Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread David Griffith
Since upgrading to Fusion 6 over the weekend I have had serious problems exiting Fusion Windows to return to my Mac. Under Fusion 4 and 5 I did the following successfully . 1. Open Windows on Fusion. Turned Voiceover off. Pressed control command and enter to enter full screen mode. Windows. To

Re: three operating system on mac

2014-08-04 Thread Kevin Cussick
good Chris it's nice to hear you saying something nice about window's Lol. On 03/08/2014 20:53, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: Ar man! I'm really liking Windows 8.1! Would definitely install it either via Vmware or Bootcamp. On 03/08/2014 19:32, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: No idea, sorry. I'm

Re: three operating system on mac

2014-08-04 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Lol I know. I think they're good operating systems just in different ways. I'm still an Apple boy though as will eventually switch full time and use Windows in other ways and only when I need it. On 04/08/2014 12:20, Kevin Cussick wrote: good Chris it's nice to hear you saying something nice a

Preview Question

2014-08-04 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I have a Preview question with Voiceover. I heard that the accessibility improved last year. I have version 7, which looks like the latest version, and I m running the latest version of Mavericks. I want to find out whether there are settings I need to adjust before using Preview. I

Re: Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I use WindowEyes with Fusion 6 as well as NvDA. I use command+ctrl+f command to enter full screen and it works fine for me. I have no problem using command+tab to go back to my mac either. I wonder whether the problem is caused by Jaws. Andrew On 4 Aug 2014, at 11:15, David Griffith wr

Blank files sent sometimes

2014-08-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I have a weird thing happen to me occasionally, and I was wondering if anybody here have had this happen. When I use Finder to make attachments (and I have done this since Lion), sometimes my computer sends out blank files. VoiceOver says the name of the file, and it sounds like it is j

Re: Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread Phil Halton
You said something that caught my ear. you said that Jaws intercepts the control+command+F keystroke, which is basically a OSX hot key combo. This leads me to believe that you need to check your Fusion settings, somewhere under global commands and check that they are enabled. Such key combos as

Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Dear List, Hope you're all well. Does anybody have work arounds for writing math and reading it back with VO? Is there a font that's accessible to VO? I'm creating math worksheets for students to complete for homework, but not sure how to write it in an accessible manner. In my days of studying

Re: three operating system on mac

2014-08-04 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
In that case, you won't mind the loss of JAWS too much. :) As for me, well, I use OS X most of the time now, but the deteriorating of functionality is making me think unkind thoughts about switching full time back to Windows, at least on my workhorse desktop. OS X 10.10 looks very promising, b

Re: Reading iMac specs

2014-08-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes, you are correct, although, the newer iMacs are similarly necessary to pre-configure. If they are looking on the Apple Web-site where the refurbished Macs are located, many of these fit the newer category, within the last 1. years or so, thus, the likelihood of it being changeable RAM

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Some of the math functionality is built right into the MacOS. for example: • Option > becomes ≥. • Option < becomes ≤. • Option = becomes ≠. • Option v becomes √. • Option p becomes π. There are numerous others and you can learn them easily by opening a blank TextEdit document, holding dow

RE: three operating system on mac

2014-08-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, I almost have had my MBA 2013 for 1 year, but needed to install Win 8.1 in Bootcamp because I was running 2 computers at once to have the best of both worlds. My brain couldn't handle all the switching back and forth when both systems were open at once. For my work, I need to use Windows and

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Tim, Thanks so much! Peace, I On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Some of the math functionality is built right into the MacOS. for example: > > • Option > becomes ≥. > • Option < becomes ≤. > • Option = becomes ≠. > • Option v becomes √. > • Option p becomes π. > > The

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
In the special characters box, you can find additional math symbols, such as trig functions, calculus symbols and so on. Kevin On 2014-08-04, at 10:11 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > Dear List, > > Hope you're all well. Does anybody have work arounds for writing math and > reading it back with VO

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I hope that my response read out alright to you. Depending on your settings for punctuation, some things may not have been read properly. Sorry, for not making that clear in my initial response. These special characters do fine for basic math equations, some algebra and such but when you

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Tim, As said before, you can use the Special Characters under Edit to generate more complex math symbols. You may have to read these by navigating with your arrow keys. Examples: ⋿ (read as Z notation bad membership) ⋜ 3 (read as equal to or less than 3) ℇ (read as Euler constant) Kevin On

Re: Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, Just for interest's sake, I also use WE with fusion 6 and win 7 home premium. I don't have trouble entering or exiting full screen mode most of the time. I sometimes have to do command control f, then command control enter, to get focus back where it belongs. hth, Cait On Aug 4, 2014, at

Re: Preview Question

2014-08-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Denise, In the View menu, I have Content Only and Continuous reading set which seems to work for me. The short cuts for these are Cmd-Option-1 and Cmd-1. Cheers, Anne On 4 Aug 2014, at 14:44, denise avant wrote: > Hello all, > I have a Preview question with Voiceover. I heard that the

Re: opus audio encoding on osx?

