Downcast for mac now available in the mac app store!

2013-07-31 Thread Scott Erichsen
Hi all, Downcast for mac is now available in the mac app store! Link is below: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downcast/id668429425?mt=12), Downcast for iOS is on sale! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downcast/id393858566?mt=8 It's a fantastic app on iOS and is just as fantastic on the mac!

Re: OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, I think for MAC OS what he should look for is NSSpeechSynthesizer then alloc initWithVoice(default). Created as a sub-class to NSSpeechSynthesizer would do the trick? "Light has no value without darkness" On 1/08/2013, at 1:55 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I'm trying to help a developer

Re: vm

2013-07-31 Thread Phil Halton
Hi Wayne, there is a good podcast on usingSharpKeys on the applevis.com website, search there for "sharpkeys". It's kind of tricky to use SK the first time or two . you have to select the "from" key and the "to" key. you first press the "add" button to create an entry. then, in the first list box,

Re: solution to Mirror Display Driver error for JAWS14 in windows7

2013-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks so much for this Phil. On 31 Jul 2013, at 21:31, Phil Halton wrote: > This is the solution to the problem that many people have been having > installing JAWS14, and getting the error concerning the mirror display driver > not being correctly installed. This message was sent to me by JAWS

Re: viewing contents on an external harddrive

2013-07-31 Thread Daniel C
To answer your last question. Yes, the drive will be viewable on both Windows and Mac. If your drive is USB, simply connect it as you would to any Windows PC, only you won't need to install drivers for it. On your finder desktop, you should see the Mac drive, which may be Mac HD or whatever the

viewing contents on an external harddrive

2013-07-31 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, I have an external harddrive that I wanna hook up to my mac. It has a bunch of music on it, etc. How do I look at it, and bring up the various folders of stuff? Also, I did a lot of work on this drive with a PC, will it still be viewable on a mac? -- You received this message becaus

A blank Fusion Window

2013-07-31 Thread Angus Mackinnon
Would anyone know why after setting up a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit window in fusion 5 Pro in Mountain Lion (10.84), the window would disappear after a warm boot? And now when Launching fusion from the Doc all I get is a blank window? Item chooser (VO I) sees it and a force shutdown says Fus

Fw: solution to Mirror Display Driver error for JAWS14 in windows7

2013-07-31 Thread Phil Halton
This is the solution to the problem that many people have been having installing JAWS14, and getting the error concerning the mirror display driver not being correctly installed. This message was sent to me by JAWS tech support concerning another issue, but includes the concise directions for co

Re: vm

2013-07-31 Thread Wayne Coles
hello phil i have tried to use sharp keys but when i find the key i want to use that is where i get lost so if you know please email me what button i have to click on please thanks in advance On 31 Jul 2013, at 10:58, Phil Halton wrote: > Wayne, do you have a full-sized USB keyboard laying aro

Re: OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmmm. I'll pass these along but they both sound hackey. I was kind of hoping I had just overlooked some method call in the API someplace. CB On 7/31/13 2:53 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: He could send an get bounds of vo cursor message to VoiceOver if that causes an exception then VoiceOver is

Re: OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Chris Blouch
That's what they currently have. There is a checkbox in preferences to turn on speaking of incoming messages since it's a feature that might be useful to everyone but they don't want to turn that on by default. So I had flagged that incoming messages didn't speak and they said to just turn on t

Re: Seeking Feedback on Using Braille Displays with the Kindle App

2013-07-31 Thread Cristina Hartmann
This is great! Thanks everyone! Actually, I had been having similar problems with advancing lines and I had assumed it was my braille reader problem, but apparently it's an issue with the kindle app itself. Interesting. I'll send out the message to the Kindle team later today, so keep it coming i

Re: OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
He could send an get bounds of vo cursor message to VoiceOver if that causes an exception then VoiceOver is not runni or not accepting scripting commands. I wonder if he can get the results of ps command. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Chris H wrote: > Could he not use the

Re: OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Chris H
Could he not use the system voice to speak incoming messages and provide an option to the user? On 31/07/2013 16:55, Chris Blouch wrote: I'm trying to help a developer who is writing a chat app. He has a preference to speak incoming messages but it would be even better if that preference was tu

Re: Seeking Feedback on Using Braille Displays with the Kindle App

2013-07-31 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hello. I forgot that, there is a refreshing problem. Press new page and have your router set to word or letter and press spacebar dot 6 once and the page is showing up correct. Best regards Annie. Den Jul 31, 2013 kl. 2:06 PM skrev Scott Davert : > Hello Christina. > I echo Annie's thoughts. A

OSX code to detect voiceover

2013-07-31 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm trying to help a developer who is writing a chat app. He has a preference to speak incoming messages but it would be even better if that preference was turned on by default if the app detected that voiceover is running. On iOS I found a UIAccessibilityIsVoiceOverRunning() method which retur

Re: vm

2013-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Or Wayne could find the archived messages as we've discussed this topic endlessly. On 31 Jul 2013, at 03:58 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > Wayne, do you have a full-sized USB keyboard laying around? if so, plug it in > and you'll have an insert key and will be able to work in desktop keyboard > lay

Re: vm

2013-07-31 Thread Phil Halton
Wayne, do you have a full-sized USB keyboard laying around? if so, plug it in and you'll have an insert key and will be able to work in desktop keyboard layout, at least until you can use SharpKeys to get the caps lock reassigned for use with a laptop keyboard layout. They're cheap enough at aro

Re: Cloning one Mac onto another?

2013-07-31 Thread Phil Halton
Hi ricardo and tim, As usual, coming from the windows environment I'm always assuming the most complicated solutions. Migration Assistant will do fine for me - gotta love a Mac. - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: "Macvisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 1:14 AM

Re: Seeking Feedback on Using Braille Displays with the Kindle App

2013-07-31 Thread Scott Davert
Hello Christina. I echo Annie's thoughts. Also, I noticed with some magazine content that sometimes, when pressing space with o to turn pages, the display does not advance. However, pressing it a second time will move you forward 2 pages. So I'm guessing there is some sort of refresh issue with bra

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-31 Thread Steve Holmes
I also like interaction actually. It allows one to skip past extra controls like buttons in tool bars or radio groups. The only time I find interaction to be inconvenient is when you have to navigate 3 or more levels down into an object to manipulate it. Calendar on the Mac is a bit that way as

Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-31 Thread Steve Holmes
Yeah, I see quicknav most useful in web navigation where you are wanting to skip around to appropriate links, headings, form controls, etc. I don't see any use for it in most other apps. However, I would like to be able to use it inside some messages where they have a stupid link farm at the top

Burn - Home

2013-07-31 Thread Danny Noonan
This is probably old news to many of you but my Brother just put me on to Burn. It's a great, simple and VO friendly disk burning app for the mac. I hate having to make play lists just to burn audio cd's in iTunes so when he shared this app it made my day. Paste or drag and drop audio files inc

Mountain lion screwing with microphone settings

2013-07-31 Thread Brandt
Hi there folks, I found that Mountain Lion tend to screw my microphone settings. By default the Volume is set to 50%, but for my purposes I need it to stay at 80%. How can I make sure that Mountain Lion stop screwing me around? Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact

Re: Seeking Feedback on Using Braille Displays with the Kindle App

2013-07-31 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Christina. Kindle with braille works great. The only problem is that I have some problems by going into the text via the table of content. The other issue I have is that the braille display can be a little slow when you set the kindle app to the largest pages possible. I think kindle can do