Jonathan, I have heard rumour that 3rd party applications wouldn't get you
to mayor and it would be shame if Foursquare API's would work that way. I
actually don't know. I don't play so much that I would know from my own
experience. I found some conversations that says that 3rd party apps has
just
Hey Nick,
Yeah, maybe I need to start drinking tea. Sorry lack of sleep, and I do get
annoyed to quickly when I can't figure something out. I think the unlabeled
buttons threw me also at first, but I did figure a way around it eventually.
Like anything, I need to get used to it. Did you have to
Hey Tim,
Thanks so much. Once I used VO J and selected none, than I was able to get the
headers back for the folder. Not sure how this got screwed up, but it is fixed
now. Thanks so much for the help. Best, Brian
On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:44 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You are correct. It a
Hi,
You are correct. It appears that if you force the window to be arranged by
Name in the View options, then your ability to sort using VO-back slash is
gone. It also looks like it gives the announcement that was mentioned earlier
about "No Headers Available". If you leave it at "None", pre
Hey Nicholas, I got Read Kit, and just signed up for the free readability
account, went and hit the letter G, but nothing opens in REad Kit to read the
article. Is there something else I have to install, or does hitting G just send
the article to your readability account for online reading throu
I use Ariadne and I too am lukewarm towards it. It does name street names, but
doesn't seem particularly accurate. It is also a bit hit and miss to get it to
say the street name. Is BlindSquare different?
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Alex,
I couldn't find an option for when text changes. There's text attributes, which
is already set to nothing. There's also status changes which is just set to
play tone. I'm sure you've correctly diagnosed the problem though.
Brian,
As I said, ReadKit optionally syncs with a whole range of se
I purchased Ariadne a long time ago, and haven't used it in ages. I remember
feeling lukewarm toward it when I experimented with it. If I recall, it was
because it did not name street names, or named them way too late to be
practical, particularly in an unfamiliar area. But as I said, I haven'
Ahh, okay, that makes sense. Not as exciting as letting us drive ourselves
though. :) I still think taxi drivers could always use the excuse that they
were taking a shortcut to avoid traffic, or some roadblock, or something. My
parents never seem to follow the turn by turn directions exactly. Th
Hi,
There are a number of ways to accomplish this depending on whether you wish a
regular playlist or a Smart playlist.
For the regular playlists, you can select the music first while in the Songs
view:
1. navigate through the list of songs until you find one you wish to put in
the playlist.
Ugh, my whole point of not jumping right into Read Kit was having to keep
shelling out money for things. So I finally bought it and the very first thing
that comes up when launching REad Kit is you must have a premium account to
Insta paper. What the heck. I don't use Insta paper, and don't reca
Hi!
OK I had my downloads where the items were in order of getting them!
I went into the view options and changed to sort by name and another option by
name!
And picked always open in list view!
Now when I open my downloads I also do not have any option to sort it says no
headers to interact with
Brian,
I'm wondering if your Downloads folder has accidentally been changed out of
List mode. When you're in the Downloads folder, press cmd-2 to make sure that
you're in List mode for that window then try the VO-shift-back slash command.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013
Thanks Jonathan, will have to revisit it.
On Jul 8, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
> Instapaper is absolutely brilliant. It's had a few rough patches of late
> because it's upgrading its infrastructure, but I believe they're coming out
> the other end of all that now.
>
> When I see a
Hi,
If you've Interacted with the Table of WIFI networks, locate the one you wish
to join, Stop Interacting with the Table with VO-shift-up arrow, then navigate
right to the Join button.
Another method that you may wish to use instead to join WIFI networks, is to
press VO-m-m, that is VO-m twi
Hi Ilkka, can you earn mayorships if you check in with Blindsquare, or do you
have to use the official app to earn them?
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 9/07/2013, at 4:48 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> Foursquare itself is a
That's correct.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-07-08, at 4:36 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote:
> Aha great, so it’s not like choosing between 2 windows? I can do that inside
> the OS not outside it?
