Re: iPhone 6s Plus Audio Demonstration

Thank you Grant, the word here no longer had a link embedded. > On Sep 28, 2015, at 12:45 PM, wayne coles wrote: > > hi just click on the word here > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > >

Re: El Capitan Is Here

actually i found this bug on the first beta of the el capitan, so hopefully if i'll install the el capitan stand alone edition i can verify it all. the sound effect was so frustrating before but i already reported that. > On 30 Sep 2015, at 8:25 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: >

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Well, unless you are saying that the bugs may not appear on my machine when I upgrade, I think some of them are big enough deal for me where I will wait for an update that will hopefully fix them. I am particularly thinking of the mail one and those associated with Safari. The new features do

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I am saying that they may not happen but I’m also saying they may, it’s not a certain thing. For example, many people have reported audio routing bugs with OS9 on the iPhone, I have not experienced this. I think you’re making the right move it’s just important to state. You and only you can

Re: To any Bank of America customers

I use the www.bankofamerica.com site every day and have no issues. Another great way that’s totally accessible is to use the Application if the site is an issue. The iPhone version is perfectly accessible and the Android version is accessible with some button labeling. That aside, the actual

New Starbucks Order in Advance iOS Feature - Drink Customization Inaccessible with VoiceOver?

Hi, Recently Starbucks has launched a feature to much of the USA where you can pre-order your items before arriving at the Starbucks store using the iOS app. Among other advantages, this will save you time once you arrive at the store. I have tried this feature using iOS 9under VoiceOver, and

Re: El Capitan Is Here

You can’t really go by these bug lists. They may be an issue for one person, not on another. Depends on a lot of factors. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Thank you so much, Alex for posting this list of bugs in the new operating > system. Having

RE: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Go to the features tab and then in the search field type in el cap and hit enter and the first one in the list is el xcapitan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of adrian Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:00

i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

I cant find the new mac update in the mac app store should i sign back out and back in again? to get it? ```Sent from my iPad -- 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,

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Thank you so much, Alex for posting this list of bugs in the new operating system. Having just read a mainstream review the talked about how this was a "rock solid" release, it is disheartening to see so many bugs in your list. I do know that Apple cares about accessibility. But it is damned

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I've been running the beta cycle for public users for about a month and a half now. Yes, some of these bugs do exist, however they do not prevent a user from using OS X 10.11. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > >

RE: El Capitan Is Here

Well wait then -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 11:15 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: El Capitan Is Here Well, unless you are saying that the

link to download el capitan

if you can't find the link where to download the os el capitan. https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?l=en=12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Alex, Thanks for this write up. The next update is in beta 2 so hopefully there will be a fix to some of the VO bugs soon. Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed > On 1 Oct 2015, at 3:56 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > Just a note to say that El Capitan has been released.

To any Bank of America customers

Hey all, I have a client who is attempting to use the Bank of America website with VO but has run in to a bunch of issues with the site. I am not a BofA customer and am a Citibank customer and have found that Citibank’s website does not work well with VoiceOVer and wanted to find out how the

Re: To any Bank of America customers

Hi Scott, Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, my client uses the iPhone Bank of America app regularly but needs to use the site to print out older statements which she tells me you can not do in the app. Did you ever have any VO issues the first time you used the website as I believe since she

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Yikes! I had quite a few issues in the beta cycle, but nothing! like the bugs you reported in that Applevis post. Wo! Baby! I'm sure as hell glad I saw this before updating! Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries"

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Did you do a search for it? I had to search for it to locate it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE

When Updating.

