Now I thought the VO keys were control-option together; and if there's a
function key, there's a good chance he'd need to press that too.
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From: Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 11:58 PM
Subject:
Hello Becky,
What most people prefer to use for scanning on the Mac is FineReader Pro which
you can get from the Appstore. It’s quite expensive but very good.
You’ll find instructions on how to use it if you look back a few messages to
find Phil Halton’s answers about: Results for Abbyy Fine
Ah yes, the old days; file management before the advent of xTree really was
something else, when you had to type Copy rather than press a key, and
spell out the very full filename and then the very full folder name you want
to copy it to, and even then add /switches if you wanted additional
add fn to get on the function key
Il giorno 16/dic/2014, alle ore 09:03 AM, BobH. long.c...@virgin.net ha
scritto:
Now I thought the VO keys were control-option together; and if there's a
function key, there's a good chance he'd need to press that too.
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From:
Andrew,
Your correct it is a .pkg file.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
I thought flashplayer file is pkg file which you have to run, not an app you
copy to the application folder. Can some more knowledgeable person correct
me if I'm wrong?
Hello:
I used to know how to create a message so that messages from a specific person
can go to it's own mailbox but I forgot how to do it, as I haven't used my mac
in a while. I attempted to do it lat night, it kept saying create message rules
but when I pressed enter, it went back to the
Actually, the command line versus cut/paste issue is as controversial as
ever. I would say that in linux, I still do 90% of my file management
at the command line.
If you open a terminal window on a Mac, you get the bash shell. This is
important in that it gives you something called file
Hi, everyone
First, thanks to everyone who replied about my questions concerning iCloud.
Apparently, this phone was partially set up, and as the name, iPhone. I would
like to change this to something like Mark's iPhone, but I can't find
anywhere in settings to change this. Can someone point
Hi Cheryl,
I realize I’m a little late into this thread, but, the message you’re speaking
of here just started pestering me today. As you’ve mentioned, Window Chooser
and Application chooser gave no results. For some reason though, pressing
cmd-tab did cycle through to the Adobe Reader
Hi,
Go into Settings, General, About, then double-tap on the current name. You
should be taken to an editable field where you can modify this.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Dec 16, 2014, at 08:50, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi, everyone
Hi,
I'm importing a music cd into my itunes library. it's been 4 hours nearly
since I put it into the superdrive, external of course because the newest mbp
hasn't got a built-in one. I've not tweaked my import settings, they are the
ones that are recommended. Why is it taking so long? Has
I like the sound of it, so need to find where this terminal is next; and
maybe try remember some of the other basic commands like LS, and all the
more useful switches.
Do the old dicing and slicing utilities still exist in this OS, cut and uniq
are the only ones I remember now, but you
Hi again,
Please ignore my previous SOS message. There must have been something wrong
with the CD because I had to abort the import in the end. The next CD imported
in no time compared so it must have been the physical cd.
Andrew
On 16 Dec 2014, at 16:19, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com
Yup, they are all there. You can use the man pages to get back up to
speed. With a few greps and cuts piped together I've managed to finagle
all kinds of text files.
CB
On 12/16/14, 11:40 AM, BobH. wrote:
I like the sound of it, so need to find where this terminal is next; and
maybe try
I don't know about cut. But perl is on your Mac. And you can install
additional perl modules from CPAN like you would in linux or solaris.
If you've got perl, you can do anything at the command line.
PS: Terminal is in the utilities folder. Press command+u in finder.
On 12/16/2014 10:40 AM,
I also have an fn key and for me, simply hitting the VO keys and the f keys
work just fine. the fn keys and its functionality work independently from VO as
far as I know
On Dec 16, 2014, at 12:03 AM, BobH. long.c...@virgin.net wrote:
Now I thought the VO keys were control-option together;
Anyone using it? How good does VoiceOver work with it. I saw it listed on
AppleVis but only the poster has commented about it. I have MenuTab for
Facebook but have not used it in ages. Would love to hear if navigating your
timeline works well with VO and any other thoughts. Thanks,
--
You
Thanks Alex, I think that was what I was looking for.
Jerry Doody
jerrydood...@gmail.com
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:26 pm, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
The fix that works for me is to simply turn VO off, hit right arrow a couple
times while on the conversation, then turn VO back on. This
I’m attempting to share a video that is relatively long, 25 minutes or so, from
my iPhone 5S to my MBP using AirDrop. I finally got everything set so both
machines can see each other via AirDrop.