>
>
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
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Hi Caitlyn, I'm not sure what you mean about not getting full functionality
with the Focus 40 Blue for obvious reasons. I'm using one daily with the Mac
and it's working as well as any other display. I think when it comes to
displays, a lot of it comes down to things like how you like to navigat
Instapaper is absolutely brilliant. It's had a few rough patches of late
because it's upgrading its infrastructure, but I believe they're coming out the
other end of all that now.
When I see articles in Twitter that I want to read later, I just send them to
Instapaper. The app is accessible on
Hi Mac Friends,
Would someone be so kind as to provide me with step by step instructions on how
to make a playlist in iTunes using Voice Over in Mountain Lion?
Thank you in advance,
Rhonda
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Ok, great but if it's a txt value, like joining the why fie network,, I
found my network name, but don't know how can I interact with it, when I
press vo plus sheft plus down errow, I find the txt, so, what can I do to
join?
Thanks
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Aha great, so it's not like choosing between 2 windows? I can do that
inside the OS not outside it?
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Yes, I will use my friend's copy on his machine.
Don't worry it's leagle
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Hey Tim, and actually thins time I noticed when I clicked VO shift back slash
it actually said no headers to interact with, strange how this is the only
folder that is coming up in reverse alphabetical order and there seems to be no
header in the folder, and the rest of my folders I can get to t
Its great to see you even have a mac. I still have that old pc my grandmother
gave me all because you didn't think the mac was good enough. LOL, good times.
That pc is now the family computer, and this lovely mac mini, whom I've named
Angelique, is mine. :)
sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud.
Dev
Thanks Devin.
It's great to see you have switched over to the mac, and actually
teaching me stuff rather than on the windows side. :)
-Shaf
On 7/7/13, Devin Prater wrote:
> I really don't know. All I know is command-X only works with text, I think.
> It took a while for me to find out about the
Thanks so much anne. :)
-Shaf
On 7/8/13, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Jonathan,
>
> I wouldn't know where to begin with writing an applescript for this, but I'd
> be glad to help if you have some ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
>
>
> On 8 Jul 2013, at 02:42, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
>
>> Hello Ann
Hi Brian,
I just tried it with my Downloads folder and it worked properly. You are
attempting this command while in the Finder, correct? This sorting will not
necessarily work while in a dialog.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-07-08, at 2:21 PM, Brian Fischler wrote:
Hey Tim,
Yeah, I thought that VO shift back slash would do that, but when I hit it I get
a beep and I do not get taken to the headers. I have tried doing this when
interacting with the list in the folder, and when not interacting with the
list, and can't seem to get to the headers. Strange. Ok,
Hi,
VO-space, by definition, performs the default action on the selected item. So,
pressing VO-space on a button will do whatever that button is coded to do. The
space-bar alone on many buttons will perform the same action but not always.
VO-space also works to perform the default action on
Hi,
If Safari is reporting no window, then you've either already closed all windows
in the app or it is in the process of quitting. Wait for a minute or so then
if it is still reporting no windows, try the cmd-q again to quit. If that still
yields a problem, you'll likely need to Force Quit it
Hi,
Is this all windows when in the Finder. If so, try opening the Macintosh HD,
then press cmd-j to bring up the View options. Make sure that "Show in List"
is checked and select the sort by Name option. Close the View options window
than see how it looks.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurr
Hi,
When in that folder, press VO-shift-back slash. This will put you in the
Column Headers. VO-right or left until you're on the Name header and press
VO-space which will toggle it between Sort Up and Sort Down. Press
VO-shift-back slash to get out of the Header area.
HTH.
Later...
Tim K
Hi,
Not sure if I understand what you're asking but I'll give it a try.
