Re: An app for recording on the mac?

2015-04-14 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Is the Reaperaccess page updated? I thought it lagged at least one version of Reaper behind, but if it doesn’t one should maybe consider looking at it again. /Krister > 14 apr 2015 kl. 05:52 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland : > > I personally use ProTools, but that would probably be way over k

Re: An app for recording on the mac?

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Uh, your message appears to be blank, unless my system is doing something weird. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Krister Ekstrom" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 3:43 AM Subject: Re: An app for recording on the mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: Annoying mac Mail Issue since Last UPdate

2015-04-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! You can do this by turning quicknav off. /A > 13 apr 2015 kl. 18:10 skrev Deb Lewis : > > Voiceover J does not allow you to read line by line. At least not for > me it hasn't. > > On 4/13/15, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> Hi! >> I use the voiceover j command to read mails and that works fine. >>

Re: [Virus Error] Re: A question regarding Startup Volume in LowLevel / FileVault Startup

2015-04-14 Thread Danny Keys
Hello, In the newer MBPS and I would assume the same to be true of the latest iMacs, there is a slight difference in the way things work with VoiceOver when unlocking FileVault at startup. Older machines have 1 beep, 2 beeps or 3 beeps as you step through the process. In the newer machines, both

iCloud drive again

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi y’all Somebody on this list said that their Mac is running real slow all of a sudden. I just turned off my iCloud drive again after testing it with this new update to see if things would get better. It only got better after I turned off the iCloud drive again. You may be having the same prob

Re: iCloud drive again

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
I forgot to say that after I turned off the iCloud drive, I restarted my computer. My computer is behaving itself good now. Gigi > On Apr 14, 2015, at 4:45 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi y’all > Somebody on this list said that their Mac is running real slow all of a > sudden. I just turne

Re: [Virus Error] Re: A question regarding Startup Volume in LowLevel / FileVault Startup

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh wow! I was not aware that they'd changed that. That's really really cool. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Danny Keys" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 5:41 AM Subject: Re: [Virus Error] Re: A question regarding Startup Volume in LowLevel / FileVault Startup Hello, In th

Re: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yes, this feature has been there since the very beginning of Yosemite, and you’re prompted the first time you install a system update to turn it on. I thought it was cool, until it failed to restart my machine with Fusion running, but not without first closing every other app. Turned the featu

Re: Yeah, Mail's definitely got some issues (and Safari, too)

2015-04-14 Thread Buddy Brannan
This seems to be intermittent. You don't have to close/reopen the window. CMD+Tab away from and back to mail also seems to do the trick. So does toggling VO off and back on. Yeah, it's annoying. There seems to be some broken things with Safari, too, but they've been around a while. Notably, som

Re: Yeah, Mail's definitely got some issues (and Safari, too)

2015-04-14 Thread Nancy Badger
So, I have not been following this thread completely. However, I need a clarification. If you use VOJ to move from the message list to the message and back, does mail still work like it should? Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with

question about power point

2015-04-14 Thread Rebecca A Sabo
Hi all, I am trying to read a power point on my mack using voice over . It just reads the slide and the number but no text . The power point was sent to me as a word document as a attachment . Is there a way to change it so I can read it? Thanks all Becky Sabo -- You received this message

Re: Annoying mac Mail Issue since Last UPdate

2015-04-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Chris, Just in case you have trouble, when I did this I had better luck putting one finger on the trackpad and dragging downward with another finger. Not sure why, but that worked better for me. Take care, Donna > On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Thanks. >

Re: Yeah, Mail's definitely got some issues (and Safari, too)

2015-04-14 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
This was definitely a problem before 10.10.3; it’s clearly much more pronounced now though, for whatever reason. Another workaround: mark all mail read; seems to make navigation possible always. Of course, it also completely s up your read/unread status, which actually makes it worthwhile

Re: Annoying mac Mail Issue since Last UPdate

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Probably because the mouse on those trackpads is so sensitive. And, my hands do tend to shake and trimmer due to a disorder I have. It's not bad, but it's just enough with things like this, it can pose an issue, so actually, believe it or not, your suggestion is excellent. I'll definitely ta