How long should this take realistically? It seems as if it’s taking forever and
I’m not sure
I can't confirm either of these things. For the reasons Tim so eloquently
stated, while I have my iDevices backing up to iCloud by default, I also make
regular encrypted iTunes backups. I've not had any issue with my folder
structure after the restore, nor have I got apps that I deleted. If you
I'm not sure how long. I guess that depends on the connection, but the file
should be saved in your downloads folder on the Mac side.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE
Hi,
It all depends on your settings in the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.
There is a checkbox in that pane that reads something to the effect of “Use all
F1, F2 and other F-keys as Standard Function Keys”. If that item is checked,
then whatever function is assigned to that key will
Thanks John,
Literally right after I hit send on my first message, I got a notification that
the transfer process had started. Apparently it does take longer than I thought
but hey, it’s working and I’m happy. Thanks!
Jenine Stanley
dragonwalke...@gmail.com
On Dec 16, 2014, at 1:11 PM,
I bought this, but kind of wish I hadn't. I'm not really clear after using it
what the advantages are of Current, as opposed to browsing with a web browser
and integrating Facebook Chat with the Messages app, which I find a pretty good
experience for live FB chatting. Would be good to hear from
Hi dear Jean!
Are these captions just for you? or for other people to know and see them?
Id what you want is them to be fiscally present, so sighted people can read
them, an independent way of doing it is to bring them into Keynote using the
Foto template there, then export the slide in JPG.
Perfect! Don't know why I didn't spot that myself; shame on me.
Thanks. Be well.
Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Www.markBurninghawk.net
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
Go into Settings, General, About, then double-tap on the current
I personally and please note this is personal opinion, i think Current is very
good. It has some rough edges that has to be smoothed out but all in all it’s
faster than Menu tab for one. Another thing that i really like about Current is
that you can access chats, notifications and so on in a
My real thing si current is the interface. Is there no way to switch it to
mobile view? I don’t want to put up with all that other stuff at the top that
the regular layout has such as groups, apps and so on.
On Dec 16, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com
wrote:
I
What no one has yet addressed is how this app differs from the full website?
One person said they want the links at the top gone, and to switch to mobile,
which sounds exactly like a website question. How is this app better than the
website?
On Dec 16, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Faisal ali
As far as I can see, it isn't. A real frustration for me is that most of the
time, I don't have time to check my news feed, so I get notifications about
family and close friends whose updates I don't want to miss. If I go into
Notifications with Current, I can see the notifications, such as
Isn't what smart mailboxes can do? Creates a mailbox based on criteria
you choose?
On 16/12/2014 13:41, ernest mccullough wrote:
Hello:
I used to know how to create a message so that messages from a specific person
can go to it's own mailbox but I forgot how to do it, as I haven't used my mac
I for my part find it better than the web site just because it’s not the web
site. No boring going online with Safari or other browsers, no typing in
addresses etc, i just open the application and there it is in all its glory, or
should that be gory?:-)
/Krister
16 dec 2014 kl. 19:48 skrev
That may be so, but it doesn’t appear to offer any more than just accessing
Facebook from on safari. I actually would recommend menu tab over this as with
menu tab, you can hide it. This does not appear to be a functionality current
provides.
On Dec 16, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Krister Ekstrom
That's right. Maybe I'll give that a try. Thanks so much.
On Dec 16, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
Isn't what smart mailboxes can do? Creates a mailbox based on criteria you
choose?
On 16/12/2014 13:41, ernest mccullough wrote:
Hello:
I used to know how to create a
And you can add Facebook to your favourites if you use it often enough, and get
to it by pressing CMD+a number in Safari, so it's pretty easy to get there via
the browser.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 17/12/2014, at
So, you're paying money for an app that just displays the Facebook website? I
really don't see the advantage. As Jonathan said, you can set a shortcut to go
there in Safari, or simply leave the tab open all the time. Thanks for
confirming that this app doesn't offer anything beyond what the
Hi all,
I am not a strong mac user, although my windows knowledge is quite good. A
friend of mine has come into possession of a macbook pro 2013 or 2014 not
sure, running 10.9 and she asked if I could put windows on it, since she
cannot handle mac either.
Anyway, her dad used the mac for a
Document hi guys
I was lucky to get two gifts for iTunes is here. One just came to me in the
form of an email, and iTunes says I redeemed it. The other one, however, is a
little gift card. Here is my dilemma.
I guess voiceover users can do it, but you're supposed to be able to scan the
code
Hi,
A number of things to note for you:
• Maybe just a typo, but in the Terminal command, you need a dash before the rf
in order for that command to work.
• Are you trying to remove the .applesetupdone file while in Recovery mode? If
not, files like the .applesetupdone have a period or dot
Hi,
Yes you need to peel off the little sticky strip then your camera will read the
code.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Dec 16, 2014, at 15:52, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote:
Document hi guys
I was lucky to get two gifts for iTunes is here. One just came to me
My experience with gift cards from iTunes, yes you do have to remove that
little scratch thing.
