, specifically Serena or Lee. I found that Alex tends to
be too broken, as though you can often hear the individual voice samples that
are strung together to form speech, instead of just hearing smooth speech.
Nuance sometimes does this as well, but it is better than Alex.
nO use. It used to be called Solona, but, that went out the window some time
ago. I think there are some paid services but not to sure of that. IF you
want to solve captchas on the Mac and you haven't installed windows via VMware
or bootcamp, and the captcha has no audio alternative, you are
looks like I struck gold on this thread.
hitting Command F5 4 times sounds weird, that's like turning VO on and off
twice. Or, is it a matter of pressing the key combo 4 times quickly causing a
different function than just pressing it normallyy.
- Original Message -
From: Kerri
It depends which one you mean. Mine is ZCaptcha and is found at
www.azavia.com/zcaptcha. I'm sure there are more that others can recommend.
God bless,
Brandon Olivares
Azavia Technologies
ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader
Christ's Little Flock — Jesus is the Good Shepherd
Luke 12:32 “Fear not, litt
I too am loosing speech. Mine is a iMac 2011 I think.
Sincerely,
Donovan Osborn
donovan303...@gmail.com
On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi again guys
> I have never lost VO after sleep on my 13-inch Mac Book Pro that I got in
> 2011, just in case that info is important.
Hi, what is the name of the app or the webpage which solves captures? How can
I get it? Where can I find it?
How does it work?
I've forgotten all the information.
Thanks.
Kirsten
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Yes,
I two loose VO after sleep. It is not every time and is unpredictable.
It happens more with my 2012 Mini with monitor hooked up. and a little less
often with my 2012 Macbook Pro. It seems to happen more often then when I
first got the Pro.
It would be nice to resolve this.
Er
Hi Israel
Yes, it seems to now count podcasts you haven't downloaded yet as unplayed. I'm
glad I'm not the only one (smile). I'll let you know if I find any setting to
change this back to how it was before.
Lisette
On 21/02/2013, at 12:51 PM, Israel Antonio wrote:
> Lisette,
>
> I noticed th
Hi all!
Seeing this is sort of talking about overall protection!
Other people have said for another layer to make a master account with full
rights then make yourself a daily user account with only read and write!
And only go to the master account for when you need to!
Colin
On 20 Feb 2013, at 23
Lisette,
I noticed that too. I played with iTunes searching for a way to change that,
but no luck so far. Even podcasts which I've not yet downloaded are marked as
unplayed as well as being labeled undownloaded.
Israel
On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:16 AM, Lisette Wesseling wrote:
> Hi
> I just upd
Hi Ricardo
I think both is true. This is because the thing is it's not just us that gets
attacked. I Can't claim to be an expert myself. However, although you can
install anti-virus on your computer, you are ultimately depending on that
company to know what they're doing, and this has always bee
Well, I didn't have it at all on Lion but Mountain Lion. It seems to be
worsening lately.
On 2013-02-20, at 1:46 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Right,
>
> Its just like that. The difference is, that other bug would just strike at
> random. This is much more predictable. thank goodness. lol.
>
H, I am using Alex and maybe that's why I can't really tell much of a
difference when I changed the intonation. The only reason I was trying to
figure it out is because Alex seems to skip words or blend two words together
and it sounds really weird. Then I am finding myself wasting time goin
Alex and the others do honor entonation changes, although it sounds a bit odd.
Sent from my iPod
On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> In a brief test, it did not seem to do anything. I am pretty sure that the
> Nuance voices do not honor the intonation setting. I have not tried Ale
Now that is most curious. I didn't hide my tool bar. Think maybe that might
make a difference? Not that it really matters, of course, I do love the app!!!