As long as the other HD is connected, then you should have access to both the
Lion and Mountain Lion OS systems. They will both show up in your Startup
Disks as options. The external HD must be plugged in at all times if
I don't use the app, and I don't know about your second question. Your pirst,
though, sounds like a VO annoyance. From what you described, I'll bet the app
highlights or otherwise changes the title once you arrow to it. When that
happens, vo will read the new text, interrupting itself to do so i
Are you sure they are not in a group? It is unlikely1 but possible; in Contacts
on the Mac, find the search field, then vo-left to the groups table. If "all
contacts" is not selected, arrow to it and then look at your list of contacts
to be sure the missing ones do not appear.
Sent from my iPho
How do you install ProTools? ProTools is a high-end and expensive audio
editing system. Are you saying you bought it and can't get it to install?
CB
On 7/8/13 1:29 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote:
Ok and how can I install it?
Sorry for asking these stupid questions.
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Hi:
If I forget to use my 2nd hard that contains my running system, what will
happen?
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If you want to run X, why not just install Orca? Sure it'll only work
under X, and you might have to turn voiceover off, but probably not. You
could always try vinux as a VM to play around with it.
On 7/8/2013 10:38, Chris Blouch wrote:
I suspect that's not easily possible. The apps would need
Ok and how can I install it?
Sorry for asking these stupid questions.
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And I faced 2 problems in safari and itunes.
1, vo told me there is no window in safari, what shall I do? An di can't hit
the vo q.
Any deas?
2- the I tunes told me that, I tunes busy, and no way to close it, what
shall I do?
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I haven't installed ProTools in years but last time I did it had an
installer. This makes some sense as it is probably installing drivers
and such deep into the system and isn't just a typical standalone app.
CB
On 7/8/13 1:16 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote:
Hi sir Chris:
Thanks so much for helping,
Hi sir Chris:
Thanks so much for helping, but may I say that when installing pro tools I
will use the copy and paste way?
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Ok, but the system is on another hard desk.
On is on the mac mini, and the other is on another USB hard desk.
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Foursquare itself is a game millions of people plays around the world.
Blindsquare (and now also Seeing Eye) benefits of the fact that this
crowdsourced game creates worlds largest active register of places around
the world. If some place is missing, someone playing Foursquare will add it
and give
Hi, My two personal favourites right now are the braille-edge and the
Brailliant BI. They're both nice feeling displays. I think I like the cells
on the braille edge better, even though I've been a happy braille connect user
for 6 years or so now.
I've only seen one of the new focus blue dis
Hi Mike.
With foursquare, you can do something called, checking in.
This means, you check in to the place,and you get points for checking in to the
place. Sometimes, places like stores or restaurants will give you specials for
checking in with 4square.
On 2013-07-08, at 12:06 PM, Mike Busboom w
Wait, are you implying taxi drivers can be dishonest? HA
On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> :-) Its purpose is to give you good knowledge where you are when you travel
> by bus or you think your taxi driver tries to get more money from you than
> necesssery.
>
>
> On Mon, J
Hello Matt,
Since I have never used BlindSquare or 4Square, I do not know what you mean
when you talk about "checking in" to a place. Could you clarify or refer me to
some explanatory information.
Thanks and best regards!
Mike
On 8,Jul,2013, at 5:25 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
> Hi Mike.
>
Hey Nicholas,
Yeah, I got it, and that is what I thought Feed Wrangler and REad Kit both did,
but thanks for confirming. Now that I know that Read Kit will delete articles
when I move through them, I am going to make the plunge to REad Kit and Feed
Wrangler some time this week. Regarding Newsra
I suspect that's not easily possible. The apps would need to communicate
state and type information for every object to Apple's accessibility
API, which would take a substantial bit of coding to accomplish. From
what I've read, other than text-based command line stuff, the various
GUIs from the
You don't need an account to use blind square, how ever, you'll need an account
on for square If you want to check in places
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On 08/07/2013, at 8:11 AM, Mike Busboom wrote:
> I really enjoyed reading your posting, and I have one question:
>
> Before using BlindSquare, do yo
Hi Mike.
No, you do not need an account with 4square to use the app. The only reason you
would need it is if you anted to check in at the place you were going to.