Since 10.11 is released today, I have a question about updating. When updating will this earase all the programs a person has installed? Will a person have to reinstall all their programs? Or will your installed programs be untouched when updating the OSX version? -- You received this message

Re: El Capitan Is Here

```Sent from my iPad ii am just installing it now it is going smovly > On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > So far, I've not found the issue with the audio ducking. It was there in a > previous beta build, but I've not seen it yet with

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Actually, I found it right when launching the ap store. It was the very first thing that popped up on the featured screen. Chris. - Original Message - From: "John Panarese" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:00 PM

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Of course, all of these different ways of accessing it ultimately take you to the same place: the El Capitan page on the Mac App Store, from where you will be downloading it. And right now that means a very, very long wait, while Apple fails to provision its servers because it makes the new

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I intend to do a clean install and I have two machines to do it on. On 30 Sep 2015, at 21:04, adrian wrote: ```Sent from my iPad ii am just installing it now it is going smovly > On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote:

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Hi! I found it pretty easily just by doing an actual search in the App Store. Nicolai On 9/30/2015 4:11 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: I found it on their news publication (press release) page and simply downloaded it. -eric On Sep 30, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: Eventually it

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv77KoMEYu8 this is the link > On 30 Sep 2015, at 10:20 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > It's under the featured tab. I was looking under updates all morning long and > couldn't find it either. > > Egun

Re: El Capitan Is Here

one question before I try this. will it work on a late 2007 whitebook? if that is one model that is supported, great! it will get me up to the latests supported apps. if not, then I need to save up funds for a mac mini. -eric On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:25 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: > Alex, > > I read

Re: El Capitan Is Here

As with any new operating system, I would suggest waiting until at least the first, maybe the second major update before installing it, much safer that way. Original message: You can’t really go by these bug lists. They may be an issue for one person, not on another. Depends on a lot of

Re: El Capitan Is Here

And I'll probably give it a try as well, as I totally forgot that I have a backup currently of my current system, so if worst comes to worst, Super Dooper is my friend. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Scott Granados" To:

Re: El Capitan Is Here

How do you check the download status of El Capitan? I know I’m in the minority, but I think what a great name! > On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > Just a note to say that El Capitan has been released. I compiled a bug list > for AppleVis which I

Re: Overdrive.

Hello Mark. Thanks for your message. I did have an RNIB login for the RNIB Talking book library. For some reason, it could not see my book shelf items and it kept saying orientation locked so today I changed my Talking book subscription and deleted Overdrive off my phone. I understand a lot

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Correction: GM seed is *not* the same build. Seems you still need to download 6 GB of El Capitan, just to update to the official release. Ah well, pains of testing … Enjoy the new release, anyway. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

I found it on their news publication (press release) page and simply downloaded it. -eric On Sep 30, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Eventually it will appear on the Updates tab as well as a free upgrade. > > You can update your Yosemite system without installing El Capitan,

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

It's under the featured tab. I was looking under updates all morning long and couldn't find it either. Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda > On Sep 30, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Eric Oyen

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

sorry, this is the real link. https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?l=en=12 > On 30 Sep 2015, at 10:20 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > It's under the featured tab. I was looking under updates all morning long and > couldn't find it either. > > Egun On,

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Alex, I read both posts & really appreciate your efforts. In fact, they have reenforced my belief that it is best to wait a release or two before taking the plunge. Again, thanks for your work in this area. CJ > On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi