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:29 P
I should also like some clarification on that point. Frankly, it seems to me
that the app dev should do some antivirus scanning on what they put out: but,
by the same turn, frenkly, I think the end consumer must bear the
responsibility for the security of their own machines and scan what ever
Hi,
on my version, command comma opens up preferences.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> Well, I've just installed and run ClamXAV. Very accessible and extremely
> fast. Frankly, it's
Hi,
I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying OS makers should take care of anti
virus in house, and pass on the price to consumers because it will be cheaper
or, they should handle it in house because it will better prevent infection.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2
Well, I've just installed and run ClamXAV. Very accessible and extremely fast.
Frankly, it's such a good little but extremely thorough antivirus app that I
do believe that when I can, I shall make a small donation to the dev. It's not
mandatory-but, I'm sure it's appreciated when possible. L
Yes, finally. She had to wag that desk top computer in to get it done. Also,
she has been talking about switching to the Mac for some time, and now she
tells me she is closer by far. When she bought the Windows computer, she told
me she was not going to do the switch right then because she had s
I was actually curious about antivirus software myself.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi guys
> I am speaking here strictly from a lay woman's point of view, especially
> after what happened to a blind friend of mine who was beside herself with
> fury when her Windows desk
Right,
Its just like that. The difference is, that other bug would just strike at
random. This is much more predictable. thank goodness. lol.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi aga
Hi again guys
I have never lost VO after sleep on my 13-inch Mac Book Pro that I got in 2011,
just in case that info is important. I used to have problems losing speech
before we got Mountain Lion, and the braille display would keep going, and it
sounds a lot like what you guys are talking abou
hey all,
i was wondering whats a good de nosier plugin for logic pro 9 that will get
rid of background noise like say a vacuum when recording
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that's how it is here on my 2011 iMac.
On 2013-02-20, at 9:51 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote:
> I get this as well on my 2012 Mac Book Pro.
> After verifying I have sound with the volume keys, I can press Command+f5
> four times to revive VO.
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
>
Hi,
I agree with others that pressing command f5 four times will start VO again.
I have eliminated this problem on my 2013 MacBook Pro by turning the power nap
feature off. Earlier machines don't have this feature anyway.
Robert Carter
On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote:
> I
In a brief test, it did not seem to do anything. I am pretty sure that the
Nuance voices do not honor the intonation setting. I have not tried Alex or any
of the older voices though.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Eric Heil wrote:
> Hello,
> Internation is simply a numerical value assigned to how
Hello,
Internation is simply a numerical value assigned to how expressive a voice is.
So, for example if you have internation set to zero, your voice will sound very
monotone, almost like a robot. On the other hand, if you have intimation set to
100, it will be very expressive. Hope this helps.
I get this as well on my 2012 Mac Book Pro.
After verifying I have sound with the volume keys, I can press Command+f5 four
times to revive VO.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> upon waking from sleep mode, often VO will not speak. I have to mess around
> with the volume keys
That is very precisely what I am saying! Exactly!!! IF you have nothing to
offer, offer nothing. IF nothing to say, say nothing. It's like saying "I've
got a secret" as loud as you can but then you refuse to tell what it is.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still
I can't believe I'm posting to this lame post. I think Ray is saying , Don't
say anything unless you really have something. This doesn't have me on the edge
of my seat. I'll take it with a grain of salt.
J.P.
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Was your friend able to get rid of the virus? I myself am still not quite sure
what anti virus app to choose for my Mac.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi guys
>
Hi guys
I am speaking here strictly from a lay woman's point of view, especially after
what happened to a blind friend of mine who was beside herself with fury when
her Windows desktop caught a vicious virus and she had to spend all day on the
issue, including disconnecting and wagging the desk
Ok, I'll give it a go later when i have a sec.
Thanks.
Cait
On 2013-02-20, at 1:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Hmmm. Worked fine for me. I had a file named 'junk'. I hit return on it and
> pasted in your file name. It asked if I really wanted to change the file
> ending to .mp3 which I gave it t
I haven't told anything that shouldn't be known. All I did was say that there
would be another solution to help blind people and nothing more. After all,
I'm not the one getting into a state, you are. Just let things be as the apps
will be out soon.
