Re: Problem with apostrophes and single quotes and spell check/grammar check

2014-11-13 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! OK go to the edit menu and down to Substitutions submenu, and in there see if smart quotes is checked and uncheck it. And see if that works for you! HTH Colin On 13 Nov 2014, at 07:31, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: This is really becoming a major problem for me. I am running

Re: Problem with apostrophes and single quotes and spell check/grammar check

2014-11-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It’s checked; everything under substitutions is checked. Unfortunately, they are checked and also dimmed. There must be some other setting I have to change to undim them. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then

Re: Problem with apostrophes and single quotes and spell check/grammar check

2014-11-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh sorry, they were dimmed because I hadn't started writing an email. Now they are unchecked and I hope they stay that way because I am quite sure I had never checked them in the first place. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper

Re: Problem with apostrophes and single quotes and spell check/grammar check

2014-11-13 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! I’m glad you worked it out! I was going to say about that! And mine are also checked and I’ve never checked mine either so might be the default setting if there is an update or installing new version I’m still on Mavericks and since upgrading from mountain Lion I’ve not gone into those

Any health accessible apps anybody can advise?

2014-11-13 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello! As part of a project to sensibilice developers to create accessible apps and content, next week I am participating in a conference for medical apps. I think that there is a big potential for apps and gadgets related to health to be accessible for all users, but it has not been taken into

Mac mini (2014) with osx 10.10 and the magic trackpad

2014-11-13 Thread William Windels
hello, yesterday, i configured my new macmini witch succes except the magic trackpad. the trackpad was turned on and i could see that thee trackpad was connected with bluetth to my mac mini in the bluetooth panel. in voiceover, i turned on trackpad but i couldn't use voiceover with the

Anyone else having trouble downloading Files in Safari running Yosemite?

2014-11-13 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello all, I've been sitting here for a half hour trying to download a podcast. when I click the download link, I get a Safari Busy message that hangs around for about 5 minutes, and the fan whirs very loudly, and my Macbook Air (2013) gets very hot. At the end of all that, the file is still

Re: The latest version of Microsoft Outlook appears to be accessible

2014-11-13 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On the contrary, most of the people I know, partially or fully sighted, prefer the plain text because they have full control over how it will appear (font, colour, style). As for me, the fact that Mountain Lion is the last version of OS X that even allows you to _display_ plain text is a real

Re: Anyone else having trouble downloading Files in Safari running Yosemite?

2014-11-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
No, and I have downloaded a lot of them lately. I have been doing it with VO shift m to get to the menu and going down arrow to download linked file. I used to have trouble under Mavericks until an Apple representative suggested this other way. I have had no trouble since. Gigi Gigi On

Re: howto copy playlist from itunes library to iphone

2014-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
Tim, Thanks for your instructions. It works quite well once you get the hang of it. The only thing I would add is that once you interact with the scroll area and check the sync music” box, you are presented with two radio buttons. The first button syncs your entire library which is not the

multitouch trackpad with mac mini (2014) and osx 10.10

2014-11-13 Thread William Windels
Hello, I bought the newest mac mini with osx 10.10 installed on it and also with a magic trackpad. I have configured the mac mini successfully except the magic trackpad : is not working with voiceover. The trackpad commander is activated in the voiceover preferences and the trackpad is turned

Re: Any health accessible apps anybody can advise?

2014-11-13 Thread Yolanda
On 11/13/2014 4:04 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: Hello! As part of a project to sensibilice developers to create accessible apps and content, next week I am participating in a conference for medical apps. I think that there is a big potential for apps and gadgets related to health to be accessible

Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread Phil Halton
Money reader was crashing constantly, so I rebooted the phone, deleted it out of the app switcher, and still it crashes constantly and is unusual\ble. So, I deleted it and tried to reinstall it, but I can’t friend it in the app store. A search for looktel only brings up the recognizer app, and

Re: multitouch trackpad with mac mini (2014) and osx 10.10

2014-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
hello William, We need to first verify that your track pad is connected and functioning. How do you know whether it is connected? Did you have someone do some gestures on it? If the Mac doesn’t recognize it then VO won’t either. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Anyone else having trouble downloading Files in Safari running Yosemite?