Re: i cant find the update to the new mac operating system in the app store.

Eventually it will appear on the Updates tab as well as a free upgrade. You can update your Yosemite system without installing El Capitan, if that is what you want. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: El Capitan Is Here

So far, I've not found the issue with the audio ducking. It was there in a previous beta build, but I've not seen it yet with the official release. Now, keep in mind, I'm using Alex, not the Nuance voices, so that may or may not be playing a factor. Chris. - Original Message -

Snappy iPhone 6s, do any other Ios devices compare?

I have been quite impressed with the snappiness of my new 6s as compared with my 5S. Indeed, when I use my iPad mini to, I can really tell the difference between it and my 6s. So I wonder for those of you who have either purchased iPad mini 4 or the latest iPod touch and also have an upgraded

Re: Any good lyrics apps?

Right, but remember, I don't want to have to feed the song through the app first. I'm wanting something that truely would let me browse/type in a search query and find the song directly. Chris. - Original Message - From: Jessica Moss To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: When Updating.

no, while it is always good to do a backup, if upgrading a machine, it should not require you to reinstall all your programs. Brian. Contact me on skype: brian.moore follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bmoore123 On 30/09/2015 3:10 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote: Since 10.11 is released

Re: A Quick Tip for Low Vision Users of iTunes 12.3 or Later

Mark, Here is something else that definitely may help you. You can enable a high contrast mode for ITunes which changes the background from black text on a white background, to the oppisit, having white on a black background. I'm not talking about going into system prefs accessibility, and

Removing iBooks In El Capitan

Hi guys, I just wanted to let you all know that if you are among those who prefer to zap iBooks on installation of Apple’s shiny new OSs, iBooks is not among those applications protected by System Integrity Protection that is new in El Capitan. Feel free to exercise the sudo rm -rf hammer to

Re: When Updating.

Same here. You'll know it's me on Skype, as my user name is: twinklesfriend2007 Sorry, for some reason my phone didn't let me add a custom message to the add request. I sooo! need to look into why that is. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Dionipher Presas Herrera"

Re: When Updating.

brian i just added you on my skype and ii followed you on twitter :) > On 30 Sep 2015, at 1:13 PM, Brian Moore wrote: > > no, while it is always good to do a backup, if upgrading a machine, it should > not require you to reinstall all your programs. > Brian. > >

Re: When Updating.

Again, I state, you're on Snow Leopard, so, I'm not sure how the update process will go, jumping from somethign that old. Backup, backup, and did I mention, backup. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brian Moore" To: Sent:

Re: When Updating.

Untouched, but let me say that with the emphesis in mind of two things. 1. You're running Snowleopard, so anything's possible. 2. Regardless if it doesn't touch things, you really really ought to run a backup just to be on the safe side. Chris. Chris. - Original Message - From:

Re: When Updating.

When upgrading from Leopard to Yosemite, I did have to erase the disk because of some changes in the disk partitions. There was no warning from the installation until it was too late. ZI had to boot from recovery partition and then restore from time machine. I suggest you get Take Control of

Re: iPhone 6S+ vastly improved cellular performance

Hi, no this is perfectly safe but you were smart to ask the question. The way to exit is just hit the home button. Once you leave field test mode it stops and you have to rerun the dial commands. You’ll also know because the bars will appear again instead of the DB reading. Hope that helps.

Re: Removing iBooks In El Capitan

Please explain a bit more for me since I’m not clear on what you’re saying .. If I upgrade to the new OS, will I loose the IBooks app from my Mac?? I don’t yet have a lot of vital info on my laptop, so I have not been backing up. However, I don’t want to loos IBooks, and if necessary I

Re: When Updating.

thank you for the verification! I was quite sure that this would probably wind up being the case. this is one reason why I always tell people: back up back up back up! I cannot stress that enough! Back up! i'm not sure what types of changes would have been made within your disk partition.

cautionary note about call recorder for Facetime

Just thought I'd let everybody out there know that at this time, the third party app "Call recorder for Facetime" is incompatible with the version of Facetime found in OS10.11.0. The developers assure me that a fix is in the works however. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a

Wow! Is it just me?

Is it just me, or are others, too, finding that anything Apple related is running so slow this morning that things may as well be down. For example, try going to the app store. It's just crawling, if it even loads at all. I understand that El Capitan is coming out today officially, and that