Re: Annoying mac Mail Issue since Last UPdate

2015-04-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Glad it was helpful, Chris. Good luck! Donna > On Apr 14, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Probably because the mouse on those trackpads is so sensitive. And, my hands > do tend to shake and trimmer due to a disorder I have. It's not bad, but > it's just enough with t

Re: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Chris. Just came back to the Mac side. I'll explain why in another thread. No, I'm not experiencing that issue. Mail messages open the first time I press the return key. > On Apr 14, 2015, at 1:56 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Do you have the issue I'm having where you have to

VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hello list, Wondering if someone can give me a hand with the following: When reading an email or a book VoiceOver says " new line" every time I hit the return key. Is there a way to change this behaviour? Gets very annoying when reading for leisure. As always thanks for any help provided.

Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. I'm excited to report that Infovox Ivox 4.1 is out! This update adds the new US English voice named Sharon who I'll say again is the best voice they've made. If you like Ava from Nuance but are tired of your Mac going so slow, I suggest you download this voice. On another note, for thos

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Any way you could make an mp3 sample for us to hear? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Shawn Krasniuk" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 8:54 AM Subject: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice Hey all. I'm excited to report that Infovox Ivox 4.1 is out! This update adds th

Re: VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread Alex Hall
Can you explain further? The retur key inserts a new line, so that's exactly what you should be hearing. If you want to change typing feedback, hit vo-v, arrow to that category with left or right arrows, then use up or down to choose the kind of feedback you want and hit enter when done. > On Ap

Re: A question regarding Startup Volume in LowLevel / FileVault Startup

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Chris, Because FileVault is on and because it is a low level process, VO at that point in the boot is running similarly to how it does when in the Recovery Partition. Therefore, regular volume up/down commands aren’t applied but if VO is on, but just not being heard due to the volume settin

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Yeah, I could do that. Could you remind me how to do that? I've seemed to have forgotten how to do that. Also, you can create your own samples by going to acapelagroup.com I think that's right. Either that or apace-group.com Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On Apr 14, 2015, at 7:58 AM, Chri

App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread Marshall Scott
I don't see any preferences for the App Store. Am I stupid or what? Thanks, Marshall > On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:26 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Oh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group an

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

2015-04-14 Thread News and Updates - Apple Developer
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC 2015 will take place in San Francisco, June 8–12. WWDC features more than 100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers, hands-on labs, and the Apple Design Awards. The opportunity to buy tickets will

Re: App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, it might be in system prefs under software update, not the app store prefs. The message wasn't very clear. Sorry about that. Chris. - Original Message - From: Marshall Scott To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 9:36 AM Subject: App Store Pr

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello, so what about those of us who actually purchased Heather. Is she just going to be deleted from the computer? Matt Dierckens Assistive technology specialist Macintosh trainer Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2015, at 08:58, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Any way you could make a

Re: App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
That is correct. The App Store app itself has no preference settings. Instead you have to go to System Preferences and then find App Store in there to access the automatic update settings. That's not confusing at all :) Even though I've had automatic updates on for a while it does require reboo

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Software wise, I'd not know what to tell ya for recording your system audio. Maybe Audio Hijack? Not sure. Normally, if I have to record my mac, it's not an issue, as I do it on the hardware side, by running it through a send bus on my mixer, then out one of the receive channels. Chris. ---

Re: Yeah, Mail's definitely got some issues (and Safari, too)

2015-04-14 Thread Barry Hadder
I have tried to reproduce this problem with mail, but have been unsuccessful. I’m not having these issues with mail for whatever reason. I can hit return on a message and arrow through the text or use vo reading commands. As far as the table problem in Safari, I have reported that issue during

Re: question about power point

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
What are you opening it with? MS Office, last I checked, was not accessible but you should be able to read it with Keynote. CB On 4/14/15 7:56 AM, Rebecca A Sabo wrote: Hi all, I am trying to read a power point on my mack using voice over . It just reads the slide and the number but no text

Re: Um... OK, why is my mac running so slow all of a sudden?