On 20 Feb 2013, at 04:38 PM, Ray Foret Jr
Hmmm. Worked fine for me. I had a file named 'junk'. I hit return on it
and pasted in your file name. It asked if I really wanted to change the
file ending to .mp3 which I gave it the OK to do. One little odd thing
is that when I hit return on a file that already ends in .mp3, it only
selects t
03. crawl-Chris Brown.mp3
I'm running mountain lion, the latest version.
As I said, when I try forename the file, all I do is take out the track number
and leave the rest. It's worked for me before today.
Thanks a bunch.
Cait
On 2013-02-20, at 12:56 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Can you paste in
I'd love to if the file would open and not just say "plugging in process" then
sit there.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:40 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote:
> Hi there. No no, I wouldn't.
> However, what I usualy do is to open the file with preview, sellect all text,
> copy it to a tex
Can you paste in a sample file name so we can try to reproduce the
issue? Also, what version of OSX are you running?
CB
On 2/20/13 12:52 PM, cait furness wrote:
that's just it, the file name is just like this: first name last name song
title.mp3
that's it. It's always worked. they're not lon
that's just it, the file name is just like this: first name last name song
title.mp3
that's it. It's always worked. they're not longer then 255 characters, I know
that for sure. AllI'm doing is removing any track numbers if they're there,
because for some reason they bug me if I'm keeping the
Hi,
Yes. I get this from time to time. When it happens, press command F5 4 times.
This will bring speech back up.
hth
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Kerri wrote:
> I have this issue as well and it see
Hi,
you can download it from the Mac app store. I suggest googling it and getting
it from the site though. That version has more features.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Kerri wrote:
> Where do you get
I have this issue as well and it seems to be worsening, Phil. Sometimes Braille
works but not speech.
On 2013-02-20, at 7:24 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> upon waking from sleep mode, often VO will not speak. I have to mess around
> with the volume keys to get some system sounds going, then turn VO
I have this sometimes too. Sometimes I loose speech but not Braille so I know
VO works.
On 2013-02-20, at 7:56 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> I'm using an iMac with the builtin speakers.
> - Original Message -
> From: Alex Hall
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February
Where do you get clam?
On 2013-02-20, at 7:47 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Well, I don't know much about anti-virus solutions, but I tried Clam and was
> very impressed. There's a table of locations to be searched, and a table of
> threats that appear during a scan. Once you set your quarantine folde
I feel kind of dumb asking but what is intonation when choosing voice
preferences. I understand speed and pitch but I don't understand intonation.
Thanks,
Christina
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In which case, why tell us at all? Don't you suppose that's being a little
disingenuous? I mean, by telling us anything, aren't you letting things out
you should not be? Frankly, I think this whole thred is running the risk of
taking a road I've seen before.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The
Work is in progress so cannot tell you more.
Kawal.
On 20 Feb 2013, at 03:27 PM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote:
> Is there an article about the changes they are going to make?
>
> On 2/20/13, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>> Hello All.
>>
>> I don't use Navigon but today I have discovered that there is to
My sources is reliable, I know the people who are working to improve both
solutions, be it Sendero and Navigon as they work at the RNIB. That's as much
as I can give. I work in another department so I cannot give you any more
information. You will have to trust my word for now.
Kawal.
On 20
SERIOUSLY! I hate when people do that. Just tell you there may be or is a new
solution but give no specifics.
Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:55 AM, "Phil Halton" wrote:
> give details, sources
Is MacOS giving the error or is the player? MacOS lets you use anything
except a leading period. Files starting with a period are hidden so you
normally wouldn't want to name something that way. I even made a test
file called '\"/{}[].mp3 and it OSX was just fine with it.
CB
On 2/20/13 11:17
Hello,
That's interesting. Unix does use filenames that start with a period,
although, it would be inappropriate to name a audio file in this manner.
My guess is that there's an apostrophe in the name. To maintain the
character precede it with a backslash.
HTH
Gena
On 20/02/2013 16:01, Chr
Intresting.
I have a friend with the same problem on MacBook Air from january 2012.
