Braille issue on Mac.

2018-11-29 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! There seems to be a braille issue when reading with my Helptech Basic braille 40. THe bug seems to appear when reading on the web and in mail. It seems that the braille table is automatically changed while i read on a webpage. It changes from swedish to english or american english. I want

RE: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
O it isn't needed Have you checked your vm settings or config to make sure you have an audio device installed to your vm for audio to be heard. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of kelly ford Sent: Friday, 30 November 2018 2:32 PM To:

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-29 Thread kelly ford
Hi, I'm not sure if this is always required but by using a USB audio device, I was able to get screen reader audio to work on the VMs. This doesn't seem like I should have to do this but so far at least the VMs are now usable. On 11/29/18, 1:40 PM, "Kelly Ford" wrote: The plot

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-29 Thread Des Delgadillo
I have been using Downey today and can safely say 10/10 for accessibility. Thanks for the recommendation. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2018, at 4:36 PM, 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > No it isn’t. You’ll nave to get it directly from the developer’s site >

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-29 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
No it isn’t. You’ll nave to get it directly from the developer’s site at:https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie.php Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2018, at 7:33 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > is it in the mac app store? > My Youtube Channel: > "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-29 Thread Lorie McCloud
is it in the mac app store? My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > On Nov 29, 2018, at 12:38 AM, 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > A great app, that’ll convert videos from not only youtube, but lots of other > sites as well, is Downey. I

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
really? Now I am personally awaiting the Canadian male voices myself. Karen On Thu, 29 Nov 2018, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Karen is an Australian voice. I prefer her as well. Gotta love those foreign accents :). Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Don't worry its been deleted. 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 11/29/2018 3:09 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Wait!  there is a voiceover voice with my name on it? Oh I hope Karen sounds really

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Karen is an Australian voice. I prefer her as well. Gotta love those foreign accents :). Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 29, 2018, at 16:09, Karen Lewellen wrote: Wait! there is a voiceover voice with my name on

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Wait! there is a voiceover voice with my name on it? Oh I hope Karen sounds really really sexy. ahem, The karen who is not a voiceover voice. On Thu, 29 Nov 2018, Angus MacKinnon wrote: My iPhone XR i running IOS 12.1. In Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver the Voice says my default

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I had only noticed these extra voices this week, gone now. But now, is it possible to add another voice to the same language? It looks like I cannot add another English US to which I could attach a different voice. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we

Re: new mac user

2018-11-29 Thread Maria Reyes
Will pages work? Maria Reyes blindt...@gmail.com my group: blind-techies+subscr...@groups.io > On Nov 29, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Hemachandran Karaha wrote: > > Thanks Maurice. That's reassuring. > > Warmly, > Hema. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >

Re: new mac user

2018-11-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Yes, Pages, for the most part should work fine. Sometimes, with more complicated formatting, things may not look exactly the same after conversion, but for most documents, it would be fine. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, To add to E.T.'s note, if Daniel is one of the choices in the rotor, go into Settings, General, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Speech and remove it from the rotor so that it does not get accessed. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Re: Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Turn the rotor to Languages and see if you arr on a different one. 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 11/29/2018 12:00 PM, Angus MacKinnon wrote: My iPhone XR  i running IOS 12.1. In

Changing VoiceOver Voice

2018-11-29 Thread Angus MacKinnon
My iPhone XR i running IOS 12.1. In Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver the Voice says my default (Karen(, however, I hear Daniel. How do I get rid of Daniel and go back to my default of Karen? Thank you. I have trouble using the Rotar. Angus MacKinnon, Personalism Student Hands Off Our

RE: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-29 Thread Kelly Ford
The plot thickens! Audio from JAWS and NVDA also does not work, although music and computer sounds all play fine. Anyone who has resolved this sort of situation, any thoughts on what to try are appreciated. Kelly -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

Braille Display Commands

2018-11-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
With the Focus Blue 5th, I have assigned some braille commands on both iPhone and iPad. All work fine with the exception of the "Activate selected item" which I assigned space 3-6 as well as the nav mode buttons. Works on the iPad, it did work on the iPhone but now when I execute this

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-29 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I think i will go with the XR. It seems to be a great device. We’ll see when i have decided. /A > 29 nov. 2018 kl. 08:47 skrev Simon Fogarty : > > Anders, > > Is screen / picture quality an issue for you? > > If not then take the iPhone XR, they have shown to have better battery life >

RE: new mac user

2018-11-29 Thread Hemachandran Karaha
Thanks Maurice. That's reassuring. Warmly, Hema. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Maurice Mines Sent: 29 November 2018 12:25 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: new mac user Good evening, word can produce high-quality documents. If you

RE: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-29 Thread Matthew Horspool
Hi Simon, That's an excellent point about no 3D Touch on the XR – I'd forgotten about that! I should stress that this is just to do with pressing down on the screen, though – the rest of the haptic stuff is there. To be honest, the lack of a home button is probably an advantage rather than a

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
Kelly, Did you check under Narrator settings to make sure that the checkbox involving lowering the volume of other apps isn’t checked? That may be why other app sounds aren’t being heard. Also, I’m still on 1803 but want to go up to 1809, but whenever I check for updates on either of my two

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-29 Thread kelly ford
Hi, A new wrinkle has emerged here. I am curious if anyone else is experiencing this. I used an ISO from Windows 10 version 1809 to create my virtual machine. Sound for the VM in general is working. However, Narrator text to speech does not seem to work correctly. I can play music or other

Presenting with Keynote

2018-11-29 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: After 3 days, i will have a big Presentation where i shall use my Macbook pro to play my Presentation that i made Prevously on my Power point on windows. I have a great document with hte title of Presenting with Keynote. I did all the System preferences issues. but inside the document, it