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Sounds like you hit all the usual suspects. I know my MacBook was sluggish for about three days after I upgraded but I didn't disable spotlight. Now it seems to be pretty much back to normal. I also noticed that my next time machine backup was huge. I think it said 180GB so the update apparentl

Re: VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread sadam Ahmed
Hello Alex, Is there a way to suppress VoiceOver saying new line? This would apply if I hit the return key to insert said line or when arrowing through a document. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed B.A. Business Information Systems RMIT University — On 14 Apr 20

Re: VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don’t believe that there is anything within the VO Utility Verbosity options to handle this. It is specifically meant to let you know when there is a hard return or blank line in a text area. I guess you could create a VO Dictionary entry that replaces the pronunciation of the “New Line

Re: VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Thanks for this. Would activities be any help in this situation? Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 15 Apr 2015, at 1:28 am, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > I don’t believe that there is anything within the VO Utility Verbosity > options to handle this.

Re: VoiceOver and new line.

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don’t believe so. I didn’t see anything in the verbosity section that would affect the saying of that phrase. Although, I guess if you told the VO Dictionary to only apply that pronunciation when in the Mail app, you may not have as many problems as I thought you might. Later... Tim K

Re: App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

2015-04-14 Thread Marshall Scott
The checkbox is in the App Store pane in System Preferences. Thanks for the help! Marshall > On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:24 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > OK, it might be in system prefs under software update, not the app store > prefs. The message wasn't very clear. Sorry about that.

Re: How to print from my router

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I don't have one of these but what I could find says that you have to download and install the DLink SharePort Plus software, then set up the printer on your Mac to make sure you have all the drivers for it installed, then plug your printer into the DLink and use the SharePort software to make

Spot light annoyances since upgrading to Yosemite

2015-04-14 Thread Christine Grassman
Since upgrading to Yosemite, nothing seems to be working. Even a simple search for something I know is on my computer in documents is not coming up. I keep getting a “system dialog” box; my preferences are in order, but every search renders one possibility only. There is no list. Should I be in

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
I'm not sure about that Matt, but you can email them at supp...@assistiveware.com or if you have Twitter like I do you can send them a tweet to @assistiveware. Chris, I wasn't going to record my Mac. My original idea was to make an MP3 of her reading text using the "Add to iTunes as a spoken tra

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Shaun. Heather will be there if you purchased her in the past. A bunch of the voices got an update, and she was one of them. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com

RE: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread george b
You can go to the web page and listen to all the voices. Also, you can download the app and without installing any voices there is a spot to listen to each voice there are over 100, and you can filter countries and etc before going through the list of voices and listening. You can also downloa

Google Drive for Mac.

2015-04-14 Thread sadamahmed1992
Hi all, Wondering if the above app is accessible with VO? Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- -- 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, s

RE: Google Drive for Mac.

2015-04-14 Thread george b
What is the name of the app? Is it "hi all" -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of sadamahmed1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 10:54 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Google Drive for Mac. Hi a

A Followup to VoiceOver Volume Problems at Startup.

2015-04-14 Thread Joseph
Hello, Recently we had a short discussion regarding problems resulting after the system volume gets turned to 0 and a VO user attempts to log in using FileVault. Here’s the response from Apple Accessibility. I truly appreciate the info and I am posting it because it helps someone else. Also, I w

Re: Spot light annoyances since upgrading to Yosemite

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, This is the process I used and it seems to work fine. • Press cmd-space to bring up spotlight. • Enter the thing I wish to search for, but don’t press return. • VO-right to the table. • Interact with it, then navigate to the very bottom. It should read something about “Show All in Finder”.

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Ah. So the reason why I don't see Heather there in the list of downloadable voices is because I haven't purchased her in the past. I guess that makes sense. I found Heather too robotic for my liking so her not being a downloadable voice anymore doesn't bother me. Shawn Sent from my White MacBoo

Re: Google Drive for Mac.

