Re: Using Apple script to script voiceover as one would make scripts for Windows screenreaders

I’ve written a few AppleScripts for VoiceOver but I’ve never written scripts for windows screen readers, though I have used some, so can’t really answer your question. sorry. Hopefully someone else on the list will be able to. What I do know is, one can create AppleScripts which accessibly speak

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Like others on list I've played around with the solution that brings the Eloquence TTS to the Mac. As pointed out it's horribly unstable. If Apple can figure out a way of incorporating Eloquence in the next version of OS X I'd certainly be interested. Alex has a very hard time announcing som

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

There is enough documentation for a new TTS to be written. It’s sparse, but it is there. It’s simply a question of who will write the speech manager plug-in. FMM, I appreciate that Apple and followers are opposed to anything retro, but I think there’s both enough evidence and enough interest t

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

It was legal, but it costs $20 for users to get it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I cannot imagine Apple moving from a good voice such as Alex to a robotic one > like eloquence, much less the unusable, at least for me, speak. Perhaps, if > they ever

Re: Chess on a mac with a braille sense U2

Hi Alex, Good points here, and I actually didn't think about that when I sent my message. 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 On Jun 11, 2015, at 18:19, Alex Hall

Re: Chess on a mac with a braille sense U2

I don't think so, in either case. The problem is that Chess speaks using system speech, not VoiceOver, and system speech can't talk to braille, only VoiceOver can. I just had a look and, sadly, Chess offers no AppleScript control ability. Maybe the moves are displayed in the window, I'm not sure

Re: organizer suggestions?

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Re: selecting noncontiguous items in finder

Ok, hi. You don’t need any more to turn cursor tracking on and off to select noncontinuous files in Finder. This also works in Mail. Get on top of your file list. I use command shift o to get to documents. Interact with the browser, and I guess you know that’s vo shift down arrow. Find the on

Re: selecting noncontiguous items in finder

Hi, No need to do anything with cursor tracking anymore. Just use VO-cmd-return. The first time you hit the key combination, it will deselect the item you're on, so hit it a second time, then VO navigate to the next item and press VO-cmd-return again Once you're done, press cmd-c to copy or

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Well, I suspect that with a third party app like ITools on one's Mac, and a knowledge of the iPHone directories, one could in fact place the Siri male voice on the directory the iPHone uses for voice over and also the Mac's similar directlry. This should be possible without jailbreaking one's p

Chess on a mac with a braille sense U2

Hi guys. I had someone recently ask me about using a braille sense U2 with the chess application on the Mac. Now, I haven't been able to test this with braille, as I don't have the U2 and also whenever I load chess, the computer will have a fit after a few moves and shut down. Nevertheless, thi

selecting noncontiguous items in finder

Hello all, I apologize but for the life of me I can’t remember how to do that. I remember how to turn cursor tracking on and off, but that is as far as I can get. I haven’t done this in over a year or more. Anyways, I can’t figure it out. I did a search for the term noncontiguous in the voiceOv

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi, Opening up the system so that people can do that sort of thing is probably never going to happen. I don't see Apple moving in that direction. It would open up far too many vulnerabilities that they pride themselves on not having. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 11,

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

I cannot imagine Apple moving from a good voice such as Alex to a robotic one like eloquence, much less the unusable, at least for me, speak. Perhaps, if they ever get around to opening up the system so that you can use any voice you want, somebody will port espeak over, and then those who like

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hello, I have not looked at the things app that you all are talking about. However, I was recently at a Franklin Covey productivity training. They have an app which is very accessible. It is free unless you want to sync it with exchange or some other calendar. You can list your roles that is tea

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi, I agree with Shawn. I've not been a fan of Eloquence ever primarily due to how it sounds. But, to each their own. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 11, 2015, at 14:11, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hi. The thing I have against Eloquence and even ESpeak is because they are to

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Hi, In Safari, although I don't use FaceBook chat on the web, VO announces their status. So, if they're not on-line, it may say "John Smith, 2 hours" which I assume means that they haven't connected on FaceBook for that amount of time. It may also announce "Fred Flintstone, Mobile", or "Web-G

Re: organizer suggestions?

Caitlyn, What does this things app offer that you cannot use the native reminders and Calendar app? I’m asking because maybe if you explain exactly what your needs are others can share what solutions they have found. I personally love using the reminders app for simple things but I have not tr

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi. The thing I have against Eloquence and even ESpeak is because they are too robotic sounding. Actually, one of the reasons why I moved to the Mac back in 2010 is because of Alex. When a friend of mine showed me how he took breaths when he reads and when watching Youtube videos with him on the

Re: synchronise files/folders privately

You can buy your own cloud Drive from Western Digital. The product is called WD my cloud and costs approximately $150 for a 3 TB cloud Drive. It connects to your wireless router And is accessible to all your wireless devices or devices that are plugged into your router. I believe you can share y

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

How do you know that somebody is online to chat with? The only thing I can see on facebook in Safari is the indication of how many people are on chat but I can't tell who is or is not available on chat. Thanks for any tips. Andrew > On 11 Jun 2015, at 16:27, John D. Lipsey wrote: > > As far

Re: Messages

Ok thanks for that. I will just have to remember to do the housekeeping on all devices and make sure the spam texts are gone. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 6/11/2015 12:44 PM, Grant wrote: Hi

Re: Messages

Hi, You can sync iMessages between an iOS device and a Mac by signing into the same Apple ID on both devices. On a Mac, this can be done through the accounts tab in the messages app. On an iOS device, it can be configured in the Messages section of the settings app. Deleted messages, however, a

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Eloquence is great because it is so familiar due to its popularity on a wide variety of screen readers and other assistive technology products. But realistically, it has not been in development since, I believe, the late 1990s. For some perspective on that, the first public version of Mac OS X w

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi! Eloquence is a good synth but though it does not support my native language. It support finnish but having eloquence finnish or german speaking swedish doesn’t sound really great. So i have to stick with acapella voices for swedish even though they have some glitches. /A > 11 jun 2015 kl. 21:

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Jonathan, I totally totally agree with you! If we could get Eloquence on the mac, that would probably be the happiest day of my life! I am one of those who falls into the category you mentioned regarding Alex. I can use him, but I have to keep it at the default speaking rate, and even then,

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Well I use Fiona Compact and have it as fast as I can and love it. but each to there own. On 10/06/2015 20:16, Jonathan Mosen wrote: Hi Christopher. I think it depends on the hearing loss. I've worked with people for example with a hearing loss who find Alex unintelligible once you go a littl

Re: I can't find the download link.