Hope any one have a fix.
Mvh David Hole
Sendt fra min iPhone
Den 20. feb. 2013 kl. 16:54 skrev Phil Halton :
I'm using an iMac with the builtin speakers.
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*From:* Alex Hall
*To:*
There is a 255 character limit and I think the only limitation is that
it can't start with a period. So there normally should be no reason you
can't fit everything in the filename. Details about Apple's HFS+ format
here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus
CB
On 2/20/13 7:14 AM, cait furne
I don't know if this related to your problem or not, but I had something happen
with my USB drive this past week.
I have set my Mac Book Pro to go to sleep when I shut the lid. I have never had
a problem with this, but last week, when I shut the lid and case back, I got an
error message that m
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On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> I'm using an iMac with the builtin speakers.
> - Original Message -
> From: Alex Hall
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Losing VO after sleep
>
> Wh
I'm using an iMac with the builtin speakers.
- Original Message -
From: Alex Hall
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Losing VO after sleep
What are you using for speakers? My first thought is that this is a bluetoo
give details, sources etc!
- Original Message -
From: "Kawal Gucukoglu"
To: ; "macvisionaries"
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:55 AM
Subject: Some news on Navigon.
Hello All.
I don't use Navigon but today I have discovered that there is to be a new
solution for Navigon in t
I have that script, but I don't know if this list supports attachments, If it
does, let me know and I'll send it along. It does not do much with headings or
other formatting, but it does at least grab the text (no OCR, of course).
On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:06 AM, William Windels wrote:
> Hello,
> i
What are you using for speakers? My first thought is that this is a bluetooth
problem, but I don't know if you are using bluetooth audio as your system
default. Same for usb - your device may be functioning poorly for some reason.
So, what is your audio setup like?
On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:24 AM,
Well, I don't know much about anti-virus solutions, but I tried Clam and was
very impressed. There's a table of locations to be searched, and a table of
threats that appear during a scan. Once you set your quarantine folder, you
just scan, wait for it to finish, and go clear out that folder assu
If you have MacPorts installed you can just do
sudo port install pdftohtml
to get it set up on your machine.
CB
On 2/20/13 8:06 AM, William Windels wrote:
Hello,
in the past , I had a program for the terminal to convert pdf to html.
It was a command-line program and was working fine for me.
S
Is there an article about the changes they are going to make?
On 2/20/13, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> Hello All.
>
> I don't use Navigon but today I have discovered that there is to be a new
> solution for Navigon in the near future which will be benefitting the blind.
> So we will have two gps solu
upon waking from sleep mode, often VO will not speak. I have to mess around
with the volume keys to get some system sounds going, then turn VO off and back
on a few times before it will finally come up talking. It takes about two or
three minutes to do all this and get VO talking again.
it does
Hello All.
I don't use Navigon but today I have discovered that there is to be a new
solution for Navigon in the near future which will be benefitting the blind. So
we will have two gps solutions to choose from. I thought I'd pass this along to
the lists.
Kind regards,
Kawal.
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Good morning all.
I just installed the new slacker radio update, and nothing seems to have
changed regarding accessibility.
Buttons are still unlabeled, and I still am not able to activate certain
things. This is quite sad, I'lll be writing to the slacker radio team soon
Matt
Sent from my mac
Twi
Hello,
in the past , I had a program for the terminal to convert pdf to html.
It was a command-line program and was working fine for me.
Since I have reinstalled my new macbook air with mountain lion on it, I can't
find that program anymore.
Is here someone that uses this program a the moment and
Hi,
I'm having a problem renaming files. I am going through some mp3 files I have
and renaming some of them. Basically, I hit enter on them and take off the
track number and then add the artist to the song name. this has worked fine in
the past with no problems. This morning, however, I am g
Hi there. No no, I wouldn't.
However, what I usualy do is to open the file with preview, sellect all text,
copy it to a textedit document and read it there. It only takes 3 key strokes.
Later.
Nektarios.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:35 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote:
> Would you really say Preview works?
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