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes, the Google Drive Desktop app is totally accessible. The setup wizard thing is accessible and after that, you’ve got access to your Google Drive in the Finder, so, adding or removing items within the Google Drive is just like any other similar action in the Finder. You can also share

Constantly being asked to sighn into iCloud.

2015-04-14 Thread David Griffith
Since upgrading to 8.3 on my iPhone 5 I am now constantly being nagged to sign into iCloud. On previous versions of i OS I only had to do this the once on setup and there was no further requests. Now virtually every time I unlock the phone there is a nag telling me to enter the password for

Re: Spot light annoyances since upgrading to Yosemite

2015-04-14 Thread Christine Grassman
Yes, I’ve tried this. This is what is happening: I press command space and I hear “spotlight system dialog” and I cannot figure out why it is saying system dialog. Never had that before. I type in something and one choice comes up. All that happens when I vo right is it says spotlight system dia

Airplay problems on an ipad mini.

2015-04-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! This is very frustrating and right now i am really upset. I have an ipad mini which i use to listen to radio on. I have it connected to my wifi and uses an airport express which i play music through. I actually have two of these devices and both of them seem to have problem keeping the audio

Re: Spot light annoyances since upgrading to Yosemite

2015-04-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, For now, instead of using cmd-space, try using cmd-f as in Find. It still uses the Spotlight engine and looks like the result of the window that opens after pressing return in the cmd-space dialog. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:12, Christine Grassma

Re: Google Drive for Mac.

2015-04-14 Thread sadamahmed1992
Very funny. If you're going to make stupid remarks Why don't you leave it to other people to answer the question. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 15 Apr 2015, at 3:59 am, george b wrote: > > What is the name of the app? Is it "hi all" > > -Origi

iOS 8.3 Accessibility bugfix list

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
In case you haven't taken the plunge yet, here is what Apple says is fixed for accessibility in the iOS 8.3 update: •Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond •Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft M

accessible way of capturing the screen of your mac

2015-04-14 Thread Joe Quinn
subject says it all. what's the best way of capturing your screen, with accompanying audio, such as that from a microphone? screen flow's rather expensive, and quicktime makes you drag the slider or something... help! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

pages and key note documentation

2015-04-14 Thread Brian Howerton
Hello all, Does anyone have any documentation on the use of pages and key note with voiceover? I know that there are training opportunities out there for the use of these software solutions with voiceover, but I am really just looking for some documentation that I can go through independently t

Can't change font in Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, Here is my conundrum. I have a document opened in Pages. I need to change the font of the title to Verdana 14 bold. I've selected the heading, went to text formatting, changed the font and made it bold and it stuck. Now I need to change the remainder of the text which runs into two page

Re: Can't change font in Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there. Let me quote your questions so I can type below. There are simple Macintosh commands that I hope will work for you, although there are other ways to do what you want as well. > I need to change the font of the title to Verdana 14 bold. Select your text > and press command b for bold.

Re: Can't change font in Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andrew, You can’t select text across a page boundary in Pages unless you apply the fix provided by Barry Hadder. The fix works great and I recommend it to all Pages users. If you can cope with French, here’s a link to a page on my website where you can download the xipped folder and ther

Reply from PDf Pen Pro on VoiceOver

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys . I wrote PDf Pen Pro about VoiceOver and using checkboxes. Although I got it to work, I had mess with it to get to the right place. So I asked about that. Here is the response I got, and I was told I could pass this along. To navigate form fields in PDFpen via VoiceOver, use VO left a

Re: Can't change font in Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Say Anne, I guess I missed something somewhere about this. Do have this in English? Gigi > On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Andrew, > > You can’t select text across a page boundary in Pages unless you apply the > fix provided by Barry Hadder. The fix works great

