Re: síri accessible. speakable workflows

2013-11-06 Thread BBS
Hi. Go to system preferences and it’s under accessibility. I don’t remember what it looked like in ML but I know in Mavericks that speakable items is at the bottom of the accessibility table. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Estelita est...@sky.com wrote: Hi

blind developer: programming on the mac

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Erkens
Listers, Until 20 Years back, I used to be a visual basic for DOS programmer. I've been out of business because of medical issues since 1993. I would love to get back into coding, but so far, I have not been able to find an accessible programming environment on the mac. I used to code in an

Re: serena

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Erkens
Over here in the Netherlands, Serena is in the vo utility as well. Paul. On Nov 2, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Traci Duncan our4p...@gmail.com wrote: That’s odd. When you go to VO utility, speech, customize voices, in the search field type english. Serena should be in those results. I had her in

Re: getting mac to see other pc's on my home network

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Don, One way to browse your lan with a mac, is to hit command k from finder, which brings up a connect to server dialog. You will land inside an edit field, where you can type your destination and protocol directly, but there's also a browse button. If your windows pc's don't show up right

working with automater

2013-11-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Morning, all, Just took a look at Automator for the first time, and find it a bit perplexing. Does anyone know if there are any podcasts out there on working with automator? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: working with automater

2013-11-06 Thread Alex Hall
I’ve only just started, and plan to make a podcast soon. In the meantime: 1. Launch it and hit cmd-n to make a new file. Choose the template you want (I am working with a Workflow for now) and hit enter. 2. Stop interacting a few times so you can get an overall sense of the layout. Find the

Re: working with automater

2013-11-06 Thread Donna Goodin
wow, Alex, for having just started out, you've got a good handle on this. thanks for sending such a detailed explanation, I can definitely run with this. Cheers, Donna On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: I’ve only just started, and plan to make a podcast soon. In the

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
Where and when am I hitting enter to rename? If I am in the file menu, enter will select whatever command has focus. Rename is not in the list. If I search fort in finder, enter opens it and reads empty html. On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:28 PM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: Don’t try to save

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
It has always opened in Safari; previously, it read fine, but now it reads empty html. On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:28 PM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: Don’t try to save it as html. Hit enter on the file to rename it, put html in the place xml is on the end of your file, and when you open

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread alia robinson
don’t open it, go to your file list, press enter on the file instead of opening it. you can then rename it by deleting the xml part, and type in html, then open the file again. It will ask you if you’re sure you want to change it, and you say yes of course. Alia On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:24 AM,

Re: blind developer: programming on the mac

2013-11-06 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
hello: I've not touched Basic in a long time--you'll find it's not really used much anymore in terms of desktop applications. Apple uses Objective-C for it's desktop and IOS development. While you can use Python or C++ with WxWidgets or something, it's easier to use what they want, especially

Re: working with automater

2013-11-06 Thread Nicholas Parsons
There's a podcast series on Automator, but not from a VoiceOver perspective. It's called Mac Automation Made Simple with Ben Waldie. MacWorld also has a column on Automator projects that are often pretty useful. The main problem I've had is getting actions in the right order, but trial and

PDF Docs, Quick Look and Mavericks

2013-11-06 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi All, Using Mavericks and Mail, I used to be able to bring up the Quick Look window when documents were attached to mail messages and generally have very little trouble accessing them. Now I am never able to access them when using the Quick Look option in the File Menu. Anyone any idea at

Bookmark App is free today (November 6, 2013) [was Re: Chapters in audio books in iOS 7]

2013-11-06 Thread Esther
Hi Jürgen, Nic, Brett, and Other iOS Audiobook listeners, While the problem of audiobooks lacking chapter organization in the iOS 7 music app remains, the Bookmark app, which makes it easy to set multiple custom bookmarks and notes, and also to navigate through large time intervals with a time

Flash player in Mavericks

2013-11-06 Thread Marc Rocheleau
Hey all, Ever since upgrading to Mavericks, I've noticed that the flash player doesn't work on pretty much any webpage in safari unless it's set to auto play. The frame for the flash video will still be on the page but once I focus into the frame, there are no controls available to get it to do

Quite an odd issue . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
For some reason, every time I click on a link in mail, I receive an alert that no application is associated with this action, though in the past, (prior to ML reinstallation), the link would open without fail in Safari. How do I fix this, aside from copying and pasting the link in the Safari

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
I must be missing something, because whenever I hit enter on a document name, it opens. (grin) On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:29 AM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: don’t open it, go to your file list, press enter on the file instead of opening it. you can then rename it by deleting the xml

Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread Traci Duncan
Hello all, I was listening to a podcast earlier, and I liked the voice the person was using. I think it was Ava, so I’m giving her a whirl. So far, I really like her; great quality, sort of soft gentle, not so much in your face. I was mighty surprised to learn her size though. Sheesh,