Just hang tight. That's really all I'm at liberty to say. I managed to figure out the bug tracker, thanks to a very generous individual on the list who helped me out. I don't want to quote names, as I don't want to put him/her on the spot. That just doesn't seem appropriate to me. This said

Re: I can't find the download link.

Ok cool! I know when IOS 8 came out, I wanted to beta test it, but apparently it was "invite only." not any more huh? Sweet! I'd beeen running public betas of 10.10 for a while now and am excited to see what's gonna be in the next itteration of apple stuff! :) Sent from my iPhone > On Jun

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

As far as I understand it, messages and chat for facebook are essentially the same thing. If you chat someone and they’re offline, it shows up in their messages for them to view later and respond to as they wish. If you’re both online, you can chat with each other in real time. HTH. DFTBA! J

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Hi, I have one more question… Is this Facebook chat or Facebook messages? There is a difference, correct? :) Traci On Jun 10, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Ah, thanks. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > > Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi! Well, i think they should renew the hole voice collection. Lets hope they do something. /A > 10 jun 2015 kl. 19:07 skrev Ray Foret Jr : > > Subject line pretty much says it all. Nothing against Alex mind you: but, > frankly, I reckon it's high time Apple adopted a new and much more updated

Re: synchronise files/folders privately

I’m going with Panic Transmit and ssh/sftp. It might work for you. It’s not sync, but I think you can download things for offline access. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Re: synchronise files/folders privately

Hello Chris and others, Thx for the suggestion. I think this isn’t the solution I am waiting for because: Items aren’t offline available on the macbook since they are only stored on the nas. Also, since iOS hasn’t a explorer built in , the backup from the iphone with itunes should not give my acc

Re: organizer suggestions?

Sure. Let us know what the developer responds with. On 6/11/2015 10:36 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Hi there, It’s in the mac app store. I don’t know if there is a trial version or not.. There has to be something less costly and that works with vo. I am going to email the developer and see if th

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

As long as I can report bugts, I'm ok. and it looks like though this is a really piss poor solution in my book, hey! the point is, it works until we can get something else better. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:37 AM Su

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

I know, I realized that after I asked the question. I'm feeling a little stupid now. LOL! Chris. - Original Message - From: Andrew Lamanche To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 2:00 AM Subject: Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament H

Re: I can't find the download link.

Yeah, but not today. Not until some time in July when the public beta is released. Right now, it's only released to us developers. Chris. - Original Message - From: Joe Quinn To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:18 PM Subject: Re: I can't

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

I got it. Wow though! Just totally! wow! I wonder why on earth that made all the difference! It doesn't make even the slightest bit of sense. Or... does it, and I just don't know? I'm still definitely not fond of what those couple of reps told me over at Apple, and though that was only a f

Re: windows and vmware

Hmm i didn’t see anything about cmd g and when i type that it says cmd g or something to that effect i’ll try it again though. as for not getting keyboards to pare i dont know both of my keyboards can work with vmware though i’m trying to get the mac keyboard so that it will do all the work so

Re: BlindSquare V3.00 is out.

Hi there thanks for the information. I went to the Web Site and checked it out. Now I have ore questions that I did not see the answer to. Since these iBeacons have to be installed and maintained, how much does it cost the businesses to do that? I think they would have to see the need for their

Re: windows and vmware

Hi, How do you get the keyboard into VMWare? I thought it was cmd g. Also do you know how you can permanently assign a bluetooth keyboard to the VMWare? I managed to get it paired. But cannot work out how to tell the Mac not to use it. It is not a Mac keyboard, it is a logitech keyboard. > On

Re: Using Apple script to script voiceover as one would make scripts for Windows screenreaders

I would also like to know and also do you have to use Apple script? > On 11 Jun 2015, at 7:57 pm, Devin Prater wrote: > > Hi all. Does anyone know if it is possible to script voiceover to work better > with applications like one would make app modules or add ons for NVDA or > scripts for Jaws?

Using Apple script to script voiceover as one would make scripts for Windows screenreaders

Hi all. Does anyone know if it is possible to script voiceover to work better with applications like one would make app modules or add ons for NVDA or scripts for Jaws? I’d assume this would be done with Applescript but not sure if voiceover has enough API’s or whatever to be used. -- You rece

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hi there, It’s in the mac app store. I don’t know if there is a trial version or not.. There has to be something less costly and that works with vo. I am going to email the developer and see if they made it vo friendly later today. Thanks, Cait > On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:07 PM, Shaf wrote: > >

windows and vmware

so wondering if someone can help here. i can copy/paste to my mac/vm but when i try to copy from note pad to note pad it doesn’t do what it’s supposed to. control c/a/x/v all dont work and no idea why help if possible? deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com -- You received this message becau

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

When you signed up for the program, I think it’s fair to say that you accepted some amount of risk. Awful as it is, and I sympathise with your general sentiment, you should probably have been ready for this contingency. These are developer waters, stuff is expected to be broken, dysfunctional

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