No clue how to do it though. ;)
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 16, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote:
Document hi guys
I was lucky to get two gifts for iTunes is here. One just
Am I the only one who seems to have Facebook crash VoiceOver fairly regularly?
I am on an older iMac still running Mavericks and half the time I load the
website for Facebook VO crashes and resets itself, so yes using an app like
this if it does not cause VO to crash would be useful. Thanks to
I have some mail questions too. I have mh mail set to classic. I couldn’t get
it to let me put oldest first. how can I move to the very top or the very
bottom of the table. I land at various places when I open my mail and just have
to go from wherever I land. also, if I have stopped it in the
I just had to get my phone replaced due to my old one crapping out on me when I
tried to update to the latest version of IOS8, and had to purchase directly
through Apple, sense Sprint told me they couldn't send me a new one. So now
after I called to have it activated, they did the test call,
I’d reset the phone to see.
It’s also possible that the Sim they gave you was bad.
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Ok, if I reset it, will I have to reactivate it all over again, and what to do
about the sim if it actually is defective?
On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Daniel Chavez topdog2...@gmail.com wrote:
I’d reset the phone to see.
It’s also possible that the Sim they gave you was bad.
--
You
Way cool. Thing is, assuming one is using one's iphone, where do you go to
redeam an iTunes gift card?
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
Sent from my Mac,
the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
Open the iTunes Store, and give it a minute (literally) to load. Eventually, in
the Featured tab, you'll see a Redeem button. Go there, and type the code or
hit the Use Camera button.
On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:14 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
Way cool. Thing is, assuming one is
Hi, Well yesterday afternoon I reinstalled yosemite. So far, everything’s
pretty good. I still have the problem where some dialog boxes aren’t read from
the beginning, but its not a deal breaker. My biggest problem is with google
chrome. Since the upgrade none of the quick-nav functions work.
Hi. Do any of you know of a way to check the battery status by a one key press
command like you can in Jaws? I can check it through the extras menu but I was
wondering if there was a quicker way. Thanks, regards Janine.
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Hi Janine. I have an Apple Script I could give you that designates right
option+B as a hotkey to read battery status. Other than that, there's nothing I
know of. If you want it, email me off list and I'll gladly send it.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Janine
Once the phone is activated you shouldn’t need to reactivate it.
The sim, someone might need to change it out, I’d assume. It sounds like it may
be defective but can’t say for sure.
I’d suggest someone test the sim that you have in another iPhone just in case,
to rule out defectiveness.
--
You
I fixed it, found out I just had to power it off and back on again.
On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:57 PM, Daniel Chavez topdog2...@gmail.com wrote:
Once the phone is activated you shouldn’t need to reactivate it.
The sim, someone might need to change it out, I’d assume. It sounds like it
may be
Hi there
Alex was the one that sent me that too, and I have another one that you can use
with the option key and the T to get the time also.
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:57 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote:
Hi Janine. I have an Apple Script I could give you
Thanks Eugenia. I have taken up Shawn's offer and emailed a request to him.
Right option key and letter t is already set to give the time and date by
default in the keyboard commander, so okay there. Thanks, Janine
Sent from my iPad
On 17/12/2014, at 4:03 pm, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com
You probably don't have to go back and forth to the Sprint store and Apple
store as you are afraid you will have to do. If you call them, the carriers can
usually do a huge amount of work remotely and if the sim card is defective
could even send you a new sim card.
--
Cheryl
Go beyond the
Option t for time is built in if you enable it in voiceover utility
commanders, isn't it? Or are you talking about something else.
--
Cheryl
Go beyond the Christmas story this year;
meet Immanuel (God with us),
Jesus, the crucified Savior,
Christ, the risen LORD!!!
On Dec 16, 2014, at
Command option up lands me at the top of my mail inbox using standard view.
Conversely, command option down arrow lands me at the bottom. I don't know if
this works in classic view, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
Lisette
On 17/12/2014, at 1:45 pm, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote:
I
I have a script for this, and several other things besides. Here's the link to
the full zip file. There's a Readme in there which you should read first. Let
me know if you have trouble.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7xrag7k5upe7cx/talking%20dashboard.zip?dl=0
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 16, 2014,
Good to hear. Though let’s hope it won’t become an ongoing problem.
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It does work in classic view.
On 17 Dec 2014, at 03:48, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com
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Command option up lands me at the top of my mail inbox using standard view.
Conversely, command option down arrow lands me at the bottom. I don't know if
this works in classic
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