iPhone 6S+ not just cellular improvements

Hi, So I’m 48 hours in now using the new phone and it’s growing on me more and more. The thing with the 6S is it’s not a revolutionary change it just smooths out the 6. Bluetooth audio for example is just cleaner on the 6S+ than the 6+, cellular performance is better and significantly at

Re: Removing iBooks In El Capitan

The Answer is no. You will not. All your data and apps will carry over: however, you need to be aware of something. There stands a small chance that some third party apps may not work. Now, don't let that scare you off. It's just a kind of cautionary thing they like to say just to cover

Re: Wow! Is it just me?

Chris, it’s loading fine here in the north east. I’m in Boston connected to Verizon business aka UU Net and Level 3 communications and both paths are getting to Apple just fine. Remember that Apple uses a distributed architecture to deliver content as well as Akamai and other content delivery

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I don't know if I'm the only one, but has anyone else had where Alex is kind of choppy, like when using Voiceover he is, but not so much when used by other apps. This has been how it is for several versions now. But Fred and every other voice is fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2015, at

Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

All, Trying to upgrade to the released version of El Capitin as I am running the Gold Master. However when I go to the App Store and hit download nothing occurs. Any ideas on how to proceed? Thanks for the assistance. Kind regards, Sadam Ahmed -- You received this message because

opening files in messages on Mac

Hello, I can’t figure out how to open a RTF filed that was messaged to me on my mac in the messages/iMessages application. I tried Vo spacebar, routing the mouse to the file name and performing an actual mouse click. I also tried bringing up the contextual menu but just get some unrelated

PDF bug from Mavericks?

Hi all, Remember back in--I believe--Mavericks, when Voiceover would sometimes refuse to read PDF content? I rarely deal with PDFs, so can someone tell me whether that ever got fixed or not? I thought so, but I'm not sure. Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You

Re: Snappy iPhone 6s, do any other Ios devices compare?

Hi Mary, my understanding is that the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 4 have the same specs. I think the 6s Plus is fractionally faster, but the iPad Air 2 is still impressive. Certainly the iPad Air 2 was faster than my iPad 6 Plus. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks,

Re: opening files in messages on Mac

I haven't tried this--I never knew you could send files like that via iMessage--but what about Downloads? Generally, things like that end up in the Downloads folder by default; have you looked in there? Just a thought. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 20:15, Christina C. wrote: >

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hello Alex, Thanks for the blog, podcast, and bug report. Most of all, thanks for your honesty regarding these bugs. The bugs here are really tough to deal with. As someone who really likes using the Mac, but is an average user, for the first time, I think I’m going to wait for another

Re: El Capitan Is Here

no from here, try to restart your computer. 01 Oct 2015, at 1:54 AM, Devin Prater wrote: > > I don't know if I'm the only one, but has anyone else had where Alex is kind > of choppy, like when using Voiceover he is, but not so much when used by > other apps. This has been how

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

I could be wrong, but I believe the build released today is the same as the GM. That could be why you're not getting any update. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 1/10/2015, at 12:33 PM, Sadam Ahmed

Re: PDF bug from Mavericks?

Hi Alex, You can read PDF content, but for some reason, you can’t use VO+F to search for specific text in the document. I really hope they fix that soon, though. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 8:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > Remember back in--I believe--Mavericks, when

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

Hi, Jonathon, it’s a different build. Try option-clicking the download button and see if that helps. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > I could be wrong, but I believe the build released today is the same as the > GM. That could be why you're not

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

i did download perfectly here from gold master copy. > On 01 Oct 2015, at 4:33 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi, > > Jonathon, it’s a different build. Try option-clicking the download button and > see if that helps. > >> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen

noise gate is broke on garage band

noise gate on garage band on el capitan is broke, i thought that this was only broke on beta but when i install the stand alone copy of el capitan, the noise gate is still disabled. i wish i did report this when i was still on beta. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Running windows programs on the mac.