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Guys, I had a couple of these voices I used on Linux some years ago and didn’t think about getting them on my Mac. How do they run on a Mac? Are they fluid or do they drag the system down? Do they create any instability? Thanks. Gena > On 14 Apr 2015, at 19:00, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello, They are quick and nicely responsive. I wish we were able to get this much responsiveness back with the Nuance voices. Not too badly priced either. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. As Matt pointed out, I get no lag when using Scapula's voices. In my opinion though, the Nuance voices can't touch Sharon. She's the best American female voice ever. If someone can tell me how I would make a spoken track with her, I'd be delighted to give y'all a sample. Shawn Sent from my

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Damn autocorrect again. I meant to say I get no lag when using Acapela's voices. Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi. As Matt pointed out, I get no lag when using Scapula's voices. In my > opinion though, the Nuance voices can't touch

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Try highlighting text in TextEdit or Pages then VO + Shift + Down-Arrow. It should be on that context menu. HTH Gena > On 14 Apr 2015, at 21:59, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi. As Matt pointed out, I get no lag when using Scapula's voices. In my > opinion though, the Nuance voices ca

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Or highlighted text within an email the context menu has the option to add to iTunes as a spoken track. Regards. Gena > On 14 Apr 2015, at 22:15, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Hello, > > Try highlighting text in TextEdit or Pages then VO + Shift + Down-Arrow. It > should be on that conte

Formatting options in TextEdit

2015-04-14 Thread Phil Halton
I have noticed that TextEdit now allows to specify the line spacing before and after a paragraph. This is something I've never seen before. This can be seen in the line spacing toolbar pop up menu. Noticed now that there are three numbers one is a line height and interline spacing and a third fo

accessible way of capturing the screen of your mac

2015-04-14 Thread Joe Quinn
> subject says it all. what's the best way of capturing your screen, > with accompanying audio, such as that from a microphone? screen flow's > rather expensive, and quicktime makes you drag the slider or > something... help! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: Constantly being asked to sighn into iCloud.

2015-04-14 Thread Ezzie Bueno
Hello David: Like you, I've had the exact same problem since installing iOS 8. The way I got around having to sign into iCloud was when I restored my phone completely. I hope this works for you if you decide to try it. :-) HTH, Ezzie Bueno Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2015, at 11:11 AM, D

Confused with DropBox on Mac Mini

2015-04-14 Thread Bill Gallik
I’ve been trying to set up a DropBox shared folder between my PC, Mac Mini, both my iPhones and a friend’s Mac Mini. There hasn’t been any problems between the PC and my iPhones, but I can’t seem to locate files in the shared folder from my Mac nor my friend’s Mac. I seem to be able to locate

something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi All, I was doing some house cleaning and saw a flash player image opened in my disk utility. I wondered what the hell the flash player image was doing there, though I hadn’t opened a disk image for a year or so. Then I checked whether the updater was accessible. No go. There are several crit

Need an iPhone GPS solution

2015-04-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm currently living in a rural area. there is a transit system here, but for reasons I'll never understand , the drivers have yet to discover the wonders of GPS. consequently, I need a GPS app on my iPhone that I can use to tell drivers how to get places. I've messed around a bit wi

RE: Need an iPhone GPS solution

2015-04-14 Thread george b
First of all stop when you can at that intersection and make one of your poi's and have your poi's as part of the announced items in blind square that should do it for you if you wish to save funds. Navigon only announces the next turn in your created route. -Original Message- From: mac

Re: Need an iPhone GPS solution

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there It sounds like you might want to consider blind Square and naviggon paired together. I don't know if you are aware of this, but at least the last I checked, and I have both of them, even though blind square doesn't have turn by turn, you can tell it to send court ordinates of wherever y

Re: Need an iPhone GPS solution

2015-04-14 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello again Donna I just tried searching for an intersection with blind square. It worked. What I did in my case was to type Garland Road and Buckner Dallas. So if you want to try this, try typing in the name of your intersection followed by your city. Then try planning a route to it and what it

Re: Need an iPhone GPS solution

2015-04-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi George and Gigi, thanks for these suggestions. I'm exhausted right now, but tomorrow will try them out. It's the craziest thing. I live on a street with about seven houses out in the middle of nowhere. Blind square finds my street, as well as many other tiny little streets. But this par