On 2013-07-08, at 11:11 AM, Mike Busboom wrote:
> I really enjoyed reading your posting, and I have one question:
>
> Before using B
I really enjoyed reading your posting, and I have one question:
Before using BlindSquare, do you need to have an account with 4Square? I had
heard that this was necessary, but I don't know for sure.
Thank you very much,
Mike
On 29,Jun,2013, at 8:06 AM, Vivianna wrote:
> i absolutely love th
Hello you could try google chrome and try it to see if you can watch
iplayer from chrome
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Hi,
If both systems actually reside in different partitions within the same HD on
your Mini, then you should be able to do as Chris mentioned:
1. VO-m to go up to the Apple menu.
2. Down arrow to System Preferences.
3. Navigate to the Startup Disk item.
4. Interact with the Scroll area of pos
Hi,
If you can get Keyboard Practice enabled, VO-k, and you go around pressing
various keys to learn their position, VO may announce "Command" along with
whatever you're pressing. If this is the case, then you're able to confirm
that the command key is not working properly.
Later...
Tim Kilb
Good morning folks.
I for one love Blindsquare and use it on my way to work.
Its great for bus traveling, and I have set up many favourites with it.
I also use motion x GPS drive along side of blind square.
Cheaper option than navigon and I still get turn by turn.
On 2013-07-08, at 10:28 AM, Ilkka
A taxi Driver just has to look at my guide dog before they want to charge me
extra! I do not let them get away with that.
On 8 Jul 2013, at 03:28 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> :-) Its purpose is to give you good knowledge where you are when you travel
> by bus or you think your taxi driver trie
When using public transportation, you can monitor intersections to determine
when your bus stop is coming up, or to monitor the route a cab driver is
taking. You can also assist a driver in a private car with planning a route.
Christine
On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Nicholas Parsons
wrote:
> D
:-) Its purpose is to give you good knowledge where you are when you travel
by bus or you think your taxi driver tries to get more money from you than
necesssery.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Nicholas Parsons <
mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you say BlindSquare works while drivin
I deeply appreciated reading the reviews on the Seeing Eye app posted here and
on other sources like Twitter, but must agree with Alex's point on practicing
patience. One of the key rules I follow when helping others figure out the best
combination of resources to overcome barriers is to play wi
Did you say BlindSquare works while driving? What's the purpose of this? Does
it mean I can now go and drive a car by myself and just have BlindSquare direct
me? That would be pretty awesome, even if I had to stick to 30 MPH. :)
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On Jul 8, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Nichola
Ok, please do so and get back to me if you need more explanations! It's
super easy when you know what you can do with it and how :-)
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> Yes I was talking about Blind Square. I will listen to the podcast. Thank
> you very much for the feed.
>
Yes I was talking about Blind Square. I will listen to the podcast. Thank you
very much for the feed.
On 8 Jul 2013, at 01:45 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> Kawal, are you talking about Blindsquare? It has all element labeled and it
> also has help system built on each element. If you have enabl
Kawal, are you talking about Blindsquare? It has all element labeled and it
also has help system built on each element. If you have enabled hints in
your iOS, you'll hear explanations of each element as you go. When you know
how to use it, you can leave hints on in iOS on and disable help system
fr
I have only tried it when I open the App. I can't get Tracking to work either.
Is the map a picture map? I don't know how to use the tracking feature. Nothing
seems to be labelled or perhaps I don't no what to do with it.
On 8 Jul 2013, at 12:53 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> In current version
In current version shaking works when you are on main screen. In version 1.43
(sent to Apple for review) it will work on any screen.
Sent from my iPhone
On 8.7.2013, at 14.50, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> I have enabled shaking in settings.
>
> On 8 Jul 2013, at 12:46 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
I have enabled shaking in settings.
On 8 Jul 2013, at 12:46 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote:
> Blindsquare does announce intersections/cross streets, also when traveling by
> car. In next version released soon, it will do it even in speed faster than
> 30 mph. It has been tested to work okay in 75 m
Just another note about shaking: it's good to know that shaking is available on
for apps that are running on foreground. That's iOS limitation.