Is there anyway to run windows programs on the mac with out installing windows? -- 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

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

no. > On 01 Oct 2015, at 6:50 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote: > > Is there anyway to run windows programs on the mac with out installing > windows? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To

Re: PDF bug from Mavericks?

Thanks. I'm referring to the bug where you'd hear "static text" in place of any actual text while trying to read PDFs. I didn't realize vo-f wasn't working, that's good to know as well. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 22:34, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > You can read PDF

Re: PDF bug from Mavericks?

Ah. Yeah, you can’t even activate the command, VO just beeps at you. It’s quite annoying. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Thanks. I'm referring to the bug where you'd hear "static text" in place of > any actual text while trying to read PDFs. I didn't

El Capitan Is Here

Hi all, Just a note to say that El Capitan has been released. I compiled a bug list for AppleVis which I strongly recommend everyone looks at, as there are some pretty major problems on there. I also wrote a blog, and did a podcast, covering the new features in VoiceOver. Links: Bug List:

Re: Wow! Is it just me?

Yeah, it's really strange, as I just made another discovery. If I search for an item in the store, it pops right up. It's just not loading the initial page that loads when you first launch the app. Talk about weird! Chris. - Original Message - From: Scott Granados To:

Re: Removing iBooks In El Capitan

Ray, Got it. Thanks. Eileen From: Ray Foret Jr Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:12 AM To: Mac Visionaries List Subject: Re: Removing iBooks In El Capitan The Answer is no. You will not. All your data and apps will carry over: however, you need to be aware of something. There

Re: Wow! Is it just me?

sounds like you have conjestion on your end. On 9/30/2015 9:00 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Yeah, it's really strange, as I just made another discovery. If I search for an item in the store, it pops right up. It's just not loading the initial page that loads when you first launch the

Re: iBooks with the Mac and iPhone6

Hi, that’s really interesting. I’m reading a technical book for a class that I am taking and I believe I have better control over the iBook app on my Mac. Once I get to a page, I interact with it using VO-Shift-down arrow and I’m able to down arrow (line-by-line) or other smaller increments.

Re: iPhone 6S+ vastly improved cellular performance

Mary, yes it does. It tells me that you’re using band 4 or a band that includes the 2.0 ghz range. So where you are is not using 700 MHZ yet. The reason you didn’t see to much data filled in is because you didn’t have a recent data session. You need to pull some data first before running

Re: iPhone 6S+ vastly improved cellular performance

Hi Scott, I suppose this really is off-topic for most people on this list. But I thought I would report to you since you were nice enough to tell me that a test methodology, that when I did as you said I did not see any numbers or letters for upload or download frequency. I did get a you a RFC

Voice stream writer improvement

I see now that Voice stream writer remembers the last known reading position in files. This reading position synchronization was something that was really lacking and now it's here. Has anyone else noticed this improvement? Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are

Re: Removing iBooks In El Capitan

Eileen, the short answer is not to worry and be happy. You should of course be taking backups regardless. What I described is a procedure which you may optionally follow only if you do not want to use iBooks on OS X. If you do, simply upgrade as usual and continue using iBooks. -- You

Re: Wow! Is it just me?

Not really. all other internet traffic is working perfectly, and when I went into my router and looked at the amount of conjestion, everything was perfectly acceptabal in range. Chris. - Original Message - From: Singing Sparrow To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: iBooks with the Mac and iPhone6

Hi Eileen, Back in the good old days, it used to be possible to navigate within an iBook page buy whatever you had your rotor set two, such as lines. Then that lovely setting went away. I know that I have asked Apple accessibility after every iBooks upgrade to get this put back. Thus far, they

Re: iPhone 6S+ vastly improved cellular performance

Thanks, Scott. That is interesting about the data session. Just before doing the testing I had logged onto mail and fetch some. Then when I didn't get the numbers I thought I would get, I redid it, having just opened a page in Safari where I had never been before. And I had Wi-Fi turned off,

Re: PDF files

> I have a PDF image file on my Mac that I am unable to read, is there a > way to convert it to something else or is there a way to read it as is? > There is a nice and free solution for this too. If you have installed home-brew http://brew.sh you can go ahead and install: tesseract (An