2014-11-13 Thread adrian
```Sent from my iPad On Nov 13, 2014, at 5:59 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hello all, I've been sitting here for a half hour trying to download a podcast. when I click the download link, I get a Safari Busy message that hangs around for about 5 minutes, and the fan

Re: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread The Believer
Money Reader was just updated today and still works fine, tho yes I am running 8.1. If you deleted the app off the phone, in the App Store, select Purchased and then select Not on this Phone and look for it there. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true?

Re: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks, I reinstalled the app from within iTunes. Everything seems to be working okay now. Sent from my IPhone On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:29 PM, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: Money Reader was just updated today and still works fine, tho yes I am running 8.1. If you

Getting your Macbook to wake up when the lid is closed

2014-11-13 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, I’d really love for my Macbook Pro to do a bit of work for me while the lid is closed (e.g. wake up at a specific time to record a radio show). While you can schedule an MBP to wake up at a prearranged time, it appears that you must leave the lid open and not work in “clamshell mode”,

Parallels

2014-11-13 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, I hear a lot of people talking about VMWare on this list but don’t hear a lot of discussion about Parallels for Mac. Is anybody using Parallels to run Windows apps, as well as a screen reader, within OS X and how do you find its accessibility and ease of use? Best, Grant -- You

RE: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Phil, No worries. LookTel pulled the app from the App Store, temporarily, I'm sure, until they can get a working version up and running. This is a good thing for two reasons: 1. This protects those who have not yet updated from the previous version. 2. Those of us who downgraded to

Tracking changes in Pages

2014-11-13 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, I can’t find any documentation on how, or indeed if, a VoiceOver user can accept or reject changes made to a document, or review a document’s comments. Does anybody have experience with this? Best, Grant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread Phil Halton
I think I'm missing something here. Did looktel release a bummer app Version that crashes? I've had automatic updates turned on and didn't notice the update. Anyway, I reinstalled the older version from my iTunes and now have just shut off automatic updates. Sent from my IPhone On Nov 13,

Re: Parallels

2014-11-13 Thread Faisal ali
I heard that it wasn’t accessible at all. On Nov 13, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hi all, I hear a lot of people talking about VMWare on this list but don’t hear a lot of discussion about Parallels for Mac. Is anybody using Parallels to run Windows apps, as

RE: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread george b
Mark I had two updates for money reader in the last 2 days and one was about 1 hour ago, and it is not working -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 15:50 To:

RE: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread george b
No it is not working I got the update about a hour ago with 8.1 and it is not working -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of The Believer Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 15:29 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello George, As I stated in my message, I could only confirm the fix for iOS 7.12 running on a 5 S. Actually, a friend just contacted me and has confirmed that the fix works on her 4 S running 7.12, also. I am truly sorry if the fix does not work on your phone. Just so you know, the

Re: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread The Believer
Money Reader updated today, works for me just fine in iOS 8.1. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/13/2014 5:46 PM, george b wrote: No it is not working I got the update about a hour ago with 8.1 and it is not working -Original

Re: Looktel Money reader crashing under ios7

2014-11-13 Thread Matt Dierckens
It works fine over here on IOS 8.1 on iPhone 5. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com On Nov 13, 2014, at 21:02, The Believer

Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us

2014-11-13 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
An attack on iOS app validation means that it's possible to be tricked into replacing a legitimate app with an illegitimate one which looks legitimate. Furthermore, the illegitimate app has access to data of the app it replaced. Full details here:

Re: Parallels

2014-11-13 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi, I checked this earlier this year and the problem wasn’t with running JAWS within Parallels. The problem was with The Mac interface to Parallels. The Menu bar wasn’t accessible with Voiceover. I didn’t test any further. Marshall On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Faisal ali