Sent from my iPhone
On 8.7.2013, at 12.46, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> This feature of shaking the phone does not work on my I phone at all. I have
> t
Blindsquare does announce intersections/cross streets, also when traveling by
car. In next version released soon, it will do it even in speed faster than 30
mph. It has been tested to work okay in 75 mph (120 km/h).
About shaking: have you enabled it from settings? It's good to know that
shakin
Thanks, Chris. You're good. That was the post I was talking about. I missed it
because I had not adhered properly to the posting rules and failed to change
the subject when we got off iTunes artwork and on to sample rates and the like.
My bad, whoops.
Anyway, I still have a few questions for an
Hi,
One advantage that the HIMS Braille Edge has over all the other devices Les
mentioned, is that it has a very small built-in file manager and word
processor. they aren't very sophisticated, but for instance, you can cary
braille books (brf or brl files) and you can use the device to take
Good afternoon all.
All being well, at the end of August a friend is coming down to stay at
my apartment. He is hoping to bring his Braille display, the Focus 40
Blue. He is happy to let me try it with my mac so I can see what all the
fuss is about Braille and the mac. I can't wait!
Keep you p
I am hearing good things about the Focus 40 Blue. I will post a separate
thread shortly with some exciting news on that.
On 07/07/2013 23:22, Cait and Maggie wrote:
Hi,
I'm in the market for a braille display to use with an i mac and possibly a mac
laptop and maybe down the line an i pad.
I ca
HI Brian,
Yes, ReadKit let's you just arrow down through the list of articles and marks
them as read once they've been selected. In this sense it's very similar to
NewsRack. There's a table for your folders and feeds, and then to the right of
it is the table of articles, and then to the right o
This feature of shaking the phone does not work on my I phone at all. I have
the same problem as Christa. Why can't Blind square announce Cross streets? The
Seeing I App is not in the UK yet either. But when it is, I'll be sure to get
it. I don't know if any of you are on the Sendero List, but
hello guys.
I am building some apps through mac ports and I would like to know how to get
the X11 apps to communicate with voiceover. anyone have any ideas?
-eric
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That's one of the things that will improve in future. Now you can always shake
to ask your current location.
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On 8.7.2013, at 12.14, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Hi
> I can't say anything about the Seeing eye gps as it hasen't come to Sweden
> yet, however i've tried Blindsqua
Hi
I can't say anything about the Seeing eye gps as it hasen't come to Sweden yet,
however i've tried Blindsquare and am not friends with it at all. I'm probably
doing something wrong but i have noticed that when i turn into a street,
Blindsquare doesn't announce the street i have turned into b
Actually, it's not gcc anymore but lvm something. I read it in one of the
objective c primers, starting x-code 4.5
As for testing the code, there is one called code runner which i found on the
appstore, which i quite like as it's small footprint, compatible with 10
languages, including objectiv
Hi There,
The Focus 40 Blue has evolved and is a solid option. Also, the Brailliant 32
or 40 from Humanware.com and the Braille Edge 40 from hims-inc.com are worthy
contenders for your business. I use the Brailliant 40 with our iMac and it
works really well. I also use that device with my iP
Hallo all,
MouseKick version 1.0.1 has just been released. It fixes the orientation bug
that sometimes messed up the game and training view. Now, MouseKick will always
stay in landscape, regardless of how you hold your device or whether an
orientation lock is active or not.
Here again the Mous
Hello Jonathan,
I wouldn't know where to begin with writing an applescript for this, but I'd be
glad to help if you have some ideas.
Cheers,
Anne
On 8 Jul 2013, at 02:42, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> Hello Anne,
> I wonder if we could write a script to automate the rendering of tables as
> f
Hello Ed,
You need to press Return after entering the programme name in the search box.
You then select the one you want from the Results table and click Add to queue.
Then interact with the tool bar and click Start. Stop interacting with the tool
bar and go to last visible item where you can f
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