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack of access to a particular service or product and not around a particular technology. So if the Target or United Airlines web site was inaccessible because of using Flash, that would put those companies on the hook for choosing their in

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread Yuma Decaux
Even if the technology may put your computer at risk for data theft because as a screen reader user, you can’t access the updater through it’s application? > On 15/04/2015, at 1:41 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack

Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, I have been using Textedit since I got my Mac. I have a document that is 13 pages long. Firstly I have great difficulty getting my cursor to the last page. When I inserted a page break to create page 14 I was not able to get VO to read what I am typing. If I purchase Pages is there a

Re: Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I thought Pages was now free if you're on OSX 10.10. I actually paid for my copy so I can't be 100% sure. Check the Mac app store and make sure you can't just download them. CB On 4/14/15 11:54 PM, Agent086b wrote: Hello all, I have been using Textedit since I got my Mac. I have a document th

Re: Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-14 Thread Agent086b
Hi, I think that came in just after I got my iMac. Max. > On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I thought Pages was now free if you're on OSX 10.10. I actually paid for my > copy so I can't be 100% sure. Check the Mac app store and make sure you can't > ju

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Interesting twist. Of course I would guess you would have to show that you really did experience harm from their problematic updater rather than just the potential of harm. I just tried doing the updater by downloading it from the Adobe Flash web site and it seemed somewhat usable. It downloads

iwerkz bluetooth keyboard

2015-04-14 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hi group my brother bought me the above mentioned keyboard. I have paired it successfully. and most commands work with it but i cannot figure out how to do a double tap. my checking google says it should be control option spacebar but that isn't doing it. do i have to change anything on my iPhon

Re: iwerkz bluetooth keyboard

2015-04-14 Thread Buddy Brannan
Try up/down arrows together. Not sure why ctrl+option+space isn't working for you though. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name > On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:48 AM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > hi group my brot

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread Sean Murphy
Flash is on the way out, HTML5 is replacing it. > On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:10 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Interesting twist. Of course I would guess you would have to show that you > really did experience harm from their problematic updater rather than just > the potential

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread Yuma Decaux
Very happy it is. Love coding in html 5 > On 15/04/2015, at 3:20 pm, Sean Murphy wrote: > > Flash is on the way out, HTML5 is replacing it. > > >> On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:10 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Interesting twist. O

Re: iwerkz bluetooth keyboard

2015-04-14 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
with or without the v o keys? think i tried that because i read it online but will try again. thanks, max On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Try up/down arrows together. Not sure why ctrl+option+space isn't working for > you though. > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA

Re: iwerkz bluetooth keyboard

2015-04-14 Thread Buddy Brannan
Without. By default, quick nav is enabled with the iPhone. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name > On Apr 15, 2015, at 1:42 AM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > with or without the v o keys? think i tried that

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. I figured out how to make an iTunes spoken track so here is Sharon reading an article that Christopher Hallsworth posted late last year about continuity. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qveffj1sqabvung/Sharon%20Text%20to%20Speech%20Sample.mp3?dl=0 Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On Apr 1

Re: iwerkz bluetooth keyboard

2015-04-14 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
just tried that no luck either. thanks, max On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:47 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Without. By default, quick nav is enabled with the iPhone. > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: 814-860-3194 > Mobile: 814-431-0962 > Email: bu...@brannan.name > > > > >> On Apr 1

Re: Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-14 Thread David Griffith
Yes but if you update to Yosemite you will have free access to Pages. David Griffith On 15/04/2015 05:03, Agent086b wrote: Hi, I think that came in just after I got my iMac. Max. On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: I thought Pages was now free if you're on

Re: Infovox Ivox 4.1 Is Out With New Sharon Voice

2015-04-14 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Well, I don't know, but I can't download the file directly like you are supposed to with Dropbox. On 15/04/2015 06:48, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hey all. I figured out how to make an iTunes spoken track so here is Sharon reading an article that Christopher Hallsworth posted late last year about c