Re: Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread BBS
Hi Traci. I actually demoed Ava for a while on Windows and I found her to be robotic. She’s probably the same thing on the Mac. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Traci Duncan our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I was listening to a podcast earlier, and I

iPhone Wi-Fi Won’t Turn On? Here’s What To Do

2013-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Shockley
Hi, I saw recently where someone was having Wi-Fi issues with the iPhone. Just thought I’d post this in case someone else runs into similar issues. I hope this helps someone. Thanks, Jeffrey

Re: Using Pages on the Mac

2013-11-06 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, You can hide or show the header and footer by moving vo to the body area and pressing vo-space. You save to another format from file/export. You can scroll the insertion point to a page with option-page up or option-page down. Make sure the insertion point is in the body area. Hope

Re: Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread Tim Emmons
How does one get Ava, just curious. Thanks. Are there other voices to get too? Just curious. On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:23 PM, BBS wrote: Hi Traci. I actually demoed Ava for a while on Windows and I found her to be robotic. She’s probably the same thing on the Mac. Shawn Sent From My White

Bookmark App is free today (November 6, 2013) [was Re: Chapters in audio books in iOS 7]

2013-11-06 Thread Esther
Update on Bookmark App: the Tutorial, FAQs, and Guide to settings information information now all read from the Info Settings screen of the app, and the developer's web page they point to can also now be accessed at: http://bookmarkapp.com However, the developer also includes a post dated

Re: Bookmark App is free today (November 6, 2013) [was Re: Chapters in audio books in iOS 7]

2013-11-06 Thread Shannon Dyer
I've used this app, and have liked it. However, it's important to note that it will only add things to its library that are tagged as audiobooks. So, make sure any mp3 files you may have are retagged, or the app will not be able to read them. Shannon On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Esther

Re: Using Pages on the Mac

2013-11-06 Thread Barry Hadder
In addition to hiding header and footer, check the setup box in the toolbar and go into the formatter. Then in document setup, uncheck the enable header and footer check boxes. It occurred to me that this might be more what you need to do for this. On Nov 6, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Barry Hadder

Editing Problem In Text Edit

2013-11-06 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everybody, I think someone else has mentioned this problem, but I can’t remember what the answer was! This is the first time I have edited a document with TextEdit since I updated to Mavericks. I am editing my weekly Church Bulletin, and when I get to the top of the second page, voiceover

Re: Editing Problem In Text Edit

2013-11-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi these It hampened to me and Ann saved me by telling me to press command shift w. Also, you want to go into Preferences and make that page wrapping is checked. You should be fine after that. Mine worked beautifully today after Ann told me that. I sure am gladd, too because I use TextEdit

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christina C.
Try this, when VO is focused on the document name, bring up the context menu by pressing vo plus shift, plus M. Then go to get info. In there down a bit there is something called file name and extension disclosure triangle ( I can’t remember exactly what it’s called), Vo space on that if the

Re: Editing Problem In Text Edit

2013-11-06 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Gigi, Thank you so much! That absolutely did the trick as you knew from experience it would! I truly appreciate the incredibly quick response! Desi On Nov 6, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi these It hampened to me and Ann saved me by telling me to press

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread alia robinson
I don’t know why it would. I either have to do vo/space or command/o to open a document in the finder. Alia On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I must be missing something, because whenever I hit enter on a document name, it opens. (grin) -- You

Re: Editing Problem In Text Edit

2013-11-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I know how frustrating it is because you can't do almost anything in Mavericks with TextEdit if you don't press that command shift W I found out. At least, that's my experience, especially with a braille display. Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Desi

Re: Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread Angelo
she does good, the only thing she miss pronounces some words oddly enough like VIPs she says vips, of course we can always ad a custom dic for those words… Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com On Nov 6, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Tim Emmons temmo...@gmail.com wrote: How does one get Ava, just curious.

Re: Voice Ava

2013-11-06 Thread Christina C.
Oh thanks! I love this voice and I would not have known about it if you would not have let me know about this great voice if you had not brought it to my attention. :) I feel the Ava voice has a much more concise pronunciation of words. I feel like the words are spoken much more distinctly and

selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

2013-11-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, It would seem that selecting single or non contiguous files in Mavricks has changed. No longer can I interact with the table and use VO+up or down to select non contiguously and press Cmd+space to actually select files. Anybody know how to do this and where I might find instructions

Re: selecting non contiguous files under Mavricks a different process?

2013-11-06 Thread Henry D. Hollithron
Good Day: The VO-command-space keystroke has simply been changed to VO-command-return. Other than that, the procedure for selecting non-contiguous items is identical to that in Mountain Lion. HTH: Henry Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.