2014-08-04 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Does anyone know whatever happened to the plan to integrate Opus into Skype? That would be so amazing. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 3/08/2014, at 9:07 am, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > I don't know about graphical wrappe

ibboks and braille

2014-08-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I am having an interesting and annoying thing happen while I am using i books on my mac. While trying to read a book with my brailiant bi 40, everything is fine, and I am reading along. then, the display says, bottom of document. This seems fine, but if I then do vo right arrow, there is

test

2014-08-04 Thread denise avant
Hi all, I am sending this as a test to make sure my messages are reaching the list. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@

Re: test

2014-08-04 Thread Colin Matthews
Came through OK! *smile* On 4 Aug 2014, at 18:35, denise avant wrote: > Hi all, > I am sending this as a test to make sure my messages are reaching the list. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this

Re: Preview Question

2014-08-04 Thread denise avant
Ok, thanks. I will check my settings again, but I thought this is what I have things set to. I take it you have had no problems reading line by line or from the cursor You are able to pick right up where you left off. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:

Re: test

2014-08-04 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Got it. On 04/08/2014 18:35, denise avant wrote: Hi all, I am sending this as a test to make sure my messages are reaching the list. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails f

Re: test

2014-08-04 Thread Christine Olivares
Yes it works. On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Colin Matthews wrote: > Came through OK! *smile* > > On 4 Aug 2014, at 18:35, denise avant wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am sending this as a test to make sure my messages are reaching the list. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subsc

Re: test

2014-08-04 Thread denise avant
thanks. I saw an answer to the preview question I had earlier, which was confirmation as well. Denise R. avant 1st Vice President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Christopher Hallsworth > wrote: > > Got it

Re: Reading iMac specs

2014-08-04 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi guys, Let me throw another question into the mix. I'm also reading Intel Quad Core; I take it that is a lot faster than Intel Core? Currently I'm reading used iMacs via a local Northwest store called "The Mac Store." Thank you, Traci On Aug 4, 2014, at 7:39 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi,

Re: Reading iMac specs

2014-08-04 Thread Alex Hall
Quad core means you have four cores, whereas most Macs have two cores. While you'd think at first that this would double the speed of the computer, that doesn't actually happen. A quad core is great if you have software that can take advantage of it, but most software is not optimized for so man

Re: Preview Question

2014-08-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Denise, I don't read a lot of PDFs, but as long as they're not in two columns or anything awkward like that, I can read line by line or sentence by sentence etc just fine. The important thing is to interact with the text. I don't know whether it makes a difference, but I have my mouse set

Re: opus audio encoding on osx?

2014-08-04 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
I to am wondering that as well haven't heard anything on that On 8/4/2014 9:43 AM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: Does anyone know whatever happened to the plan to integrate Opus into Skype? That would be so amazing. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training htt

Re: opus audio encoding on osx?

2014-08-04 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
It's been available for the last four years, and Skype themselves were partly responsible for pushing it through the IETF. I have no idea why it isn't part of Skype yet. FaceTime audio uses AAC Voice, and LTE uses AMR-WB; both have royalties associated with them. Yet, for some reason, Opus is

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Jason White
Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > Hope you're all well. Does anybody have work arounds for writing math and > reading it back with VO? You can write it in LaTeX with any text editor, then generate a PDF file for printing. MacTeX is available here: https://tug.org/mactex/ Unfortunately the installer isn't

usb tv tuners with fm radios that work on mac and that are voice over friendly?

2014-08-04 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I am going to be getting a new usb tv tuner, I am wanting to know if any one recommends any tuners that are still being produced that have fm radios as well as ntsc tuners in them that work with the mac? I have been looking at the aver media cards and don't know anything about how good the

FS: Apple iMac and additional hardware for pro tools, logic, garage band etc.

2014-08-04 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. If anybody would like more info, please drop me a message off list... I'm selling a quad core iMac with firewire 800 and Thunderbolt, as well as an upgraded/expanded Avid 11 rack, and Motu 828MKII firewire audio/midi interface. This would be a good setup for pro tools, logic, or garage band et

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Barry Hadder
I think it worth mentioning that Voiceover works with mathML. There are sample equations at http://www.mathjax.org/demos/mathml-samples/. Be sure that math ml is selected in the pop up. For anyone familiar with latex, there are tools to generate html documents containing mathML from latex sour

Re: Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread Barry Hadder
Command-control should make Fusion release the keyboard. Hope that helps. On Aug 4, 2014, at 5:15 AM, David Griffith wrote: Since upgrading to Fusion 6 over the weekend I have had serious problems exiting Fusion Windows to return to my Mac. Under Fusion 4 and 5 I did the following successfully